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Posted:
This is just a random thought that i had the other day, what if... but i thought i'd post it on an internet forum, because actually the thought that i had was:
what if the whole of the internet got deleted?
i mean, how much irreversible damage could it do? and wouldn't it be kind of nice to clear out a lot of junk and start again from the beginning with only useful websites, and not hundreds of duplicates of similar sites... a bit of spring cleaning never did anyone any harm...
so anyone else got anything they'd like to get off their chest?
This is just a random thought that i had the other day, what if... but i thought i'd post it on an internet forum, because actually the thought that i had was:
what if the whole of the internet got deleted?
i mean, how much irreversible damage could it do? and wouldn't it be kind of nice to clear out a lot of junk and start again from the beginning with only useful websites, and not hundreds of duplicates of similar sites... a bit of spring cleaning never did anyone any harm...
so anyone else got anything they'd like to get off their chest?
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Watching the Sky
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Posted:
true, it be true! although instead of starting it again we'd probably go out and get lives because we've bocome so dependant of it
like so!
but since were getting stuff off our chests aswell............
me and one of me housemates were talking about how much money would happily get us through life and agreed on about £500,000..............................then on tv was COLEEN who had just bought a pair of earings for that exact amount of money!
(sorry to be totally out of subject)
i needed that rant
true, it be true! although instead of starting it again we'd probably go out and get lives because we've bocome so dependant of it
like so!but since were getting stuff off our chests aswell............
me and one of me housemates were talking about how much money would happily get us through life and agreed on about £500,000..............................then on tv was COLEEN who had just bought a pair of earings for that exact amount of money!
(sorry to be totally out of subject)
i needed that rant
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
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Posted:
I think financially it would be a global disaster. So many businesses run their entire operations via the internet, ordering, order processing, data storage, multi-site communications, web based programms calculating requirements and placing the orders themselves etc etc etc. Most major businesses would face severe losses if it all just dissapeared.
As for whether that's actually a bad thing is a whole other discussion
I think financially it would be a global disaster. So many businesses run their entire operations via the internet, ordering, order processing, data storage, multi-site communications, web based programms calculating requirements and placing the orders themselves etc etc etc. Most major businesses would face severe losses if it all just dissapeared.
As for whether that's actually a bad thing is a whole other discussion
Let's relight this forum 
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Posted:
£500,000????
Dudes, a house costs over £100,000. Not sure how you plan to live 80+ years with only half a million. I read some article the other day that said the cost of raising a kid to 18 was about the same... So 2 kids and a house will take 3/5ths of your money... Never mind your wife 
I want to rant about crappy christmas music, and how it consists of the same 30 songs mutilated in different ways, half of them from the 70s anyway. I hate Christmas music. Hate Hate Hate. Grrrr. Gives me a sodding headache.
I would say something philosphical, but I'm far far too tired. (And I have a headache )
£500,000????
Dudes, a house costs over £100,000. Not sure how you plan to live 80+ years with only half a million. I read some article the other day that said the cost of raising a kid to 18 was about the same... So 2 kids and a house will take 3/5ths of your money... Never mind your wife
I want to rant about crappy christmas music, and how it consists of the same 30 songs mutilated in different ways, half of them from the 70s anyway. I hate Christmas music. Hate Hate Hate. Grrrr. Gives me a sodding headache.
I would say something philosphical, but I'm far far too tired. (And I have a headache
) After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Watching the Sky
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Posted:
ahem......................husband, 
, hehehe!
anyway wed still have jobs and stuff.
Written by: Sethis
So 2 kids and a house will take 3/5ths of your money... Never mind your wife
ahem......................husband
, , hehehe!anyway wed still have jobs and stuff.
I jumped into the river, what did i see?
Black-eyed angels swam with me.
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Posted:
I honestly don't think I could cope...
Put it this way: If I could hook the internet to my veins, I would.
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1134344146)
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what if the whole of the internet got deleted?
I honestly don't think I could cope...
Put it this way: If I could hook the internet to my veins, I would.
