Slashdot is a pretty good example of this curve. This newslink gets posted. Fifty people reply to it. Ten of those replies get positive feedback. Anyone else who reads the topic later in the day will now read only the positive feedback replies, and anyone else who had anything to say, even if it was good and no one was interested in giving it karma, will now go unheard. Of course, as late as I am in typing this reply, it's pretty unlikely that anyone will read it...
And of course, there's no better way to keep people from being interested in opening a little black box than to write "Secret Government Property" on the faceplate.
We've got the megacorporations. We've got the credsticks. All we need are advanced cybernetics and the return of magic and I can start LARPing Shadowrun without a DM.
>>>Great idea, until someone puts a baseball through your living room Window.
Yeah, and it'll happen when you're watching a Field of Dreams DVD, and it'll take five minutes to realize the movie isn't on anymore.
That tornado idea would be great if you own a copy of Twister. "Wow, I actually feel like I'm in the middle of a-- honey, go turn on the Weather Channel for a moment. No reason."
Ever been around Omaha? About the best rock station in the Omaha metro is a college station being run out of neighboring Council Bluffs, 89.7 The River. They're the only local station to give a few hours of dedicated time each week to local bands, and they have times of the week for jazz, techno and other items.
Unfortunately, 80% of their programming is still the same "modern rock" that every other station plays...
Filesharing is great for finding new artists, but it's good to know what to look for. I wake up every morning and read Pitchfork Media's reviews, and once a week we get music reviews in print locally from The Weekly Dig. They both generally review stuff from hiphop, rock, and electronic stuff, so I get a good variety. If someone says "These guys sound better than Soul Coughing," I'm apt to download a few mp3's to try to prove them wrong.
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I think it means you don't have to type in l33t with hotmail. "Dude, send me that last letter back in English. They're not watching us anymore."
Slashdot is a pretty good example of this curve. This newslink gets posted. Fifty people reply to it. Ten of those replies get positive feedback. Anyone else who reads the topic later in the day will now read only the positive feedback replies, and anyone else who had anything to say, even if it was good and no one was interested in giving it karma, will now go unheard. Of course, as late as I am in typing this reply, it's pretty unlikely that anyone will read it...
And of course, there's no better way to keep people from being interested in opening a little black box than to write "Secret Government Property" on the faceplate.
We've got the megacorporations. We've got the credsticks. All we need are advanced cybernetics and the return of magic and I can start LARPing Shadowrun without a DM.
Hear that? I think that would be the sound of Jerry Garcia turning over in his grave.
>>>Great idea, until someone puts a baseball through your living room Window. Yeah, and it'll happen when you're watching a Field of Dreams DVD, and it'll take five minutes to realize the movie isn't on anymore. That tornado idea would be great if you own a copy of Twister. "Wow, I actually feel like I'm in the middle of a-- honey, go turn on the Weather Channel for a moment. No reason."
Ever been around Omaha? About the best rock station in the Omaha metro is a college station being run out of neighboring Council Bluffs, 89.7 The River. They're the only local station to give a few hours of dedicated time each week to local bands, and they have times of the week for jazz, techno and other items. Unfortunately, 80% of their programming is still the same "modern rock" that every other station plays...
Filesharing is great for finding new artists, but it's good to know what to look for. I wake up every morning and read Pitchfork Media's reviews, and once a week we get music reviews in print locally from The Weekly Dig. They both generally review stuff from hiphop, rock, and electronic stuff, so I get a good variety. If someone says "These guys sound better than Soul Coughing," I'm apt to download a few mp3's to try to prove them wrong.
What sites do you read for music reviews?