If the internet does end would that really be a bad thing? What changes would you, and others, be forced to make? Is it possible some of those changes could be good things?
Cranky_Geezer: If the internet does end would that really be a bad thing? What changes would you, and others, be forced to make? Is it possible some of those changes could be good things?
I think the net is too firmly entrenched in the economies of the world.
What would I miss? Being lazy and looking it up on line rather than digging in my reference books. Shopping on ebay around the world. Other than that, not much of anything. Still use landline and mail letters.
PeKaatjeAnkeveen, North Holland Netherlands6,334 posts
There's too much money going around to shut down the internet. Too many companies have a need for the internet. But maybe the right to react on news and important things in the world should be only given to a few people who has knowledge of the things as they are. Look at all the theroies going around about covid19.
pedro27: i predict the internet will be no more in the future
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Might be nice. Mine has been spinning a lot lately, takes a long time to load a page. Thinking it might be because a lot of people are online these days.
Staples is out of cheap monitors, a 27 inch was over $300. The guy working said it's because all the school kids and people who now work off the computer at home.
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