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The printed word is awesome. All hail Gutenberg! Printed words require no electricity. You can read books and magazines anywhere, and you don't have to worry about carpal tunnel. The web is flashy and information-rich, but it has pitiful bandwidth and requires special equipment. Consider the following exchange, overheard at my former employer:

Engineer:	"What's the best way to get 5 gigabytes across the country?"
	(starts mumbling about bit rates and transfer protocols)
Secretary:	"Fed Ex, you moron."

In other words, put the data on tape and send that. It's still a material world, baby!