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People say that the popularity of the Internet is decreasing dramatically. But what aspects of it? This Christmas provided an opportunity for large scale internet shopping. But what did people do? Go to the shops! Market analysts and the like take this as a sign of a decrease in internet usage, but looking at facts, an extra 1% of the world’s population begin surfing every month! Over one half the world’s population are on the net.
But what things, apart from shopping does the net have to offer??? People can begin an online social life in chat rooms, and talk to new people. You can find the latest news when you want it. You can find almost any piece of information you desire, and have a laugh. And there’s e-mail!!
But what is on offer from the view of a gamer? Currently, a lot, and soon to be more. More and more PC games come with online multiplayers, and text, voice and video chat within games is increasing. It brings a more sociable aspect to gaming. There are also places like Special Reserve, where people can meet other gamers, and not be called a loner for being one. They can also discuss serious aspects, like violence in games. That’s a lot of things, without mentioning the cheaper prices like SR and the like! There are also news updates, reviews and previews, as well as people like us who’ve played the games, and know about them. And you get this without buying a magazine!!!!
In the future, the internet will be THE place for games, with access not only from PC’s but consoles and handhelds.
So, if people want a traditional Christmas shop, they can, but for us gamers the net is not slowing down!!!
But what things, apart from shopping does the net have to offer??? People can begin an online social life in chat rooms, and talk to new people. You can find the latest news when you want it. You can find almost any piece of information you desire, and have a laugh. And there’s e-mail!!
But what is on offer from the view of a gamer? Currently, a lot, and soon to be more. More and more PC games come with online multiplayers, and text, voice and video chat within games is increasing. It brings a more sociable aspect to gaming. There are also places like Special Reserve, where people can meet other gamers, and not be called a loner for being one. They can also discuss serious aspects, like violence in games. That’s a lot of things, without mentioning the cheaper prices like SR and the like! There are also news updates, reviews and previews, as well as people like us who’ve played the games, and know about them. And you get this without buying a magazine!!!!
In the future, the internet will be THE place for games, with access not only from PC’s but consoles and handhelds.
So, if people want a traditional Christmas shop, they can, but for us gamers the net is not slowing down!!!
tony wrote:
> This could be very upsetting to y'all but I really hope that
> prices on the internet go up.
> What we need is a dose of realism.
And this obsession with completely free internet, that has to stop too!
Don't you people realise how much work goes into maintaining a network capable of taking all of your internet traffic, as well as millions of voice calls?
> This could be very upsetting to y'all but I really hope that
> prices on the internet go up.
> What we need is a dose of realism.
And this obsession with completely free internet, that has to stop too!
Don't you people realise how much work goes into maintaining a network capable of taking all of your internet traffic, as well as millions of voice calls?
Give Tony a game, he deserves it!
No no, I didn't say that.
Ali's great really.
He must be unfettered in his decision-making.
Ali's great really.
He must be unfettered in his decision-making.
Oh no! I forgot it's supposed to say wrote!
It will never fool him now...
(Don't be too sure...)
It will never fool him now...
(Don't be too sure...)
tony said:
>Ali. If you don't let me win gameaday
>today, then you'll find a certain brown
>envelope in your post tommorrow with certain
>employment details.
Can't argue with that.
>Ali. If you don't let me win gameaday
>today, then you'll find a certain brown
>envelope in your post tommorrow with certain
>employment details.
Can't argue with that.
I've got no chance with Ali judging.
That should win gameaday Tony, it was superb.
This could be very upsetting to y'all but I really hope that prices on the internet go up. It's not understood by many that if you cost any outfit with plush offices, expense accounts and financial consultants then it will be as expensive if not more expensive to sell stuff on the internet than it is in the High Street.
As a result most of our competitors are losing sums which are actually higher than their entire revenue from the internet. Take Letsbuyit for example: If you fall for their advertising you might as well trot off to Tesco which is 96 zillion times bigger than they are, and buy in a group to get cheaper buns.
What we need is a dose of realism. You might be able to buy now at heavily subsidised prices but you will not be able to do that when the subsidies run out. Prices, mark my words, will go up. Internet sales will go down.
Meanwhile in the red corner, good ol Special Reserve with its lean and mean approach, which is NOT piling billions into subsidising its operation, will come into its own. Because our prices will still be low.
