net surfing habits

I have been online for just over a year now,and the novelty is definitely wearing off.

It would appear from my History file(I can keep one now that I don't pornsurf any more:o )that I have only visited 8 sites in the last month.....5 of them repeatedly.

The biggest number of hits?AF,of course:D :D :D :D


so....do you surf?
how long have you had access to the net?
are you bored with any types of site yet?

I've had a computer for 3-4 years, I was a chat junkie when I started! then I became a RP junkie. Now I dig the posts. I hardly go into chat rooms anymore, I don't bother meetng new people on ICQ or AIM.


I use the internet to play games, visit my 7-8 posting boards(all car boards mind you) research cars, pirate software/mp3s/videos.

Originally posted by VideoNasty
I've had a computer for 3-4 years, I was a chat junkie when I started! then I became a RP junkie. Now I dig the posts. I hardly go into chat rooms anymore, I don't bother meetng new people on ICQ or AIM.


I use the internet to play games, visit my 7-8 posting boards(all car boards mind you) research cars, pirate software/mp3s/videos.

thats about it for me too, except i'm been on the net sence it was just startin years ago. I was on the irc's. Now Ijust post here and one other site, and check my mail.

I have been on the net 7 (YES!!! 7) years

AF is the only site I frequent at these days although if I listed the other sites I visited I would be banned for sure :finger: It is all starting to get boring

I pretty much stay in AF except to check e-mail, gamecodes(uses one site), and a friends website.......and occasionally when I get reports, I must research them! :D

That's it though.....

AFter having my connection back up, I'm mostly on AF. I also continue to do my usual surfing, porn, games, car articles, the usual stuff.:D:D:devil:

AF mainly these days, inc checking e-mail, surfin some other car sites....

any other sites are only visted when I am after something specific to buy...:)

Originally posted by ragt20


any other sites are only visted when I am after something specific to buy...:)

Like a shovel?:hehe::hehe:

I've had a computer for 3-4 years, I was a chat junkie when I started! then I became a RP junkie. Now I dig the posts. I hardly go into chat rooms anymore, I don't bother meetng new people on ICQ or AIM.
That speaks for me and saves some typing

Here is what I do...

Visit AF
Check Email
Visit AF
Play an online text rpg (continents.cx :D ) while visiting AF
Look on Ebay to buy stuff (Old Dreamcast games, Star Wars collectables)
Visit AF
Download some mp3s/videos/etc
Visit AF
Porn
Visit AF
Porn
Visit AF
etc...

I never use instant messengers anymore, Its gotten to where I cant log on w/o a ton of people just starting stupid conversations about nothing...

:P

-Grendel

ya i still surf for gaming sites and information sites on search engines, and i go on AF, SC.net, purehonda.org, wwe.com, nhl.com, nba.com and also tons of other car/sports/technology/astromimic sites

NET JUNKIE! RIGHT HERE!!! LOOK NO FURTHER!

I started about 6 years ago when I was a freshman in High School. I was a chat junkie, as we just got the state-of-the-art 56k modem... Oh yeah baby! I frequented EWSonline.com until Eric (webmaster and former AIM buddy) turned it into a JAVA chat and changed all the best things about the site... I then used the internet mostly for e-mail and meeting new people on AIM... I don't really know what else I did come to think of it. I guess I did my research online. Never bought anything until this past year online. Now I have a set routine: logon to AIM, check e-mail, logon to SBW.com (motorcycle forum), logoff SBW, logon AF.com and check forums in set order. All while chatting usually with as many as 5 people at once! Oh, and I almost always am listening to some sort of music to accompany my surfing.

Ive been online for about 7 years. Its addicting, thats for sure.

I go through stages, where I get tired of the online world, then a while lator I come back and spend so much time its sickining. I try to get outside a bit during the summer (this shows in my lack of posts lately), but in the winter and during school I am definitly hooked.

Why, yes I am and Internet junkie. This site (AF) rocks!!!! I also visit other sites as I have varied interests. Check e-mails from friends and family as well as various retail places. I also check out e-bay once in awhile.

My biggest surprise was when I did a search for surfing sites (old ex small wave surfer who still like to see the young ones in action) and came upon a naughty site :eek: :eek: :eek:

I hardly watch TV anymore, as you can tell, Saturday night here and I'm on AF!

EDIT by boingo82: Removed porn link so those of us at work don't try to see what it is.

I guess you only need to glance at my post counts to see where i hang out most of the time.;)
Still surf the net for other stuff but not as much as i used to.

