[syndicate] RE: Is the Internet Dying?

[Michael Watson]

Just in case there is any misunderstanding, I assumed Alan was
being ironic. I am sorry if this is not the case.

Michael
www.eleanorrigby.net


--- eduardo at navasse.net wrote:
> I think what is proposed in the text below can only happen if one
> expects
> a preconceived ideal of the internet to come about.  This is no
> different
> than someone looking at a work of art and saying "that is not
> art" because
> it does not meet my preconceived standards of what art should
> be."  Or to
> put it in more simple terms: parents complaining that their child
> did not
> turn out to be what they wanted her to be, as opposed to letting
> the child
> grow on her own.
> 
> I read through the text, and kept wondering if it was some sort
> of ironic
> joke.  But I never found the punch line.  I am still waiting for
> the punch-line...
> it seems a bit too simple on purpose.  You should send it to Tim
> Bernes-Lee.
> 
> Eduardo Navas
> http://navasse.net
> http://netartreview.net
> 
> 
> >-- Original Message --
> >Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2003 00:38:28 -0400 (EDT)
> >From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com>
> >To: syndicate at anart.no
> >Subject: [syndicate] Is the Internet Dying? 
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Is the Internet Dying?
> >
> >
> >Recently there has been a great deal of discussion of "Is the
> Internet
> >Dying" which is a very controversial issue. Some say the
> Internet is dying
> >and will not survive. Others say the Internet will continue
> forever and
> it
> >is fine. I think the Internet is going through difficult times
> and may
> not
> >survive. I will tell you my reasons why.
> >
> >First, the Internet is very busy now with many business and this
> hurts
> >its chance of success of surviving. For example, if you want to
> order a
> >car, you can order the car on the Internet and even pick the
> color you
> >want. But this makes many people use the Internet who should go
> out and
> >enjoy the weather to see the car, and this may be a real
> problem.
> >
> >Second, there are so many spams on the Internet, sometimes it is
> hard to
> >find a way to read them all, and they are almost always not very
> good.
> I
> >think the spams are harmful, but there are some interesting
> offers from
> >foreign countries that sound exciting. But I think they may be
> "scams"
> and
> >not real, but I do not know. They sound exciting.
> >
> >But they take up so much room that sometimes I have problems
> finding
> >emails from my friends who also write and even my family. And
> sometimes
> my
> >family will write and want to know should I take up this offer
> they have
> >received, what do I think. So it takes a lot of time and I feel
> I am
> >drowning with so much to do in just answering these letters.
> >
> >Third, I cannot watch movie on the Internet. I try, but my
> machine is so
> >slow, the movie runs slow and I forget what I am looking at. I
> do not
> >understand the language also when it runs slow. I think in the
> future they
> >must speed the movies up. Then I will understand better but my
> machine
> may
> >still be too slow. I do not know! but I will find out.
> >
> >Fourth, there are so many language on the Internet and I cannot
> follow
> all
> >of them. Sometimes I will try and translate one, but I cannot do
> this all
> >the time and there is this important information maybe that I
> cannot read
> >and do not know what I can do with it. I will ask my friends but
> maybe
> >they cannot read either.
> >
> >Therefore, I think the Internet is a very good thing, because
> there is
> a
> >lot of information on it, and I can talk to my friends and my
> family, but
> >I think it is maybe dying also because of the language, the slow
> movie,
> >the spam and the business. Only time will tell!
> >
> >
> >___
> >
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> >
> 
> 
> > 
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