"I'm forever spoiled on net-based concerts." says one telegoer, having just waited 14 minutes to connect to Netaid's site and download 30 seconds of fuzzy, audio-less video. "This technology is so exciting and new."
Party lovin' Netaid viewer rocks on
Silicon Valley style!
The Net-Surfing public was treated to a grainy, jittery Internet-based
event last week in what some are calling "The Concert of the Century".
Over
15,000 people simultaneously were treated to garbled clips of sporadic
audio by their
favorite bands, such as David Bowie and the George Michael.
"The days of piling a bunch of friends into a car and *driving* for 2-5
hours just to stand around outside to watch a concert are over, that's for
sure." enthused on Netaid viewer. "Thanks to
the networking geniuses that put this together, anyone with a dedicated
T3 and a $2,000 surround sound speaker system in their house can enjoy a
tiny, pixelated live video concert right on
their monitor!"
The End Of "traditional" concerts?
Some feel NetAid may mark the end of old style "Bleachers and Fields" concerts that have plagued the music industry for the past 100 years. "I remember going to a outside concert a few years ago." recalls Ted Garfalo, a unix system administrator. "I had to ride in a car with people I'd never met, stand in line with total strangers for 2 hours, then stand in line to pay $3 for a Pepsi, then stand in line for 40 minutes to get a T-shirt. After all of *that*, the concert itself was outside, and that huge, hot yellow glowing thing in the sky ended up burning my white, ghostly complexion. People were yelling and acting crazy, and I had no control at all over how loud the band was playing. I "enjoyed" the whole concert in a fetal position with my hands over my ears. Being able to sit alone in a dark room is much, much better."
Though NetAid was plagued by a few problems, (none of them Cisco related at all) some say that the day is coming when these concerts, as mindblowing as they are now, will somehow get even better.
"The best thing about Netaid was that there really was no bad seat in the house. Everyone could have their noses pressed up monitor displaying a grainy, jumpy 2" image. But the day is coming when we'll be able to do broadcasts of high quality live video AND audio." observed one NetAid sponser.
High quality live broadcasts of video and audio at the same time? It sounds like science fiction, but this is Silicon Valley, where anything is possible. So until next time, get your NetAid T-Shirt at www.netaid.org, and we'll see your IP at the next concert!"