The internet has penetrated every aspect of our lives, so we inevitably wonder: what if one day the network goes down?

Cable.co.uk in the UK once conducted an interesting "internet outage" survey. The survey found that among 2,500 respondents, 29% said they would rather lose a finger than lose internet access.

These respondents said they could not face life without a broadband connection. They see internet access as a lifeline. They believe that losing an internet connection may lead to feelings of social isolation.

The survey also found that 25% of people said they could not choose between losing a finger and losing an internet connection.

Clearly, the internet has replaced face-to-face communication in daily contact with friends, family, colleagues, and acquaintances. In this regard, we cannot blame those who want to live with nine fingers.

So what happens when a programmer experiences an internet outage? How boring is life without the internet for programmers?

I believe you can find the answer by Googling it, but unfortunately without the internet you can't Google. So the world's happiest engineers, brimming with happiness, gave happy answers.

Look at this dinosaur below, isn't it cute? But it's already extinct. So Google tells us that without the internet, we'll go extinct. It seems a network outage is much more terrifying than a power outage—we're sent back to prehistoric times.

If one day the internet goes down, how would programmers react?

A programmer:"If there's no internet, I can't Google. If I can't Google, I can't find a solution. Without a solution, I'm done!" Forums being unhelpful or problems being unsolved are small nightmares. Not being able to connect is the big nightmare. After all, you can only browse forums when you're online.

The internet is like a treasure chest, containing all kinds of code and open resources for some software. Moreover, once the network is gone, accessing remote servers and the cloud is basically out of the question.

A programmer before and after the internet goes down...

Finally, let's take a look with the editor at the Q&A website Quora, where a netizen asked: "If the internet goes down in one hour and never comes back, how would you spend that one hour?" (It seems everyone answered very seriously!)

Thinking about it, it's true. Twenty years ago we didn't use the internet, and it didn't seem that different? Still, I'd rather hope it doesn't disappear!