Charles Miller

A member of the Philip Greenspun's Homepage community since March 22, 1999

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May 30, 1999, on MIT Media Laboratory:
HTML and GUI browsers are doing the very same thing for Internet communications that Citizen's band has done for two-way radio communications. Specifically, to aid morons to pack rainbows up each other's ass. Once upon a time, getting a transmitter license required the applicant to display some technical proficiency and a little skill on a CW keyer. Once, using a computer required some intellectual activity and a little skill at the keyboard. But....no more. The best thing about popular browsers is that they still need expensive hardware. But soon enough, lots of "two-digit" folks will get LINUX and use a browser on a 486 box. Net congestion will continue to worsen. These new folks have less discretionary income and will attract a "different breed" of advertisers. Look at the proportion of good, bad, and ugly stuff on television. Then think, "Do any y'all folks know if Jerry Springer has himself a web site now?". Serious Netizens need a software or hardware "Bullshit Filter...