Is the Internet Overrated.

FixdePitchmark

Has anybody hit a wall?

Sick of it
Goining in circles
wasting your life
Kim Kardashian arse
Round and Round
Try real Life
Get Out
Meet a friend
Go the Pub
Walk on the beach
Eat a blackberry
See a play
Look at a cloud
Then die

:rolleyes:;):eek:

Frynge

No.

TeddyTedson

People wil eventually get bored of the internet. I will take about 25 years though
Then it will be too late

Praetorian Saighdiuir

Are you mental?

Do you want to go back to the days of writting letters, sticky porn mags stashed in a bush, actually interacting with people and leaving the house????

You crazy!

Yamanoto

Why aren't Haemorrhoids called Assteroids?

Riddle me that.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Has anybody hit a wall

Sick of it
Goining in circles
wasting your life
Kim Kardashian arse
Round and Round
Try real Life
Get Out
Meet a friend
Go the Pub
Walk on the beach
Eat a blackberry
See a play
Look at a cloud
Then die

:rolleyes:;):eek:

I did all that ****e at the weekend, especially the pub part. Leave me alone to aimlessly surf on boards, autotrader and hoganstand :cool:

Gatling

Free unlimited porn ,

moaning minnies,

Unlimited music

Unlimited non porn films

AH

Still not bored yet

Cienciano

I'd rather have a **** looking at xhamster than eat a blackberry.
Internet: 1 Real live: 0

amacca

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Has anybody hit a wall

Sick of it
Goining in circles
wasting your life
Kim Kardashian arse
Round and Round
Try real Life
Get Out
Meet a friend
Go the Pub
Walk on the beach
Eat a blackberry
See a play
Look at a cloud
Then die

:rolleyes:;):eek:

this wasn't the exact order I had in mind.....I'm glad we can all customize the meaninglessness of our lives

(cant wait for some jackass to post something like first world problems etc)

Gatling

Cyprus been robbed thanks internet, never seen a proper daylight robbery live

DazMarz

I think that this generation is better prepared for a zombie apocalypse than an hour or two without the internet, tbh.

Also: see the South Park episode "Overlogging".

Ihatecuddles-old

No way, most of my friends live in my computer.

delw

So Op you are bored of the internet,then come on to internet to complain about the internet,nice one

FixdePitchmark

DazMarz wrote: »

I think that this generation is better prepared for a zombie apocalypse than an hour or two without the internet, tbh.

Also: see the South Park episode "Overlogging".

I guess there could be an age factor - say 30 +. They have had a life without it.

FixdePitchmark

delw wrote: »

So Op you are bored of the internet,then come on to internet to complain about the internet,nice one

The Irony - I like that bit :P

Change from within.

KungPao

No way in hell.

Without the internet, I'd probably never have seen this!

FixdePitchmark

KungPao wrote: »

No way in hell.

Without the internet, I'd probably never have seen this!

QED

Dwork

"Trainspotting " comes to mind.

krudler

It's got cats and bewbs on it, so that alone makes it overtake fire, the wheel and pop tarts as the greatest invention in history.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Has anybody hit a wall?

Sick of it
Goining in circles
wasting your life
Kim Kardashian arse
Round and Round
Try real Life
Get Out
Meet a friend
Go the Pub
Walk on the beach
Eat a blackberry
See a play
Look at a cloud
Then die

:rolleyes:;):eek:

Not one mention of porn. Are we talking about the same internet here?

Ruudi_Mentari

problem in the run up to Y2J was that it was Underdated.

starlit

Totally!:cool:

McCrack

The interweb is truly a wonderful thing. Its here to stay.

Ruu

Haven't beaten hard mode yet.

Chuck Stone

krudler wrote: »

cats and bewbs

Yay for cats and bewbs!

kowloon

I'd eat a Blackberry, don't like Apple and Nokias are too chewy.


Okay, I'll leave.

