Dear Internet…

31 thoughts on “Dear Internet…”

1. I think I have a BetaMax tape or HD-DVD explaining this very same idea.Report

   1. Mine’s on laserdisc.Report

   2. I was sure that HD-DVD was going to win that one. I was positive.

      I came to the conclusion that they really screwed up when naming the thing. “Blu-Ray” sounds badass. “HD-DVD” sounds like a vaccine.Report

      1. My DVD player just broke. I’m afraid not to buy a Blu-Ray even though I don’t know what it is.Report

         1. Get yourself a PS3. It’ll get you where you’re going.Report

      2. Never go in against Sony when death is on the line.Report

         1. That’s just it, though. It had seemed to me that Sony had been on a losing streak on such standards-races. I can’t remember where they had lost, but it factored in to my thinking.Report

            1. They trumped this one because they had, in the meantime, acquired a huge library of content that you could then only acquire by purchasing on their medium.Report

               1. I prefer to think of it as Sony having chosen a name that sounds like a ray gun that every rightminded boy from 6-13 absolutely must have while Toshiba went with a name that sounds like a shot that people in Boulder thinks give you autism.

                  Your answer is too depressing.Report

               2. Was there any truth to the view (as expressed by Jay Baruchel’s character in Tropic Thunder, as well as a friend of mine that was/is in the movie biz) that it was the porn industry throwing their support behind the Blu-Ray format that gave it the thrust it needed to achieve liftoff*?

                  *all puns intended, all rights reserved, all wrongs reversedReport

                  1. http://www.macworld.com/article/1050627/pornhd.htmlReport

                  2. That is what I always heard/believed to be true.Report

                  3. Thje same is true with VHS vs Beta Max, I believe.Report

2. I read my G+ feed regularly, but the critical mass just isn’t there for me to duplicate what little posting I do in both places, 90% of which are photo updates of baby girl and therefore primarily of interest to the family, none of whom have made the leap to G+.

   While we’re being cranks about Google products, am I the only one cheesed off about the impending end of iGoogle without any suitable replacement?Report

   1. I’m considering blackmailing family and friends… “If you want to see pictures of Lain, you will use G+” (mostly because G+ makes putting pictures on there so easily.)

      While we’re being cranks about Google products, am I the only one cheesed off about the impending end of iGoogle without any suitable replacement?

      Yes! iGoogle was weak, but it was there. There is no reason why they shouldn’t have something strong right now.Report

   2. You are not alone. I finally have all my gadgets set just the way I like, and they end-of-life itReport

3. Can you set Google+ to automatically unfriend people who vote the wrong way?Report

   1. It’s under settings -> auto -> a-hole

      Or, just hit Ctrl-fish-u.Report

      1. The “fish” in place of the other “f” word has started to affect the way I interpret “fishing” offline in disturbing ways. For example, “fishing trips” have taken on a whole new meaning.Report

         1. All I know is, environmental groups keep telling me that overfishing is a serious problem, and all I can say is: not in my world, buddy. Not in my world.Report

            1. We should have a League Forum about the libertarian position on commercial fishing.Report

               1. That’s easy – Fishing is always good, unless force or fraud is involved.Report

                  1. I worry, though, that commercial fishing has too many negative externalities, or some other such libertarian-speak. (I’m not even sure how this works as a double entendre, but it probably does if you know more about economics than I do).Report

                  2. The negative externalities of fishing are assiociated exclusively with males.Report

4. I endorse this post, but my family won’t leave Facebook.

   I despise Facebook and only post pictures there because they demand it. I’ve tried posting work stuff there, and even League posts, but I don’t think they get much response, and I don’t like how Facebook handles sharing anyway.Report

5. I’m an inveterate G+ user. Never liked Facebook. I have an identity under an alias, to keep up with my g/f who does use Facebook. A lot.

   G+ is organised in ways Facebook just can’t match.Report

6. I’m sorry. I’ll try to do better.Report

7. The lack of APIs is a deal breaker (posting social media content is part of my job). And of the 100 or so people I have in circles, three post anything at all.Report

8. I love most things about G+ and I was a big cheerleader at the start. It was very hard to stay active with it considering the lack-of-use.

   With using Hangouts for Leaguecasts I am thinking I need to give it a second go. I just have to figure out what that would look like. I mostly use FB for twitter-like posts when I’m trying to kill a few minutes or for sharing pictures.Report

9. I’d happily go to G+ if everyone else would. It’s a nicer UI and user experience.Report

   1. Facebook had a nice UI and user experience, too, and then they ran out of VC money and had to start making a profit.Report

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