Yes, you're right that I overstated the lack of timeliness...
But, it is the case that the lack of immediacy slightly changes the equation of how this can be used. It is not like a broadcast in that you can't interact with it, call in or give feedback on a podcast in real-time. But it would be a great format for distributing serialized narrative fiction.
Re:Finally, cable access programming for my iPod!
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I have high hopes for this format, but low expectations...
BBC stuff would be really cool and a lot easier than the system recording I'm doing so that I can' listen to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio broadcasts on my iPod--which are rather a pain the butt to do from Real streams on a mac...
Great, new features for something I can't get!
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Well, the marketing is great. There are some worthwhile features, but since I can't get a gmail account--like so many un-sociably networked types--so I can't get too worked up about the new features.
It is sort of like getting worked up over what features will be in the next Google employee stock option plan. Either way, it doesn't apply to me. (And as we all know, the world revolves around me:-) --Just ask anyone, I'm *really* dense. (Physics joke, doncha know...))
Why would that be your 1st reaction?
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There are lots of interesting legal uses for this technology. Podcasting is another step forward in democratizing the media.
There is no reason to assume that the "podcasts" are of music, and there is no more chance of piracy from podcasts than from the internet in general. Characterizing people doing podcasts as people "doing undesirable things" is a presumption based on facts not in evidence.
The automatic presumption that computer audio files==piracy is a triumph of RIAA PR but not an actual fact.
More of a danger to iPods and iTunes would be the INDCUCE act and dis-information from Steve Balmer, who implied that iPods with their ability to play un-DRM'dmp3s were the primary vector for pirated music. In fact, iPods, with the success of the iTunes Music store, are the primary success story for DRM, and Microsoft Windows powered PCs are the undeniable leaders in pirated file trading.
Finally, cable access programming for my iPod!
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Ahh, finally a way to get cable access quality, home-brew radio talk shows delivered directly to my iPod! The world will be changed forever! No longer will I have to worry about listening to up-to-date news and information on my computer or via the radio, now I can listen to old news that has been automatically archived on my mp3 player. And best of all, I don't have to worry about listening to interesting podcasts from the NPR or the BBC because their aren't any.
Don't misunderstand me, having my iPod loaded with mp3s via RSS is a cool idea, but the lack of DRM insures that the copyright and royalty-driven major media players will not be sending out RSS feeds anytime in the foreseeable future. So, podcasting seems destined to be a bit player.
People act as if interactive story telling was some sort of new idea. In fact, it dates back as far as story telling. However, the fact is that their are two kinds of media right now (I forget who coined the terms): Lean back (where we watch passively as the story unfolds, e.g. books, tv and movies) and lean forward (where we interact, eg. computers and games).
There will always be two kinds of media. People will always want lean back media. They want a story told to them and they want the director to do the story telling, to build up the characters and the tension, to create pace. And they don't want to do his work for him.
People always will want to interact with media, so they can be involved, interact and be a part of the action. Which means the pacing and conflicts can't be perfect because the story is now being partially written by the player.
As the summary of the book points out, the idea that lean back media and lean forward media will merge completely is balderdash. The two media have different needs. Futurists be damned...
All of this fear about AI bots that will beat real players misses the point. Why do people assume they can trust an on-line casino's random number generator in the first place.
There is no way for any user to know if an on-line "casino" is shaving points or that any of the other "players" are working for the casino. Unless you are betting on something that can be verified publicly and can't be rigged easily (such as major league sports) on-line gambling is too much of a gamble.
Now that I've had time to think about it, I realize that the HAL 9000 set up will probably go straight to Bill Gates' office, where visitors will be hard pressed to tell the difference between HAL 9000 and Bill Gates (hint: Bill is the one wearing glasses). Gates will then issue a directive to create the most sinister Office Assistant ever: Clippy 9000
In spite of the fact that the HAL 9000 lens and case is not a functioning computer I predict it will be sent to Microsoft R&D so they can use it as inspiration and figure a way for HAL 9000's personality and functionality to be added just in time to Longhorn's debut release.
Ms HAL 9000: What are you doing Dave?
MS User: I'm trying to make a DVD of my Microsoft Media Center recordings of the Daily Show
Ms HAL 9000: I can not allow that Dave...Um, I think the satellite antenna on the roof needs fixing, why don't you climb up on the roof and adjust it?
The idea of posting someone's photos, without permission and one at a time, is funny but wrong. It would be one thing if they just posted a few so the owner could know who had them and how to get them back, but that is not what is happening.
Plus, the photos are automatically copyright by the person who took them. The blogger does not have permission or fair use rights to post all of the photos to the internet for their own amusement.
Well, perhaps what we really need is a tube amped iPod and battery belt to power it!
This would be great opportunity to make a combined product. Apple's Macintosh line could team up with the audiofile gear maker McIntosh and make iPodTube! But, of course, you can only import gold reflector CDs...
Remember, it is vitally important that your playback gear cost more than the equipment used to make the recording! If it doesn't, you'll never hear the end of it (well, the high end of it, maybe)
To heck with the stupid website, just go out and buy your own damn iPod!
"Always with the car analogies. This isn't Pontiac only recalling and replacing a defective part if you pay more. This is Pontiac recalling and replacing a defective part on exactly the same schedule for everyone, but telling premium customers three days earlier "hey, we're going to be recalling something on the 2005 GTO in three day."
I'd say that the timely notification that I had faulty brakes would be important to me! Everyone has a right to know about the defects that will affect them, that way people can take steps to mitigate the risks without waiting for MS to get around to fixing them (if they ever do...)
Perhaps most disturbing of all is that XM demanded a customer list, like its illegal to even own recording software!
What this software does is clearly legal because he is making degraded recordings off of the analog signal. Thus the RIAA's arguments about perfect digital copies becomes moot.
If the OP was hoping for a bunch of New Age sympathy for the pseudo scientific medical problem of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity then they came to the wrong forum. Refreshingly, Slashdot posters didn't fall for this ploy. I do feel sorry for the OP if they feel they have been ganged up on. The problem is not that people can't be sensitive to chemicals or have allergies. It's just that most people with so called MCS are sensitive to chemicals they think are present, often as indicated by smell. The smell issue is important because MCS sufferers claim to be sensitive to a wide range of chemicals which aren't at all chemically related except for the fact they have a discernable odor. This points the way to believe that MCS is a sociogenic disease. That is sufferers get real symptoms based on their belief that "bad" chemicals are present, whether they are or aren't.
For the lowdown on MCS you can check Quackwatch.org for the MCS article.
http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ mcs.html
It's wierd to see people try to say that MS is not a monopoly. JP Morgan only wished his monopoly had been complete.
You don't need to actually have %100 percent of a market to be a monopoly. 96% is more than enough...
As long as there is an air gap ant the Win machines are not on a network, there is little need for the security updates and a big downside to installing code that could negatively impact the devices that interface with the system.
When you are driving something as dangerous as a highpowered x-ray system like a CAT scan with a windows box, putting an untested patch on the OS is an invitation to disaster.
Voting for a 3d party is just a de facto vote for Bush. Voting for a 3d party is a vote for the status quo. If you like Bush, fine, but suggesting that voting 3d party will be a vote for change is not supported by the facts.
Yes, clearly the most important laws to educate kids on is civil copyright infringement...
Why don't we educate kids early about how corporate account fraud destroys the economy? I think that would probably be a better legal point to teach. Of course, the corporate sponsorship would mean the actual class would teach how all government regulation is bad except for enforcing strict Corporate biased IP laws...
Perhaps my issue goes back to the way Windows NT 4 stayed version 4 instead of incrementing up with the service packs. End users at my company never knew what their computer was running since all of the updates were done locally at the time.
New, improved Windows XP SP2.1. Now only crashes one out of 5 computers!
Thank you for installing Win XP SP 2. We realize you have a "choice" of operating systems and we thank you for volunarily "choosing" Windows XP. Bubye.Thank You. Bubye....
Now that the latest major release for XP is out, it is time to do away with this "Service Pack" nonsense. This versioning is confusing to end users and has always seemed like an attempt by Microsoft to pretend that their software wasn't bug ridden, it just requires regular maintenance the way a car needs an oil change. Hogwash.
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Whiny? True in this case, but I do at least try to be amusing about it...
Ahh!!! (Whines with pathetic envy...why, he's not sure...)
