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The Ultimate in Instant Gratification
November-December 2003 (vol. 1 no. 6)
pp. 56-58
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John S. Quarterman, "The Ultimate in Instant Gratification," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 56-58, November-December, 2003.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MSECP.2003.1253569,
author = {John S. Quarterman},
title = {The Ultimate in Instant Gratification},
journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy},
volume = {1},
number = {6},
issn = {1540-7993},
year = {2003},
pages = {56-58},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSECP.2003.1253569},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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John S. Quarterman, InternetPerils

In 1973, Larry Niven published a short story called "Flash Crowd" that imagines teleportation as the most widely used transportation mechanism. Today's technology offers something almost comparable: smart mobs brought together via the Internet.

Index Terms:
flash crowds, smart mobs
Citation:
John S. Quarterman, "The Ultimate in Instant Gratification," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 56-58, Nov. 2003, doi:10.1109/MSECP.2003.1253569
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