Comments on: CyberNotes: Life Before the Internet was like… http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 18:45:09 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Herb http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-150340 Herb Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:30:47 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-150340 Remember when being "out" was truely being out!? It's sad that we are reachable at every second of the day. To me, life before the Internet was true Freedom. Sadly, it's gone forever. Remember when being “out” was truely being out!? It’s sad that we are reachable at every second of the day.

To me, life before the Internet was true Freedom. Sadly, it’s gone forever.

]]> By: thegayestgoth http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-148229 thegayestgoth Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:29:42 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-148229 and they are still much needed. everyone doesn't have a cell phone. and the calls don't need to be 50 cents, they ned to be a nickle because the average person who needs to use a payphone doesn't have fifty cents to begin with. and they are still much needed. everyone doesn’t have a cell phone. and the calls don’t need to be 50 cents, they ned to be a nickle because the average person who needs to use a payphone doesn’t have fifty cents to begin with.

]]> By: thegayestgoth http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-148228 thegayestgoth Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:28:03 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-148228 duuuuude payphones were the BOMB!!!!! :lol: duuuuude payphones were the BOMB!!!!! :lol:

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136605 Change Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:18:53 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136605 Plus we can deal with more complicated things due to technology, and develop faster. I too get what you're saying, but I'm not sure yet if it's a bad development. It will have been if all that technology will once disappear, because we'd have to start from scratch again, more or less :P Plus we can deal with more complicated things due to technology, and develop faster. I too get what you’re saying, but I’m not sure yet if it’s a bad development. It will have been if all that technology will once disappear, because we’d have to start from scratch again, more or less :P

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136592 Ashley Tue, 29 Apr 2008 00:49:18 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136592 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136477" rel="nofollow">Transcontinental wrote:</a><blockquote> Otherwise, Hemingway did write his novels with paper and a pencil, and who is (remains) able to extract a square root without a calculator ? The risk is in developing the intelligence of the user, and the brain laziness it may lead to.</blockquote></div> I see what you're saying here, that sometimes we don't use our brains as much as we should/could because of the technology that's around us like calculators. However, on the other hand, think about how much information we have access to and how much we're able to learn because of technology. I believe for myself at least, that my brain is full of more knowledge today because of browsing the Internet and sites like Wikipedia, National Geographic, and even Google Maps, than it would be if technology didn't exist. Of course there's also software that we have access to that broadens our knowledge as well. We may use our brains less for some things, but we use them more for other things, so it all balances out. Transcontinental wrote:
Otherwise, Hemingway did write his novels with paper and a pencil, and who is (remains) able to extract a square root without a calculator ?

The risk is in developing the intelligence of the user, and the brain laziness it may lead to.

I see what you’re saying here, that sometimes we don’t use our brains as much as we should/could because of the technology that’s around us like calculators. However, on the other hand, think about how much information we have access to and how much we’re able to learn because of technology. I believe for myself at least, that my brain is full of more knowledge today because of browsing the Internet and sites like Wikipedia, National Geographic, and even Google Maps, than it would be if technology didn’t exist. Of course there’s also software that we have access to that broadens our knowledge as well. We may use our brains less for some things, but we use them more for other things, so it all balances out.

]]> By: Transcontinental http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136477 Transcontinental Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:43:26 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136477 With 54 years in my background, I certainly remember my 34 years before the Internet's birth ! There's no heaven on Earth, right ? That includes the Web ! The best IMO is the worldwide communication it allows, comes next access to a planetary library, and third Web services. The worst is, as always, the alternative to the best, but that's more specific of life as a whole. What would rather call my attention is that, if democracy remains the best system, it also remains the best tool to brainwash, and that freedom goes much further than the simple right to oppose oneself : it calls upon our will to stay critic of global mass fashions as well. Not sure the younger ones are not at risk of loosing their identity in a universal pea soup... Otherwise, Hemingway did write his novels with paper and a pencil, and who is (remains) able to extract a square root without a calculator ? The risk is in developing the intelligence of the user, and the brain laziness it may lead to. With 54 years in my background, I certainly remember my 34 years before the Internet’s birth !

There’s no heaven on Earth, right ? That includes the Web ! The best IMO is the worldwide communication it allows, comes next access to a planetary library, and third Web services.

The worst is, as always, the alternative to the best, but that’s more specific of life as a whole. What would rather call my attention is that, if democracy remains the best system, it also remains the best tool to brainwash, and that freedom goes much further than the simple right to oppose oneself : it calls upon our will to stay critic of global mass fashions as well. Not sure the younger ones are not at risk of loosing their identity in a universal pea soup…

Otherwise, Hemingway did write his novels with paper and a pencil, and who is (remains) able to extract a square root without a calculator ?

The risk is in developing the intelligence of the user, and the brain laziness it may lead to.

]]> By: The Guru http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136468 The Guru Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:42:12 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136468 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136457" rel="nofollow">Ashley wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136423" rel="nofollow">The Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>Also we didn’t have the 200-300 channels on TV. Satellite dishes were the size of a VW Bug (Beetle). Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.</blockquote></div>Every once in a while you’ll still see the satellite dishes that are the size of a VW bug which is kinda humorous. :) </blockquote></div> I remember form the days back in Hawthorne people would mount those giant things on their roofs. I also remember back in those days to we have CompuServe and other BBS. Didn't really do much with the Internet until we came out here in 1993 and then 56K modem was considered fast. Ashley wrote:
The Guru wrote:
Also we didn’t have the 200-300 channels on TV. Satellite dishes were the size of a VW Bug (Beetle). Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.

