Back To The Books: Technically Speaking
“Want to lose 25 pounds? Buy our new product and do just that!” “Click here for a free I-pod!” “Are you a good kisser? Take our kissing quiz and receive $1000!” Now when was the last time you were reading a book and one of these popped up and made noises at you? Personally, I can’t recall the last time it happened. Why is that you ask? Because a good encyclopedia, dictionary, or just plain novel doesn’t run on electricity and isn’t open to the entire population for implementation of viruses. According to the Complete Idiot’s Guide to Books, books have been around since 3500 B.C. in the time of Sumerian rule. Sumerians used cuneiform alphabet, pressed in clay with a triangular stylus. Clay tablets were dried and/or lit on fire for longevity. Some even had clay envelopes, which were also inscribed. Some people consider them to be the earliest form of the book. According to Funk and Wagnall’s New Encyclopedia, Volume 14, the Internet in which we use today was created in 1989. While......
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