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How Important is T'internet
Gordon Brown says the internet is as vital as water and gas. Has he lost the plot? I think I could survive without the internet but water might just be essential.
Have a read:The internet is as vital as water and gas | Gordon Brown - Times Online |
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What a cracking comment.
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Could probably go without gas for a few days, water I dont think i could go without, but internet.........I was without it for about 24 hrs and i was going insane :D
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the internet is very important
its full of free stuff :D |
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It's important enough for ya to miss it when it's gone...
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mine was lost when returned from hols last week fer a few days, not a happy bunny at all. it is important, not obviously as much as water nevertheless its missed like hell when ya aint got it.
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so importance of internet is somewhere between water and teh wife :) |
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My life would be hard without it - I would have to visit shops :eek:
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I rely heavily on the internet, for work especially, it is partly responsible for many local shops and stores closing though, because there are limited overheads as compared to a shop, so things are sold much cheaper, it is also responsible for much of the worlds fraud, so good and bad, but I would miss it terribly.
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I`d rather have no TV than no t`internet.........but i may struggle without water.........no gas , no problem, `i`ll put mi coat on.......
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I could actually be fairly skint if we had no gas and no water! :eek:
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Very good! (skint) stink!!
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Was without mine for three months last year due to stupid provider. Nearly drove me barmy, so yes it is very important.
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I remember that Bernadette, it was very quiet! :p
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Whilst I think the internet is important, it isn't essential, unless of course it is how you gather business.
I reckon the vast majority of us on here could survive without our internet access, and it wouldn't be a happy expereince I am sure....I don't think we would survive without access to clean water. |
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Internet is cheaper than books. Books cost more money. Brown brainwashes us to accept the internet is a better resource than books and the next thing you know they'll be cutting funds to our local libraries.
My studies would be ten times harder without the internet. It makes my life a lot easier... but saying that, if I'd never had internet to begin with then I'd probably not even have had the knowledge to go to university in the first place so I could just have an ordinary job right now instead, and it wouldn't require the internet. The internet is vital in today's society and I can guarantee that more research is currently going into the internet than any of you could possibly imagine. And this research is costing billions of euro in the EU. My internship in the summer is funded by the ESRC and is based upon this topic, and the future is actually very scary indeed. |
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While I accept that the internet is a valuable study aide, I still prefer to learn from a book.
I find it hard to digest stuff from the screen........If I do need an article that is available only on the internet, then I have to print it off to read it properly....and I know that I am not alone in this as there was a thread on a similar subject recently. |
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That isn't a worry unless you enjoy eating ;) |
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I feel the internet is very important for information to be shared to the masses. How long the Freedom of the internet will last is anyones guess.:rolleyes: |
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the internet can be updated a book once printed has to be re written if facts are later proven to be incorrect and need updating
for example according to the books we have 9 planets in our solar system but any website updated regularly will have corrected this error to say that we now only have 8 planets in our soloar system books make better for reading but i would say the internet is a more valuable resource for up to date facts also if it wasnt for teh internet yanks would still think we all lived in castles , were all on talking terms with the queen and all lived within walking distance of london , i dare say they would have even less of a clue about countries outside of teh USA as their news stations dont really cover anythig much outside of tehir town yet alone their country also if it wasnt for teh internet my ex wouldnt have ben able to pay somone to do her degree coursework and she wouldnt have teh job she does now teh cheat :rolleyes: |
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people used to use an abacus to do math infact merely typing an equasion into google is threatening teh calculator lol |
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Where would we all be if we didn't have good old Wikipedia to lead us down the wrong path instead of those unreliable old Lecturers?
Or does the internet mean students today have to attend even less classes than I did? |
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wikipedia is a joke and about as reliable as the daily sport for facts lol
mind you a university course written on facts gathered from wikipedia woudl make a very interesting read for the examiners lol who discovered gravity - my dad how many planets are there - acording to starfleet there are 238,000,000 |
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Oh Yeah course they would, that's where they got the answers for the entrance exam! Quote:
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Well if Arno' has his way in California, won't be any text books left in the schools soon .. :rolleyes:
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"They'll Be Back!" |
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Is there anything that the internet gives us that we could not do without?
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Porn must be one the biggest ever success stories of the internet.
If I'd have had the internet when I was a teenager, I'd never have left the house! |
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No more than many other things, so many parts of our lives are made easier by technology, people would struggle if we had to suddenly go back 20 years.
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the internet gives us...
work helps us find jobs television online banking online shopping social life (online one?) football/sports helps us trace old friends/relatives book holidays and much more probably... could I do without it? reckon I could to be honest.. I just wonder if kids today could do without it.. |
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couple of things I would do differently...and its very true what you say.. but I reckon some peoples hand writing skills and I daresay grasp of the english language when writing has fallen due to the introduction of the internet purely on the basis that when sending an email you can spellcheck it so it will never be wrong - so really your not actually learning for yourself as it does it for you..and the time you spend online the more emails you may send ( over a set period of years for instance) the less you will write so whe it does come to doing some hand written work it may be substandard.. when was the last time anyone actually sat down and wrote a letter..even essays for school work can be typed up and printed off so the school kids and teachers wont really know how bad their handwriting/spelling may be.. probably not worded that correctly but I am sure you know what I am trying to say...as good as it is - it has its downfalls.. |
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Hey! I still spell things wrong on here, even with a spell checker, thats just called lazy lol
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He had to learn when his muscles went mushy cashy!
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Arnie knows a few words in English..I'm sure "sit down on this..do it now" is the first words he will give to our child born by blood English gent David Cameron.
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I'll make another thread about the research topic. It would possibly take this thread off on too wide a look at the internet! |
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The Royal family should really all be forced to take the British citizen test, before being allowed to settle here permanently, and take advantage of our generous benefits system, and civil list.
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Obviously education changes over time though, that happens because knowledge changes over time. I obviously know how I've learnt what I know, and I'm obviously aware of what other resources are available to me at home to learn from and I am positive that I wouldn't know nearly have as much as I know now without the internet. It is an actual fact and it ties into the other thread about the library really. That was my source of information from a young age. The internet (thankfully) replaced that so I can get more up to date information and I didn't have to walk miles to get it. I wouldn't have bothered reading new information every day if I had had to walk all the way to accrington. |
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Theres the terrible trio ... theyve got their P.hD in that ... and trying for accylass to join them as well .... :D:D:D |
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I learn something new on here quite often too, but it isn't often anything more than pub quiz trivia (they do a lovely quiz about lancashire on a canal barge on Lancaster canal).
As a law student I depend on online databases for most of my information. There is a law library in the library at university but obviously I come home sometimes but still need to study. Where do you suppose I would get my information from when I am at home? I am here for a few weeks before I go back to University and I have my dissertation to write and work for exams to do. Without the internet I wouldn't be able to come home for the Summer. |
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The internet has provided the worlwide dissemination of knowledge, which has transformed our view of the world.
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Provide me with a solution that would work and I'll admit I am wrong, but to just keep telling me I am wrong and not suggesting an alternative is pretty useless. |
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I have to admit that it would be the end of mine.
I remember how to live without it, but life with it is so much easier. |
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People did, and got good degrees before the internet came along. Many years ago I used to get on the bus and go to Manchester Central Library.I didn't do law, but Manchester Central Library was a good source for books I needed. |
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New world, get over it. Quote:
Lancaster, where Blazey goes, has a wonderful library too. |
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I don't disagree Kate, I was just pointing out that it was possible to do a degree without the Internet. The Internet has opened up tremendous possibilities, and I am sure that it's a big help to students, no matter what subject they are studying.
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It's wonderful to know I have taught so many people so much and in such a short space of time.:hehetable:hidewall:
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I'll just wave my magic wand and generate enough money to go to a library out of town every day.
I don't even have the money to get to Accrington. I walk from Oswaldtwistle. And obviously it costs the same to get to Lancaster as it does to Manchester, so I'd go there before I went to Manchester. And if it was that easy to get to Lancaster then I wouldn't live there in the first place, I'd just commute and save money on rent. I think some people forget that this isn't actually their 'day' any more and that things have drastically changed in society, not just in regards to education but the way things are done in general. Maybe I should research how people lived before YOUR time and then bring it up every time you suggest something? I was talking to a man in the Arndale yesterday about the regeneration of the town and he said that the older members of the community have a really bad attitude to change and he was really keen to get me to have my say on it. I think it is absolutely shocking that the first thing I hear from a stranger when I am home is that the older generation don't care enough about this town to have a positive attitude towards its regeneration. It's a real shame that every time I come home that this town has crumbled a little bit more. To say you're so passionate about emphasising the quality of your day Jaysay, you don't do very much to persuade me that you have anything useful to suggest each time to try to shoot down my arguments. Do you think you are a valuable member of society? |
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Do you think the older generation of any village/town or city in the UK ( maybe even the world ) would be any different ?. |
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I'm still waiting for you to tell me how I access law reports at home without the internet. |
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I have two jobs over Summer and so I will be going back to Lancaster soon enough anyway. Thanks for your advice. :rolleyes: |
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Blazey, you are rude and arrogant.
What makes you think that life only started when you made an entrance to this planet? Students managed long before the internet, they just had to be more effective in managing their time......if you knew you were not going to have access to the internet, then just maybe you would have made an effort to access the case files you needed from whatever source before you left uni for the summer recess. And I am having 'my time' now.....you will find that wherever you are in your life....it is still your 'time'.........like Jaysay, my University is the university of life....and there are people on here who have forgotten more than you will ever know. By the way, this is no more a personal attack than your comments are to other people. |
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And as for the issue on the regeneration subject....why should you care what happens in Accrington?
You have made no secret of the fact that you think it is a backwater, and all of us who live here are no better than we ought to be. Maybe the older generations who were asked for their opinions can remember when Accrington had a busy thriving market....and people used to come just for that alone....maybe these people can remember when the town was a hive of industry, maybe these people have seen what a shambles has been made of other projects that were supposed to make the town a better, more pleasant place to live. It isn't negativity, it is their opinion, and they were asked for their opinion. According to you, you are going to be hot footing it out of the area as fast as your legs will take you, so it shouldn't really matter much to you anyway. |
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He's at Lancaster.
Perhaps he's also doing Law. Robber used Facebook from Lancaster Prsion - Morecambe Today |
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Like I said to the man who asked me my opinion, I do expect to move away but I still have my family here who don't intend on leaving, and it would be nice to be able to say where I come from and have some pride about it.
Instead it's close enough to Burnley to be linked with the BNP, and our exciting town history is shadowed by how depressing the place is now because all the shops are shutting. Also, there are hundreds of case reports that I need, even my reasonably brand new laptop would not take too kindly to be storing them on my laptop, though I do have many on various pen drives. The trouble is when I need more and there is nowhere to go to get them. It's a shame Accrington isn't a bit more like Lancaster actually, it once had that same character, but whilst Lancaster has embraced other cultures and new developments, Accrington seems to have rejected it. It's all just a great shame I think. A great shame indeed. Also, there is always problems like these between generations so I'm not going to take offence. I was simply repeating what the man said to me because it was quite interesting. The regeneration is quite interesting too. I'd say the biggest that accrington has ever had. It's a shame that it is being shunned by cynics. |
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To be honest, I'm just sick of hearing about the past as well. It's like people just don't want to accept today. Accrington NEEDS to change. If people aren't willing to help with that, whatever way it is done, then their opinion, whilst valid, isn't really helping anyone is it.
Comments like 'you're leaving so it doesn't matter to you anyway' are stupid. Any one of us might die tomorrow and we're definitely going to die anyway, so maybe we should just sit at our laptops on accyweb and wait. How about that? |
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Of course Accrington needs change, but it needs the right sort of change, the right sort of regeneration, and patently that hasn't happened so far, even with all the money that has been invested in the main shopping area. It has all been tinkering round the edges......and I can't see anything changing that soon.
I would embrace change if I thought it would make Accrington vibrant again......but to be honest I haven't seen anything that has that capability. You want Accrington to be more like Lancaster...perhaps we should build a prison here....it would bring employment and a tourism of sorts into the town. And labelling comments that you don't like, as 'stupid', is immature and shows a lack of grasp of the discussion. I am not going to sit on my laptop and wait, though of course you can do that because you have time on your side. And as far as dying tomorrow, well I have far too much to do. |
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How on earth did people ever manage to study for degrees before the internet arrived? They must have had to study cases just like you do so maybe they had to carry a load of paperwork around with them. Maybe that isn't an option people would choose by choice but if it was the only option available and you were intent on studying you would have to use it. Maybe you would have less time to come on here insulting everybody if the case notes weren't available at your figertips:rolleyes:
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She's saving all the replies to use in a libel case ;) |
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If it wasn't for the internet and the use of virtual toilets I wouldn't be able to go for a dump. I'm grateful I didn't live in the olden days when there were no virtual toilets, how did people have a dump then ?:confused: |
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The internet is a fantastic resource, but I can't foresee it replacing the 'old' media anytime soon.
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