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Grex Cyberpunk Item 56: Guesses about the future...how does CDA effect our culture and future?
Entered by font on Sun Apr 20 05:00:09 UTC 1997:

Do we still talk about cyber punks?  Or are they virtual salesmen in virtual
tweed and virtual bags filled with virtual saleable goods and real cash?
What is the future of the internet?  Will there be purple haired nose-ringed
super cadets with palm-tops sittin in Friendly's for a tofu burger and hash?
Will VR ring the sonic buzzer in your ear to announce Meijer's daily values?
Will it bring you on the floor of the supreme court so you can punch the nose
of your most (un)favorite congressman/woman?  Will fun be banned?
Will our children be sent away to be raised by the government?
(try to fw *this* entry, you featherhead!  :-) x 10,000,000)
Oh, what do you think will happen to other personal freedom issues as a result
of the stuff going on now with CDA?  Will it change america's outlook on 
the entire issue, or are we forever doomed to live in snoozeland?
raven, you have the floor. <font bows and leaves, stage left>

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#1 of 3 by raven on Sun Apr 20 15:31:20 1997:

<Thanks for the grand entrence Raven bows and clears his throat> Actually
I think there is a lot more discontent in ascii land than most people
realize.  For example there is something called back web that is a screen
saver that does nothing but push ads at people, the thing is no one seems
to like it (would you watch the ad channel on tv?).  If corporations push
(see Wireds article on push media) too hard too fast to turn the web into
TV people will turn away from commercial sites in droves.  I think there
will be backlash against push media (sends you junk e-mail & webertising),
cookies, and other assorted invasions of privacy, and devolvers of
content.  So tell them they'll pry your search engines, and twit filters,
from your cold dead fingers (to parapharase the NRA).

#2 of 3 by font on Thu Apr 24 00:54:29 1997:

<egad> Perhaps the BBS will be the savior of ASCII culture.  Perhaps virtual
colonies will rebell against Microsoft Adworld V. 2.0 and People will finally
realise that a virtual world of un-clones and advertising don't mix.
Who knows?  Perhaps there will be a time when graphics are considered
the boon of the adpeople and a ascii iconoclast will occur.  But a screen-
saver of only ads is too much...I saw on tv the chief editor (president?)
of wired mag. go on about how wonderful making the web like tv and somehow
thought that this would be a good thing.  <font says sarcasticly> Oh, yes.
Fewer choices and passive intertainment would be just the thing for the web.
<end of sarcasm>  I wanted to slap him.  In fact, I'd hire someone to do
just that.  Takers?  (but they have to have it on tape...so I can see it)

#3 of 3 by bako on Wed Jan 31 03:57:51 2007:

Cuman test doank. Pengen tau tentang BBS nih. Ada yang bisa bantu.

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