Not entirely true. Most modern hardware raid cards will automatically perform consistency checks, and additional block checks often. Mine do so weekly, and were defaulted to monthly.
It's true that if the raid card + drives never power up -- no go. But, if the computer is just on? The raid card and drives powered? Modern hardware raid will automatically scan the entire drive and fix issues.
I have two raids, clones of each other. On the weekends, during off-hours, I run md5sums on them. Scripts automatically compare to prior versions.
So far the newer the raid card, the less I've seen. A lot of older (eg, 10, 15 year old) raid cards didn't patrol read automatically, or do consistency checks automatically. My current cards do, and I've scheduled them for weekly.
With *that*, I see files 'caught' via bitrot once in a while... and corrected. Maybe, 2 or 3 files per year, out of billions... on a 60TB raid.
But, on top of all that? There have been severe potential data loss bugs with EVERY filesystem over the last 20 years, from FAT to ext2/3/4, xfs, you name it.
I once had a potential employer, ask me to complete a 15 hour long coding project as part of the interview process, over a weekend. Quite frankly, I just didn't have time. I told them so, and never heard from them again. What was I supposed to do, cancel plans I made, going out of town for the weekend?
Not to mention, I have a full-time job working 60 hours a week. I'm supposed to lose sleep, for a potential job which may never come? It was only the first interview too.
You can't block this, not if you choose to use ebay. If you do, then you don't get emails from ebay after a purchase, interacting with people you buy from on ebay, you name it.
See? It isn't normal spam. It's spam you MUST take...
I can sign up to a no-call list, from all sorts of non-profit and political groups trying to contact me for this blather. And SPAM is highly regulated in Canada with CASL.
But these clowns bypass all that, and use their customer list as a personal pundit, a soapbox to increase their profits. Not for my benefit. I'm sure Andrea owns shares, and I bet she'll get a hefty bonus if she streamlines profit.
It's all personal motivation. It has NOTHING to do with helping ME.
There's nothing I despise and hate more, than a company spamming its customers with political garbage. Note this spam received from ebay, below:
-- Join eBay Canada in calling for fewer duties and taxes on ecommerce purchases. Support shopping fairness!
Happy New Year!
If you’re like me, you love that eBay connects you with amazing finds in nearly every country around the world.
Unfortunately, Canada’s customs laws make it difficult for eBay users to buy and sell across borders. Our “de minimis threshold” is set at $20, which means we’re responsible for paying duties and taxes on international purchases worth more than $20. Our threshold -- set in the 1980’s -- is out of step internationally: the US threshold is US$800!
Canada’s low de minimis threshold makes shopping more expensive and creates red tape for entrepreneurs. It also costs taxpayers money because the government spends more to enforce the law than it actually collects at the border. Learn more.
eBay Canada believes that our laws should reduce burdens on consumers, entrepreneurs, and taxpayers. If you agree, please sign our letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
Participation is easy. Together, we can make a difference.
Sincerely,
Andrea Stairs Managing Director eBay Canada --
You can't unsubscribe from these emails, as ebay has a 'site changes and enhancements' category of emails that you can NOT opt out of.
And of course, Andrea thought her little political message is somehow about that. Why?
Because "I'm the managing director of ebay Canada, I'm special, and I get to spout my politically motivated emails to all ebay members".
I emailed back, of course, assuring ebay that'd I'd look everywhere else first, now. That I'll try etsy, aliexpress, alibaba and others BEFORE ebay.
Of course, no one actually read my email, because why would they? And even if they did, well, who wants to tell Queen Bee that she's acting like an idiot.
I left 'smashwords' for the same reason. The CEO kept sending out political emails, ones you can't unsubscribe from, because hey -- why can't he use SPAM to tell his customers how to vote. What to think?
I no longer have a smashwords account. And I very much am close to canceling my ebay account.
What, so you're suggesting that the tax you pay to use cell service increases?
Certainly, there should be some way to regulate air wave usage. But, just where do those billions come from? Or in this case, your leasing costs?
Anyone buying those frequencies, must make a profit. Therefore, any cost like this, is in some way or another passed on to the consumer. And, as a fixed cost that can't be optimized/improved/reduced, it's a cost that is universal to all wireless providers.
Meaning? It's a tax on your bill. *YOU* pay for it, not the wireless providers.
Why do people approve of a tax on themselves like this?
Certainly, there should be some way to regulate air wave usage. But, just where do those billions come from?
