should we have a national 'No Computer Day'

being in the UK, never really seen Seaquest, although they did start to show a series of Seaquest a few years back, but after 3 episodes it never returned.
 
Oh it is an awsome series. I own the dvds for the first 2 seasons. The third season has not yet been released on dvd or blue ray.
 
mikho said:
It's not gone, it only changed medium.
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I think is gone, imagine this world without Facebook, Twitter, without movies, etc. and how much time we will have for us, to read books, to talk etc.. Some times I am just thinking to buy some land and work the land, living like 60 years before...


Regards
 
mikho said:
It's not gone, it only changed medium.
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to me the art of conversation to pick up the telephone and talk to someone or meet up with them and talk.

now we all seem to hide behind emails, texts, facebook, twitter etc.

even writing a letter, going to post office and sticking a stamp on the letter and posting has gone, now its just we will email or text them.
 
easyhostmedia said:
even writing a letter, going to post office and sticking a stamp on the letter and posting has gone, now its just we will email or text them.
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That's because the price of postage has increased to rediculous amounts, the postal service will usually lose the piece of mail, and when you finally DO receive the mail, there's a 50/50 chance that it's actually relevant 1 or 2 weeks later.

Email is a prefered method for faster communication. I rarely use text on a phone, unless it's a "be there in 5 minutes" type note. I never ask someone to go to dinner, inform others that I'm having a baby, or that I got married via text - but I HAVE received those notices (even from my sister).

There's a lot to be said for picking up the phone and talking, and I completely agree that it has taken over some people's lives - but at the same time, if they weren't doing that, I wouldn't be in business :)
 
easyhostmedia said:
same here, i remember xmas day and all the kids on their new bikes, now even during school hols. its like a ghost town, all kids indoor on the latest Xbox or whatever is in fashion now. And when you do see the odd kid out and about their fingers are permanently fixed to smartphone keypads.

Where has the art of conversation gone?
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easyhostmedia said:
to me the art of conversation to pick up the telephone and talk to someone or meet up with them and talk.

now we all seem to hide behind emails, texts, facebook, twitter etc.

even writing a letter, going to post office and sticking a stamp on the letter and posting has gone, now its just we will email or text them.
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That's the "beauty" of evolution :uhh:

I do enjoy some personal face to face discussions also, I'm only playing devils advocate here.
 
Well this is still on topic.
You know those ads that say people want to talk to a live person when they call a company.
Well for me I would prefer not to talk to a live person and just talk to a machine. Specially when I just need to activate a card or something simple. Usually when I talk to a live person they want to sell me crap and I am not calling them to buy their stuff. So that is the reason I don't want a live person. This mainly applies to banks or credit cards. Unless I am having a real problem I don't want to talk to a live person.

However none companies I do prefer to talk to a live person. I have actually gotten a text and called them as a reply. Although I mainly do that because texting cost me 25 cents per text.
 
bunnykins said:
Well this is still on topic.
You know those ads that say people want to talk to a live person when they call a company.
Well for me I would prefer not to talk to a live person and just talk to a machine.
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I prefer to do this when i want to cancel a service. As when you need to cancel a services you are told you need to call this number and speak to this dept, but in reality this dept is an esculated sales team whose primary goal is to keep you as a customer, so they will offer you many discounts to try and keep you. its the same with telephones/broadband, you have to call to get MAC/PAC number as they say this is the only way you can get this number. This info is wrong as you can write and request this number, just they want you to call so they can try and keep you.
 
Ya I hate that. I down graded my dish package and they kept trying to convince me to keep their higher package. They even called me a few times after that to try and get me to change my mind. I was like I only use the blockbuster at home service and watched the Science channel. I don't need any thing else.

I have had the issue you mentioned with banks as well. Thank goodness I have not had that issue with any hosting company I have had.
 
bunnykins said:
Thank goodness I have not had that issue with any hosting company I have had.
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Not many decent hosts would do this.

If we get a client downgrade, then they do this for a reason. Yes we will contact the client as ask why they have downgraded.

Usually they downgrade for 2 reasons

1) funds are limited, and they can no longer afford the higher plan
2) they dont need/use all the resources of the higher plan.

most times we can work with the client on point 1, so they keep the plan resources they have at a reduced rate either on a temp basis or perm basis
 
I like hosts that do that. I mean you go to downgrade and if you tell them it is a money issue and they let you have the higher package at the lower price. That happened with one of my vps providers.
 
This would be an absolute disaster. I do agree with the concept of personal interaction though, maybe we can encourage that without shutting down all the computers?
 
pphillips said:
This would be an absolute disaster. I do agree with the concept of personal interaction though, maybe we can encourage that without shutting down all the computers?
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we could get the texting services shut down and then see the reaction of all teenagers when they realise they have to move their mouths and talk to each other.
 
I will be trying this out later in the year, i have a 4 day camping/fishing trip booked and their is no mobile phone reception.
 
An entire day?! I could have done that earlier on, but not anymore. I have too much going on via the Internet to skip even a single day. Having said that, I did miss one day last week to attend an event in Nebraska. :)
 
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