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Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 8:27 am
by Rafa
Araban wrote:One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.
I've finished reading a book lately called "The Secret of Shambhala" by james redfield and it kept me thinking about what you have mentioned, and it would be a hell of an life experience.
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:02 pm
by mdobbins
Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:15 pm
by Marcus
mdobbins wrote:Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.
That isn't a computer keyboard or mouse.
Personally, I get pretty sick of the computer after a 9 hour day of work (usually).
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Mon May 03, 2010 12:31 pm
by ChradH
redponey wrote:Well, I may not be as grumpy and/or old as some, but I do remember life without the internet or even AOL, Compuserve, or private bulletin boards. I also remember television with no cable and only 3 channels to pick from, no cell phones, no personal computers, and no home gaming systems. I even had a paper route to deliver those dying things called "newspapers".
Me too... I also remember when a classmate showed off his new programmable TI pocket calculator with a memory of 32 program steps. That was the first programmable device I ever held in my hands.
redponey wrote:I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.
Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Tue May 04, 2010 4:45 am
by Fedya
mdobbins wrote:Physical reality, what a concept. Reach out and touch something.
Here's a
blast from the past for the American members.
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Fri May 07, 2010 7:10 pm
by Joaz Banbeck
Araban wrote:One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.
When you do that, please post a review in the travel thread.
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Sat May 08, 2010 1:01 pm
by karaklis
ChradH wrote:redponey wrote:I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.
Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?
I don't want to be nitpicking, but this looks rather like a "conditional". I remember my English class some 25-30 years ago when I had to learn the "if-clauses"....
"I could do without, if I wanted to".
I hated English class
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 7:22 am
by POGO
if my net were to go down for two years, my soul would die
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 2:45 pm
by Harleqin
Joaz Banbeck wrote:Araban wrote:One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.
When you do that, please post a review in the travel thread.
sequitur...
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Sun May 09, 2010 2:58 pm
by ChradH
karaklis wrote:ChradH wrote:redponey wrote:I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.
Of course. You're using "can" in the past tense there, right?
I don't want to be nitpicking, but this looks rather like a "conditional". I remember my English class some 25-30 years ago when I had to learn the "if-clauses"....
"I could do without, if I wanted to".
Um, while it
could be a conditional, it could equally well be
intentionally misinterpreted as past tense, like in
"
I could do without the internet, because it had not been invented" then. OK, I think this has killed the intended joke for good.
karaklis wrote:I hated English class
Well, I didn't
Re: Life without the internet....
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 1:33 pm
by Stefany93
Jordus wrote:So my internet was down for last two hours....
I felt like I was on the verge of hyperventilating....internet addiction?
Glee filled my heart when the internet began working again....
I shall put these thoughts behind me until the next time I may lose my virtual life line....
Awwww, without Internet the life in Earth will die.