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Why the internet will fail (from 1995) « Three Word Chant!

Just came across this article from Newsweek in 1995. It lists all the reasons the internet will fail. My two favorite parts: The truth in no online database will replace your daily newspaper, no CD-ROM can take the place of a competent teacher and no computer network will change the way government works. … Yet […]

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Doing the Microsoft Shuffle: Algorithm Fail in Browser Ballot

Introduction The story first hit in last week on the Slovakian tech site DSL.sk.  Since I am not linguistically equipped to follow the Slovakian tech scene, I didn%u2019t hear about the story until it was brought up in English on TechCrunch.  The gist of these reports is this: DSL.sk did a test of the %u201Cballot%u201D […]