Jaron Lanier on the Semi-Closed Internet 248
Will Wilkinson writes "Jaron Lanier's recent essay, The Gory Antigora: Illusions of Capitalism and Computers, kicks off a discussion of 'Internet Liberation: Alive or Dead?' at the Cato Institute's new blogazine, Cato Unbound. In Lanier's essay today, find out how the 'brittleness' of software has kept the Internet from realizing its potential as 'a cross between Adam Smith and Albert Einstein; the Invisible Hand accelerating toward the speed of light.' Also, find out why, upon meeting Richard Stallman, Lanier's reaction was: 'An open version of UNIX! Yuk!'"
I didn't understand any of that. (Score:1, Funny)
Re:I didn't understand any of that. (Score:5, Funny)
Yo, buss dis. My man Will be up and writin 'bout JL's recent papah, "Da Gory Antigora: Trippin 'Bout Computers and Bling", be kickin off, rappin 'bout 'Intanet Liberation: Dead Or Alive!' at da Cato Institute's new blogazine, Cato Unbound, aiii? JL be writing today 'bout how da softwares dat run yo Intanet can get a cap bust up in they a--, an' don't do all 'dey can to mix the ideas of th' devil and Albert E; dat is, dey don't have some invisible hand puttin the smack down at th' speed of light.' You can also read yourself 'bout how when JL met my man RMS, JL done say: 'An open version of UNIX! Nigga, please!'"
Peace.
I'm So Conflicted... (Score:5, Funny)
After that summary, I can't decide whether I need to take an aspirin or a shower first.
Another day, another advertisement (Score:5, Funny)
From the summary:
at the Cato Institute's new blogazine
Alarm bells are ringing, Willie:
Fluff topic? Check.
A grandiosely named organization? Check
A newly-coined, silly, and far-too-hip word modeled after another newly-coined, silly, and far-too-hip word? Check.
Also, find out why, upon meeting Richard Stallman, Lanier's reaction was: 'An open version of UNIX! Yuk!'
This part is probably true, although without the 'An open version of UNIX!' part.
I have a sore leg. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I didn't understand any of that. (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.theonion.com/content/columnists/view/k
Ack (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Bunk. (Score:2, Funny)
You misspelled "llshit."
KFG
Re:snipe (Score:4, Funny)
Or "you can prick your finger . . ." (Score:3, Funny)
Excuse me while I ax my network connection (Score:2, Funny)
I've had it. I'm through with this whole Internet thing. Limitless porn and amazon coupon codes are no longer worth it. I'm going back to writing checks, using stamps, and gaming using my console.
The first real annoyance was "boxen". Sure, it's pretty gay, but I can live with the occasional geek using it. (Actually, the first annoyance I remember was the green card spam [wired.com], but that's going back a bit far). Then came "google" as a verb. Such nonsense, but trivial. The rise of the "blog" is easy to ignore - I don't care what most people think in person, so at least if they're busy typing their thoughts they're won't be able to tell them to me.
But now..."blogazine"? Blogazine. Lord, help me.
Now I've got to finish downloading the Internet's porn collection and burning it to DVD. You can't expect me to go cold turkey!
Re:Killing Me Softly (Score:3, Funny)
No, I can tell you exactly when the problems began, and that was with the BLINK tag.
Everything before that was pretty tame -- it's when things started to move that it got really obnoxious. From blinking crap it was pretty much a straight downward progression to animated GIF crap, and then to Flash crap.
Re:Bunk. (Score:2, Funny)
The very same peer that resets my connection every 5 minutes.
DAMN YOU PEER!!!
I was Wondering Whatever Happened to Jaron... (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:snipe (Score:2, Funny)
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