2013-06-11 Bitcoin Magazine - Five Reasons You Should Not Use the Internet

Bitcopia

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Quote from: Vitalik Buterin on July 06, 2013, 09:47:20 AM

Quote from: Bitcopia on June 12, 2013, 06:03:03 PM

It looks as if some have missed the idea behind this article...

Comparing mid-90s media FUD regarding the internet to current media FUD regarding bitcoin.

Do you guys really think Bitcoin Magazine would seriously suggest people don't use the internet?

Our website is free, print edition $8.88. Which do you think we want you to use?

I don't know... 8.88 is a pretty enticing number... Roll Eyes

Vitalik Buterin

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Quote from: Bitcopia on June 12, 2013, 06:03:03 PM

It looks as if some have missed the idea behind this article...

Comparing mid-90s media FUD regarding the internet to current media FUD regarding bitcoin.

Do you guys really think Bitcoin Magazine would seriously suggest people don't use the internet?

Our website is free, print edition $8.88. Which do you think we want you to use?

thezerg

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without references to ancient articles disparaging the internet this spoof lacks backbone and believability.

Logik

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You have to be seriously dense to not get that it's a joke. It was obvious just from the title of the thread.

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Quote from: aigeezer on June 11, 2013, 05:04:06 PM

Nice spoof. I loved the dig at Krugman at the end. Hehe - the Internet never forgets.

caveden

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This article is brilliant.

PawShaker

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The article is obvious total sarcasm. There are inventions, tiny and huge, happening every day. All of them follow the law of seven stages (appended below for reference). Even the most significant developments are over-advertised and over-sold. An article like this could have been committed when Internet was in phase 3. This has happened with Internet and will happen with Bitcoin.

PS. I believe that Internet is now in Phase 7. The most popular people on Web 2.0 are individuals who do not know HTML and cannot say what port HTTP works on. They cannot set up a LAMP server, but write blogs, populate YouTube channels, and have gazillions of followers on Facebook.

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Seven Stages of a Project

Phase 1: Uncritical acceptance.
Phase 2: Wild enthusiasm.
Phase 3: Dejected disillusionment.
Phase 4: Total confusion.
Phase 5: Search for the guilty.
Phase 6: Punishment of the innocent.
Phase 7: Promotion of nonparticipants.

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Can anyone tell me which article is it that he tried to parody? Thanks.

Bitcopia

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It looks as if some have missed the idea behind this article...

Comparing mid-90s media FUD regarding the internet to current media FUD regarding bitcoin.

Do you guys really think Bitcoin Magazine would seriously suggest people don't use the internet?

pbtc

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love it. thanks to OP for pointing it out. the internets really suck.

Mike Christ

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Weird--I'm guessing the parody is lost on some.

Luciddd

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This article is complete dogshit.

chriswilmer

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Why do I have comment downvotes? Sad

Gabi

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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat

It is a sarcastic article am i right? It is not serious right?

aigeezer

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Cryptanalyst castrated by his government, 1952

Nice spoof. I loved the dig at Krugman at the end. Hehe - the Internet never forgets.

kiba

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DATE? WRONG FORMAT! FIX DATE!

GenTarkin

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Wait, Im confused, help me out here... this is kinda like saying - here are the reasons why you shouldnt use bitcoin, or why bitcoin will fail... but when applied to the internet, it skyrocketed in adoption over time...

Is that where the article was going? =) if so, brilliant ... hehe

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Inb4 kiba

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Gerald Davis

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The sudden rise of the internet may not be the biggest news story in the past fifteen years, but it was certainly the most entertaining. Over the course of only a year the value of technology stocks has doubled, only to crash right back down within months. Suddenly, it felt as if we were back in the tulip era. But what is this strange technology that is behind all of this unexpected public attention? A cure for cancer? A solution to the problems of poverty and world hunger? No. As it turns out, the underlying technology is basically a clunky, inferior version of a phone, and is primarily used by terrorists and prepubescent children with nothing better to do with their lives than send each other images of cats. However, since this technology has been all the rage in the past few weeks, its supposed “advantages” deserve a thorough debunking, and those who have so far been fortunate enough not to get caught up in the hype deserve a thorough understanding of just how pernicious and evil the underlying ideology of this “invention” is. To that end, I have gathered up the fundamental flaws behind the internet’s design and will summarize them all in the rest of this article.

http://bitcoinmagazine.com/five-reasons-you-should-not-use-the-internet/

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