Comment "Television is something that watches you." (Score 1) 320
i wrote this in 1998 (14 years ago), on the first page of my book, Playing for Profit (published by John Wiley & Sons).
i wrote this in 1998 (14 years ago), on the first page of my book, Playing for Profit (published by John Wiley & Sons).
is it just me, or is anything above 25ms ping time suspect? i'm on a 30mbps Comcast connection, and i've always got sub-20ms ping time (according to speedtest.net). 300ms sounds unacceptably crazy high to me.
12 years ago, I wrote about this. "TV is something that watches you," is on the first page of chapter 1 of my book, "Playing for Profit" (still available on Amazon). It's obvious that watching behavior leads to better personalized service and better opportunities for marketers to try to sell you stuff.
Am i imagining this? I recall Stephenson writing about people being "computers", in Cryptonomicon. And, of course, it was largely set in WW II Bletchley Park.
all the governmental spy labs around the world. rest assured that Kodachrome will be developed well into this century.
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