arstechnica.com— After an interesting turn of events at last week's hearing on Broadcast and Audio Flag(s) proposed by the MPAA and RIAA, IPac has set up a campaign to get every congressman & woman an iPod.
Feb 1, 2006View in Crawl 4
Why is it such a good idea to give the politicians iPods, a product that relies so extensively on DRM? Here is my modest proposal: Give the politicians iPods with hot tunes from the iTunes Music Store, give their staffers WMA-compatible players with Y! Music downloads. Hilarity ensures when it's discovered that the staffers' content won't play on the politicians' iPods.
Has anyone considered what our government would be like if it were made up of individuals in the 20 - 40 age range? We are being represented by a segment of the population that doesn't even seem aware of the Internet beyond sending email, and I take the liberty in assuming that most Representatives and Senators rarely write an email themselves! Think about all of your parents and how tech savvy they are. Multiply this by the way technology has become so heavily integrated into our lives and you have an equation for disaster. There is an escalating problem in the aging population's capacity to use, let alone understand, technology. Educating our aging population would help, but how about we just replace them with people of a much younger generation. Some fresh blood. New and novel ideas. Dare I say, even a few geeks? Now, the problem with that lies in that our government positions are bought and sold, not really elected, and I personally don't know anyone in this age bracket, myself included, that is even interested in running for public office because of all the bureaucratic BS.
pezz453Feb 2, 2006
worst idea ever. including communism.
zizzybaloobahFeb 2, 2006
Why is it such a good idea to give the politicians iPods, a product that relies so extensively on DRM? Here is my modest proposal: Give the politicians iPods with hot tunes from the iTunes Music Store, give their staffers WMA-compatible players with Y! Music downloads. Hilarity ensures when it's discovered that the staffers' content won't play on the politicians' iPods.
hangmanFeb 2, 2006
Has anyone considered what our government would be like if it were made up of individuals in the 20 - 40 age range? We are being represented by a segment of the population that doesn't even seem aware of the Internet beyond sending email, and I take the liberty in assuming that most Representatives and Senators rarely write an email themselves! Think about all of your parents and how tech savvy they are. Multiply this by the way technology has become so heavily integrated into our lives and you have an equation for disaster. There is an escalating problem in the aging population's capacity to use, let alone understand, technology. Educating our aging population would help, but how about we just replace them with people of a much younger generation. Some fresh blood. New and novel ideas. Dare I say, even a few geeks? Now, the problem with that lies in that our government positions are bought and sold, not really elected, and I personally don't know anyone in this age bracket, myself included, that is even interested in running for public office because of all the bureaucratic BS.
kigolFeb 2, 2006
should be engraved with "Vox Populi, Vox Dei"