Re:Sorry Katz, its technically feasible
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Films and television existed for years without governmental censorship and content control. The web will be no different. As much as it really really bothers me, people better get comfy with their bits being sniffed, cleansed, and taxed, because its going to happen.
You've made the all-too-common mistake of equating the Internet to TV, film, and other media. It reminds me of the fallacy that portals like Yahoo! will eventually dominate like ABC, NBC, and CBS. The Internet is yours and mine- television _never_ was.
I think Rob's message about the cost of SDI vs. the merchandising of Star Wars is a bit misleading (at least the way I read it). Here is what Harper's actually states: "Amount the Pentagon will spend this year on its Ballistic Missile Defense or "star wars" program : $4,166,000,000
Amount the world has spent since 1977 on licensed Star Wars merchandise : $4,500,000,000"
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Films and television existed for years without governmental censorship and content control. The web will be no different. As much as it really really bothers me, people better get comfy with their bits being sniffed, cleansed, and taxed, because its going to happen.
You've made the all-too-common mistake of equating the Internet to TV, film, and other media. It reminds me of the fallacy that portals like Yahoo! will eventually dominate like ABC, NBC, and CBS. The Internet is yours and mine- television _never_ was.
I think Leo would make a pretty good Anakin. Who else good father a pretty boy like Mark hamill's Luke?
I'm a palefaced nerd who has no girlfriend, believes that local news is often superior to network news, and uses AOL. Figure that one out.
I think Rob's message about the cost of SDI vs. the merchandising of Star Wars is a bit misleading (at least the way I read it). Here is what Harper's actually states:
"Amount the Pentagon will spend this year on its Ballistic Missile Defense or "star wars" program : $4,166,000,000
Amount the world has spent since 1977 on licensed Star Wars merchandise : $4,500,000,000"
Intel beat em to it- they demonstrated a 1Ghz processor a month ago.