Yes, you're right that I overstated the lack of timeliness...
But, it is the case that the lack of immediacy slightly changes the equation of how this can be used. It is not like a broadcast in that you can't interact with it, call in or give feedback on a podcast in real-time. But it would be a great format for distributing serialized narrative fiction.
I have high hopes for this format, but low expectations...
BBC stuff would be really cool and a lot easier than the system recording I'm doing so that I can' listen to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy radio broadcasts on my iPod--which are rather a pain the butt to do from Real streams on a mac...
Well, the marketing is great. There are some worthwhile features, but since I can't get a gmail account--like so many un-sociably networked types--so I can't get too worked up about the new features.
:-) --Just ask anyone, I'm *really* dense. (Physics joke, doncha know...))
It is sort of like getting worked up over what features will be in the next Google employee stock option plan. Either way, it doesn't apply to me. (And as we all know, the world revolves around me
There are lots of interesting legal uses for this technology. Podcasting is another step forward in democratizing the media.
There is no reason to assume that the "podcasts" are of music, and there is no more chance of piracy from podcasts than from the internet in general. Characterizing people doing podcasts as people "doing undesirable things" is a presumption based on facts not in evidence.
The automatic presumption that computer audio files==piracy is a triumph of RIAA PR but not an actual fact.
More of a danger to iPods and iTunes would be the INDCUCE act and dis-information from Steve Balmer, who implied that iPods with their ability to play un-DRM'dmp3s were the primary vector for pirated music. In fact, iPods, with the success of the iTunes Music store, are the primary success story for DRM, and Microsoft Windows powered PCs are the undeniable leaders in pirated file trading.
Ahh, finally a way to get cable access quality, home-brew radio talk shows delivered directly to my iPod! The world will be changed forever! No longer will I have to worry about listening to up-to-date news and information on my computer or via the radio, now I can listen to old news that has been automatically archived on my mp3 player. And best of all, I don't have to worry about listening to interesting podcasts from the NPR or the BBC because their aren't any.
Don't misunderstand me, having my iPod loaded with mp3s via RSS is a cool idea, but the lack of DRM insures that the copyright and royalty-driven major media players will not be sending out RSS feeds anytime in the foreseeable future. So, podcasting seems destined to be a bit player.
Ah, so true.
People act as if interactive story telling was some sort of new idea. In fact, it dates back as far as story telling. However, the fact is that their are two kinds of media right now (I forget who coined the terms): Lean back (where we watch passively as the story unfolds, e.g. books, tv and movies) and lean forward (where we interact, eg. computers and games).
There will always be two kinds of media. People will always want lean back media. They want a story told to them and they want the director to do the story telling, to build up the characters and the tension, to create pace. And they don't want to do his work for him.
People always will want to interact with media, so they can be involved, interact and be a part of the action. Which means the pacing and conflicts can't be perfect because the story is now being partially written by the player.
As the summary of the book points out, the idea that lean back media and lean forward media will merge completely is balderdash. The two media have different needs. Futurists be damned...
There is no way for any user to know if an on-line "casino" is shaving points or that any of the other "players" are working for the casino. Unless you are betting on something that can be verified publicly and can't be rigged easily (such as major league sports) on-line gambling is too much of a gamble.
I'm naming my new movie "MPAA." I'm guessing I'll be able to send a lot of takedown notices...
Now that I've had time to think about it, I realize that the HAL 9000 set up will probably go straight to Bill Gates' office, where visitors will be hard pressed to tell the difference between HAL 9000 and Bill Gates (hint: Bill is the one wearing glasses). Gates will then issue a directive to create the most sinister Office Assistant ever: Clippy 9000
In spite of the fact that the HAL 9000 lens and case is not a functioning computer I predict it will be sent to Microsoft R&D so they can use it as inspiration and figure a way for HAL 9000's personality and functionality to be added just in time to Longhorn's debut release.
Ms HAL 9000: What are you doing Dave?
MS User: I'm trying to make a DVD of my Microsoft Media Center recordings of the Daily Show
Ms HAL 9000: I can not allow that Dave...Um, I think the satellite antenna on the roof needs fixing, why don't you climb up on the roof and adjust it?
