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Off-Topic => Off-Topic Discussion => Topic started by: HX_ on July 16, 2009, 02:25:03 AM
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" Technophobia is the fear or dislike of advanced technology or complex devices, especially computers. " - Wikipedia
Would a true technophobe quote wikipedia on facebook? No, but I am very quickly leaning towards unplugging myself from the web. I'm not afraid of technology itself, I'm afraid that technology is distancing people. and I'm afraid that it's being done on purpose.
Most technology up until recent years was created with good intentions (to make life easier) but now I feel as if we are being flooded with new things meant only to keep us busy. Everything has to be networked, you can connect your 10 different social networking sites to your email to your phone to your blog and back again. and it's supposed to make you more productive. but in reality all it does is keep you constantly within reach of advertising and an overload of information.
Twitter is really what put me over the edge. Sure it's neat how fast news can spread on a real time network when thousands upon thousands of people are all talking about the same thing at once. but it's maddening to sort through bunches of worthless 140 character messages all with links to another page with more information just to find out something dumb that you could have waited to find out later from a newspaper. for example, the death of michael jackson. Do you know him personally? I didn't think so. so chances are you don't need to be alerted 10 seconds after he's gone from this earth.
I need to quit the internet. I've shared too much personal information that is readily swept up, not even by actual people, but robot programs that scour the internet and collect data about you. I have no way of knowing who knows what about me.
Do kids even do homework anymore? Who has time when you have to update all your page status' every hour. plus read every other persons that you've ever met, after taking an ad sponsored survey, looking at pictures of your friends' cousins trip to the mall of america, and reading 4 blog posts about what a sh**ty day someone had.
Maybe I'm just getting old but I can't keep up with it all anymore nor am I interested in doing so. Google is all I need. If I want to know something, I look it up, and then I get off the computer again.
I know it's been pointed out by many people (more qualified than myself) many times that people are spending hours online but it's now starting to worry me.
Texting is so people stop actually talking to each other.
the internet is one big distraction from reality, you are plugged in to a giant network of advertising.
they collect information about us, by entertaining us, and don't think they won't use it against us when they need to.
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYONE LEFT TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION WHEN EVERYONES FAT ASS IS STUCK SITTING BEHIND A SCREEN. The world is ****ed up and everyones to damn busy on the internet to realize it. The government can get away with murder and no one will know about it but the government probably knows your name, address, phone number, your favorite color, music, and everyone you talk to from your damned facebook.
YOU CAN'T ENACT CHANGE IN THE WORLD BY SITTING ON YOUR LAPTOP. THAT PETITION YOU JUST SIGNED PROBABLY DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE, IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO, IT WAS A DUMMY PAGE BEING USED TO DISPLAY ADS THAT SOMEBODY HOPED YOU'D CLICK ON SO THEY CAN MAKE MONEY.
**** I HATE 2009. WHERE HAVE ALL THE PEOPLE GONE? I'm lonely..
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"Reality is becoming for us entertainingly mediated, with nature itself becoming a filmic simulation of reality with media access from our living rooms. We watch gourmet cooks prepare complex meals on TV while increasing our consumption of convenience foods. We become increasingly sedentary while accessing escalating amounts of mass sport.
The result of this overload? A paralysis that keeps us from taking social or political action, that confines us to consume as directed by the images created by advertisers. A paralysis that cripples public discourse. A paralysis that deadens the vitality of tradition and fosters dispersonalization. "
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Wait? your saying Information is bad?
Bye then!
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No, S-32. That was made clear in his first statement. He's noting that society is addicted to pre-occupational information that keeps us from more content larger themes that are the real basis of a society: such as face-to-face relationships, personal introspection for growth,... and like Rome we make order outside of us(stronger walls), while socially corrupting from the inside out.
Hey, HX. Seen lots of your work. Nice to see people thinking outside the box...
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This is the only website I frequent, and I do not own a cell phone.
I do plan to attempt world domination at one point in my life. Care to join the cause? I'll put a stop to this madness. Someday....
And I am also a minor technophobe.
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This is the only website I frequent, and I do not own a cell phone.
Same with me. ...Not so much the other stuff.
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Well i have no facebook, no myspace, no cellphone as well, i don't like the idea of twitter as well, i use MSN 2 hours per week on average, and this is also the main website i frequent.
I wish it was the ONLY i frequent, and just going on the internet for RA2 (and this community) and important purposes (my university's website, etc)
Also i'll made a world domination thread just for laughs.
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While I don't have no Facebook, Myspace, mobile phone (cellphone) or any of that crap, I'm still doomed to gaming on the PC almost as long as physically possible. Didn't use to be so bad, now it's getting a bit boring.. but still it continues.
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I have a myspace which i never use, and a cellphone, i do not like facebook and twitter is just stupid. But i could live without these things. I really only use them if i get bored and have nothing better to do which is not that often.
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what u guys have no cellphones???? I can't function without it in my life:-D. U guys are missing out touchscreen is the sh!t:approve:. I have a facebook but I got rid of Myspace cause facebook is way better, I bascially only use facebook for my friends,girls, and parties;)
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I have a facebook but I got rid of it cause facebook is way better
*cough*
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lol, those mistakes happen, I think he ment to say myspace...
I do not have a cellphone, dont have no disgrace book or any type of sewer gunk like that. The only online activities I have are this, youtube a little, and gmail. I'm not such a fan of bloody violent video games either. I see them as criminal training...
