Hello Jamil, Tatiana, Deirdre and friends. This discussion reminded me of the very interesting exercise that was offered by our IISD friends Tony and Maja in the IGF Hyderabad.
Using scenarios to imagine different futures for the internet can tell…
Thanks Deirdre for the correction.
Tatiana, no doubt we can switch to the 'old style' but as you said you cannot imagine your life without Internet, so it wont be easy to switch back to the old style. And there is much more that indicate various iss…
Tatiana, the link has a . which shouldn't be there at the end (the bane of my life my "most frequent mistake" :-( )
Here's a clean link which should work
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-collapse2.htm
Enjoy it
Deirdre
Hello Jamil, first - I could not read the post, the page can not be found :). Before the Internet was invented we had post offices, telegraphs, landline telephones and many others that still work, so we could use the 'old style' if the Internet will…
Hi Folks,
Imagine, what happens if the Internet collapsed !
Thats not being negative but imagining the worst - preparing in case. But its not even about preparing in case, rather its about identifying how much we depend on Internet, how much our li…
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Thats not being negative but imagining the worst - preparing in case. But its not even about preparing in case, rather its about identifying how much we depend on Internet, how much our lives revolve around Internet and at times how much we breathe on Internet. The post on How Stuff Works caught my attention lately,
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