Do you have Picard's Syndrome?

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-11-19 09:38am

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north228.html

Darth Gojira · Post by **Darth Gojira** » 2003-11-19 12:26pm

At first I thought Picard's syndrome was when you take command of a fine job from a pro and fail to even be a shadow of your predecessor. Death of hair folicles and lack of cajones in battle may be signs of it.

I just hope noone has Janeway syndrome

The Prime Necromancer · Post by **The Prime Necromancer** » 2003-11-19 02:00pm

Do you have Picard's Syndrome?

Yep.

To paraphrase Steven King (paraphrasing Charlton Heston), "You can have my gun, but you'll only get my book when you pull my cold, lifeless fingers off the binding."

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2003-11-19 02:10pm

I revel in Picard's Syndrome. E-Books have their advantages, but no 3-hole notebook can take the place of the tactile, and emotional, satisfaction a well constructed book gives me.
You can pry my Jane's Fighting Ships of WWI from my cold, dead, hands.

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2003-11-19 02:12pm

That and it's a little hard to read said computer screen in bed while drinking a night cap.

Lord Pounder · Post by **Lord Pounder** » 2003-11-19 02:17pm

The thing is Printed e-books look crap. They're huge A-4 sized things, that look crap on a book shelf. I prefer my books preprinted and bound the way i prefer my chicken prekilled and butchered.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-11-19 02:21pm

Ghost Rider wrote:That and it's a little hard to read said computer screen in bed while drinking a night cap.

We need PADDs like in Star Trek.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-11-19 02:23pm

Given a choice between reading a binder full of 8x10 sheets of paper and a BOOK, I'll take the book every time.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2003-11-19 02:23pm

neoolong wrote:
Ghost Rider wrote:That and it's a little hard to read said computer screen in bed while drinking a night cap.
We need PADDs like in Star Trek.

We have them, they're called PDAs and mine has been trusty ever since I got it in '99. But even with a colourful and bright screen, reading off them is nothing like having a proper book. Paper publications will never die out, my PDA still needs juice to run and costs an arm and a leg to buy. A book does not.

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2003-11-19 02:28pm

reading an ebook simply isn't the same as reading a bound book. plus you don't have those nifty cover jackets on them. as you generally have to read the ebook on your computer (unless you print it out), there's alot of other distractions that could keep you from finishing reading the text. i'll take a big thick book over an ebook any day.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-11-19 03:13pm

If they can make a passively lit 300dpi screen then maybe they'll stand a chance of supplanting them. PDAs are all well and good - especially the higher resolution ones but nothing is currently a substitute for a book.

As for stuff looking bad when printed, it just depends on your printer and paper stock.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-11-19 05:36pm

I prefer my books to be the kind where I know I have them even if my power goes out, or if my harddrive is corrupted, etc.

Metrion Cascade · Post by **Metrion Cascade** » 2003-11-19 05:40pm

I want Kirk syndrome, where no lack of personality on my part will prevent me from laying half the women in the known universe. Combine that with T'Pol/Seven of Nine syndrome, where my tits get bigger and hips get curvier every week, and everyone wants me despite my being a total bitch. And high heels are suddenly so comfortable and practical that I wear them while fighting Klingons in the desert. Fear me, short skinny girls.

Crazedwraith · Post by **Crazedwraith** » 2003-11-19 05:50pm

Never read an e-book in my live. Long Live Paper books cheap reliable un-deletable.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-11-19 05:52pm

The only e-book I've ever read is Mike's vs. fiction.

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-11-19 06:00pm

I'm happy to read ebooks and ideally I would have any given book in both formats.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-11-19 09:53pm

I don't mind e-books, but I prefer the real thing.

If the book is really good (StarCrossed) I won't care that it's on the computer.

apocolypse · Post by **apocolypse** » 2003-11-19 09:59pm

Eh, I'll take electronic over paper personally.

LordShaithis · Post by **LordShaithis** » 2003-11-20 12:56am

I can't read an e-book while taking a shit. Pass.

baelfire1945 · Post by **baelfire1945** » 2003-11-20 01:14am

Like many of the others here, I can't read my monitor from my bed or my toilet (and there is no way for me to strategically place my PC to make it possible to do both and have the 20" monitor available in the living room for DVD's for guests). Also, reading the monitor for prolonged periods of time starts to hurt, and I like my comfortable-to-read paperbacks and dependable, sturdy hard-covers.

Joe Momma · Post by **Joe Momma** » 2003-11-20 03:56am

Books are better because you can throw them across the room in outrage and still read them afterward. Also, if you drop a book in the tub, it won't blast you through the wall as the battery discharges.

-- Joe Momma

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-11-20 04:06am

I definitely prefer real books over e-books. Books can't be deleted by power surges and magnets, plus they're almost infinitely portable (at least the smaller ones) and reusable.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2003-11-20 04:37am

By all means try to take my books away. Go ahead, try.

*sound of GAU-8/A spinning up is heard in background*

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2003-11-20 05:23am

Ideally, I'd have all my text in both formats; paperbound for easy reading and computer text for easy searching and quoting.

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-11-20 06:55am

I personally like paper books, though the pages are too brittle.