> If you need the internet to program you're similarly useless.

This seriously depends on the complexity of the task, the software you're using, how good your memory is and how confident you're in what you write.

Let's say you're using an API of a third party solution... you need Internet.

Let's say you're using a new framework/plugin you need to read documentation for it (and yes, you can download it, but then you incur the risk of it being outdated or missing something...).

There's so many other instances where you need the Internet if you want to end up writing good code. There's also instances you don't... but yeah in the long run you do need the Internet / live documentation / ability to search for bugs, problems and troubleshoot with "latest" information available as oppose to the 10month dusty documentation PDF you got sitting on your machine.