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mosescorn

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mosescorn··on How Much Would You Pay For Facebook?
if fb has been successfully integrated into habit then people would pay to maintain habit.
mosescorn··on How Much Would You Pay For Facebook?
facebook paying for users? skeezy
mosescorn··on How Much Would You Pay For Facebook?
honestly I would probably pay in the order of sub $5
mosescorn··on The Spectacle of Tragedy
I am continually amazed by how insatiable consumers are for redundant media. The current coverage of Aurora is simply rehashing known details, but readers are lured on by the promise of even the smallest tidbit of new information.

Was it Stan Mikita or Glenn?

mosescorn··on Why Binge-Watching Is Bad
many will tl;dr, few will win
mosescorn··on Why Binge-Watching Is Bad
"shouldn't" is the operative term there.
mosescorn··on Why Binge-Watching Is Bad
@Strangiato you really think television isn't important and viewing habits don't merit much thought? television and viewing habits both drive big $$$ and are vehicles for politics etc.
mosescorn··on Why Binge-Watching Is Bad
trollin and cruise controllin. respect
mosescorn··on Why Binge-Watching Is Bad
having watched both dvds of shows and the same shows on television (same with hulu v. television) I prefer to watch the episode in its entirety minus commercial breaks, except for certain sitcoms. I think that Seinfeld and Friends may play better with the breaks.
mosescorn··on E-Books and the End of Literature
someone needs to get on that asap
mosescorn··on E-Books and the End of Literature
I'm not sure it's a bad thing that the competitiveness of literary production will increase.

I think you're 100% right in regards to Shakespeare, but I don't think that has anything to do with e-books. Although many of Shakespeare's contemporaries are studied in academia, Middleton, etc. are rarely read by or performed for the public. The decay rate of net 'great literature' is a natural process. I do wonder though whether e-books will speed it up.

mosescorn··on Homepagesickness
quote smackdown or quote snackdown?

“It's so beautifully arranged on the plate - you know someone's fingers have been all over it.”

-Julia Child

mosescorn··on Homepagesickness
Camus of course falls into the latter category.

"A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl."

-Ernest Hemingway