Burning Coasters

Technology | February 25th, 2007

For the longest time it seemed like my NEC ND-3500AG refused to burn anything. While there were a few spindles of older discs that worked, a new stack of Magnavox DVD-R produced nothing but coasters.
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Driving For Choice

Transportation | February 14th, 2007

It comes as no surprise that yet another automobile manufacturer is facing financial difficulty and must now rely on significant restructuring to stay afloat. These difficulties are endemic to a sales channel that advertises choice only within the confines of a virtualized monopoly.
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Saving The Record Company

RIAA | February 10th, 2007

The emergence of yet another audio delivery technology now has the music industry looking for ways to reinvent themselves again. First it was the availability of FM radio combined with hi-fidelity audio cassette tapes that threatened to destroy the music industry. This was followed soon after by the Compact Disc (CD) and now the proliferation of computer audio files (MP3/WMA).
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Digital Rights Mis-Management

Technology | February 7th, 2007

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could download movies and watch them on-demand? While the technology industry is busy working to make this available to you, the media industry has been attempting to foil these efforts from day one.
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Communication Breakdown

Technology | February 2nd, 2007

Our methods of communication have become more varied and indirect. It seems that we are able to leverage a myriad of new technologies to further separate ourselves from true interpersonal dialog. Today it is perceived to be easier to text message someone rather than to verbally communicate over the phone or in person.
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