I've never heard of anyone actually claiming that. I HAVE heard, however, of people saying that the LP "sounds better". This is not a claim of fidelity but a matter of aesthetics. These people are saying that they LIKE the way an LP sounds versus digital sound, DESPITE the actual difference in fidelity.
I think I see your point here, that while the internet is a communication tool, without content, there would be nothing to communicate.
That is true if you define content as "something".
The statement that is in contention here, however, is not simply the word content defined as "something", it is regarding the "content industries" which are things like movies, TV, music, etc.
therefore, if I email a friend (using web-based email), there is "something" in that email, however, while that email is a communication, it has nothing to do with a content industry.
Do you honestly (HONESTLY now) think that, in ANY business on the planet, someone who DOES NOT pay should have the same privelages as someone who does?
I'm not going to be a paying member (sorry Mike), but that doesn't mean that I won't still have access to all the same stuff as before; it just means that I won't have access to stuff that WASN'T ACCESSIBLE BEFORE.
That would require the existence of one. So far, the legal track record shows that there isn't a single attorney out there who knows what technology is, let alone how it works.
So if you're reading this and you're an attorney who DOES know, please please please please please go slap your colleagues (all of them) upside the head, and get involved.
Yes, but the problem is that the newspapers are completely IGNORING the comments, which basically makes it so that thoughtful insight is rare or nonexistent
"Every now and then, I make the mistake of looking in the comments section after a newspaper article, and it's always a cesspit."
Which exactly the point here. If there is no discourse with the original author (and Mike definitely makes his presence known here), or, at the VERY least, a moderation which removes and/or hides trolls, then there is no reason to keep comments intelligent.
I visit this site via the igoogle widget, so if the headline doesn't interest me I won't even click the link. Hence there are times when I've not read an article or made a post for weeks.
Yes, there's some rather idiotic discourse that takes place here; even outright arguments. I've even made completely unrelated smart-ass posts, just because i thought it was funny.
However...
Mike posts articles that evoke thought, conversation, and debate. Does he have an agenda? Frankly I don't care if he does or not, because I enjoy reading the articles here. More than that, I really do enjoy reading the comments, even the ones that piss me off, because they get me thinking. Perhaps you should do some of that, yourself, before you "dis" this site. Or better yet, if you don't like this site DON'T FUCKING READ IT.
"Most newspapers have 'standards' that they adhere to like: Editing the comment for length; which allows for that same letter to lose it's authenticity and underlying meaning."
Absolutely. I wrote an opinion editorial for the local paper when I was in high school. It got published. However, what got published skewed the whole point of the article I wrote.
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I've never heard of anyone actually claiming that. I HAVE heard, however, of people saying that the LP "sounds better". This is not a claim of fidelity but a matter of aesthetics. These people are saying that they LIKE the way an LP sounds versus digital sound, DESPITE the actual difference in fidelity.
The two should not be confused.
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That is true if you define content as "something".
The statement that is in contention here, however, is not simply the word content defined as "something", it is regarding the "content industries" which are things like movies, TV, music, etc.
therefore, if I email a friend (using web-based email), there is "something" in that email, however, while that email is a communication, it has nothing to do with a content industry.
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I'm not going to be a paying member (sorry Mike), but that doesn't mean that I won't still have access to all the same stuff as before; it just means that I won't have access to stuff that WASN'T ACCESSIBLE BEFORE.
Again with thinking before you spew...
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It's LOSING, not LOOSING. Based on the rest of your grammar I'm sure that was just a typo, but it's a pet peeve of mine so I couldn't let it go.
/soap box
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So if you're reading this and you're an attorney who DOES know, please please please please please go slap your colleagues (all of them) upside the head, and get involved.
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Which exactly the point here. If there is no discourse with the original author (and Mike definitely makes his presence known here), or, at the VERY least, a moderation which removes and/or hides trolls, then there is no reason to keep comments intelligent.
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I visit this site via the igoogle widget, so if the headline doesn't interest me I won't even click the link. Hence there are times when I've not read an article or made a post for weeks.
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Cuz
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Yes, there's some rather idiotic discourse that takes place here; even outright arguments. I've even made completely unrelated smart-ass posts, just because i thought it was funny.
However...
Mike posts articles that evoke thought, conversation, and debate. Does he have an agenda? Frankly I don't care if he does or not, because I enjoy reading the articles here. More than that, I really do enjoy reading the comments, even the ones that piss me off, because they get me thinking. Perhaps you should do some of that, yourself, before you "dis" this site. Or better yet, if you don't like this site DON'T FUCKING READ IT.
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Absolutely. I wrote an opinion editorial for the local paper when I was in high school. It got published. However, what got published skewed the whole point of the article I wrote.
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Re: Talk about old fashioned
Jeez I can't believe you didn't know that.
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