I miss the Internet before it became a commodity. Before it was a
place for enthusiasts breaking new ground every day; now it's just
filled with spam, trolls, pointless activities and social decadence.
Sure, I wouldn't want Internet to be "exclusive" in any way; still, I
wish we could have the attitude of old with the technology and
popularity of new.

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Grace Tuwangye <[email protected]> wrote:
> Chinese build Hotel in 15 days (got this from i-network - Posted by my O.B.
> The Chess Genius)
>
> http://cnet.co/zEDoNY
>
> or
>
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57357524-76/chinese-build-skyscraper-in-just-15-days/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
>
> Please include the time, and sweat shop labor it took to come up with the
> pre fabricated steel, including cutting deals with African dictators, to
> supply them with raw materials
>
>
> The Internet has become a place full of hogwash stories, hogwash adverts,
> and hogwash search results (read google)
>
> Google + has failed to overtake facebook, and it has decided, let me
> organize a race, and my hands will be free, the other contestants will
> compete with me, with their hands tied, or their legs wrapped in a sack
> They added bonus points  to  google +  users on their junk algorithms,
>
> Gmail, overtook yahoo in mail, due to a simple reason, they offered more
> disk space
> In order for Google + to overtake Facebook, they need to come up with
> creative ideas, since am not on their payroll, the only free advice, i can
> give them offer new user's money (or marijuana which is a weed, and some
> countries have decided the only way they can make a decent buck is sell
> brain damaging products), because with their lousy platform, I dont expect
> them to come up with anything that can attract users
>
>  short of that, they should put their legs between their legs, and accept
> Facebook's dominance
>
> Google + came up with circle's, which was innovative and cool, but just
> coming up with a few cool ideas, which can be replicated by facebook, wont
> help
>
> Anyway, let me stop writing, since my ball point pen is running out of ink
>
> Did i mention, i miss the old internet,
> Perhaps, I didnt
>
>
>
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