Senor Candle posted:Because you don't need obsolete hardware to read a book. Yeah you do, it's called "a book". 
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Nov 27, 2014 03:15
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There's going to be lovely school districts for the next 50 years that will still need lovely textbooks because they wont be able to afford tablet desks or computers for their kids.
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Nov 27, 2014 03:16
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Lurdiak posted:I really don't think that's true. It's not going to go away completely overnight, but I mean, do you really think people will still be buying music CDs in 20 years? What exactly makes you think books are any different? CDs have been around for about 30 years whereas written media has been around for thousands
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Nov 27, 2014 03:54
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While physical comic books might always be a thing, the comic book store might not be. One major book store chain closed in the last few years and there's no shortage of local stores across the nation that have shut down. I mean I love locally owned businesses, but when Amazon sells most trades for 20% off MSRP with free shipping it makes it really hard to plop down MSRP at a comic book store that is a mile away from where I live.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:13
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:CDs have been around for about 30 years whereas written media has been around for thousands That isn't really relevant but okay.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:15
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CharlestheHammer posted:That isn't really relevant but okay. OK
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Nov 27, 2014 04:16
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I mean what was the point of saying that? The technology that makes books obsolete didn't exist for thousands of years, while the technology that made CD's obsolete existed much earlier in the cycle. Good to know? It just seems so pointless.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:19
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CharlestheHammer posted:I mean what was the point of saying that? OK
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Nov 27, 2014 04:21
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Oh you are just trolling, you would think you could put some effort into but why start now. Anyway, yeah books are going to be obsolete as technology cheapens. Pretty soon it will just be hipsters and overly nostalgic people still using them. Granted this hits the comic book demographic fairly well.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:27
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CharlestheHammer posted:I mean what was the point of saying that? Books aren't obsolete.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:29
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notthegoatseguy posted:While physical comic books might always be a thing, the comic book store might not be. One major book store chain closed in the last few years and there's no shortage of local stores across the nation that have shut down. I mean I love locally owned businesses, but when Amazon sells most trades for 20% off MSRP with free shipping it makes it really hard to plop down MSRP at a comic book store that is a mile away from where I live. Which is why I say, evolve or die.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:30
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CharlestheHammer posted:Oh you are just trolling, you would think you could put some effort into but why start now. i mean i know you're Argument Boy, but okay, i will humor you for 1 post: people develop nostalgic attachment to things, yes? this, i'm sure we can agree on. let's look at vinyl records: those have been obsolete at least since CDs were invented 30+ years ago. and yet they thrive at this point, to the point where it's easier for a mid-level band to make money off records than CDs. because people have an attachment to them. and gramophone records only date back to the 19th century. by contrast, the oldest extant book dates back to 868 AD. so books have 1000+ years of cultural baggage attached to them. e-books have of course led to a downtick in book sales, but the idea that the kindle is gonna have such an extreme effect that people are gonna be like "well gently caress books" to the degree that we'll see them cease large-scale production in our lifetime is laughable. like, it's far more likely we're gonna see the collapse of industrial civilization in our lifetime then we'll see books disappear. when you say "only overly nostalgic people will use them," what you are saying is "I won't use them, because I know that books are obsolete  " but you are not the world.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:40
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:i mean i know you're Argument Boy, but okay, i will humor you for 1 post: Uncle Boogeyman posted:by contrast, the oldest extant book dates back to 868 AD. so books have 1000+ years of cultural baggage attached to them. e-books have of course led to a downtick in book sales, but the idea that the kindle is gonna have such an extreme effect that people are gonna be like "well gently caress books" to the degree that we'll see them cease large-scale production in our lifetime is laughable. like, it's far more likely we're gonna see the collapse of industrial civilization in our lifetime then we'll see books disappear. when you say "only overly nostalgic people will use them," what you are saying is "I won't use them, because I know that books are obsolete " but you are not the world. Skwirl posted:Books aren't obsolete. CharlestheHammer fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Nov 27, 2014 |
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Nov 27, 2014 04:45
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I don't understand the attachment to books that makes you wanna argue so badly in their defense, nostalgia or not.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:47
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CharlestheHammer posted:A cultural baggage that doesn't apply to most people as books werent a thing most people owned to relatively recently. ...OK
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Nov 27, 2014 04:56
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Uncle Boogeyman posted:...OK Eh its an easy mistake to make, so don't feel to bad. Though they do have a nice parallel to digital as one of the reasons was cost. It ends there as the other one was general literacy.
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Nov 27, 2014 04:59
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CharlestheHammer posted:I am not argument boy Nice try argument boy.
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Nov 27, 2014 05:04
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Rhyno posted:Boom, on the head. Of course the way the American education system is working our brains will be the obsolete tech in another generation. So.... that means our brains will be replaced by physical books?
