[syndicate] Re: Is the Internet Dying?

[Michael Watson]

It's funny that you should mention this because I just got back
from Burning Man (www.burningman.org) and met a naked man, a
post-op transexual, who had his penis removed. The vaginal
construction was impressive from my not-too-close observation but
sadly, it did not make him a woman (but maybe that is not what he
was interested in)

I've put together some net art links and plan on greatly expanding
it if anyone is interested:
http://www.eleanorrigby.net/netexp/links.html

Michael

--- claudia westermann <media at ezaic.de> wrote:
> 
> >I am not sure about the Internet dying but I am dying inside. I
> feel 
> >like half the man I used to be. How do they know about my
> erection 
> >problems and my under-sized penis? Some one is talking about me
> and 
> >that really makes me feel bad.
> 
> Perhaps you think this is a trick, but in fact it works quite
> well. I 
> just tell myself that I never wanted a penis anyway.
> 
> So easy .. just change your attitude and you will not be bothered
> anymore.
> 
> >A few years ago, I could satisfy all my pet and cement needs
> online 
> >with confidence. I want to say defiantly "I am big, It's 
> >the Internet that got small" but It feels like the false bravado
> of 
> >a has-been with a little hard-drive and an operating system that
> 
> >takes a long time to come up, if ever.
> >
> ><http://www.fuckedcompany.com>www.fuckedcompany.com
> >
> >Alan Sondheim <sondheim at panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >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 a! re 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 o f 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 th e language, the
> slow movie,
> >the spam and the business. Only time will tell!
> >
> >
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