Will the world survive without the Internet?
352813
I dont think so.\n\nYa you have to take the internet technology into consideration and not internet persay.\n\nHow could we book our air tickets, how could we communicate with friends half way round the globe, how could we even dream of video phony?\n\nI dont think the present life can sustain without internet technology.
256152
The internet can't break down.\n\nWell, that's not true, the only way would be a world-wide power loss.
89846
I don't think it's the internet per se but technology in general.  These gadgets and gizmos that require us to send messages with a limited number of letters corrupts the language because we get used to this kind of "language" even when we're not limited by message size anymore.
74514
I wonder what was past before Internet?
169654
Yup, I agree with Froggie and nini_nil, the people of a family would be closer and they would spend more time with each other. Also, children who are innocent wouldn't get spoiled (You know what I mean !) by Internet. But yes, there would have been many disadvantages too. We would never meet those people whom we have met online. There would be no Yahoo Answers ! We would have to go to a library every now and then whenever we have a project work at school, people of different nations would remain to be far apart and wouldn't know the cultures and traditions of other nations. Yup, there are many advantages as well as disadvantages, though, I am glad Internet is there !
399031
The hard part about this would be getting distance networking going.  You would either have to have some majorly expensive equipment, that communicates via satellite to receive internet service, or else the infrastructure would have to be put into place in the areas you're working in.  It depends on what kind of distance you're talking about, really, but honestly, you're looking at some MAJOR costs, and potentially even a lot of bureaucratic red tape depending on the method of transmission between the sites.
665655
Internet has enough of a force of its own to do that. Seems like the gravitational force of the net is more than that of the world.
653715
You have begun to ask the question that riddles the worldwide scope of Policy leaders for twelve years now. I cannot believe that anything should change directly affecting our personal use. There presently is monitoring systems located within each server that handles broadband traffic. There are new programs designed to establish a set of Super Nodes that create a sub field within the 'Internet' to handle traffic and material. This connection would run multiple times faster than even T3, and provide access to your home PC from your mobile PDA, laptop etc. This would be available with a secure 'network' one that could be highly monitored, but reach as wide of the horizon. A change like this needs to be developed before any true Policing of the Internet can be possible, I believe.
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.
362188
I believe that it is certainly possible, the internet is a big part of what may make it happen because it is getting harder and harder for oppressive govenments to control information (such as China) eventually it will be impossible and people in these govenments will demand to chose how they are governed.
1091010
Communication in the 21st century:Benefits of the Internet
841236
I'm sure that physically speaking I could definitely live without the internet, although as far as everything else goes, nope I don't think I could do it.
431500
The internet is dead.
421885
Our communications system will go haywire...could get out of control and we wouldn't know what to do especially with todays technology.
603505
If the internet was centralized then yes, this would be possible. However due to the nature of decentralization, users being able to host their own sites off their PC's, protected websites, etc etc, it is really upto the webmaster to keep this under control. It is not possible with the current internet architecture to sustain a force that people will be afraid of.
260721
Technology will solve all problems. In time we'll be capable of living anywhere. Better question is will we be alive to see it.
607398
I really don't think it will go that far, living oon the internet, there would be security risks. You would be more likely to find some kind of programme that would simulate it but i don't know, the idea of being data stored on a harddrive being transfered through out the world doesn't sound to great. your TRON like utopia is far from completion. \n\nThe whole concept of using glasses, and other equipment is doesn't grab me. I would prefer if virtual reality started moving more towards Star Treks' Holodeck type virtual reality, but it might be a bit difficult to reproduce the look and feel of, say an apple or physical human beings, in such an enviroment. There most likely would be some kind of suit you would need to wear, that would send signals to your brain so that you thought you were holding an apple.\n\n\nI think it's best we get on with our lives and let the scientists worry about how far they can go. When the time is right we will have earned millions so we can retire and live our VR dreams.