Xkcd on Crowdsourcing

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	Xkcd on Crowdsourcing (xkcd.com)
	3 points by _exec 5135 days ago

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sp332 5135 days ago

Isn't this basically how programming computers works? You take data that already exists, pass it over channels that already exist through hard-wired processors?

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_exec 5135 days ago

I suppose, but I think this comic is more related to how 'mash up' businesses are popping up on the Internet everyday.

Example: Zynga depending on Facebook who depends on Akamai who depends on L3. There are a lot of layers involved.

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