Mech1

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I guess there could be an age factor - say 30 +. They have had a life without it.

sorry but i'm 45 1st pc was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80
in kit form, then spent loads of time building it, then spent years typing in the likes of this:

10 PRINT TAB(33);"TOWERS"
20 PRINT TAB(15);"CREATIVE COMPUTING MORRISTOWN, NEW JERSEY"
30 PRINT:PRINT:PRINT
90 PRINT
100 REM*** INITIALIZE
110 DIM T(7,3)
120 E=0
130 FOR D=1 TO 7
140 FOR N=1 TO 3
150 T(D,N)=0
160 NEXT N
170 NEXT D
180 PRINT "TOWERS OF HANOI PUZZLE.": PRINT
200 PRINT "YOU MUST TRANSFER THE DISKS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT"
205 PRINT "TOWER, ONE AT A TIME, NEVER PUTTING A LARGER DISK ON A"
210 PRINT "SMALLER DISK.": PRINT
215 INPUT "HOW MANY DISKS DO YOU WANT TO MOVE (7 IS MAX)";S
220 PRINT
230 M=0
240 FOR Q=1 TO 7
250 IF Q=S THEN 350
260 NEXT Q
270 E=E+1
280 IF E>2 THEN 310
290 PRINT "SORRY, BUT I CAN'T DO THAT JOB FOR YOU.": GOTO 215
310 PRINT "ALL RIGHT, WISE GUY, IF YOU CAN'T PLAY THE GAME RIGHT, I'LL"
320 PRINT "JUST TAKE MY PUZZLE AND GO HOME. SO LONG.": STOP
340 REM *** STORE DISKS FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST
350 PRINT "IN THIS PROGRAM, WE SHALL REFER TO DISKS BY NUMERICAL CODE."
355 PRINT "3 WILL REPRESENT THE SMALLEST DISK, 5 THE NEXT SIZE,"
360 PRINT "7 THE NEXT, AND SO ON, UP TO 15. IF YOU DO THE PUZZLE WITH"
365 PRINT "2 DISKS, THEIR CODE NAMES WOULD BE 13 AND 15. WITH 3 DISKS"
370 PRINT "THE CODE NAMES WOULD BE 11, 13 AND 15, ETC. THE NEEDLES"
375 PRINT "ARE NUMBERED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, 1 TO 3. WE WILL"
380 PRINT "START WITH THE DISKS ON NEEDLE 1, AND ATTEMPT TO MOVE THEM"
385 PRINT "TO NEEDLE 3."
390 PRINT: PRINT "GOOD LUCK!": PRINT
400 Y=7: D=15
420 FOR X=S TO 1 STEP -1
430 T(Y,1)=D: D=D-2: Y=Y-1
460 NEXT X
470 GOSUB 1230
480 PRINT "WHICH DISK WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE";:E=0
500 INPUT D
510 IF (D-3)*(D-5)*(D-7)*(D-9)*(D-11)*(D-13)*(D-15)=0 THEN 580
520 PRINT "ILLEGAL ENTRY... YOU MAY ONLY TYPE 3,5,7,9,11,13, OR 15."
530 E=E+1: IF E>1 THEN 560
550 GOTO 500
560 PRINT "STOP WASTING MY TIME. GO BOTHER SOMEONE ELSE.": STOP
580 REM *** CHECK IF REQUESTED DISK IS BELOW ANOTHER
590 FOR R=1 TO 7
600 FOR C=1 TO 3
610 IF T(R,C)=D THEN 640
620 NEXT C: NEXT R
640 FOR Q=R TO 1 STEP -1
645 IF T(Q,C)=0 THEN 660
650 IF T(Q,C)<D THEN 680
660 NEXT Q
670 GOTO 700
680 PRINT "THAT DISK IS BELOW ANOTHER ONE. MAKE ANOTHER CHOICE."
690 GOTO 480
700 E=0
705 INPUT "PLACE DISK ON WHICH NEEDLE";N
730 IF (N-1)*(N-2)*(N-3)=0 THEN 800
735 E=E+1
740 IF E>1 THEN 780
750 PRINT "I'LL ASSUME YOU HIT THE WRONG KEY THIS TIME. BUT WATCH IT,"
760 PRINT "I ONLY ALLOW ONE MISTAKE.": GOTO 705
780 PRINT "I TRIED TO WARN YOU, BUT YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN."
790 PRINT "BYE BYE, BIG SHOT.":STOP
800 FOR R=1 TO 7
810 IF T(R,N)<>0 THEN 840
820 NEXT R
830 GOTO 880
835 REM *** CHECK IF DISK TO BE PLACED ON A LARGER ONE
840 IF D<T(R,N) THEN 880
850 PRINT "YOU CAN'T PLACE A LARGER DISK ON TOP OF A SMALLER ONE,"
860 PRINT "IT MIGHT CRUSH IT!": PRINT "NOW THEN, ";:GOTO 480
875 REM *** MOVE RELOCATED DISK
880 FOR V=1 TO 7: FOR W=1 TO 3
900 IF T(V,W)=D THEN 930
910 NEXT W: NEXT V
925 REM *** LOCATE EMPTY SPACE ON NEEDLE N
930 FOR U=1 TO 7
940 IF T(U,N)<>0 THEN 970
950 NEXT U
960 U=7: GOTO 980
965 REM *** MOVE DISK AND SET OLD LOCATION TO 0
970 U=U-1
980 T(U,N)=T(V,W): T(V,W)=0
995 REM *** PRINT OUT CURRENT STATUS
1000 GOSUB 1230
1018 REM *** CHECK IF DONE
1020 M=M+1
1030 FOR R=1 TO 7: FOR C=1 TO 2
1050 IF T(R,C)<>0 THEN 1090
1060 NEXT C: NEXT R
1080 GOTO 1120
1090 IF M<=128 THEN 480
1100 PRINT "SORRY, BUT I HAVE ORDERS TO STOP IF YOU MAKE MORE THAN"
1110 PRINT "128 MOVES.": STOP
1120 IF M<>2^S-1 THEN 1140
1130 PRINT:PRINT "CONGRATULATIONS!!":PRINT
1140 PRINT "YOU HAVE PERFORMED THE TASK IN";M;"MOVES."
1150 PRINT: PRINT "TRY AGAIN (YES OR NO)";: INPUT A$
1160 IF A$="NO" THEN 1390
1170 IF A$="YES" THEN 90
1180 PRINT: PRINT "'YES' OR 'NO' PLEASE";: INPUT A$: GOTO 1160
1230 REM *** PRINT SUBROUTINE
1240 FOR K=1 TO 7
1250 Z=10
1260 FOR J=1 TO 3
1270 IF T(K,J)=0 THEN 1330
1280 PRINT TAB(Z-INT(T(K,J)/2));
1290 FOR V=1 TO T(K,J)
1300 PRINT "*";
1310 NEXT V
1320 GOTO 1340
1330 PRINT TAB(Z);"*";
1340 Z=Z+21
1350 NEXT J
1360 PRINT
1370 NEXT K
1380 RETURN
1390 PRINT: PRINT "THANKS FOR THE GAME!": PRINT: END

