Comments on: There Is No More Internet

By: ophelia_chong

ophelia_chong — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:54:13 +0000

Gmail and MacMail both went down for a few hours today. The twitter boards went crazy with :
• sarabozich @EdGrohl I was so relieved Gmail was down. I thought my employer decided to block it on my berry.

• cinevegas Gmail going kaput reminds me of the great Twitter outage of 08...oh wait...

• paulvalach @evo_terra I heard gmail was down...but was busy with other crapola.. found out on Seesmic actually.. go figure

• paulvalach @evo_terra I heard gmail was down...but was busy with other crapola.. found out on Seesmic actually.. go figure

• Google Search: Results 1 - 10 of about 1,250,000 for gmail down

It even made Gawker, HuffingtonPost, TechCrunch and other sites.

This was a small taste of what would happen if there was a total blackout of the internet.

By: ophelia_chong

ophelia_chong — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:03:25 +0000

It would be an interesting exercise to come up with what we can do without. There are the simple things, carbs, stationary bikes, but what about the items we use on a daily basis? Cars? We could probably give up Newspapers, which a few years ago would've been Heresay to even whisper, but now, the papers are struggling to stay above water.

By: ophelia_chong

ophelia_chong — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:15:53 +0000

If there was no internet, someone would have to create flashcards of textor, so that we could communicate face to face. I would hold up a “LOL” to your “ROFL” card . ;O)

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:45:41 +0000

I can't Imagine what the world would be without internet. Your're so funny A.F.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:28:05 +0000

LOL! Yes, life would be a bit different.

By: A.F.

A.F. — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:40:40 +0000

I would just enjoy watching the whole world without Internet. The lithic age… That's so wonderful, isn't it?

Ok, don't kill me. It was just a joke.

By: ophelia_chong

ophelia_chong — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:47:34 +0000

I have my own little garden. It manages to feed us with tomatoes, peaches, avocados, oranges, figs and lettuce. Now if we went back to the days of canning for the winter, I would be spending my time to store food for the scarce times. And get some chickens too for the eggs. We would be self-sufficient. The community aspect comes into play as well, barter, trade and help in scarce times.

It could be something big and worldwide.

thanks for the comment. :O)

By: Maggy Young

Maggy Young — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:55:01 +0000

We'd just have to remember all the things we did before it. At the same time we could end those harmful motor emissions by going back to the horse & cart. And sea states must have masses of caves which could be lived in to ease the mortgage crisis. And the government could sell them on to help reduce its deficit. We could take up hunting & fishing & growing in a big way & have fresh organic food & who needs Walmart. And we'd have so few needs we'd hardly need to work anymore. This could be the start of something big.

By: ophelia_chong

ophelia_chong — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:27:24 +0000

that's hilarious about the Whale. We would have to rely on our memories for conversations, and we wouldn't be able to cut out when we wanted to without being impolite.

All the music companies would be rejoicing, along with the newspapers. Independent Book stores would start popping up all over.

But I bet Zip drives would still stay in the land of the Dead.

:O)

By: Alex -S-

Alex -S- — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 20:02:18 +0000

i'd have to start buying CD's again?

Oh – and conversations would end abruptly mid sentence as the person you were talking to raised a drawing of a whale being raised out of water