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Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by aspyct » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:39 AM UTC

desindol wrote: post #8

losvedir wrote: post #2

Wow, the phrase "information superhighway" really brought me back. I hadn't heard that for quite some time!

Fun fact: Because of this phrase (In German „Datenautobahn“) the German digital ministry is docked to the ministry of transport…

OMG this is... quite the misunderstanding -_-'

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by tannhaeuser » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:40 AM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #3

Funny to see the BBC complaining about "letting the market forces" build the internet. The said market forces didn't do too bad.

Err, for a while, they didn't. But soon enough new gatekeepers and middlemen (GAFA, Paypal) returned which not only had we hoped to get rid of, but even paid public money (ARPA, CERN, W3C) and established net neutrality legislation for, in vain.

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by c0mptonFP » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:52 AM UTC

alt227 wrote: post #10

When I pause Netflix, why dont I have the option to purchase the clothes they are wearing on screen?

Gotta drink a verification can to enable it

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by SMAAART » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 11:58 AM UTC

this is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-yZ-31j9A

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by mudrockbestgirl » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:02 PM UTC

alt227 wrote: post #10

When I pause Netflix, why dont I have the option to purchase the clothes they are wearing on screen?

Because we got NFTs instead.

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by everyone » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:06 PM UTC

All the websites shown probably implemented way better than most modern ones?

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:07 PM UTC

alt227 wrote: post #10

When I pause Netflix, why dont I have the option to purchase the clothes they are wearing on screen?

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Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by Bayart » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:09 PM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #3

Funny to see the BBC complaining about "letting the market forces" build the internet. The said market forces didn't do too bad.

Without nationwide regulation to homogenize the network, it looks like it can be very perfectible (looking at the US).

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by scyzoryk_xyz » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:10 PM UTC

c0mptonFP wrote: post #13

alt227 wrote: post #10

When I pause Netflix, why dont I have the option to purchase the clothes they are wearing on screen?

Gotta drink a verification can to enable it

Ubik ... Safe when taken as directed.

Re: Are You Ready for the Internet? (1994) [video]

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Post by throwaway787544 » Fri, Sep 23, 2022, 12:11 PM UTC

SMAAART wrote: post #14

this is my favorite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95-yZ-31j9A

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