and by the time I got over all that the BBS's where up and running and I could download it instead. Soon after I could buy a magazine with all the downloads i would ever need on a cd.

Things have improved a little since, as I type im watching my streaming webcam and downloading my next film to watch. So "overrated my arse"

Gatling

Playing computer games off tape cassettes
Not a boom head shot in sight

3hn2givr7mx1sc

It's underrated until the time when I should be going to sleep. Then every webpage is the most interesting thing in the world!

IM0

you probably need to find other interests OP

The only thing on the OPs list that I didn't do this weekend was go to a play, I went to the cinema though - which I booked on the internet.

On saturday I went and got my hair done in a hair salon owned by a friend I met on boards. In the afternoon I went geocaching, I walked for 2.5 hours over hills and cliffs to find little treasures, I did this with a friend I met on the internet. Geocaching exists, because of the internet. On Sunday I went to the pub - I got a taxi home using hailo - a smartphone app. On Monday for my hangover I ordered takeaway online and came to boards.ie to get me through the day!

I think I'll keep my internet for now!

Gummy Panda

whoopsadaisydoodles wrote: »

The only thing on the OPs list that I didn't do was go to a play, I went to the cinema though - which I booked on the internet.

On saturday I went and got my hair done in a hair salon owned by a friend I met on boards. In the afternoon I went geocaching, I walked for 2.5 hours over hills and cliffs to find little treasures, I did this with a friend I met on the internet. Geocaching exists, because of the internet. On Sunday I went to the pub - I got a taxi home using hailo - a smartphone app. On Monday for my hangover I ordered takeaway online and came to boards.ie to get me through the day!

I think I'll keep my internet for now!

But where is ze porn?

Reamer Fanny

Your doing it wrong

IM0

wait who rated it anyway?

batistuta9

I think the OP's point is more about spending a lot of time online & pretty much looking at the same sites/things over & over again

rather than giving the internet a mark out of 10

Gummy Panda

Gummy Panda wrote: »

But where is ze porn?

All the times I didn't account for!

764dak

TV is better.

Sergeant

It has given the uniformed idiots and mouth breathers a platform to spout their gibberish. A pertinent example of this is the comments after articles on thejournal.ie. And even here to be honest.

It seems to have left people under the hugely mistaken assumption that their opinions are worth listening to, just because they've formed one.

bbam

batistuta9 wrote: »

I think the OP's point is more about spending a lot of time online & pretty much looking at the same sites/things over & over again

rather than giving the internet a mark out of 10

It's all about balance folks.
If you do nothing but game, browse and watch porn then I'd say it's tiresome enough.
Mix it in with a bit of family and friends in the real life and then it's an interesting complement to your life.

