Nataly 38 #1 December 23, 2010 Ahhh, the internet... I had no internet at home for several months in 2008 and again more recently for a couple of months. Getting connected again feels like I've found a long-lost friend!! I think outside of socialising with "real people" and doing sports, I spend all my free time on the computer. Hard to imagine my life without it! Anyone else out there who couldn't live computer-less/internet-less for any long length of time??"There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #2 December 23, 2010 QuoteAhhh, the internet... I had no internet at home for several months in 2008 and again more recently for a couple of months. Getting connected again feels like I've found a long-lost friend!! I think outside of socialising with "real people" and doing sports, I spend all my free time on the computer. Hard to imagine my life without it! Anyone else out there who couldn't live computer-less/internet-less for any long length of time?? Go outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popsjumper 2 #3 December 23, 2010 Quote Go outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. A lot of those 3-dimensional people turn out to be 1-dimensional. My reality and yours are quite different. I think we're all Bozos on this bus. Falcon5232, SCS8170, SCSA353, POPS9398, DS239 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nataly 38 #4 December 23, 2010 QuoteQuoteAhhh, the internet... I had no internet at home for several months in 2008 and again more recently for a couple of months. Getting connected again feels like I've found a long-lost friend!! I think outside of socialising with "real people" and doing sports, I spend all my free time on the computer. Hard to imagine my life without it! Anyone else out there who couldn't live computer-less/internet-less for any long length of time?? Go outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. Did you not read this?? I didn't say I spent all my time on the internet - I said I spent the rest of my time on the internet/computer."There is no problem so bad you can't make it worse." - Chris Hadfield « Sors le martinet et flagelle toi indigne contrôleuse de gestion. » - my boss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #5 December 23, 2010 QuoteGo outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. Didn't you use to work for M$? :-P"I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wings-n-Things 0 #6 December 23, 2010 When I burned out after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, I threw out my computer and didn't have one for almost 3 years. Didn't miss it at all. Once I got one again and tried to make money webmastering, I found out I was obsolete and unemployable. Now I'm going back to school to get into the medical industry and could give a shite about web development. I just wanna surf the web... and skydive. Card carrying member of the Nanny State Liberation Front Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #7 December 23, 2010 Quote When I burned out after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000, I threw out my computer and didn't have one for almost 3 years. Didn't miss it at all. Once I got one again and tried to make money webmastering, I found out I was obsolete and unemployable. Now I'm going back to school to get into the medical industry and could give a shite about web development. I just wanna surf the web... and skydive. If you've programmed before, you can do it again! I started off with basic (ya know, '10 print Hello' type shit) move to quickbasic, then html, javascript, borland C++, AutoIT (easiest one ever, btw) and been working with VB.net. Just sayin, not everyone can code, but once you can, you just have to knock off the dust and it'll come back."I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #8 December 23, 2010 Quote Quote Go outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. Didn't you use to work for M$? :-P Yup I make all this shit workI still like to caution people about that whole Life Work Play balance. And for those wgo do only get outside to play with the 3-dimensional people once in a while..... TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER and put on clean clothing before you do... Real people tend to frown about nasty smells coming from the unwashed who just got to level 124 on some freaking game. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theonlyski 3 #9 December 23, 2010 Quote And for those wgo do only get outside to play with the 3-dimensional people once in a while..... TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER and put on clean clothing before you do... Real people tend to frown about nasty smells coming from the unwashed who just got to level 124 on some freaking game. AKA coworkers at M$ "I may be a dirty pirate hooker...but I'm not about to go stand on the corner." iluvtofly DPH -7, TDS 578, Muff 5153, SCR 14890 I'm an asshole, and I approve this message Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wildcard451 0 #10 December 23, 2010 Quote Quote Quote Go outside and be with the 3-dimensional people. Didn't you use to work for M$? :-P Yup I make all this shit workI still like to caution people about that whole Life Work Play balance. And for those wgo do only get outside to play with the 3-dimensional people once in a while..... TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER and put on clean clothing before you do... Real people tend to frown about nasty smells coming from the unwashed who just got to level 124 on some freaking game. This says it all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #11 December 23, 2010 Quote Quote And for those wgo do only get outside to play with the 3-dimensional people once in a while..... TAKE A FUCKING SHOWER and put on clean clothing before you do... Real people tend to frown about nasty smells coming from the unwashed who just got to level 124 on some freaking game. AKA coworkers at M$ Actually there were only a few vendors like that.. and they are encouraged to work at being a better team player than that. Most of the people I met there are very goal and career oriented, as were the IT geeks at Boeing on the 787 project I worked on for a couple years. I think most of the geeks and geekettes that get to the IT groups in Fortune 50 companies have their stuff VERY together, and avoid a CLM like that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boinky 0 #12 December 23, 2010 I am so hooked!!! I have a desktop computer, laptop, two phones with internet. And all of these things are Wi-Fi capable, so no matter where I am, I have "connections." DSi XL Nook Color Nook Wii IPod Touch Do you remember when we were kids, before cable, dish, satellite, etc? And we were all stressed out when the president was on tv and on all of the channels? Well, that's about how bad I am if I can't get on the internet. Nina Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz) Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #13 December 23, 2010 You mean all 4 channels? Hey we lived near Chicago so we had 2, 5, 7, 9, AND 32 later on! That was the big time! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boinky 0 #14 December 23, 2010 I think we had 2, 5, 11 and 17 (which was TNT) and then a PBS channel which I *think* was 8.Nina Are we called "DAWGs" because we stick our noses up people's butts? (RIP Buzz) Yep, you're a postwhore-billyvance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
warpedskydiver 0 #15 December 23, 2010 I think was a teen when we got PBS. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
d_squared431 0 #16 December 24, 2010 I love my internet but I dont need it daily..... TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1 I love vodka.I love vodka cause it rhymes with Tuaca~LisaH You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
