What? What do you mean, “…when the Internet goes down?” Do you understand how the Internet works?
LOL!
We will have to back to using Pagers.
It’s good to plan ahead! ;)
I’ll ping you with carrier pigeon. What are your coordinates?
I think the guy up the road from me with the antenna tower in his yard has it.
Rhetorical Question de Jour:
“Who put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?
If you ever experience a loss of internet connectivity, please email the Help Desk immediately, or fill out a self-service ticket request at www.helpdesk.org.
All your pings are belong to Chrystia Freeland now.
She sent you up the bomb.
Furgetabouit!
The same person that keeps the Rapture ping list.
Prior to electronic communications people used couriers or mail. Wanderers in the same vein as the Medieval traveling minstrel would go from town to town delivering information. Recall that all throughout the Renaissance scientists continuously communicated with each other in this fashion. Sometimes they would congregate at various academies. We must not forget public bulletin boards were available for tacking notices.
I clearly remember in the 1960s subscribing to publications of all sorts. A lot of information moved in that manner. The electrostatic copy machine was invented in that time frame; and, certainly boosted the ease of disseminating information.
The telephone modem became a very common method of moving a lot of information around in the 1960s. That was accomplished over dial-up landline communications. With the advent of hobbyist computing came the BBS, or bulletin Board Service: A dial-up center for distribution of information over telephone modems. These centers moved information an software in large quantities. Your computer probably contains a telephone modem.
The FAX machine has been around since the late 1890s.
In the 1980s I helped organize and operate a public UFO Forum. Our information came through BBS services, wandering minstrels, books, magazine subscriptions, and paid lecturers from out of town.
Fear not. It will always be possible to communicate with like minds.
There are usually several different phone numbers you can try in the event it goes down. Just be careful as long distance charges may apply.
Another important question is, Who is General Chat and why does he have his own forum?
Hmmmm..... now I’m officially confused.