The net

leonidas83

Just realised there lately I would be completely screwed without the internet. Depend on it for everything now nearly, anyone else reckon we've become a bit over dependant on it at the expense of living or has it actually improved ur standard of living ten fold

MrStuffins

I dunno, i've never used the Internet!

Augmerson

I'd be alright. I've got books and my Playstation 2, and I've download a couple of gigs of porn. I'll survive.

frozenfrozen

id be a lot fitter

Shryke

I thought this was about that awful Sandra Bullock film for a minute.

It hasn't changed anything in a substantial manner except to make everything more convenient. It does waste a massive amount of time, procrastinators paradise. We'd all be better off tbh.

le la rat

Lost connection for the night twice in about the last few years. If it happens a 3rd time i may have to jump. Thiis is my computer there are many like it but this one is mine.My computeris my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.

1ZRed

Augmerson wrote: »

I'd be alright. I've got books and my Playstation 2, and I've download a couple of gigs of porn. I'll survive.

I'd be fucked. I stream everything these days

Colmustard

Its amazing alright, youtube is a wonder of the Earth.

It accompanies me while I am doing other things. I don't know if it is good, but I don't think I am dependent, I go off it every now and again.

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

It hasn't changed anything in a substantial manner except to make everything more convenient. It does waste a massive amount of time, procrastinators paradise. We'd all be better off tbh.

Except to have completely revolutionised business, entertainment, social lives..... almost everything in the world....... yeah, it hasn't changed anything!

MistyCheese

Internet, yes I've heard of that. Its the inner netting they invented to line swim trunks. It provides a comforting snugness.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/BIhftlNbaaM/0.jpg

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

Except to have completely revolutionised business, entertainment, social lives..... almost everything in the world....... yeah, it hasn't changed anything!

Shryke wrote: »

I thought this was about that awful Sandra Bullock film for a minute.

It hasn't changed anything in a substantial manner except to make everything more convenient. It does waste a massive amount of time, procrastinators paradise. We'd all be better off tbh.

That's the crux of it. Don't highlight half a sentence, it's a bit lazy. Literature, encyclopedias, articles, books, shopping, music, video. All exist without the net. The net makes it all convenient and instantly consumable.

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

That's the crux of it. Don't highlight half a sentence, it's a bit lazy. Literature, encyclopedias, articles, books, shopping, music, video. All exist without the net. The net makes it all convenient and instantly consumable.

Dude, don't try to be a smartarse in the first part of your post and then proceed to not get what I was actually saying.

It's much MUCH more than just saying things are more convenient!

Augmerson

1ZRed wrote: »

I'd be fucked. I stream everything these days

Change your ways young man, REPENT!

number66

reminds me of

http://www.southparkstudios.co.uk/clips/sp_vid_166182/

For some reason us plebs in Ireland and the UK cannot view the FREE archive of all south park shows

Jesse 210

number66 wrote: »

reminds me of

http://www.southparkstudios.co.uk/clips/sp_vid_166182/

For some reason us plebs in Ireland and the UK cannot view the FREE archive of all south park shows

search around a little, im watching season 3 of breaking bad. try putlocker or sockshare or letmewatchthis.

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

Dude, don't try to be a smartarse in the first part of your post and then proceed to not get what I was actually saying.

It's much MUCH more than just saying things are more convenient!

Say what you want to actually say instead of calling me a smartarse and get what I am saying.
Social media is useless and so are internet campaigns. Huge amounts of signatures on petitions to no avail because the internet is useless for anything important. How is that Kony guy doing? I haven't heard anything on Twitter in a while. I'm guessing they got him?
E-mail is also redundant if you want anything done right. You have to pick up pen and paper.
I use the net. I won't knock it but it hasn't revolutionized much. It's just made everything more accessible/faster and cheaper. It has stream lined processes that already existed, and that's not necessarily all good.
If people spent less time pissing about talking about say politics on a message board and more time becoming involved in the thing itself then that would be to the benefit of society. You wouldn't be able to Skype mates in Thailand though, which would be a real pain.

Piriz

i hear the internet is on computers these days...

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

Say what you want to actually say instead of calling me a smartarse and get what I am saying.
Social media is useless and so are internet campaigns. Huge amounts of signatures on petitions to no avail because the internet is useless for anything important. How is that Kony guy doing? I haven't heard anything on Twitter in a while. I'm guessing they got him?
E-mail is also redundant if you want anything done right. You have to pick up pen and paper.
I use the net. I won't knock it but it hasn't revolutionized much. It's just made everything more accessible/faster and cheaper. It has stream lined processes that already existed, and that's not necessarily all good.
If people spent less time pissing about talking about say politics on a message board and more time becoming involved in the thing itself then that would be to the benefit of society. You wouldn't be able to Skype mates in Thailand though, which would be a real pain.

Yeah yeah.

The Internet is much more than the Kony situation and ones like it.

Saying the internet hasn't changed things because encyclopedias etc. already existed is like saying Television didn't change anything because plays already existed. Or the telephone because two-way conversations already existed.

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

Yeah yeah.

The Internet is much more than the Kony situation and ones like it.

Saying the internet hasn't changed things because encyclopedias etc. already existed is like saying Television didn't change anything because plays already existed. Or the telephone because two-way conversations already existed.

Yeah yeah isn't saying much.
I'm not saying the internet hasn't changed things now am I? I haven't said that at all.

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

Yeah yeah isn't saying much.
I'm not saying the internet hasn't changed things now am I? I haven't said that at all.

It has revolutionised the world.

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

It has revolutionised the world.

If you can't put forward how and why in a meaningful way outside of what I've already said, in that it has only made things more cheap/convenient/instant, then i really can't see your point.
You can even see the internet as being symptomatic in the downfall of investigative journalism.
The internet hasn't done the world any huge favours apart from being quite nifty itself. It homogenises society and culture.

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

If you can't put forward how and why in a meaningful way outside of what I've already said, in that it has only made things more cheap/convenient/instant, then i really can't see your point.
You can even see the internet as being symptomatic in the downfall of investigative journalism.
The internet hasn't done the world any huge favours apart from being quite nifty itself. It homogenises society and culture.

Well, of course I can put it accross in a meaningful way, but I won't.

I mean, if you need someone to point out to you how the Internet has revolutionised the world then............. I can't remember. I'll Google it!

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

Well, of course I can put it accross in a meaningful way, but I won't.

I mean, if you need someone to point out to you how the Internet has revolutionised the world then............. I can't remember. I'll Google it!

You can't make a simple argument worth a couple of paragraphs, on something that you see as clear cut and obvious, on a message board made for discussion.
I don't think you can put it across in a meaningful way. You're good with full stops though!

MrStuffins

Shryke wrote: »

You can't make a simple argument worth a couple of paragraphs, on something that you see as clear cut and obvious, on a message board made for discussion.
I don't think you can put it across in a meaningful way. You're good with full stops though!

I said I can.

But I won't.

Full stop

Shryke

MrStuffins wrote: »

I said I can.

But I won't.

Full stop

Good for you. Well done.