Of course the vast majority of video blogs will suck. The vast majority of standard blogs suck, the vast majority of podcasts suck and the vast majority of web pages suck. When anyone can create content, the majority of said content won't be very good. Some minority, however, like Rocket Boom will be pretty good to great. As far as I'm concerend the more content available the better. The real issue will be sorting through alll of the crap to find video blogs with content you're interested in. iTunes is doing a respectible and Google... are you paying attention?
It seems like the talent has moved elsewhere and the big three are caving in under their own weight.
It's about risk taking. The major networks simply aren't willing to take risks. They wait for the latest flavor of the month and then rush to copy it. A million versions of CSI, a million versions of Law and Order, a million reality shows. The big three have become a joke. ABC is the only network of the big three that has non-news related shows that I bother to TiVo anymore. Fox, FX, Sci-Fi and HBO are where it's at now. FX has to be my favorite network in terms of original programming. The Shield, Rescue Me and Nip / Tuck are great shows and Thief looks promising. HBO would be next in line with Deadwood, Rome, Curb Your Enthusiam and The Soporanos (which should end after this season... talk about dragging things out.. but it's still better than 80% of the other shows on TV).
"If Microsoft could build a PC that's as reliable as my refrigerator then they would once again be in a dominate industry position."
Apple has already done it but price and compatibility matter. As long as a Dell w/ Windows is cheaper than a Mac w/ OS X companies that run Windows will probably continue to run Windows. It has it downsides, but I think for most corporate types unless there is a large cost savings they think the devil you know is better than the devil you don't.
We got these stories once a month on Slashdot. Let members of the House and Senate (independently of one another) introduce whatever stupid DRM related bills they feel like introducing. As long as it doesn't pass both houses of Congress (and the vast majority of bills that are introduced are never passed by a single House of Congress, let alone both the House and the Senate... heck most bills fail to make it out of committee) then we've got nothing to worry about. This is simply a few members of the House earning their bi-annual campaign contributions from the MPAA. Expect to see more bills of this nature introduced in the House in the coming months. 2006 is a fund raising.. err... election year after all..
I think Blue-ray was the winner the minute Sony announced it would be used in the PS3. As we know from previous format wars, the winner isn't the one with the best technology, it's the one that consumers embrace the fastest. When the PS3 hits the shelves, you're going to have a gaint influx of customers who suddenly have a Blue-ray player. Must of my game playing buddies don't have a clue about what HD-DVD or Blue-ray are and couldn't care less about the latest and greatest high definiation movie format (because they don't have HD-TV's). However, throw a PS3 into their hands that is capable of playing Blue-ray discs and they will probably go that route provided the Blue-ray versions of movies aren't too much more than their DVD counterparts. Why not buy the latest and greatest format if it only costs a few bucks more, you've already got the player, and you know you'll have an HD-TV at some point.
If cellphone songs are overpriced, I'm confident the market will work it out. People just won't buy. I personally don't see much of a point in having a cellphone / mp3 player combination, especially if there is no way to get the overpriced songs you order from your cell provider off of your phone and into a format that you can play on your PC or other portible music player. I'll stick with iTunes and my iPod. Oh and before anyone jumps on my case about the DRM on the songs you purchase from the iTMS, it's about the easiest stuff to get around on the planet. There are tools to strip the DRM and get a plain old AAC file or you can just burn them to CD and re-rip to mp3. Is there bit of a quality loss? Yes. Is it noticeable to me? No.
The article isn't talking about the console so much as the games that are available at launch. Here are the quotes in context. Jesus editors, biased much?
While there are several good - and even very good - titles that will be available at launch, there's nothing truly great.
Admittedly, tastes vary - so you could easily find a game out this month that's a "must have" for you. (We'll have a closer look at the launch games early next week.) But if you're looking for something that's ground breaking and sets the trend for the system (as "Halo" did with the original Xbox), you're not going to find it.
If some American blog advocated setting fire to police stations and lynching Dick & George, it would also be "cracked down" upon.
Wrong! Have you tried visiting any liberal discussion groups or blogs for the last 5 years? Give this bastion of Bush love a shot then talk to me about how our speech is restricted in the US.
It looks like this is for all the binary content on Usenet (pics, music, pics, programs, wavs, ummm, pictures, and of course, pr0n, pr0n, warez, pr0n, pr0n, warez.....
Why in the world would you ever use a service like this? You know they are probably doing some kind of logging. I'd rather use a usenet service that doesn't. There are many available.