Anyone buying those frequencies, must make a profit. Therefore, any cost like this, is in some way or another passed on to the consumer. And, as a fixed cost that can't be optimized/improved/reduced, it's a cost that is universal to all wireless providers.
Meaning? It's a tax on your bill. *YOU* pay for it, not the wireless providers.
Regardless, it was my *work* they were stealing. My effort. They could have gone to the forest and cut down their own trees, but instead?
They took the ones I chopped down.
But, let's throw that aside. Because there are lots and lots of bits of work that people do, that do not involve taking collective resources. Yet, the tax still exists.
One is a proactive act against another, which commits great harm... in fact, pretty much the biggest harm, for the end of existence is somewhat final.
The other me minding my own business, and then people threaten me and take money from my bank account at the threat of violence.
By this metric, the Government is acting in a violent manner. Precisely the same as a murderer is.
Where as, morally, I'm the innocent party.
More importantly, take a look at it from a smaller example.
You live in an isolated, small town. There are 20 of you. You live alone, bother no one, and other than approaching and trading for things, you certainly cause them no harm.
There is currently no tax.
One day, 7 of the people get together in an open area. They start to discuss the common good, how this and that is needed, and the list goes on. Eventually they decide that it is best to go to everyone's home, and demand goods that can be used to build some benches for the park.
When the gang of 7 show up at your house, you stand aghast as they explain that you need to give them some wood you have in the back. Wood you chopped, dried, and wanted to use for firewood that winter. And when you fight them?
They kick you into submission, and then throw you into a locked hut as punishment for dare defying them. For kicks and giggles, they take the rest of your wood as an additional penalty.
THAT IS TAXATION!
Just because there are a lot of people involved in the collective practice, does not make it right!
And most importantly, I can again at least stomach it to feed starving people.
But to build a park bench? Buy art? Take money and give it to everyone, even if they don't need it? Give money to warlords, overthrow foreign governments and put puppets in place of them? Build, create, and do all sorts of non-essential things?
As for your points about moving, or whatever else. No, guess what, this is my country. I get to tell everyone what an ass they are because they support inane taxation levels.
10 Government takes money from me at the point of a gun 20 Others get it 30 Goto 10
The ultimate end threat of all taxation is... force. Even in countries (like Canada, where I live) that just take your stuff if you don't pay, they still do so with force.
Or, imagine what happens if you try to stop these strangers from taking YOUR things! You end up with assault and obstruction charges!
I don't understand the concept that if I have a loaf of bread, that I worked all day for, I should have thugs with guns come and steal 1/2 of it for the guy that didn't work.
Of course, the argument is larger than that. The collective good. The list goes on. But, when there's absolutely no restrictions on who gets to take my money, and people say 'fuck it' and just give my money free to everyone else, it seems bizarre.
Steal my money, and interview / assess cases and then give it to actual starving people? Well, I can at least stand that. Steal my money and just walk into the middle of the room, throw it into the air, and say Wheeee!
On top of our own body's digestion rate, and specific tweaks unique to that genetic mix, there is also all of the intentional bacteria, fungi, you name it. And, these things help us digest food, and all of *them* are from varying strains, some from parents, some from eating dirt when a kid, some from local produce when you eat it...
So, that's going to be fun to work out.;)
For example, what if you just happen to have a strain of bacteria or fungi or what not, that requires more vitamin C, or some vital amino acid. You're still fine, but you need more of certain types of foods, so that your body manages to absorb enough of what they're taking an excess of.
Ask a health expert, such as a doctor, what your blood pressure should be. The amount of iron in your blood. How much protein and fat you need a day. How much of specific vitamins. Whether you need to eat meat or not.
The list goes on.
Hell, I've seen doctors claim people are under weight, or over weight, based on a simple chart!
No -- many doctors think that the body is precisely like a specific car model. White women need this, black men that, etc.
Once we get our genomes all sequenced, and once we start to understand it in more detail over the next hundred years or so, we'll be able to tailor medical treatments to individuals.
Not only that, but there is a genetic diversity to take into account. That, and what is being expressed currently.
I get exceptionally perturbed when people state "You need $x" of ANYTHING. Whether the amount of fat or protein, the amount of sleep, the amount of O2 in the air, you name it... every single human being is a random collection of variables that requires a different care cycle.
Some people NEED more sleep, others NEED less sleep. Hell, it's not even that concise either. There are people who have brains that need more downtime, with bodies that need less down time, and vice versa! All manner of metabolic activity happens when sleeping.
