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Do you prefer the internet and computing of yesteryear?
gmphmac
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You only need go back ten years to see a vast difference in computing and the way we did things. For example, portals were hugely popular, and people were always eager to tell you how Winamp ruled over WMP 
Internet and computing has definitely reached it's mature stage I'd say, but I don't know...there was something cosy and exciting about the old tech days.
Internet and computing has definitely reached it's mature stage I'd say, but I don't know...there was something cosy and exciting about the old tech days.
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What fun it was trying to get heaps of non-standard USB things to work properly, getting temperamental networks to function, searching for drivers for everything and viewing corrupt web-pages on non-standard browsers.
Truly a golden age for frustration, wasted time and non-productivity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September
Other fun included the instant messenger systems, especially the ones like ICQ with its random chat function. The idea of using message boards like DS forums was just going mainstream. You could play Everquest and other online rpgs on early broadband and moan as you got unexpectedly disconnected during a big fight. Buying online was still a bit of a novelty. Animal porn easily accessible. I think the Internet was less structured...less corporate back then and it was much more of a free for all. It wasn't just all about ecommerce. People were on it to have fun.
I personally don't think the internet has reached its mature stage yet. What the future developments are I don't know (otherwise I'd invent them and make billions) but I'm sure there are improvments to be made in connectivity, access points, interaction with service providers etc.
Probably when writing was invented, and then monks started doing illustrated manuscripts, they thought that was as good as it could get.
I miss all the fun of the Y2K bug and the blue screen of death.
LOL I found that really funny (not you persay but the senitment behind the thinking) I found the internet became immature for the exact same reason.
I think we may be talking about different things when we use the word "mature" (I was talking about the technology and its implementation - not its userbase).
It is true that as technology matures and becomes more mainstream - it also necessarily caters for a less mature audience. This isnt specific to the internet - you see a similar pattern in virtually any technology that has become mainstream in the home.
But i miss the modem dialing sound
..or any track by Skrillex.
They'd change your dial up so it'd go through the back end of beyond, costing you a fortune per minute!
I would never go back to the old internet, espcially the old dial-up internet.
Back in the late 1990s, it was impossible to phone anybody on their landline because they were all on the internet.
Where are all the great space sims, RTS games etc... All the best ones seem to be years old and are starting to look their age.
And the internet... I remember when youtube started, it was great. Good layout, no adverts, nobody cared about copyright infringements. Now it's like big brother is watching you on there- they want you full name, phone number, for you to link accounts with some email you haven't even set up. It's absurd.
You can still buy PC games which are new.
That has nothing to do with what I said.
The popularity of moronic assembly-lined console games has all but destroyed the more cerebral PC games market - there's just not enough money in it compared to the console crap
It's the games equivalent of reality/celeb-driven TV programming.
I'm so bad, I'd be posting on DS, listening to music and watching youtube videos, whilst doing a skydive. I'm not really happy unless I'm doing at least three things at once.
Who says men can't multi-task?
Its simpler and more profitable to make games for consoles as you can guarantee the hardware will run the game you are developing in the way you want. People are less prone to pirating console games too.
PCs are very fragmented in their capabilities which makes it a pain to develop a game for