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So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:08
by Cake
and all the data centers are on their backup generators. We can run 3 days on our diesel generators alone. So let's say you have 3 days to grab what you need from the internet. What do you download in those three days to help you survive the apocalypse? You know, assuming we'd find someway to charge our lappys when needed.
Me? I say I go for Wikipedia. Everything else kinda just seems superfluous.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:09
by Machalllewis
No more internet? I download a painless way to commit suicide man.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:12
by Arius
Two things:
First, every possible game I can think of.
Second, instructions on how to repair a broken monitor. Because, it might break. And then, it wouldn't be fair... I had time then.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:23
by epocalypse
Well, I'm downloading how to take over and fortify your local metropolitan center, and then how to convert major rivers to hydroelectric. Then I'd restart the internet one city at a time.
Also, cookbooks and hunting and farming guides.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:28
by Machalllewis
epocalypse wrote:Then I'd restart the internet one city at a time.
Oh shit, and I'd be dead.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:30
by Armshrinker
I agree with arius on the fact that i'd download every good video game I can think of, since surviving the apocalypse might take a long time and you need something to keep yourself amused.
Beyond that, i'd try to find a way to download a real encyclopedia like Britannica instead of wikipedia, because while wikipedia is good and for the most part is accurate, we would need something more professional and "correct" when it comes time to rebuild society.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:31
by goat
As many tech guides, handbooks and medical texts as I could. I'd like a matrix-like knowledge of how to work, restart and repair any piece of machinery or technology I may come across.
Knowing how to farm/care for livestock may also be a good thing.
/+1 to arius for the TZ reference
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 06:43
by Dubious_wolf
Honestly I wouldn't download anything I'd find my nearest bookstore and take up residence there. Seriously, X for Dummies how to guides I think are much more valuable. My opinion of course. There will be so many other activities you could and should be doing in the event of the apocylpse. Gaming would be pretty low on my priority list.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 07:12
by Annchan
Dubious_wolf wrote:Honestly I wouldn't download anything I'd find my nearest bookstore and take up residence there. Seriously, X for Dummies how to guides I think are much more valuable. My opinion of course. There will be so many other activities you could and should be doing in the event of the apocylpse. Gaming would be pretty low on my priority list.
This.
A bookstore that has a coffee shop in it
And a gun shop in it.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 07:15
by ThrashJazzAssassin
I'd forget about the internet and spend the time arranging for the LRR crew to come over here. Then I wouldn't need the internet.
I might not survive the apocalypse, but at least I'd be entertained.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 08:02
by Shinoki
In a post apocalypse scenario I don't think you'll have much time to play games, I think you'd be hunting for food with most of your time. Wild asparagus are really hard to catch.
But if the internet is going down, why wouldn't electricity too? I don't think many of us would have a lot of time to enjoy the data we download so I would download as much exclusive internet literature as I could. To print it off and preserve it.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 08:18
by Emperor Gum
Three days is such a small amount of time to download pr0n.
Shinoki wrote:But if the internet is going down, why wouldn't electricity too? I don't think many of us would have a lot of time to enjoy the data we download so I would download as much exclusive internet literature as I could. To print it off and preserve it.
Solar power, maybe?
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 08:26
by Tinasaur
I'd download as much music as I could. I need music to keep me sane, especially after an apocalypse.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 08:26
by goat
Annchan wrote:Dubious_wolf wrote:Honestly I wouldn't download anything I'd find my nearest bookstore and take up residence there. Seriously, X for Dummies how to guides I think are much more valuable. My opinion of course. There will be so many other activities you could and should be doing in the event of the apocylpse. Gaming would be pretty low on my priority list.
This.
A bookstore that has a coffee shop in it
And a gun shop in it.
Remind me not to buy books in your town.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 08:39
by masamune
friggin' porn, duh.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 09:37
by GreigKM
I would fly to an island and set up a new internet and world. I would, of coarse, get guns for defense and trade passing ships lolcats for ammo. And I would invite the greatest internet minds there, like LRR and the people at The Escapist. And the good people of the forums.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 09:40
by Jillers
A whole lot of music
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 09:42
by octopimpostor
masamune wrote:friggin' porn, duh.
and wikipedia... and the entire video collection of loadingreadyrun.com
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 09:47
by iamafish
the entire LRR back catalogue. and porn. and maybe some literature (but twilight)
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 09:58
by Cake
Shinoki wrote:But if the internet is going down, why wouldn't electricity too?
Cake wrote:You know, assuming we'd find someway to charge our lappys when needed.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 11:00
by Cade Antilles
1) The LRR archive
2) As much porn as will fit onto my computer and peripheral memory sources
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 11:38
by goat
Cade Antilles wrote:1) The LRR archive
2) As much porn as will fit onto my computer and peripheral memory sources
Some would argue that these are not mutually exclusive entities.
</creepy>
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 11:52
by gcninja
Cade Antilles wrote:1) The LRR archive
you wouldnt have to if you owned the LRR season four dvd with hours of extras..... <_< >_>
personally, wikipedia, and that would be good enough for me
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 11:54
by Cade Antilles
goat wrote:Cade Antilles wrote:1) The LRR archive
2) As much porn as will fit onto my computer and peripheral memory sources
Some would argue that these are not mutually exclusive entities.
</creepy>
Fair enough.
Re: So, the world is ending...
Posted: 14 Dec 2009, 11:56
by Re'ozul
I'd like to point out that the internet is useless in the long run (long here being a week or so) especially if you live in a city due to the breakdown of food and water supplies once the power goes out completely.