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General Chaos / Re: Best of Youtube
« on: March 03, 2010, 02:39:26 AM »
Interesting choice leading off with Double Indemnity instead one of the countless Marlowe monologues that noir is really famous for.
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General Chaos / Re: HELP ME DO MY HOMEWORK
« on: March 02, 2010, 11:07:02 PM »
1. What is your age?
27
2. Are you male or female?
Male
3. Do you know what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is?
I've heard the name a few times and I understand the concept.
4. Would you be likely to donate time or money to protect civil liberties?
If there was something I felt was specifically threatening my civil liberties, I'd put in time or money to fight it. Otherwise, no.
5. Are rights like freedom of speech and privacy on the Internet important to you?
I consider them important, yes.
6. How informed are you about legal issues regarding the Internet and computers?
Amateur level at best.
7. Where do you get your news from?
I've been on a news hiatus since I got my cable turned off and I haven't been happier. However, what little news does reach me comes in the way of automated AP reports sent to my email by way of CNN.com and the New York Times website.
8. What websites do you regularly visit, at least once a week?
YouTube, Amazon, 4chan
9. Do you feel comfortable spending money online?
To a frightening degree, yes.
10. Would you prefer to read an article or watch a video to learn about something?
That depends on how each is presented; a bland article written in passive third person isn't going to hold my interest anymore than a similarly bad web video with powerpoint slides and a dullard reading from them stiffly. If, however, we operate under the assumption of all things being equal then I'd prefer the article because it'd be easier to reference when I want to bring it up on a forum, pass it to a friend, or email an excerpt with a link to it at the bottom. It's a lot less trouble than trying to make people commit to watching a full video just to make one or two salient points.
11. Do you think websites like Facebook and Twitter are useful to learn about new things?
I hardly use either (not trying to pretend I'm too cool for school, I have accounts on both) so I can't say how effective they are at teaching. Just looking at it on its face though, I would think networking sites would be better for spreading another medium between wide swaths of people (an article, a video, etc.) rather than being the place you try to reach them directly.
12. Do you pay attention to news sources that are outside the mainstream, such as foreign new services or independent documentary filmmakers?
When I watched BBC News, listened to their podcast, and read The Guardian online I realized that foreign news (atleast Western news) is almost indistinguishable with the exception that their human interest stories are marginally more interesting than the vapid Today Show garbage the American media go nuts over. As a film geek, I have a different perspective on the subject of documentary filmmaking. I've watched a shitload of them, and over the past four or five years they've all adopted the Michael Moore first-person narrative punchy editing style, which as an Errol Morris fan I hate with every fiber of my being.
27
2. Are you male or female?
Male
3. Do you know what the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is?
I've heard the name a few times and I understand the concept.
4. Would you be likely to donate time or money to protect civil liberties?
If there was something I felt was specifically threatening my civil liberties, I'd put in time or money to fight it. Otherwise, no.
5. Are rights like freedom of speech and privacy on the Internet important to you?
I consider them important, yes.
6. How informed are you about legal issues regarding the Internet and computers?
Amateur level at best.
7. Where do you get your news from?
I've been on a news hiatus since I got my cable turned off and I haven't been happier. However, what little news does reach me comes in the way of automated AP reports sent to my email by way of CNN.com and the New York Times website.
8. What websites do you regularly visit, at least once a week?
YouTube, Amazon, 4chan
9. Do you feel comfortable spending money online?
To a frightening degree, yes.
10. Would you prefer to read an article or watch a video to learn about something?
That depends on how each is presented; a bland article written in passive third person isn't going to hold my interest anymore than a similarly bad web video with powerpoint slides and a dullard reading from them stiffly. If, however, we operate under the assumption of all things being equal then I'd prefer the article because it'd be easier to reference when I want to bring it up on a forum, pass it to a friend, or email an excerpt with a link to it at the bottom. It's a lot less trouble than trying to make people commit to watching a full video just to make one or two salient points.
11. Do you think websites like Facebook and Twitter are useful to learn about new things?
I hardly use either (not trying to pretend I'm too cool for school, I have accounts on both) so I can't say how effective they are at teaching. Just looking at it on its face though, I would think networking sites would be better for spreading another medium between wide swaths of people (an article, a video, etc.) rather than being the place you try to reach them directly.
12. Do you pay attention to news sources that are outside the mainstream, such as foreign new services or independent documentary filmmakers?
When I watched BBC News, listened to their podcast, and read The Guardian online I realized that foreign news (atleast Western news) is almost indistinguishable with the exception that their human interest stories are marginally more interesting than the vapid Today Show garbage the American media go nuts over. As a film geek, I have a different perspective on the subject of documentary filmmaking. I've watched a shitload of them, and over the past four or five years they've all adopted the Michael Moore first-person narrative punchy editing style, which as an Errol Morris fan I hate with every fiber of my being.
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