Weekend Open Forum: What if the Internet didn't exist?

Either that or, "piracy will bring on the end of the world"...! :rolleyes:

(Sorry Tom, I just couldn't resist that).

Disclaimer, "The opinions expressed in this post are not necessarily those of its author".

(I just wrote down the first thing that popped into my head).

Without the internet, I'd still be racking up huge phone bills keeping in touch with my brother and sister who live and work in other countries since Skype wouldn't exist. Without Google, I'd still be doing my research in the library. Most of all, without the internet, I wouldn't have been able to meet all the interesting members of the Techspot family .

Wait, I must have never gotten the memo; I thought this was always the case, cap'n...?

you wouldn't be asking this question and I would not be answering!
perhaps life would have been much better............you know all the addiction stuff...

There is quite a bit of truth to that. However, sometimes the first thing that comes to my my can take the form of an blunt, unsharpened pencil. Accordingly, and with some mood dependence attached, I may sharpen that pencil to a very sharp point, before I publish it.

Sometimes, and I admit that this a perhaps a character flaw, I follow the species wide human trait of attempting to "weaponize" everything we can get our hands on.....:rolleyes: All that aside, blunt actually works pretty well in its own right also....:haha:

Well for the internet addict withdrawal symptoms would ensue. Ha ha anyone remember the south park episode where there was no internet lol....... For me i have only been using it for maybe 5 yrs max no loss to me if it all ended. it would give libraries a needed boost lol.

WWW and the Internet are truly great technologies, no doubt about it.

But let's not forget good old ADSL which although often overlooked has also been a powerful driver in making the net what it is today.

This. We would be a lot more intelligent actually because we would be out experiencing the world instead of being shut ins whose sole entertainment comes from watching videos and trolling cyberspace. We would be reading books, hanging out with people for real, playing games with friends together, and just generally being better people. That said, some of the joys I experience with the web would be shot. Like chatting online in TeamSpeak with friends who were since out of touch, or playing games with people online, or doing research for a complex subject for a college paper, or getting breaking news. It would be a good entertainment and information source gone.

The internet has done a lot to help the world, but it has done equal amounts of foul things that degraded the human race as a whole. So it's a real toss-up what the world would be like with or without it and whether it's a good thing it exists.

A) You're probably right.
B) No internet = no useful comments on timely manner, and relies on the snail mails.
C) The only security we have to worry about is some B&E and stealing the hard drives.
D) Right.
E) uhhh... same as B)
F) Look out there, there's much more serious than just computer things.
G) Perhaps, whadda have against him anyway?

I have lived my life for few months without technologies, and I could tell that it's little tough to keep in contact via mail writing without finding out that there is a reader stalker out there, reading my love mails to my wife.

Ouch .... I know what you mean, sadly I haven't bothered to write any letter (let alone a love letter ) to anyone in about 24-25 years now.

Indeed that is why I fought few elections (but not for any public office lol).

Firstly he has the most hideously evil smile I've ever seen.

Secondly, he over hyped the 'change', then did totally opposite of what 'change really means'.

Lower electric bill!

Even though I love the internet, I feel like it has turned everyone into a keyboard-warrior/coward. People no longer have to think before they speak because they can hide behind their computer screen.

It has also lead to music becoming a steaming pile of horse ****, every "rapper" and "band" can just make a Myspace page and bam, they think they are somehow good. Pre-2000 if you wanted to get into the music industry you actually had to work your *** off to get it, filtering out the people who couldn't be arsed to actually work hard because all they wanted was to get some attention/fame.

The internet is the greatest communication tool we have, but unfortunately, it also brings out the worst in people.

Without the internet, my life would not be impacted all that badly. Sure, I enjoy it, but I'm not losing sleep if it's gone. I'm just the type of person that likes to make the most of life, regardless of what the conditions are.

There would be a lot less fat people..

Would you rather have McCain become president only to die and leave us in the hands of Sarah Palin?
i'm sorry, but there is no way in hell i would ever give Palin even the smallest chance of becoming president.

without internet ? Life would be much more appreciated.. dating, watching movies together, seeing each other personally and things don't get too complicated.....

Not really. With just TV in its various forms, carbohydrates, and a couch, people did, do, and would surely get as fat , without the internet!

In my neighborhood, people sit in the same spot for hours, just running their yaps. They're very fat also.

Although, it would be funny to watch Palin shoot McCain from a helicopter, then skin, gut, and castrate him. I bet she would hang his testicles where you could see them from Russia...:rolleyes:

That rules out Andy Reid

/standing motionless and catatonic =/= sitting

You know what, a quarter mile walk, (or run), burns about 25 calories. So, Reid would have to walk about halfway to the moon, before he would fit in size 50 pants.

Gosh, it makes a person wish he'd actually try that, taking along McNabb as his personal trainer. You know, just for, "old times sake".

What, and deprive Vikings fans of seeing Donovan throwing the ball into the back of Adrian Peterson's helmet twice a game?

That was inconsiderate of me! I'm glad you pointed that out. I know red will get a kick out of that! :rolleyes: