Comments on: Virtual worlds? Bah!

By: Moni Duettmann

Moni Duettmann — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 01:38:59 +0000

There have always been two kinds of people: those who imagine future technologies and their possibilities, although they are not fully developed yet or even not developed at all, and those who are eventuall persuaded, when they see what's finally come out of the developments. It's imagination vs. consumerism.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:44:10 +0000

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By: Anya Daligdig

Anya Daligdig — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 09:11:24 +0000

"So how come my local mall does more business in an afternoon than the entire Internet handles in a month?"

Some facts and figures backing this comment up would be welcome, particularly if we are to give it any credence.

"And who’d prefer cybersex to the real thing? "

People who don't have a current partner? People with physical disabilities? People who like a little variety in their sexual lives?

By: Doreen Garrigus

Doreen Garrigus — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:15:43 +0000

I've always loved Mr. Stoll's article. It is almost cringe-worthy in its lack of vision and should serve as a warning about the coming decades' worth of embarrassment we might earn, should any of us be so shortsighted as to dismiss a new technology completely out of hand like that.