Semi-interesting snippet in a recent Kottke post. I say semi, in part, because the post is about the bandwidth devoted to Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, and I’m pretty far from the demographic that gives a rat’s ass about Bieber (stands on virtual porch, shakes fist*), and the few times I’ve heard Lady Gaga’s music, I could not differentiate the songs and the saturation point was quickly reached. So, BFD.<\/p>\n
However: We all know printer ink is expensive (more expensive than silver<\/a>, pound-for-pound). So the calculation showing that transmitting the information by text-message is more than an order of magnitude more expensive<\/a> than by printed text is an eye-opener. One might even go gaga over such a factoid. (FYI, I don’t text, either. All of my thumb ligament damage is old and Gameboy-related. Tetriiiiiis!)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n *just as if I were playing Lawnville on some social-networking site<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Semi-interesting snippet in a recent Kottke post. I say semi, in part, because the post is about the bandwidth devoted to Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga, and I’m pretty far from the demographic that gives a rat’s ass about Bieber … Continue reading