Our site here delivered 2.4 million pages of last month. That's a lot of pages. I hope we can continue to win our fight against the new kids on the mail order block. I hope they wake up on January 1st to find an e-mail up their in-box from the pensions funds that prop them up, telling them to make a profit - or else!
As a result most of our competitors are losing sums which are actually higher than their entire revenue from the internet. Take Letsbuyit for example: If you fall for their advertising you might as well trot off to Tesco which is 96 zillion times bigger than they are, and buy in a group to get cheaper buns.
What we need is a dose of realism. You might be able to buy now at heavily subsidised prices but you will not be able to do that when the subsidies run out. Prices, mark my words, will go up. Internet sales will go down.
Meanwhile in the red corner, good ol Special Reserve with its lean and mean approach, which is NOT piling billions into subsidising its operation, will come into its own. Because our prices will still be low.
Our site here delivered 2.4 million pages of last month. That's a lot of pages. I hope we can continue to win our fight against the new kids on the mail order block. I hope they wake up on January 1st to find an e-mail up their in-box from the pensions funds that prop them up, telling them to make a profit - or else!
Imagine the life line of the Internet in a day, much like what that bloke did with the world.
Anywho.
12:01 in the Morning, the internet is invented.
12:02 in the Morning, seven hundred and forty two porn sites have suddenly sprung up out of no-where.
6:00 in the Morning, the internet becomes readily available to the consumer. The rich consumer, with very large PCs.
9:00 in the Morning, the 14K modem is the thing to be seen with in Winter.
1:00 in the Afternoon, 28K modems arrive, and thousands go and buy.
1:15 in the Afternoon, AOL rid thousands of hard earned cash.
1:30 in the Afternoon, thousands get really annoyed, because the 36K modem arrives, and immediatly outdates the 28K modem.
1:45 in the Afternoon, BT promises free internet by the end of the year.
2:00 in the Afternoon, thousands destroy their PC in a fit of rage, because the more powerful 56K arrives.
3:00 in the Afternoon, ISDN arrives, and everyone ignores it.
4:00 in the Afternoon, BT squashes rumours that free internet has been cancelled, by saying it will be moved back to next year.
6:00 in the Afternoon, Freeserve arrives, and everybody thinks they have free internet.
6:01 in the Afternoon, thousands are reduced to poverty, after recieving their phone bill.
6:02 in the Afternoon, no-one likes Freeserve anymore.
7:00 in the Afternoon, "Not long now" says BT.
8:00 in the evening, Microsoft decides to ultimately dominate the internet, and attaches I.E.4 to every computer, rendering the computer useless if you try to uninstall it.
9:00 in the evening, millions of spotty teenagers decide to become millionaires, by becoming "dot com millionaires."
9:30 in the evening, BT says free internet is "Just around the corner."
10:00 at night, suddenly, more free internet offers start arriving everywhere, one offers £10 a month, for unlimited phonecalls. Thousands sign up.
10:05 at night, the internet hits an all time high, and more people than ever are now using it for shopping, and chatting.
10:10 at night, the companies start to find out how much it costs to give away free internet.
10:11 at night, just as suddenly, all the free internet offers start disappearing.
11:00 at night, all the spotty millionaires lose all their money. Probabaly all their money was invested in 3DFX...
11:30 at night, after everybody has flocked back to AOL, they do some calculations to see how much it REALLY costs to go on the internet.
11:33 at night, after they FINALLY added it all up, they decided to blame BT.
11:45 at night, BT announce that free internet will come at the end of the year.
11:55 at night, no-one uses the internet anymore, apart from a few people, who go onto the Special Reserve forums, to talk about whatever pops into their heads.
11:59 at night, BT announce free internet will be available tommorrow.
12:00 in the morning, Hell freezes over.
Anywho.
12:01 in the Morning, the internet is invented.
12:02 in the Morning, seven hundred and forty two porn sites have suddenly sprung up out of no-where.
6:00 in the Morning, the internet becomes readily available to the consumer. The rich consumer, with very large PCs.
9:00 in the Morning, the 14K modem is the thing to be seen with in Winter.
1:00 in the Afternoon, 28K modems arrive, and thousands go and buy.
1:15 in the Afternoon, AOL rid thousands of hard earned cash.
