can the internet die?
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Don't think so, even it gonna die, it will not be in our generation because it's still growing.
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You really cannot take out the whole internet.  It is a set of interconnected networks, hence the name.  \n\nThere isn't a single point of failure for the entire internet.  You can slow it down with traffic, serivces might be impacted such as e-mail by a worm or some portions due to DNS failures.\n\nBut unless the whole world is gone, I don't think you can take down the entire internet.  Parts maybe due to network and other failures, but not the whole thing.
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Honestly, NO!  The speed of the internet is all based of the the speed that the data is sent through the system.  We have the Technology to make the internet 1000 times faster, BUT, people would loose too much money, and evolution would not be correct anymore.  So no matter how you look at it, man is holding man back, and the net will NOT speed up until they decide to release more technology.
499223
duhhhhhhhh the internet
80006
Not in one lifetime.\nIts not possible to do it, coz DELL doesn't control ur ISP.
994463
Life would be very different. You wouldn't even be able to ask that question online. Maybe people would spend less time on the computer though. Maybe more people would go outside and exercise and really enjoy life. But at the same time, people from across the world wouldn't be able to converse. Also, we wouldn't be able to play many of those online games. We wouldn't have email. AAHH. or instant messanger. We'd have to write letters. I think life is better with the internet.
630109
Well if you don't have internet connection anymore.. You can't go on the internet.
358087
Welcome to the internet.
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It would be helpful if you posted some basics about your internet connection.  56k users will be doomed to such happenings, as sometimes "noise" over the connection will cause packet losses.  Also, peak internet use times will cause those types of problems.
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not really. hence the shared part. You can however kill thier connection all together. :)
363477
Yes it's half true, but it isn't your computer, mine and Joe Bloggs, it's very large servers and data centre arrays that are 'logged on' that the Internet content is stored on. If they were switched off then yes, your friend is correct, the Internet would cease to exist. \n....................Added to above (Robin and Ma...)if all the Computers in the world were turned off the info would not "cease to exit" it would not be accessable until they were switched back on.
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You can still access the internet with that thing?
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Communication in the 21st century:Benefits of the Internet
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every move we make in the internet is recorded to our provider's database for a long period, so yes it is possible but i wouldn't worry.\nThey cannot put us all to jail :):)
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Apart from above... \n\nInternet has an unlimited possibility...\n1. A dying patient in Canada can get a help of a genius doctor in India for treatment\n2. A programmer in Hong Kong can be assisted by some Indian IT guy\n3. DaVinci code review can be broadcasted in no time. \n4. This can be used for propaganda\n5. Internet can be used for spam\nIn short, Internet is a tool. It can be used for good and bad and evil. \n\nFuture of internet.. An interesting question. You should read about web 2.0. The world is moving out from a centralised web system to a distributed peer to peer environment. Read more at\n\nhttp://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
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Well, the internet is a wonderous thing. Like you said, you can use it for almost anything, and the answer to everything you want to know is right at your fingertips. The likelihood for all of us is that we will become dependant on it in some way. Net addiction is a real and serious thing, and some people do let it take over their lives. When one finds one's self neglecting real life friends and obligations it's time to step back from the PC for a breather. I find it easiest to turn off the computer completely so I'm not so tempted to sit down and have one quick game every time I have to come into the computer room for something.
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To the best of my knowledge, there's no theoretical bottom limit to the speed of an internet connection, although individual programs may give up after a period of time, and assume that the message they were trying to send has been lost in transit.\n\nTo illustrate this, I've linked the (as far as I know, unused) proposal for transmitting IP packets (one of the fundamental units of data on the internet) via trained pigeons.\n\nWhile the attached proposal is certainly geek-humor, I hope it illustrates my point - as slow as your net is, it could always get even slower.