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World of Ends

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the it-starts-with-an-earthquake,-birds-and-snakes dept.

epeus writes "At World of Ends, Doc Searls and David Weinberger explain the End-to-End nature of the internet in terms so clear even your manager could understand them. 'The Internet isn't complicated. The Internet isn't a thing. It's an agreement. The Internet is stupid. Adding value to the Internet lowers its value.' and so forth."

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  1. I'd say First Post, but it probably isn't so... by soulctcher · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what I will say is that this has got to be one of the most confusing, yet clear topics I've read on /. in a long time.

  2. In that case by Raul654 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hope he goes for a real-world case study -- the end to end transfer of a given porn movie. Definetely something your manager can read and relate to, plus it gives you an easy springboard onto such topics as average throughput, burst transmissions, etc :)

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  3. Are they technological-age hippies? by Meat+Blaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because (at least by the writeup) it sounds like they're delivering some sort of Zen-style analysis from within a cloud of blue smoke. How well does the sound of a hand stream over the Internet?

  4. World Ends by Slycee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh God I missed the "of" at first.

    Heaven help us. I found out about Armageddon on slashdot.

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    1. Re:World Ends by daeley · · Score: 2, Funny

      Think that's bad? I kept seeing a certain person's monogram with every, er, repetition of Repetitive Mistake Syndrome. :)

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    2. Re:World Ends by gosand · · Score: 3, Funny
      Oh God I missed the "of" at first. Heaven help us. I found out about Armageddon on slashdot.

      In that case, all the trolls would be trying to get "Last Post". But how would you know who finally got it?

      Earth has been slashdotted.

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    3. Re:World Ends by nurightshu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Only subscribers would know about it -- by the time it hit the front page for the rest of us rabble, the nukes would already be here.

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    4. Re:World Ends by PD · · Score: 5, Funny

      They'd write this:

      "Nuclaer bombs' on thier weigh"

      And we'd all be complaining about spelling errors when the big one hits.

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  5. terms... by thrillbert · · Score: 1, Funny

    in terms so clear even your manager could understand them

    You greatly under estimate the power of the dork side.

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    1. Re:terms... by telstar · · Score: 2, Funny
      "in terms so clear even your manager could understand them"

      • "You greatly under estimate the power of the dork side."
        • I'd say they greatly overestimate the power of management.

  6. Huh by maximillianarturo · · Score: 3, Funny

    So should I sell my internet stock... or what?

  7. that is not what AOL told me. by stonebeat.org · · Score: 2, Funny

    seriously :)

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  8. Hold on by Raul654 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh God I missed the "of" at first.

    Yep, you're definetely qualified to be the new slashdot editor

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  9. The Internet is stupid. by stratjakt · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, you're stupid, you big stupid!

    Signed,
    The Internet

    PS: I'm rubber you're glue

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  10. Hmmm... by natron+2.0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I wonder if Al Gore realized this when he invented it...

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  11. He's The Sphinx of Internet Culture by milktoastman · · Score: 2, Funny
    "To make the internet right...."

    "...First you must go left, that's what you were going to say, wasn't it?"

    "Not necessarily..."