Carry this study further: determine the ratios of the elements of what made for a "perfect film" for each decade since the birth of motion pictures. This would shed light on how audience tastes have evolved and where they might be going.
One point that often gets missed in these arguments:
Traditional broadcast operations require a significant upfront investment to get started (studio, transmitter, antenna etc), but the cost of 'adding a listener' is nil (the signal floats around in the air for anyone to pick up).
For Internet broadcasters, the equation is reversed: upfront investment is minimal (PC, internet connection, audio software) but adding listeners increases bandwidth usage (and thus operating costs) by a constant, and not insignificant, factor.
It's not that the magazine sucks so much as it's lost its primary relevance.
Face it, when American culture embraces any new technology, the phases are:
[1] Novelty ("Check this out!");
[2] Infatuation ("This is amazing!");
[3] Disillusionment ("Hmm, maybe this isn't so great");
[4] Integration ("Doesn't everyone use this?")
I'd say the Net hit [3] about two years ago and has moved into [4] right about now. Unless Wired can latch onto something new and big in the [1] phase, it's more or less Tired.
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Carry this study further: determine the ratios of the elements of what made for a "perfect film" for each decade since the birth of motion pictures. This would shed light on how audience tastes have evolved and where they might be going.
One point that often gets missed in these arguments:
Traditional broadcast operations require a significant upfront investment to get started (studio, transmitter, antenna etc), but the cost of 'adding a listener' is nil (the signal floats around in the air for anyone to pick up).
For Internet broadcasters, the equation is reversed: upfront investment is minimal (PC, internet connection, audio software) but adding listeners increases bandwidth usage (and thus operating costs) by a constant, and not insignificant, factor.
...you decide.
It's not that the magazine sucks so much as it's lost its primary relevance.
Face it, when American culture embraces any new technology, the phases are:
[1] Novelty ("Check this out!");
[2] Infatuation ("This is amazing!");
[3] Disillusionment ("Hmm, maybe this isn't so great");
[4] Integration ("Doesn't everyone use this?")
I'd say the Net hit [3] about two years ago and has moved into [4] right about now. Unless Wired can latch onto something new and big in the [1] phase, it's more or less Tired.