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---MAD---
18-08-2007, 01:00 PM
The web has changed very much in the last 10-15 years. It started off with just text e-mails then slowly developed all the way to video streaming on youtube etc.

What do you think the web will be like in 20 years time?

Alkaz
18-08-2007, 01:04 PM
The internet is a very scary thing. I think soon you will be able to send live video's of yourself. Sort of like adult site were you watch people. But sort of send them to people. And i think it will be so much easier to get information about people. And will be the place for highest about of crime with peadophilia and scams hacks now so will be alot worse in the future. The internet should be very very fast. And the internet should be free.

velocity
18-08-2007, 01:11 PM
most likely more *Text Removed*

Edited by opensourcehost (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not use inappropriate language or avoid the forum filter.

Paulio
18-08-2007, 01:17 PM
god only knows, it's viruses that i'm worried about.

mangle
18-08-2007, 01:27 PM
it will remove every **** site
one site will remain
www.bringbackthe****.com (http://www.bringbackthe****.com)


:]!

Yeah god knows whats gonna happen , it'll all backfire probably

dannyisnotamazing
18-08-2007, 01:29 PM
I think soon you will be able to send live video's of yourself.

That's already possible? :S. You can do that on a few sites..

Hecktix1
18-08-2007, 01:30 PM
the internet will control our lives.

everything will be computerised, exams and stuff innit...

EMAIL YOUR EXAM PAPERS IN DEN CLASS

GrebSkeb
18-08-2007, 01:33 PM
maby like look in ya glasses or hen ur day dreaming u use the next xD

Jordy
18-08-2007, 02:10 PM
most likely more porn.
Hopefully... as long as it's free :P

Erm.. I think Google will be still be dominant and as someone said... it'll be free I think and accessible a lot more ways. But a lot can change, 3 years ago YouTube didn't even exist, and look where it is now? 20 years is a long time, I'd like to think in 2 years it'll of changed a lot.

I think television on the internet will become cheaper and easier, but that's in the next 3-4 years :P

--ss--
18-08-2007, 02:26 PM
The internet will no longer exist as some nerds will take it over somehow :rolleyes:

I agree with Anarchco , The internet / computers will be a more important part of our lives , My guess is that all school will have laptops built into desks and books are no longer needed , they use the laptops for everything :p

Decapitated!
18-08-2007, 02:46 PM
i think it will shut off due to perves pedos and viruses etc

Soy
18-08-2007, 02:55 PM
in 20 years time? Habbo v83 can't wait.

Wootzeh
18-08-2007, 03:02 PM
**** where you will be able to join in and actually do it over the net!
And Zipzy? The internet shutting down? Yeah right :rolleyes:

N!ck
18-08-2007, 03:06 PM
It will be more content rich and the content will be of higher quality (videos etc.). Also bandwidth will greatly increase, and hopefully the up-speeds of personal connections will be come much closer to the down-speeds available at the time. Contention ratios will drop (they will need to as people will be wanting more out of their personal connection). It will also become even more user driven (people putting their own things on the web). Optic-fibre should become more readily available to the home user.

joshuar
18-08-2007, 03:34 PM
I think it will just be our lives really, people won't bother communicating, just typing. It will grow beyond what we can imagine right now, things like automated phone lines will become useless and you will get all the forms on the internet to do it.

It is an intresting question to see where it will be in 20 years time.

TehJoshy
18-08-2007, 03:44 PM
obviously faster connections, thats not debateable at all.
but, if im honest i think its going to be a BIG suprise whatever wierd/magical things happen to the www over the comming years.

WarezKid
18-08-2007, 03:54 PM
i think we get this stick where we can put it in to our head and we just live of from it,

i heard about it in the news :)

Lyca
18-08-2007, 04:43 PM
most likely more porn.
that wins the debate for me
lorl

ItsDave
18-08-2007, 04:52 PM
Its scary to think about it, considering like that new touch screen computer table is out soon. In 20 years? It'll probably a perverts heaven, an internet gods worst nightmare and its going to be a serious problem for the people in the next 20 years.

RedStratocas
18-08-2007, 05:05 PM
i dont think it'll take over our lives. people predicted the same thing when television was evolving. what lots of experts predict is that television and internet will eventually merge together.

and it will always be something you don't expect. no one expected something like youtube to explode the way it did. most of the major changes are unpredictable.

