[voltagex_]

Zinio and other magazine apps already do this. They're either encrypted SWFs or PDFs on the backend.

[TheZenPsycho]

Yeah, but scientific papers? Isn't that just taking the human race a giant step backwards?

[unz]

So paper is the final frontier?

Hundreds of years old tech is the optimum and 21st century tech like tablet computers is a step backwards for humanity?

[icebraining]

Are you intentionally missing the point? The objection was with apps and encrypted SWFs/PDFs, not all "21st century tech".

[unz]

OK .... looks like someone's in a bad mood

[TheZenPsycho]

Well no other tech has been demonstrated to last for literally centuries, other than paper.