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So, after reading every single post under this blurb, I have summarized two things.
1. We will find a way to circumvent this.
2. The mass market will, hopefully, ultimately, reject this.
Blatant optimism if you ask me. That post about phazeing out analog in 2006 is a prime example. YOu have to renember that the people working against -us- the consumers are very smart men. They are like us, only on the other side of the fence, the greedy, monopolistic 'Adult' side. The force caught inbetween our intellectual struggle is the average consumer. Whoever influences this force the most wins the struggle.
Now, in one corner, you have the multimedia giants..armed with billions of dollars, political ties, control over the media (and news broadcasts) and ultimately what is seen onones TV, heard over the radio, ect. In the other corner you have the geeks, the thinkers, the dreamers, the underpayed IT guy, the over-educated college Grad. Our weapons: Fanatasicism, limited resources (webpages on internet), more fanatascism..and a touch of technical knowhow.
To relate this to another topic, Think of Corporate America like the american army in Iraq. BIG GUNS, BIG BOMBS, Lots of Money, lots of high priced technology. Us? we're the Iraqis, we've got fanatiscism, we've got 'technical knowhow' (duct-tapeing gernade launchers to AK-47's, roadside bombs) and we've got 'limited resources' (Internet, dated russian equipment). Unfortunately, the seething masses are always more willing to listen to the home team then the visitors. TO the average indoctrinated, TV-bred american, the Corporate America is the home team, and we're the 'visitors'.
Thats the main diference, a important advantage the terrorists in Iraq have and one we -don't even have-. Is a rocky, craggy, uphill battle for the technicaly, socialy, politically educated but under-powered..and we have a larger number of uneducated, uncaring americans baring our way then ever before.
1. We will find a way to circumvent this.
2. The mass market will, hopefully, ultimately, reject this.
Blatant optimism if you ask me. That post about phazeing out analog in 2006 is a prime example. YOu have to renember that the people working against -us- the consumers are very smart men. They are like us, only on the other side of the fence, the greedy, monopolistic 'Adult' side. The force caught inbetween our intellectual struggle is the average consumer. Whoever influences this force the most wins the struggle.
Now, in one corner, you have the multimedia giants..armed with billions of dollars, political ties, control over the media (and news broadcasts) and ultimately what is seen onones TV, heard over the radio, ect. In the other corner you have the geeks, the thinkers, the dreamers, the underpayed IT guy, the over-educated college Grad. Our weapons: Fanatasicism, limited resources (webpages on internet), more fanatascism..and a touch of technical knowhow.
To relate this to another topic, Think of Corporate America like the american army in Iraq. BIG GUNS, BIG BOMBS, Lots of Money, lots of high priced technology. Us? we're the Iraqis, we've got fanatiscism, we've got 'technical knowhow' (duct-tapeing gernade launchers to AK-47's, roadside bombs) and we've got 'limited resources' (Internet, dated russian equipment). Unfortunately, the seething masses are always more willing to listen to the home team then the visitors. TO the average indoctrinated, TV-bred american, the Corporate America is the home team, and we're the 'visitors'.
Thats the main diference, a important advantage the terrorists in Iraq have and one we -don't even have-. Is a rocky, craggy, uphill battle for the technicaly, socialy, politically educated but under-powered..and we have a larger number of uneducated, uncaring americans baring our way then ever before.
