[174484] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Book / Literature Recommendations
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Dobbins)
Tue Sep 16 21:28:07 2014
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From: Roland Dobbins <rdobbins@arbor.net>
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 08:27:57 +0700
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On Sep 17, 2014, at 8:06 AM, Larry Sheldon <larrysheldon@cox.net> wrote:
> I think of this "paperless" idiocy every time I write "20 reams of =
printer paper" on the grocery list.
While it should be mandatory that things like operational =
plans/procedures and contact lists should be printed out Just In Case, =
the ability to have a near-infinite number of books and other references =
in my mobile phone, which has a 9,000mAh battery which doesn't need to =
be charged more than once every 3 or 4 days (as well as a spare battery =
of the same capacity), makes it a lot easier to a) have ready access to =
reference materials I know in advance I need and b) quickly locate and =
download any additional references I may need, but hadn't anticipated =
needing ahead of time.
This capability has been of great utility on several occasions involving =
significant sturm und drang.
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