Sure, spam is an objective, universal evil. But kee-rist, why pay $29.95 a month to access a walled garden of content with bad spam filters? I mean really. WTF?
Absolutely right. Non-interoperability has been a problem for American corps. since, hell, I dunno, 1920, when AT&T and the independent phone companies competed with different telephone systems that couldn't call each other. It's the same with instant messenging today.
It's ironic that AOL, that famous walled garden of content, has developed one unique communication tool that's successful, and it's the one that goes over the walled garden.
Competition will push each service to develop better features, but who gives a hoot if you have to keep six of 'em on your desktop at once?
Yes, the asteroid would be worth one trillion dollars in minerals. The only problem is the asteroid would be worth one trillion dollars in minerals. Such a motherlode would quite possibly cause the world markets for those minerals to collapse. Any developing country that relies on iron ore mining, zinc production, etc. would be fux0red.
Any alternative to the Internet that attracts users will also attract buying and selling. Relationships rarely exist without commerce. Instead of abandoning the Net, join Lawrence Lessig's fight against privatized content.
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Sure, spam is an objective, universal evil. But kee-rist, why pay $29.95 a month to access a walled garden of content with bad spam filters? I mean really. WTF?
Absolutely right. Non-interoperability has been a problem for American corps. since, hell, I dunno, 1920, when AT&T and the independent phone companies competed with different telephone systems that couldn't call each other. It's the same with instant messenging today. It's ironic that AOL, that famous walled garden of content, has developed one unique communication tool that's successful, and it's the one that goes over the walled garden. Competition will push each service to develop better features, but who gives a hoot if you have to keep six of 'em on your desktop at once?
Yes, the asteroid would be worth one trillion dollars in minerals. The only problem is the asteroid would be worth one trillion dollars in minerals. Such a motherlode would quite possibly cause the world markets for those minerals to collapse. Any developing country that relies on iron ore mining, zinc production, etc. would be fux0red.
Any alternative to the Internet that attracts users will also attract buying and selling. Relationships rarely exist without commerce. Instead of abandoning the Net, join Lawrence Lessig's fight against privatized content.