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As Machie's QOTD appeared popular, my QoTD (well weekend, as it's a Saturday night...) will be:
Do you think we are becoming too dependant on the Internet?
I may be one of many that have an Internet addiction. I even changed my mobile contract to be able to access e-mails and check my facebook pages.
If I ever need to transfer money, it is now done online and I can barely remember the last time I used a tangeable dictionary to find a meaning of a word. Wikipedia and GoogleBooks are my new bookshelf :/
I get infuriated by the time snailmail takes to arrive - it's only got 200 miles to go and my e-mail to the other side of the world gets there 5 days before my letter makes that short distance.
So what are your opinions on the Internet. Could you last a day/week/month/year without it or could you even give it up for life if needs be?
Personally i think the Internet is something sinister, but depending on how well this thread pans out will determine whether or not I explain why it is sinister.
Do you think we are becoming too dependant on the Internet?
I may be one of many that have an Internet addiction. I even changed my mobile contract to be able to access e-mails and check my facebook pages.
If I ever need to transfer money, it is now done online and I can barely remember the last time I used a tangeable dictionary to find a meaning of a word. Wikipedia and GoogleBooks are my new bookshelf :/
I get infuriated by the time snailmail takes to arrive - it's only got 200 miles to go and my e-mail to the other side of the world gets there 5 days before my letter makes that short distance.
So what are your opinions on the Internet. Could you last a day/week/month/year without it or could you even give it up for life if needs be?
Personally i think the Internet is something sinister, but depending on how well this thread pans out will determine whether or not I explain why it is sinister.
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Machie wrote:
> Oh you two. =) That's exactly my point. I don't need to watch the
> television anymore, I can access everything on the internet now.
The only thing the net is missing now is a coffee machine (I was going to say a way of obtaining food, but you can even order takeaways online now!)
> Oh you two. =) That's exactly my point. I don't need to watch the
> television anymore, I can access everything on the internet now.
The only thing the net is missing now is a coffee machine (I was going to say a way of obtaining food, but you can even order takeaways online now!)
Dragonlance wrote:
> Hmmm... wrote:
> Machie - All you're doing is watching
> using a PC - I don't think that really counts! :¬P
>
> Ha ha, enough said .... nice one Hmmm:-)
Oh you two. =) That's exactly my point. I don't need to watch the television anymore, I can access everything on the internet now.
> Hmmm... wrote:
> Machie - All you're doing is watching
TV> using a PC - I don't think that really counts! :¬P
>
> Ha ha, enough said .... nice one Hmmm:-)
Oh you two. =) That's exactly my point. I don't need to watch the television anymore, I can access everything on the internet now.
Hmmm... wrote:
> Machie - All you're doing is watching
> using a PC - I don't think that really counts! :¬P
Ha ha, enough said .... nice one Hmmm:-)
> Machie - All you're doing is watching
TV> using a PC - I don't think that really counts! :¬P
Ha ha, enough said .... nice one Hmmm:-)
ButchML wrote:
> HM wrote:
> >Facebook could well be the devil...
>
> EIther that, or it's the exactly the vessel you required to open
> yourself to others, reign your emotions or overcome a child-like
> shyness?
It does allow you to be who you want to be. If I want to vent, it usually involves a status update. I guess I'm not overly confident, so if I can hide behind my screen and say what I really feel - it gets my message across. Although - like drunken texts - you have to face the conswequences of your posts later on. But "What's on your mind" is such a tempting question to answer!
> That, or it is indeed sucking the souls and life-force out of the
> great many people who populate it's pages hour-after-hour...
Many people seem to be addicted to it. I don't use it to build farms, run zoos or the like - I am more interested in the social aspect of keeping up with people. But then again, it's so easy to get sucked into all the other distractions that it puts up.
Whether it sucks the souls out is yet to be researched!
> HM wrote:
> >Facebook could well be the devil...
>
> EIther that, or it's the exactly the vessel you required to open
> yourself to others, reign your emotions or overcome a child-like
> shyness?
It does allow you to be who you want to be. If I want to vent, it usually involves a status update. I guess I'm not overly confident, so if I can hide behind my screen and say what I really feel - it gets my message across. Although - like drunken texts - you have to face the conswequences of your posts later on. But "What's on your mind" is such a tempting question to answer!
