I use a bicycle, you insensitive clod!

pr0n looks for YOU!

I agree, bring back Arnie!
Oh wait...

Nope. DOS games. Xbox might have a backdoor.

Exactly. Of all data there is, audio and video for private consumption is probably were bit rot doesn't matter at all. The rare cases it happens you won't even hear or see the wrong bit. In fact, using lossy compression and then worry about bit rot is illogical.

Finally a well worded insightful post, a rare occurrence on this site. The link to the newsletter subscription is missing though.

No, that's what the sharks are for.

Good analysis. The mentioned wealth inequity, the poverty, crime, lack of education, and corruption result in a vicious, almost unbreakable circle. It's like a real life experiment and illustrates why 3rd world countries mainly stay the way they are.

Speaking of 80's rock, even worse would be a moon named 'Europe'. Oh wait...!

Eternal September sure changed things, but you had ways to avoid the derp. The real problem is what I call the "Cult of Mediocrity", which got born through "Web 2.0".

Before that, people would have hobbies, having fun with them, and get inspired by professionals.

Today, everyone is a writer, photographer, musician, etc., posts online and gets cheered upon by other wannabies, celebrating their mediocre hobbyist results as the ultimate achievement. Consequences of this are rampant narcissism and arrogance on the one hand, and a society which focuses on equality instead of talent.

If one compares test levels for university entry between then and now, one can see an example of where we're heading.

Which explains why one can't be sure if MP3's are music or not.

This cooperation between MS and the NSA maybe explains why MS got away in most cases of monopolistic abuses during so many years: it's easier to infiltrate computers worldwide if they all use the same OS.

I have an uneasy feeling with this.
OK, maybe I just read/watched too much bad Science Fiction.
Nevertheless, the message I'll send will be:

"Nothing to see here, move along!"

Not sure why this was modded down, but that link is insightful.

It also shows why MP3 @ 320 kb/s doesn't make sense. For the best lossy compression, MP2 at that bitrate would be better.

IMHO, FLAC for home listening, and MP3 @ ~192 kb/s ("lame -V2") for mobile is the way to go.

Same old shit as always (DNRTFA).

I'm tainting my pure and virgin kernels since about 10 years with the evil corporate drivers from Nvidia, because it works and performs. Sorry Gnu!