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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: benwood who wrote (70625)	11/16/1999 4:47:00 PM
From: gnuman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Brit humor. "Internet doomed to fail, say experts" This week a leading MiT scientist and the UK's largest telecomms company demonstrated that the Internet's expandability may collapse within the next 10 years. Having staked our future on the Net, The Register is extremely sceptical of the claims. However, co-founder and director of Media Laboratory at MIT, Nicholas Negroponte is a certified "guru", adding weight to the unlikely event. "The digital world is moving so fast that before the end of next year, we will see a billion people on the Internet," he said. And not just people, inanimate objects too. Small products are likely to lead the way, with everyday items such as doorknobs likely to be online eventually. And then the crunch: "Think of Barbie dolls. There are likely to be more Barbie dolls connected to the internet in 10 years than Americans." theregister.co.uk Negropontes web site. nicholas.www.media.mit.edu