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Tim O Neill
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When the computers revolt against humanity and delete your digital comic books, maybe us print guys will let you read our comic books.
Notice I said "MAYBE"! You digital folks should start being nice to us.
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Thom Price
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| Posted: 28 December 2012 at 3:05pm | IP Logged | 2
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I know you're kidding, but this fear of losing digital files strikes me as irrational and mostly born from people not taking rudimentary precautions to safeguard their digital media. I have three backup copies of every digital file on my PC -- one on a hard drive stored in a fireproof, waterproof lock box; one on "the cloud"; and one in my desk at work.
A fire or flood or other disaster could wipe out my physical collection, but my digital media will endure.
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Brennan Voboril
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Umm Thom, you did see that Twilight Zone with Burgess Meredith right?
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Thom Price
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| Posted: 28 December 2012 at 6:23pm | IP Logged | 4
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When the Apocalypse comes, I think I'll have more pressing worries than what format my comic books are in!
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Thomas Moudry
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But if Apokolips comes, and you don't have physical copies of the Omnibi,
Darkseid might not be happy, Thom. :)
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Clint Ludwick
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| Posted: 29 December 2012 at 8:21am | IP Logged | 6
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My originals are pretty yellow now...time to order the tpbs!
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Joe Hollon
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The feel of a book and the look of a book is a singular experience. I used to wish to have a home large enough to have a library in it of all the great books of humanity (and all my comic books too). Something about a man sitting down with his smoking jacket, a brandy and his pipe just can't be replaced by sitting down with an iPad.
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Yeah, I agree. I'm reminded of someone I know who quite literally doesn't understand why anyone would ever go anyplace. When my wife and I have traveled recently to New York City and California he commented, "Why would I want to go there? I have Google." He literally thinks it's just as good to look at pictures and maps on the Internet as it is to travel someplace and see it in person. I think it's a very similar (though perhaps more extreme) comparison to digital and non-digital books/comics.
You could sit in a boring cubical reading all your comics on your iPad or you could lounge in a library surrounded by books and the smell of newsprint holding a great book in your hands...I know what I would choose!
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Joe Hollon
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Another advantage of real comics: you can't get your iPad autographed at a comic con!
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John Byrne
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I know you're kidding, but this fear of losing digital files strikes me as irrational and mostly born from people not taking rudimentary precautions to safeguard their digital media. •• Hundreds of books I own, and not one is "backed up".
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John Byrne
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I'm reminded of someone I know who quite literally doesn't understand why anyone would ever go anyplace. When my wife and I have traveled recently to New York City and California he commented, "Why would I want to go there? I have Google."•• Something else Asimov predicted!!
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Tim Cousar
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Joe Hollon: Another advantage of real comics: you can't get your iPad autographed at a comic con!
******** I've read of someone doing just that.
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Thom Price
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Hundreds of books I own, and not one is "backed up".
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And that's a good thing?
Six months ago, this was my neighbor's house:
For a good 30 minutes, I had a very real fear that everything I own was going to go up in flames. My one "brighter side" to look on was that at least my books, comics, music, photos and documents were safely backed up.
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