But it is not a cure-all. And, now that the Net is part of our
everyday lives, it is subject to the same cycles of media
hype, as well as social, emotional, and business
factors. Things will never be the same, and the changes have
just begun. The present generation has never known a world
without computers. When they reach working age, they will be
much more inclined to use the Net for a majority of their
reading and entertainment needs. Then, e-books will truly take
hold and become ubiquitous. Between now and then, we have work
to do, building the foundation of this remarkable industry.
WEB TECHNOLOGIES AND TRENDS
Bright Planet, Deep Web
By: Sam Vaknin
www.allwatchers.com and www.allreaders.com are web sites in
the sense that a file is downloaded to the user's browser when
he or she surfs to these addresses. But that's where the
similarity ends. These web pages are front-ends, gates to
underlying databases. The databases contain records regarding
the plots, themes, characters and other features of,
respectively, movies and books.
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