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What The Internet Isn't

Posted by timothy on from the to-name-just-six dept.

looseBits writes "Doc Searls and David Weinberger, co-authors of The Cluetrain Manifesto, have put together a 10-part guide for how to stop mistaking the Internet for something it isn't. It contains some painfully obvious and often overlooked characteristics of the 'world of ends' we call the Internet."

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  1. for sale... by segment · · Score: 5, Funny
    You know I saw an advertisement for a computer for sale...

    For sale Dell Computer Pentium II with the Internet

    I was shocked... First thing I thought was where the hell can I fit the entire Internet on my machine.

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    MoFscker
    1. Re:for sale... by MattyCobb · · Score: 5, Funny

      yes. after working in internet tech support for 6 months, and getting this answer WAY to often, I realized 90% of computer problems have nothing to do with the computer. 80% of them dont even have anything to do with a Microsoft product... they have to do with the users. sad, but true.

      my other favorites include

      "i am having a problem with my LSD" (they ment DSL... i hope. to which I always wanted to reply, call your dealer or OEM)

      what version of windows is on your computer? "windows XP millenium edition" or "windows PLUS"

      and my alltime favorite was an old lady from FL
      "it says intercource explorer has encoumbered an error..."
      wow, i know what she uses HER dsl for...

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      Matt
      You have 1 Moderator Point! Use it or lose it! Is that a threat? -vapid
    2. Re:for sale... by zcat_NZ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Personally, I'd assume they have some form of windows, so I'd instruct them through the process of identifying their windows version (right-click the "my computer" icon, select "properties" from the menu that comes up, etc..)

      Mac users usually know they have a Mac. Linux users usually already know that the problem is at your end, and what YOU need to do to fix it.

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      455fe10422ca29c4933f95052b792ab2
  2. hmmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "It contains some painfully obvious and often overlooked characteristics"

    Yes, we already know - porn...

  3. Let's all sing, digitally by writertype · · Score: 5, Funny

    OK, everyone hold hands. Yes, that means you, 63.47.108.33. Connect to 23.126.156.3. Good. Now, let's all sing/IM/VOIP call/FTP/HTTP:

    We are the world
    We are the Internet
    We are the ones who make a better place
    We are the bloggers.

    (Take it away, Bob Metcalfe!)
    It's a choice we're making,
    We're changing our own lives...

  4. Obligatory Simpsons Quote by Raynach · · Score: 5, Funny

    Homer: Ahh, so the internet is on computers now...

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    - A
  5. Re:Where is the Internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Funny, I live in Idaho. I even have a closet. There is web server in said closet. I am the internet.

  6. IMHO by mog007 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The internet isn't a lot of things, so I purpose that we improve it.

    Let's make a website where people can gather together, and quote (or misquote) various famous television shows. Such as The Simpsons, or South Park.

    We can also allow a certain sense of humor, and we'll offer news along with the humor. Everything will center around a penguin that has more power than the richest person on the planet.

    What? Slashdot.org, huh? Well, I for one welcome our new slashdot overlords.

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    Learn something new.
  7. Re:Where is the Internet? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Instead of being a condescending ass, why don't you just use the simple telephone system analogy?


    But then you have to describe the telephone system and that's tough, even for someone like Einstein. Look.

    "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat."