Seffiks Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 This sucks shit. I swear, I've been using the internet since I was 11, and I am now 24... it is nothing new to me. Now when I get on the internet I check here and read a small handful of threads started by people that I recognise from being on here for a while, the rest I leave alone.... and other than that I have about one other site that I check. The part that sucks so bad is, what the hell am I supposed to do on the internet when I've run out of ideas. The same thing applies for the p2p stuff. I've downloaded every music/app/game I can think of. I think I seriously have reached the end of the internet. Suggestions? I am not interested in porn so you can save those links for some other thread. I need ideas. :scrambled::scrambled::scrambled::scrambled: hey a handy tool when you think you ran out of finding things http://www.stumbleupon.com Stumbleupon is a brilliant downloadable toolbar that beds into your browser and gives you the chance to surf through thousands of excellent pages that have been stumbled upon by other web-users" Channel surf the internet for great websites, videos, pictures, games and more! Get personalized recommendations according to your interests No adware or spyware guaranteed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garlic prawns Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 you a sales person or some shit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 well in some ways, for the corporate world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpyD Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I started on the net in 96. Windows 3.1 and AOL 2.5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUR X3 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 Yeah now that I think about it I think I first started going on the webz in 4th grade. Which would of mad it 93 or 94 or so. I'm pretty sure it was still AOL though. Windows 3.1 for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted November 9, 2006 Author Share Posted November 9, 2006 Hahah, "Windows for Workgroups"... what a joke that was but it got the job done. My very first internet experience was actually voice communicating with a guy that was in Germany. The quality sounded like a crackly radio, but I was definitely talking to someone far far away... so it wasn't actually surfing for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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El Mamerro Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 here's my take on it... TEH INTERNETS SUXZOR Think of the billions of dollars sunk into this internet project over the last 10 years and what do we really have to show for it? Myspace? Youtube? Even wikipedia seems like a consolation compared to what could have been done with the 300 Billion spent on e-projects like laying fiber connections and start-up companies. That's $1000 for every single person in the USA. Think if the cash went into say..... electric cars? I see a MAJOR move offline in the next few years. Considering the life of any web fad is about 2 years (remember geocities?) that means that even the giants like myspace and youtube are going to get boring and dated. The only things that will continue to move forward are things that are directly connected to the real world. Take for example, MLB.com They make over $200 million in subscriber fees each year, and are valued at $5Billion. They provide a way for baseball fans to enjoy baseball in a new way, as opposed to myspace which has tried to invent a whole new product that will get tired of quickly. Find something online that links directly to the real world. There's lots of colleges and free classes online and you can use the web as a learning aid instead of the great time waster that it currently is for most of us. The web (not counting web based email) has KILLED work productivity but only if you let it. Use the online time for a task, like learning or making some real world money, and it will seem like a whole new place. or just find a good book to read. Wow, I am in total, complete disagreement. I think the web is gonna become more and more important, pervasive, and essential for everyday life. It has altered the way we live and communicate with each other and it will only go forward from that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 I have to use internetz at werk... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HESHIANDET Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 download every rosetta stone language program and learn them shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potholder Posted November 9, 2006 Share Posted November 9, 2006 start collecting live music. http://bt.etree.org/ http://www.dimeadozen.org/ http://www.thetradersden.org/forums/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVERWURST* Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 I like checking out historical documents, I read about crimes like big heists and serial killers, and read the news. To me the internet is like TV, I like about 2% of it and the rest I don't watch. Start surfing the old version of the interweb - books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 http://www.lifehacker.com http://www.gizmodo.com http://www.kotaku.com http://www.gawker.com http://www.fleshbot.com http://www.wonkette.com http://www.defamer.com http://www.gridskipper.com http://www.deadspin.com http://www.idolator.com All of these sites are equally awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"inkie" Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 look up shit on wikipedia this a seriously bad idea.... when i start spending too much time on wiki I end up reading about serial killers like that Gacy dude and GG Allin (they havent found the bodies yet( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_I Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 perfect Ur L33t HaXor L4nGu4g3 u5ing a c0m80 oF 10w3rc453 + Upp3rC453 L3tt3r5!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theo Huxtable. Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 you gotta have a big ego to think your mind has exhausted everything possible and plausible on the internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnomeToys Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Scientists believe that the internet has a massive black hole at the center which it revolves around. They call this hole goatse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty_habiT Posted November 10, 2006 Author Share Posted November 10, 2006 you gotta have a big ego to think your mind has exhausted everything possible and plausible on the internet No, I'm just out of ideas... and am here asking for more. Good guess though, but you're wrong... Thank you After School Special, I will check those links out, I appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Cool. Tell me what you think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa_dukes Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 steakandcheese.com takes the boredum away reading mikes daily posts is like a ritual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
