[syndicate] Re: Re: RE: Is the Internet Dying?

[Michael Watson]

I'll tell you one thing that is wrong with me: Oftentimes, I only
want what I can't have. Then again, this allows me to feel sorry
for myself (but one thing about self-pity: it is always sincere)

Michael

--- Eryk Salvaggio <eryk at maine.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> What the hell is wrong with you people
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Watson" <michaelw at eleanorrigby.net>
> To: <eduardo at navasse.net>; <syndicate at anart.no>
> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:46 PM
> Subject: [syndicate] Re: RE: Is the Internet Dying?
> 
> 
> > 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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