Assassinator
18-08-2007, 05:23 PM
I think computers will be very small and slim.Maybe they will have everything on them like "Sky" and you can call people etc.

More than likely we will re-lie on computers to run our life.Maybe even one-day mind controlled computers!

But computers in the future will change are life,maybe even take over the world.Who knows?

Jordy
18-08-2007, 05:30 PM
I think computers will be very small and slim.Maybe they will have everything on them like "Sky" and you can call people etc.

More than likely we will re-lie on computers to run our life.Maybe even one-day mind controlled computers!

But computers in the future will change are life,maybe even take over the world.Who knows?
It means the web, not computers :P

Assassinator
18-08-2007, 05:37 PM
It means the web, not computers :P

My Bad Lol!

WarezKid
18-08-2007, 05:44 PM
I think computers will be mobile (walk around) with you xD like a robot

Alkaz
18-08-2007, 05:47 PM
in 20 years time? Habbo v83 can't wait.
I Just lol'd irl and i just remembered about the live videos.

tully4leanne.
18-08-2007, 06:00 PM
3D PC's .. u can actually put ur self in the game

Bonxy
18-08-2007, 06:00 PM
Ye, i think it will take over. :)

WarezKid
18-08-2007, 06:01 PM
3D PC's .. u can actually put ur self in the game


There coul be hacks where they could hack your mind :P and control yaaaaa

haha :rolleyes:

Pitch
18-08-2007, 06:31 PM
There coul be hacks where they could hack your mind :P and control yaaaaa

haha :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

I think that the net and television will be merged, and most eletrical appliances will have something to do with the net, Instead of having wireless internet, you have wireless *pc signals*, so you have a terminal instead of a modem, and you have a little palm that wirelessly connects to the terminal and you control it all from there.. like a PDA except you can just walk around. I think this will be connected to some sort of network that replaced the mobile phone companies, which will broadcast *computer waves* instead of telephone, and wi-fi will be dead, aswell as habbox :D. Alot of the smaller internet companies will have been bought up by virginmedia, and it'll be the same stale-mate as TV is at the moment: you either suffer terribly with BT or suffer terribly with virgin.

I think that touch screens will be in, laptops desktops gone, (all replaced with the PDA things like i said).. Possibly the invention of an *ubersmall chip* that allows for your PDA to be a printer, scanner, fax and still be able to connect to wi-zi (my name for wireless computer waves :D)

danny-dyer
18-08-2007, 07:13 PM
****o and viruses everywhere i rekon

GommeInc
18-08-2007, 07:40 PM
I can't see the internet itself developing any further. What will develop are computers and technologies that work along side it. Everything is pretty much possible now with the internet. Teaching is possible, by uploading topics for discussion on learning forums e.g. Moodle which schooles can use to have discussions on certain subjects etc. I doubt exams would be used with in 20 years time, I can see it being pointless because you need that middle man to keep an eye on them, the internet cannot provide it because there is always a way to steal or copy files on the net, but you can't in real life as easily.

EDIT: Why are people talking about the design of computers? Web = Internet. Not computers.

Dan2nd
18-08-2007, 08:40 PM
I think you'll be able to connect to the internet with a wirless thiny in your brain and download information such as News, Sport and celebraty Gossip :P

WarezKid
18-08-2007, 08:45 PM
I think you'll be able to connect to the internet with a wirless thiny in your brain and download information such as News, Sport and celebraty Gossip :P

what happeneds when someone hacks it?

YOu die?

become brian damage?

Pitch
18-08-2007, 09:08 PM
what happeneds when someone hacks it?

YOu die?

become brian damage?

yes, a multi bizzillion pound company will allow you to die by using their product. Dont be a moron. Most hackers wouldnt hack into peoples minds anyway, where the kick out of showing someone **** through their brain, thats doing them a favour? :S

Its not like a chip in your head can control all of your body, if it did happen it would be setup so it can show you what you request, nothing else, if it was possible to hack they wouldnt hack you :eusa_wall

its-me-sam
18-08-2007, 09:16 PM
telle phone poles and wires will be cut down and every computer will come with the internet free, but you have to pay a licence for your computer...our lives will in every way be based around it.. places, like parks will get used less and there will be more of a reason for esstate agents to build over them eventualy it will be very rare for us to go out side for sports optionaly, there porbably be more p.e lessons because of this schools will become werse than ever people will of "evolved" into different ways of life and there will be just a few extremists trying to put things back to how they were, People wont need to see people any more so not much need to travel apart from the few jobs that will be away from a computer. people wont even need to go on holiday they can just have a virtual tore with their familys of a place that some one that lives there "records live" as their job.

