Technology We'll Miss When It's Gone

jimbo45 said:

Actually it's not so much "Netspeak" but horrible "Text-ese".

Why on earth will people write u for you and ur for your -- these are written forums where there's no reason to type like you do in a mobile phone.

With todays switched-on, connected youth - there is no longer a dichotomy to it's usage

But you're right, it's understandable when using a phone - but not when you have a keyboard in front of you.

Unless they are browsing from their phones...

smarteyeball said:

jimbo45 said:

Actually it's not so much "Netspeak" but horrible "Text-ese".

Why on earth will people write u for you and ur for your -- these are written forums where there's no reason to type like you do in a mobile phone.

With todays switched-on, connected youth - there is no longer a dichotomy to it's usage

But you're right, it's understandable when using a phone - but not when you have a keyboard in front of you.

Unless they are browsing from their phones...

Entirely possible if not probable...

smarteyeball said:

jimbo45 said:

Actually it's not so much "Netspeak" but horrible "Text-ese".

Why on earth will people write u for you and ur for your -- these are written forums where there's no reason to type like you do in a mobile phone.

With todays switched-on, connected youth - there is no longer a dichotomy to it's usage

But you're right, it's understandable when using a phone - but not when you have a keyboard in front of you.

Unless they are browsing from their phones...

No, not even then....

I text in FULL REAL WORDS AND SENTENCES.
Imagine that, and I'm even a TEENAGER.

Haha. When people send me text speak, I tell them to write it the hell out.

~Lordbob

bigmck said:

One thing I miss are the BBS's that were around in the early 90's. Most of them were pretty "plain jane" setups, but they were all we had and were alot of fun. I am in Houston and all the BBS I called were in Houston (to avoid the long distance phone call). I met alot of people through them that have become long time friends. That is not possible on the internet since people are all over the world.

Now you have Windows Live as well as other messengers including Skype that can be used for voice and video calls as well as simply texting quick messages. You can hold a conversation for hours and pay nothing more then your monthly ISP bill there! Change of times also brings in advancements. Those do tend to replace the "olden Goldies" however!

pablogener said:

you can still access bbs services using the telnet protocol...
google that, dude!
the 'advance' is these bbs's can be literally ALL AROUND THE WORLD and you don't have to make a long distance call to get to them!!

That's true...but back then it felt more...I don't know, like you belonged to some kind of secret society or something. These days almost everyone has the internet in their homes, at work, on their mobile devices etc...and it's just completely lost that feeling.

To show just how fast moving things are has anyone seen the latest on one free service? eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation | Digital Media - CNET News

Now the question will be if that will remain a free service or only be available if you subscribe to one particular ISP? With that particular free messenger you can hold live group chats from all over the globe free of charge as well as direct pc calling options. That's more of a desktop gadget that would be missed if things were changed there.

We'll miss you most of all, Clippy!

LMAO I miss you too clippy ;( and don't forget the search dog... ;O

I remember earlier this year a long discussion on the floppy drive, some people refused to give it up.

Some things just out live their usefulness.

Optical drives are next.

To each there own preferences.