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Nov 27, 2014 05:28
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CowboyAndy posted:So.... that means our brains will be replaced by physical books? No, our brains will be replaced with .cbr files.
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Nov 27, 2014 07:24
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I'm thinking about getting into New Avengers, since I keep hearing about all this Incursion poo poo and want to know where it's going, but... judging by the little I've read about it on Wikipedia, is it as much of a sausagefest as it looks like it is? Like, if the central cast is all-male, fine, whatever, but I just want to know in advance.
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Nov 27, 2014 09:50
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Castomira posted:I'm thinking about getting into New Avengers, since I keep hearing about all this Incursion poo poo and want to know where it's going, but... judging by the little I've read about it on Wikipedia, is it as much of a sausagefest as it looks like it is? Yes. It is. I mean, there is one lady, but she spends most of the run in a glass box wearing Emma Frost levels of clothing. So if that's going to ruin it for you, beware. It is a loving awesome story though. And it's all about how terrible all these dudes who think they can fix everybody's problems are. Also you have to read it with Hickmans Avengers to.
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Nov 27, 2014 11:15
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I live in an area of the world where I have no access to floppies so it's digital or bust for me.
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Nov 27, 2014 12:28
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Castomira posted:I'm thinking about getting into New Avengers, since I keep hearing about all this Incursion poo poo and want to know where it's going, but... judging by the little I've read about it on Wikipedia, is it as much of a sausagefest as it looks like it is? Yeah it absolutely is. Sue Storm does show up and be a total badass for an issue or two down the line though.
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Nov 27, 2014 15:10
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Castomira posted:I'm thinking about getting into New Avengers, since I keep hearing about all this Incursion poo poo and want to know where it's going, but... judging by the little I've read about it on Wikipedia, is it as much of a sausagefest as it looks like it is? Yeah, New Avengers is a total sausage fest, but it ties in heavily with Avengers, and that book has a bunch of women in it. I guess I never realized that about New Avengers since I was always reading both books at the same time.
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Nov 27, 2014 15:57
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lotus circle posted:Damion Scott is off the book after issue 10 and Felipe is doing writing and art for issue 11. Issue 12 will most likely be the last.
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Nov 27, 2014 18:12
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The Goon posted:I live in an area of the world where I have no access to floppies so it's digital or bust for me. I live in Taipei,Taiwan. A place where technology is all over the place, and I see kids with iPads still going to the local 'library' to check out manga. I don't know where someone said printing costs are on the rise, but I think it's more likely that you're going to see "decentralized" printing. I foresee the future being monthly digital sales with Print on Demand, licensed TPBs available in 2-3 delivered to your door via Amazon drone. Question for Rhyno: have you, or anyone else who works/owns a store, done a write-up discussing the future of comic book stores in a frank and realistic manner? The only ones I've read are all "Comic stores are landmarks, gently caress Marvel/DC from trying to gut our industry with their digital revolution!"
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Nov 27, 2014 18:17
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PaybackJack posted:Question for Rhyno: have you, or anyone else who works/owns a store, done a write-up discussing the future of comic book stores in a frank and realistic manner? The only ones I've read are all "Comic stores are landmarks, gently caress Marvel/DC from trying to gut our industry with their digital revolution!" There have been lots of great pieces on it in the past but I'm blitzed on chinese food and can't remember a single one right now.
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Nov 27, 2014 20:26
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Speaking of all male New Avengers, I was thinking about if I was magically given the chance to write any Marvel book, it would be an all female Avengers title. If its not a current on going, called Might Avengers. The leader would be Captain Marvel, with Black Widow, Wasp, Rogue, Scarlett Witch, X-23, Kate Bishop and She-Hulk. Basicly, Steve comes to Carol and tells her "I want you to form an all lady Avengers team, here's the list of people I want you to recruit. When asked why Kate is on there Steve would reply "you need a Hawkeye, you've got a hulk". X-23 is there because Steve knows that while Logan was a violent man, he had a limitless capacity for good, so he wants to get to her early. This is the kind of poo poo I think about when doing manual tasks at work. And Holy poo poo New Avengers, I was a day late getting my books this week, and I was wondering why people were freaking out, but now I see. So was Strange always with the Black Priests or is this a new 8 months later thing?
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Nov 28, 2014 01:23
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twistedmentat posted:Speaking of all male New Avengers, I was thinking about if I was magically given the chance to write any Marvel book, it would be an all female Avengers title. I'd make it Carol's initiative, instead of having a man give her the task.
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Nov 28, 2014 01:42
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You're lucky, I only have really bad comic ideas when I'm at work. Like the time I thought SVU should investigate Wolverine for all the time he spends alone with those teenage girls. "The Trial of Wolverine"!
