[X-Newbies] Top posing in mail?

[Jamie Kahn Genet]

Vincent Cayenne <vcayenne at mac.com> wrote:

> At 12:04 AM -0500 5/21/05, Steven Rogers wrote:
> >>Quality is not the issue in the end. Remember video standards? Beta was
> >>actually better than VHS, but the more important thing was that everyone
> >>used the same standard, otherwise not all movies were available to everyone.
> >
> >This has been repeated until most people think its true, but it is 
> >just completely wrong. First, Beta was not "better" than VHS in any 
> >way that the user actually cares about, which is a critical point. 
> >To say that beta was actually better, but people just didn't 
> >understand why is to miss the whole point of what "better" is. 
> >Further, it was not important that everyone use the same standard. 
> >Sony wanted to charge more for Beta, which was identical to VHS to 
> >everyone but video geeks, and average consumers did not want to pay 
> >extra.
> 
> Nah. It was about the porn and about length (now *there's* a pun 
> waiting to happen!)
> 
> <http://www.answers.com/topic/betamax>
> <http://www.law.indiana.edu/fclj/pubs/v49/no1/johnson.html>
> <http://www.socialistreview.org.uk/article.php?articlenumber=9272>

Yes, as usual - porn drives technology, and VHS allowed the dodgier
studios to fit more porn on the tapes ;-)

Regards,
 Jamie Kahn Genet
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