Why did we decide to do this page this way? Because the Internet's justification is the free access of information for all, but there are problems with this.

The first problem is that the sheer glut of pages makes it almost impossible to find what you're looking for. Also, similar domain names can cause an art site to turn into a porn site.

The second is that people put up crap: their MP3 playlists, webring links, "directories" of links that haven't been maintained in months, so that half of the links are dead. Or they submit half- completed sites to search engines.

The third is that Internet technology is outstripping the average consumer's abilities to access the pages: Shockwave software, Flash, Quicktime, Java cookies-- multimedia eye candy that is, ultimately, useless. Without a cable modem, your computer will crash each and every time.

That's all we have to say.