Every once in a while you’ll still see the satellite dishes that are the size of a VW bug which is kinda humorous. :)

I remember form the days back in Hawthorne people would mount those giant things on their roofs. I also remember back in those days to we have CompuServe and other BBS. Didn’t really do much with the Internet until we came out here in 1993 and then 56K modem was considered fast.

]]> By: Ashley http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136457 Ashley Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:01:46 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136457 <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136423" rel="nofollow">The Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>Also we didn’t have the 200-300 channels on TV. Satellite dishes were the size of a VW Bug (Beetle). Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.</blockquote></div> Every once in a while you'll still see the satellite dishes that are the size of a VW bug which is kinda humorous. :) <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136426" rel="nofollow">kiltboy wrote:</a><blockquote><div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136423" rel="nofollow">The Guru wrote:</a><blockquote>Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.</blockquote></div>LOL. I remember selling the old Motorola bagphones that were nearly $1000 and airtime cost upwards of $1.00 per minute.</blockquote></div> A Motorola bagphone was the first phone I ever remember my parents owning, and we thought it was so cool! How funny it is to think about carrying around a bag just for a phone these days... <div class="commentquote"><a href="#comment-136418" rel="nofollow">kiltboy wrote:</a><blockquote>Ahh yes. I remember the days in University of spending hours in the library and then hauling a dozen reference books home to write that term paper. You would only spend 10 minutes on email because people couldn’t send you cutesy pictures through PINE. And browsing the text-based BBS’s in Lynx. Then of course, you would head outside and climb a tree because there was nothing else to do, as noted by unset. Lemme tell ya - there has been many a day when I’ve been tempted to go Amish and throw out every piece of electronic gadgetry that I own.</blockquote></div> Going "Amish" for a few days might be good for all of us! While it's nice to think about how far we've come and how much easier technology has made some things, in other ways it was nice to not have the distraction of the Internet or cell phones. The Guru wrote:
Also we didn’t have the 200-300 channels on TV. Satellite dishes were the size of a VW Bug (Beetle). Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.

Every once in a while you’ll still see the satellite dishes that are the size of a VW bug which is kinda humorous. :)

kiltboy wrote:
The Guru wrote:
Cell phones that weren’t hardwired into your car were huge and very expensive.

LOL. I remember selling the old Motorola bagphones that were nearly $1000 and airtime cost upwards of $1.00 per minute.

A Motorola bagphone was the first phone I ever remember my parents owning, and we thought it was so cool! How funny it is to think about carrying around a bag just for a phone these days…

kiltboy wrote:
Ahh yes. I remember the days in University of spending hours in the library and then hauling a dozen reference books home to write that term paper. You would only spend 10 minutes on email because people couldn’t send you cutesy pictures through PINE. And browsing the text-based BBS’s in Lynx. Then of course, you would head outside and climb a tree because there was nothing else to do, as noted by unset.

Lemme tell ya – there has been many a day when I’ve been tempted to go Amish and throw out every piece of electronic gadgetry that I own.

Going “Amish” for a few days might be good for all of us! While it’s nice to think about how far we’ve come and how much easier technology has made some things, in other ways it was nice to not have the distraction of the Internet or cell phones.

]]> By: Change http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136434 Change Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:03:44 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136434 Ahh the good old days! Man, sometimes you don't realize how much life has changed (gee I'm starting to get old). I do remember all that, but it's further away in my memory than I thought. I remember we only had 3 TV channels. Showing video was a happening and happened only once a year at most. We played large tapes or LPs. We would have fun with marbles, sand, setting things on fire ;) We played with miniature cars, lego. I've been outside most of the time in those days.. until I got a computer. Sad really. Just like kiltboy I sometimes think about going amish. I wonder if the ones who don't know life without the internet ever think about that.. Ahh the good old days! Man, sometimes you don’t realize how much life has changed (gee I’m starting to get old). I do remember all that, but it’s further away in my memory than I thought.

I remember we only had 3 TV channels. Showing video was a happening and happened only once a year at most. We played large tapes or LPs. We would have fun with marbles, sand, setting things on fire ;) We played with miniature cars, lego. I’ve been outside most of the time in those days.. until I got a computer. Sad really. Just like kiltboy I sometimes think about going amish. I wonder if the ones who don’t know life without the internet ever think about that..

]]> By: DKong http://cybernetnews.com/cybernotes-life-before-the-internet-was-like/comment-page-1/#comment-136431 DKong Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:41:19 +0000 http://cybernetnews.com/?p=12237#comment-136431 #9 is kinda stretching it. ESPN was around well before the internet. #12 isn't totally true. I remember looking through the paper to check for movie listings before the internet was around. Ugh, and I remember using Encyclopedia's to do research for school. Such awful times. I'm so glad that only lasted up until I was in around 2nd or 3rd grade, though :D. #9 is kinda stretching it. ESPN was around well before the internet.

#12 isn’t totally true. I remember looking through the paper to check for movie listings before the internet was around.

Ugh, and I remember using Encyclopedia’s to do research for school. Such awful times. I’m so glad that only lasted up until I was in around 2nd or 3rd grade, though :D .

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