Pitch
18-08-2007, 09:19 PM
As dominant as computers get, they wont replace people going outside; tv's didnt do that and almost everyone had a TV..

lew!
18-08-2007, 10:32 PM
@ the brain thing..
what about spyware..

" Oh.. thats what you did last weekend.. " lol

And yeah i reckon you will be able to view it in your head.. like contact lenses.


ACTUALLY THATS AN INVENTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Contact lenses that have a projection on them.. Like little wires comming from them and it reacts to your retina movements..

Mr.OSH
19-08-2007, 12:55 AM
It will be replaced by a better bigger more efficient future system. Everything from VCR's to DVD's to cars all get replaced with a new different style or model at some point. I don't think the internet will be any different. At some point something bigger and better will take over. :) Its either that or I'll rule it *evil laugh* :P

Shawnstra
19-08-2007, 02:14 AM
I would imagine it to be faster. Speed is one of the biggest things that have changed over the years. Back then, it took 5 minutes to load a site, and now if it takes 10 seconds, we are complaining. Technology as I can is advancing very fast. Just 10 years ago, what is today is almost unimaginable. One thing that I would like to see is that it will interact with our senses.

-Hear (done)
-See (done)
-Taste (not done)
-Touch (not done)
-Smell (not done)

There are still 3 types of ways the web can interact with us, and I think in the future, it would become the norm. People I can see will become more dependant on the internet. More and more people will shop off the net, do their research off the net, and even using the internet work at home, study at home, etc. I imagine in the future, you can basically live without even stepping out of your house.

Concentric2
19-08-2007, 06:10 PM
The Semantic Web (http://www-personal.si.umich.edu/~rfrost/courses/SI110/readings/In_Out_and_Beyond/Semantic_Web.pdf)

Nixt
20-08-2007, 09:03 AM
i think we get this stick where we can put it in to our head and we just live of from it,

i heard about it in the news :)

Oh yeah, so the internet is going to provide you with the food and water you need to survive, and the exercise to stop you getting morbidly obese, and the facilities for you to urinate etc. Unlikely.

Technologic
20-08-2007, 09:15 AM
i think we get this stick where we can put it in to our head and we just live of from it,

i heard about it in the news :)

Tbh, i wouldn't feel very comfortable with shoving a usb stick up my left nostril.

I just think, in 20 years all our media will come from the internet as it will have such a high download speed :]

WarezKid
20-08-2007, 09:21 AM
Oh yeah, so the internet is going to provide you with the food and water you need to survive, and the exercise to stop you getting morbidly obese, and the facilities for you to urinate etc. Unlikely.


Tbh, i wouldn't feel very comfortable with shoving a usb stick up my left nostril.

I just think, in 20 years all our media will come from the internet as it will have such a high download speed :]

Maybe we become robots (if you wanted to) and use it from there -.-

I think there will be a thing where you can download info stright in to your brian

Jambe
20-08-2007, 12:14 PM
It will stop soon it can only go so far... i think it will stop in 2-3 years time only getting more faster internet connections from there on.

&
20-08-2007, 04:58 PM
the internet will control our lives.

everything will be computerised, exams and stuff innit...


we do exams on the computers *****

dannyisnotamazing
20-08-2007, 05:00 PM
A few exams are already done on a computer anyway. My technology one, product design it was called an ALAN exam & that was done on a computer. :]

Jazza
20-08-2007, 07:24 PM
I don't think it will be very different, I'd imagine download speed would be much faster and there will be more sites but other than that not a lot of differece, especially not human-interfacing like a few people suggested: that would be far beyond any technology we have or will have for at least a few centuries.

