If someone has a bet that he can avoid using the internet

[Moon bunny]

for a month, is he cheating if he reads cyclechat and steamboat forums over my shoulder?

 

[ianrauk]

hmmm I would say that is a big yes..

 

[Spinney]

Yes, definitely!!

 

[BigonaBianchi]

No. To be on the internet is not the same as watching/reading the internet. To be on the internet he must avoid posting/ uploading/ hosting/ having a website or in anyway contributing to internet content. Simply reading the internet is not 'being ON it' . JMHO but that is what I would claim to win the bet

 

[welsh dragon]

A definite yes. He may not be the one to go onto the internet, but he is looking at it nonetheless. So he is on the internet.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

A definite yes. He may not be the one to go onto the internet, but he is looking at it nonetheless. So he is on the internet.

erm...nah...he's just looking...bit like the difference between window shopping outside the shop and being in the shop itself...I know how that works...I'm a bloke

 

[asterix]

OTOH, if you watch TV, the people whom you see are 'on' it; you are not. You have no input except to switch channels or change the volume.

oh, and may I just say to the watcher that they have a face like a bulldog sucking a wasp?

 

[MontyVeda]

Yes. Glancing at the screen whilst someone else is using the interweb is one thing... Joining in with you reading forums and such is another.

What's this bet worth anyway?

 

[welsh dragon]

erm...nah...he's just looking...bit like the difference between window shopping outside the shop and being in the shop itself...I know how that works...I'm a bloke

Your barking up the wrong tree sunshine. No way. That is def cheating. Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it or what.

 

[coffeejo]

It would depend which side of the bet I was on...

 

[vernon]

for a month, is he cheating if he reads cyclechat and steamboat forums over my shoulder?

Only if he keeps off you too.

 

[Aperitif]

Don't believe all you read on the internet. Especially the haberdashery forums..it's just not sew.

 

[steve52]

a big yes from me, even seeing website on tv would be a fail,

 

[BigonaBianchi]

Your barking up the wrong tree sunshine. No way. That is def cheating. Talk about wanting to have your cake and eat it or what.

Ha ha..of course...but I see little point in having cake and not eating it

 

[welsh dragon]

Ha ha..of course...but I see little point in having cake and not eating it

You wouldn't. Typical.