Comments on: The Information Factories

By: tombo

tombo — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 20:38:35 +0000

And not a single mention of Amazon, a company that’s actually offering these services today via ECC and S3! That seemed a glaring omission.

I did find myself wondering about how cheap, reliable power might have for the future of the pacific NW (my home), but yeah, guess all the associated (read: interesting) issues were too deep for the Gildster.

Did love how he massaged in a bit of telecosm there at the end though. An oldie but a goodie.

By: Michael J.

Michael J. — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:13:02 +0000

> I'd expect more from Wired on an issue of this significance.

You're living in the past. They are a lifestyle magazine. The days when Wired mattered are long since past. Occasionally there is an important article (Long Tail comes to mind) but really–how often does that happen?

By: Joe Hunkins

Joe Hunkins — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:49:49 +0000

C'mon now John, it's not like all those millions of stored databases of intentions belong to the people who created them!

They belong to .... ummm .... Google, Yahoo, and MSN because they could never do anything but act in our best interests with that wealth of info.

By: u_pinko_commie

u_pinko_commie — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 23:36:59 +0000

Geez, John, get off the socialist state band wagon and let the data freely roam. If it comes back to haunt you, well, so be it. You can always claim to be an alcoholic and go hiding. Like global warming, it’s all a hoax anyway. God, I love America!

By: Derek SCruggs

Derek SCruggs — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:36:38 +0000

What Mitch said. And if you subscribe to Gilder’s newsletter for only $495 or whatever the greater fool is paying for it these days, maybe he’ll explain why he kept touting telecom stocks long after they started melting down.

By: Affiliate Tips

Affiliate Tips — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:26:02 +0000

I’ll be looking forward to reading that article. I feel, one more issue that will affect the massive information factories is their security – especially in these days when terrorists are looking for new targets.

By: Deep

Deep — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:22:20 +0000

I’ve never found Wired to be too interested in social ramifications of anything. They’ve always struck me as obsessively pro-tech, pro-gidget and most annoyingly, pro-insane-quantities-of-ads.

By: Mitch Ratcliffe

Mitch Ratcliffe — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:56:52 +0000

John, George has always been an ardent free-marketer. He sees absolutely no threat in the situation you lay out. Unfortunately, WIRED is just selling a future where we get to think less because private enterprise will do it for us.