tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post4813911158253399953..comments2023-08-12T10:42:29.208+02:00Comments on The Doric Temple: When did the internet become so essential?Babnikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040986319920784464noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-74782714920598315442009-03-30T19:28:00.000+02:002009-03-30T19:28:00.000+02:00A netbook and a healthcare institution that unders...A netbook and a healthcare institution that understands that free wifi is essential.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887370527502545883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4640356191314871951.post-66346403553260290032009-03-28T11:54:00.000+01:002009-03-28T11:54:00.000+01:00In the good old days, where the mailman delivered ...In the good old days, where the mailman delivered mail several times of day, some people really got angry when the mail service was reduced to once per day. I guess they had the same feeling as we would, if we would suddenly downgrade our internet connection or even lose it.<BR/><BR/>It is not the internet by itself that has revolutionized our world, but the ways of cooperating. You write a blog post, and I comment it. That also exists outside the internet. We even had it with BBS systems, except that it did not have the same volume.<BR/><BR/>If we all lost internet connection tomorrow, would Wikipedia survive? Definitely yes. I would subscribe to it and I would contribute to it - also if it was per snail mail.<BR/><BR/>Internet got really important when most people used that instead of alternatives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com