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  • L Lost User

    Well it's the same as the money you pay for your telephone service. It funds the businesses that maintain the systems on which the internet runs. What did you think, that the entire system runs on thin air?

    Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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    Lost User
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    Please all that money go to maintain the system :-\ Do you honestly believe that ;P it goes to the pockets of the rich people who run the system :sigh:

    My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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    • L Lost User

      Please all that money go to maintain the system :-\ Do you honestly believe that ;P it goes to the pockets of the rich people who run the system :sigh:

      My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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      محمد م. محمد wrote:

      the rich people who run the system

      Do you actually understand how the internet works?

      Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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      • L Lost User

        محمد م. محمد wrote:

        the rich people who run the system

        Do you actually understand how the internet works?

        Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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        Yes I'm a web developer :doh:

        My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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        • L Lost User

          Yes I'm a web developer :doh:

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          What is that to do with this question?

          Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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          • L Lost User

            Yes I'm a web developer :doh:

            My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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            So you know that the backbone of the internet is carrier pigeons, and the telephone exchange is stuffed full of the little darlin's. When you "post" a message it is transcribed, attached to a pigeon and sent to the exchange nearest the website. It's response returns the same way. SO what do you think pays for all the bird seed if it isn't the money you pay for the internet?

            "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
            "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            • L Lost User

              After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

              My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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              Thanks7872
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              What this message has to do with this forum? I kindly request you to have a close look on how the codeproject works and then only post the thread.But yes, please don't post such CHILDISH questions. This is similar to where the fuel goes after Aeroplane flies. Have a look here : How Internet Infrastructure Works[^]

              "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

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              • L Lost User

                After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                Where "is" money to begin with? Surely you're not talking about cash (which has an obvious location), you can't really use that on the internet. Maybe you could say that money "is in the bank", but the bank doesn't have cash lying around to represent the value of your bank account. It's just a number. So does money even exist at all? And if not, does the question where it goes to even make sense? Also, your money is sent through big tubes (the internets!) straight into the vaults of rich people.

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                • L Lost User

                  Where "is" money to begin with? Surely you're not talking about cash (which has an obvious location), you can't really use that on the internet. Maybe you could say that money "is in the bank", but the bank doesn't have cash lying around to represent the value of your bank account. It's just a number. So does money even exist at all? And if not, does the question where it goes to even make sense? Also, your money is sent through big tubes (the internets!) straight into the vaults of rich people.

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                  harold aptroot wrote:

                  the bank doesn't have cash lying around to represent the value of your bank account.

                  They promised me that my 7 euros was kept in a box with my name on it, in their cellar.

                  Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                  • L Lost User

                    After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                    My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                    Pete OHanlon
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                    You don't pay money for the internet. It's still a free resource. You pay money for the telecommunications infrastructure, electricity, etc. If everyone stopped paying then the people employed either directly or indirectly will lose their jobs. I take it that you enjoy anarchy.

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                    • L Lost User

                      After we pay money for internet where does this money go to?

                      My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                      TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                      Urine idjit

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                      • T Thanks7872

                        What this message has to do with this forum? I kindly request you to have a close look on how the codeproject works and then only post the thread.But yes, please don't post such CHILDISH questions. This is similar to where the fuel goes after Aeroplane flies. Have a look here : How Internet Infrastructure Works[^]

                        "When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad

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                        This is The Soapbox

                        Rohan Leuva wrote:

                        What this message has to do with this forum?

                        My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                        • L Lost User

                          What? You mean he didn't invent it?

                          Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                          Richard C Bishop
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                          Oh wait, my mistake, he did actually. It came to him when he was conjuring up "global warming" and he decided to run with both in his hands like sharp scissors until he tripped and fell on them in a tragic embarrassment.

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                            Oh wait, my mistake, he did actually. It came to him when he was conjuring up "global warming" and he decided to run with both in his hands like sharp scissors until he tripped and fell on them in a tragic embarrassment.

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                            At which point he was heard to utter "Oh, b*ll*cks". :((

                            Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                              At which point he was heard to utter "Oh, b*ll*cks". :((

                              Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                              Richard C Bishop
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                              Indeed, those were his last words before all credibility danced out the window like a fresh breath of two of the necessities for life on this planet, oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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                              • L Lost User

                                Yes I'm a web developer :doh:

                                My Name in English[^] Translation done By OriginalGriff

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                                jschell
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                                محمد م. محمد wrote:

                                Yes I'm a web developer

                                That doesn't answer the question. Start by explaining what a router does. And explain what happens when it fails to do what it does.

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                                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                  So you know that the backbone of the internet is carrier pigeons, and the telephone exchange is stuffed full of the little darlin's. When you "post" a message it is transcribed, attached to a pigeon and sent to the exchange nearest the website. It's response returns the same way. SO what do you think pays for all the bird seed if it isn't the money you pay for the internet?

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                                  Nicholas Marty
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                                  Yeah. I know I'm a bit late about that. But I was out of the office much of last week :D However this reminded me of this: Google Pigeon Rank[^] :laugh:

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                                    Yeah. I know I'm a bit late about that. But I was out of the office much of last week :D However this reminded me of this: Google Pigeon Rank[^] :laugh:

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                                    I was thinking more of this: IPoAC: IP over Avian Carriers[^]

                                    Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
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                                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                      I was thinking more of this: IPoAC: IP over Avian Carriers[^]

                                      Never underestimate the power of stupid things in large numbers --- Serious Sam

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                                      Nicholas Marty
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                                      :thumbsup: Haven't seen that one yet :laugh:

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                                      • L Lost User

                                        Well it's the same as the money you pay for your telephone service. It funds the businesses that maintain the systems on which the internet runs. What did you think, that the entire system runs on thin air?

                                        Veni, vidi, abiit domum

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                                        Albert Holguin
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                                        Mine runs on fat air... I've asked it to start working out again and cut back on fast food. :cool:

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          So you know that the backbone of the internet is carrier pigeons, and the telephone exchange is stuffed full of the little darlin's. When you "post" a message it is transcribed, attached to a pigeon and sent to the exchange nearest the website. It's response returns the same way. SO what do you think pays for all the bird seed if it isn't the money you pay for the internet?

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                                          Albert Holguin
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                                          ...I must sadly report that a lot of these carrier pigeons end up in my city... they mustve lost track of where they were going. :sigh:

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