TOP 11 NOTABLE THINGS EVER SAID ABOUT THE INTERNET

From Internet Underground Magazine, May 1996 (Vol 1, Issue 6)

11.

"The information superhighway is a revolution that in years to come will transcend newpapers, radio and television as an information source. Therefore, I think this is the time to put some restrictions on it."
    --Nebraska Senator James Exxon

10.

"I am glad that we've come to a successful closing of the 'peep-show' doors to our youth. The current lawlessness on the Internet has opened a virtual Triple-X-rated bookstore in the bedrooms of every child with a computer."
     -- Ibid., PC Magazine, Feb. 1996

9.

"The Internet, the very public network of computer networks, is notorious as a playground for computer hackers and 'crackers' - those malicious types who are intent on stealing from and wrecking others' computers rather than just breaking in for fun."
    -- Paul M. Eng, Business Week, October 31, 1994

8.

"Do shitheads deserve anonimity as shitheads?"
     -- "Jackie", an anonymous a.s.b., cited from Wired, November 1994, in reference to Even Steven.

7.

"One quarter of all images on the Internet are of women being tortured."
    -- Ralph Reed, spokesman for the Christian Coalition, on ABC's Nightline (was not countered by Ted Koppel).

6.

"We're convinced that what's needed is a commercial Internet that has security, privacy, reliability and instant response."
    -- Richard S. Bodman, senior VP, AT&T, Business Week, Nov 14, 1994

5.

"The Internet has become the electronic Hula-Hoop of the 1990s."
    -- Warren Caragata, writer, McLean's, Sept 19, 1994

4.

"The Internet is expanding at logarithmic rates. A million new users will bring a few sociopaths."
    -- Joel Furr, Usenet moderator, The Nation, June 13, 1994.

3.

"As in real surfing, it's tough to catch the wave right up under the curl. But when you're in the tube, you don't care what the people on the beach are saying about you."
    -- Nick Sullivan, Home Office Computing, November, 1994

2.

"I would like to see the Web crack the model of commerce we have in this country - the idea that the end goal of capitalism is to create huge, monolithic companies."
    -- Denise Caruso, Utne Reader, March-April 1996

1.

"My keyboard is sticky. There's a cigarette burn on it. There's some baby applesauce on it. It's literally a sticky, fucked-up keyboard. It doesn't work."  (Well, maybe not directly about the Internet, but we couldn't resist.)
    -- Courtney Love, Rolling Stone's Alt-rock-a-rama, 1996.

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