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL


Like a shovel?:hehe::hehe:


nah man too slow am looking for an excavator now :rolleyes: :confused: :finger: :finger: :finger: :finger: :p

I personally use the net to download games, trance and surf a LOT of car sites.

I have been able to get online for 5 years now. At first I was on alot of mailing lists (Neons, cars, etc.) That got boring and it was a pain in the ass to not go on for a few days then log on and have 3469 messages to go thru.

Then when I got AOL I went into chats, but there are so many childish idiots who think they know everything about something or the "my (insert name of car or techno-toy here) is better than yours." F*** that.

Now I mostly go on forums as far as communicating with other people online. I like to post here as well as several other forums.

But most of my online time now is spent searching for good photoshop and flash tutorial sites. I also like to study any website I come across and study/critique the layout, usability, etc.

The net rules! Except when I try to get useful info from AF... :eek:



Originally posted by KatWoman
flash tutorial sites.

Found any?

Yes DMC...

www.flashkit.com

excellent source, plus they have forums for different areas in Flash as well...very helpful place.

When life turns to shit,I hit the net bigtime:(

my postcount has never looked better:(

I've been out on the web before it was called the web. About 18 years now. I still surf out there. I have several sites I visit on a regular basis

www.freep.com
www.detnews.com
www.worldnetdaily.com
www.3si.org
www.automotiveforums.com
www.pricewatch.com
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USLocalWide.asp?loc=ktvc&seg=LocalWeather&prodgrp=RadarImagery&product=Radar&prodnav=none
www.my.yahoo.com

are probably the most freequent, but I go all over the place.

I love the net. I'd go insane at work if I couldn't surf and post!

Originally posted by KatWoman
www.flashkit.com

I'll have to go back to them when I get a chance. I tried out their "beginner" stuff last year, and tried to attend the Flashkit conferences, but I just don't have time. Damn day jobs... they interfere with my hobbies!!! Time to sell my cape and mask on eBay...

Originally posted by YogsVR4
I've been out on the web before it was called the web.

Are you referring to the BBS systems? My brother hosted one out of his closet years ago. 300 baud per second I believe...

I've been on the net for about a SEVEN years now! :eek:

At first it was lot of websites for stuff I like (ie: music and graffiti). Chat rooms were also the big thing. I also tried writing to a pen pal. But with the Internet comes information overload and I quickly ran out of things to search for.

Next I discovered ICQ and IM through a friend. Personal web sites were also the thing. I also have been surfing and creating my own pages for a while. But with the Internet comes information overload and I eventually lost interest in ICQ or AIM (coincided with HS graduation, in fact). I also joined mailing groups. IRC was also big.

Then I discovered AF and forums. By this time I've been doing extensive web authoring and I focused more on that then looking at personal sites. Now all I do is make websites and post on forums. AIM has returned to my life.

when i first got the net i was on it nearly 24/7... now that i've had it for almost 7 months i only use it for AF and msn messager... thats it

Originally posted by TerminalVelocity


thats about it for me too, except i'm been on the net sence it was just startin years ago. I was on the irc's. Now Ijust post here and one other site, and check my mail.

really? you have been on the Internet since the 1960s? (that is when it started).

I find that hard to believe as you would have to have been a member of the US military at the time to pull that off.

let's see...first got AOL (the internet with training wheels) in the 7th grade....(6 years ago ) stayed with it till the 9th grade.....also went on and off with this thing called flashnet...during this time...i was looking at video game sites and porno...9th-10th grade...had netzero (when it was free) and looked at more car sites and videogames...started 2 chat on AIM and MSN messenger.... middle of 10th grade till now, i'm using cable..car sites, AIM, MSN messenger, Hotmail, downloading sega games, listening to music, using Kazaa.....just alot of stuff:)

Originally posted by shadowboy
really? you have been on the Internet since the 1960s? (that is when it started).

I think he was referring to the "Web".

The Internet began as a Cold War military technology. It was a way for military computers to communicate over long distances. Other institutions, such as universities and hospitals began to associate their computers through the Internet during the 1970s and 1980s.

With the arrival of the World Wide Web in the late 1980s, consumers and commercial businesses interacted with the Internet. The quantity of computer users getting "connected" increased rapidly after the first appearance of browsers in the 1990s. By early 1996, more than 25 million computers in over 180 countries were interconnected through the Internet and it continued to grow at a dramatic rate. More and more people use the network for "information", a theoretical goal of computer communications to grant businesses, libraries, homes, schools, and any other institution universal access to valuable information.

