[Avodah] People of the E-Book? Observant Jews Struggle With Sabbath in a Digita

[Simon Montagu]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 10:55 AM, Hankman <salman at videotron.ca> wrote:
> RSM wrote (on Areivim but moderator felt I should respond on Avodah):
>> My (Sony) ebook reader automatically turns itself off if nobody interacts
>> with it for 30 minutes. On my computers, screensavers cut in after the same
>> period or less.

> CM responds:
> So which is your point?

My point was in response to your statement quoted in my original message:

The image on water will degrade and self-destruct on its own without any
active mechika by the person, so it makes sense that it would not be
considered a viable image to which mechika applies. However the image
on your computer monitor will remain in place until a person actively
is involved in its mechika

The writing on the computer screen disappears automatically without
anybody being actively involved in its mechika, and this is an inherent
property of the medium (unlike your attempted analogy to writing on a
box filled with dynamite).