Funny pages.Horvath and Toffel's comparison of the environmental impacts of the paper versus the electronic editions of the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times is a bit misleading ("Newspaper's Footprint: Environmental toll of all the news that's fit to print," SN: 6/12/04, p. 374). A personal digital assistant isn't good for advertising or newspaper browsing. In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , the PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) A handheld computer for managing contacts, appointments and tasks. It typically includes a name and address database, calendar, to-do list and note taker, which are the functions in a personal information manager (see PIM). users aren't getting a comparable product. Still, the day is probably not too far off when digital displays will be sufficiently large, bright, light, flexible, and portable to handle newspaper-size pages with the ease and convenience of paper. Then, there will be powerful environmental and economic reasons for the shift to electronic news delivery. PAUL DANISH, BOULDER, COLO Colo Colorado (old style state abbreviation) COLO Columbus, Ohio COLO Co-Location COLO Colonial National Historic Park (US National Park Service) COLO Cost Of Living Option . It would have been interesting to see figures on using a laptop computer rather than a PDA, since a laptop is a lot closer to satisfactory, for the purpose. JAMES THOMAS, SANDY SPRING, MD. I note that no mention is made of the trees cut down to make the paper, or of the amount of carbon dioxide those trees would remove from the atmosphere if left standing. Yet I agree with Brad Allenby's statement that not many people will curl up with their PDAs on Sunday mornings. BILL WHITE, HOMESTEAD, FLA FLA Florida (old style) FLA Macromedia Flash (file extension) FLA Flash Files (file extension) FLA Fair Labor Association FLA Front Line Assembly . |
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