Follow the link to a very intersting article: Looking for the Mouse
- Erin
What's the internet good for?
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*snicker*
( The Internet is for... )
Yup :)
Similar to when printing was invented. In fact, right up into the late 1700s, the two principal uses of printing technologies were bibles and smut. :)
It took the age of revolutions to overturn this balance in favor of newspapers, pamphlets and books.
- Erin
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
= Give everyone the benefit of the doubt because certainty is a fragile thing that can be shattered by one overlooked fact.
So does that mean
the electronic media has gone full circle?
Angharad
Angharad
Double yup
The same applies to the video wars. When Sony developed Betamax, they thought the primary use for VCRs would be time shifting, i.e. recording a show you couldn't be home to watch. They felt there would be no market for pre-recorded movies, so consequently when it was released, Betamx was only a one-hour tape. It turned out people did want pre-recorded content, however, and VHS with its longer capacity tapes was there to fill that need. And just what drove the sales of VHS? It was largely small rental outlets, the forerunners of Blockbuster and Movie Gallery, that were almost exclusively adult oriented. The adult movie industry has always been quick to latch onto new technology, like DVDs. How many of us have DVD players that support multiple camera angles? I do, but there are no mainstream movies that I know of that support this feature -- lot of pornographic movies do, however.
That was a neat article, Erin, thanks for pointing it out. I have added a new phrase to my lexicon - time to go exercise some of my cognitive surplus now.
Scott
-- Moliere
Bree
The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
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The internet is for ****
Well, that's a title to a song in the musical "Avenue Q"...
*sighs*
Annette
Thanks!
Great article! I've just bookmarked it for posterity.
It's true. I hardly watch television anymore, not in the sense that we used to. Lots of time is spent on the 'net. LOTS of time. Now, I just need to do my bit, and create some content...
Good article
I'm going to share it, too.
I'd like to tell that TV person that I often don't have the time, that most of us manage to squeeze out these things we do online in the odd moments.
Kaleigh