As a Flying-Car Guy...
Feb. 23rd, 2011 12:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beamjockey...I expect I'll be getting some e-mail about XKCD #864:
Speaking of reading books on one's phone, I mentioned to my sister (a heavy Sony Ereader user) that I had some books on my Droid.
"I downloaded Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations," I said. "It sounded kind of interesting, and ever since high school I've sort of intended to read it. Now at last I'm getting through it, whenever I find a moment to read on my phone."
She has an Android phone, too. "Have you played Angry Birds?" she said. With great enthusiasm, she explained that you shoot birds at pigs, or something. (I can't blame them for being angry.) She intimated that one could spend quite a lot of time doing this.
"Let me get this straight," I said. "You think that I should spend my time shooting birds on my phone instead of finishing The Wealth of Nations?"
Usually she has been more willing to encourage my intellectual growth. In this case, one might well say, she has an unEnlightened attitude.
Speaking of reading books on one's phone, I mentioned to my sister (a heavy Sony Ereader user) that I had some books on my Droid.
"I downloaded Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations," I said. "It sounded kind of interesting, and ever since high school I've sort of intended to read it. Now at last I'm getting through it, whenever I find a moment to read on my phone."
She has an Android phone, too. "Have you played Angry Birds?" she said. With great enthusiasm, she explained that you shoot birds at pigs, or something. (I can't blame them for being angry.) She intimated that one could spend quite a lot of time doing this.
"Let me get this straight," I said. "You think that I should spend my time shooting birds on my phone instead of finishing The Wealth of Nations?"
Usually she has been more willing to encourage my intellectual growth. In this case, one might well say, she has an unEnlightened attitude.
