Did you watch the show 'Upload'? It's the metaverse for the dead ones. At least the ones who can pay. It's IMNSHO a brilliant demonstration of what some MegaDigiCorps try to sell us already.
I miss the web of the beginnings, when ads and business evangelists didn't transform a place of freedom and free exchange of ideas and information in a crossing between a bazaar and a jungle. To quote Kyle, "you bastards!". When I made my first website, there were 200 of them in France, and 20,000 in the World, made by enthusiasts. Academics people dreaming they could change the World for the better good. Useful idiots. Utopias don't last when there's money involved. Let's live with that as there are no other choice.
So the rockstar wasn't a meta but a real one? Please send a not-meta-link to that existing thing. And we could invent metataxes. I'd think you got my opinion about these meta-things and people using the term. They are most probably slightly more distanced from the reality than regular users of metamphetanimes.
Haven't visited this site for a long time because there wasn't anything new to read. Perhaps Mr. Dabbs has had something more urgent things to do? Ok, I can admit that moving to a different country may have it's toll. Mrs. Dabbs however didn't seem to have prepared it good enough for her spouse.
The next thing, because I haven't visited the site for a while. They want me to reconfirm that I actually am who I am and sent me an email.
No, I wont tell you anything more than my name. Which you of course already know. My biography is not your business.
Next page.
"Writers you may like. We found some writers based on your interests.". So how do they think they know my interests if I have not visited the site in a year?
The option of not subscribing to the opinions that I want to hear nothing about is very cleverly hidden under "Our use of cookies" that I must close first. Oh, it did it the second time. Do they not understand that I don't like cookies? Good sushi would be quite ok.
This begins to look a lot like Alistair could have written it himself, but it's the real me, not a meta-one. Just an old grumpy man.
Did you watch the show 'Upload'? It's the metaverse for the dead ones. At least the ones who can pay. It's IMNSHO a brilliant demonstration of what some MegaDigiCorps try to sell us already.
I miss the web of the beginnings, when ads and business evangelists didn't transform a place of freedom and free exchange of ideas and information in a crossing between a bazaar and a jungle. To quote Kyle, "you bastards!". When I made my first website, there were 200 of them in France, and 20,000 in the World, made by enthusiasts. Academics people dreaming they could change the World for the better good. Useful idiots. Utopias don't last when there's money involved. Let's live with that as there are no other choice.
So the rockstar wasn't a meta but a real one? Please send a not-meta-link to that existing thing. And we could invent metataxes. I'd think you got my opinion about these meta-things and people using the term. They are most probably slightly more distanced from the reality than regular users of metamphetanimes.
Haven't visited this site for a long time because there wasn't anything new to read. Perhaps Mr. Dabbs has had something more urgent things to do? Ok, I can admit that moving to a different country may have it's toll. Mrs. Dabbs however didn't seem to have prepared it good enough for her spouse.
The next thing, because I haven't visited the site for a while. They want me to reconfirm that I actually am who I am and sent me an email.
No, I wont tell you anything more than my name. Which you of course already know. My biography is not your business.
Next page.
"Writers you may like. We found some writers based on your interests.". So how do they think they know my interests if I have not visited the site in a year?
The option of not subscribing to the opinions that I want to hear nothing about is very cleverly hidden under "Our use of cookies" that I must close first. Oh, it did it the second time. Do they not understand that I don't like cookies? Good sushi would be quite ok.
This begins to look a lot like Alistair could have written it himself, but it's the real me, not a meta-one. Just an old grumpy man.
Glad to see another Autosave, and hope to see more soon!
Yay you’re back
Good to see you back again .. Love your (quite justified) rants! .. Keep on ranting! .. Cheers!