when did the internet start to suck?
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Topic: when did the internet start to suck?
Posted By: laplace
Subject: when did the internet start to suck?
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 06:49
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Well? I'll vote in a while. do think before you vote ;P ------------- FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL |
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 06:58
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The only thing that affects me from your list is the "marketplace" thing so that's what I voted, but I guess it's all for the better despite it being so annoying. Otherwise, I never used AOL, Napster and any of the things you mentioned; except for Myspace, which is something good but populated with too many idiots and spammers. However I like my own Myspace.
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 07:26
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I don't think it does "suck"....... however I voted "something else" , so I will explain!
For me the thing that sucks about the internet is that it can be like techie diarrhoea....... the technology is pouring out so incredibly fast that folk don't seem to have paused for thought, they just keep on and on....What I mean is, that because a] the technology is available and b] one pays their monthly broadband subscription, so many people thik that it entitles them to what ever they darn well please, and the "need/feed/greed" is taking over. There are so many amazingly great things about the internet, but the thoughtless greed that it motivates amongst many is, in my view the worst aspect entirely. P-C x |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 07:28
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^when I added the Napster option I was thinking specifically of you ;P
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 07:54
| The Internet started to suck as soon as the corporate suits got their mits on it. As soon as it was viewed as a vehicle to make money the beauty of the Internet bcamed skewed. The suits turned it over to the marketing departments and Web 2.0 was born with useless blogs and RSSs. Other things that add to this unpleasant experience: spam, viruses and popup ( and not popup) advertising. |
Posted By: fungusucantkill
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 18:43
this poll  -------------  
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Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 18:48
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yes ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:11
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You do realise that after midnight at weekends (PST) the internet really does suck. There's this little tiny switch at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/687/hq.html - Cisco HQ in San Jose, (called the Cisco Worldwide Contacts), much like this one: javascript:executeByAddingQuery%28name=SiteStandard&forwardingPage=line&R=2662206,%20searchBrowseAction%20%29;">  ------------- What? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:14
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easy..... when people thought of putting porn on the internet... just think how many old time proggers than otherwise might be here posting are instead sitting in front of their computer watching girls young enough to be their daughters do things... that I couldn't even participating in  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:15
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micky wrote:Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:15
Are you saying they can't multitask, Micky?   Firefox's tabbed browsing feature is very useful. -------------   
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:18
very .....very bad mental picture... and I have no one to blame but myself ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:31
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It's not that hard to type with one hand, although it's distracting.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:33
Some can probably even type no-handed...  -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:34
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I wouldn't recommend it, it gets your computer dirty.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:35
So right off the bat, then? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:37
yeah really ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:37
What, typing with your toes? -------------
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:38
Ah, but it would have been pixelated porn, or ASCII porn back then... not very exciting. -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:40
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:41
hahhahha....  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:43
some of that ASCII pron was quite good and must have taken ages to type, though anyone with that much time on their hands probably hasn't found anything better to do ... hang on, there must be a joke in there somewhere about porn, time & hands, I'll think this one through more slowly and get back to you...  ------------- What? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:45
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I hope that OP will forgive me for turning his thread into a discourse about internet porn
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:47
Well you do seem to know a lot about the subject. Is there something you're not telling us (or Raff for that matter)? -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 19:49
hahhaha... oh really.... only what I read Micky has no time for that crap... trust me ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 22:23
When humans started using it, I imagine....
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Posted By: heyitsthatguy
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 22:32
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ll ll II II :[ * c] because of ASCII shoop da whoop that's why ------------- 
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 10 2007 at 22:36
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I think once the internet because fad central (be it Myspace, various game sites taht every kid has to go on) and another outlet for corporate omnipresence, it was t3h sux. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: September 11 2007 at 03:48
Now, could you kindly explain to me what you mean by that? What are you supposed to be participating in?   MEN!!!!! |
Posted By: Gog/Magog
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 08:29
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When people started participating in Internet Forums...Jesus these people are sad! -------------  |
Posted By: Mikerinos
Date Posted: September 13 2007 at 23:36
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Like many things (television, movies, music, etc.), only a fraction of the internet doesn't suck. These days, I basically only go on music sites, online shops for music and sometimes books or other things, and random information sites such as wikipedia. And I lied, all television sucks. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 14:23
What, there's internet outside of PA? Anyway, the time it started to be perceived as a marketplace. Nowadays it's hard to find real information without either having to pay or running into a bunch of crap written just so that you'll look at the ads surrounding it. Anyway, Maddox puts it rather well: "The information superhighway MY ASS. Worthless ad bullsh*t is more like it. That's what they should have named the internet: "Worthless ad bullsh*t that nobody needs." One big marketing machine to brainwash us into buying MORE sh*t WE DON'T NEED." http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banners - http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=banners ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 15:42
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The internet is still neato, but everyday Myspace and Facebook bring us one step closer to living in the Matrix.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 14 2007 at 18:54
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As soon as Facebook and Myspace became cam-whore haven. |
Posted By: cuncuna
Date Posted: September 22 2007 at 00:24
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if the internet is sucking now, most members here will spent their whole lives on it... ... ------------- ¡Beware of the Bee! |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: September 22 2007 at 12:56
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Everything initially cool on the internet eventually becomes to streamlined and starts to suck. LOLcats make me happy, so they're not the problem. Cuteoverload.com speaks in the LOLcats-speak all the time, though, and it's very annoying. The cute animals make up for it, though. L33tspeak isn't as big a problem as it was a year ago. Blogs are somewhat annoying if they're only nobodies giving their opinions.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: September 22 2007 at 13:08
Wow, easy there, you're insulting the Doctor's religion. |