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Hate to go on a tangent but I can't believe jwz still hasn't updated his site to a more reader friendly color scheme.
Once upon a time green on black was all some of us had, 24/7. Somehow we coped.
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Or amber on black, depending on what what terminals were available in the lab. As I recall, I coped with Usenet. In some ways, the Internet used to be much better than it is now.
That's because no one cared about the Internet back then. You could read everything interesting on Usenet, refresh rn, have a few new articles, and then...nothing. The web was the same way, except that we could kill time looking for material for our one-page sites on deformed baby skeletons.
I still think gopher was a better way to distribute information. Also, I miss talkd. I'll show my nostalgic self out now.
FWIW- My thoughts are similar on SXSW interactive. I have been going for several years, always finding that there was some amount of serendipity to putting so many nerds and vc-types in a very small space (see PG's essay on SV: http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html ). This year I found it too chaotic. It's a nightmare to get in anywhere or know what's going on, even if you are "VIP." I had the good fortune to…
Having not yet had the opportunity to attend, what's the corporate schtick you're noticing?
I can't read this site for more than 10 seconds before my eyes start to bleed.
Out of curiosity, how are your terminal colors configured?
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I was about to post along these lines regarding my confusion. I had no idea it was a music festival.
They don't call Austin the "Live music capital of the world" for nothing.
I think what they mean by the "world" is the U.S.
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That's because no one cared about the Internet back then. You could read everything interesting on Usenet, refresh rn, have a few new articles, and then...nothing. The web was the same way, except that we could kill time looking for material for our one-page sites on deformed baby skeletons.
Maybe I just have wider interests, but I never lacked for interesting reading on usenet. And the trolling was better. I still think gopher was a better way to distribute information. Also, I miss talkd. I'll show my nostalgic self out now.
Trolling was much, much better. There was a delicate obscenity to it that was appreciated by the smaller community.
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Won't happen. No amount of VR wizardry will ever replace massive arrays of 12" woofers driven by vacuum tubes.
Well, the vacuum tubes have already been replaced. (I do agree with you though)
Whether it's correct or not is not the point, but proves the point TylerE was making: This is an emotional thing. And some will make the point of theatre and cinema, but there's still theatre and theatre has never really been as interactive as a music concert / DJ on the deck anyway.
This comment caught my attention: "I won't be coming back. I'd have had better luck by just looking at the schedule and punching names into YouTube, then waiting for those bands to come to SF." I wonder what the odds are we'll see within 10 years Occulus like VR environments that can capture the concert experience, reducing somewhat the need to track down bands in crazy canceling venues like this if all you are inter…
Won't happen. No amount of VR wizardry will ever replace massive arrays of 12" woofers driven by vacuum tubes.
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They don't call Austin the "Live music capital of the world" for nothing.
You mean something like the Baseball's "World Series" when Baseball is practically unheard of elsewhere. I think what they mean by the "world" is the U.S.
2013 Glastonbury: 135,000 [0]
SXSW (music): 82,119 [1]
Neither of which compare to anything on this list[2]:
10th EXIT (NOVI SAD, SERBIA): 200,000
1st DONAUINSELFEST (VIENNA, AUSTRIA): 3,200,000
[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_by_Southwest [2] http://www.mtviggy.com/lists/the-10-biggest-music-festivals-...
FWIW- My thoughts are similar on SXSW interactive. I have been going for several years, always finding that there was some amount of serendipity to putting so many nerds and vc-types in a very small space (see PG's essay on SV: http://www.paulgraham.com/siliconvalley.html ). This year I found it too chaotic. It's a nightmare to get in anywhere or know what's going on, even if you are "VIP." I had the good fortune to…
I also wasn't sure if another poster was kidding about Ukranian 36-bit vinylcore bands. I couldn't find any references to those.
I suppose I really can't argue about how nice it would be to "get refreshed" in the middle of the day in Austin, so I can't hate on Cottonelle. However, their page says I have to engage in conversations with "talking bums" to earn refreshing services. I'm not kidding, check my link above.