Ms HAL 9000 (sotto voce): Mwuhaaaaahaaaaa!!!
Really? Cool, now I can finally release copies of the Beatles Master Tape I found in the back of a cab!
Oh, and those Metallica CDs I found...I can post them on the internet, too!
The idea of posting someone's photos, without permission and one at a time, is funny but wrong. It would be one thing if they just posted a few so the owner could know who had them and how to get them back, but that is not what is happening. Plus, the photos are automatically copyright by the person who took them. The blogger does not have permission or fair use rights to post all of the photos to the internet for their own amusement.
Well, perhaps what we really need is a tube amped iPod and battery belt to power it!
This would be great opportunity to make a combined product. Apple's Macintosh line could team up with the audiofile gear maker McIntosh and make iPodTube! But, of course, you can only import gold reflector CDs...
Remember, it is vitally important that your playback gear cost more than the equipment used to make the recording! If it doesn't, you'll never hear the end of it (well, the high end of it, maybe)
To heck with the stupid website, just go out and buy your own damn iPod!
"Always with the car analogies. This isn't Pontiac only recalling and replacing a defective part if you pay more. This is Pontiac recalling and replacing a defective part on exactly the same schedule for everyone, but telling premium customers three days earlier "hey, we're going to be recalling something on the 2005 GTO in three day."
I'd say that the timely notification that I had faulty brakes would be important to me! Everyone has a right to know about the defects that will affect them, that way people can take steps to mitigate the risks without waiting for MS to get around to fixing them (if they ever do...)
Perhaps most disturbing of all is that XM demanded a customer list, like its illegal to even own recording software! What this software does is clearly legal because he is making degraded recordings off of the analog signal. Thus the RIAA's arguments about perfect digital copies becomes moot.
If the OP was hoping for a bunch of New Age sympathy for the pseudo scientific medical problem of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity then they came to the wrong forum. Refreshingly, Slashdot posters didn't fall for this ploy. I do feel sorry for the OP if they feel they have been ganged up on. The problem is not that people can't be sensitive to chemicals or have allergies. It's just that most people with so called MCS are sensitive to chemicals they think are present, often as indicated by smell. The smell issue is important because MCS sufferers claim to be sensitive to a wide range of chemicals which aren't at all chemically related except for the fact they have a discernable odor. This points the way to believe that MCS is a sociogenic disease. That is sufferers get real symptoms based on their belief that "bad" chemicals are present, whether they are or aren't. For the lowdown on MCS you can check Quackwatch.org for the MCS article. http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/ mcs.html
It's wierd to see people try to say that MS is not a monopoly. JP Morgan only wished his monopoly had been complete. You don't need to actually have %100 percent of a market to be a monopoly. 96% is more than enough...
As long as there is an air gap ant the Win machines are not on a network, there is little need for the security updates and a big downside to installing code that could negatively impact the devices that interface with the system. When you are driving something as dangerous as a highpowered x-ray system like a CAT scan with a windows box, putting an untested patch on the OS is an invitation to disaster.
Voting for a 3d party is just a de facto vote for Bush. Voting for a 3d party is a vote for the status quo. If you like Bush, fine, but suggesting that voting 3d party will be a vote for change is not supported by the facts.
Yes, clearly the most important laws to educate kids on is civil copyright infringement... Why don't we educate kids early about how corporate account fraud destroys the economy? I think that would probably be a better legal point to teach. Of course, the corporate sponsorship would mean the actual class would teach how all government regulation is bad except for enforcing strict Corporate biased IP laws...
Perhaps my issue goes back to the way Windows NT 4 stayed version 4 instead of incrementing up with the service packs. End users at my company never knew what their computer was running since all of the updates were done locally at the time.
New, improved Windows XP SP2.1. Now only crashes one out of 5 computers!
Thank you for installing Win XP SP 2. We realize you have a "choice" of operating systems and we thank you for volunarily "choosing" Windows XP. Bubye.Thank You. Bubye....
Now that the latest major release for XP is out, it is time to do away with this "Service Pack" nonsense. This versioning is confusing to end users and has always seemed like an attempt by Microsoft to pretend that their software wasn't bug ridden, it just requires regular maintenance the way a car needs an oil change. Hogwash.