Any time you hear a broad based statement like "You need $x of $y of the healthy!", just keep one thing in mind. We aren't cars, coming off of a production line. It's like someone went to a junkyard, found pieces from 100 different cars, and put you together.
If you can roll down the road, and keep moving on your own? You're alive and kicking and viable.
But, don't tell me I need a certain amount of oil or a specific type of brake fluid... or, this or that replacement parts every few years.
You *can* tell me that getting hit by a truck is bad, or that my gas engine won't run without oxygen, and that my metal body doesn't like salt.
But just like a human, frankencar -- when exposed to salt, will rust in a random way, since his parts are from a random hodgepodge of parts.
Bah! $x hours of sleep indeed! Even siblings don't all need the same amount of sleep!
Amusing thought came from your story. I watch a lot of movies. A LOT of movies. Especially in the winter, when it's -40C outside.
And, I rarely watch TV series, so if you watch 1/2 a movie a night, or a whole movie instead of TV, that's 300-400 movies a year. You run out of 'good' movies after a few decades of that. Then out of mediocre movies. Then out of amusing B movies. You delve into the historical, back through the decades once you've run out of the contemporary.
Amusingly, actors get younger.;) As you go back through the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, through to the 30s. Some of those actors get *better*, were at their peak in their youth. Others clearly have vastly improved, and become worse as you progress back through time.
(Some of the apparent youthful quality of their works could be challenging material they were given in the 60s/70s.)
Anyhow, my immediate thought with respect to Earth being a media generation factory was the always amusing "Yeah, right, they're going to be waiting for a while -- it's all crap!". But, then I had a counter-thought through my own situation. And, of my running out of movies to watch. And then of my shift into foreign language and non-North American movies.
And, compared to the volume the US pumps out, the rest of the world doesn't even register. And, of course, Hollywood doesn't do quality, it does quantity.. but, the volume does allow some gems to squeak through. Many per year. And, there is most definitely a ratio with foreign movies, although it does seem to be more slated towards quality versus quantity -- but there is still a hell of a lot of crap.
That said -- I find that if I am to look at the UK, at France, at Germany, China, etc.. I might find one good movie a year from each Two, sometimes. Compared to 20 or 30 in the US, and when one compares volume, that's not bad.
So.. back to the start... yeah, the Earth produces a LOT of crappy media. Yet, if you did take the best movies, the best songs, the best books, etc... you'd have something viable to sell.
Just like your buddy with his mansion of horrors.;)
Heh.. imagine an entire planet, covered pole to pole with individual holidecks. Billions of artists, all transporter copies, or abducted alternate universe copies, creating works. Hmm.
An amusing thought. Whether or not I agree with the premise that scarcity can be made scarce, I was considering the whole 'human made object of art' concept.
And, what I'd do is just take extra from an alternate universe. Even better, I'd travel to an alternate, but *then* travel back in time, creating more parallels. And, then I'd use some sort of catastrophe that left the creator trouble free, and also free to do nothing but create.
I'd then spawn of endless parallels via time travel, creating limitless output of this author's work. For, in a universe where the author is living on a planet with no space travel, and few humans left, it would be easy to buy up his Great Works. Or, just wait until he dies, and take them from his home.
Or, of course, "accidentally" create extra copies via a transporter, put them in a holideck, and let them spend the rest of their lives thinking that they're at home, but instead are working with real materials, creating output for me.
One thing about scarcity, if it does exist, people are going to try to take advantage and gain from that.
Why don't they have any cool plots in Star Trek any more?:(
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The cost for this to "go away", will be more behinds the scenes compliance to government information requests.
Blackberry cares... at least as a business model.
My PRIV has had *monthly* updates. That's the best I've heard of.
My phone is basically ASOP, with some added security and Blackberry calender, etc.
Overall.. not bad. Lots will badmouth BB, but they've come far now that they're pure android.
Not entirely true. Most modern hardware raid cards will automatically perform consistency checks, and additional block checks often. Mine do so weekly, and were defaulted to monthly.
It's true that if the raid card + drives never power up -- no go. But, if the computer is just on? The raid card and drives powered? Modern hardware raid will automatically scan the entire drive and fix issues.
No kidding.
I have two raids, clones of each other. On the weekends, during off-hours, I run md5sums on them. Scripts automatically compare to prior versions.
So far the newer the raid card, the less I've seen. A lot of older (eg, 10, 15 year old) raid cards didn't patrol read automatically, or do consistency checks automatically. My current cards do, and I've scheduled them for weekly.
