This is actually a very good question. The correct answer is "Nobody knows." I got regular access to the Internet in 1994. Back then the dominant services on the 'Net were email, USENET, gopher, and telnet--not necessarily in that order. The dominant top-level domain name was .edu. The World Wide Web most certainly existed, but was only poised to make a move. The dominant web browser was Mosaic and served as much as launcher for other Internet services helper applications as for surfing the web. Mosaic Netscape was the new browser that everyone was talking about, but the company had not yet had its dispute with the University of Illinois. In the intervening years, we have seen many changes. The blog is one of them. What is to come over the next 10 years? Nobody knows.Blue Velvet said:
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How do you think the net will develop over the next ten years?
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10 years from now things should be a lot different than they are compared to 10 years ago that's for sure. Entertainment is going to make leaps and bounds as broadband becomes available to more and more people. Apple will grow their video business to the point that you will have access to any movie, television show or sporting event all streamed to your HDTV through a Mac hub with the iTunes Video Store accessible on your TV as well. All this will be wireless, BTWBlue Velvet said:
Lets see:
1. More saturation of sites.
2. Information overload.
3. 3D and Movie quality websites that will take forever to load while people with no patience will skip in a few seconds.
4. More junk hoax information that will make the already paranoid public even more uneasy of they day to day life.
5. A more sterile public that will not know how to confront others when in a face to face situation.
6. you get the point...things are looking gloomy for the future. Right after HD audio, video is done on a local cheap level. UHD might also see some effect to HD evolution. That is pretty much it.
1. More saturation of sites.
2. Information overload.
3. 3D and Movie quality websites that will take forever to load while people with no patience will skip in a few seconds.
4. More junk hoax information that will make the already paranoid public even more uneasy of they day to day life.
5. A more sterile public that will not know how to confront others when in a face to face situation.
6. you get the point...things are looking gloomy for the future. Right after HD audio, video is done on a local cheap level. UHD might also see some effect to HD evolution. That is pretty much it.
devilot said:Actually, there are car enthusiasts that already own the software and hardware to do all that and they do do it on a regular basis. It's not that difficult nor expensive to get a hold of.
And OnStar from GM lets you check on your car's vitals online and will even send you a notice when the oil needs changing etc...
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Intermingled with all the mores will be one equally important item representing the opposite category ... there will be less privacy. There could be profound changes in what people do and are willing to share in response to everything becoming an open book about their lives, mail exchanges and public posts.
I have only been active on the web since 2001 (I have had net access since the early 90's... and I have been using the internet for nearly a decade, but I haven't had access to the internet in my room but the past few years, and so I mean I have been very very active since 2001), and even since then I have seen TONS of changes. I believe that in 10 years we will have sooo much more media on the web, and sooo many more websites. Everyone and their dog will have a computer connected to the web. Along with this will bring along more cyber crime, and the job as a networking security technician will become very important (the field I am going into). I believe that there are no limitations to what we can do on the web, because we will keep improving.
Today the web is much more complete than it was yesterday, 10 years is a long way off. I will be 27, and no telling what we will have. We will have to wait and see!
Today the web is much more complete than it was yesterday, 10 years is a long way off. I will be 27, and no telling what we will have. We will have to wait and see!
Over the next ten years? I'm crossing my fingers for lots more spam.
In the future, I also predict the iTunes Store, due to overwhelming demand, will launch a separate download page just for movies and videos about monkeys.
Man, who can't wait for that one?!
In the future, I also predict the iTunes Store, due to overwhelming demand, will launch a separate download page just for movies and videos about monkeys.
Man, who can't wait for that one?!
Personally, I'm optimistic and hope to see a flowering of discourse that will benefit all humanity, in all fields from medicine to politics to art, hopefully leading to another renaissance.
*takes another sip of electric kool-aid*
*takes another sip of electric kool-aid*
Blue Velvet said:
I honestly applaud Blue for her optimistic expectations of the changing internet over the next decade, but there will likely be as many forces destined to use it to further their evil ways. As for myself, I cling to optimism but sprinkle it with a generous dose of reality. Imagine how the terrorists will be using it to further their plans and enhance global communications.
It's my bold prediction that every bit of media ever published will be available for free in the very near future. File sharing is advancing MUCH faster than DRM and DRM has an incredibly bad reputation right now.
Record companies in particular will be out of business before they know it if they can't find a way to leverage free (or VERY cheap) file sharing into profit.
Google will probably make huge steps towards indexing all of the world's information at the expense of existing intellectual property standards.
It's very likely that Google will become one of the major media companies world wide, perhaps eclipsing current behemoths.
Basically, every content publisher will have to radically rethink its business model to have any hope of surviving the next decade or two.
Record companies in particular will be out of business before they know it if they can't find a way to leverage free (or VERY cheap) file sharing into profit.
Google will probably make huge steps towards indexing all of the world's information at the expense of existing intellectual property standards.
It's very likely that Google will become one of the major media companies world wide, perhaps eclipsing current behemoths.
Basically, every content publisher will have to radically rethink its business model to have any hope of surviving the next decade or two.
Time has a way of filling it (that cup) back up. Just hang in there and your outlook will changemaya said:It used to be full, until recently.
A possible downside and maybe a subject that deserves a thread of its own:
Rising internet addiction 'on par with drug use'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article330672.ece
Rising internet addiction 'on par with drug use'
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article330672.ece
Cooknn said:Time has a way of filling it (that cup) back up. Just hang in there and your outlook will change
Thank you, hopefully the Christmas season and the New Year sings to your tune.
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