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madokie

(51,076 posts)
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 06:48 AM Jun 2014

The Internet of very dumb things | By Mark Morford

The Internet! Not a kid anymore, you know? Got big, hairy muscles. Got attitude and leer. Got bizarre hang-ups, social anxiety, joy and corruption, anarchy and scars and leaky spigots galore.

It’s bloated. It’s invasive. It’s full of filth both glorious and repulsive. It even got itself married (to giant telecoms and the FCC), and hence doesn’t really give a damn what you think about it anymore, because capitalism has taken over and capitalism cares as much for you as the NRA cares about all those dead children.

The Internet! So ripe, it’s now giving birth. To a swarm, a herd, a ravenous mob of unsuspecting objects and products, all of which are right now getting molested by cheap sensors, touchscreens and a bit of Wi-Fi so as to re-invade your everyday existence, whether you like it or not. So you might as well like it. Or not.
iKettle. When you want to boil water. With your phone.

You ready? For the Internet of Things? You’d better be. Companies far and wide but mostly manufactured in China are right now racing like frantic greyhounds to Net-ify every object you can name. Coffee mugs. Razors. Windowpanes. Tires and doorbells and diapers, vibrators and lipstick and yoga mats, water bottles and blenders and flashlights, hammers and refrigerators and vanity mirrors and planters and dashboards and sunglasses and kettles and cigarettes.


http://blog.sfgate.com/morford/2014/06/17/the-internet-of-very-dumb-things/
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The Internet of very dumb things | By Mark Morford (Original Post) madokie Jun 2014 OP
True, the Internet is bloated. randome Jun 2014 #1
The author is one of America's top satirical writers IDemo Jun 2014 #4
I'll pass on most of it malaise Jun 2014 #2
Soon people will be swearing it off like TV BeyondGeography Jun 2014 #3
+ underpants Jun 2014 #5
there are filters, and choices to make Demeter Jun 2014 #6
 

randome

(34,845 posts)
1. True, the Internet is bloated.
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 07:05 AM
Jun 2014

You can't even type a simple sentence anymore without pauses to look up every character and see how 'smart' a web site can be to predict what you mean.

Pages crawl across the screen like drunk snails when they should be frighteningly fast.

But that has nothing to do with connecting more devices to a world-wide network. The author of the article sounds confused and maybe scared of change.
[hr][font color="blue"][center]Stop looking for heroes. BE one.[/center][/font][hr]

BeyondGeography

(39,284 posts)
3. Soon people will be swearing it off like TV
Wed Jun 18, 2014, 08:01 AM
Jun 2014

The Internet? I don't watch it anymore. But, like TV (or its related online forms), they'll always go back.

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