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Subject:RE: Technology in the hands of infidels From:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 12 Apr 2001 16:56:32 -0400
According to your analysis, it sounds as if the streaming video, vcr,
cd-rom, and book publishing industries were started in response to a demand
by pornographers for better distribution media. I do not concur. These were
all developed for much higher purposes, but the pornographers were probably
the first ones to perfect the use of the technology, and to make a fast buck
on it.
I am not, and never will be a pornographer, but I do have to grudgingly give
them respect for recognizing a good idea and being brave enough to push it
to the limits. And like it or not, they have a pretty good track record of
paving the way.
Just wait until Smell-a-Vision (already being posited!) and Feel-o-Rama make
THEIR debuts! Who do you think will be first on those technologies???? But
that doesn't mean the bad guys are demanding it - they just exploit it like
they do everything (and everyone) else.
John
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From: Rich, Charles [mailto:crich -at- FSC -dot- Follett -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 3:44 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Technology in the hands of infidels
So, what you're really saying, John, is that the porn industry adapts to new
technology first and uses the heck out of it, right? Isn't this the same as
demand, as in SUPPLY and DEMAND? Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't
capitalism based on the providing technology to meet demand? If so, then it
looks to me like the porn industry is, however indirectly, creating the need
for new technology. I can't honestly say that I ever NEEDED high-bandwidth
bitstream video, ultra-high resolution graphics, and age filtering software
to do my work.
I'm not defending the industry, and I have never worked in it, some things
in your response just did not ring true with me, sorry.
Charles T. Rich
Technical Writer
Product Development
Follett Software Company
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From: jgarison -at- ide -dot- com [mailto:jgarison -at- ide -dot- com]
Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:32 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Technology in the hands of infidels
<snip>
Pornographers don't INVENT the technology, they only use it.
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