EDITED_BY: Fine_Rabid_Dog (1134344146)
The existance of flamethrowers says that someone, somewhere, at sometime said "I need to set that thing on fire, but it's too far away."
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Posted:
As, no more internet?
Or clear everything away, start again?
If it was start again I don't think it would make that much difference. Particularly were money's concered people get up and running again pretty quick
As, no more internet?
Or clear everything away, start again?
If it was start again I don't think it would make that much difference. Particularly were money's concered people get up and running again pretty quick
Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand and I can beat the world into submission.
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Well if it ever happens, I will do what I should have done years ago: create Google.
Well if it ever happens, I will do what I should have done years ago: create Google.
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All the bunnies would cry "Curtain rods!"
All the bunnies would cry "Curtain rods!"
-James
"How do you know if you're happy or sad without a mask? Or angry? Or ready for dessert?"
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Posted:
If the internet went down and the contents wiped, wouldn't a truckload of important data go down the tube? Like financial info, stock markets, police records and stuff?
If the internet went down and the contents wiped, wouldn't a truckload of important data go down the tube? Like financial info, stock markets, police records and stuff?
After much consideration, I find that the view is worth the asphyxiation.
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Posted:
Nope.
All that stuff is stored on secure intranets and while some of it may be accessible on the internet only the ability to view it would be lost, not the actual data.
Written by: Sethis
If the internet went down and the contents wiped, wouldn't a truckload of important data go down the tube? Like financial info, stock markets, police records and stuff?
Nope.
All that stuff is stored on secure intranets and while some of it may be accessible on the internet only the ability to view it would be lost, not the actual data. SILVER Member
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Posted:
yeah, but what about the alternative. what about a worm so devistating that it physically blows out your physically connected data stores, fries your network cards firmware, and eventually destroys every bit of data connected to or able to go through any local network.
mankind survived for hundreds of thousands of years without internets. some people with only virtual skills would have a harsh reality shock for a few months, but i don't think much would siginificantly change... except my cell phone usage. lol. which would in turn spur much faster adoption and more competition in cell phone internet-like communication. i already get free in network calling and text. all i need is a text message store not on my handset and a way to view phone blogs and i'll be good to go. lets kill the internet right now!
-- dut
yeah, but what about the alternative. what about a worm so devistating that it physically blows out your physically connected data stores, fries your network cards firmware, and eventually destroys every bit of data connected to or able to go through any local network.
mankind survived for hundreds of thousands of years without internets. some people with only virtual skills would have a harsh reality shock for a few months, but i don't think much would siginificantly change... except my cell phone usage. lol. which would in turn spur much faster adoption and more competition in cell phone internet-like communication. i already get free in network calling and text. all i need is a text message store not on my handset and a way to view phone blogs and i'll be good to go. lets kill the internet right now!
-- dut
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hehehe, nice. i didn't really think about the online business thing, i suppose they would be affected, but since everything on the internet was mainly created just in the last twenty years or so, it's not like the whole of information would be wiped out.... there's still books.... and going on the relative ages of internet users, a substantial proportion of them are probably still alive and can put stuff back on........
and i was imagining more a situation where the internet is actually still there but completely blank rather than devastating computer worm.... because presumably it would involve wiping out a significant proportion of the world population at the same time to get rid of it completely - i mean someone out there knows how to set it up again if it did disappear....
but presumably all email addresses and domains would be wiped and up for grabs, so i guess if you were quick you could get to google.... i'll have ebay
hehehe, nice. i didn't really think about the online business thing, i suppose they would be affected, but since everything on the internet was mainly created just in the last twenty years or so, it's not like the whole of information would be wiped out.... there's still books.... and going on the relative ages of internet users, a substantial proportion of them are probably still alive and can put stuff back on........
and i was imagining more a situation where the internet is actually still there but completely blank rather than devastating computer worm.... because presumably it would involve wiping out a significant proportion of the world population at the same time to get rid of it completely - i mean someone out there knows how to set it up again if it did disappear....
but presumably all email addresses and domains would be wiped and up for grabs, so i guess if you were quick you could get to google.... i'll have ebay
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