Pitch
20-08-2007, 09:48 PM
Oh i forgot to mention, i bet nintendo release a fully internet based console, they seem to be the *risk takers* of the big named, decent consoles.. Xbox etc are not internet based, they are internet capable, im talking like the wii, except full body things, stuff for your legs/arms and head..

Stephen
21-08-2007, 12:13 AM
Ok

In the 20 years time I think one of these will happen:

a) Someone will create a virus which will crash the whole internet, and as no one in the world controls the internet anymore, it will take years to fix.

or

b) Terminator - All machines will kill us.

Pitch
21-08-2007, 12:26 AM
a virus that could crash the whole internet? Impossible, there are hundreds of different OS's that are used within the internet, it would have to be virii (multiple virus's)

Stephen
21-08-2007, 12:39 AM
a virus that could crash the whole internet? Impossible, there are hundreds of different OS's that are used within the internet, it would have to be
virii (multiple virus's)

Dude.. 20 years time.. Anything can happen, so that means that could happen :)

Anything could be possible in 20 years time.

Pitch
21-08-2007, 12:41 AM
I doubt that in 20 years time every hosting company in existance will use exactly the same operating system, a virus cannot have such malicious effects on every operating system, so i doubt in even 20 years time it will happen :p

Stephen
21-08-2007, 12:49 AM
Say half the hackers in the world joined together and targeted the internet.
Maybe thats why no one has crashed the internet yet, as that would mean they wouldn't be able to go on the internet again.

I think that in 20 years time loads and loads of stupid fool hackers will join and the internet will be crashed for 2 years.

Crackers can do much more possible things than most people think.

Invent
21-08-2007, 03:14 AM
You can't "crash" the Internet, LMAO.

"Someone will create a virus which will crash the whole internet, and as no one in the world controls the internet anymore, it will take years to fix."

- Lol...just lol.

WarezKid
21-08-2007, 06:51 AM
i think we become robots living off the net -.-

Stephen
21-08-2007, 11:39 AM
You can't "crash" the Internet, LMAO.

"Someone will create a virus which will crash the whole internet, and as no one in the world controls the internet anymore, it will take years to fix."

- Lol...just lol.

Ok then.
I will edit what I said.

Loads of people will try and DOS all internet service providers in their region, causing the well not causing the actual internet to crash but causing the internet in everyones area to be down til they fix it.

Invent
21-08-2007, 02:36 PM
Your theory is stupid. As only say 40% of the Internet Population are "hackers", so if they are stopping ISP's from providing a service they will lose THEIR internet.

Aflux
21-08-2007, 06:57 PM
Your theory is stupid. As only say 40% of the Internet Population are "hackers", so if they are stopping ISP's from providing a service they will lose THEIR internet.

It'll be called the powerNET :P

I don't think it will be here because we can't have wind-powered servers in Texas now can we.

I think it'll just be faster, more in-depth.

Invent
21-08-2007, 08:11 PM
*POWERnet ;)

Jordy
21-08-2007, 08:24 PM
Oh yeah, so the internet is going to provide you with the food and water you need to survive, and the exercise to stop you getting morbidly obese, and the facilities for you to urinate etc. Unlikely.

Well he could shop online for the food and water, but urinating, I see your point ;)

Aflux
22-08-2007, 08:50 AM
Well he could shop online for the food and water, but urinating, I see your point ;)
Well you can do the first thing already and a couple of years ago there was a site called 'virtual toilet' where you could, 'go', online.

=gamemaster=
22-08-2007, 12:20 PM
computers will do bodily things for us, like wee, poo, fart and burp...

and other -sneaky eyes-

Pitch
22-08-2007, 05:44 PM
i really hope that would never happen, because then all the people who have *habbo sex* will be the most experienced people ever (*w4nk5*, *sux wily* etc)

RedStratocas
22-08-2007, 11:14 PM
i think instead of being seen as an annoyance, spam mail will be the last vestige of emotional contact between human beings.

Burns
22-08-2007, 11:37 PM
It will be fast :D:D:D:d

RedStratocas
23-08-2007, 04:53 PM
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
LCD Soundsystem
I bought fifteen cases for my house, my house

velocity
23-08-2007, 05:00 PM
Daft Punk Is Playing At My House
LCD Soundsystem
I bought fifteen cases for my house, my house
-points to music forum-

RedStratocas
23-08-2007, 05:41 PM
-points to music forum-

lozlozlozl@ me i accidentally had 2 habbox windows open and i posted wrong replies in them :D thank goodness i didn't press "submit reply" in the music forum.

i was going to say...


