How to use the internet - 2025 edition

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A bit of humour* for everyone.

How to Access the Internet (A Guide from 2025)

* I hope.
  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    SOME stuff is likely just funny. The rest looks like how things are trending NOW! So I don't think it was all meant to be a joke. The idea of licensing, reporting, segmenting, and a card to remove anonymity might sound like a joke to YOU, but things are ALREADY trending that way. I got a virus last week and one thing it did was visit porn pages. What if someone investigated my surfing habits? They DO do such things!

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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by seasoned View Post

      SOME stuff is likely just funny. The rest looks like how things are trending NOW! So I don't think it was all meant to be a joke. The idea of licensing, reporting, segmenting, and a card to remove anonymity might sound like a joke to YOU, but things are ALREADY trending that way. I got a virus last week and one thing it did was visit porn pages. What if someone investigated my surfing habits? They DO do such things!

      Steve
      I agree. That's why I added the "I hope" bit.

      Along with the widely unpopular mandatory filter the Aussie government is trying desperately to impose, they have another bill before parliament requiring ISP's to keep a record of every site and page their customers (ie me and every other Australian) visit.

      As historic an event as it is (was), I hope our first female PM is unceremoniously shown the door at the next election.

      Whoops, I seem to have strayed into an area which is forbidden around here. I hope the mods understand as it somewhat relevant to the OP and your follow up comment.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    I'm sure they can allow a comment like that. At least you didn't mention any names, and wild discussions likely won't start.

    The idea of keeping every page is pretty ridiculous. as if things aren't bogged down ENOUGH already! And I have gone to sites because of typos(On one shopping site, I left off an h, and ended up at a "PORN" site! Some kid bragging of his endowment and how others could join the club.), links from other sites that implied something that wasn't the case, popups from sites I have visited, trojans, viruses, etc... curiousity, checking lists, research, traffic exchanges, etc.... Did you know that a lot of old VB sites are now, at least last I knew, PORN SITES!?!?!? whitehouse.gov goes to the US whitehouse. whitehouse.com at least USED to go to a PORN site! As for checking lists, I checked every DMOZ address, listed as NON "adult", about 40,000 were one of 2-3 PORN sites! And what of the other several hundred thousand? SOME might have been WHO KNOWS what. I kept adding new filter characteristics to exclude more and more sites from the CLEAN list I got. So GOOD LUCK trying to determine a person's attitude, etc... from web pages they "visited".

    Steve
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  • Profile picture of the author sarahberra
    Maybe in the future there will be more virtural reality. Maybe we can talk to the net. If we even make it that long.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinDupre
    We have to make it through 2012! It would be cool if we don't have to type on keyboards anymore. Imagine talking to the computer or net and command it by visualizing it in our mind
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  • Profile picture of the author Patrician
    This was hilarious - I am going to add the link to one of my 'tips and tricks' threads in the pips forum.

    yeh - funny but not far from the truth and that is not so funny then.

    still good to have an excuse to laugh (for now) (especially today which was one of the dark ones)...

    thanx.
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