“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.” –Marechal Ferdinand Foch
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” –David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.
“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” –H.M. […]
Oil as an energy source has many problems. It is harder to come by these days (even though it is very possible oil is continually seeping up deep from within the earth). A lot of the oil exists in politically unstable areas. So oil is responsible for much war and economic dislocation.
Coal, while plentiful, is […]
Check out the Neuros OSD. This is a really cool device for copying all sorts of multimedia, including DVD’s, cable TV programs, VHS tapes, etc. to a compressed format on a hard disk. So you can coalesce all of your video/audio material from a variety of sources onto a single, easy-to-navigate hard drive. And this […]
The New York Times has an article today about the cost of archiving digital movies. And believe it or not, it turns out it is quite a bit more expensive than archiving regular old-fashioned analog film!
The problem boils down to two thing: the longevity of the media, and the incessant drumbeat of technological change.
Digital media […]
