The eye receives a few dots of light during each successive millisecond, and sends these impulses to the brain. The Internet is 'Generation X's' attempt to find its identity by creating electro- kiNETic space. It is also a new form of intellectual violence as a quest for identity. As stated above, violence is the hidden icon of the Net. As an ex-military technology, it still retains a flavor of militaristic violence.
Passwords multiply and reproduce amongst themselves.
In terms of Communication theory, the Internet is a major military operation by Mass Man to retrieve the private image and the private identity which computers and data banks have taken away. When our identity is in danger, we unconsciously conclude that we have a mandate for war. The Net doesn t need Bill Gates, it needs Wyatt Earp. The Internet is also a locus of pure information, and, as McLuhan noted, when pure information is forced to brush up against pure information, the results are violent and chaotic. The Internet is a tough town.