They make the internet on computers now?

I use the internet ever day.
We all do.
It's replaced television as our source for entertainment.
The internet is the future.
Oddly enough, how many people actually know how the internet works?

Prior to this class, I had always been intrigued by the internet. I never quite understood how it worked, and the whole concept was actually rather scary. We turn on this fantasy machine an voila!, instant access to a world's worth of information. This whole concept didn't make sense to me! I'd ask my friends how it worked exactly and a common response was, "Well, it's like waves..and they go...actually, I don't really know, man." Clearly, I'm not the only one with who doesn't understand this.


However, thanks to this class, I now understand how the internet works. To be honest, it's a lot easier than I had imagined. Yes, there are still some gray areas in my knowledge to this point, but it's the same thing with television. As a kid growing up, I never understood how it worked, all I cared about was the finish project.

This is the case with many inventions nowadays. Do we really care how computers are made, or do we just care how they work once we get them? We leave the hard work and thinking for the experts, which is what I did for the longest time with the internet up until now. Patton Osawlt, a comedian, put it best in his bit about Geroge Lucas and the the Star Wars prequels. He emphasizes how he doesn't care how Darth Vader turned evil, he just likes the finished package when he's evil and wearing the helmet. He says, "I don't care where the things I love come from! I just love the stuff I love!"

This brings us back to my original point. Yes, I understand the internet now and how it actually works. The internet code is complicated for me, as it is with most people. The idea of binary makes my mind spin, and the fear that the government is spying on us through this invention really just scares the crap out me. Thus, do I really care how the internet works? Sure, but all I really care about is what I see and what I hear. I could really go for a bowl of ice cream right about now.

WARNING! FOUL LANGUAGE!