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BANNED
I am worthless beyond hope.
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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Product cycles are so fast that in 5 years we won't be able to recognize the ipod if it exists at all (which i suspect is very likely)...
The tape walkman didn't change that much in the two decades it existed, but because of the fact that technology is progressing exponentially faster, I don't think that the ipod's dominance will last that long -- shorter life, as profitable, but definitely a transient product in the world.
Ultimately, I feel that our culture will have to undergo a major change; people will have to get used to being satisfied that their products aren't the newest and the best simply because the new THz television with psy-optic control and its own frozen dessert stand is coming out next week. Either that or we will need a much more efficient route to transporting our waste consumer goods of the last hour to the third world...
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