The Dark Side of Convergence...
When multiple media get densely networked, good things are supposed to happen, right? Not so, says Paul Virilio, whose warning of the 'integral accident' had a scary sneak preview yesterday when heavy trading on Wall Street caused a computer glitch and Dow Jones Inc. switched over to the back-up system. For what happened next, check out the local news (they are the harbingers...):
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S33513.shtml?cat=1
Thanks to Solon Barocas - x-brown - for picking up this one.
VTY
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