Life In 19x19

So my internet was down for last two hours....

I felt like I was on the verge of hyperventilating....internet addiction?

Glee filled my heart when the internet began working again....

I shall put these thoughts behind me until the next time I may lose my virtual life line....

Now, this is EXACTLY what go books are for =)

Yes without Go Books, I may not have survived the ordeal....

Yep, I get the same feeling usually.

Internet disconnect == nap time. It's the only solution. And, the only time I get to nap!

although i wouldnt have learned about go, i think i could survive without the internet...i dont use it for much more than facebook and go anyhow.

hmm... the internet i pretty useful, though I agree with the post above that I can survive without it, but I won't know how to play go perhaps.

How can I say this politely...? Get a life!

Seriously, read a book or something. Doesn't even have to be a go book.

Hmm, a good off-topic poll there...

Without the internet, I would have missed a lot of beautiful things (friendships), useful / not so useful knowledge and my english would be even more scary.

Topside: I'd have been so much better in so many other things, on which I could have spent the time, I otherwise idle on the net.


Anyway, I have no problems spending time without the internet, when I know I won't have internet =D

One of the things I'd like to do someday is live in a Buddhist monastery in Korea like the Bongwonsa, or in an Amish community, for a few years and just cut myself away from the intertubes and technology. Not only would it be a bizarre and interesting experience, but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.

SoDesuNe wrote:Without the internet, I would have missed a lot of beautiful things (friendships), useful / not so useful knowledge and my english would be even more scary.

Topside: I'd have been so much better in so many other things, on which I could have spent the time, I otherwise idle on the net.


Anyway, I have no problems spending time without the internet, when I know I won't have internet =D

I agree with he positive remarks here.

And I also agree that if I knew I wasn't going to have internet for a while I think everything would be ok. It is the fact that I was on and it just died without warning. The ISP servers decided to take a nap or something.... You can't just take something so important without warning...

I recently had two 3 week periods of "downtime" (for both my internet and my mood...)

things I NEED the internet for in order of importance:

- study (online blackboard, looking up information, ect)
- teaching (I give online lessons)
- reading mail (my mailbox is basically my agenda)

The once below I can do without, but are still missed greatly when I have no internet.

- reading the news (I don't get a news paper and have no TV. I can watch tv on my PC but that's not great)
- checking out this forum
- "being available" (msn skype) basically keeping in contact with friends ect.
- a few other forums and websites i check out on a daily basis.

I used the Internet very rarely (maybe once every couple of weeks) during a year I spent in Japan, and I had some really great experiences.

When I came back, I was much more ambitious, and I got a lot of things done. I don't know if it's only because I didn't use the Internet, or if other factors were involved. But unfortunately, it wore off after a little while (it was 5 years ago) and now I use the Internet very frequently.

Araban wrote:... but I hear that just living in a place without Internet for a few years really has you realize that the Internet doesn't need to be such a vital part in one's life.

I can vouch for the veracity of that statement. There was no internet for the first forty years of my life.

Well, I may not be as grumpy and/or old as some, but I do remember life without the internet or even AOL, Compuserve, or private bulletin boards. I also remember television with no cable and only 3 channels to pick from, no cell phones, no personal computers, and no home gaming systems. I even had a paper route to deliver those dying things called "newspapers".

I like the modern conveniences, but I could do without.