Ask HN: What would you do if there was no Internet?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1689226

by niico • 16 years ago

6 17 16 years ago

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Tought question?

Actually, my main interest is to know what you guys do while not coding or hacking the world.

For instance, I'm a volunteer firefighter and enjoy doing any kind of sports.

onan_barbarian• 16 years ago

Back to magazines.

jawngee• 16 years ago

Writing or photography.

chaosdesigner• 16 years ago

I second that. Plus I would learn how to make music, party a lot and travel even more.

vyrotek• 16 years ago

Crap, can I borrow someone's hobby?

niico• 16 years ago

Heh, that's what I mean... Do you guys have a B or C plan? :P

abalashov• 16 years ago

Philosophy.

rick_2047• 16 years ago

Even though if there would have been no internet it won't effect my discipline (electrical engineering) directly, I wouldn't be this smart. I would have been an average kid succumbing to peer pressure and taking up the hottest discipline I can get from my <insert standardized test name here> score.

MisterWebz• 16 years ago

Philosophy and sports.

alexiocowabunga• 16 years ago

Maybe I would actually start getting some serious work done

AmberShah• 16 years ago

Life would go on.

I'd spend more time with my son. Pretty sad, but true.

runjake• 16 years ago

Write more code, visit more BBSes, garden more.

As I get older (late 30s), I'm finding Internet culture more alien and less appealing to my demographic, so I've been spending less and less time on it.

Outside of work, I'm looking at about 5 minutes per day, unless I'm online gaming, but then its just to game, not chat with other players. I read a lot of online articles (Wired Danger Room++), I scan through feeds, find an article and Instapaper them for offline reading.

I don't feel like I'm really missing anything. Any information important enough will eventually get to me.

oziumjinx• 16 years ago

Tour guide for white water rafting or mountain biking somewhere around the Grand Canyon

greatfog• 16 years ago

If there were no internet, I would subscribe to magazines and visit the library.

pascalchristian• 16 years ago

Complain, then call my ISP repeatedly :P

nitefly• 16 years ago

Reading, rock climbing, enjoying the outdoors, getting exercise, spending time with my family.

If there were no Internet because the Internet didn't exist, the world would be very different and maybe I'd have stuck around school for another degree helping people dream it up. :)

If there were no Internet because I were stranded somewhere with no Internet, I'd find a way to get the hell out of there.

owkaye• 16 years ago

Do more boat designing, building and sailing.

fezzl• 16 years ago

Invent it.

Ask HN: What would you do if there was no Internet?

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