Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
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Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
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Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#2Another proof that you may look like a fool when trying to predict the future (Bell's argument).
Also interesting in this context: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1887215
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#3Reading the comments (I love that the years are written as 02002) this one particularly strikes me..
"...The net works differently than that... and Content owners have missed (and will continue to miss) it for 3 reasons: 1) Technophobia coupled with crippling ego (too cool to look dumb they fear the pipe) 2) Misguided content protectionism (go back and watch 'The Power of Myth'... again! It's the 'story' damnit!) ..."
This is 8 years old (and proven somewhat wrong), and we're still saying it, in some form today.
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#4I like the RESTful urls, check out bet #1: http://www.longbets.org/1
We've got a while, but it feels like an appropriate bet.
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#5Reading the comments (I love that the years are written as 02002) this one particularly strikes me.. "...The net works differently than that... and Content owners have missed (and will continue to miss) it for 3 reasons: 1) Technophobia coupled with crippling ego (too cool to look dumb they fear the pipe) 2) Misguided content protectionism (go back and watch 'The Power of Myth'... again! It's the 'story' damnit!) ...…
Check out the comments on bet 2:
Will Google be around?
POSTED BY [redacted] ON AUG 28, 02002 AT 07:03PM PDT
I think it will be more interesting to see if Google
will be around in five years? Or better yet will we
still be searching for information using search engines
and keywords?
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#6Reading the comments (I love that the years are written as 02002) this one particularly strikes me.. "...The net works differently than that... and Content owners have missed (and will continue to miss) it for 3 reasons: 1) Technophobia coupled with crippling ego (too cool to look dumb they fear the pipe) 2) Misguided content protectionism (go back and watch 'The Power of Myth'... again! It's the 'story' damnit!) ...…
Check out the comments on bet 2: Will Google be around? POSTED BY [redacted] ON AUG 28, 02002 AT 07:03PM PDT I think it will be more interesting to see if Google will be around in five years? Or better yet will we still be searching for information using search engines and keywords? Very interesting.
Well, they are still here and thriving, and we still search for information, Mainly on search engines (Wikipedia is one, right?) and keywords.
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#7Service Temporarily Unavailable
Cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:cyGf1Tn...
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#8For a foundation thinking ultra longterm, they have a flaky server.
"Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) Server at www.longbets.org Port 80"
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#9For a foundation thinking ultra longterm, they have a flaky server. "Service Temporarily Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Apache/2.2.11 (Ubuntu) Server at www.longbets.org Port 80"
Thinking long term isn't the same as scaling a site up for occasional increased traffic. The vast majority of the time, the traffic is extremely light on this site and the server (and its network) is more than adequate.
Re: Netflix wins a longbet from 8 years ago.
#10Is it just me or did this seem completely inevitable and kind of on the cusp by 2002? We were building fileserver-based VOD services just to save our Internet connection from the torrenting masses in shared housing situations around this time.
This seems like a risky one to bet against, at least from a technical perspective.
I suppose it is true that it was still a pretty open question whether anyone would manage to negotiate licenses with the media producers to do VOD, but Bell doesn't even touch on that issue.