1:30 in the Afternoon, thousands get really annoyed, because the 36K modem arrives, and immediatly outdates the 28K modem.
1:45 in the Afternoon, BT promises free internet by the end of the year.
2:00 in the Afternoon, thousands destroy their PC in a fit of rage, because the more powerful 56K arrives.
3:00 in the Afternoon, ISDN arrives, and everyone ignores it.
4:00 in the Afternoon, BT squashes rumours that free internet has been cancelled, by saying it will be moved back to next year.
6:00 in the Afternoon, Freeserve arrives, and everybody thinks they have free internet.
6:01 in the Afternoon, thousands are reduced to poverty, after recieving their phone bill.
6:02 in the Afternoon, no-one likes Freeserve anymore.
7:00 in the Afternoon, "Not long now" says BT.
8:00 in the evening, Microsoft decides to ultimately dominate the internet, and attaches I.E.4 to every computer, rendering the computer useless if you try to uninstall it.
9:00 in the evening, millions of spotty teenagers decide to become millionaires, by becoming "dot com millionaires."
9:30 in the evening, BT says free internet is "Just around the corner."
10:00 at night, suddenly, more free internet offers start arriving everywhere, one offers £10 a month, for unlimited phonecalls. Thousands sign up.
10:05 at night, the internet hits an all time high, and more people than ever are now using it for shopping, and chatting.
10:10 at night, the companies start to find out how much it costs to give away free internet.
10:11 at night, just as suddenly, all the free internet offers start disappearing.
11:00 at night, all the spotty millionaires lose all their money. Probabaly all their money was invested in 3DFX...
11:30 at night, after everybody has flocked back to AOL, they do some calculations to see how much it REALLY costs to go on the internet.
11:33 at night, after they FINALLY added it all up, they decided to blame BT.
11:45 at night, BT announce that free internet will come at the end of the year.
11:55 at night, no-one uses the internet anymore, apart from a few people, who go onto the Special Reserve forums, to talk about whatever pops into their heads.
11:59 at night, BT announce free internet will be available tommorrow.
12:00 in the morning, Hell freezes over.
People say that the popularity of the Internet is decreasing dramatically. But what aspects of it? This Christmas provided an opportunity for large scale internet shopping. But what did people do? Go to the shops! Market analysts and the like take this as a sign of a decrease in internet usage, but looking at facts, an extra 1% of the world’s population begin surfing every month! Over one half the world’s population are on the net.
But what things, apart from shopping does the net have to offer??? People can begin an online social life in chat rooms, and talk to new people. You can find the latest news when you want it. You can find almost any piece of information you desire, and have a laugh. And there’s e-mail!!
But what is on offer from the view of a gamer? Currently, a lot, and soon to be more. More and more PC games come with online multiplayers, and text, voice and video chat within games is increasing. It brings a more sociable aspect to gaming. There are also places like Special Reserve, where people can meet other gamers, and not be called a loner for being one. They can also discuss serious aspects, like violence in games. That’s a lot of things, without mentioning the cheaper prices like SR and the like! There are also news updates, reviews and previews, as well as people like us who’ve played the games, and know about them. And you get this without buying a magazine!!!!
In the future, the internet will be THE place for games, with access not only from PC’s but consoles and handhelds.
So, if people want a traditional Christmas shop, they can, but for us gamers the net is not slowing down!!!
But what things, apart from shopping does the net have to offer??? People can begin an online social life in chat rooms, and talk to new people. You can find the latest news when you want it. You can find almost any piece of information you desire, and have a laugh. And there’s e-mail!!
But what is on offer from the view of a gamer? Currently, a lot, and soon to be more. More and more PC games come with online multiplayers, and text, voice and video chat within games is increasing. It brings a more sociable aspect to gaming. There are also places like Special Reserve, where people can meet other gamers, and not be called a loner for being one. They can also discuss serious aspects, like violence in games. That’s a lot of things, without mentioning the cheaper prices like SR and the like! There are also news updates, reviews and previews, as well as people like us who’ve played the games, and know about them. And you get this without buying a magazine!!!!
In the future, the internet will be THE place for games, with access not only from PC’s but consoles and handhelds.
So, if people want a traditional Christmas shop, they can, but for us gamers the net is not slowing down!!!