What would you do if the internet went down?

[Medusa]

Since we all seem to agree that we'd do more things such as go fishing, walk the dogs, draw, do photography, etc., why not do them then? We all rely on our computers; that's a given. But do we need to be on them as much and as often as we are? Why not give it a whirl and do all those things that later in life we may regret not having done?

[ChrisH]

Since we all seem to agree that we'd do more things such as go fishing, walk the dogs, draw, do photography, etc., why not do them then? We all rely on our computers; that's a given. But do we need to be on them as much and as often as we are? Why not give it a whirl and do all those things that later in life we may regret not having done?

Let's see ... don't go fishing but I walk the dog, draw, take photos, garden, read, Photoshop, watch tv/dvds, do all the boring housework stuff I need to and use the internet. I love it, would miss it terribly but am no slave to it.

[mruffruff]

I don't have internet at home. I get a lot done, do a lot of 'projects', read a lot and watch much too much HGTV & DIY.

But I come to work to stay in touch with Pet Talk!

[k9krazee]

I haven't had internet for the last 12 weeks while I've been at the cabin. It's amazing how much I've accomplished. I have TONS of time for studying, I've done a lot of reading, spent time with Jack, walked a lot. I also spend more time cleaning the house and washing/waxing my car. This Sunday I move to my new apartment for the school year - and I'm going to try really hard to not go back to my old interneting-all-day habits.

It would be hard to be without the internet completely, I still wake up earlier Monday through Wednesday so I can stop in at the library before class.

[blue]

My DSL modem carped out on me over the last couple of days and I got a new one today. I am back in DSL bliss.

[DJFyrewolf36]

My Eve Corp would be mightily annoyed but if the internet went out no one else would be playing so there wouldnt be any competition lol...

Honestly the internet is fun...and I browse around quite a bit but I go on sabbaticals for days at at a time and am fine. Now if it would have gone out a couple of years ago I might have died lol.

I have a lot of games on my computer...I'd probibly play some command and conquer waiting for the internet to come back lol.

[momcat]

If the #$!!@ internet got totally and permanently destroyed I'd be the happiest person on the face of the earth! There's something terribly wrong when businesses and people can't do anything without these despicable computers. They have done infinitely more damage than good. We can no longer know that our personal information is confidential, any hacker jerk can steal our identity, clean out our bank accounts, and do who knows what with information they have no right to. People are always complaining about how poor our educational system is. There's a very easy solution, pull every single computer out of the schools and go back to teaching basics. All we're getting as a result of computers is a generation of non functional illiterates who can't think and have zero social skills. My son is a history major and attended a highly respected university. When it came to term papers, the professors told them any internet research would be an automatic F. Good for those profs!!! I trust nothing off a computer, if information is from the internet, I know it's wrong. This nonsense has gone entirely too far. I'm still devastated that all computers didn't blow up at Y2K like they were supposed to!