> That, or it is indeed sucking the souls and life-force out of the
> great many people who populate it's pages hour-after-hour...
Many people seem to be addicted to it. I don't use it to build farms, run zoos or the like - I am more interested in the social aspect of keeping up with people. But then again, it's so easy to get sucked into all the other distractions that it puts up.
Whether it sucks the souls out is yet to be researched!
Machie wrote:
> Oh a very good question and can I add, if you had to give up TV
> or internet, which would it be? For me I wouldn't have a problem
> giving up TV, even before iPlayer, 4oD, etc. I rarely watch TV
> now and catch all my programs on my laptop or iPod. The
> iPlayer has gotten much better...
???
Machie - All you're doing is watching
> Oh a very good question and can I add, if you had to give up TV
> or internet, which would it be? For me I wouldn't have a problem
> giving up TV, even before iPlayer, 4oD, etc. I rarely watch TV
> now and catch all my programs on my laptop or iPod. The
> iPlayer has gotten much better...
???
Machie - All you're doing is watching
TV using a PC - I don't think that really counts! :¬P[s]Hmmm...[/s] 
HM wrote:
>Facebook could well be the devil...
EIther that, or it's the exactly the vessel you required to open yourself to others, reign your emotions or overcome a child-like shyness?
That, or it is indeed sucking the souls and life-force out of the great many people who populate it's pages hour-after-hour...
>Facebook could well be the devil...
EIther that, or it's the exactly the vessel you required to open yourself to others, reign your emotions or overcome a child-like shyness?
That, or it is indeed sucking the souls and life-force out of the great many people who populate it's pages hour-after-hour...
I don't think I could live without the net.
I can handle the TV networks falling to pieces, as I only use my TV as a DVD player and a games monitor.
I do think the Internet is dangerous - the amount of time I spend on it surely isn't healthy. Plus I find myself divulging more about me to the net than I do to real people :/ Facebook could well be the devil...
I can handle the TV networks falling to pieces, as I only use my TV as a DVD player and a games monitor.
I do think the Internet is dangerous - the amount of time I spend on it surely isn't healthy. Plus I find myself divulging more about me to the net than I do to real people :/ Facebook could well be the devil...
Well seeing as a large part (if not all) of my job, and that of all the other staffies, largely depend on the internet I would say 'yes' in response to the question.
Having grown up with computers and early internet it is obviously a big part of my life, aside from my choice or career I spend a lot of free time on the internet, plus do the majority of my shopping/purchases using it. This isn't due to laziness, it's more a convenience and price thing.
If the Internet was 'turned off' I would notice it but (apart from being unemployed) my World wouldn't crumble, I'd have plenty of other things to keep me occupied.
How some of my other friends would cope, I don't know, I swear half of them live on FB and would simply curl up and die without its constant updates/stalking/farm building...
Having grown up with computers and early internet it is obviously a big part of my life, aside from my choice or career I spend a lot of free time on the internet, plus do the majority of my shopping/purchases using it. This isn't due to laziness, it's more a convenience and price thing.
If the Internet was 'turned off' I would notice it but (apart from being unemployed) my World wouldn't crumble, I'd have plenty of other things to keep me occupied.
How some of my other friends would cope, I don't know, I swear half of them live on FB and would simply curl up and die without its constant updates/stalking/farm building...
Machie wrote:
> it will be like for kids growing up in this internet world where
> everything is a few clicks away. When I was a kid we use to play
> hoop and stick. In the summer time we would be outside all day
> playing on railway lines and messing with my dads old air rifle.
> Kids now spend all day using the internet and they don't realise
> how dangerous it is.
When I was young I played on railway tracks and played with steam trains. The 'internet' and 'home computers' weren't even a twinkle in somebody's eye....you're not that 'old' Machie so give it a rest...:-))
> it will be like for kids growing up in this internet world where
> everything is a few clicks away. When I was a kid we use to play
> hoop and stick. In the summer time we would be outside all day
> playing on railway lines and messing with my dads old air rifle.
> Kids now spend all day using the internet and they don't realise
> how dangerous it is.
When I was young I played on railway tracks and played with steam trains. The 'internet' and 'home computers' weren't even a twinkle in somebody's eye....you're not that 'old' Machie so give it a rest...:-))
Well it all depends on what sites you go on ;D
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