We are still here!

I had heard a rumor that there was a big scary computer virus that was supposed to cripple the Internet on April 1st. I didn't really look into it to see if it was a real threat or just another prank. April fools day after all. So I just waited to see if the world wide web would come crumbling down around us. I was kinda looking forward to it. Don't get me wrong, I love the Internet and all it has allowed our society to do. It is a very powerful tool and does get put to good use. But it also gets put to use by every aspect of society, which leads to things like sites dedicated to the mundane, the bizarre, and the down right disgusting, and things like widespread devastating computer viruses. So I thought it would be interesting to see what would happen to our society if the web did grind to a halt. Would there be mass chaos and rioting in the streets. Or would we simply revert back to how we did things in the early 90's, before the Internet was a staple in our lives. What would all those losers living in their mother's basement do? My guess is that they would continue their disturbing past times. But they would remain in their dark, musty basements, where they belong. We would also see the end of mindless posts on Facebook and Twitter, or whatever the "social" network flavour of the month is. And let us quickly forget that anyone can create a Blog about the banal existence they call a life. Constantly posting about what they ate for dinner, which movies they saw, and how they are frustrated that all they can post about is that all they post about is not having anything to post.