Newsweek in 1995 looks at the Intertubes.Verdict: The electrodatavisor will never catch on.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
A flash in the brain pan
Newsweek in 1995 looks at the Intertubes.Verdict: The electrodatavisor will never catch on.
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Someplace I've got an old TV Guide from 1963 that has an article about the future of satellite television and the response from the head of ABC was pretty much the same as this guy.
To paraphrase, he suggested that rather than rely on sats for broadcasting, it would be far easier to film a program in London, fly it to New York via supersonic aircraft, develop and edit the film, and get it on the air while the competition was waiting for Telstar to come back around.
In hindsight you can look back and say "oh well" to predictions like that. The difference is if characters like the author of the article have moved on and joined in the fun or are still banging on about how it will never catch on.
It's like Captain Rum from Blackadder II when explaining why he had no crew on his ship, saying opinion was divided on the issue, all the other captains said you need a crew, he said you don't.
Or it's like the warmies and their "settled science"
I actually remember reading that back in '95. The CB radio reference was what stuck with me, as I had been an CB aficionado back in the 70's.
Don't be too hard on Mr. Stoll. His book, "The Cuckoo's Egg" is a great text on the early days of tracking hackers.
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