It will be fast :D:D:D:d

wow, how original


I think it'll just be faster, more in-depth.


getting more faster internet connections from there on.


Also bandwidth will greatly increase, and hopefully the up-speeds of personal connections will be come much closer to the down-speeds available at the time.


;3819318']obviously faster connections

Jambe
23-08-2007, 05:52 PM
It doesnt need to be.. We are stating out opinion.. the obvious one..

GTA-Andy
23-08-2007, 08:18 PM
It wont be sufficient for the rising amount of traffic and will collapse, a similar more efficient technology will take it's place.

Stephen
23-08-2007, 08:54 PM
lozlozlozl@ me i accidentally had 2 habbox windows open and i posted wrong replies in them :D thank goodness i didn't press "submit reply" in the music forum.

i was going to say...



wow, how original

Lmao +rep for that.. Made me laugh HAHA!

Hayd93
24-08-2007, 04:25 PM
It will basicly become 1 big *REMOVED* site google will become BOOBLE and the o's will have nipples in them

habbo will be in V100000000000 and have like toilets and habbo forum will have like 100000000 members.


Edited by Yoshimitsui (Super Moderator): Please don't avoid the filter.

:Hazel
24-08-2007, 04:32 PM
i dont see it progressing much more. there is only so much you can do in my view.

darkchicken101
24-08-2007, 06:44 PM
Realistically, the internet will head more into web-based applications. Perhaps in 20 years no files, folders or operating systems will be stored on our local machines, but instead be kept on data servers on the internet. Everything you would want to do would have to go through the internet (word processing, viewing your pictures etc.) and computers would be useless without it.

Larger companies will try to censor the internet and view a user's private files, thus creating a worldwide internet boycott.

Hopeless
24-08-2007, 08:01 PM
i think there will be a new invention..


maybe like a virtual player thing? so instead of playing games with a mouse u can move it by thinking it?

*stole idea from the sims*

Pitch
24-08-2007, 09:38 PM
VISTA is part internet oriented (if you choose to subscribe to it)

GoldenMerc
24-08-2007, 09:57 PM
I think the massive change has happned already within the past 20 years, I think in 2027 their wont be much diffrence im thinking every website will have flash banners and look more modern
Thats all i can think of

Pitch
24-08-2007, 10:49 PM
we're talking about the whole internet, just just hhgs :(!!!

RedStratocas
25-08-2007, 05:48 PM
i think you guys are kinda naive for saying not much more will happen :/ it's always going to be something you don't expect. 20 years is a long time, think of all that's happened in just the past 5 years.

Invent
26-08-2007, 04:50 AM
Lol the thing is, the internet could be gone in 20 Years...?

20 Years ago, Computer's were not the main source of information, etc. So people obviously thought another appliance would become better in the future. But it obviously never because of the introduction of the Internet.

Atm the Internet seems like it will be popular forever, but who knows. In 20 years time a new type of communication might be created taking over the Internet and making it less powerful.

RedStratocas
26-08-2007, 02:48 PM
Lol the thing is, the internet could be gone in 20 Years...?

20 Years ago, Computer's were not the main source of information, etc. So people obviously thought another appliance would become better in the future. But it obviously never because of the introduction of the Internet.

Atm the Internet seems like it will be popular forever, but who knows. In 20 years time a new type of communication might be created taking over the Internet and making it less powerful.

i highly doubt it. the internet is so easy and has so many uses, i cant imagine any communication device beating it. it's not really a product, its more of an idea. no one owns it. thats why tv took off and will be around in one form or another forever. internet might change form, but i doubt it'll be beaten.

malcster505
26-08-2007, 04:37 PM
The internet is just like millions of servers.
The internet is SO big *At this present time*, But in the future who knows?

