"We're probably not going to lose a lot [of money]"
August 8, 2013 12:17 PM Subscribe
A news report from 1981 about online newspaper publication and its implications for the future of journalism.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Double. -- jessamyn
Of the estimated 2 to 3 thousand home computer owners in the bay area, ... over 500 have responded by sending back coupons.
Back when the USPS was the Transmission Control Protocol.
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 12:27 PM on August 8, 2013
Back when the USPS was the Transmission Control Protocol.
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 12:27 PM on August 8, 2013
It takes over two hours to receive the entire text of the newspaper over the phone...
Beeeeeeeeooooweeeahweeeeahweeeeahburzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... (300 baud. Represent.)
posted by The Bellman at 12:33 PM on August 8, 2013 [1 favorite]
Beeeeeeeeooooweeeahweeeeahweeeeahburzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.... (300 baud. Represent.)
posted by The Bellman at 12:33 PM on August 8, 2013 [1 favorite]
This will never catch on.
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:34 PM on August 8, 2013
posted by ZenMasterThis at 12:34 PM on August 8, 2013
Amazing prescience. They all accept the truth of it just fine, but just figure 20+ years is so far away it just doesn't matter. Interesting to hear them call that apartment building fashionable, those are urban blight nowadays.
posted by Chuckles at 1:00 PM on August 8, 2013
posted by Chuckles at 1:00 PM on August 8, 2013
« Older I was impatient for love, but not that impatient. | Dalhousie University's Puppy Room Newer »
This thread has been archived and is closed to new comments
posted by penguin pie at 12:25 PM on August 8, 2013