I liked this editorial from Bret Easton Ellis in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/op...l-right-region
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I liked this editorial from Bret Easton Ellis in the Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/08/op...l-right-region
Great read about the preservation of master tapes and such that I can't easily summarize. http://www.billholland.net/words/Lab...20Problems.pdf
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A recent random sample conducted by a major label of more than 100 digitally stored tapes, tranferred a recently as three years ago, indicate that there is deterioration--dropouts or mechanical breakdowns -- in 10% of the sampled tapes.
Because of a "suggestion" at Sony, in place until the mid-'80s when it was challenged, that recommended scrapping analog tape masters once they'd been transferred to digital, such news about deterioration is of particular concern.
Thats a pretty good read. Everything is like that. Or was. Unless something is at the Smithsonian, "it" is being ravaged by time and the mistakes of stupid people.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
Beautiful wonderful things are leaving our plain of existence every day.
It is good that the recording companies are wising up.
Scorched Earth.
Intense is an understatement. She's crazy. Identifying with a culture is one thing but claiming and believing something you're not, well, you need help. The black co-workers in my office gave me a "You don't want to know what I really think" look when this whole thing went down. I just feel sorry for her.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
500 years from now, if we haven't managed to kill ourselves off or plummet back into the dark ages, you'll be able to be anything from a turtle to a house plant and the culture of today will be so far in the past it will all appear as a single cultural dot and anyone that choose to take it on will muddle it all together in a mess. Your ancestral house plants will listen to opera while sagging their pants and doing karate. They'll probably also look down on their friends that can only afford to have their genes spliced into a turtle and only can reference 100 year old cultures.
Sure, its stupid, but mainly because our guts aren't agreeing with our social programming. We know, logically that it doesn't matter. That a lot of it is social constructs. That it no more matters that a white person act "black" than a black person act "white" if those things exist.
Its funny how the "gut" gets louder as you get older. It makes me scowl as I drive through my old college town and see buildings they've changed.
Did you read the article? Her identity actually makes a lot of sense with her upbringing.
I need to. I sympathize with her.
"The Yale professor accused of failing to create a 'safe space' for students following an e-mail sent regarding Halloween costumes will step down from her post this coming spring semester."
I think it's pretty safe to start calling these idiots The Worst Generation.
Yale was pretty much patient zero for pc in the '70s. That place is bonkers.