Youth 'cannot live' without web

Snooze

boyse7en wrote: »

Ah, that brings back memories of lost weekends typing a version of Space Invaders, or similar, into my ZX Spectrum using the rubber keyboard – then spending hours going back through a couple of hundred lines of code looking for the error that stopped it working properly.
Even if you shelled out your pocket money on a commercial game, it came on a cassette and was a bit of a hit and miss affair as to whether it would load. I had three different cassette players (all secondhand) that I used to swap between to try and get them to work.


Those were the days. You really had to work for your fun back then.

:rotfl: so true.

Used to have an Acorn Electron :eek: myself and I got really mad when I couldn't get Yie Ar Kung-Fu to load. It always failed to load at 4F on the tape and needed to be reversed back a couple of seconds to have another go. :mad:

Dunno what I'd do if the net suddenly ceased to exist now. Not only would be I companyless and jobless (business is E-commerce) but would also be hobbyless as well. I spend on average 12 hours a day online through work and pleasure.

R

fc123

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

Exactly, I am forever opening a new browser tab and finding something out. Recipes, films, shopping, books, news, banking, and yesterday it was laundry symbols. Any time I want to know anything, I just google it.

I can't really imagine where people got their information from in the past. How else can you see what hand blenders are out there, read tons of reviews so that you know which one to choose and then find the cheapest place that sells it? All in under an hour. It would take a full day if you had to go round all the shops in real life.

The downside can be too much information though.....which can paralyse one when trying to make a decision.

My (now deceased) grandmother used to marvel at modern contraception esp the pill. Hoever, she also acknowledged it made the 'When shall we have a baby?'' Q much harder as babaies used to just come along as and when. She said having the ability to actually choose when to start a family made it harder to make the choice.

I am glad I had a whole chunk of life sans internet as, sometimes, you just have to get on and and decide something even though one could research and have angst about a particular choice forever and ever.

For me, the internet is the worst procrastination tool ever and I use a lot of self discipline to not wander around and get distracted when working online....esp when working at something that is dull or tedious....but essential.

Snooze

fc123 wrote: »

The downside can be too much information though.....which can paralyse one when trying to make a decision.

Very true. Had reason to do a bunch of research last year on the (Dr.) Atkins diet. There are about 1,000,000 sources that tell you it's safe if you do it properly, backed up by all sorts of reports by leading doctors and nutritionists, but then further searching reveals there are also 1,000,000 that tell you it will kill you, also backed up with reports by a different bunch of leading doctors and nutritionists. :rolleyes: Umpteen hours of reading later I was no further ahead in deciding what to do. :cool:

Same 'over-information' problem can be applied to our very own board here - is the HPC over and we are genuinely recovering or is it all BS and it's only just beginning? Do enough research on either and you'll find no shortage of perfectly plausible stories to back up either 'camp', as can be witnessed by the daily postings on this board. Doesn't mean any of them are right though. :cool:

R

fc123

Snooze wrote: »

Very true. Had reason to do a bunch of research last year on the (Dr.) Atkins diet. There are about 1,000,000 sources that tell you it's safe if you do it properly, backed up by all sorts of reports by leading doctors and nutritionists, but then further searching reveals there are also 1,000,000 that tell you it will kill you, also backed up with reports by a different bunch of leading doctors and nutritionists. :rolleyes: Umpteen hours of reading later I was no further ahead in deciding what to do. :cool:

Same 'over-information' problem can be applied to our very own board here - is the HPC over and we are genuinely recovering or is it all BS and it's only just beginning? Do enough research on either and you'll find no shortage of perfectly plausible stories to back up either 'camp', as can be witnessed by the daily postings on this board. Doesn't mean any of them are right though. :cool:

R

Didn't a poster on this board say you would eventually starve to death as the muscles ''ate'' each other up? Something to do with a tribe that just ate rabbits and starved to death.

mewbie_2

Snooze wrote: »

Doesn't mean any of them are right though. :cool:

R

However you can only read me on here Snooze. I am not syndicated.

kennyboy66_2

fc123 wrote: »

Didn't a poster on this board say you would eventually starve to death as the muscles ''ate'' each other up? Something to do with a tribe that just ate rabbits and starved to death.

"Rabbit starvation" was known in North American Indians and settlers when they could not get sufficient fat.

The human liver can only work fast enough to convert lean protein to glucose at the rate of about 1600 calories a day (this is roughly equivalent to the metabolic rate of a bed ridden person).

I would guess the Atkins dieter would be driven to consume fat (or carbs) before he got seriously ill.

tomstickland

I'm 36 and the internet is a central part of my life. I do have a real life too, but facebook, mse, newspaper sites, youtube, msn messenger are all there for a nightly browse.

Capistan

jamespir wrote: »

so how do they fit in time to burn cars get drunk and hang outside spar

Never heard on internet on your mobile???

StevieJ

SingleSue wrote: »

My friend had one of those where you needed the cassette machine...think I went around there once and we gave up trying to get the blooming thing to work in the end!

Apart from that, my first home experience of the internet was on my ex husbands games machine (not sure which one now but it was the first one to offer it, this was prior to 2002 - might have been the Dreamcast), then our own home computer in 2002.

I did use a computer way back in 1987 at work, big old thing with huge boxes underneath the desk, so big my feet and legs couldn't fit under and green typing on a black screen (I think, memory is a bit hazy about it), which required a good kick every now and again when it got stuck.

I first used PC at work in 87 or before, we all had to share, my first access at home was a Dreamcast, Penny a minute, used to add up :eek:

LittleMissAspie

kennyboy66 wrote: »

"Rabbit starvation" was known in North American Indians and settlers when they could not get sufficient fat.

The human liver can only work fast enough to convert lean protein to glucose at the rate of about 1600 calories a day (this is roughly equivalent to the metabolic rate of a bed ridden person).

I would guess the Atkins dieter would be driven to consume fat (or carbs) before he got seriously ill.

Sorry to be off topic but Atkins is high fat, medium protein and low carb

Back on topic, I don't really find the huge amounts of information a problem, despite being a generally indecisive person. I settled on the blender pretty quickly. I am the type of person who wants to see all the choices before I decide, otherwise I am always left wondering whether there was something better out there.

I do find forums a problem sometimes, I've got to get off here and go do my housework!