When paper isn't "paper" anymore, and cheaper than/as cost effective as paper (read: flexible, cheap, disposable, electronic multipurpose display mediums) we'll go to a paperless society- I don't see society eliminating the need for written/printed words on a readable surface/medium.

See also: The Diamond Age - someone will still want paper, and it will eventually only be used for "classy" things; wedding invitations, birth announcements, etc.

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

grinding_journalist:

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

I can't blow my nose with my iPad

nyseattitude: grinding_journalist:

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

I can't blow my nose with my iPad

I can't make a hat or a plane or a teradactyl with my iPad.

Sangi: nyseattitude: grinding_journalist:

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

I can't blow my nose with my iPad

I can't make a hat or a plane or a teradactyl with my iPad.

I can't make a boat that will harmlessly float down the stream with my iPad.

By the wikipedia defintion, I work in a paperless office. We went down to about 500 pages of paper a day.

Sangi: nyseattitude: grinding_journalist:

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

I can't blow my nose with my iPad

I can't make a hat or a plane or a teradactyl with my iPad.

I can't leave a note on a woman's car whose address I dug up after giving her a ticket with my iPad

We won't be paperless until you can serve a lawsuit via Facebook Messages.

/which of course will go into the hidden "Other" box
//which means they won't be noticed, so people will miss their court dates

What would I wipe my ass with? My hand? That's not going to happen!

Paper can produced just about anywhere, can be recycled, can be produced sustainably, and has 1001 uses. While we may use less in the future, it won't disappear.

CSB

In the 90's, I worked in an office that handled registrations for a couple of departments at a large university. We did all our registrations on a mainframe. Someone in the administration decided the departments needed a paper copy of registrations by class and printed out a stack of all the class lists for the entire university. The stack for the entire university was just shy of four feet tall. Since separating the lists would be too much trouble, the administration sent each department a complete copy of the university's registrations which some poor slob had to deliver by hand truck. Our section was about a quarter of an inch high. We just recycled the rest of the stack.

Benni K Rok: I can't make a boat that will harmlessly float down the stream with my iPad.

Sure you can. Not a lot of people know this, but iPads are watertight and they float.

Go on. Try it.

Hyjamon: Sangi: nyseattitude: grinding_journalist:

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

I can't blow my nose with my iPad

I can't make a hat or a plane or a teradactyl with my iPad.

I can't leave a note on a woman's car whose address I dug up after giving her a ticket with my iPad

I can't make a football that can be flicked with my finger with my iPad

MonkeyAngst: Benni K Rok: I can't make a boat that will harmlessly float down the stream with my iPad.

Sure you can. Not a lot of people know this, but iPads are watertight and they float.


Like witches?

MonkeyAngst: Benni K Rok: I can't make a boat that will harmlessly float down the stream with my iPad.

Sure you can. Not a lot of people know this, but iPads are watertight and they float.

Go on. Try it.

I don't have one yet, can I borrow yours?

grinding_journalist: When paper isn't "paper" anymore, and cheaper than/as cost effective as paper (read: flexible, cheap, disposable, electronic multipurpose display mediums) we'll go to a paperless society- I don't see society eliminating the need for written/printed words on a readable surface/medium.

See also: The Diamond Age - someone will still want paper, and it will eventually only be used for "classy" things; wedding invitations, birth announcements, etc.

I can't start a campfire with my iPad.

You also can't grep dead trees.

chitownmike: What would I wipe my ass with? My hand? That's not going to happen!

3 seashells, of course.

As someone whose office's EHR server is currently down, I am NOT getting a kick out of this.

I find it funny that directly under the article's headline is a "print" button.

chitownmike: What would I wipe my ass with? My hand? That's not going to happen!

But it works so well for the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

"PRINT IS DEAD" Egon, 1984


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Digital formats and encodings and storage media come and go, but paper is future-proof.