Re: Many have tried...
>And completely lacking in technical accuracy, of course. Magical compression - really?
Yeah... but but if the writers of Silicon Valley knew what the Next Big Thing was going to be, they wouldn't be writing a TV show about it - they would be seeking funding! The 'Magical Compression' is just a McGuffin, a stand-in for a hot property made by a start-up that the big players want to get their hands on.
It is a satire about a culture and people, not a documentary about technology. So the writers' only choices for their McGuffin were:
1 Something that no one knows the value of (this would confuse the audience).
2 Something that already exists (this would confuse the audience)
3. Something that is impossible but clearly useful ( the audience knows it's impossible but choose to go along with it's utility)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
