Internet Passing Fad Headline

Daily Mail, Tuesday, December 5, 2000 Internet ‘may be just a passing fad as millions give up on it’ THE Internet may be only a passing fad for many users, according to a report. By James Chapman Science Correspondent Net loss: Two million British users have logged off the Internet NOW THERE'S ANO INTERNET

A newspaper page from December 2000 claims that the Internet may be a temporary fad because millions of people are abandoning it, while showing an early desktop computer. The joke is the dramatic misjudgment: the Internet became vastly more important instead of disappearing, making the headline useful as a reaction to bad predictions about technology. EN: A newspaper page from December 2000 claims that the Internet may be a temporary fad because millions of people are abandoning it, while showing an early desktop computer. The joke is the dramatic misjudgment: the Internet became vastly more important instead of disappearing, making the headline useful as a reaction to bad predictions about technology.

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