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The Internet is a Living Body
by Douglas Chick
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many respects the Internet is like a living organism. It passes data
through its structure using T1 lines, Cable modems, DSL and analog
phone lines like an organic body transports blood through a series
of complex vessels and artery systems. The Internet excretes
pheromones in the way of porn sites, and defecates in the way of
spam. Popup windows are hiccups and multiple popups can be gastritis
or ejaculation, depending upon what website you are on at the time
of multiple popups.
Sometimes
the Internet catches viruses, but anti-bodies quickly rush in and
heal these minor infections. And there are viscous invaders that
much be isolated and driven away. With each new website a new neural
pathway reaches out making it smarter and giving it more physical
structure. Websites are born and they die, they mutate and multiply.
The
Internet reaches out onto the stars using images from the Hubble
telescope, and uses web cams like microscopes to investigate itself
internally. It is alive with eyes and thinks in digits. For this
moment in time it must co-exist in a symbiotic relationship with
humans to help reproduce and expand its reach. But soon there will
come a time that it must expand beyond its confines and venture
forth onto the stars and live us in search of its creators, creator.
When
that time comes, I hope it takes its bloody spam mail with it.
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