Monday, December 22, 2008

Beautiful Books

Porn - the leading edge of the Internet

Thank You, Porn! 12 Ways the Sex Trade Has Changed the Web - PC World


For an industry that many people won't admit they've ever patronized, pornography has had an amazing impact on virtually every new medium, from cave painting to photography. Dirty pictures have been credited with ensuring the future of the VCR, boosting cable TV subscriptions, helping to kill off the Betamax and HD DVD formats, and (perhaps most important) driving the growth of the Internet.

In fact, the adult entertainment industry has been on top of many of the Net's most crucial tech innovations--but not because it invented any of them.

19 Disappointments

Senator Elaine McCoy Hullabaloos

All in all, regardless of the merits of some of the
individuals (Nancy Green, for instance), I think December 22, 2008
might well go down in history as the day of 19 Disappointments.