But don't snort too hard. The flip side of hyperventilation is the tubercular wheeze. Rarely do you detect normal breathing. The Web's technology underpinning is constantly on the move. Computers and handhelds double their speeds every two years.
Storage capacity is on the same evolutionary path.
Bandwidth, now free of its copper cage and out of the regulated telco animal farm, has begun to evolve fastest of all. Ten years hence, computers and handhelds will be 50 times more powerful. The Web will come across as a rich audio and video medium, superior to TV, even on wireless. A new generation of entrepreneurs exploiting this technology will come charging over the hill. They will be smart, well-funded and unscarred by failures.