IS IT POSSIBLE TO PHYSICALLY DISBALE THE ETHERNET PORT ON A MOTHERBOARD ?

speedy6128 said:
I already thought of that, I'd only end up asking for it.
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Then you need help and not this kind.

If you can't discipline yourself and your parents can't do it then you have bigger problems than what an internet forum can help with.

even if you did ask for the password they could just give you the wrong one, when that doesn't work you go cold turkey ;)

why not just go outside.;)
 
mctiny said:
Then you need help and not this kind.

If you can't discipline yourself and your parents can't do it then you have bigger problems than what an internet forum can help with.

even if you did ask for the password they could just give you the wrong one, when that doesn't work you go cold turkey ;)

why not just go outside.;)
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But you have helped me, superglue :D seems a good idea. The less time I spend on the internet the more time I have for better things.
 
Just for the irony factor – screw up a page of a porn magazine, soak it in superglue and then fill up the ethernet port with it. (not that I’m insinuating that this is your addiction of course ;))
 
too much internet...no self control.....pffft.
I feel naked without having acess to the net whereever i go, i just use it to pass the time/entertain myself, but i barely use it when im mobile, i jsut like to have it "in case" i really need to errr, look up that interesting fact on wiki pedia.....deffo not just funny you tube/porn in the pub :P
 
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yeah internet is addictive but there is self control OPs probley blocked up his Ethernet port on the mobo :P
 
willatwell182 said:
Why? :confused: alcoholics can turn to the AA so basically turning to alcoholics
the NHS recommends going to groups to give up smoking, so turning to other smokers to give up
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No it's more like an alcoholic going down the pub for tips on giving up alcohol, or a smoker going to a cigar club (if such a thing exists!).

If he were to go to an internet addiction group with fellow internet addicts that would make more sense.
 
Although the mental image of you trying to avoid the Internet at all cost is hilarious, it's ridiculous on your part. Seriously. If it's a real problem then learn some self-control mate. If it's too hard for you to do by yourself then look for some help. If you're in education then maybe try speaking to a counsellor. Sorry if that sounds patronising but you need to sort it out.
 
i think we are all forgetting all he needs to after removing the ethernet port supergluing it up is spend £15 for a usb wifi dongle and hes back online again.
but to be honest if he wants to stop using the net then he needs to learn some self control and just not use it.
 
Going down to the shops to get a Ethernet card isn't gona happen as I will be getting rid of the Ethernet power adapters soon. Leaving the only way of getting access to the internet through my fathers laptop when he gets home from work, which is fine as then I don't end up spending all my time on the internet.

Anyway for now I do have a few questions relating to other issues regarding components which I'll post in the appropriate threads.

Hopefully see some of you there.
 
I think we are all forgetting that we are in the age of 'always on broadband' so quite simply mate you cannot escape the internet if you wanted...and like some have said get professional help...

When I built my first gaming machine back in 2007, I said I wouldnt put it on the internet and the best way to do that was either not have a cable plugged into it or block it within the router...and that was it...I've now had it on the internet and that's cos I play a lot of online gaming. But my question to you is: Why do you insist on not being on the internet and what did you do (or see) that has made you come to this decision?

What you lack my friend is a lot of self-control...God help you should you meet a woman :p
 
I had a French intern come to work with me two years ago and she stayed with a girl who was working in the office. The French student, let's call her Josephine, because that was what her name was, came with a letter from her father saying in no uncertain terms was she to be allowed to play World of Warcraft. I gave this the letter to the girl Josephine was staying with and she laughed and said that she could do as she liked.

Well, Josephine logged on and we didn't see her for a week, first she was sick, then the girl she was staying with said she hadn't seen her either and so we knocked on her door and entered to find her, in her underwear with a headset on, surrounded by a pile of crisp packets, red bull cans and mars bar wrappers. I had heard about people becoming addicted to online stuff, but this was the first time I'd seen it, and she didn't look good.

So we made her go cold turkey and she was fine again.

Until she was caught trying to hack our leased line router at work. So unfortunately she had to go home after that.

It's NOT funny. It's not! ROFL.
 
The best thing mate, is to get some self control and limit your access. Life is always full of temptations, and you can't always remove them. Internet is one.

I used to be a WoW addict, but I learned some self control, and I haven't played now since the end of May. I have quit. You need to limit the access yourself. Not being able to access it, will make it even worse.

It's like if you love chocolate, and someone says you can't have it ever again, it makes you want it more, and you go insane. But if you can have it, but don't really want it, it doesn't feel so bad.

See what I'm getting at here.

I think in the long term, this is your best solution. Self moderation.
 
CK61938 said:
But my question to you is: Why do you insist on not being on the internet and what did you do (or see) that has made you come to this decision?
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Because I suffer from two medial conditions with one of them being diagnosed only a few years ago. As a result I ended up finding the internet as a way of escaping, while not realizing how dependent I'd become on it over the years. Now though it's very different with me coming to terms with my condition and wanting to do more productive things with my spare time, although I'd still like to be able to occasionally watch and listen to my video/music collection as well as playing Mame.

For now though I'm going to stick with the two methods mentioned and see how I go, if I still find it's a problem then there's only one option to take and that's to sell the computer.
 
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