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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Kosh on March 25, 2007, 03:45:40 am
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http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BHNOW4K55XTSEQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=198500549
And I wonder how they manage to live......
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I feel sorry for them. Those poor ignorant souls.
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I feel sorry for them. Those poor ignorant souls.
I sure don't, they're poor and ignorant after all. :doubt:
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After some of the varied sites I've seen over my Internet lifetime, I'm not so sure that they aren't wiser than us all...
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After some of the varied sites I've seen over my Internet lifetime, I'm not so sure that they aren't wiser than us all...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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After some of the varied sites I've seen over my Internet lifetime, I'm not so sure that they aren't wiser than us all...
QFT ;7
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Lol I always thought there is no Point in having NO Internet...
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Statistics can be used to prove anything. 14% of people know that.
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Forty-four percent of these households say they are not interested in anything on the Internet,
what? But everything is on the internet! how can you not like anything?
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I feel sorry for them. Those poor ignorant souls.
or perhaps were the ignorant fools and they are the wise ones :D
with the new wave of kiddie internet culture pissing me off, blog sites replacing personal web space, overly intrusive marketing, scams, and spam that tells me my penis is gonna fall off if i dont buy there probibly illigal enhancement drugs, im starting to wonder if the internet is worth the bill. if it wasnt for piracy, i dont think id even have the internet.
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Statistics can be used to prove anything. 14% of people know that.
68% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BHNOW4K55XTSEQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=198500549
And I wonder how they manage to live......
Well, yeah, when they have those things called encyclopedias, telephones, and next-door neighbors, you wonder what anyone really needs the Internet for.
Being totally serious here too. In a really odd comparison, the internet's ability to connect people around the world instantly is probably one of the reasons that people become so isolated and individualistic.
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68% of statistics are made up on the spot.
No matter what you say or think, no matter how stupid or deranged your theories are, there will be at least 5% people on this planet that will agree with you.
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In a really odd comparison, the internet's ability to connect people around the world instantly is probably one of the reasons that people become so isolated and individualistic.
I'm sure it's one of the reasons, but probably not the biggest. The trend of modernity as a whole has been to push people into a greater and greater isolation. The internet didn't invent the hermit, it just made it easier to be one and still keep in contact with people. For a great many folks, the internet was actually a life-saving bridge out of personal isolation.
To each their own. The biggest affect of the internet as a whole that I've seen is that it's sped up life even faster. For those people who are content enjoying a slower pace, I tip my hat, and my sympathies will go out to them as their world shrinks smaller and smaller.
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http://www.informationweek.com/internet/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=BHNOW4K55XTSEQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?articleID=198500549
And I wonder how they manage to live......
Well, yeah, when they have those things called encyclopedias, telephones, and next-door neighbors, you wonder what anyone really needs the Internet for.
Being totally serious here too. In a really odd comparison, the internet's ability to connect people around the world instantly is probably one of the reasons that people become so isolated and individualistic.
Wikipedia, MSN/AOL/heck, even VoIP, forums.
Wikipedia is larger than your average encyclopedia. MSN/AOL have more features than a telephone, VoIP services obviously need the Internet to operate, and forums allow you to talk with people who are smarter than your next-door neighbour, or allow you to insult people who are dumber than your next-door neighbour.
The Internet allows you to pursue your interests.
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The internet also allows you to be an anonymous jack@ss.
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The internet also allows you to be an anonymous jack@ss while pursuing your interests.
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Wikipedia, MSN/AOL/heck, even VoIP, forums.
Wikipedia is larger than your average encyclopedia. MSN/AOL have more features than a telephone, VoIP services obviously need the Internet to operate, and forums allow you to talk with people who are smarter than your next-door neighbour, or allow you to insult people who are dumber than your next-door neighbour.
The Internet allows you to pursue your interests.
Wiki is also the best place to go if you want bad information.
Wiki= good for getting a general idea
Encyclopedia=Near completely rock solid stuff.
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the science stuff in wiki is just as good as any encyclopedia
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the science stuff in wiki is just as good as any encyclopedia
Well, yes, but it's rather difficult to be biased against hydrogen peroxide or be a DNA fanboi.
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Sif DNA, RNA ftw foo!
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I certainly don't consider the Internet an essential. It's just that going without it would mean that I'd be bored a lot more.
The Internet is for entertainment, in my case. People who don't want it... that's fair enough. They're obviously better at keeping themselves amused than I am.
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admit it! the internet sucks!
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The internet does suck, but I enjoy it nonetheless. 8)
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The question is, is this the 1/3 that isn't yet addicted to it like the rest of us fools, or is it the 1/3 that has beaten back their addiction and realized the internet is the greatest threat to their productivity ever created?
I say this as someone who was supposed to be studying for an Abnormal Psychology midterm for the past hour. Guess what I've been doing instead.
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The internet does suck
The question is, what does the internet suck?
Air, or your life so that you become an unsociable cyber-zombie?
Of course these people could be the 1/3 of people who do not realise that things they use such as YouTube or google are part of the internet.
