re: [gutvol-d] Kevin Kelly in NYT on future of digital libraries

michael said:

Then again, some people think pictures of pages are as good as full text

those are probably the people who want to "just" _read_ the words of the book, and don't want to copy out its text.

but that would entail a different definition.

yes, what a pity that their "definition" is so constrained. when black ink is splashed onto a white page of paper, the result is nothing more than a "picture" of the book. but somehow, for over 500 years, that has been enough. -bowerbird