[plastikaa]

I was thinking with so much that relys on the internet and the huge numbers of people who use the internet could the interent be switched off? - wouldn't it cause chaos, havok, mayhem? And with all the build up of datd on the internet are we creating 'data pollution' a lot of stuff gets duplicated and repeated and never desposed of. So how long will the internet last - forever?

When I say can it be turned off I dont mean is there like a big switch or button that simply goes 'internet on' and 'internet off' - (that would be so funny if there was), what I mean is can it be turned off a not cause any problems will it ever be able to be turned off, or will it simply evolve more and more. Books exist for thousands of years and are dug out of the ground etc. but many are destroyed, but what with our information? it just gets puts into electronic format and well what then will it always exist or what?

Have humans created something far worse that polution from fossil fuels... is everyone ignoring the obvious... we are building up huge amounts of data every day on the internet and the majority doesnt get disposed off. Maybe we will just have to figure out how to store everything in more and more comapct spaces.

I'm going tostop wiritng now its hurting my head thinking what could happen and what might happen. Im sure a load of you will have your own crazy/sensible ideas here are just a few of mine :P

1. Aliens attack realise how dependat we are on computers let off a massive EM pulse and wipe out every computer on the planet.

2. The same as above but us stupid humans do it to each other in a massive war, or a massive nuke something similar.

3. The internet evolves, computers become so ittelligent they learn to read and prune our information, and get rid of unneccessary info that is simply a duplicate of what already exists.

4. Something similar to the matrix... ignoring what actually happens in the end. (we get over run my robots/computers)

5. So much technology becomes available and we all cant cope with it at one time, as a result we simply stop using computers or we destroy them.

6. We get hit by a massive asteroid,so big that nothing can stop id... computers have nothing to do with it.

7. Computers simply stop evolving we reach what I would call "the technological limit" nothing can be developed any futher - everyone lives forever - we know everything - we control everything etc. etc. ( can this really happen though? :S )

8. Our natural resources run out, we start to use materials from space, we bring them back to earth to build mroe stuff... the build up it wieght slows the earth down and we go into the sun and get destroyed.

Cant think of any more - its crazy what will happen in the future I think 3. would be the most logical step forward but its still worrying if robots became that intelligent what they would do. Im not really worrying I dotn think I will see any of this in my life time but what does the future hold?