What Just Happened刚刚发生的事情
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作者： James Gleick著
出 版 社： 江西人民出版社
出版时间： 2003-6-1字数：版次： 1页数： 301印刷时间： 2003/06/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780375713910包装： 平装内容简介
This book of previously published essays by the author of Chaos and Faster is an eclectic chronicle of the information revolution's first 10 years. "The last decade of the twentieth century came as a surprise," writes James Gleick. What Just Happened shows how surprising it was: in the book's first piece, from 1992, Gleick notes that "a relatively small number of personal computer users use Windows." (He's a good sport about it, too, poking fun at himself in an introduction for making such an obsolete observation.) A longish piece on Microsoft from 1995 seems to correct the problem when Gleick comments on "the ever-advancing boundary of Microsoft's Windows package." Then it goes on to get something really right: "Microsoft's own power poses a threat, too--the threat that comes with the self-fulfilling destiny of any monopolist." That's a prescient observation, considering the antitrust actions taken against the company since those words were written. The closing chapter of the book is fascinating and forward-looking; it's not about what just happened but what may happen. Gleick anticipates the appearance of wristwatches containing "biometric information about your loved ones, so you can see how your parents are doing." If that doesn't sound exciting enough, consider this prediction: "One can even imagine properly functional motor-vehicle offices." Now that's something to look forward to. --John Miller --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
目录
INTRODUCTION
CHASING BUGS IN THE ELECTRONIC VILLAGE,August 1992
THE TELEPHONE TRANSFORMED INTO ALMOST EVERYTHING,May 1993
OREN,SESAME,April 1995
THIS IS SEX?,June 1995
WASHINGTON UNPLUGGED,August 1995
DIRTYTRICKS@CAMPAIGN96.ORG,September 1995
MAKING MICROSOFT SAFE FOR CAPITALISM,November
REALLY REMOTE CONTROL.December 1995
HERE COMES THE SPIDER,March 1996
MANUAL LABOR, April I996
HALL OF MIRRORS, May I996
THE END OF CASH, June I996
OH-OH, June I996
BIG BROTHER IS US, September 1996
FW: FWDFWD- (FWD) A JOKE FOR Y, September I996
HOLD THE SPAM: MAKE MONEY, NAKED BABES ... ARGGH December I996
A BUG BY ANY OTHER NAME, June1997
THE DIGITAL ATTIC: ARE WE NOW AMNESIACS? OR PACKRATS?April I998
CLICK OK TO AGREE, May 1998
CONTROL FREAKS, July 1998
WHAT THE BEEP, August 1998
ACCOUNTING FOR TASTE, October 1998
PLEASE HOLD FOR MA BELL, November 1998
GREED DOT COM, December 1998
MILLENNIUM MADNESS, January 1999
FLOTSAM ON THE MOVE, May 1999
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER, December 1999
PATENTLY ABSURD, March 2000
INESCAPABLY CONNECTED, April 2001
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
