"Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few listen."
Sadly this part could have been written in 2008.
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"So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet--which there isn't ..."
My how things have changed.
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I wonder what articles we will be linking to 13 years from now. Anyone know of good present-day naysayers that we can keep track of and make fun of in a decade or so?
>"even caught a hacker or two"
> With what? A butterfly net?
I also thought that bit was a little odd at first. But, as davidw points out above, this is the author of The Cuckoo's Nest in which he does, in fact, catch a hacker (or cracker if you prefer)?
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"even caught a hacker or two"
With what? A butterfly net?
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"Every voice can be heard cheaply and instantly. The result? Every voice is heard. The cacophany more closely resembles citizens band radio, complete with handles, harrasment, and anonymous threats. When most everyone shouts, few listen."
Sadly this part could have been written in 2008.
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"So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet--which there isn't ..."
My how things have changed.
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I wonder what articles we will be linking to 13 years from now. Anyone know of good present-day naysayers that we can keep track of and make fun of in a decade or so?