Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Apr 26th, 2011 @ 4:55pm
The problem is that free culture and copylefting is (from the experience of anyone currently alive, history notwithstanding) such a radically new and weird concept. New ideas often take decades before the majority of people can wrap their heads around them.
Part of why we're in the mess we're in today is because many people still don't understand, for example, the Internet.
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Apr 25th, 2011 @ 7:28pm
As an uninformed US citizen with only passing familiarity of how the BBC operates, I have to ask: what motive does the BBC have to limit file sharing of Doctor Who? Aren't they a public broadcaster, funded by TV licensing fees, and they don't have to assure advertisers that people are watching the broadcast? Isn't it in their best interest for as many people to watch Doctor Who as possible?
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Feb 16th, 2011 @ 10:15pm
If you're the kind of person who wouldn't even notice $800,000 worth of charges on your credit card, then maybe, just maybe, you deserve it. Just a little bit.
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Feb 11th, 2011 @ 9:15am
More and more, I get the feeling that nobody in the Obama administration has even heard the other side of the IP argument. It doesn't seem like it ever reaches anybody important.
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Jan 31st, 2011 @ 7:49pm
Yeah, it would be nice if we had a society that encouraged informed debate.
Until then, though, I'm gonna take a Machiavellian stand on this particular bill. Let's use bills which actually shouldn't be struck down by public insanity to push for rational thinking.
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Jan 27th, 2011 @ 3:29pm
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The problem is that because of Google Instant, for very many people, autocomplete is the search results. How many people do you think still press Enter when searching Google?
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Jan 25th, 2011 @ 12:14pm
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Why must repair of your own electronics be a geeky thing to do, though? Millions of people change the oil on their own cars or fix leaks in their own faucets, both of which are much more involved processes than replacing a circuit board in a phone.
Disassembling your phone is a geeky thing to do now, and with this, Apple is stating their intention to keep it that way. Instead of empowering people to understand and master technology, they choose to keep the masses ignorant for their own "convenience".
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Jan 17th, 2011 @ 10:27pm
If advertisers believe that the average person is well-informed and difficult to impress — even if they're wrong and it's not true — I'd say that's a net gain for society.
Zacqary Adam Green (profile), Jan 12th, 2011 @ 4:57pm
I have a three year old HDV camcorder. On purchase, I thought it was the most amazing thing I'd ever shot with.
Last year, I worked with a filmmaker whose Flip Cam made me envious. My thousand dollar camera's footage looked like shit compared to this. It was actually beautiful video. And it could do this all on flash memory, instead of aneurism-inducing DV tapes.
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Part of why we're in the mess we're in today is because many people still don't understand, for example, the Internet.
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What am I missing here?
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Until then, though, I'm gonna take a Machiavellian stand on this particular bill. Let's use bills which actually shouldn't be struck down by public insanity to push for rational thinking.
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Disassembling your phone is a geeky thing to do now, and with this, Apple is stating their intention to keep it that way. Instead of empowering people to understand and master technology, they choose to keep the masses ignorant for their own "convenience".
Why?
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Or, hell, ever lived through the Bush administration?
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That's not how whistleblowing works.
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Last year, I worked with a filmmaker whose Flip Cam made me envious. My thousand dollar camera's footage looked like shit compared to this. It was actually beautiful video. And it could do this all on flash memory, instead of aneurism-inducing DV tapes.
Filmmaking has never been more democratic. Ever.