I'm picturing DVD-rental vending machines which allow the customer to browse new and old releases, select a movie, and wait a moment while a high-speed DVD-writer burns the movie to a 48-hour DVD (preserving the DVDs before burning just requires an airtight container, right?). The AMR (automated movie rental) machine is connected via broadband to a host which provides the latest rentals instantly (the downloads wouldn't be instant, obvious, but it's simple to transfer a movie file the day/week before its rental release, and notify the machine to make it available on the correct day).
This really does sicken me for some reason. Popular entertainment in general does the same thing. Am I a hypocrite for watching The Matrix tonight for the nth time?
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I'm going to get good and liquored up and play with my new 4-d rubik's cube. Who wants to come?
instead of greasing it to make it go faster, you ad space-time fabric softener.
I'm picturing DVD-rental vending machines which allow the customer to browse new and old releases, select a movie, and wait a moment while a high-speed DVD-writer burns the movie to a 48-hour DVD (preserving the DVDs before burning just requires an airtight container, right?). The AMR (automated movie rental) machine is connected via broadband to a host which provides the latest rentals instantly (the downloads wouldn't be instant, obvious, but it's simple to transfer a movie file the day/week before its rental release, and notify the machine to make it available on the correct day).
This really does sicken me for some reason. Popular entertainment in general does the same thing. Am I a hypocrite for watching The Matrix tonight for the nth time?