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The thing is, these people are probably getting by just fine without it. If they do ever get it, I'm sure they'll get addicted to it just like the rest of us. But I'm sure that the people that don't have it honestly don't need it - they're probably rural folks or people that *gasp* actually have an active outdoors life, and don't see a need to sit in front of their computer for hours at the time reading pages of text or watching videos of stupid teenagers hurting themselves.
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"Last year alone more information was sent over the net than every book combined."
Don't know where I heard that, but yeah.
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and all of that information was probably more useless than even the most worthless book. :rolleyes:
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"Last year alone more information was sent over the net than every book combined."
Don't know where I heard that, but yeah.
"lol ur gay"
"go die"
"roflcopter"
"i liek monkee"
somethingawful.com
More information, yes. Quality is up to dispute.
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More than that, how much of that information was pictures or sound as opposed to plain and simple text?
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but a picture is worth a thousand words. ;)
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I think that a picture such as Goatse or Tubgirl is worth an amount of words not exceeding "OMFG **** Alt+F4 *vomits*" myself. :p
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hey! no picking on tub girl!
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but a picture is worth a thousand words. ;)
How much memory does a single word of text take up? Like five bytes, give or take? Given that some pictures are a couple megas in size, that would make them worth a million words. ;)
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I fell out of my chair screaming when I first saw goatse.
Stuff like that stains your soul.
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Such are the dangers of our modern, technological society. :blah:
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When I first saw goatse, I thought it was fake.
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I find people's reactions to goatse hilarious.
This is why I use the screen-name 'CaptainGoatse' at the local Computer Game Society. There's always someone who'll ask what it means...
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When I first saw goatse, I thought it was fake.
think thats bad? just watch some of the fisting vids on pornotube :DI fell out of my chair screaming when I first saw goatse.
Stuff like that stains your soul.
ever seen the pain olympics? a video of people cutting off parts of their genitals will really **** you up :D
but a picture is worth a thousand words. ;)
How much memory does a single word of text take up? Like five bytes, give or take? Given that some pictures are a couple megas in size, that would make them worth a million words. ;)
one byte per letter, unless youre using a unicode font, in which case its like 2. formatting adds more. it takes about 24 bits or 3 bytes a pixel.
this usefull information has been brought to you by cat-a-pillar, like a cat, but with alot more legs :D
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Or that 1/3 is the old people that don't know how to use a computer, much less the internet. My own grandparents aren't that good at it.
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Internet is for porn and sex. Those 1\3 of people must have real girls already to have their own porn and sex.
I think i may have just solved hte problem.
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Except the fact that about half of the population is female?
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Which probably goes along with the percent of the population which isn't bi or lesbian ;)
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BREAKDOWN OF US POPULATION AS OF MID '06:
299,099,999/299,100,000: not me
1/299,100,000: me
:p
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Internet is for porn and sex. Those 1\3 of people must have real girls already to have their own porn and sex.
I think i may have just solved hte problem.
Steady girlfriends do not solve internet addiction. There's still HLP to contend with. And, in my girlfriend's case, Facebook (God, I hate facebook).
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Lol i hate facebook aswel as the evil myspace. But now, back on topic you! *breaks out whip*
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Internet is for porn and sex. Those 1\3 of people must have real girls already to have their own porn and sex.
I think i may have just solved hte problem.
Steady girlfriends do not solve internet addiction. There's still HLP to contend with. And, in my girlfriend's case, Facebook (God, I hate facebook).
Don't even get me started on Facebook.
http://hs.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1161990864
God that thing's addicting.
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Facebook > myspace
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I'll second that; Facebook > myspace
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I find people's reactions to goatse hilarious.
This is why I use the screen-name 'CaptainGoatse' at the local Computer Game Society. There's always someone who'll ask what it means...
Whats Goatse? :lol:
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I find people's reactions to goatse hilarious.
This is why I use the screen-name 'CaptainGoatse' at the local Computer Game Society. There's always someone who'll ask what it means...
Whats Goatse? :lol:
Please do not corrupt this pure and innocent soul. :)
Just use google images.
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Just use google images.
Don't do it! No matter what, no matter how curious you get, never NEVER go looking for goatse or tubgirl or anything like that on your own. They'll find you soon enough... :blah:
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The internet also allows you to be an anonymous jack@ss.
...Which can be kinda useful on a pissed-off friday night. :p
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Just use google images.
Don't do it! No matter what, no matter how curious you get, never NEVER go looking for goatse or tubgirl or anything like that on your own. They'll find you soon enough... :blah:
Goatse and tubgirl are pretty tame.... when compared to the harlequin fetus. :shaking:
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You see, now I'm curious... but there is absolutely NO WAY I'm going to google that. Remember kids, when people give you warnings on the internet, they mean it.
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The problem with many of these Internet 'landmines' is that you often have no idea they could exist until you're wondering where your leg went. The moment anyone tells you to Google something, beware....
Anyway, let's get this onto another subject please :p