Firstly, it's unlikely that anyone is surprised by the lack of updates. This blog is rapidly becoming a way to take my well-honed procrastination skills to the next level. I once spent six months that should have been for designing a pillow case drawing fractals. But it's time for another burst of ideas that have been ruminating for weeks, typed out in the middle of the night. This time: Ways to reduce income loss due to torrents that probably only work inside my head.
First: A zeitgeist counterattack. This is an issue decided best by what is considered normal in the mind of the public. My idea: What if the bulk of Christmas/birthday/other gift-giving holiday gifts were legally purchased versions of something the person had already torrented? Lower chance of unwanted gifts, lower chance of gifts that seem good turning out terrible, higher sales, except to people that wouldn't have bought it anyway.
Second: Nobody has infinite bandwidth. Every byte that constitutes a legal download is one that doesn't cut into profits. Idea: Make available in an official torrent form properties that are out of copyright. Show a Charlie Chaplin on a Friday night, giving the URL post-credits. Maybe even give rewards for using legal torrents?
That's about all for now. I can't promise anything about future updates. Maybe a short story. Maybe an infodump on me. Maybe I'll just try to be more active on Twitter.
Maybe I'll actually get a life?
No. Definitely not that one.
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How did I manage to check your blog seconds after you posted this?
I have recently upgraded from a 5GB plan to a 30GB plan and the only thing stopping me from using it up each month is my lack of hard drive space, and lack of desktop computer to add hard drives to. I do like your first idea. I like to torrent things before I buy them to see what they're like. And it would be a lot easier to know what people want for gift-giving celebrations.
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