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from the sign-me-up-for-the-next-hermit-convention dept.
The nation's nerds woke up in a utopia this morning, one where everyone stays inside, sporting events are being canceled, and all social interaction is forbidden.
All types of nerds, from social introverts to hardcore PC gamers, welcomed the dawn of this new era, privately from their own homes.
"I have been waiting my whole life for this moment," said Ned Pendleton, 32 -- via text message, of course -- as he fired up League of Legends on his beefy gaming PC. "They told me to take up a sport and that the kids playing basketball and stuff were gonna be way more successful than us nerds who played Counter-Strike at LAN parties every weekend."
Always look on the bright side of life.
[Certainly an element of gallows humor, but it does offer a different perspective from the incessant drumbeat of gloom and doom surrounding the current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. What "positives" have you seen? --martyb]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by krishnoid on Saturday March 14 2020, @11:45PM
Telepresence companies -- zoom, webex, etc., now have the largest pool of free, involuntary beta testers ever to draw on. Maybe that'll shake out the industrial-grade products and/or bring the cream to the top. Also, since the problem isn't with socializing -- it's with physical presence -- they'll also have a chance to alpha-test any telesocializing (vs telework) offerings/20% projects they may have had in incubation.
One big thing I'm hoping for, though, is that the carriers and ISPs now have a chance to answer for all the subsidies they've been collecting to build out their capacity, and maybe even explain how they were spending them on Jimmy Choo's as the national/global population starts to strain their existing capacity on a minute-by-minute basis. Make yourself an oversized Reeses-branded mug [vice.com] of your favorite hot beverage and watch the legislators-vs-FCC-vs-carriers-vs-unwashed-masses gladiator match start.