Re: BOOK

["Martina Stiemert" <stiemmzd _at__ mailhost.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>]

> From:          "Michael Moennich" <Michael.Moennich _at__ ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de>
> To:            Internet in Bibliotheken <INETBIB _at__ ub.uni-dortmund.de>
> Subject:       BOOK
> Date:          Wed, 13 May 1998 08:55:21 +0000
> Reply-to:      Internet in Bibliotheken <INETBIB _at__ ub.uni-dortmund.de>

> Liebe Kollegen, 
> aus Grossbritannien kam folgende Kurzinformation ueber ein neues innovatives System im Bereich der Wissensorganisation:
> 
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> 
> New knowledge device soon to be supported by all manufacturers. Some brilliant
> brains have now come up with the ultimate Built-in Orderly Organised Knowledge
> Device called BOOK. The BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no
> wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched
> on. Compact and portable, it can be used anywhere - yet is is powerful enough
> to hold as much information as a CD-ROM. Each BOOK is constructed of
> sequentially numbered sheets of paper (recyclable), each capable of holding
> thousands of bits of information. These pages are locked together with a
> custom-fit device called a binder which keeps the sheets in their correct
> sequence. Opaque Paper Technology (OPT) allows manufacturers to use both sides
> of the sheet, doubling the information density and cutting costs in half. The
> BOOK never crashes and never needs rebooting, though like other display
> devices it can become unusable if dropped overboard. An optional BOOKmark
> accessory allows you to open the BOOK at the exact place you left it in a
> previous session - even if the BOOK has been closed. BOOKmarks fit universal
> design standards; thus a single BOOKmark can be used in books by various
> manufacturers. You can also make personal notes next to BOOK text entries with
> an optional programming tool, the Portable Erasable Nib Cryptic
> Intercommunication Language Stylus (PENCILS). Portable, durable and
> affordable, the book is being hailed as the knowledge device of the future and
> thousands of content users have committed to the platform. You might want to
> test it too!
> 
> Gruss, Uwe
> 
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> ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE===================
> 
> Mit freundlichen Gruessen
> 
> Michael Moennich
> moennich _at__ ubka.uni-karlsruhe.de
> 
> 
> 
> 

Wunderbar!!!!
Jeder der im Begriff ist die Bodenhaftung zu verlieren, moege sich 
diesen Text ausdrucken und ueber den Schreibtisch haengen.
MfG
M. Stiemert

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