Friday, August 29, 2008

. . .internet yadda yadda yadda michael phelps blah blah blah internet blah yadda

Yeah, sure we should study teh internets, but are we all really talking about the same internet? Email is on the internet, right, but it is not on the World Wide Web, or at least it didn't use to be . . .Chatting on AIM uses the internet, but isn't the Web. Social Networking websites are very different than, say, Walmart.com--or are they, when you consider how anyone can leave reviews of products. Does any of this stuff deserve capitalization?

I think we have to say that "The Internet" is too broad of a category to say anything useful about. I reccomend that you try, whenever possible, to be specific about which internet practice you want to talk about.

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