[gurps] new flaw - Bookworm..

[Joe Lofke]

Warning: This has barely anything to do with most of this thread!


Can't use those e-books without printing them off myself. I can't read off a
screen for more then ten minutes straight without watery eyes. nothing else.
just text...

On 11/15/06, DataPacRat <datapacrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 15/11/06, Silent Service <omegaoperative at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Interesting what is is worth.. I think the wgt is a
> > bit bunch.
> >
> > I normally carry 1 book in my car, 1 in backpack when
> > I travel, a # in my luggage, 1 by the computer, 1 in
> > the Living room, 1 in Game Room, and 1 in the
> > Bedroom...
>
> I used to keep a novel in my jacket pocket, a couple or a few in my
> backpack, and my main contribution to my home's decor tends to be
> stacks of books next to where I sit.
>
> Now, though, I have a handheld PC (a HP Jornada 720, to be precise)
> with a quarter-gig CompactFlash nonvolatile storage, on which I keep a
> large collection of things to read - fiction (I just copied the
> stories from www.wulfarchives.com today), non-fiction (eg, the Nuclear
> Weapons FAQ), a significant subset of the collection from
> www.sacred-texts.com , and more (eg, the local bus company's website
> with its maps and schedules). (Plus it has a calculator, a city
> streetmap, a chess program, a wireless network card, and a 56k dial-up
> modem for when WiFi isn't available.) And all for about $130.
>
> And it's almost as good as walking a dog to attract interested
> comments from nearby strangers... ah, technology.
>
>
> So, would such a machine count for the Mitigator limitation on this
> Bookworm disadvantage? :)
>
>
> Thank you for your time,
> --
> DataPacRat         VA3BOS
> "You shall not accept any information, unless you verify it for
> yourself. I have given you the hearing, the eyesight, and the brain,
> and you are responsible for using them." -- Qur'an 17:36.
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