Planet Money Episode 532: The Wild West Of The Internet
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Today’s show is a [rerun]{重映}.
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I [tracked down]{追踪} one of the [founders]{创建者}.
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the creation of the internet itself was a [collaboration]{合作成果}.
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Then they could send stuff [back and forth]{来回的}.
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ARPANET.
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it was really very [bare bones]{梗概,本质,不加渲染的}
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this was [enormous]{庞大的}.
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a little [catchall]{笼统的话} called dot-com.
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And the thing that’s crazy about it is that this little [quirk]{怪癖,巧合}, it ended up having really big [consequences]{结果,重要性} for the internet because think about it.
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Flickr.com/ fliker
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big changes are [afoot]{进行中的}
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There are [settlers]{移民}.
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And they’re new land [barons]{分封贵族} with big dreams hoping to strike it rich.
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We meet the dreamers and a [skeptic]{怀疑论者} who thinks more land may not be better.
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It’s supposed to be like an [impartial]{公正的} [caretaker]{看门人} for internet names.
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CARTOON:”The Dot Has Friends,” starring this little [animated]{有生命的} smiley dot thing that goes flying around in a rocket ship.
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She was a [contractor]{承包商} doing IT work.
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in the [basement]{地下室}.
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in the basement of the [Pentagon]{五角大楼}, in the [dungeon]{地牢} with the - where the rest of us [peons]{苦工} work.
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[incessant]{持续不断的} conversations
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If you buy dot-kids, you could [pledge]{承诺,保证} to make it totally kid-safe material.
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The only thing that’s left is something with a [dash]{破折号} or maybe three dashes and a couple numbers in it.
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His mom and some [fraternity]{友爱} brothers are helping him out. His [contender]{竞争者} to take on dot-com is dot-xyz.
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X-Y-Z, it’s [universal]{普遍的}, yet [abstract]{抽象的} and [catchy]{易记的}.
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I was [tempted]{引诱}.
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a [land rush]{土地暴动}
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huge [swaths]{一长条地} of land
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a [billboard]{广告牌}
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long and [convoluted]{错综复杂的}
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So this is the happy vision for the future of the internet - a cleaner, more [spacious]{宽敞的}, better organized place.
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Thomas Bradtke (ph) saw this [anxiety]{焦虑} firsthand.
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general [counsels]{建议,劝告} for brands
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They absolutely thought it was the worst because they already spent, you know, millions of dollars [patrolling]{巡逻} and [policing]{警卫} dot-com and protecting their brand.
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it was [anathema]{令人厌恶的东西}.
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It was kind of an [unsavory]{难看的} ratio
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When U.S. settlers headed west, people picked out land that is still just [tumbleweeds]{蒲公英}.
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from a bottom line [perspective]{观点}