With *that*, I see files 'caught' via bitrot once in a while... and corrected. Maybe, 2 or 3 files per year, out of billions... on a 60TB raid.
But, on top of all that? There have been severe potential data loss bugs with EVERY filesystem over the last 20 years, from FAT to ext2/3/4, xfs, you name it.
I once had a potential employer, ask me to complete a 15 hour long coding project as part of the interview process, over a weekend. Quite frankly, I just didn't have time. I told them so, and never heard from them again. What was I supposed to do, cancel plans I made, going out of town for the weekend?
Not to mention, I have a full-time job working 60 hours a week. I'm supposed to lose sleep, for a potential job which may never come? It was only the first interview too.
Ridiculous.
You can't block this, not if you choose to use ebay. If you do, then you don't get emails from ebay after a purchase, interacting with people you buy from on ebay, you name it.
See? It isn't normal spam. It's spam you MUST take...
It *is* a problem.
Included content was paramount, in order to see the bull they spewed.
We have a paid ad here for ebay, on /., blathering on about how great ebay is.
If my email about them spamming people non-consensually with political crap isn't on topic, nothing is.
These clowns have a load of lobby presence on Parliament Hill. They don't need to spam me, to have a word into that forum.
(Note lobbyist details)
https://lobbycanada.gc.ca/app/...
I can sign up to a no-call list, from all sorts of non-profit and political groups trying to contact me for this blather. And SPAM is highly regulated in Canada with CASL.
But these clowns bypass all that, and use their customer list as a personal pundit, a soapbox to increase their profits. Not for my benefit. I'm sure Andrea owns shares, and I bet she'll get a hefty bonus if she streamlines profit.
It's all personal motivation. It has NOTHING to do with helping ME.
They work for me. I don't work for them.
There's nothing I despise and hate more, than a company spamming its customers with political garbage. Note this spam received from ebay, below:
--
Join eBay Canada in calling for fewer duties and taxes on ecommerce purchases. Support shopping fairness!
Happy New Year!
If you’re like me, you love that eBay connects you with amazing finds in nearly every country around the world.
Unfortunately, Canada’s customs laws make it difficult for eBay users to buy and sell across borders. Our “de minimis threshold” is set at $20, which means we’re responsible for paying duties and taxes on international purchases worth more than $20. Our threshold -- set in the 1980’s -- is out of step internationally: the US threshold is US$800!
Canada’s low de minimis threshold makes shopping more expensive and creates red tape for entrepreneurs. It also costs taxpayers money because the government spends more to enforce the law than it actually collects at the border. Learn more.
eBay Canada believes that our laws should reduce burdens on consumers, entrepreneurs, and taxpayers. If you agree, please sign our letter to Finance Minister Bill Morneau.
Participation is easy. Together, we can make a difference.
Sincerely,
Andrea Stairs
Managing Director
eBay Canada
--
You can't unsubscribe from these emails, as ebay has a 'site changes and enhancements' category of emails that you can NOT opt out of.
And of course, Andrea thought her little political message is somehow about that. Why?
Because "I'm the managing director of ebay Canada, I'm special, and I get to spout my politically motivated emails to all ebay members".
I emailed back, of course, assuring ebay that'd I'd look everywhere else first, now. That I'll try etsy, aliexpress, alibaba and others BEFORE ebay.
Of course, no one actually read my email, because why would they? And even if they did, well, who wants to tell Queen Bee that she's acting like an idiot.
I left 'smashwords' for the same reason. The CEO kept sending out political emails, ones you can't unsubscribe from, because hey -- why can't he use SPAM to tell his customers how to vote. What to think?
I no longer have a smashwords account. And I very much am close to canceling my ebay account.
Morons.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?de...
Dave's not here man.
Renting them by the month now! That's even worse than buddy's overall lease term above!
You do realise that this money comes from YOU! You, the person that has cell phone service.
Where else does the carrier get money to pay for the lease?
The cost of these airwaves should be ZERO. Not one penny.
Yes, they should be regulated. Yes, if you don't use them, they get pulled.
But paying for them? Billions and trillions? THAT COMES FROM YOU IN THE END!
What, so you're suggesting that the tax you pay to use cell service increases?
Certainly, there should be some way to regulate air wave usage. But, just where do those billions come from? Or in this case, your leasing costs?
Anyone buying those frequencies, must make a profit. Therefore, any cost like this, is in some way or another passed on to the consumer. And, as a fixed cost that can't be optimized/improved/reduced, it's a cost that is universal to all wireless providers.
