Internet Quotes

– How do you like your coffee machine?
– It's, uh, really nice. But I can't accept it. I'm sorry.
– What, are you a government employee?! Hey, I got this for an amazing price in an auction.
– In a what?
– An auction. On the Internet Ebay… I pick the times when the whole country's glued to the television. Prices drop 70%, 80%. Like during the super bowl. Got myself a home entertainment system, eight speakers and a receiver for only $1,000! Would've cost $4,500 retail… Anyway, thursday was the "American Idol" finale. And I thought of you. So I went online and grabbed this.

The Internet treats censorship as a malfunction and routes around it.

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John Perry Barlow

Censorship

To me, the internet seems the natural place for a certain kind of ghost story. The late-night glow of the laptop screen; voices from another world... I found myself becoming increasingly fascinated by our growing dependence on the virtual world; the relationships we build there; the communities we create; the connections we make with people we may never meet in real life. This world can be a feast of friends, or the loneliest place on the planet. It's all a matter of perspective.