What if...

the internet didn't exist? What would you be doing with your life right now? How would things be different for you?

id prolly be a larger workaholic than i am... :smile:

Doc B... :dodgy:

I had fun before the net I just switched the fun to the net.

My passion is still reading. I spend far more time doing that to this day. If books were missing now, that would be a problem.

You could have posted this in my questions thread. :smile:

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I would know Latin, Greek, and French by now, and still occassionally play Descent on a never-updated Windows 95.

And I would read more.

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

Without the internet, I don't think I would have the career I have today. I would most probably be living in a trailer park in south Louisiana, beating my dog, neutering my wife, and trying to put my 16 screaming kids up for adoption

<span style="color: gray;">[quote=Stadric]play Descent on a never-updated Windows 95[/quote]<br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;">NICE.
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I'd be stuck on my virtual world tour in a triple seven, oh wait, i am

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pepper design

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

I would probably be a couple Kilos lighter for starters.

Uhhh...

Wow...

I'd probably land in some architectual job somewhere, I'd still think all foreigners are morons, and would be pretty much be screwed :smile:

No Internet = no mapping really.

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Dark_Kilauea
DVS Administration
http://www.dvstudio-production.com/

I'd do a lot more snowboading and ice skating, and would probably still be skateboarding/rollerblading. I don't know (and can't be bothered to think of) the repurcusions the lack of the internet would have had on the games industry, so I've no idea if I'd still be interested in game development as a career.

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I'd be dumb.

I'd be having sex

I'd be dumb.

Lol same here. There would be a lot more I'd be ignorant of. I wouldn't ever mapped, or gotten back into art. I would've never thought I could have the chance to work in the game design industry. There are a lot of people I would've never met either. Of course without the internet I could still be making strait As in school instead of Ds. But that's probably more of my own fault, since I'm really bad when it comes to procrastination.

All in all though I'm quite thankful to be born in the age of technology that I we are living in.

All in all though I'm quite thankful to be born in the age of technology that I we are living in.

Cheers to that!

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

Dark_Kilauea said:
No Internet = no mapping really.

I made maps before the internet. I made better maps after the net but, There were better mapping engines by then.

I'd be having fun a different way if it wasn't for the net is the only difference I imagine.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

If the internet did not exist, I would:

• Still read a crapload
• get better grades in college
• no know the crapload of cool ppl from all over the world that I know now
• not know NEAR as much as I do now about everything.

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Good answers Nickelbag.

I think the most important thing I have learned since my advent unto the net is. There are so many interesting people in the world. The second most interesting thing I have learned is, if world leaders had to solve problems like we are forced to do online, there would be more peace. I have had some super serious flames and almost always came away with a friend when it was done.

Friendships online, tend to last longer to in my experience.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

Emotion destroyer 1.0a

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pepper design

The strength of the turbulence is directly proportional to the temperature of your coffee.

I would still have been a virgin >=).

MisterBister said:
I would still have been a virgin >=).

I could have went all day without imagining how this event transpired.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

The internet has kinda helped me realize that the rest of the world is
real and does exist, and it's not just a concept invented by the
newspapers to sell more. So in that sense I guess it's given me a whole
new perspective.

If the internet didn't exist my world would be really tiny.

what if the internet is also a concept of the newspapers?

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Also change the texture of the dock. Docks are rarely tile. -Facepunch
As I Lay Dying

the feeling of connectivity, rapid and large information database, lower seeking costs for products, fun, ...

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These words are my diaries screaming out loud

Well I would be reading a lot more... and have less friends. But
generally I wrote stuff with my old 386 before I had ever heard of
internet. I also drew pictures with my comp and generally did
everything else except 3D modeling and HL mapmaking I do now. So I guess I-Net isn't such a biggie.

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''Everyone wades in s**t until they're competent enough to walk on it. Jesus style.''
Dystopia - Empires

fraggard said:
If the internet didn't exist my world would be really tiny.

This, from a guy who lives in one of the most densely populated places in the world.

In a way, I do know what you mean Frag. I have been driving for years now and the one thing that still amazes me is just how small the world is. I can drive 1,000 miles in almost any direction in just one day. I can go to my moms house, return home and then return to her house in the same day if I wished. (She lives in south Texas. Quite a distance I assure you)

I have left here and spent the night in norther Pennsylvania, or left here and spent the night in Arizona.

My point is, the world is only as big as you find out it is. It used to be much bigger until I started driving and found out differently.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I'd be pissing my time away doing something completely different. At least this is somewhat constructive.

Orpheus said:
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<DIV class=quotetext>I would still have been a virgin >=).

I could have went all day without imagining how this event transpired. </div></div>
Joystick

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Nickelplate said:
Joystick

Oh My f**king GOD!!!

Are you saying that Mister.. Is a MissusBister?
Poor girl, had to settle for such a small... Insertion too.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I dunno, some of those sidewinders are pretty big -- with multiple buttons too.

Addicted to Morphine said:
I dunno, some of those sidewinders are pretty big -- with multiple buttons too.

/me giggles hysterically

STOP PLEASE, I am about to pee myself again.

(I was thinking of the olden Nintendo version.)

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I would stop playing WoW, and be a midless idiot watching MTV and VH1 wondering what all the celebs had for lunch.

