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  • From: "Parker, David X" <dmp31526 AT GlaxoWellcome.com>
  • To: "'Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/'" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [internetworkers] in flight broadband wireless
  • Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 13:48:21 -0400

Here's an appropriate piece I read a few years ago:

http://www-rcf.usc.edu/~clingerm/helprin.html

- Dave P.

> ----------
> From: David R. Matusiak
> Reply To: Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/
> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 1:03 PM
> To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [internetworkers] in flight broadband wireless
>
> to further elucidate my point and potentially quell any flames being
> currently composed, i will attempt to explain.
>
> what is most bothersome about this "news tidbit" is the fact that this
> development highlights yet another invasion of our lives by technology.
> i am not looking forward to a time when we can never be away from a
> GPS sensor or a Wireless Access Point, or a freakin' cell tower.
>
> i think it is ridiculous that everything must be constantly accelerated
> (for what purpose?) and that we, as inferior "human machines," are
> expected to keep up with this pace.
>
> doesn't anyone treasure a quiet moment away from the buzz anymore?
> aren't you tired of being sold to?
> is there no place for sanctity in the future?
> are we to be "on" all the time, like our servers in the data center?




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