Cons:

• First copy is *really* expensive, additional copies still cost a lot, and the lower the technology base, the more expensive that first copy (and suceeding copies) are.


• Storage space, you needs LOTS of it. Of course, in a well appointed household books can double as insulation.


• Weight.


• The information is immutable--you cannot easily and cleanly rearrange what you have. Cut and paste doesn't work as well.


• Mistakes are permanent, and adding new information is very hard.


• The costs of combining 2 or more datasets to gain new insight is usually a lot more expensive than the cost of either book alone.


• And most importantly, you cannot grep a dead tree.
  

Yes, I have no life.

But you are a funny guy, so what's it matter?

ZOOT ALORS Penguin nostrils!!!

> All types of information can be stored.

Umm... sound? video?