Meaning? It's a tax on your bill. *YOU* pay for it, not the wireless providers.
Why do people approve of a tax on themselves like this?
Actually, it is a tax on the consumer.
Certainly, there should be some way to regulate air wave usage. But, just where do those billions come from?
Anyone buying those frequencies, must make a profit. Therefore, any cost like this, is in some way or another passed on to the consumer. And, as a fixed cost that can't be optimized/improved/reduced, it's a cost that is universal to all wireless providers.
Meaning? It's a tax on your bill. *YOU* pay for it, not the wireless providers.
Call logs are the real problem though. Every call Google Play Equipped phones make, every call that comes in, Google also has a record of that.
That, combined with other people's address book, gives them all they need.
Not that they'll ever get my phone number Willingly either.
I wonder what they're going to do with all the IoTs crap no one really wants...
A whole economic sector based upon corporate spying, in your home, with government spying sneaking in on top....
Every word you say.. every private moment recorded... well, just more of cell phones I guess.
Trees are a renewable resource.
Regardless, it was my *work* they were stealing. My effort. They could have gone to the forest and cut down their own trees, but instead?
They took the ones I chopped down.
But, let's throw that aside. Because there are lots and lots of bits of work that people do, that do not involve taking collective resources. Yet, the tax still exists.
But, you knew that, didn't you?
Murder and taxation are quite different things.
One is a proactive act against another, which commits great harm... in fact, pretty much the biggest harm, for the end of existence is somewhat final.
The other me minding my own business, and then people threaten me and take money from my bank account at the threat of violence.
By this metric, the Government is acting in a violent manner. Precisely the same as a murderer is.
Where as, morally, I'm the innocent party.
More importantly, take a look at it from a smaller example.
You live in an isolated, small town. There are 20 of you. You live alone, bother no one, and other than approaching and trading for things, you certainly cause them no harm.
There is currently no tax.
One day, 7 of the people get together in an open area. They start to discuss the common good, how this and that is needed, and the list goes on. Eventually they decide that it is best to go to everyone's home, and demand goods that can be used to build some benches for the park.
When the gang of 7 show up at your house, you stand aghast as they explain that you need to give them some wood you have in the back. Wood you chopped, dried, and wanted to use for firewood that winter. And when you fight them?
They kick you into submission, and then throw you into a locked hut as punishment for dare defying them. For kicks and giggles, they take the rest of your wood as an additional penalty.
THAT IS TAXATION!
Just because there are a lot of people involved in the collective practice, does not make it right!
And most importantly, I can again at least stomach it to feed starving people.
But to build a park bench? Buy art? Take money and give it to everyone, even if they don't need it? Give money to warlords, overthrow foreign governments and put puppets in place of them? Build, create, and do all sorts of non-essential things?
As for your points about moving, or whatever else. No, guess what, this is my country. I get to tell everyone what an ass they are because they support inane taxation levels.
At least this freedom has not left yet.
More like:
10 Government takes money from me at the point of a gun
20 Others get it
30 Goto 10
The ultimate end threat of all taxation is... force. Even in countries (like Canada, where I live) that just take your stuff if you don't pay, they still do so with force.
Or, imagine what happens if you try to stop these strangers from taking YOUR things! You end up with assault and obstruction charges!
I don't understand the concept that if I have a loaf of bread, that I worked all day for, I should have thugs with guns come and steal 1/2 of it for the guy that didn't work.
Of course, the argument is larger than that. The collective good. The list goes on. But, when there's absolutely no restrictions on who gets to take my money, and people say 'fuck it' and just give my money free to everyone else, it seems bizarre.
Steal my money, and interview / assess cases and then give it to actual starving people? Well, I can at least stand that. Steal my money and just walk into the middle of the room, throw it into the air, and say Wheeee!
Wtf?!
Yes, that too!
On top of our own body's digestion rate, and specific tweaks unique to that genetic mix, there is also all of the intentional bacteria, fungi, you name it. And, these things help us digest food, and all of *them* are from varying strains, some from parents, some from eating dirt when a kid, some from local produce when you eat it...
So, that's going to be fun to work out. ;)
For example, what if you just happen to have a strain of bacteria or fungi or what not, that requires more vitamin C, or some vital amino acid. You're still fine, but you need more of certain types of foods, so that your body manages to absorb enough of what they're taking an excess of.
So many permutations.
No, quite a few do NOT understand that.
Ask a health expert, such as a doctor, what your blood pressure should be. The amount of iron in your blood. How much protein and fat you need a day. How much of specific vitamins. Whether you need to eat meat or not.
