Blarg, No Webbernetz! Rawr!

[Dizzle229]

I am posting this from my Dad's computer.

 

 

 

This freaking sucks. For reasons none of us can figure out, this computer still has internet, but my computer, directly connected by a cable, only a few feet away in the next room, doesn't. It just spontaneously cut out.

 

 

 

And it gets worse. Since my 360 gets it's connection from my computer, I don't haxe Xbox Live either.

 

 

 

This officially means I have nothing to do.

 

 

 

Now for the discussion value of the rant.

 

 

 

Have you ever had your internet down?

 

For how long?

 

What did you do in this time?

 

How did it affect you?

[AceSpitball]

I have a solution. Play outside or something with friends. Internet is not all there is to the world. Go watch a movie or something.

[deloriagod]

I have a solution. Play outside or something with friends. Internet is not all there is to the world. Go watch a movie or something.

 

 

 

Or get a gf. There, all of your free time is now being used up. :

[xSxqPowerx]

When my internet doesn't work, I make it work.

[Dizzle229]

If you lived in my area you would no that there is NOTHING to do. I only have 2 friends that are not on Vacation, and the only outdoor thing I have is a basketball and a hoop. Trouble is, 3 people isn't enough for a good game.

[Quoi_Tu]

There is always something to do outside or with a girlfriend as deloria said.

[Woodcut Lvr]

There is always something to do outside or with a girlfriend as deloria said.

 

 

 

Out... Side? Sounds like a good game. What's the web address?

[eggzs]

This is when my internet was truly dead just when school ended near christmas 2ish years ago:

 

Have you ever had your internet down? yes

 

For how long? 1 week

 

What did you do in this time? watch tv/ go outside/ read

 

How did it affect you? not majorly, just realised how important internet was and how my PC was kinda useless without it.

[Jernlov]

Have you ever had your internet down? Yes

 

For how long? 2 weeks

 

What did you do in this time? [bleep] all

 

How did it affect you? No different to usual, just without IRC/downloads/forums

[Da_Latios]

In this case I'd go to the closest cinema and watch every single movie until my internet is back.

[megakiller32]

I have a solution. Play outside or something with friends. Internet is not all there is to the world. Go watch a movie or something.

 

 

 

Or get a gf. There, all of your free time is now being used up. :

 

 

 

Why get a girlfriend, when you can hire hookers for less money? :shock:

 

 

 

Or...did it occur to you to attempt to fix the cable? or replace the cable?

 

... #-o

[dsavi]

It's probably just something configured wrong with your router.

[Rainy_Day]

I took part in something called real life is that ever happened. :o

[fgfuyfyuiuy0]

My internet was out for 3 days once, but that's because Charter sucks :

[megakiller32]

I took part in something called real life is that ever happened. :o

 

I hate real life. You can't press F5 to reload most things.

[pryomancer]

Real Life? :-k

 

 

 

My internet rarely goes down, but when it does I feel a shell of my former self.

[warren211]

The amount of fail on this thread is killing me -.-

 

 

 

Check your router. My internet goes down regularly and I just unplug the router, let it cool off, then replug it and it works. Once my internet was down for a week, we couldn't find out why. The repair guy came and found out a squirrel had eaten through a wire and everyone with internet on my block lost connection. Wonder what happened to the squirrel :-k

[Sam]

Have you ever had your internet down? yes

 

For how long? 3 weeks

 

What did you do in this time? Trampolining, Drawing, reading, football, cycling etc

 

How did it affect you? I realised that My GFX shop is nothing without the internet. A computer is nohting without it really #-o

[SirHartlar]

The real life jokes died with the first one, even the mods got in on the lameness. :lol:

 

 

 

Have you ever had your internet down? Sort of yeah, my PC blew up about a year ago.

 

For how long? Took about three months to fix it.

 

What did you do in this time? What I normally did, but I watched more TV and played more Gamecube then I think.

 

How did it affect you? I didn't get to play Rs or go on MSN in ages, which was a bit annoying but I survived.

[cadburys_egg]

This freaking sucks. For reasons none of us can figure out, this computer still has internet, but my computer, directly connected by a cable, only a few feet away in the next room, doesn't. It just spontaneously cut out.

 

Check cable connections and/or reset everything. (if your router connects to something else, that is)

 

 

 

And it gets worse. Since my 360 gets it's connection from my computer, I don't haxe Xbox Live either.

 

Oh no, you cant listen to 13 year olds whine about you being a n00b. It pains me to hear that.

 

 

 

This officially means I have nothing to do.

 

What? You just said you had a 360. Play that on like, I dunno, single player? Get some friends round and have a local multiplayer? Play an offline game on your PC? The list is endless even before you put into factors of going outside.

 

 

 

Have you ever had your internet down?

 

For how long?

 

What did you do in this time?

 

How did it affect you?

 

Yes, 3~4 months.

 

Played offline games on my computer, PS2, PSX and went round a friends house occasionally.

 

Little to none? My PSP/PDA [but not my PC, oddly] can pick up next doors wireless router, so I can hijack that should I want to.

 

 

 

Honestly, I was in my teens before my family even considered getting an internet connection, they arent life support systems.

[Cyco_Reborn]

I was without the internet... a while ago for about 2 weeks. All I did was listen to music in that time. That could be why I have so much Slayer on my last.fm...

[Nadril]

Honestly, I was in my teens before my family even considered getting an internet connection, they arent life support systems.

 

 

 

Yeah I think I was probably 10 until I got internet, and really was 13 until I could start using it a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

These days though I do notice a lot more of my stuff has been dependent on the internet. What can I say? It's spoiled us.

[dsavi]

Being a typical '90s kid, I can't remember a time without the intrawebz.

[pryomancer]

Being a typical '90s kid, I can't remember a time without the intrawebz.

 

I think that would realistically apply to a 00's kid.

 

 

 

I didn't have a computer until I was like 14, and that was a family one.

[ThurinEthir]

Being a typical '90s kid, I can't remember a time without the intrawebz.

 

I think that would realistically apply to a 00's kid.

 

 

I guess I'm a late '90s kid, because I remember the internet from when I was ~4-5. Netscape. :thumbup: (Hahahah I just realized the last time I actually used IE as my default browser was when I was 4. :lol: )

 

My family is pretty high-tech though, maybe I'm just special. :?

 

Anyway, when I was in Taiwan, the wireless connection was terrible. My uncle's router was basically dead, and my sister used the wire most of the time. So I was stuck without internet. I had brought Civ4 with me though, I played a bunch of that.

 

And sometime last year, there were some internet issues here, we had dial-up on one of our computers though. I had enough schoolwork to keep my somewhat busy, and I played around with Photoshop in my spare time.