It might not be the internet.. It might be another device which works totally differently, but more easier.
I mean, look at all these big bussinesses at the moment, making alot of money from the web, so say if E.g. George Bush Said "No one can use the internet in the US", (He'd be extremely unpopular), but it wouldn't exactly be possible to do that, because so many companies would complain, because they'd go bust, so the internet probably won't be gone in 20 years,
BUT, in the future, the Governments, will probably have much more control over it, so maybe it could become much less useful, because of it being filtered, and "watered down" if you get me, because everyone shows there opinions freely, and to be honest, if that opinion goes totally against the government, or whatever, then there likely to make sure it gets removed, so maybe in the future, it might be completely Useless.

RedStratocas
26-08-2007, 05:01 PM
The internet is just like millions of servers.
The internet is SO big *At this present time*, But in the future who knows?

It might not be the internet.. It might be another device which works totally differently, but more easier.
I mean, look at all these big bussinesses at the moment, making alot of money from the web, so say if E.g. George Bush Said "No one can use the internet in the US", (He'd be extremely unpopular), but it wouldn't exactly be possible to do that, because so many companies would complain, because they'd go bust, so the internet probably won't be gone in 20 years,
BUT, in the future, the Governments, will probably have much more control over it, so maybe it could become much less useful, because of it being filtered, and "watered down" if you get me, because everyone shows there opinions freely, and to be honest, if that opinion goes totally against the government, or whatever, then there likely to make sure it gets removed, so maybe in the future, it might be completely Useless.

that's a huge, huge longshot :/

malcster505
26-08-2007, 05:10 PM
History will be the Judge.

England
26-08-2007, 05:25 PM
b will actually be able to go inside habbo with a chip attached to ur head and then i will go nick ur furni

Wiley
26-08-2007, 06:04 PM
most likely more porn.

amen .

ReviewDude
27-08-2007, 11:46 AM
The internet is facing an issue at the moment, called net neutrality (or the lack thereof), which is likely to play some part in its future. In the future, the internet as we know it will be controlled, by three means:

1. The Providers - back to neutrality again, eventually, when companies that supply broadband cross the 'last mile', they will ascertain their power to control your internet access. Say BT Broadband finds a lot of its customers moving to AOL - they'll just block their website from access. This is a part of the control, it may not be noticeable particularly, but it will be there, very soon.

2. The Advertisers - Companies make billions of dollars from the Internet every week, and the majority of that is through careful advertising on popular sites. However, at present, people get the option (when they host their website) not to put any ads on. Not so in 20 years' time. All advertising will be done client-side, as once again providers cave, and allow advertisers to fill up any free space on web-pages as you visit them (not to mention with ads very specific to your browsing habits). This is one big cycle, advertisers pay ISPs, the users of whom then pay the advertisers through sales.

3. Censorship - They did it in China, they'll do it here. There'll come a point, very soon, where people run out of other people to blame that their children do stupid things, and will turn to point the finger at the internet (as many already have). This, eventually, will lead to the government (in all countries) deciding that enough is enough, and complying the internet to follow existing laws, whilst drafting new ones.

This will probably vary by country, but imagine an internet that is filtered (much like at school, or college), however no proxies will get round it. We'll see a team of people who trawl through the internet, monitoring and arresting those that talk about illegal offences, such as making bombs.

This is bar far the most bleak future for the internet, and one I fear never comes true. I'm comforted by the fact that we have one place in this world where freedom of speech is almost always free - so enjoy it while it lasts, because YouTube will be gone (copyrighted material), as will file-sharing and torrent sites, anything that's even vaguely offensive will be no more.

;)

Cypher-
28-08-2007, 12:02 PM
more silly teen sites designed to capture your wallet and your soul :)

Jamesy
28-08-2007, 08:45 PM
to the guy with the very large post.

We must plan the resistance! They sent back bill gates. As a errornator to stop the internet.


RESIST!!!!


(totally spaced out :))

Stephen
29-08-2007, 03:05 AM
b will actually be able to go inside habbo with a chip attached to ur head and then i will go nick ur furni

LOLLLZZZ That made me lol bad!! +rep

dannyisnotamazing
29-08-2007, 03:14 AM
i highly doubt it. the internet is so easy and has so many uses, i cant imagine any communication device beating it. it's not really a product, its more of an idea. no one owns it. thats why tv took off and will be around in one form or another forever. internet might change form, but i doubt it'll be beaten.

Take advice from your previous post.


i think you guys are kinda naive for saying not much more will happen :/ it's always going to be something you don't expect. 20 years is a long time, think of all that's happened in just the past 5 years.

Stephen
29-08-2007, 10:12 AM
He said that things will change but the internet won't get beaten in both posts?

Oni
31-08-2007, 09:22 PM
I think websites themselves may be social networks in the future. Like everyone who is viewing the site will have avatars [Think habbo kind of with one room] and can communicate whilst browsing, actually im going to experement with this now, see what happens.

lew!
31-08-2007, 11:10 PM
I dont think we can tell, but in 100 years.. looks what developed.. weve went from just about being able to fly, to jets that break the sound barrier.

Wootzeh
01-09-2007, 12:48 AM
The internet is facing an issue at the moment, called net neutrality (or the lack thereof), which is likely to play some part in its future. In the future, the internet as we know it will be controlled, by three means:

1. The Providers - back to neutrality again, eventually, when companies that supply broadband cross the 'last mile', they will ascertain their power to control your internet access. Say BT Broadband finds a lot of its customers moving to AOL - they'll just block their website from access. This is a part of the control, it may not be noticeable particularly, but it will be there, very soon.

2. The Advertisers - Companies make billions of dollars from the Internet every week, and the majority of that is through careful advertising on popular sites. However, at present, people get the option (when they host their website) not to put any ads on. Not so in 20 years' time. All advertising will be done client-side, as once again providers cave, and allow advertisers to fill up any free space on web-pages as you visit them (not to mention with ads very specific to your browsing habits). This is one big cycle, advertisers pay ISPs, the users of whom then pay the advertisers through sales.

3. Censorship - They did it in China, they'll do it here. There'll come a point, very soon, where people run out of other people to blame that their children do stupid things, and will turn to point the finger at the internet (as many already have). This, eventually, will lead to the government (in all countries) deciding that enough is enough, and complying the internet to follow existing laws, whilst drafting new ones.

This will probably vary by country, but imagine an internet that is filtered (much like at school, or college), however no proxies will get round it. We'll see a team of people who trawl through the internet, monitoring and arresting those that talk about illegal offences, such as making bombs.

This is bar far the most bleak future for the internet, and one I fear never comes true. I'm comforted by the fact that we have one place in this world where freedom of speech is almost always free - so enjoy it while it lasts, because YouTube will be gone (copyrighted material), as will file-sharing and torrent sites, anything that's even vaguely offensive will be no more.

;)
Companies can't restrict access out of spite.
Companies don't make millinos out of advertising every year, let alone weeks.
And then you go and compare all governments to a communist run country like China.
So much crap I just read.

Oni
01-09-2007, 09:04 AM
Youtube gone....That made me laugh. Infact many companies are putting their programs on youtube such as the BBC. Youtube is owned by google, rest assured it wont be leaving anytime soon.

CrazyColaist
01-09-2007, 10:34 PM
internet will crash

Aflux
05-09-2007, 07:10 PM
internet will crash
You cannot crash 'the internet'.

T0M
06-09-2007, 12:44 AM
I dont think the internet will become censored like China, China is a disgraceful country with some of its laws :l most curropt nation imo needs better human rights laws!

GhostFace-
06-09-2007, 01:42 AM
I Think It Will Have Like More Advanced Features on the pages and stuff like that ~_^ ?

xBenxx
06-09-2007, 06:21 AM
ok i think the web will develop new coding languages and it'll be simpler to use. The web is already a powerful thing, its even losing peoples lifes, due to internet bullying causing suicidal debates then all that mombo jumbo..

But seriously can the internet get anymore powerfull?

.Suzu.
07-09-2007, 06:29 AM
The internet has changed a lot! In fact, all technology has come such a long way in such a short amount of time! Think back to the early 1900's... People it was still unheard of to travel by air! People were still having trouble getting their head around the concept of 'waves' getting to their wireless radios when their windows were closed.
The internet has, as mentioned, come extraordinarily long way in a few short years. Take Second Life for example, people now have the opportunity to live their dream lives! Virtual reality machines such as the WII are also beginning to bloom. I believe that within a few years, we'll be 'walking' around the web via virtual reality etc. I believe that the graphics of objects and people on games will become as acutely accurate as possible to those we see in real-life.

