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Nelly Min
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Reader's question: None of these approaches, however, decisively improves on good old ink-on-dead-trees, a technology that still works beautifully for both skimming and deep reading. Moreover, some computer-based features that print just can't match--such as full-text search--generally aren't available in iPad e-publications. Could you explain “ink-on-dead-trees”?
My comments:
“Dead trees” refers to paper. Many trees have to be cut down (killed) in order to make paper, and as more new technology is introduced, old-fashioned printed material such as books and newspapers often get such negative descriptions. For example, “ink-on-dead-trees” conjures up negative images of trees being killed to make paper.
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Nelly Min is a journalist at the China Daily website. | 
