tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post7720597605517274340..comments2024-01-08T18:04:52.198-08:00Comments on EVK4 SuperBlog: Baseball & Sailing: two great tastesEVK4http://www.blogger.com/profile/02797338920913749383noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-10956135062263593002012-01-07T23:08:00.854-08:002012-01-07T23:08:00.854-08:00I caught this on the three-hour tape delay west co...I caught this on the three-hour tape delay west coast broadcast.<br /><br />Noah raises an interesting teleological question early in the segment. Do we exist to be on TV or to watch TV?<br /><br />He wants to watch himself on TV, but realizes that Newtonian physics do not permit that. Even relativistic corrections are of no help. He would have to run from the batting cage to the computer screen at nearly the speed of light.<br /><br />With this new streaming technology available to Everyman, the day is near when we will all be <i>on</i> TV, but there will be no one left to <i>watch</i> TV.<br /><br />I think that's why there were only seven viewers. Everyone else was streaming their own video.<br /><br />I've been thinking about broadcasting a whole series on me doing my laundry.<br><br>O Dockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08674140306304705852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5105989.post-16471595910356754512012-01-05T15:15:49.496-08:002012-01-05T15:15:49.496-08:00Golf and sailing don't mix. They are both game...Golf and sailing don't mix. They are both games that are seriously addictive such that almost anyone who plays either seriously devotes almost every minute of their spare time to improving their game.<br /><br />When I first came to the US, most of my colleagues at work were avid golfers. They were always trying to encourage me to take up golf. But I resisted for the reason above.<br /><br />But being a smart ass I used to tell them that I would take up golf when I was too old for sailing. I don't think they liked me much after that.Tillermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639738519386820997noreply@blogger.com