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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. Old news... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Umm...I'm pretty sure I remember stumbling upon this article years ago. Why is it headline news now?

  2. I always thought the Internet was... by Baron_Yam · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...a huge number of interconnected computers.

    It's not "the Web", it isn't email, it sure ain't news, nor Google. It's just bits routed between computers. What you do with those bits is up to you.

  3. Re:ObSimpsons Quote by Scrameustache · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Homer: "Ooooh! They have the internet on computers now!"

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    You can't take the sky from me...

  4. Re:Ironic? by crywolf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Type "ping 66.35.250.151" (slashdot, as of an nslookup just a few seconds ago). Do you get a response?

    Congratulations, the internet works for you, regardless of platform.
    I'm having trouble getting the internet working under MacOS 9.

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    CAUTION: Product may be hot after heating
  5. Are you online? by seangw · · Score: 0, Redundant

    When my friends ask me if I'm "online", I love to respond "Yes".

    They then ask why it doesn't I'm on, I explain that online ISN'T JUST AOL.

    Most likely a blank stare ensues.