Chat with Amit on the future of the Internet... (Y is me)

Y - abey how is a matrimonial site that ensures dowry free shadi

amit.vatsa - no site ensures that

Y - ya, will start one
i am gradually becoming a serial entrepreneur...

amit.vatsa - if dowry will be demanded...anyone among us will go and marry instead:)

Y - yeah
incentives for employees
we offer 100% shadi guaranteed services to our clients... we will keep stock of guys who will marry in short notice
good IIM/IIT guys

amit.vatsa - yup

Y - oh

amit.vatsa - nice b plan

Y - mannn
TV is also based on ad-model right?
internet was started fitting it into the TV wala model
TV channels earn only from ads

amit.vatsa - yes

Y - what cud be a better model to earn money for any media company?

amit.vatsa - ads, we will give address of NGOs and will take money from them

Y - didn't get it

amit.vatsa - we will change our model...NGOs will be our clients...all the women welfare organisations :)

Y - mann, i will tell u how internet is going to change in future

amit.vatsa - we will provide branding services

Y - computers r gonna be wiped out.... the current model is too sick

amit.vatsa - so that these NGOs get maximum donations :)

Y - people the world over are sitting in front of these screens
this is gonna drive us nuts if it continues
so internet will move out of computers
u will find internet getting other devices into its loop

amit.vatsa - yes

Y - and gradually computers will go away

amit.vatsa - mobiles, banners on the road, railway stations

Y - yes
u will get information wherever u need
as u walk, without needing a huge device like a computer
or rather, computers r gonna change in the way they look feel and function

amit.vatsa - blackberry

Y - but they r not convenient for stuff like searching, browzing, blogging etc.
it will continue to be crappy until things r integrated with the human brain
and once that happens, the whole paradigm is turned upside down

amit.vatsa - leave it yaar....baa (baad) mai discuss karte hai :)

Y - upload wikipedia to your brain and u know virtually everything
spending all life putting stuff into memory isn't a sustainable model
one may argue that the slow process makes one capable of judging, forming opinions and taking decisions
i guess that makes sense
what do u think?

amit.vatsa - let vaibhav continue the discussion :)

Y - saale
am shaping the future and u r not interested in participating in the revolution

(some time later)

Y - oye
am gonna put this chat session on my blog
no problem na?

amit.vatsa - no prob

Y - ok
thanks
take care
bbye
say bbye

amit.vatsa - bbye

"few"

"After all, few foods improve in the refrigerator. They don’t improve in your freezer, either, but they degrade more slowly, especially if you keep the temperature at 0 degrees or below. Check it with a thermometer, and re-check every few months. Note that full freezers are more efficient than half-full ones, a further inducement to freeze more."

source: Freeze That Thought

- A good example of the usage of the word "few" without a preceding "a", where it actually means "none at all", rather than "small in number"... Prof. Sudha Shastry at IITB used to stress a lot on this... I think the one above is a good example becoz the second sentence is a negative sentence with an "either" as well, Indicating that the first one also has a similar negative implication, something like "no foods improve in the refrigerator."