“You can now disconnect from the Internet” - Really?

I’m not sure why I found this funny; during the installation of the .NET Framework 3.5 the installer informs you, “You can now disconnect from the Internet”, after the download is complete.

It made me wonder, “When am I ever not connected to the internet?”.  Pretty much, never.  I suppose if someone travels around with a laptop out of usable Wi-Fi range. For me, I’m always connected.

I sent this to a friend with the joking subject, “I didn’t know this was possible”. He responded with the following image:

For some reason this made me literally laugh out loud   I guess this would disconnect your machine from the internet for a bit as you’d have to search for new Cat5 or a spare RJ-45 connector and a crimper. Although, who uses Cat5 anymore? I only use it from my router to the cable modem.

The ease of being connected to the internet is such a change from the old dial-up days.