After the Soviet Union's 1957 launch of Sputnik1 (the first craft on the earth's orbit), President Dwight D. Eisenhower saw the need for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). This organization brought together some of the most brilliant people of America. They were the ones who designed the United States' first satellite successfully in 18 months. Many years later, this agency began to concentrate on communications technology and computer networking.

Dr. J.C.R. Licklider was chosen to lead ARPA's research in developing the military's use of computer technology during 1962. Licklider's goal was to make the government's employment of computers more dynamic. Licklider saw the necessity to move ARPA's contracts from the secluded sector to universities, and to establish the basis for what would later become the "ARPAnet".

The ARPANET, Department of Defense's Advanced Research Projects Agency was created by the Bolt Beranek and Newman Company (BBN) twelve years after the Sputnik1. ARPANET's primitive aim was to design a network secure enough to oppose a nuclear attack during the Cold War. The Internet was initiated by the ARPANET in 1969 at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The agency's objective was to establish a connection, through computers, that would allow scientists at different universities to share research and information.


The first switch that provided communication utilized was developed at BBN, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but ARPANET mostly used packet switching developed by Rand Corporation in 1962 to route messages. Packet switching organized information into "packets." Each packet was held user, addressing and error checking information. This kind of communication switching allowed the usage of a same data line by various computers. It also allowed data to transfer to other computers if one computer went down in the packet network.

In 1974, TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol), the protocol used on the Internet, was developed. This Internet Protocol is the fundamental software employed to control the Internet. This protocol specifies how data is routed from one computer to the another. The Transmission Control Protocol verifies whether or not the information arrived at the designated computer and if not, makes sure that the information is sent again. American computer scientist Vinton Cerf built these protocols in 1973. This project was sponsored by the United States Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

During the early years of the 1980s, the Internet became more popular as more sites were added to ARPANET. Even though the ARPANET had shut down by 1984, the usage of the Internet was spreading. The Internet was transferred from the ARPANET to the National Science Foundation. By this year an estimation of 500 computers were "connected" (using the Internet).

The Internet was completely textual and in black and white. All tasks had to be done by using commands of computer language, such as UNIX, developed by Bell Laboratories in 1972. Users actually had to learn computer language commands to be able to use the Internet unless they possessed certain computer skills. However, the appearances of new resources simplified the use of this network.

The coming of the World Wide Web (WWW), developed by English computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee for the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in the year of 1989, caused major impact in the advancement of computer science. The Web is a group of files, called Web sites or Web pages. It made "surfing" the Internet more simple and interesting. Each of these web sites includes pictures, buttons, and highlighted words or phrases to click on to issue commands. One did not require computer skills. There was no need to learn computer language commands. Information was now available in various forms: sound, graphics, text, and video; and in diverse colors.

In 1993, browsers were included in the network. The Mosaic browser was designed at the University of Illinois as an easier way to access the World Wide Web. The browsers were menu-driven, for example: Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer, which provide the users a "menu" of choices; or graphical "buttons" that provide computer users with an simpler way of telling the computer what to do.

Illustration 1-1 is an example of the way the Internet window might appear. This illustration also presents the different graphics, "buttons," and words or phrases used as shortcuts to issue commands. The distinct pull-down menus (file, edit, help, etc.) had the function of facilitating the user's task. To issue a command the user simply had to click on the drop-down menu and it would display a number of commands that a user could choose from.

I've been on the internet since 2400 bps (no i didn't forget a 0, it's really 2.4 k a second) was considered blazingly fast. My mom is a director of technology at our high school, so we were always up on the latest new tech!

as for sites, check out solaris (http://www.solarisrpg.com). RP based in chats. pretty cool- I'm the second most powerful character in the game :D.
also, check email, drumcenterforum and drumsmith.com, and keep up with most of my favorite bands websites.

P.S- I still have the old Packard Bell Legend that has that 2400 modem! any takers? it's an antique in computer years!!!!

Originally posted by DMC12


I think he was referring to the "Web".

The Internet began as a Cold War military technology. It was a way for military computers to communicate over long distances. Other institutions, such as universities and hospitals began to associate their computers through the Internet during the 1970s and 1980s.

snip snip


i actually am quite aware of the history of the internet.. but imo people are not old school unless they actually remember mosaic, or when netscape was version 1.0 for windows 3.11 through a trumpet winsock ppp connection.

but before that i was using a shell account to an AIX machine my freshman year of college.. back in 1994. tried IRC then, didn't like it cause i didn't know how to use it. returned to IRC in mid-95, however.

i started out with the "internet" as AO-hell, but that was when the only access to the "true" internet you had on aol was email and usenet.

i remember using aol version 1.1... for DOS :D
on a 386
with 4M RAM