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**DaShi** · January 8, 2007, 04:04

The internet allows people to connect with one another.

**Rufus T. Firefly** · January 8, 2007, 04:16

Though I spend a ton of time online, I'd say it's no big deal for most people. The internet has, admittedly, been a godsend for our family now that we're overseas (e-mail and web banking in particular), but whenever I'm in the US it doesn't seem like that big a deal. Nice, to be sure; but not necessary in the least; everything I do on-line I can either do offline without too much more effort, or wouldn't be worth the effort to do.

**Datajack Franit** · January 8, 2007, 05:19

Re: How Important Is The Internet?

Originally posted by Sprayber

Porn, can all be found online. But what of the countless people out there that have never been to any of these sites. Are they missing out on something wonderful, or is it no big deal really for them if they don't know what they are missing.

Just some random thoughts at 230 in the morning.. If it weren't for the internet WTF would I do at night when I couldn't sleep (porn again)

Fixed

**Zero** · January 8, 2007, 08:05

i remember first time getting aol 2.0 it was so ghetto compared to now that i remember it well.

i downloaded a quicktime trailer to a foreign indie movie. it was i think 18mb but it took just about the whole night of leaving the computer on.

for those who have interests and hobby that are not mainstream around ur community, internet is a blessing. civ for example, is not like halo or GTA where u can find just about anyone having played it, but thru poly u can find someone with same interest...

i had hard time coping when i was serving overseas cause i didnt have internet where i was stationed then. It really sucked and made me realize just how much im missin w/o internet...

Information, porn, dating, news, shopping, can all be found offline. But yea, even people who use the internet on regular basis may not know all about how to get porn and etc. Its really about how effectively you gather information that matters...

**Jon Miller** · January 8, 2007, 08:13

I thought I couldn't live without it, but I did go almost 8 months with limited (work + coffee shops) access last year. When I have it I am seriously addicted to it though.

JM

**Spec** · January 8, 2007, 08:17

I could live without it but why? I do everything with the internet. Check forums, play games online, get the weather, phone numbers, EBAY!!, pron, e-mails, MSN and such, how to's...

TEH INTERNET, The only reason why I now know that a woman CAN shove an octopus up her pooper.

Spec.

**Jon Miller** · January 8, 2007, 08:27

JM

**Lorizael** · January 8, 2007, 08:34

The internet gives me instant access to any information I want. I wouldn't want to live without that.

Also, the internet gave me my current girlfriend (kind of) and allowed me to reconnect with a person I knew earlier in life to create the best friendship I ever had.

I've also ended two friendships on AIM, which is pretty lame.

**Donegeal** · January 8, 2007, 08:45

The internet, for me at least, has become a required luxury. Sorta like a microwave.

**Solver** · January 8, 2007, 09:13

On the one hand, it's a required luxury. On the other hand, it's probably the most required of all luxuries. And, in any case, it seems to be one of the greatest human creations ever.

Remember that the Internet is very new. Thinking about its current form, well, the Web started becoming interesting in 1995 or so. At that time, Internet was not really accessible to a lot of people. Even now, availability is very poor in India, China or poor African countries, some other autoritarian countries, etc.

Okay, the Net sure makes jobs easier. Say, programming. Online references are more convenient than book references, but books work, too. However, there's no way to replace forums where you have access to hundreds of thousands of questions asked by other people and answers to them - and where you can ask your own question. Which, of course, applies to many jobs.

But it's not even that. The Internet, really, is the first thing to truly transcend national boundaries. It's now easy to know what's going on in another country - without the Net, your info about that would be quite limited (even when available at all). Politically authoritarian regimes always restrict freedom of information, from the USSR to modern China. Still, as the Chinese have found out, it's not that easy to censor the Internet. Some find ways past the censors to get to foreign sites. Others publish their information, which is obviously not government-approved, on their own sites. It's hard to fight.

And rapid communication between like-minded individuals has never been possible on anywhere near this scale. With the popularity of instant messengers, the Internet has even gone from being rapid communication to sometimes being instant communication. That's what makes it so hugely important.

**Ninot** · January 8, 2007, 09:17

*The Internets

and it's not as nearly as important as the tubes it travels in.

But for me, yes, a required luxury.

**LordShiva** · January 8, 2007, 09:27

Re: Re: How Important Is The Internet?

Originally posted by Datajack Franit

Fixed

Please ~~strike out~~ removed portions of quotes, and boldface additions.

**Lorizael** · January 8, 2007, 09:32

Expose removed portions of quotes as gay?

**LordShiva** · January 8, 2007, 09:34

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