Comments on: The Death Knell of Print Newspapers and Magazines – It Started in the Bathroom http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/ Because Attitude Matters Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Doug Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:32:20 +0000 http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/#comment-182 I'll own up to using a Blackberry in similar circumstances, but a laptop seems excessive. My question isn't just about a lack of toilet paper--what do you do with the laptop when there <i>is</i> TP? There's nowhere to balance it, and trying to hold it under your arm while your hands are otherwise engaged is a recipe for disaster. Next time, a little more investigation, please. I’ll own up to using a Blackberry in similar circumstances, but a laptop seems excessive. My question isn’t just about a lack of toilet paper–what do you do with the laptop when there is TP? There’s nowhere to balance it, and trying to hold it under your arm while your hands are otherwise engaged is a recipe for disaster. Next time, a little more investigation, please.

]]> By: Eric B. http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Eric B. Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:39:43 +0000 http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/#comment-181 An iPhone works quite well, too. Alas, I would hate to use as TP, even in an emergency. And did you have to use the word 'plop'? I didn't need that level of detail. An iPhone works quite well, too. Alas, I would hate to use as TP, even in an emergency. And did you have to use the word ‘plop’? I didn’t need that level of detail.

]]> By: Charles Knight http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Charles Knight Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:47:37 +0000 http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/#comment-180 "print advocates would list the bathroom as one of those places where hard copy just couldn’t be replaced. " But it has been for years - the more geeky amongst us have been using our phones to read books for years. Indeed, this generation of phones now provide the screen sizes that makes it far more pleasurable than in the past. This is before we get onto ereaders and the impact they will have in the near future (I think we are a couple of technical generations of ereaders being mainstream - so 4 or 5 years, maximum). “print advocates would list the bathroom as one of those places where hard copy just couldn’t be replaced. ”

But it has been for years – the more geeky amongst us have been using our phones to read books for years. Indeed, this generation of phones now provide the screen sizes that makes it far more pleasurable than in the past. This is before we get onto ereaders and the impact they will have in the near future (I think we are a couple of technical generations of ereaders being mainstream – so 4 or 5 years, maximum).

]]> By: afdumin http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/comment-page-1/#comment-179 afdumin Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:32:27 +0000 http://www.indignantonline.com/2008/10/07/the-death-knoll-of-print-newspapers-and-magazines-it-started-in-the-bathroom/#comment-179 Hmmm. Wonder what the guy uses for tiolet paper if he finds out there's none left in his stall? Print still has one up regarding that dilemma. Hmmm. Wonder what the guy uses for tiolet paper if he finds out there’s none left in his stall? Print still has one up regarding that dilemma.

]]>