Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Obama wants schools to speed digital transition

Obama wants schools to speed digital transition

Basically, if you click on the news word button above, Obama wants to convert to E-books from paper ones for all public schools in the U.S. Now, this would be a really good idea if it weren't for two basic things. The first potential problem is that we are in a heavy Coronal Mass Ejection Cycle and so it is remotely possible that everything electronic on earth or just some electronic things might not work anymore. Or, the second problem would be if there were a big enough EMP over the U.S. which could wipe out everything electrical including computers, and E-books and Ipads and smartphones. However, even if all this happened most books would remain and still be there to read that were paper. So, though I think it is a noble idea in peacetime, it might not be useful if there is some kind of war or magnetic storm generated by the sun. So, likely we need mostly e-books, but with enough paper copies so at the very least each teacher has a paper copy. So, a ratio of 1 paper book to 30 e-books would likely be good in case of  potential emergencies.

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