"The Net grew like a weed between the cracks in the monolithic
steel-and-glass empire of traditional commerce. It was technically
obscure, impenetrable, populated by geeks and wizards, loners, misfits.
When I started using the Internet, nobody gave a damn about it outside
of a few big universities and the military-industrial complex they
served. In fact, if you were outside that favored circle, you couldn’t
even log on. The idea that the Internet would someday constitute the
world’s largest marketplace would have been laughable if anyone was
entertaining such delusions back then…"
Okay boys and girls… who said it and when did they say it and where?
{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }
Fat Bastard 06.29.05 at 4:52
What kind of a lame contest is this anyway? Hae ye never heard a Google?
RB 06.29.05 at 4:58
Who is Colonel Mustard in the Library with the Lead Pipe, Alex?
Satch 06.29.05 at 5:09
http://www.nola.com/food/t-p/recipes.ssf?acorn_bread.html
Poke salad? Polk Salad? Pork salad? I got a weed for your crax jack.
Aramis 06.29.05 at 5:24
Dude, I dunno, was it … ummm, like Bruno Latour and shit?
http://www.iconoclash.co.uk/
Brian 06.29.05 at 7:05
Without googling - and who would cheat like that - I nominate Neal Stephenson. It almost feels like him, but not quite.
Nick Lewis 06.29.05 at 8:46
Take a train to clueville, and find a boy at one time suffered from fits of rage. Am I on the right track?
Frank Paynter 06.29.05 at 9:00
Brian, I would cheat like that, but you are honorable. No cigar. Nick, you got it! All you other guys… get a CLUE (like ummm, Colonel Mustard? In the Library? With a Lionel train?) The correct answer is revealed here…
http://nicklewis.smartcampaigns.com/node/550
Doug Alder 06.29.05 at 9:15
No no Frank - go to the source - http://www.cluetrain.com/book/apocalypso.html
Anyone who actually read the manifesto should have recognized it or at least the author’s style and then guessed
(geez I just went and looked and realized I was one of the very early signatories on that little gem - how’d that happen LOL)
Frank Paynter 06.29.05 at 10:05
Hey Doug! I think I still owe you a prize for a prior contest. I know I owe Marek a copy of “Beyond Love and Work.” And I owe Michelle a postcard. These debts just build up over time. I never signed on the manifesto. I was “too cool” to be a joiner. Oh wait… I was a schmuck!
Jon Husband 07.03.05 at 9:55
Donald Rumsfeld said it, no ? About a year before Abu Ghraib and all those digital pictures ? My guess is he thought that the government could make some money off the copyright to those pix, selling them to various fetish sites.
Of course I’m kidding !