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In all likelihood, the revolutions in video and digital will merge into one: with a new generation of media companies producing content we watch at home, listen to in our car and read wherever on the go. And thanks to technology, all your devices will know what you want, where you are and how to serve up content the way you want to consume it at that very moment.
Just like the Web destroyed the newspaper world; mobile will destroy the desktop world and on-demand video will destroy the TV and cable world. But from the rubble will emerge a much better, more eclectic, more efficient way for all of us to watch, read and listen. It will be brimming with content we can be proud of—and happily pay for. Politico co-founder, Jim VandeHei, now fled the honeypot to do some in$anely great new thing, waxes lyrical about a future that I view as a recipe for an Orwellian nightmare: [^].
I will not give thanks to technology that creates devices that know more about me than I do about them, that select content based on algorithms driven by $ale$-and-marketing lust to determine my "$lot" in some giant factor-analysis matrix.
imho, still, an interesting read, but, I find lacking mention of the sites that I think are currently setting a new high-bar for quality on-line content: that would include sites like the BBC, science coverage in the L.A. Times, and Washington Post, New Scientist and Discover magazines, and the very remarkable sites Aeon.com, and QuantaMagazine.org, my current favorites.
While I'd like to believe VandeHei's thesis that crapware spawned by click-bait is diminishing, my cynical "gut" says that will never happen. But, since I limit my use of the internet in a fairly disciplined way (except on CP) ... how would I know ? People, like me, who are old, print-oriented, and "in the way," are not the fresh meat turning the chum-filled bloody waters of the web feeding frenzy into an insoluble puzzle of who's-eating-whom where no one call tell if they are prey, or predator.
If I regard the "redacted" of people as reflected by what they do, how they behave, rather than what they say about existence, values, purpose of life, etc., then I'd have to say my country-of-birth's redacted is shopping. Perhaps that will become explicit, and, in another digital future, people like me will be branded "anti-cons," and prosecuted for our penny-pinching parsimony, forced to walk the streets wearing signs (digital, of course) that alternate displaying advertisements with displaying in huge red-letters: "No Sale." Or, used as "expendables" in some future "Hunger Games" sideshow used to keep the masses distracted with bloodlust from awareness of political tyranny.
It is a small joy to know I will be dead before any of this happens 
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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Jim wrote: with content we can be proud of—and happily pay for.
It may prove a bit harder in difficult economic times to convince people to spend money on entertainment
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I pay for Netflix and The Economist on-line so I wouldn't say paid content is entirely a lost cause.
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Duncan Edwards Jones wrote: I pay for Netflix and The Economist on-line so I wouldn't say paid content is entirely a lost cause.
I'm gonna read a free newspaper in a bit. The old paper thingy, so paper might not be entirely lost either.
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There is, of course, the example of broadcast TV (Free) being overwhelmed by cable.
I'd also go for people buying drinking water as an example of there's no limit to convincing people to pay for what they already get 'free'.
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Your tap water isn't laced with estrogen precursors though. It's not quite the same as what you get in cheap plastic bottle. (And it's not just Bis-Phenol A; although as the one most widely used it's far more studied than the others what research has been done on other chemicals similar enough to serve the same use in plastic suggests that they also have the same effect on the human body. Shocking! I know! /sarc)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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While I'm enthusiastic about how technology progresses I agree that it's also a bit Orwellian. I don't want suggestions pushed down my throat based on what I might want to see. When I search for something new then sure some suggestions can be appreciated but I want it on my terms. Mostly I prefer tag search because it helps you quickly whittle away from the vast amount of content available to find something specific.
I'm only 25 but still feel that a lot of changes happen too quickly for my taste and that a lot of change isn't done to improve something but more for the sake of change.
Your last statement reminds me of a Swedish book written in the 70s or 80s that's really good. Sadly it isn't available in English from what I know but I feel that parts of that book is coming true.
Translated title of the book would be Breaking away from earth. Earth is heavily polluted and divided in a few super powers. Uranium is transported from the outer reaches of our solar system to help further our consumerism. People live in cramped apartments and are basically force fed commercials from their TV which interacts with the recipient to push them to buy buy and buy and if it detects that someone is slowing down in buying they are coerced to do so instead.
I think that one thing that grow in the coming years is VR tech, the basic uses of gaming, movies and porn is a given but this tech will most likely also go through many iterations and changes and provide new services that we didn't know we needed, wanted or asked for. Won't be too long before the first reports of drooling wrecks of what once was humans will come in with people who doesn't want anything to do with real life.
But hopefully in a few years or a decade or so we can expect full field of view augmented reality and I can't wait to load it with the latest psychedelic shaders!
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Member 11683251 wrote: I think that one thing that grow in the coming years is VR tech,
Arguably, this could be the final step.
