net surfing habits

[ragt20]

Originally posted by DVSNCYNIKL


Like a shovel?:hehe::hehe:

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

[Mugen_R]

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

[KatWoman]

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.

[DMC12]

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

Originally posted by KatWoman
flash tutorial sites.

Found any?

[KatWoman]

Yes DMC...

www.flashkit.com

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

[taranaki]

When life turns to shit,I hit the net bigtime

my postcount has never looked better

[YogsVR4]

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/USL...r&prodnav=none
www.my.yahoo.com

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

[Spec2 Girl]

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

[DMC12]

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...

[DMC12]

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...

[jinushaun]

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

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.

[Jimbo_Jones]

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

[shadowboy]

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.

[HogieGT-R]

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

[DMC12]

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.