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What is the future of the internet?

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  1. LoveHatePoker LoveHatePoker is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:46am)

    I get the feeling that some day we'll be telling our grand kids about the good old days of the internet. Where you could download anything for free, movies, music, (porn), tv shows.

    The internet for the past 10-15 years or so has been like the wild west, but at some point I fear it will be tamed and made lame by corporations and government oversight.

    I think if there isnt a strong push for net neutrality, that we could be at the turning point already.

    On the other hand, so far, with time the internet has only grown and become more and more awesome with new innovations and more content, so I believe that there have to be more innovations to come that could make the internet an even better place.

    What is in store for the future of the internet? Will it become even more awesome, or less awesome than it is today?
    Edited By: LoveHatePoker Dec 15th, 2010 at 08:54 AM
  2. userid363 userid363 is offline I want an undertitle

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 9:02am) in reply to LoveHatePoker

    Probably a bunch of latenight stoners talking to each other. Just a guess
  3. whatsup whatsup is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 10:12am) in reply to userid363

    it will become one giant facebook, they have taken over the internet
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 3:52pm) in reply to whatsup

    Ever see Lawnmower Man? It'll be like that.

     
  5. mackieinva mackieinva is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 4:03pm) in reply to donkiman

  6. s1nnr s1nnr is offline will stab you

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 4:55pm) in reply to mackieinva

    I think porn will prob make an appearance on the Internet one day
  7. tamayo85 tamayo85 is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 5:02pm) in reply to s1nnr

    holograms or GTFO
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 5:02pm) in reply to tamayo85

    The Internet needs to get itself an education and a job, else it's got no future.
  9. saxman saxman is online now

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 5:04pm) in reply to emcee21

    scratch and sniff monitors imo
  10. norcaljeff norcaljeff is offline 2010 OT Thread Kill Leader

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 6:21pm) in reply to LoveHatePoker

    ahh the good old days of the internet. It's like my dad told me, "In the early days, before cameras and those magnetic thingies, stealing shit from stores was sfeasy. After all, as his pappy (my grandpappy) used to say "It's harder to rob banks these days, with the blue dye packages and phones and whatnot."

    rigged

    f net "neutrality" tho
  11. saxman saxman is online now

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 6:38pm) in reply to norcaljeff

    some dood was on BNN last night talking about the internets and social networking from an advertising / marketing stand point. The game has totally changed since youtube vids can catch on and go viral overnight. You also have a huge political influence available now through social networking that was never before seen. Major political parties have all their little offshoots working like busy little beavers creating web based campaign stuff and can sit back and say "it wasnt me". They get away with shit now that they would never have officially said in years past. That is one of the big reasons why governments are trying to enforce some type of regulation on the webz.
  12. smokey337 smokey337 is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 6:59pm) in reply to saxman

    lol at net neutrality!!! get a clue bro, that will regulate the net and ruin the net as you know it today... dec 21 should be fun!!
  13. xxbossmanxx xxbossmanxx is online now Plays poker like a X-Boxxx

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 7:20pm) in reply to smokey337

    I liked the net better before it had domain names and only us geeks were capable of using the net. Funny how everybody hated computers and called the users geeks until computers were easy enuf for them to use and now they love it and surf their stupid facebooks daily.
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 7:23pm) in reply to xxbossmanxx

     
    Originally Posted by xxbossmanxx View Post

    I liked the net better before it had domain names and only us geeks were capable of using the net. Funny how everybody hated computers and called the users geeks until computers were easy enuf for them to use and now they love it and surf their stupid facebooks daily.

    shutup nerd
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:04pm) in reply to skreechamane

    they turned off my html ability. Must be scared IMO. ;)
    Edited By: xxbossmanxx Dec 15th, 2010 at 08:05 PM
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:17pm) in reply to xxbossmanxx

    Statistically speaking, it will get divorced and then die in about 52 years.
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:34pm) in reply to ShortyJacksn

    you didn't hear? Randers already won it a few days ago
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:40pm) in reply to AMARTIN1181

    I'll be able to stick my dick in the the hole where the cd/dvd/blu-ray rom used to be and the porn slut on my screen will start suckin me off. The perfect POV experience. Instead of now where I just end up with alot of scratches. scraps and frustration.
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:44pm) in reply to Niceguy

    pm Al Gore
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 8:51pm) in reply to jetsjets1028

    i think within the next 20 years you wont "go online" , you will put on a special helmet/body suit and "go inline".

    It will be like a different world where you dont watch porn you are in porn, with animated virtual porn stars
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 9:00pm) in reply to s1nnr

     
    Originally Posted by s1nnr View Post

    I think porn will prob make an appearance on the Internet one day

    3D tho
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 9:07pm) in reply to FiGMan

    hopefully music will no longer be free.
     
  23. skankmofo skankmofo is offline

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 10:10pm) in reply to killingbird

    This is a good topic...it constantly amazes me how connected the world is with the internet now, you can be almost anywhere in the world and be just as connected as you were at home. I am a little worried about the likes of Facebook / Google and some others stifling competition for better internet services, but I remain pretty optimistic that the decentralized, global nature of the internet will keep it from being overrun by regulation and corporate interests.

    Everyone thought microsoft had a lock on the computer industry, but look at apple quickly eating away at their market share...only a matter of time before all these office products are online, and become relatively interchangable...there's only so much innovation you can do with spreadsheets & word processing. The internet too will go through its phases, but unless countries adopt the china model with huge firewalls, there will be constant development.

    This picture blew my mind recently:
    [SIZE=3]http://cdn.mashable.com/wp-content/u...ships-full.jpg[/SIZE]

    it's a map of the world with facebook friend connections represented by lines to longitude and latitude coordinates of cities. Note - there are no country borders on here, but you can make out the countries and cities purely by social network connections. Also note - china is black as facebook is banned there.
    Edited By: skankmofo Dec 15th, 2010 at 10:11 PM
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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 10:12pm) in reply to skankmofo

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    Dec 15th, 2010 (12/15/2010 10:21pm) in reply to s1nnr

     
    Originally Posted by s1nnr View Post

    I think porn will prob make an appearance on the Internet one day

    yes! I can get rid of my Betamax collection!!!
     
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