Invisible <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> > It's easier to find jobs to apply to when you have a broader awareness of
> > the world than just what's relevant to you right now.
>
> I doubt you're going to get that by reading some text on a screen. To
> understand what a new capability means, you often need to experience it
> for yourself.

You don't need that to have a broader awareness of the world, you need many
blurbs and often.


> > It is, but the articles are good pointers to what's important.  I rarely
> > read the comments (unless I'm bored).  But I have an RSS feed set up from
> > the stories page so I can see what's 'hot', read the story, and follow
> > the link to the source story so I can learn more.
>
> OK, I have to ask: What the hell is this "RSS" everybody keeps mentioning?

Crowned.



> >>>> PS. What is Netflix? And does it only operate in America?
> >>>
> >>> It's a streaming movie service, and if you'd been reading Slashdot or
> >>> The Register, you'd know they've just started operating in Europe as
> >>> well. :)
> >>
> >> I still don't comprehend what "streaming" actually means in this
> >> context...
> >
> > 2 seconds with Google yielded this:
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media
>
> I know what streaming *is*. (Indeed, I knew what it was 15 years ago.)
> I'm failing to comprehend how it applies in this situation.

It means that now rather than going into the closest blockbuster and renting a
movie, or waiting for the movie to show up on TV on a schedule, or waiting for
the illegal torrent to download, you may simply turn on the tv, choose a movie
and watch it on-the-fly.

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