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Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by wmf on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @04:17PM (#15076000)
Here you go, from 1995: http://www.newsweek.com/clifford-stoll-why-web-wont-be-nirva... Note that most of his predictions did come true for a while and then were later falsified; many dotcoms learned that "being early is the same as wrong" the hard way.
Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by svachalek on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:22PM (#15077480)
Interesting. I wanna try a 2017 scorecard:

1. Usenet is garbage: CORRECT although it was better in the early days. This seems to be a general trend with all comment/message board systems, they rapidly lose value when they breach a certain size, although some including our dear HN have survived for quite some time.

2. Downloading books won't happen: WRONG. Paper isn't going anywhere but ebooks are an unqualified success at this point, largely because (unlike at the time) we can carry our computers anywhere now.

3. The Internet is a wasteland of unfiltered data: CORRECT for now. Interestingly, there was a golden age of Google and Wikipedia that would have made this statement look false but now we've regressed back to fake news, social feeds, and personalized search results.

4. The internet will not be useful for governing: CORRECT for the most part.

5. Computers won't help schools: CORRECT for the most part.

6. "Cyberbusiness" will fail because the world needs salespeople: LOLZ.

I'm not going to try to break down the final paragraph. I think some of these will still improve in the longer run but 22 years later, I'm still giving him 4 out of 6 here.

Re:Hackers nab $500k as Enigma is compromised weeks before i... by seangrogg on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:57PM (#15078417)
While I wouldn't argue that #4 is wrong, I do think that as one gets more into self-driven learning the internet has become a major boon. Recorded lectures on 2.5-3x playback, lectures at my own (accelerated) pace, a wealth of information...

Granted, this doesn't readily translate to the classroom nor does it fit everyone's learning style.