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 May 13 2010, 09:08 PM
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 I'm Jc  Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556  |
 do you guys think about this? i think about this all the time. i can't even imagine not being able to easily research something at the drop of a hat. i don't understand how things were done before. there are so many insignificant things that look up on a semi daily basis. i didn't have the internet/computer when i was a kid, but back then most my questions were easily answered by my parents. sure people can read books. i do read books. but it's not the same thing at all. if i had to read an entire book anytime i wanted to know anything then there are a lot of things i just wouldn't know. on a similar note, something that i increasingly find myself thinking about when i'm reading printed material is "wouldn't it be awesome if i could hit "apple + f" right now and search this whole thing. i am not a fan of all that reading on screens, nook, ipad type of stuff, but i can't deny it would be really nice to be able to search my books for specific quotes/sections. |
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May 13 2010, 09:22 PM
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 Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(brooklyneast05 @ May 13 2010, 10:08 PM)  it would be really nice to be able to search my books for specific quotes/sections. Table of Contents? Index? All jokes aside, yeah, I've wondered about this, too. I considered maybe everyone just got their quick information by contacting someone else that probably knew, watching the news, reading the newspaper, or something like that (and books, of course). |
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May 13 2010, 09:38 PM
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 Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
About the "apple + f" thing, sometimes I kind of for a second feel that I can actually do something like that. Like I can just "delete" or "refresh" something. It makes me question how much time I actually spend on the computer at the very least...
I remember just asking people until someone knew, but like you said the questions we have are not the hardest things to answer when we are little. While I can't remember the exact age, I would say I have had pretty constant access to the internet since maybe 13? I just know it was young. or it feels like it. I have horrible time perception of time. |
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May 13 2010, 09:55 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
I got my first computer with internet access in 1997. It was the shit. I could do anything on it.
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May 13 2010, 10:00 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
By the way, a couple of weeks ago, I was writing an English paper. As I was writing (in pen), I made a grammatical mistake. And sadly, my left hand moved over the paper (or kind of hovered there) as if I were going to press Ctrl + Z.
F*ck yo. |
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May 13 2010, 10:02 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
CJ, What year were you born?
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May 13 2010, 10:03 PM
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 Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
Someone took a shit in the giant reference dictionary back when I was in highschool
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May 13 2010, 10:04 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ May 13 2010, 10:03 PM) Someone took a shit in the giant reference dictionary back when I was in highschool was it you? |
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May 13 2010, 10:05 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(spambot @ May 13 2010, 11:02 PM) CJ, What year were you born? 9001. |
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May 13 2010, 10:08 PM
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Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
QUOTE(spambot @ May 13 2010, 11:04 PM) was it you? No, I'm a civilized human being. |
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May 13 2010, 10:16 PM
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Mel Blanc was allergic to carrots. Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,371 Joined: Aug 2008 Member No: 676,291 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ May 13 2010, 11:08 PM) No, I'm a civilized human being. QUOTE I am the flail of God. Had you not created great sins, God would not have sent a punishment like me upon you. Sounds civilized to me. |
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May 14 2010, 03:43 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
i don't really know how i'd manage. sometimes i have really strange problems, and i feel like no matter what problem i have, i can google it and see someone else has it.
i google things non stop. if i'm cooking, i'm likely to google something about the process or what i'm making. if i see something interesting on tv i google it. if i'm reading a book, i find something interesting in the book, then i'll go google that. i google my health problems all the time. if i wake up and my mouth tastes like a dead vulture then i'll google that (usually to find someone on yahoo answers has already asked what to do if your mouth tastes like a dead vulture). i read reviews online of everything from movies, to books, to toothpaste. |
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May 14 2010, 04:14 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
Google should be everyone's best friend.
 It annoys me when people are too lazy to look something up themselves and ask other people instead when it's just a simple bit of information they could learn in 10 seconds instead of wasting time asking around.
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May 14 2010, 04:16 PM
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Sarcastic Mr. Know-It-All Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,089 Joined: Dec 2003 Member No: 29 |
QUOTE(tokyo-rose @ May 14 2010, 05:14 PM) Google should be everyone's best friend. It annoys me when people are too lazy to look something up themselves and ask other people instead when it's just a simple bit of information they could learn in 10 seconds instead of wasting time asking around.Google is illegal in China Therefore, having a best friend is illegal in China Sucks to be Chinese |
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May 14 2010, 04:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Head Staff Posts: 18,173 Joined: Mar 2005 Member No: 108,478 |
QUOTE(kryogenix @ May 14 2010, 05:16 PM) Google is illegal in China Therefore, having a best friend is illegal in China Sucks to be Chinese Yeah yeah, the Great Firewall. Doesn't suck to be from Hong Kong, though. :D |
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May 14 2010, 09:06 PM
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 Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,020 Joined: May 2008 Member No: 653,768 |
idk how i'd manage either, jc!
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May 15 2010, 07:15 PM
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rawr? Group: Official Member Posts: 2,705 Joined: Nov 2005 Member No: 285,858 |
lol do you guys like bing or google?
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May 15 2010, 07:55 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
I don't think I'll ever use anything but google. At my vocational class they used bing as their default search engine and it would always piss me off. They also use IE too. Little douche bags.
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May 15 2010, 10:08 PM
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 (′ ･ω･｀) Group: Official Designer Posts: 6,179 Joined: Dec 2004 Member No: 72,477 |
i know what you mean, something i do very often is go open a new tab and go to google to look up a definition, some little information, or whatnot.
i thought the comic is cute so i went on their site, and i had to share these.  ^and this is how i feel everyday   ^i thought i'd never find that movie on an LD that broke, but i got it on youtube lol |
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May 16 2010, 12:16 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(doughnut @ May 15 2010, 10:08 PM) ^and this is how i feel everyday lol yesssssss |
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