After School Special Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 mike is a douchebag X 10000000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Re: I *serrously have reached the end of the internet. Wow, I am in total, complete disagreement. I think the web is gonna become more and more important, pervasive, and essential for everyday life. It has altered the way we live and communicate with each other and it will only go forward from that. essential for everyday life? The National Academy of Engeneering ranked Internet as the 13th most important engeneering feat in the past 100 years. Well try giving up you washing machine for a month and doing all your laundry by hand. Then if you got to pick the internet or a washer / dryer combo, I bet 95% of people would be cutting the 'net cable. How about this.... the odds of a child being propositioned online is 1 in 10. If those same odds applied to real life, I'd be moving to another city fast. Remeber all the hype the internet generated back when it was new? Bill Gates called it a 'tidal wave' that will "wash over the computer industry and others, and drown everyone who doesn't learn to swim in it's waves". Has that happened? Maybe in the computer industry, and banking, but that's about it. There was so much smoke being blown about how the internet was the best thing since the printing press, or even the discovery of fire, but where is the big pay-off? Facebook? I agree that the internet is still in it's infancy, but all the hype did turn out to be bullshit. Lycos top searches for 2005: Paris Hilton Pamela Anderson Britney Spears Poker Dragonball Jennifer Lopez WWE Pokemon Playstation Hurricane Katrina and let's see what wikipedia, the internet darling was searching for in 2006: 1. Main Page 2. Wikipedia 3. United States 4. List of big-bust models and performers 5. JonBenét Ramsey 6. List of sex positions 7. Wiki 8. Hurricane Katrina 9. Pluto 10. List of female porn stars 11. Irukandji jellyfish 12. Pornography 13. Wii 14. World Wrestling Entertainment roster 15. Jeff Hardy 16. Pokémon 17. September 11, 2001 attacks 18. Celebrity sex tape 19. Neighbours 20. Warren Jeffs 21. C programming language 22. Sasuke Uchiha 23. Volkswagen Type 2 24. Priyanka Chopra 25. Morocco 26. Nicole Scherzinger 27. United States Air Force 28. Batman 29. List of gay porn stars 30. Tupac Shakur wow...... the shining future promise of technology. :rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 people will still be people i don't think any invention will improve upon the essence of our existence or the meaning of life but it certainly can increase the breadth and depth of our knowledge of ourselves and each other sounds incredibly corny, but it has and will continue to change the way humans interact and communicate on a fundamental level. it will also continue on the mad march toward everything accesible and convenient which as humans, appears to be one of the main goals of our species. (as the internet reaches more cell phones it'll get even more influential) dirty maybe you should start keeping the livejournal thing. or doing a blog. if you have reached the end of what the internet can do for you, maybe it is time for you to conribute to the content of the internet and fill the void Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 You're picking and choosing superficial elements of the web and completely ignoring fundamental qualities. If you evaluate the internet strictly on mass social entertainment sites, you will inevitably run into a HUGE amount of crap, and top search terms will obviously reflect on what the majority of people online look for, and we all know most people are stupid. Even if 99% of the internet is crap, the other 1% is currently redefining so many paradigms it renders the other 99-percenter's output obsolete. What Bill Gates warned is DEFINITELY happening, and has prompted Microsoft to undergo a rennaissance of sorts. The Googles and Microsofts of the world, with the internet at its core, are set to become the most powerful and influential institutions in the planet, which is something we'll all feel the effects of. The information management system of the internet is becoming the de-facto standard of communication and media consumption on the planet. This is huge. Communication is probably the single most important human ability, and a medium that revolutionizes communication will inevitable change the overall human experience. The current mass response and use of said medium does not in any way make it less revolutionary. If anything, that is a testament of the general state of vapidness of humanity, brought on by decades of passiveness, than it is a statement about the internet. Saying the internet hasn't lived up to the hype is like being back in the 20's saying TV wouldn't change our lives because all we could see were moving drawings and shitty 5-minute silent films of circus acts. I mean, how could that possibly be of any value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 maybe it is time for you to conribute to the content of the internet and fill the void This, to me, is the most obvious conclusion when you finally feel at the end of the internet. The advent of Web 2.0, where user-generated content reigns, is the the second step forward of baby web. Go out and create something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumPuncher Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 so mamerro..... internet or washing machine? on the whole I do agree with your point that the internet is the future of comunications and that the few usefull bits are worth wading through the sludge. People boasted that the internet was going to be this global communication system that would break down the barriers between people all over the world and lead to a new era of international teamwork and collaboration. In some cases that has worked, but in most it's just reafirmed that people dont want to use technology for improvement, but to continue with the vices of the offline world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Washing machine or toothbrush? It could go on and on. I think the boast still holds, we haven't arrived there yet and it probably won't be for at least another 3-4 generations of the internet. But you can't expect the masses to be involved in teamwork and collaboration because masses by definition don't do that, masses simply follow. Teams and collaborators (the people that actually make things the masses use) are involved, and the internet allows them to get shit done. But cases of mass teamwork are beginning to spring up (mob rallies for elections organized through blogs, Snakes on a Plane, distributed computing, etc.) because the internet is finally giving them something to do, something TV and radio never did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!@#$% Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 it will be the end of the net if they go to privatization. Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the Internet's First Amendment -- a principle called Network Neutrality that prevents companies like AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deciding which Web sites work best for you -- based on what site pays them the most. If the public doesn't speak up now, our elected officials will cave to a multi-million dollar lobbying campaign. http://www.savetheinternet.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smart Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 YES! on Net Neutrality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Mamerro Posted November 10, 2006 Share Posted November 10, 2006 Yeah, this net neutrality thing is fucked up. LEAVE MY SERIES OF TUBES FREE!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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