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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. Re:Hmmm... by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 1, Informative

    Sigh.... Yes, I realize it's a joke. But this is Slashdot, where nitpicking is encouraged and adored, right? Right?

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    Karma: pi (Mostly due to circular reasoning in posts).

  2. Re:Theorem by sniser2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    In the context of the Article "adding value" doesn't equal "improve" - that's kinda the whole point...

  3. Rise of the Stupid Network by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    The "attempting to add value decreases the value" theme was very well explored in a paper called "Rise of the Stupid Network." It's at: http://www.rageboy.com/stupidnet.html

    It explains very well why networks should only get data from one place to another while doing nothing else.

    A coworker just bet me it would be less than an hour before this post was marked as a troll since I'm an unregistered user. I think it will be marked as a flame, because it's on-topic.

  4. It is true, Al Gore lied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative
    In his exact words, he said he created it. However, invent is a valid word to use in a paraphrase of his statement. (Create tends to be used for artworks, and invent for technology)


    His statement is also false. The Internet existed, and it had the name Internet before Al Gore got involved. Al Gore created the Internet sure as he created the Mona Lisa.


    So Gore mis-spoke. No big deal. The greater damage is done by him and his defenders who years later insist it is true that he created something at a certian time when in fact it was around before and was created by someone else. It takes a big man to admit a mistake, and it takes a small man to weave a web of lies to cover it up.