the internet has drastically changed since i last posted here in 2005. the role of the internet as a source of information and communication has intensified because of the increasing popularity of social networking sites and open-sourced databases such as wikipedia and urban dictionary.

take for example wikipedia. it has become the "go-to" source for younger people who want to know something as soon as possible. its friendly interface and intuitive design offer much more than the average set of encyclopedia books or county libraries.

and youtube has now exerted an undeniable hold on information to the point where studios and record companies now sponsor videos in order to boost revenue and exposure. they don't fight the technology, they embrace it -- to a point.

my question to all of you is,

how do you feel about this? is the internet yet to reach its capability or has it plateaued as a network overall? I feel like it has plateaued for western nations. But there are plenty of developing nations that have yet to experience the readiness of information available on the Internet. The 'second mouse getting the cheese' is something we should all be thinking about.

i am still making my mind up about the internet. i guess you could say i'm "on the fence." the internet offers so much.. but it can take away so much as well. i miss the days when i could just go outside and fly a kite in a big big yard and watch butterflies hatch from cocoons. the sound of a bubbling creek and the tire swing creaking on a huge branch on an oak tree will never be matched by youtube content or wikipedia articles, if you ask me

so what are your thoughts? You can still go out and fly a kite. Be the master of your domain. (pun intended)

I like the internet ^_^

I don't like internet creepers >_<

and what is an "internet creeper"?

in a sense it has hit a plateau (in the "oh wow it's the 'new big thing'", but there will always be something new to come along, although less "groundbreaking". eventually most transactions will be completed "online". sure you'll still have grocery stores and the like, but eventually a majority of commerce will take place online and there will be no real need for physical media eventually. even television shows will be available on demand from a streaming internet source eventually as opposed to being on a "live broadcast". keep in mind i'm talking about the somewhat distant future here, but eventually a majority of our technological needs (such as television, radio, etc) will take place completely online. (or via a satellite connection). there will be no more analog for anything

guys who make threads about getting to see tits

lol, you might as well have put that on a tee for me

yes. well i wasn't asking you.

Mohammed Goldstein

take for example wikipedia. it has become the "go-to" source for younger people who want to know something as soon as possible.

Mickey "Two Tone" Schultz,

i want to know your thoughts relating to my original post. You seem to have a good handle on the internet and how to use it.

Love,

Mohammed Goldstein

thank you px. this is the kind of discussion i was hoping for.

in regards to your first response, how should the internet be managed, if at all? now i don't know anything about 'net neutrality' but should we (the richer, developed nations) charged lesser nations for access to the internet like a global internet service provider? i don't think this is necessarily the right choice but i feel like we as americans need to consider this because it will help us and hurt nearly everybody else. I'm not up on net neutrality either. I'm studying the technical aspect of networks currently and haven't yet delved into the politics of it all yet. But I do know Russia, China, and Iran, (and their allies) are challenging the perceived US dominion over the currently available IP addresses. I think if push comes to shove, then the US has every right to flex their rights as the "inventor" of what we know today as the Internet. Frankly it scares me to imagine the US losing a lot of future opportunity because we don't mind our store, so to speak. WE NEED THIS STORE more than ever now. We can be fair though too, at the same time. Because in order to make money you have to spend money, and when telecom spends money they put people into jobs.

in regards to your second response, i haven't flown a kite since i was growing up on a military base in Germany. my grandfather, the captain, would take me out every saturday and fly it with me. since he died, i haven't had the heart to fly one. it reminds me too much of him and i can't bear the thought.

you would think i am used to loss as the son of a military family, but i am not. i am glad the internet could allow me to share this grief i have carried with me for my entire life. i'm afraid it will never change. You grew up on a military base in Germany huh? Cool. Sorry about your grandfather. But maybe that would be a good activity for you to remember him by. Once in awhile go fly a kite and recall those good memories while doing so.


I have a military family background too.

i know you werent, but i saw an opportunity to make a joke and jumped on it like it was a drunk woman looking for cock

very good points. does this mean that where there are now entertainment retailers and banks, there will soon be something else taking its place? i mean in a physical sense. where will the banks and retailers go once their physical, in-person services are no longer needed? will we have a wasteland of unoccupied office buildings and abandoned developments? this reminds me of Detroit, Michigan. when my ex-girlfriend lost her job at Ford two years ago, we were driving out of the town and felt kind of... relieved.. the whole place looked so desolute and we made a promise to our families and god himself that we woudl never go back to that city. the entire landscape looked as if it had been carpet-bombed and swept aside by a vengeful god.

very good points. does this mean that where there are now entertainment retailers and banks, there will soon be something else taking its place? i mean in a physical sense. where will the banks and retailers go once their physical, in-person services are no longer needed? will we have a wasteland of unoccupied office buildings and abandoned developments? this reminds me of Detroit, Michigan. when my ex-girlfriend lost her job at Ford two years ago, we were driving out of the town and felt kind of... relieved.. the whole place looked so desolute and we made a promise to our families and god himself that we woudl never go back to that city. the entire landscape looked as if it had been carpet-bombed and swept aside by a vengeful god.

well, there will still need to be some buildings for a minimal ammount of employees, but yeah i think by and large as the need for physical transactions declines there will be less and less buildings that are used and yeah they'll probably sit there empty. for example, a lot of employers, mine included, are requiring you to get direct deposit. if you refuse they send you a bank card for you to have and every week your check is deposited onto that account. eventually there will be no more physical "money" and everything will be electronic. this is just one example, but yeah to answer your question there will probably be houses and there will be some stores such as gas stations and convenience stores and POSSIBLY a few grocery stores, but the rest will be empty commercial buildings. a majority of grocery stores will go out business in the ong run, depending on how many people turn to e-commerce.