If the internet takes on a life of its' own, and there are over
billion's of WebPages isn't it possible the internet will out rank
human population causing a catastrophic relapse in services render to
all major companies and human life as we know it.
Could this very well be the end of times for all humanity?

i would like have outline of possible conclusions (optional)

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Request for Question Clarification by nenna-ga on 21 May 2004 10:53 PDT

Could you explain for us what you mean by "taking on a life of it's
own"? The more details you can provide us about your idea, the better
we will be able to anaylize it.

Nenna-GA
Google Answers Researcher

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Clarification of Question by jorgemendez002-ga on 21 May 2004 13:35 PDT

taking on a life of its' own, the internet today has evolved where
people must look up to the internet and to the point where their lifes
depend on it.

IE: online banking, role models, auctions, bussiness, peer2peer's..., the disabled

kill a resource kill many, like severing/cutting a connection, but is
it possible that - lets' say a more advance technology came online
that attached its self mainly to the internet with superior control of
end-less resources. Wouldn't it look at us like a virus, and try to
harm us since we're so few and the net is of the many

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 21 May 2004 20:08 PDT

Hello Jorge,

I'm not sure how to approach an answer to your question, but in the
mean time, you might want to have a look at this article by former
head of Sun Microsystems, Bill Joy:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html

Why the future doesn't need us.
Our most powerful 21st-century technologies - robotics, genetic
engineering, and nanotech - are threatening to make humans an
endangered species.


He seems to share your concern about the dangers of technological
advancement, even if his focus is on other technologies at the moment.

I'll be thinking over your question, meanwhile.  

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by jorgemendez002-ga on 24 May 2004 21:25 PDT

i think my question has already been answered

thanks for the post everyone...

Thank you google answers.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 May 2004 05:02 PDT

Glad to hear you've gotten the information you were looking for.

If you think one of the researchers here should post their comments as
an answer to your question, please let us know.

Thanks.

pafalafa-ga

No. The survival of humanity depends on the Divine.  The Divine is to
humanity as humanity is to the internet. It is the internet that
depends on humanity to survive; not the other way around.

i don't think thats possible when the computer is always right when
humanity isn't always on the level - ahh im confused!!! i think that
answers my question thats' dawg! hehe

i think to redefine my Q. would be how many possibilities of the net
comming to an end.

net is developing everyday,the more users connect the more they pay to
ISPs the more channels they build ,and they become just better .About
15 years ago the average connection speed was ~200-300 bytes (or
bits?)/sec.Where u can find such a speed today?