This is a portion of an article that appeared in Newsweek Magazine in 1995. Basically, the author is saying the Internet is dying. Here is a short segment from the article. Do you think the internet is a just a fad?
...Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn't—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.
Check out the full article... http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554/output/print
Monday, March 8, 2010
The Internet? Bah!
This is a portion of an article that appeared in Newsweek Magazine in 1995. Basically, the author is saying the Internet is dying. Here is a short segment from the article. Do you think the internet is a just a fad?
...Then there's cyberbusiness. We're promised instant catalog shopping—just point and click for great deals. We'll order airline tickets over the network, make restaurant reservations and negotiate sales contracts. Stores will become obselete. So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month? Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the Internet—which there isn't—the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.
Check out the full article... http://www.newsweek.com/id/106554/output/print
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How about if we have a major sporting event without Referees, Umpires, Judges or Stewards? I Love that a 65 to one shot did ...
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Sales People??? I HATE Sales People! The last thing I want is someone annoying me with their B.S. while I'm trying to buy something. I never shop at stores, internet all the way...
Thank God for Al Gore! He intented the internet!
What this "Visionary" does today..."Stoll sells blown glass Klein bottles on the Web.[6][7] As of 2009[update], he is a "mostly" stay-at-home dad.[6] He teaches eighth graders about physics at Tehiyah Day School, in El Cerrito, California.[8] Stoll was a regular contributor to MSNBC's The Site. Stoll is an FCC licensed amateur radio operator, callsign K7TA.[9]"
Reminds me of the guy that ran the US Patent office in the late 1800's. He famously said, "we should close this Office! Everything that can be invented Has been invented!
who is that guy looking over Al's shoulder? And, why does Al look perturbed?
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