Pitch
08-09-2007, 07:06 PM
The computer game thing isnt 20 years, its way, way earlier. The next generation of consoles (ps4 xbox 720 or whatever) are having games that are built on photographs, so you could find your local town as a part of the game. (they pay a guy to go around with a camera and take photos in a 360 angle of each part they want, so as you move another photo is loaded), even though this has nothing to do with the web.

The web i think will be the main way to contact people, no more post, just emails. But there will be a new system of emailing, that cuts out (most) spam. Sites like google will be banned from getting the information that they currently get from you, and yahoo will hopefully be bust by then!

Sentrax
08-09-2007, 07:23 PM
I don't think the internet will only be available on PC's, MACs, and mobile phones. I think there will be a new device specifically for the internet. And also I agree that education will be based on the internet, and that it will be free.

Mr.OSH
08-09-2007, 10:50 PM
We'll probably all have headsets that let us collect all the information we need and do things that people will find "enjoyable" in 20 years. Look at it this way, 20 years ago very few people had the Internet and libraries etc were the best source of information. I think the Internet will be there but It will be a bit like VHS is now compared to DVD or Terrestrial TV compared to Digital. I just imagine something better and more efficient will have taken over and the Internet will be second rate. You all think the Internet couldn't stop and nothing would replace it but people probably thought the same with the radio in the past etc etc. They didn't expect things to change but people can't see the future so yeah, it's likely to change way more than we can possibly imagine. The problem is if we could work out what would replace it, that new thing would already exist so we have to wait for technology to enhance more before we can possibly guess what it will be. :)

O.K. I'm done. :P

Soy
09-09-2007, 04:58 PM
mabye there will be a wall hologram and you use your fingers not your mouse O.o

&
09-09-2007, 09:50 PM
mabye there will be a wall hologram and you use your fingers not your mouse O.o

Already exists :D

Lozzoling
10-09-2007, 04:05 PM
It will be over-policed.

Jordan,
10-09-2007, 04:08 PM
FACT: 21CN internet and phone will mean insted of havin a telephone line it will be internet such as interphones so there wont be need for things like phone cables

ilove2spam
11-09-2007, 07:20 PM
i hope teres no real life just teh interwebszzz

Enuk
12-09-2007, 01:14 PM
in 20 years time? Habbo v83 can't wait.


Lol @ That

Lycan
12-09-2007, 01:29 PM
You cannot crash 'the internet'.


Global EMP says i can ;) mind you 20 years time won't be able to be able to say i told you so on a habbox forum

Rusty
14-09-2007, 03:16 PM
Im thinking the Internet will get safer, less virus's, better technology and everyone will be using Mac's + Hightech Computers that instead of typing you can talk to.. Lol EX.

"Go to google computer"

Pitch
15-09-2007, 12:52 AM
Apple will be wayyyyyyyyyyy bust by then, ever heard of betamax?

mac vs windows is the modern day betamax vs vhs.. Betamax, the technically superior model which costed more to buy and buy the tapes for, went bust. VHS, technically inferior and cheaper, flourished for decades until DVD. The same will happen, its just a matter of time. However, i've no doubt they'll sell steve job ounce by ounce to try to stop this, but at the end of the day the world is full of cheap-*** morons who would rather spend £400 every couple of years than a decent amount and have it for 10+. Ever wondered why ford owns like 30% of the motoring companies around? We live in the "cheap thrill" society.

today
15-09-2007, 08:43 PM
We'll find out (: Only 20 yrs yuh.

Haha think about it Graphics are getting better as more 3d games are coming out (: Whats next ;)

&
16-09-2007, 07:37 AM
Im thinking the Internet will get safer, less virus's, better technology and everyone will be using Mac's + Hightech Computers that instead of typing you can talk to.. Lol EX.

"Go to google computer"

already cannnnn

Hayd93
16-09-2007, 08:50 AM
ye whith vista it is great for hwk u talk it types

GommeInc
18-09-2007, 01:49 AM
Im thinking the Internet will get safer, less virus's, better technology and everyone will be using Mac's + Hightech Computers that instead of typing you can talk to.. Lol EX.

"Go to google computer"
Already do and already can.

People are using PCs and Macs now and you can talk to computers which will type out work at the same time, or do Macs lack such a function?

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