Comments on: Rescuing Cohen for iTunes

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:51:51 +0000

‘Xeroxing’ is not a universal usage. In Australia we say ‘photocopying’.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:36:37 +0000

Sure, I’ll give it another day or two though…

By: Donald Johnson

Donald Johnson — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:53:24 +0000

“As a bonus, you can hear Roemer explain why he came to believe that all philosophers are idiots.”

Anyone want to give a summary, for those of us curious, but not curious enough to listen?

By: Chris Edmond

Chris Edmond — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 02:05:56 +0000

What a beautifully lucid piece of reasoning from Roemer….

Just goes to show what economics can bring in terms of true analytic clarity….

(ducks)

By: John Holbo

John Holbo — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:37:38 +0000

“Maybe internet use ends up shaping expectations : “for information spreading, thou shalt use app agnostic standards”.”

Naw, it’s older than that. “We’re xeroxing the paper for everyone before the seminar.”

By: parsimon

parsimon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:44:39 +0000

All mp3s require iTunes, all soda is Coke.

I am aware of this.

By: Righteous Bubba

Righteous Bubba — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 19:15:43 +0000

This is an excuse to make me learn about this iTunes and podcasting business, isn’t it? Clever.

All mp3s require iTunes, all soda is Coke.

By: parsimon

parsimon — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:59:50 +0000

As a bonus, you can hear Roemer explain why he came to believe that all philosophers are idiots.

This is an excuse to make me learn about this iTunes and podcasting business, isn’t it? Clever.

By: Chris Dornan

Chris Dornan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:33:30 +0000

I am sorry, that would ‘#4: CSSJ: Cohen Conference: The Ethics of Distribution in a Warming Planet’ for Roemer’s explanation (author columns is the giveaway—doh).

By: Chris Dornan

Chris Dornan — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:30:13 +0000

Any further clues as to which podacst will explain to us why all philosophers are idiots?

By: Danny Shahar

Danny Shahar — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:28:14 +0000

This is cool, thanks! If you want to link directly to the iTunes podcast, the link is this: itpc://rss.oucs.ox.ac.uk/politics/general-audio/rss20.xml?destination=poau

Also, I suspect that something has gone amiss with my attempts to e-mail you (Dr. Brighouse). Perhaps I have been deemed a spammer? In any case, my e-mail address is dcshahar [at] gmail [dot] com; I’d love to hear from you!

By: yabonn

yabonn — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:19:56 +0000

But there’s something to the way a brand name and technology is used, no?

I don’t have a very precise picture in mind of how these things really work, but it seems that broadcasting info in the net usually involves standards, more than apps : you read an mp3 with whatever.

And yet, there’s Itunes here and Podcasts there (granted, for the latter, the brand gave name to the thing and you don’t need an ipod, etc). Still feels a little weird to me. Maybe internet use ends up shaping expectations : “for information spreading, thou shalt use app agnostic standards”.

By: Patrick S. O'Donnell

Patrick S. O'Donnell — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:25:30 +0000

Thanks.

By: harry b

harry b — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:15:09 +0000

Oh, you can listen without using an ipod too, just click on the other icon and it plays in quicktime on your computer.

By: John Holbo

John Holbo — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 15:42:35 +0000

I own an iPod and, what’s more, I know what iTunes is. Thanks, Harry, I’m downloading this one and loading up