[128245] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Web expert on his 'catastrophe' key for the internet
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gordon b slater)
Wed Jul 28 05:24:13 2010
X-IP-MAIL-FROM: gordslater@ieee.org
From: gordon b slater <gordslater@ieee.org>
To: "Elmar K. Bins" <elmi@4ever.de>
In-Reply-To: <20100728083327.GW96953@ronin.4ever.de>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:24:00 +0100
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Reply-To: gordslater@ieee.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, 2010-07-28 at 10:33 +0200, Elmar K. Bins wrote:
> One, I do not see the operational relevance of this "news".
The real problem is that articles like this DO get considerable
attention in the UK - a place where "the internet" has yet to gain true
understanding and recognition as a national business and government
asset in the eyes of the general consumer populace and their
politicians.
Stories written like this still have a "wow" factor, both with the
unconnected and the great unwashed customers in general.
> Second, people cult is just not the hype anymore
Rest assured, none of the intended viewers know or care who the
dungeon-master is :) All they care about is their "MSN" working.
They have to depict someone doing something, and ascii-armored printout
is far too confusing for the folks to comprehend.
Gord
--
You have been eaten by a grue