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Nov 28, 2014 01:49
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Lady JLA/Avengers. Carol Danvers Storm Phoenix Angela Invisible Woman Mystique Scarlet Witch Should cover all your bases. Your leader in Carol, someone who can manipulate the battlefield on a wide scale in Storm, your mental powered person in Phoenix with bullshit powers, your physical powerhouse in Angela, stealth in Invisible Woman, infiltration and espionage with Mystique, and then your magic user in Scarlet Witch. Have it masterminded by Pepper Potts or something who can give the tech and funding expense. The only thing it lacks is a woman of Reed/Tony like intellect, somehow they all seem to be guys in the comics. EDIT: poo poo, speed. That'd be...uh...Spitfire. Yeah. And shrinking and biggening that'd be Wasp. They can be bit players like Atom or Cyborg something. Gatts fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 01:56
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Gatts posted:Should cover all your bases. Your leader in Carol, someone who can manipulate the battlefield on a wide scale in Storm, your mental powered person in Phoenix with bullshit powers, your physical powerhouse in Angela, stealth in Invisible Woman, infiltration and espionage with Mystique, and then your magic user in Scarlet Witch. Have it masterminded by Pepper Potts or something who can give the tech and funding expense. The only thing it lacks is a woman of Reed/Tony like intellect, somehow they all seem to be guys in the comics. That's exactly it! Widow is supposed to be tech smart, same with Kitty, but none are really on the Reed/Stark/Pym level of intelligence. And My thoughts were Captain Marvel - Leader Widow - The pragmatic and cold tactician second in command. She Hulk - Smashy one X-23 - the kid Kate - The joker Rogue - the one who acts like they hate everyone but really likes them Scarlett Witch - The crazy one. Wasp - The heart But yea, I'd switch it around that Carol goes to Cap and says "I wanna form a team where NO MAN tells us what to do". Plus having Rogue on a team lead by Carol would show that 'hey these people hated each other but they can work together". I'd probably have Kitty, Storm, Spiderwoman and Emma join in at some point. Both Emma and Kitty would refuse because they are concerned about their students, same with Storm, and Jess would be "i'm too busy with my own avengering". One big thing is they would take on threats that are Avenger level; something that bugged me about Xmen is that they were an all girl team that fought girl villains. No, Carols Avengers would fight Kang or MODOK and such. "So how many people have slept with Wonder Man in this room?" Kate asked.
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Nov 28, 2014 02:29
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Steve goes to Carol and says "you should form an all-dame Avengers and here's who should be on it" and Carol says "I've been running my all-woman team for a year now, thanks for noticing, and my roster is objectively superior to yours, strategically."
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Nov 28, 2014 03:01
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head58 posted:Steve goes to Carol and says "you should form an all-dame Avengers and here's who should be on it" and Carol says "I've been running my all-woman team for a year now, thanks for noticing, and my roster is objectively superior to yours, strategically." Steve: "Carol, I need you to form an all woman team of Avengers. This is very important for a specific mission that can't involve men." Carol: "Okay, Cap." ... Carol: "I got them. LADIES, ASSEMBLE!" Steve: "Great, here is your mission. I got the guys coming over for the superbowl and I need all of you to make a great spread." *points to grill and kitchen designed by Tony Stark
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Nov 28, 2014 03:12
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Lurdiak posted:You're lucky, I only have really bad comic ideas when I'm at work. Like the time I thought SVU should investigate Wolverine for all the time he spends alone with those teenage girls. Yeah this. Kitty, Jubilee, Hisako, Laura, Idie, did I forget anyone? I mean, it's not like he's actually done anything inappropriate (right?) but for someone over a hundred years old, he sure spends a lot of time around under-18 girls.
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Nov 28, 2014 03:12
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Nobody wants she-hulk, even a purposefully all female team fighting some y-chromosone controlling villian wants Hulk.Gatts posted:Steve: "Carol, I need you to form an all woman team of Avengers. This is very important for a specific mission that can't involve men." Carol presses the big red button labeled Great Super Bowl Spread and sighs as the fully automated grill begins it's work. Steve: "Where's the clicker for the Television? Somebody get me Ant-Man!" SirDan3k fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 03:17
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SirDan3k posted:Nobody wants she-hulk, even a purposefully all female team fighting some y-chromosone controlling villian wants Hulk. Tony: "We have some uniforms for you." *skimpy french maid outfits that have the letter A on them* Tony: "Be a dear and get me some Oban." Steve: *slaps Carol's rear end as she walks to the kitchen*
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The Captain America we deserve.
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Gynovore posted:Yeah this. Kitty, Jubilee, Hisako, Laura, Idie, did I forget anyone? Sometimes he takes them to sheds in the woods or other countries with different age of consent laws, too. 
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