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12 years ago @ grinding.be - Dubai 'ruins' · 0 replies · +2 points

This is really just a test comment, but I do like that pic.

13 years ago @ grinding.be - Torrenting the Future · 0 replies · +3 points

(cont from previous comment)

But this is already changing, and this change is going to accelerate. Increasingly, I see friends who might choose to buy a handmade bag through Etsy rather than a Prada. Because now that object is also tagged with a very significant amount of additional information. It says something about the owner that a mass-produced item cannot. And the person who makes it is on twitter and you can find out how and why the bag was designed as it was and a million other things. These tags are created by social networks, and people are slowly discovering that they are very useful tags also.

The struggle for mass information sellers of all types (whether that be mass market movies or designs for athletic shoes in the future) is going to shift away from DRM sooner than people think. Getting fair compensation for data you create is not the problem of the future. Near term, the real battle is already shifting to struggle for control of distribution (imagine your future countertop manufacturing machine... built by Apple) and marketing channels. But yeah.... that's still deep inside the middle of the change.

13 years ago @ grinding.be - Torrenting the Future · 1 reply · +3 points

I definitely think this is what change looks like when you're in the middle of it. Companies who create objects (as opposed to data) have been contending with the kind of issues you touch on for longer than the MPAA/RIAA/etc, and I think the kinds of goods that are knocked off give us a clue as to how this is going to play out in the future.

Let's assume the existence of your machine that can create anything, given some materials.

I think a person who wants a snickers bar might choose to create an equally-tasty candy bar from a cc-licensed instruction set, rather than bootleg the snickers.

I think a person who wants a handbag MIGHT STILL choose to create a Prada clutch rather than create an equally beautiful and useful cc-licensed handbag.

Why? Because the Prada has been tagged with a fairly significant amount of additional data. It conveys a substantial amount of information to both the owner and to observers who know what it is (that the owner can afford it, that the owner has a certain kind of taste, etc). These tags have largely been created by the manufacturer's marketing.

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13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 1 reply · +1 points

And with that, Wordpress 3.0 has been released. Obviously! :P

13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 1 reply · +1 points

dropped the comment approval threshold in favor of greater spam filtering. don't want to have to approve everyone who is commenting for the first time.

13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 0 replies · +1 points

you bet, Kevin. Glad to do it.

ok, looks like we have a legit comment in moderation now. Let me know if you guys can see that and approve it.

13 years ago @ grinding.be - This is Only a Test · 0 replies · +1 points

R -- good response, though I look at it as using the system against itself and reaching out to a potential audience who can benefit most from the information.

13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 1 reply · +1 points

Hm... twitter tools leaves it up to twitter whether to shorten the url or not. My first instinct is to dislike that but of course the original url contains more/better information (and twitter is making this all a moot point soon by baking in its own url shortening). Will think it over.

13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 0 replies · +1 points

tested, tweaked a couple things. that'll do until someone makes an actual post. good luck with the rotator cuff.

13 years ago @ grinding.be test site - Upgrade progress meter · 0 replies · +1 points

and looks like the fan page won't update until something new is posted.

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