pfraze

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   by pfraze 15y ago

   Actually, how hard would it be, really? All you'd need to do is create a central registry of content-owners and licensed content-users, build Shazam-like content-detection, then force everybody to operate on that infrastructure. Please don'
2. 1442.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   Fair points on Prohibition. It definitely has the negative-only effect that you'd want; I'll have to think about it. Here's an analogy I've been using that might work: "They're tying your hands behind your back so you have to pay them to fe
3. 1443.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   I don't think that's accurate enough. 'Prohibition' is better for the War on Drugs, which draws a more meaningful connection to the 20s. If I had to paint in broad, evocative strokes, I'd claim the industries are using the government to pro
4. 1444.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   Somebody on HN once described the state of the music industry as a transfer of wealth from the record labels to the internet companies. That made a lot of sense to me.
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   by pfraze 15y ago

   I agree, and it frustrates me more, because -- as the article points out -- they don't innovate. That said, lack of innovation could be related to the historic divorce from distribution channels; their business is content, not medium, and
6. 1446.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   I bet it's harder not to compulsively think "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right" than it is to dial a phone.
7. 1447.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   I've been looking for what they're advertising, so I'll see if it delivers. I feel like community needs to come first -- if HN did something like this, I'd be more confident in it.
8. 1448.▲
   by pfraze 15y ago

   Thanks for reminding me of the bright side.
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   by pfraze 15y ago

   That's cool, thanks for the explanation.
10. 1450.▲
    by pfraze 15y ago

    You know what I would like? A tablet with a stylus input for one hand, and a kinect facing up off the left side for the other. I'd write with my right, and hover my left to make small gestures that manipulate the screen space. Drop the styl
11. 1451.▲
    by pfraze 15y ago

    Crafty! How do you get the image to overwrite? I would think that you could only append to the image data that's already been transmitted.
12. 1452.▲
    by pfraze 15y ago

    How does it work? I'm in the same boat as jsdalton -- I thought it was't possible.