1 thing for sure: There would be a lot less p0rn.

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Posting And You

1 thing for sure: There would be a lot less p0rn.

Good one.

Some of those SideWinders have that vibrating force-feedback stuff too. Textured, rubber handgrips and stuff...

About pr0n. That stuff is so freakin' annoying, I can't go to a nice hacking site without getting pr0n pop-ups...

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Addicted to Morphine said:
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<DIV class=quotetext>1 thing for sure: There would be a lot less p0rn.

Good one.
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I don't get the impression that it increased any at all. The flavor has altered a bit, but porn was as easy to obtain in the pre-internet days as it is now.

I guess its a matter of perspective maybe. I was born in the 60's. Sex was looked at differently then maybe. Now, children are a bit more sheltered in the preteen times than when I was one.

Perhaps its location. I grew up in Phoenix. I had girlfriends when I was 6 and played "house" very shortly afterward. Maybe the bigger city life is influencing my judgment.

When I was a kid, everyone had at least one copy of playboy. (or its equivalent)

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The best things in life, aren't things.

Addicted to Morphine said:

1 thing for sure: There would be a lot less p0rn.

Good one.

I don't get the impression that it increased any at all. The flavor
has altered a bit, but porn was as easy to obtain in the pre-internet
days as it is now.

Sorry orph I have to disagree with you. There is a significant
difference between walking to your adult book store in trench coat and
buying those kinds of books, as opposed to hopping on the internet and
going to google and typing in "Hot Sexy Bitches" and getting a hit of
over 100,000 sites.

Sure you can argue that you have to pay to get to the good stuff (if
you call internet smuck good). But a 10 year old alone in his house
(who disabled the "nany" plug in) has a better chance of finding stuff
on the internet than running down to his local adult book/video store
and buying stuff.

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Posting And You

What I am saying is, it was as easy to get before the net. Sure, there are a million websites but seriously, after the first 10,000 or so pictures it tends to get a bit boring don't you think?

My point is, accessibility hasn't changed. Quantity and quality has, but I had access to playboy as a boy.

Perhaps my meaning is a bit hazy Omega. If there isn't at least one adult book/magazine in your house, its because you have not found it yet.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

I see :smile:

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Posting And You

I had never even seen what pr0n WAS until the internet. I just knew it was "pictures of sex"

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

Internet = Instant Access to Videos.

Why do you think Penthouse and Playboy subscriptions are down so much these days?

Addicted to Morphine said:
Internet = Instant Access to Videos.

I know that a few of you are to young but, they used to have many more Drive-In theaters. There where many that showed XXX rated films. Imagine an outdoor theater with explicit sexual content.

I am not to sure if it was everywhere, but as a kid, it damned sure was where I lived.

I do not really miss the X-rated movies, but I wish the drive-in would come back in style.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

We could all hide in the trunk of your car and get in for free!

I'm lucky, I've still got a drive-in about a half hour from my house.

Once I get my VW Bus, it'll be a fun night :biggrin:

Another thing that would be greatly reduced: Piracy

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Posting And You

omegaslayer said:
Another thing that would be greatly reduced: Piracy

Only if you acknowledge its existence. It would be comparable to saying that if there were no bible, there would be no God. God would exist no matter.

At least to me since I do not acknowledge the entity in either example.

I have been a part of lower and middle management in many companies so I can tell you how they think. I do not understand how they think, but I do now its this way.

A company has meetings each year to discuss the fiscal projections for the years sales. Every company I have ever worked at does this so I assume they ALL do it.

The example in this case would be, The Snarkpit Corporations projects sales in excess of 5 million dollars this year. In actuality, after all the bills are paid they make 4 million, free and clear. Their mentality? They lost 1 million dollars somehow. They do not see that they made 4 million, they can only see the shortness of the projected 1 million.

You cannot miss something you never had so how can you have lost 1 million dollars?

I really do not want to rehash the ins and outs of piracy because most of us are pretty well set in our belief system and discussing it further would be pointless.

But remember, those that made the piracy laws think exactly the same way as that corporate meeting I described.

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The best things in life, aren't things.

i would read all the time, well more than i do

i would not know any of you

i probably would be an average "i don't know s**t" computer user

i wouldn't download music

i would probably have to look forward to a straight math major or engineering instead of a computer field which would suck

oh and i would probably be in better shape

My pissed off list would grow, since I'm impatient and things would take much longer.

But, I imagine computer technology would not be to the level it is now, simply because of the amount of communication that we've had because of the internet, not even the world wide web, but just the ability to directly talk to another computer. There'd probably be poorer relations and stronger sterotypes about each other's countries.

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Blame it on Microsoft, God does.

FatStrings said:
i would read all the time, well more than i do
i would not know any of you
i probably would be an average "i don't know s**t" computer user
i wouldn't download music
i would probably have to look forward to a straight math major or engineering instead of a computer field which would suck
oh and i would probably be in better shape

You'd know me...
You'd still know everything I taught you in class
:biggrin:

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I tried sniffing coke, but the ice cubes kept getting stuck in my nose.
http://www.dimebowl.com

It's so weird that we have a teacher and his student both here on the pit.

:smile:

what if the internet is also a concept of the newspapers?

So I'm typing this into a newspaper? No wonder the editorials suck so much...