Hello,
If all information on todays computers would have to be printed it's safe to say we would be short on earths full of trees ;)
However books might have one adventage: the information retention time is probably much higher than our electronic systems of today.
So here is a crazy idea how to make books a little bit more relevant in todays information age:
Instead of using big fat letters taking too much space, make the letters much smaller, maybe even nano-meter small.
Then instead of trying to read it with your eyes... have a special reading device, like a super magnifieing glass... so the information can still be read :)
If this idea makes any sense, depends on the data retention time.
I'd feel more comfortable with a storage technology with a high data retentation time.
I don't like books though, so this idea is not ment for me mostly, but for books lovers.
Though perhaps it could even be interesting for me if printers could print at such a nano scale.
Perhaps I could then print out some of my source codes, or other pieces of information at the nano scale ;)
Bye, Skybuck :)