an internet year is a dog year
(i.e. 1 internet year = 7 human years) We all knew that in the late 1990s. In fact, I had a $200,000 grant to study that. Now, with the Mobile Revolution joining the Internet Revolution, I am seeking $1M to see if an internet/mobile year is twice as fast = 14 human years. Yours in continuous connectivity, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________
Hahaha...I was totally thinking that. Barry says it. Go Barry! On Dec 29, 2010, at 3:09 PM, Barry Wellman wrote:
(i.e. 1 internet year = 7 human years)
We all knew that in the late 1990s. In fact, I had a $200,000 grant to study that.
Now, with the Mobile Revolution joining the Internet Revolution, I am seeking $1M to see if an internet/mobile year is twice as fast = 14 human years.
Yours in continuous connectivity,
Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________
S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________
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From: Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> To: aoir list <air-l@aoir.org> Sent: Wednesday, 29 December, 2010 23:09:38 Subject: [Air-L] an internet year is a dog year
(i.e. 1 internet year = 7 human years)
We all knew that in the late 1990s. In fact, I had a $200,000 grant to study that.
Now, with the Mobile Revolution joining the Internet Revolution, I am seeking $1M to see if an internet/mobile year is twice as fast = 14 human years.
Yours in continuous connectivity,
<snip> One is never ceaselessly better informed .... Apparently, and erroneously, the factor of 7 is used to calculate dog and sometimes cat years ..... and now it has crept into the net .... some sort of flu or other virus, perhaps? http://www.calculatorcat.com/cats/cat-years.phtml
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