The reason that the next big thing hasn't emerged this time is that there is no need for another big thing.
Back when there were just a handful of channels, it was easy to trace the history of television through the major trends. People had nothing else to watch, so it was easy for something to dominate. Then, with cable and eventually satellite, people had dozens, even hundreds of choices. Suddenly, the major channels could no longer define television culture with major trend starting programs.
The major television stations are still running just fine, but they no longer control the world of television.
Similarly, the filesharing culture now allows people to easily find obscure music. With more things to choose from, less people listen to the biggest thing.
The music industry isn't waiting around for the next big thing. It never has. It used to *make* the next big thing. Right now, it's trying very hard to make another big thing, and failing miserably.
Hardy pointed out that no mathematician of record has done anything really brilliant after age 50. I think it's safe to say the same thing about physicists.
I'll be money you won't hear anything incredible from Hawking anymore.
That's nothing new. Konami had a Web Server for the original Gameboy. You activated it from any Konami game by pressing Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start.
(Doh didn't post with my name above)
Gnutella? BWAHAHAHAA! Try Direct Connect, or even EDonkey. I can't speak for the second, but the first is WORLDS better than AudioGalaxy and Gnutella combined.
mlylecarlin
Actually, my *dad* just called me to ask "Do you use 'Kazaa' or Pee-too-pee (pronounced slowly for emphasis)?". He was actually calling to warn me about the crapware! My dad knows nothing about filesharing software, and not too much about computers in general, but he'd heard about this, and was quite concerned.
Everyone is forgetting that simple tests count as algorithms. No one has mentioned Eistenstein's Criterion, or the Weierstrauss M test, or Miller's Primality tests. Some of these tests are quite deep, and at very least they bear consideration alongside some of the more obvious tests from CS, analysis, and basic math.
Heh, I would say the deepest and most important algorithm is the process of induction:-P but I'd be shot.
Yeah... just like java was going to revolutionize the web, making operating system totally irrelevant. I see more Flash than Java, and it plays better too.
I can't remember where I got it, though I know it was a link from one of the RIAA, SSSCA, or Morpheus/Kazaa articles in the last week. However, in looking for it, I found http://www.exmodels.com/paparazzi/article.php?sid= 14 [exmodels.com, a site I can't vouch for since it's new to me] which contradicts what I said. Apparently the RIAA reported both lost sales and lost profits from *CD singles* and not actual albums, for which they were up 3.1% profit from last year. I humbly admit my error.
The sick thing is that the money spent on campaigns *works* (otherwise they wouldn't be spending it) and that means that a significant portion of the voting population votes based on *political ads*. I can't think of anything more scary than that.
Sorry, I misspoke; I was referring to science as an institution of people, not the disclipline itself. The slashdot article only mentioned a correlation, but the Post article, as well as the researcher, inferred that getting less sleep will make you live longer.
I don't bother to check if my posts are redundant or not. It's worth the loss of karma not to sift through hundreds of comments.
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Back when there were just a handful of channels, it was easy to trace the history of television through the major trends. People had nothing else to watch, so it was easy for something to dominate. Then, with cable and eventually satellite, people had dozens, even hundreds of choices. Suddenly, the major channels could no longer define television culture with major trend starting programs.
The major television stations are still running just fine, but they no longer control the world of television.
Similarly, the filesharing culture now allows people to easily find obscure music. With more things to choose from, less people listen to the biggest thing.
The music industry isn't waiting around for the next big thing. It never has. It used to *make* the next big thing. Right now, it's trying very hard to make another big thing, and failing miserably.
mlylecarlin
Hardy pointed out that no mathematician of record has done anything really brilliant after age 50. I think it's safe to say the same thing about physicists.
I'll be money you won't hear anything incredible from Hawking anymore.
mlylecarlin
www.bigempire.com/filthy [The Filthy Critic] has an intelligent review of Panic Room. Read that instead of Katz.
That's nothing new. Konami had a Web Server for the original Gameboy. You activated it from any Konami game by pressing Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start. (Doh didn't post with my name above)
Gnutella? BWAHAHAHAA! Try Direct Connect, or even EDonkey. I can't speak for the second, but the first is WORLDS better than AudioGalaxy and Gnutella combined. mlylecarlin
Actually, my *dad* just called me to ask "Do you use 'Kazaa' or Pee-too-pee (pronounced slowly for emphasis)?". He was actually calling to warn me about the crapware! My dad knows nothing about filesharing software, and not too much about computers in general, but he'd heard about this, and was quite concerned.
It is a very good sign.
mlylecarlin
Everyone is forgetting that simple tests count as algorithms. No one has mentioned Eistenstein's Criterion, or the Weierstrauss M test, or Miller's Primality tests. Some of these tests are quite deep, and at very least they bear consideration alongside some of the more obvious tests from CS, analysis, and basic math.
:-P but I'd be shot.
Heh, I would say the deepest and most important algorithm is the process of induction
Yeah... just like java was going to revolutionize the web, making operating system totally irrelevant. I see more Flash than Java, and it plays better too.
mlylecarlin
The number of people taking those stupid little references seriously just shows how few slashdotters know any real math.
References to Reimannian Geometry my ass.
mlylecarlin
I think they're going to be Hewlett Compackard.
"Anyone else think the business world looks like a game of Pac Man?"
That kind of old fashioned thinking will get you swallowed up. I prefer to think of it as a game of CS.
mlylecarlin
Please never use the word "hubris" again. My sides hurt from laughing, and I couldn't finish the article.
mlylecarlin
I can't remember where I got it, though I know it was a link from one of the RIAA, SSSCA, or Morpheus/Kazaa articles in the last week. However, in looking for it, I found http://www.exmodels.com/paparazzi/article.php?sid= 14 [exmodels.com, a site I can't vouch for since it's new to me] which contradicts what I said. Apparently the RIAA reported both lost sales and lost profits from *CD singles* and not actual albums, for which they were up 3.1% profit from last year. I humbly admit my error.
Actually, last year the record companies made more money but less profits than in previous years.
mlylecarlin
Just like your post is a redundant, karma whoring rip off of other peoples' posts.
mlylecarlin
And we get taxed tenpence for tea again? Never!
1215, you goofball. The 1297 version is not the original.
The sick thing is that the money spent on campaigns *works* (otherwise they wouldn't be spending it) and that means that a significant portion of the voting population votes based on *political ads*. I can't think of anything more scary than that.
So that kid on the plane with the Apple playing "Who Let the Dogs Out" was just giving [himself] a beat to power to. mlylecarlin
So that kid on the plane with the Apple playing "Who Let the Dogs Out" was just giving a beat to power to.
mlylecarlin
Sorry, I misspoke; I was referring to science as an institution of people, not the disclipline itself. The slashdot article only mentioned a correlation, but the Post article, as well as the researcher, inferred that getting less sleep will make you live longer. I don't bother to check if my posts are redundant or not. It's worth the loss of karma not to sift through hundreds of comments.
... could it possibly be that people with longer natural life spans need less sleep? (ie, it won't behoove you to get less sleep) mlylecarlin
That's right, no weapons for blind people; how would they know where to shoot?!
mlylecarlin
Tassadar (waiting... god, I hate the 20 second delay between reply and submit rule)
This article is very very old. I remember reading it waaay back in the day.
Wait! Other people have already pointed this out, AND my name isn't CmdrTaco, which means I'll get marked "redundant".
mlylecarlin