[WikiEN-l] The Internet? Bah!

[David Gerard]

2009/11/17 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:

>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554
>> Linked and digged from a current article. Quite chuckleworthy.

> Now that it is what it is, any idiot can look back and say it was
> obvious what would happen. Far more people got it wrong 15-20 years
> ago, and I guess its good for a chuckle (especially since this
> particular writer was so condescending) - but hindsight is as perfect
> as foresight is rare.


And at least Clifford Stoll actually knew what the heck he was talking
about, unlike most media pontificators at the time.


- d.