I'm old enough to remember life without the Internet and I'd hate to go back. I remember programming in the BASIC language from above and the first computer game we had in the house was the "tennis" thing with the dot going over and back.

Then there are the social aspects to the web. The worldis a small place now, we know what people are up to in other countries. Politicians and their cronies are finding it harder to hide their grubby secrets.

Capt'n Midnight

Mech1 wrote: »

sorry but i'm 45 1st pc was http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX80
in kit form, then spent loads of time building it, then spent years typing in the likes of this:

180 PRINT "TOWERS OF HANOI PUZZLE.": PRINT
200 PRINT "YOU MUST TRANSFER THE DISKS FROM THE LEFT TO THE RIGHT"
205 PRINT "TOWER, ONE AT A TIME, NEVER PUTTING A LARGER DISK ON A"
210 PRINT "SMALLER DISK.": PRINT
...
1390 PRINT: PRINT "THANKS FOR THE GAME!": PRINT: END

"THANKS FOR THE GAME!"

Don't ever play it with 64 disks because the world will end when you move the last disk :eek:

Gambas

Overrated? no, just overgrown

P.C.

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man how to use the internet, and he will never bug you again.

FixdePitchmark

batistuta9 wrote: »

I think the OP's point is more about spending a lot of time online & pretty much looking at the same sites/things over & over again

rather than giving the internet a mark out of 10

That is it batistuta - it is very repetitive.

FixdePitchmark

Deleted User wrote: »

The only thing on the OPs list that I didn't do this weekend was go to a play, I went to the cinema though - which I booked on the internet.

On saturday I went and got my hair done in a hair salon owned by a friend I met on boards. In the afternoon I went geocaching, I walked for 2.5 hours over hills and cliffs to find little treasures, I did this with a friend I met on the internet. Geocaching exists, because of the internet. On Sunday I went to the pub - I got a taxi home using hailo - a smartphone app. On Monday for my hangover I ordered takeaway online and came to boards.ie to get me through the day!

I think I'll keep my internet for now!

That is a good point - were carrying out the activities more enjoyable than being online ?

You are using it to facilitate real life experiences - that is a positive use of it.

I'm asking , for the majority does it reduce those experiences ?

I've been using the internet since I was about 11 or so. I'm 27 now, so that's 16 years of being online and I haven't got bored yet - I mean, how could you?! It's ever evolving, with so many new things coming about, and it's the biggest library ever created.

the_syco

Have you seen Two Girls One Cup yet?

=-=

I've gotten a few jobs through the internet, and made friends with people I've met on the internet, so its what you make of it.

FixdePitchmark

the_syco wrote: »

Have you seen Two Girls One Cup yet?

=-=

I've gotten a few jobs through the internet, and made friends with people I've met on the internet, so its what you make of it.

No thanks.

People got jobs before the internet - it just changed the way people got jobs. Not exactly life changing.

bbam

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

No thanks.

People got jobs before the internet - it just changed the way people got jobs. Not exactly life changing.

I'm not exactly sure how much of life you'd experienced per-Internet but it indeed has changed our lives, mostly for the better. I'm not saying we couldn't live without it, but used positively it is a wonderful assed to modern life.
I can check my bank balance and pay bills outside bank hours, I can easily communicate with friends across the globe practically instantly. Two simple examples but things unheard of to ordinary people when I left college.

the_monkey

it certainly gets old when you are bored at work !!!!


edit - but I am never bored at work (luckily) .... well sooometimes ...

batistuta9

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

That is it batistuta - it is very repetitive.

This is a human trait i think

i'd say most peoples internet use is something like this, not ordered:

check emails
boards - since were here :pac: /other forums/reddit
facebook/twitter/other social media site
youtube
news sites: current events/technological/whatever
their interests or hobbies - sport teams, etc.
games

with out repetitiveness there wouldn't be popular sites on the internet, these sites or whatever site actually have benefits but do people spend time on them they probably could do without - i'd say yes

the internet is a bit like TV was accused of being, sometimes people will be/stay online for the sake of being online, like watching something on TV that you've no real interest in

just cut down on your use of the internet

Grayson

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

No thanks.

People got jobs before the internet - it just changed the way people got jobs. Not exactly life changing.

Not me. Well, not for a while. I work for big web company. So go buy stuff. keep me in a job.