14 Things The Internet Has Replaced
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SifuPhil
R.I.P. With Us In Spirit Only
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- Pennsylvania, USA
Weeeelllllllllll ...
I'm thinking of a scenario where the power goes out, long-term, and along with it your computer and your 'Net.
I want batteries. I want a flashlight. I want a crank radio. I want a paper map.
As for printers, my roomie finds all sorts of uses for it. Of course, she isn't fully addicted to the 'Net yet - but she's getting there. And some traditional publishers still only accept hard-copy manuscripts and will refuse electronic submissions. Our friendly local, state and Federal governments are still deeply mired in a paper-based world and have only comparatively recently begun to switch over.
From a security standpoint, the easiest way to ensure that a document is safe is to NOT connect it to the 'Net. Many high-security organizations have two sets of computers - one hooked up to the 'Net and the other totally separate and disconnected.
Tape measure?!? Some of us still don't own a smartphone ...
I'm thinking of a scenario where the power goes out, long-term, and along with it your computer and your 'Net.
I want batteries. I want a flashlight. I want a crank radio. I want a paper map.
As for printers, my roomie finds all sorts of uses for it. Of course, she isn't fully addicted to the 'Net yet - but she's getting there. And some traditional publishers still only accept hard-copy manuscripts and will refuse electronic submissions. Our friendly local, state and Federal governments are still deeply mired in a paper-based world and have only comparatively recently begun to switch over.
From a security standpoint, the easiest way to ensure that a document is safe is to NOT connect it to the 'Net. Many high-security organizations have two sets of computers - one hooked up to the 'Net and the other totally separate and disconnected.
Tape measure?!? Some of us still don't own a smartphone ...
They're trying to push me into the future, faster than I want to go .....
Boy, I must really be an antique! .. Internet or not, I have all of the above somewhere around here, and actually use most of them.
I guess if I had a smartphone, I could throw everything else away..
Boy, I must really be an antique! .. Internet or not, I have all of the above somewhere around here, and actually use most of them.
I guess if I had a smartphone, I could throw everything else away..
I thought I was being 'smart' by throwing away my mobile phone once I retired. It took a while but now I dont miss it at all.
I still use a printer for letters to organisations etc who strangely either dont have email or I cant find it
I thought it odd at the time but I actually saw a chap buy a fax machine yesterday
I still use a printer for letters to organisations etc who strangely either dont have email or I cant find it
I thought it odd at the time but I actually saw a chap buy a fax machine yesterday
That Guy
Homegrown Unknown
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- Monterey Bay
Remember the dreaded Y2K when we were all gonna die? This was my favorite solution:
TICA
Senior Member
- Location
- East Coast
They're trying to push me into the future, faster than I want to go .....
Boy, I must really be an antique! .. Internet or not, I have all of the above somewhere around here, and actually use most of them.
I guess if I had a smartphone, I could throw everything else away..
Me too Boo's Mom. I still have everything on the list and still use them all.
Really TICA .... how are we supposed to wrap the Internet around our waist to get a measurement?? :lies::lol:
Silly people!