http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:50:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-28804 Google, Microsoft, and "The Starfish and the Spider" « Bankwatch Wed, 22 Nov 2006 22:16:47 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/#comment-28804 [...] This is the perfect lead in, to the the book I finally picked up today, “The Starfish and the Spider”.  Reviews here and here.  From what I have seen so far, methinks Google is the starfish, and Microsoft is the spider.  (Hint … you don’t want to be the spider).  [...] [...] This is the perfect lead in, to the the book I finally picked up today, “The Starfish and the Spider”.  Reviews here and here.  From what I have seen so far, methinks Google is the starfish, and Microsoft is the spider.  (Hint … you don’t want to be the spider).  [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-21074 the decentralization of everything… at connecting*the*dots Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:11:19 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/#comment-21074 [...] “Our military is discovering what happens when a spider takes on a starfish.” [...] [...] “Our military is discovering what happens when a spider takes on a starfish.” [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-20947 Throwing punches from the future at the past at FactoryCity Mon, 09 Oct 2006 23:21:24 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/#comment-20947 [...] It’s interesting to watch the brouhaha over Arrington vs the Old Media from the sidelines. I mean, personally I could care less who “comes out on top” even if there is a top to be had anymore (see my post on starfish and you’ll see why self-referenced A-listers and the Old Guard are threatened — or, as Tara has pointed out, that the New Guard behaves frightening like the Old (and should be routed around, like any efficient system should)). [...] [...] It’s interesting to watch the brouhaha over Arrington vs the Old Media from the sidelines. I mean, personally I could care less who “comes out on top” even if there is a top to be had anymore (see my post on starfish and you’ll see why self-referenced A-listers and the Old Guard are threatened — or, as Tara has pointed out, that the New Guard behaves frightening like the Old (and should be routed around, like any efficient system should)). [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/comment-page-1/#comment-20470 Enric Fri, 06 Oct 2006 17:31:48 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/06/starfish-and-censorship/#comment-20470 Interesting. Isolation and censorship reminds me of a PBS episode on the ancient Greek Peloponnesian War that I saw. Athens dominated the area around 430 BC and issued economic sanctions. Sparta attacked by land and the Athenians felt they would be protected behind their walls. Their isolation led to plague which decimated them and Athens eventually sued for peace. Interesting. Isolation and censorship reminds me of a PBS episode on the ancient Greek Peloponnesian War that I saw. Athens dominated the area around 430 BC and issued economic sanctions. Sparta attacked by land and the Athenians felt they would be protected behind their walls. Their isolation led to plague which decimated them and Athens eventually sued for peace.

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