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DVDs will be obsolete in 10 years: Bill Gates
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Posted on 07/13/2004 12:39:39 PM PDT by YoungHickey
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Telescreen much?
To: YoungHickey
How is it going to know what I want to watch when even I don't know?
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:42:15 PM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: YoungHickey
Hah! Yeah, that's what they said about my 8-Track player. Fools...
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:42:48 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: YoungHickey
It is called the " .NET "
Get used to the idea - the technology has been here for years - we just have to get the mind-set to accept it.
All those sci-fi movies and stories of walking in and talking to your house, lights on, messages, grocery lists, fluid walls and decor , and much more ---- it is ALL the ".NET"
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:44:10 PM PDT
by
steplock
( www.spadata.com)
To: YoungHickey
So why do all my best diagnostic programs still boot from floppies?
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:44:53 PM PDT
by
js1138
(In a minute there is time, for decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. J Forbes Kerry)
To: YoungHickey
I knew it -- 8-tracks are poised for a come back! Glad I saved 'em!!! (/sarcasm)
To: YoungHickey
The guy that thought 640K would be plenty now thinks something is going to be obsolete? Hey Bill, what about Bob?
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:45:06 PM PDT
by
discostu
(Gravity is a harsh mistress)
To: YoungHickey
This is right about the same time that I will be able to teleport myself to and from work, my hover-craft will fold up into a brief case and all my food will be in the form of a capsule.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:45:46 PM PDT
by
King David
(Kerry can't take a punch... and Dubya's got the gloves on)
To: YoungHickey
Well, there is still something to be said for ownership of physical media - especially if some future government decides to ban certain productions. It would be too easy to turn off the feeds if the only sources are four or five big media companies.
DVD's might become obsolete but local storage of media probably won't.
To: YoungHickey
This comes from a guy whose home has ever changing digital artwork hanging on plasma screens throughout his house.
Maybe in Bill Gates life and a few of the elites amoung us, but not for the masses.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:46:06 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(If peace is patriotic why are they ashamed to fly the Flag?)
To: Dog Gone
It will offer you a variety of items recalled from your complete entertainment history, a compilation of every item you have ever chosen, since you were born.
You DO know that BIG Brother IS watching, don't you?
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:46:14 PM PDT
by
spoiler2
To: steplock
the biggest obstacle to implementation, as you indicate, is cultural resistance. And that is a formidable obstacle. Try making a business office paperless and watch the panic set in.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:46:23 PM PDT
by
Mr. Bird
(Ain't the beer cold!)
To: Hatteras
LOL. Just like my beta-max!
To: YoungHickey
I know which way to bet, now. I don't think much of Bill Gates' software company or it's products, but I have to respect his marketing ability. I'm just glad he didn't decide to market suppositories. ;>)
/john
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:48:30 PM PDT
by
JRandomFreeper
(But what do I know, I'm just a cook. No disguta conmigo!)
To: YoungHickey
"TV that will simply show what we want to see, when we want to see it. When we get home, the home computer will know who we are from our voice or our face. It will know what we want to watch, our favourite programmes, or what the kids shouldn't be allowed to see." I guess that means ABC, CBS, and NBC will become anthropological exhibits at The Smithsonian. :) Hee, hee
To: Dog Gone
"How is it going to know what I want to watch when even I don't know?"It's just going to jump back and forth during commercials. From "Trading Spaces" to "Monster Garage" to "Overhauled" to "American Chopper" to "In-A-Fix" (my new favorite) to "While You Were Out" to "Landscaper's Challenge" to "Monster House" to....
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:48:44 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: YoungHickey
TV that will simply show what we want to see, when we want to see it. Ah, yes. Video On Demand.
Since I have yet to buy a DVD player, I'm anxiously awaiting this technology to be introduced. The technology basically already exists - it just needs to be implemented.
However, I fear that it will take years to iron out all of the licensing, etc. among all of the entertainment companies.
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:48:53 PM PDT
by
gdani
(Not ready for human cloning? Get ready.)
To: discostu
Hey Bill, what about Bob?oooooh...That ones gonna leave a mark..
To: YoungHickey
But when will Bill Gates be obsolete?
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:49:11 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Do not remove this tag under penalty of law.)
To: Hatteras
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posted on
07/13/2004 12:50:05 PM PDT
by
danneskjold
("Somebody is behind this..." - George Soros)
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