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Total Commercialization Awareness

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it's-for-your-own-good,-consumer dept.

jjohnston writes "Salon just posted its technology and business predictions for 2003: Total Commercialization Awareness. Includes: Al-Qaida online, Slashdot sells out, and pets: the new white meat. Cute ..." That's so 1999.

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  1. Snooze by bildstorm · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Mildly amusing, but even with over 300 mg of caffeine in my system, it's still not that interesting.

    I much preferred Dave Barry's recap of 2002.

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    The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. - G.B. Shaw
  2. Parody or reality? by sphealey · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The Salon article is clearly meant to be a parody of year end predictions, but the scary thing is I see no reason why Prediction #1 won't actually occur. Should the TIA database be created as advertised, the temptation to use it for politial ends will be tremendous. And we all know how stong politicians are at resisting temptation.

    sPh

  3. 8. Slashdot sells out (TRANSLATION) by ignatzMouse · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Attacking /. gives Salon much needed banner hits.

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    No artist tolerates reality. -- Nietzsche
  4. Pretty sad by Sanity · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The slashdot mention seems like a pretty transparent attempt by Salon to get slashdotted. This article isn't particularly amuzing or funny, so I guess they needed some kind of gimmick to boost their hit-rate.