[WikiEN-l] The Internet? Bah!

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/11/17 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
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>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 1:07 PM, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554
>>> Linked and digged from a current article. Quite chuckleworthy.
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>> 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.
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> And at least Clifford Stoll actually knew what the heck he was talking
> about, unlike most media pontificators at the time.
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> - d.
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Amusingly enough I met both Clifford Stoll and Stallman when
they were in the same weight class (I think that dates me).

(RMS has gained some weight, lol)

I shook Stallmans hand in Boston in that early year when even Marvin
Minsky attended a Worldcon, and asked him when HURD would come
out of the closet.


RMS came out with his classic line of not owning crystal balls...



Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen