Vault101 said:
So do you remember a time in your life when you didnt have access to the internet? has the internet changed your life at all?
in my case because of my age (born in 1991) I do vaugley remeber a time without it however really its been a big part of my life, ive pretty much grown up with it ,I mean I didnt really use it much when I was younger I watched alot of TV had my N64 and books I supose
but now as an adult its one of the nessecities alongside Energy drinks and air, Plus I dont even watch TV, in fact it baffles me how TV can compete with the internet (considering even the crappy state of foxtel/pay TV in Australia, in fact why would you bother? free tv is getting better I supose)
anyway Im quite facinated by this internet/technology thing, how its become a huge thing in such little time
I used BBS systems (Echos) for a lot of the same things I used the internet for. I was hugely into science fiction and fantasy, and read a lot of books/comics, played MUDs, and paper and pencil RPGs even as a child. I was also gaming on systems like the Commodore 64, Apple II, and DOS based machines.
I'm one of those people who argued that consoles would never catch up with gaming on a computer. To be fair though, I don't think it has, and a lot of the equality we're seeing is largely due to PC games being dumbed down at the same time console games become more advanced, allowing for more parity and simultaneous development.
I also generally think that telecommunications itself has suffered due to becoming so accessible. The Internet being full of so much drek (which everyone talks about) is largely due to it being so accessible. With things like BBS systems and Echos being the height of generally availible technology, I think a lot of things were better as the required knowlege and abillities, as basic as they were, meant that there were certain minimal standards anyone you ran into had to meet.