Can you live without the internet ?

[Halcyon]

So how long can you live without the Internet ?
I'm going away for a few weeks and I'm going to be without internet access. Its in a remote village in the mountains and its like going back in time to the stone age.
I am going to HAVE TO find some net acess somewhere in some ridiculously overpriced internet cafÃÃâ€*’© somwhere 50 miles away to access the net, as I think I will go insane without a PC.

So, can you live without it ?

[Paul K]

Live without the internet? Err Not a reallistic option at the moment since it's how I contact my better half.
If I were living with her then I think I could survive for a while since we spend a lot of time away from the PC when we are together.
When on holiday in Orlando in 2002 I must admit I logged onto a PAYG terminal to send a holiday message to friends on another forum. Only did it the once and then I was Offline for 2 weeks

[kronas]

i have only been online since 2000/2001 and i must say i could not really live without it, the resourcefulness of the internet is unmatched in the real world, it opens up a new road of information, shopping, creating new freinds and relationships, it can be a helpful network for a variety of things....

not to mention keeping in touch with loved ones

[ZrByte]

I think I could, though I can't immagine any reason why I would go somewhere where I couldnt get access.
I used a computer recently without any form of network or internet connection, it was like a totally different machine, instead of bright and interesting like my computer, this seemed very dull & boring, I guess if it wasnt for the internet I wouldnt be as interested in computers as I am now.

[Bex]

i use the internet to keep my fella entertained while he is at work..... plus since i do not see him every day it is another way we have of keeping in touch,
when i was at uni i used the net a lot to keep in contact with friends and family back home, and now i use it to stay in contact with my uni friends....

sometimes i only spend ten minutes on the pc, others i spend a lot of time

[Chimaera]

No!!
I'm on the net for too much - not only for keeping in touch with people but researching stuff for work - and it's so much better than dragging round the shops looking for things!
I think I'd get withdrawal symptoms if I had to give it up!

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Bex

i use the internet to keep my fella entertained while he is at work..... plus since i do not see him every day it is another way we have of keeping in touch,
when i was at uni i used the net a lot to keep in contact with friends and family back home, and now i use it to stay in contact with my uni friends....

sometimes i only spend ten minutes on the pc, others i spend a lot of time

now i wouldnt possibly ask how you keep him entertained , would i ..................

sorry bex

The net is part of my job since I run a number of websites for work, as well as servers for Digiguide.

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

now i wouldnt possibly ask how you keep him entertained , would i ..................

....perhaps there is a webcam involved

[Halcyon]

I think I've used the net for many things:

- Chatting to Uni friends.
- Keeping contact with family abroad and doing cam and microphone conversations. Cheaper than calling on the phone.
- Buying CD's, DVD's, Gamecube games, Clothes, Electronic equipment, etc.
- Finding out information about places, booking holidays.

Its a great tool and also a great way to keep in contact with friends.
I'd be lost without it.

[paulyoung666]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

....perhaps there is a webcam involved

no no no , surely not

[Graham F]

Yes i could quite happily live without the internet its just a case of breaking the habbit of going online once you have done that a long as you replace it with something else then you will not miss it

although i do acknowledge it is a very good way of keeping in touch with people and even making new friends as I have done on here!!

[dilli-theclaw]

I'm going away for a week in about a fortnight - I have no idea how I'm gonna cope

[iadom]

The definative answer is almost certainly "Yes I could live without the internet" the real question is would I want to.

ok......... here goes.....

My name's kink

And....... I'm an Internetolic

Thanks to my job i'm on it most of the day.......... and then i rush home to get back on it.....

While it's an incredible source of information and misinformation, educational and yet capable of misleading, a cheap form of communication and even socialising...... i believe that it makes us lazy and to a certain extent unsociable - this is still taking into account making friendships (if that's what they are) via the internet.
At the same time..... for those people that are incapacitated, socially or geographically challenged....... it's an incredible world........ i just hope i don't end up living here

There is a program/game Second Life that allows you to do just that....... have a second life online.......
How long will it be before we can become human peripherals and live online via usb?

Bit scary..... but it's a Brave New World.