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Written by a guy who must live and work in nice, comfortable, dry places. Try your computer reading in a foxhole, a missile site, eating lunch under a tree with a horse, 3000 ft underground in South Africa waiting on an elevator that runs every two hours, 40 miles offshore Gabon on a rig with one computer, sitting on the hood of your car watching a gas lift well kickoff for four hours, or just sitting outside in the sun with a good book after being cooped up inside because of the weather. Buy a book and go outside, you may like it.

I never said I was against books. I am against university libraries using 95% of their space for books that haven't been checked out for 35 years while there is a huge demand by students for study space and computer terminals.

I have been on the oversight committee in the building of two libraries, one 30 years ago in Harris County, Texas (Alief area) and one a couple of years ago in Ft Bend County, Texas (Sugar Land, Eldridge RD.). 30 years ago it was 100% printed material. Three years ago, in a new library it was 40% printed and 60% computer stations. Almost no reference books are bought as on line stays more current. Check out what is happening today.