[Avodah] Koseiv on computers, was [Areivim] People of the, Ebook

[David Riceman]

RYS:

<<Let's consider an LCD screen. (I'm not familiar with e-ink tech.) 
True, that the image disappears once the signal changes, but for the 
moment, my command is causing the liquid crystal to take the shape of a 
word. So the question becomes, is there a chiluk in eino-niskayem 
between writing in dust, and making a computer display an image. I don't 
see one; I will now consult the Avodah archives>>

I have a friend who's a sofer, who asked Rabbi Gustman years ago whether 
he could display uncensored Humash on a CRT or whether there was a 
problem of m'hikas haShem when he moved to the next page.  Rabbi Gustman 
replied that because the display was pixellated there wasn't a problem.  
I have no idea if that would apply to screens with extremely high 
numbers of pixels, and it doesn't seem related to hilchos shabbos, but 
it is another issue to think about.

David Riceman