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Issues for the Internet Society
DenOfEarth writes "The Economist has published a series of articles detailing some of the issues facing our current society and the technological leaps and bounds that are leading to the future internet society. They include: Protection of Privacy, Constant internet connectivity, Copyright 's Role in the Future, Technology-based Democratic Process, Government Authority, and Social and Political Ramifications. There's a good deal of information to waste one's time with here, but some good discussion is bound to come out of it."
How to deal with the random internet outages caused by Slashdot?
No, then they would have six servers down instead of just one.
Centralization breaks the internet.
there just isn't enough porn on the 'net.... this needs to be fixed immediately.
How 'bout they just tell us what the Internet's not fucking up? ;-)
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In other news, poster reads the rest of the article, and is shocked, SHOCKED to find out that all this surveilance and fancy tech bothers some people. The traffic Dick! Think of the lack of traffic!
I suppose in this future, slashdot posters will end with sigs reading "Those willing to sacrifice freedom for Unencumbered access to public roads deserve neither."
"Inattention makes clowns of us all" -Bean
Protection of Privacy,
Lawyers already own government, so they will let government go to war over it with its own constituents.
Constant internet connectivity
Jam it up the butt. Voila. Instant Cable
Copyright 's Role in the Future
Copyright is and will be like oil. An enough reason to start wars.
Technology-based Democratic Process
The tried-and-tested Military Technology Democrazy I guess.
Government Authority
Government of certain 'lawridden' nations of federal states will kill, plunder and hinder peoples of other nations. Authorically enough.
and Social and Political Ramifications.
A certain nation of federastic states will try to start the fourth reich. So everyone else will have to stop them. Everything goes to Detroit.
"There's a good deal of information to waste one's time with here, but some good discussion is bound to come out of it."
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Oh my god! Robots with screw guns know how to drive SUVs? Now where will we hide? My cabin on the mountain would be easily accessible by SUV, and they can unscrew the access bolts to the secret lab. I guess it will have to be the caves. The dampness should impede their functioning, and the SUVs won't fit. And of course, there is nowhere to plug in/recharge the screw guns. Damn! Whose idea was it to teach the screw gun using robots how to drive anyway? Is there no self-preservation instinct in you people at all?
> paperless archiving
:)
Actually paper use has gone up dramatically since the invention of computers.
Printers make it possible to print out everything without a lot of troubles.
Can't count the times I've printed something out just to read it on my way home (subway) and throw it away when done.
I know this isnt very environment friendly - but atleast I dont own a car
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The temperature today in Miami, Florida was in the single digits, which shaterred all previous low temperature records. Where I live, it hasn't been above 20 degrees Fahrenheit for at least two weeks. What was that about global warming again?
Always interesting to see someone disprove global warming by using a local example. That's a bit like your average pimply faced McDonald's worker saying "There's no zits on my hairy ass... I have a great complexion!"
whatever the future holds...I'm sure Al Gore invented it
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