Will this make them more exciting or less exciting. In the movies?

Interesting, that's the time period I noticed Opera getting worse. More memory usage, slower loading, slower everything really. And the updates, every week or so. They really went from one of the best products in the world to one that's almost mediocre. I have a lot of love for the brand so I'll stick with it but there's definitely some more stuff that's close to malware in it recently.

I think there's a mentality where you want the best possible conversational outcome. And you're surprised time and time again to find you're only one half of the equation and she just wants an alright conversation.

Video Games, for example are THE FUNNEST THING EVER IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD. Some people have not found their genre yet. People who don't try and find their genre are just an example of someone not open to new things.

Once you get INTO playing games (or watching movies, TV or Anime together) it's tough to get out of and go out and see people. However if you're an awkward guy it's tough being around people without them associating awkward sexual motives to you (or rendering you a sexless cheerful teddybear, in danger of having opinions stomped) without a girlfriend to point to. So it's tough either way.

Ideally you have a girlfriend money, and the ability to go out and socialize. But really the three tend to be horribly interrelated unless you really nail it.

My best times were spent with close friends drinking, gaming, and talking. If economies of scale had worked out for gamers there would be LAN parties every night after work. But because games have been marginalized and criticised the laptop industry hasn't really embraced decent gaming graphics cards which has kept gamers attached to their towers. Something that can't be shared with a girlfriend or a group of drinking buddies easily.

Eventually a game will come along to unite the masses. Something not everyone loves, but no one really objects to and that is fun and social. Thinking back the last one I can think of was quake 1. Which had 1v1 for spectators and bragging rights and Random free for all death match. Which was just a giant melee of randomness. That made it so people could focus and not socialize and maybe do a bit better or they could just relax and let each kill or death not faze them at all.

Something like CIVILIZATION 2 would be good, since it has broad appeal is amazingly fun, kind of random. But it's too slow and advantages accrue too fast.

There's a glut of everything. That's what happens when technology keeps getting better and we don't work shorter hours.

And yes, this same process will lead to higher concentrations of wealth as well. In entertainment obviously, as well.

Globalization was always going to hurt the majority of musicians. It's not all the internet you know.

There are billions more people, better connected and people can only listen to so much music.

Yea, live shows will still be popular, largely because people are willing to compromise and see a band they kind of like. But online sales will become more and more concentrated, even with independent artists having better access to recording equipment and distribution.

So tired of stories of american freedom. If the declaration of independence or the constitution were so insoluble wtf happened, hmm? Looks like they didn't do it right! Sorry you could brag about it while it still worked, BUT LOOK AT IT NOW!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaistos_Disc In Phaistos Greece, probably burned at the stake for spreading knowledge. Moveable type 2500 years before the rest of the world.

You know you loves him!

WOOT!

"I cannot, of course, defend in any way the use of police resources in this particular case. I'm sure we'd all want to help our kid out similarly, but I imagine the smart among us would have done it informally and off the clock."

Really you see no benefit to teaching a child that the police really do work. That they take theft and other crime seriously and are effective in deterring it?
That the phone was really misplaced and not stolen? With all the implications for that child's perspective on what society is and means?