“I think there is a difference between Slate and Salon. I think we both serve important functions on the Internet. As more and more Websites disappear, I'm thankful Slate is still around because it makes things less lonely.” ThinkingStillsImportantLiteratureDifferencesInternetLonelyFunctionDisappearWebsiteSlateSalons Author:David Talbot
“Satire dramatizes better than any other use of it, the inherent contradiction of free speech that it functions best when what is being said is at its most outrageous.” SaidUseInternetSpeechFunctionContradictionSatireFree SpeechInherentOutrageous Book:Going Too Far Source: Going Too Far
“I think the large part of the function of the Internet is it is archival. It's unreliable to the extent that word on the street is unreliable. It's no more unreliable than that. You can find the truth on the street if you work at it. I don't think of the Internet or the virtual as being inherently inferior to the so-called real.” IfsThinkingRealStreetsInternetFunctionInferiorsUnreliable Author:William Gibson
“While the Internet generally tends to have a stress-relieving function for adults - as long as they aren't inclined toward sex addiction - I don't see this being the case for adolescents.” LongSexCasesInternetAdultsFunctionStressAddictionSex AddictionStress Relieving Author:Volkmar Sigusch
“But it is as silly to think about peer-to-peer as applying just to music as it would have been to think about the Internet as applying just to pornography. Whatever the initial use of the technology, it has nothing to do with the potential of the architecture to serve many other extremely important functions.” ThinkingHas BeensImportantUseTechnologyInternetFunctionArchitectureSillyPeersPornographyInitials Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Cities should function more like ecosystems, or even metabolisms. When we build, we should be thinking about how we can integrate into the ecosystems around us, but without sacrificing all the niceties of civilization like good restaurants, concert halls, and high-speed Internet access. I'm saying that partly tongue-in-cheek, but I'm also deadly serious. The future of technology is sustainable ecology.” ThinkingShouldCitiesTechnologySacrificeSeriousInternetCivilizationFunctionTongueSpeedAccessRestaurantsHallsConcertsCheeksEcologyIntegratingEcosystemsHigh SpeedMetabolismNicetiesTongue In CheekInternet Access Author:Annalee Newitz
“My belief is that there will be very large numbers of Internet-enabled devices on the Net - home appliances, office equipment, things in the car and maybe things that you carry around. And since they're all on the Internet and Internet-enabled, they'll be manageable through the network, and so we'll see people using the Net and applications on the Net to manage their entertainment systems, manage their, you know, office activities and maybe even much of their social lives using systems on the Net that are helping them perform that function.” PeopleKnowsHelpingHomeBeliefSocialNumbersCarInternetActivityOfficeFunctionEntertainmentManageDevicesApplicationEquipmentSocial LifeLarge NumbersManageableAppliances Author:Vinton Cerf
“As a function of the easy access to information provided by the Internet, and the ease with which it can be shared thanks to social media, consumers are now better informed as to the behavior of brands and the multiple global crises we face.” FacesSocialEasyMediaInformationInternetBehaviorFunctionCrisisSocial MediaAccessThanksBrandsConsumersEaseMultipleAccess To InformationEasy Access Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Web services fits into the original vision of the ASP model in that there are these functions out on the Internet and you can just go out there and rent them.” VisionInternetFitModelsFunctionOriginals Author:Eric A. Meyer