How Important Is The Internet?

[Solver]

Originally posted by Dis
good point.

Is the internet worth having seen the monstrosity that is tub girl?

It's a built-in system for testing users - whether, after seeing one of those sites once, you fall into the trap again and see it a second time.

[b etor]

internet

[Ari Rahikkala]

goatse

[Dis]

Originally posted by Ari Rahikkala
goatse

according to wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_site

there are some I haven't seen. I've been lucky.

There is one called Hai2U. The decription is kind of sick. Yet I have this strange sick desire to view the picture.

[Solver]

there are some I haven't seen. I've been lucky.

It's more like the Internet is so effing huge that it would take special effort to see everyone one of them.

Goatse was one even posted on Apolyton, as a disguised link...

[Kuciwalker]

If the internet went away the business world would fall apart relearning how to handle things via mail.

I think people underestimate the importance of email.

[Ari Rahikkala]

Hai2u isn't that bad. Not compared to the Pain series or Kids in Sandbox anyway.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
If the internet went away the business world would fall apart relearning how to handle things via mail.

I think people underestimate the importance of email.

It's actually the thing I do least on the internet. I often go days without checking my email. .

Things I do on the internet daily are news and apolyton (unless I'm busy). I also check the wiki home page. I love the interesting tidbits they have, and what happened on so and so day.

[Zkribbler]

My last vacation was almost completely arranged over the internet. I headed up to Oregon to see Lancer (whom I met on the internet). I planned the route using Mapquest and found & booked hotels using search engines.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
My last vacation was almost completely arranged over the internet. I headed up to Oregon to see Lancer (whom I met on the internet). I planned the route using Mapquest and found & booked hotels using search engines.

meeting strange men over the internet.

[Spiffor]

Internet is good, but I could live without it.

I'm pretty hooked when I have time and unlimited access (and I used to be an addict), but I can un-hook fairly easily when I just can't access it.

[Pekka]

Yeah, it's easy not to use the internet when you don't have an access to it.

[BlackCat]

The first text based browsers wasn't exactly fun, but it certainly was a whole new way to get info.

I can clearly remember the first time I installed the Mosaic browser back in 93/94 and visited a site at a hawaian university - not only plain info but also pics although it took a hell of a time to get those pics.

Today, well, I won't call it a luxury - it's a big part of my work, lots of my communication with public service goes that way (tax, insurance, bank etc), and then there are all the nonpublic things - buying cars, other stuffs, friendmaking, pron etc.

If the internet got so seriously infected that it couldn't be restored, it would be a pain in the ass.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Dis
meeting strange men over the internet.

Lancer is not strange! My God, the man's a Republican!

[Solver]

If the internet got so seriously infected that it couldn't be restored, it would be a pain in the ass.

Well, it does get worse. The amount of information improves, of course, most other stuff doesn't. Website design was better in the era of 28.8K modems when 56K was really fast - few, if any, pics, clearly visible text, etc. Now you have too many bloated sites with tons of links, pictures, frames, whatever. Gahh. Of course, email was also more pleasant even 6 years ago, not spammy as it is now...