Comments on: The Long Tail and My Long Rant /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/ Anime, Games, J-Pop and Whatever Else Sun, 05 Jun 2011 14:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Edward /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-173262 Edward Tue, 20 May 2008 16:28:23 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-173262 When countries are now controlled mainly by political will, and much apathy towards politics (as it has always been), and if each countries' interests are directly conflicting with one anothers, for example the ladder paradox of "wanting what's best for it's citizens", in other words as long as propoganda, selfish people and Mutually Assured Destruction exists, which they always will, we're more likely to be cleansed by meteor in three thousand years. When countries are now controlled mainly by political will, and much apathy towards politics (as it has always been), and if each countries’ interests are directly conflicting with one anothers, for example the ladder paradox of “wanting what’s best for it’s citizens”, in other words as long as propoganda, selfish people and Mutually Assured Destruction exists, which they always will, we’re more likely to be cleansed by meteor in three thousand years.

]]> By: Labbes /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-110046 Labbes Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:47:48 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-110046 That one was quite impressive, even if I thought about a lot of that, it gave me a few new aspects. Thank you! That one was quite impressive, even if I thought about a lot of that, it gave me a few new aspects. Thank you!

]]> By: Winniest Lyrics of 2006 « {Words of Songs} /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-20591 Winniest Lyrics of 2006 « {Words of Songs} Tue, 02 Jan 2007 21:57:10 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-20591 [...] All together, the most popular posts each day on the site only generate roughly 25% of the site views. Most of the views (of the approx. 3,000 per day) are generated by a trend known as the long tail. [...] [...] All together, the most popular posts each day on the site only generate roughly 25% of the site views. Most of the views (of the approx. 3,000 per day) are generated by a trend known as the long tail. [...]

]]> By: rabidkimba /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7390 rabidkimba Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:42:36 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7390 Only somewhat related to the article, but there's a fairly lengthy discussion on <a href="http://www.pliink.com/mt/marxy/archives/000972.html" rel="nofollow">neomarxisme</a> about the long tail and Japan. Thought you might be interested! (sure hope this html works) Only somewhat related to the article, but there’s a fairly lengthy discussion on neomarxisme about the long tail and Japan. Thought you might be interested!

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]]> By: Sherman, the Ramni /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7350 Sherman, the Ramni Sun, 27 Aug 2006 04:42:22 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7350 @TP: That's pretty unlikely to happen. Even in the case that such an idea doesn't throw Bush's popularity to the floor and gets accepted, the costs of monitoring every call, every e-mail and every conversationwill be so high that nobody'll be able to pay such a project. Even if it becomes a realuty, we ALWAYS will have encryption and digital signing on our side. Encryption declared illegal? No problem; they'll have to prove that your conversations are encrypted! (Think on steganography and it's pretty easy to shut their mouths... ^^). There can be another alternatives, like Tor. And that's just pointing the tech answers to such a threat. Mix that with political, social and economical impact and you'll have a great view for us human-digital-rights-freaks. So, I'd say no need to worry about that. Rest assured! @TP:

That’s pretty unlikely to happen. Even in the case that such an idea doesn’t throw Bush’s popularity to the floor and gets accepted, the costs of monitoring every call, every e-mail and every conversationwill be so high that nobody’ll be able to pay such a project. Even if it becomes a realuty, we ALWAYS will have encryption and digital signing on our side. Encryption declared illegal? No problem; they’ll have to prove that your conversations are encrypted! (Think on steganography and it’s pretty easy to shut their mouths… ^^). There can be another alternatives, like Tor. And that’s just pointing the tech answers to such a threat. Mix that with political, social and economical impact and you’ll have a great view for us human-digital-rights-freaks.
So, I’d say no need to worry about that. Rest assured!

]]> By: Estara /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7343 Estara Sat, 26 Aug 2006 17:24:41 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7343 I really like the introduction to the Long Tail idea and you've given me lots of stuff to think about, so thank you! I really like the introduction to the Long Tail idea and you’ve given me lots of stuff to think about, so thank you!

]]> By: TP /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7337 TP Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:20:33 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7337 <blockquote>You can say that al-Qaeda and other similar terrorist organizations are using the Internet to find like-minded recruits unconstrained by international borders. But you can also look at it this way. Islamic fundamentalism is a niche that is nothing compared to the organized nationalism of the last century. In today's world, Islamic extremism can NEVER organize and brainwash an entire country the way Japan and USA did in the 1940s. Nothing can, because the world is slowly redividing itself into small niches in complex networks. Islamic extremism can REACH millions of people thanks to the Internet, but a majority of them belong to their own interests niches that consist of people of other religions.</blockquote> I can forsee the next excuse by the American (more specifically, Bush) administration: "We need to tap into peoples' conversation. We need to do so in order to safeguard our security, and to secure our homeland we need to make sure that single phone call, that single Internet chat, that single website, does not contain messages that harm our country." And sooner or later, all "free" governments will follow American style. Heavens forbid 1984, or dystopic-future governments Hollywood tends to portray in their movies in the 1980s (see Bladerunner, Total Recall).

You can say that al-Qaeda and other similar terrorist organizations are using the Internet to find like-minded recruits unconstrained by international borders.

But you can also look at it this way. Islamic fundamentalism is a niche that is nothing compared to the organized nationalism of the last century. In today’s world, Islamic extremism can NEVER organize and brainwash an entire country the way Japan and USA did in the 1940s.

Nothing can, because the world is slowly redividing itself into small niches in complex networks. Islamic extremism can REACH millions of people thanks to the Internet, but a majority of them belong to their own interests niches that consist of people of other religions.

I can forsee the next excuse by the American (more specifically, Bush) administration:

“We need to tap into peoples’ conversation. We need to do so in order to safeguard our security, and to secure our homeland we need to make sure that single phone call, that single Internet chat, that single website, does not contain messages that harm our country.”

And sooner or later, all “free” governments will follow American style. Heavens forbid 1984, or dystopic-future governments Hollywood tends to portray in their movies in the 1980s (see Bladerunner, Total Recall).

]]> By: Tsubaki /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7334 Tsubaki Sat, 26 Aug 2006 09:28:21 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7334 You know, when I read this I was under the impression that this post was a carefully crafted message that's hitting out at the BandaiXXFansubber issue but it more than that. An absolutely entertaining read, though the text really hurted my eyes. You know, when I read this I was under the impression that this post was a carefully crafted message that’s hitting out at the BandaiXXFansubber issue but it more than that.

An absolutely entertaining read, though the text really hurted my eyes.

]]> By: DarkMirage /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7332 DarkMirage Sat, 26 Aug 2006 07:06:04 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7332 Ah, actually I mainly blogged about this because I read the book last week and had been meaning to talk about it for some time. Bandai was just a timely coincidence. The "real" hardcore pirates (*cough like me cough*) will just download the R1 DVD rips after they are released anyway. Stopping fansubs before a show is available in R1 will just prevent more people from coming into contact with the show. Well, GitS is mainstream enough that Bandai can risk it since it's probably going to sell well anyway. Ah, actually I mainly blogged about this because I read the book last week and had been meaning to talk about it for some time. Bandai was just a timely coincidence.

The “real” hardcore pirates (*cough like me cough*) will just download the R1 DVD rips after they are released anyway. Stopping fansubs before a show is available in R1 will just prevent more people from coming into contact with the show.

Well, GitS is mainstream enough that Bandai can risk it since it’s probably going to sell well anyway.

]]> By: Ronin /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/comment-page-1/#comment-7331 Ronin Sat, 26 Aug 2006 06:52:40 +0000 /websites/www.darkmirage.com-pre/2006/08/26/the-long-tail-and-my-long-rant/#comment-7331 I was assuming from the beginning that this was your (some sort of) response to the issue regarding Bandai's "warning" to fansubbers thinking, attempting, or even dreaming of, subbing their latest money-making item, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society. I presume you've read about it somewhere, whether on the Internet or from your local gossip monger. Especially this part:<blockquote>So really, anime fans and companies in America owe a lot to online piracy for breaking down the vicious cycle found in traditional media distribution.</blockquote>Ditto. In fact, your "rant" diverges into another topic: how the Internet is shaping lives, forming bonds, sharing ideas, and the like. It's a bit lengthy, I have to admit that, and that from this entry, I can see you've done much research on the subject. *nods* I was assuming from the beginning that this was your (some sort of) response to the issue regarding Bandai’s “warning” to fansubbers thinking, attempting, or even dreaming of, subbing their latest money-making item, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society. I presume you’ve read about it somewhere, whether on the Internet or from your local gossip monger.

Especially this part:

So really, anime fans and companies in America owe a lot to online piracy for breaking down the vicious cycle found in traditional media distribution.

Ditto.

In fact, your “rant” diverges into another topic: how the Internet is shaping lives, forming bonds, sharing ideas, and the like.

It’s a bit lengthy, I have to admit that, and that from this entry, I can see you’ve done much research on the subject. *nods*

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