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Splinternet, Or How We Broke the Good Old Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the zomg-its-the-end-of-the-world dept.

StormDriver writes "I don't want to be that scruffy guy with 'The end is nigh' sign and some really bad dental problems, but most industry analysts already noticed that global Internet is coming apart, changing into a cluster of smaller and more closed webs. They have even created a catchy name for this Web 3.0 – the Splinternet.

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  1. It has a catchy name by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    It must be true

  2. Splinternet by Baseclass · · Score: 3, Funny
    FTFA

    Back then, the Internet was one - a global web, similar regardless of weather

    Well I can attest to the fact that "back then" during stormy weather my internet went down on several occasions.
    No phone = no internet.

    --
    ^^vv<><>BA
  3. Re:Grilled sirloin steak with peppercorn sauce by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    How does this get marked 'Insightful'. This is the opposite of ironic. Irony requires juxtapose. The humor here is from the complete lack of juxtapose!

    I'd expect this from an editor, but from a commenter...

  4. Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The Internet is fracturing into interconnected networks!