Someday pads may even be as small and light as actual paper, but meanwhile they can fulfill many more of paper's functions than can computer screens.

有一天垫子甚至可能会如同真正的纸一样小而轻，但同时比计算机屏幕满足更多纸的功能。

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we blessing sisters have loved notepads, notebooks and all things paper since our first wide-rule pads we bought in gradeschool.

我们姐妹俩从在小学时做出第一个粗糙的小本子开始就非常喜欢小册子，笔记本这些纸玩意。

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Pads are intended to be "scrap computers" (analogous to scrap paper) that can be grabbed and used anywhere; they have no individualized identity or importance.

垫子应该是“抛弃型计算机”(类似于“废纸”)，能够在任何地方获得和使用；他们没有个体区别或者重要性。

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They grow a bit firmer when sketched as diagrams on pads of paper, and they take on life as real examples are sought and found.

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Also, in contrast to the tiny clips on the Scribe receiver, the large clipboard-style clip on the ZPen is capable of gripping onto whole pads of paper and affixing it to a new piece of sheet starts a new page in the virtual pad, another thoughtful touch.

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But between 2001 and 2011, U.S. annual consumption of daily-newspaper newsprint plunged an estimated 61% to 3.6 million tons and annual consumption of paper used for printing, note pads and more fell roughly 38%, according to Vertical Research Partners, which tracks the paper industry.

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