The list goes on.
Hell, I've seen doctors claim people are under weight, or over weight, based on a simple chart!
No -- many doctors think that the body is precisely like a specific car model. White women need this, black men that, etc.
Once we get our genomes all sequenced, and once we start to understand it in more detail over the next hundred years or so, we'll be able to tailor medical treatments to individuals.
Not only that, but there is a genetic diversity to take into account. That, and what is being expressed currently.
I get exceptionally perturbed when people state "You need $x" of ANYTHING. Whether the amount of fat or protein, the amount of sleep, the amount of O2 in the air, you name it... every single human being is a random collection of variables that requires a different care cycle.
Some people NEED more sleep, others NEED less sleep. Hell, it's not even that concise either. There are people who have brains that need more downtime, with bodies that need less down time, and vice versa! All manner of metabolic activity happens when sleeping.
Any time you hear a broad based statement like "You need $x of $y of the healthy!", just keep one thing in mind. We aren't cars, coming off of a production line. It's like someone went to a junkyard, found pieces from 100 different cars, and put you together.
If you can roll down the road, and keep moving on your own? You're alive and kicking and viable.
But, don't tell me I need a certain amount of oil or a specific type of brake fluid ... or, this or that replacement parts every few years.
You *can* tell me that getting hit by a truck is bad, or that my gas engine won't run without oxygen, and that my metal body doesn't like salt.
But just like a human, frankencar -- when exposed to salt, will rust in a random way, since his parts are from a random hodgepodge of parts.
Bah! $x hours of sleep indeed! Even siblings don't all need the same amount of sleep!
Heh!
Amusing thought came from your story. I watch a lot of movies. A LOT of movies. Especially in the winter, when it's -40C outside.
And, I rarely watch TV series, so if you watch 1/2 a movie a night, or a whole movie instead of TV, that's 300-400 movies a year. You run out of 'good' movies after a few decades of that. Then out of mediocre movies. Then out of amusing B movies. You delve into the historical, back through the decades once you've run out of the contemporary.
Amusingly, actors get younger. ;) As you go back through the 80s, 70s, 60s, 50s, through to the 30s. Some of those actors get *better*, were at their peak in their youth. Others clearly have vastly improved, and become worse as you progress back through time.
(Some of the apparent youthful quality of their works could be challenging material they were given in the 60s/70s.)
Anyhow, my immediate thought with respect to Earth being a media generation factory was the always amusing "Yeah, right, they're going to be waiting for a while -- it's all crap!". But, then I had a counter-thought through my own situation. And, of my running out of movies to watch. And then of my shift into foreign language and non-North American movies.
And, compared to the volume the US pumps out, the rest of the world doesn't even register. And, of course, Hollywood doesn't do quality, it does quantity.. but, the volume does allow some gems to squeak through. Many per year. And, there is most definitely a ratio with foreign movies, although it does seem to be more slated towards quality versus quantity -- but there is still a hell of a lot of crap.
That said -- I find that if I am to look at the UK, at France, at Germany, China, etc.. I might find one good movie a year from each Two, sometimes. Compared to 20 or 30 in the US, and when one compares volume, that's not bad.
So.. back to the start... yeah, the Earth produces a LOT of crappy media. Yet, if you did take the best movies, the best songs, the best books, etc... you'd have something viable to sell.
Just like your buddy with his mansion of horrors. ;)
Heh.. imagine an entire planet, covered pole to pole with individual holidecks. Billions of artists, all transporter copies, or abducted alternate universe copies, creating works. Hmm.
An amusing thought. Whether or not I agree with the premise that scarcity can be made scarce, I was considering the whole 'human made object of art' concept.
And, what I'd do is just take extra from an alternate universe. Even better, I'd travel to an alternate, but *then* travel back in time, creating more parallels. And, then I'd use some sort of catastrophe that left the creator trouble free, and also free to do nothing but create.
I'd then spawn of endless parallels via time travel, creating limitless output of this author's work. For, in a universe where the author is living on a planet with no space travel, and few humans left, it would be easy to buy up his Great Works. Or, just wait until he dies, and take them from his home.
Or, of course, "accidentally" create extra copies via a transporter, put them in a holideck, and let them spend the rest of their lives thinking that they're at home, but instead are working with real materials, creating output for me.
One thing about scarcity, if it does exist, people are going to try to take advantage and gain from that.
Why don't they have any cool plots in Star Trek any more? :(