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December 31, 2010

"It’s amazing in the same way a dishwasher is amazing"

What exactly is new here?
Not very much. Email is still mail. Online newspapers are still newspapers. YouTube videos are still videos. Virtual stores are still stores. MMORPGs are still variations on D&D. A user-built encyclopedia is still a reference book. Stealing mp3s is still theft. Cyber-porn is still porn. Internet poker is still gambling. In terms of content, the Internet gives us almost nothing that the much maligned “traditional media” did not. It’s not much of an exaggeration to say that the Internet is a post office, newsstand, video store, shopping mall, game arcade, reference room, record outlet, adult book shop and casino rolled into one. Let’s be honest: that’s amazing. But it’s amazing in the same way a dishwasher is amazing—it enables you to do something you have always done a little easier than before. -- The Internet Changes Nothing

Posted by Vanderleun at December 31, 2010 12:12 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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Let's get one thing straight here, these days D&D is a variant of D&D, devised by people who don't understand D&D

Posted by: Alan Kellogg at December 31, 2010 4:10 PM

"As Time Goes By"
by Herman Hupfeld

You must remember this
A kiss is just a kiss, a sigh is just a sigh.
The fundamental things apply
As time goes by.

And when two lovers woo
They still say, "I love you."
On that you can rely
No matter what the future brings
As time goes by.

Moonlight and love songs
Never out of date.
Hearts full of passion
Jealousy and hate.
Woman needs man
And man must have his mate
That no one can deny.

It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die.
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vThuwa5RZU

Posted by: Fat Man at December 31, 2010 6:20 PM

Actually, Gerard, the blogosphere is 'something new'. For example, it enabled many of us to marvel at the rich musings of one Vanderleun, who otherwise might have blessed a more narrow audience.

Run that through your washing machine :)
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Posted by: Robert at January 2, 2011 12:16 PM

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