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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 28 Jun 2014

    Clifford Stoll's curmudgeonly 'Why the Internet Will Fail' essay, 1995 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html … [from our archives]pic.twitter.com/kesah3PkTA

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      1. Geen Geenie‏ @GeenGeenie 29 Jun 2014
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        Too funny! RT @BoingBoing: Clifford Stoll's curmudgeonly Why the Internet Will Fail essay,1995 http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html …pic.twitter.com/qi3qsQA3F4

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      1. Pieter van Megchelen‏ @PJvanMegchelen 29 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal I'm still wondering if (in hindsight) 0he's wrong for the right reasons or right for the wrong ones.

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      1. Morten Hilker-Skaaning‏ @morten_skaaning 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal and then google happened and we added it all to ours lives and dictionaries.

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      1. Big Eared Bastard™‏ @TimmsterDaGreat 3 Jul 2014
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        @BoingBoing mg

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      1. sumandro‏ @ajantriks 29 Jun 2014
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        [...for the absence of search algorithms!] MT @BoingBoing Clifford Stoll's 'Why the Internet Will Fail' essay, 1995http://boingboing.net/2010/02/26/curmudgeony-essay-on.html …

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      1. Paul McFedries‏ @paulmcf 29 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal Except the essay is actually called “Why the Web Won’t Be Nirvana” and makes some valid points.

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      2. yesthatkarim‏ @yesthatkarim 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal Reminds me of Bob Metcalfe's [inventor of Ethernet] prediction: the Internet would suffer a "catastrophic collapse"

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      3. Bob Metcalfe‏Verified account @BobMetcalfe 30 Jun 2014
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        @yesthatkarim @BoingBoing @GreatDismal - Thanks, but my prediction nothing like Stoll's. Read my book INTERNET COLLAPSES, still at Amazon.

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      1. Just Jon. No bloody A, B, C, or D.‏ @JonS253 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing @GreatDismal Reminds me of a Stephen King article I read in the '70s about why FM radio would never catch on.

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      1. karver‏ @anthonykava 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing Predicting can be tough, and I understand the pessimism based on the web at the time. Curmudgeon or not, Cuckoo's Egg is great.

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      1. Matt Zeta Baen‏ @MattZetaBaen 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing I wish he had been vindicated, honestly.

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      1. Doran‏ @doranb 28 Jun 2014
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        @BoingBoing After 19+ years on the air Stoll remains the only person to explicitly insult @DVradio when rejecting an invite. Class act.

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