Perhaps then I (in Germany) would never again have to see all that spam from the US to the US (can be identified by US cultural assumptions like "everyone has a credit card",...)
Perhpas then I (in America) would never again have to see your Shizer video's when I'm browsing rotten.com.
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I couldn't agree more!
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A very interesting post indeed.
Of course the vast majority of video blogs will suck. The vast majority of standard blogs suck, the vast majority of podcasts suck and the vast majority of web pages suck. When anyone can create content, the majority of said content won't be very good. Some minority, however, like Rocket Boom will be pretty good to great. As far as I'm concerend the more content available the better. The real issue will be sorting through alll of the crap to find video blogs with content you're interested in. iTunes is doing a respectible and Google ... are you paying attention?
It's about risk taking. The major networks simply aren't willing to take risks. They wait for the latest flavor of the month and then rush to copy it. A million versions of CSI, a million versions of Law and Order, a million reality shows. The big three have become a joke. ABC is the only network of the big three that has non-news related shows that I bother to TiVo anymore. Fox, FX, Sci-Fi and HBO are where it's at now. FX has to be my favorite network in terms of original programming. The Shield, Rescue Me and Nip / Tuck are great shows and Thief looks promising. HBO would be next in line with Deadwood, Rome, Curb Your Enthusiam and The Soporanos (which should end after this season ... talk about dragging things out .. but it's still better than 80% of the other shows on TV).
It works better than the Beage 2.
We got these stories once a month on Slashdot. Let members of the House and Senate (independently of one another) introduce whatever stupid DRM related bills they feel like introducing. As long as it doesn't pass both houses of Congress (and the vast majority of bills that are introduced are never passed by a single House of Congress, let alone both the House and the Senate ... heck most bills fail to make it out of committee) then we've got nothing to worry about. This is simply a few members of the House earning their bi-annual campaign contributions from the MPAA. Expect to see more bills of this nature introduced in the House in the coming months. 2006 is a fund raising .. err ... election year after all..
I think Blue-ray was the winner the minute Sony announced it would be used in the PS3. As we know from previous format wars, the winner isn't the one with the best technology, it's the one that consumers embrace the fastest. When the PS3 hits the shelves, you're going to have a gaint influx of customers who suddenly have a Blue-ray player. Must of my game playing buddies don't have a clue about what HD-DVD or Blue-ray are and couldn't care less about the latest and greatest high definiation movie format (because they don't have HD-TV's). However, throw a PS3 into their hands that is capable of playing Blue-ray discs and they will probably go that route provided the Blue-ray versions of movies aren't too much more than their DVD counterparts. Why not buy the latest and greatest format if it only costs a few bucks more, you've already got the player, and you know you'll have an HD-TV at some point.
Slashdot readers who are Sick And Tired of pointless Google stories.
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If cellphone songs are overpriced, I'm confident the market will work it out. People just won't buy. I personally don't see much of a point in having a cellphone / mp3 player combination, especially if there is no way to get the overpriced songs you order from your cell provider off of your phone and into a format that you can play on your PC or other portible music player. I'll stick with iTunes and my iPod. Oh and before anyone jumps on my case about the DRM on the songs you purchase from the iTMS, it's about the easiest stuff to get around on the planet. There are tools to strip the DRM and get a plain old AAC file or you can just burn them to CD and re-rip to mp3. Is there bit of a quality loss? Yes. Is it noticeable to me? No.
The broadcast networks (save ABC last season) have been bankrupt of good ideas for new shows for years now.
Who said he or she was an American? I've seen plenty of posts on Slasdhot writen in English from people who were not American. Biased, much?
I'll believe it after the first Dell system with an AMD processor has shipped and not a minute before.
If not, I won't use the service.
The article isn't talking about the console so much as the games that are available at launch. Here are the quotes in context. Jesus editors, biased much?
I won't buy it unless it support Ogg!
Wrong! Have you tried visiting any liberal discussion groups or blogs for the last 5 years? Give this bastion of Bush love a shot then talk to me about how our speech is restricted in the US.
There is a fix available here if you run Windows:
http://www.microsoft.com/office/
For those running Linux, you'll also need this:
http://www.codeweavers.com/products/
A very rich tool mind you, but a tool nonetheless.
Perhpas then I (in America) would never again have to see your Shizer video's when I'm browsing rotten.com.
That, my friend, is one of the most reasoned and intelligent posts I have ever had the pleasure of reading on Slashdot. Thank you.
I chink we don't need any more high definiation video formats.