The internet will die in 2012

[1313Jr.1313]

ok, so let me get this straight... we shouldn't believe that this is happening because ONE source happens to be people between the ages of 18-24, am i getting this right? or is it that ONE of them shows off his girlfriend as a sex object (to get the attention of those who aren't already interested) with her permission and it suddenly isn't a credible source? also, i hope that you realize that they gain nothing tangible out of doing this, so no, it has yet to be proven that this source isn't credible. the best part is, they are NOT the only source of this, so even if you don't like this source that doesn't mean that it's suddenly false.

if a black accountant told you what you needed to do to get out of debt (assuming you had a large debt) then you wouldn't do it is basically what you're saying.

[dinin2]

then lets see the other sources. where is the prouf?

[1313Jr.1313]

way to make yourself look like a jackass. you JUST NOW proved that you don't even read my replies. on that note, i gave one other source IN A REPLY to your statement above (direct link, in fact). now that we've established your mental capacity, that means that whatever you say should be disregarded and taken to mean the opposite is true, right? (it's not like you can argue against that without proving me right anyway) you argue that it isn't happening. therefore, it must be happening. there's another set of proof right there. congratulations.

[dinin2]

ur a moron and an idiot ( the kids own the link you posted you retard )

go fuck yourself assface

[1313Jr.1313]

so i can quote you when you say that they own bloomberg news. and you call me an idiot?

[Gasskisser]

What I've noticed since you started this thread is how much the discussion reminds of the "they'll never shut down filesharing" discussions from five years ago.

Kind of scary, actually....

[SionDS]

Originally posted by Gasskisser
What I've noticed since you started this thread is how much the discussion reminds of the "they'll never shut down filesharing" discussions from five years ago.

Kind of scary, actually....

Unless I am reading your post wrong, how so? They never did shut down file sharing.

[Gasskisser]

Originally posted by SionDS

Originally posted by Gasskisser
What I've noticed since you started this thread is how much the discussion reminds of the "they'll never shut down filesharing" discussions from five years ago.

Kind of scary, actually....

Unless I am reading your post wrong, how so? They never did shut down file sharing.

Maybe I'm out of touch now, but it seems to me the "golden age" of file sharing (napster, kazaa) is long gone and will never be back. I used to enjoy putting stuff out there that not too many people knew about and I learned a lot about different musical styles and artists by browsing through people's shared folders and downloading whatever looked interesting. It was free so no big deal if I didn't like something.

(As a side note, I used to buy A LOT more music then than I do now. A good 25% of my CDs came from artists I discovered on Napster and Kazaa.)

I know about emule (etc) but after all the lawsuits, I've never been comfortable enough to bother learning the new ways. The only sharing I do now is Rapidshare and so forth.

I'm not the only one. I don't know anyone who still does much file sharing. Maybe that means I'm old.

But my point is, while file sharing does technically still exist, it's not the same. The end of net neutrality might not technically "kill" the internet, but it probably would change it into something very different from what we have today. In 2015, people may be talking about now as "the golden age of the internet"...

[1313Jr.1313]

that is actually the biggest reason that i posted this thread. at first i didn't know whether or not to respond because as sion said in case you were being sarcastic to prove a point, filesharing still does exist, just to a much much lesser extent and i'm afraid that may also happen to the internet. filesharing isn't dead and the internet won't be, but filesharing as it was IS dead and that may happen to the internet .

i knew people who got into napster and kazaa at the very end of the run and all of the stuff now (limewire, bearshare, emule, etc...) are just cheap imitations of the beauty that once was. besides, a friend of my uncle uses limewire and there are companies out there that put spyware in mp3s and once the mp3 is downloaded it sends out all information from the folder it's put in (i.e. all of the songs in that folder) and then the company sues them for illegally downloading music. my uncle's friend, as i was saying, got sued for nearly $60,000. he fought it at first when it was just blackmail, but then it actually became a lawsuit and they had the information so he settled out of court and paid $10,000. filesharing nowadays isn't even worth it to me.

[FartWhilePee]

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