origins of "an internet year is like a dog year"
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy. thanks, 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 _______________________________________________________________________
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy.
The only academic resource that I have ever come across, that uses this particular phrase, has been you, Professor Wellman. I used your essay for a course I was teaching on "Internet Times and Cultures". Just in case you want the citation, it was Wellman, B. (2001). Computer networks as social networks, *Science*, Washington, Sept. 14, 2001, Vol. 293. Iss. 5537, pg. 2031. I would say, go ahead and quote yourself :) Nishant P.S. If anybody does know the 'original' truth-sayer, please do inform! -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-86-21-66130376
There was this article in the NYTimes, written some 70 years ago, about the decision in EarthWeb Inc. v. Schlack. http://partners.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/11/cyber/cyberlaw/05law.html Best, Marcelo On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:42 AM, Nishant Shah<itsnishant@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy.
The only academic resource that I have ever come across, that uses this particular phrase, has been you, Professor Wellman.
I used your essay for a course I was teaching on "Internet Times and Cultures". Just in case you want the citation, it was
Wellman, B. (2001). Computer networks as social networks, *Science*, Washington, Sept. 14, 2001, Vol. 293. Iss. 5537, pg. 2031.
I would say, go ahead and quote yourself :)
Nishant
P.S. If anybody does know the 'original' truth-sayer, please do inform!
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Nishant Shah wrote:
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca>wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy.
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Barry Wellman wrote:
Does anyone know the origins of this phrase. I've heard it so long, I don't have a clue as to where it came from. I need a proper citation to keep a journal editor happy. <snip>
This is not one I'd heard or recall (and after 29 years in telecoms/ICT and the internet industries I thought I would have) A quick search has kicked up these: Some insist that human years should be multiplied by seven to get dog years. The logic is completely backwards. Some argue by analogy with Internet years, where it is sometimes said that three months on the Internet is equal to a normal year. OK, if you apply the analogy correctly, i.e., a dog's year is speeded up just as an Internet year is speeded up, so use a multiplier to convert to human years or normal-events years, respectively. And, finally, some use the term just to mean bad years. http://www.unh.edu/NIS/Courses/JS3min/Demos/dog-years-whatis.html Internet Years & Dog Years: Remembering Jake <http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/01/internet-years-dog-years-remembering-jake/> http://tametheweb.com/2008/01/01/internet-years-dog-years-remembering-jake/ Best wishes Dominic London -- Please help me support the Pirate Castle at http://www.justgiving.com/dominicpinto
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