A interesting link

[whaase]

Watch for 8 minutes, what do you think?

http://www.broom.org/epic/

Walter

[Cap'n]

Nope.

Made it to about 4.5

...and I want that time back.

[Murminator]

*YAWN*




Glad I didn't miss anything exciting....The narration was good though

[Bob I]

I watched the whole thing, and I agree with Murray (double yawn). I only watched it because there was Basketball on TV. Triple yawn sport.

But hey a chance for a post Only 18 to 3500

[Fish]

I actually thought it was pretty interesting, and not really far fetched either when you look at the direction things are taking.
Also made me want to buy stock in Google .

Did you make it Walter?

- Chad

[Cap'n]

I didn't hear any narration? Tried turning up my speakers a few times to see if I was missing something...

[whaase]

Originally Posted by Fish

I actually thought it was pretty interesting, and not really far fetched either when you look at the direction things are taking.
Also made me want to buy stock in Google .

Did you make it Walter?

- Chad

I personally found it interesting, and no I didn't make it.

Walter

[Beverly]

Found it interesting, but they were focusing only on American news services. Yes, America has news clout worldwide, but people worldwide do not rely on America for news. Europeans have their own news agencies (newspapers, tv/radio, internet), and I'm sure Asia and Africa also have news agencies in the more developed countries. The idea that Google will take over THE NEWS is a little more complex than what goes on in the US and what the video was proposing.

95% of the news I read/see comes from the Edmonton Journal, the rest comes from internet sources and tv. I don't think that's going to change anytime soon. Of course, I'm one of the "old people" the video was talking about, but in 9 years, I'm only going to be 55 - hardly "old"

Now, for my daughter's generation (19 yrs old), there may be some truth to the way the video offers up the future. She's had her own computer since she was 10 yrs old. She currently uses a blog site, has G-mail, plays games over the internet, but I don't think she has any interest in news, nor is she wealthy enough to buy things online, nevermind at the local mall. She isn't going to get caught in Google individualizing her news by her internet buying habits, because she simply doesn't have any. The internet to her is a fun time. Once she gets some education, a well paying job and disposable income, she may well contribute to the video's vision of the future, and I suppose that's who they are really looking at anyway.

As for the courts deciding that The New York Times loses their battle over copyright, I doubt that will happen. Remember Napster is all I've got to say on that topic.

Overall, thought-provoking, but ultimately flawed US belly button gazing.

[EmilyB]

I think I'm a bit behind the times. I never heard of anything much past the first three.