Once in the VR world, your knowledge and perception of everything is totally controlled - you could even be led to believe you're rebelling against the system . . . by that system. Since those in your age-group (and younger) already willingly plug their ears with controlled input at almost all times and places, already, it not only isn't a large leap. No - it's an eagerly anticipated closure for those who don't want to risk interaction with other real humans*
* at least not without their safety device at hand to end whatever they don't like from invading their reality.
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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A few things come to mind.
With the 'anti-cons' idea - did you ever watch the Max Headroom TV show ("Max Headroom - 20 minutes into the Future"). There, they had a world run by a few media giants and it was illegal to turn off the ubiquitously placed TV's.
I keep a low profile on the internet, don't answer phone surveys (from cold-calling strangers, no less), or tell anyone anything they cannot show a need to know*. One difference I do, in maintaining my non-bloody-chum status is hiding my trees in a forest. My age, gender, family makeup, and everything else vary from site to site where I am forced to enter it to get what I want. My tree is hidden in the forest.
Even for election polling, basically I give an angry lecture on the fact that we have a secret ballot in this country and it's none of anyone's business who I plan to vote for.
You and I sharing commonalities. Who'da guessed? Or was it, from our often sharp interactions, obvious?
* Perhaps this reply violates that principal?
| "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein | | "As far as we know, our computer has never had an undetected error." - Weisert | | "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010 |
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W∴ Balboos wrote: I keep a low profile on the internet, ... tell anyone anything they cannot show a need to know
Um...Member questions & answers - CodeProject[^]
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote:
Um...Member questions & answers - CodeProject[^]
??? - Except that someone might be able to identify me from that work? Or that you answer more in a month than I have in, well, a long time.
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"hiding my trees in a forest" ... I really like that analogy ! Yes, I was a "fan" of the Max Headroom series back then ... in the late 1980's ... while my little career as a PostScript "guru" took off, finally getting me to nirvana at Adobe Systems where they were confused enough to deign me a "computer scientist" 
"You and I sharing commonalities. Who'da guessed? Or was it, from our often sharp interactions, obvious?"
Well, I have always depended on strange kindness (Blanche DuBois did not say on her way to the mental hospital), and it wouldn't surprise me if we were bound by some strange attractor that amuses itself with our peccadilloes as it dances us in contextual polarity
cheers, Bill
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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But isn't this new technologu exciting, depending on click habits every time you walk by a store a message will come up on you mobile and graciously inform you of their daily specials specifically talored to you.
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta tomorrow (noun): a mystical land where 99% of all human productivity, motivation and achievement is stored.
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Already a simple "innocent" click on the lingerie ladies picture-ads on a web page haunts me for days (if I forget to clear the cache) by making these ladies appear in some other sites in the ad widgets - when my mates are watching my screens. Throws me to bad blushes! Can't think about the advanced ones
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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... mmm ... okay: let me get this straight ... you uttered the words "innocent click," and then she hit you with ... what ?Vunic wrote: when my mates are watching my screens
I suspect this will evolve into the modal cause of homicide by about 2030.
«The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you.» Soren Kierkegaard
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BillWoodruff wrote: "innocent click," and then she hit you with ... what ?
That hard cornered C0nd*m pack. It hurt. 
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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how resolve error "Component Average Lock Wait Time is Critical in Sql Server"
Pavan
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You turn it off and then you turn it back on again.
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PompeyThree wrote: You turn it off and then you turn it back on again.
FTFY!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Start by paying attention to where you are.
Look at the top of this page, and you will see it says:
Technical discussions are encouraged, but click here to ask your programming question. But you didn't did you...
Ask your question in a suitable place: http://www.codeproject.com/Questions/ask.aspx[^]
But...just posting your error message with no detail is like calling the garage, saying "my car broke" and putting the phone down. You are going to be waiting a long time for them to arrive where you are (they don't know), with the right parts for your car (which they don't know), to fix a problem you haven't told them about!
So tell us what the problem is: when does it occur? What code is executing? How do you cause it?
Otherwise, you will wait a long time for a helpful reply...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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You could start by NOT posting tech questions here and try Quick Answers[^] instead. I heard they're helpful there. But only when it's a full moon during the months[^] of Sip, Xul and Mol
veni bibi saltavi
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Hey, I thought that calender had expired... 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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Your database servers hard drive is damp and is causing sticktion in the lock. You need to bake it in your oven for 30 minutes at 350F (175C); and then immediately cool it back to normal by plunging it into a bath of Liquid Nitrogen.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Looks like a genuine victim.
Welcome to CodeProject! Quite many don't watch out for forum guidelines when they make their first post. So you haven't. That's okay! You can move this to a technical forum. How? Delete here and re-post there in SQL Forum  . Click[^]
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.
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Vunic wrote: Welcome to CodeProject!
He's been here for two years!
Vunic wrote: when they make their first post
It's not his first post!
Vunic wrote: Delete here
You can't delete a post that has had answers!
But apart from that, I think you got everything right...
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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