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*cough*
I ment myspace not facebook lol
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Like everyone I don't have a cell phone...you can say I am secluded from the social world.
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I'm not such a fan of bloody violent video games either.
As well as me. RA2 is just much better than shooting, shooting and again shooting.
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Besides this website.... I don't go anywhere else on the web except wikipedia. And yes... RA2 is way better than any first person shooter game.
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I really don't frequent many other sites (except for my fantasy sports teams). No Facebook/Myspace, No Twitter (think its the stupidest sh** this world has produced that people like, right up there with Crocs), But my brand new LG enV3. I love that phone.
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Wikipedia and games.
Which means I go on a lot of sites.
I also use the internet to arrange stuff with pals and that.
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RA2 is better than a First person shooting game whatttttttt???????????(I like RA2 but not that much, or at least not to make crazy statments like that lol). U people can not be serious:Confused:, a 2004 Robot fighting game that the online is so freakin laggy ur better off entering tournments and letting people AI ur bot is better than: HALO 3,CALL OF DUTY 4, Far Cry 2, or even COUNTER STRIKE](The online is way better and u can buy mics and actually interact with people besides boring posting, AND the Graphics compared to RA2 "Funny") u guys are some real comedians:lol:. I Think u guys need to get out the Robot lab and buy a Xbox 360 or PS3 and wake up to the real world in 2009 or stop playing RA2 24/7 and have an open mind about different games that dosent have to to do with robots:-D. As for Facebook and Myspace I can understand that, Facebook it's not for everybody but it's not lame or stupid It's a good way to stay in touch with friends and family especially if all ur friends are in college's all over the place and they don't come home into Janurary and May when there semester ends. As for cellphones I find it very hard not to have one I would hate to have to be at my house every time just to make a freakin phone call to one of my friends or anybody. Besides my cell phone is tight it's like a mini pc:-D : I can play Sega,Snes ,GBA, Playstaion 1, DOOM and all the expansions, and QUAKE(my favorite):cool:. Also I just put Windows 7 in it which is freakin sweat and like I said before Touchscreen is the Sh!t
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And yes... RA2 is way better than any first person shooter game.
Have u tried doom 3 and the expansion, ressurection of evil? U might change ur mind after or just get S*&^ scared:gunz:
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As a matter of fact I have.... and I didn't like it very much.
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As a matter of fact I have.... and I didn't like it very much.
O ok. Ur opinoin. personaly, I like it very much
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I dont particularly like shooter games that much.. the only ones I can play for long periods of time or frequently is the Ratchet and Clank games because Ratchet and Clank are awesome :-D
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Have u tried doom 3 and the expansion, ressurection of evil? U might change ur mind after or just get S*&^ scared:gunz:
I remeber when I first bought that game, i played it for weeks straight lol(Playing that game with the lights and t.v off late at night is Crazy). That Game won first person shooting game of the year:-D. I'm a big doom fan too I play the origrinals in my Phone Doom,Doom2,And The expansions and Play Doom3 on the pc(havent payed in a real long time though), and I never tried the expansion Ressurrection of evil it's prolly just as good as Doom3 or better:evil:
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I've never played Doom 3. Isn't it basically a remake of Battletoads?
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I've never played Doom 3. Isn't it basically a remake of Battletoads?
Doom 3 is made from the Doom series, I just googled Battletoads and that game has nothing to do with Doom 3 or any of the dooms ??? Just google Doom 3 and u will know what I mean;)
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i pefer the games that dont require an expensive pc. ra2. quake 3 and below. midtown madness2. loads of n64 games on an emulator.
i dont have a cell phone. the closest thing i have to it is a pda that i use to play quake on(that i ported myself:))
no facebook of myspace account.
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i pefer the games that dont require an expensive pc. ra2. quake 3 and below. midtown madness2. loads of n64 games on an emulator.
i dont have a cell phone. the closest thing i have to it is a pda that i use to play quake on(that i ported myself:))
no facebook of myspace account.
What kind of pda do u have? I did the same with mine I Ported Quake to(I love it so fun):-D
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i have a sony clie tj35(scary how i know that off of the top of my head). i have done so many things to mod it.
i have also ported quake rally(it was hard). goto q3rally.com to find out more about the quake rally mods.
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i have a sony clie tj35(scary how i know that off of the top of my head). i have done so many things to mod it.
i have also ported quake rally(it was hard). goto q3rally.com to find out more about the quake rally mods.
I just looked ur PDA up, it looks cool but seems outdated for 2009. I always thought PDA'S were phones I guess they just started making phones like that a couple years ago. Mine came out in 2006 but there is a Modding website with the same setup like this and I've became a pretty good modder myself. I've never played quake Rally but one of my buddy's made an aplication where u can run all the quake mods so I might just try that. The mods I played so for are : Raptors, A Counter Strike like mod, And Some RPG based one. Ya I love modding PDA/phones I just finished A Windows 7 mod in my phone, It's crazy my cellphone has a higher Windows then my laptop:-D. Also can u put emulaters in ur PDA to?
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i have couple emulators on it. since it is old all i can do is nes and snes level(gb gba gen, all the other 16 bit or lower ones)
i am going to staples soon to raid the recycle bin/tube thing and hopefully find a working pda(i did it a month ago and got a treo 680 but it crashed on me a couple weeks later)
edit: i have also gotten a dos em for it. too bad for the 3 mb ram that my pda can support the em with. it takes 4 to run doom. and 8 to run quake
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Ratchet and Clank are awesome :-D
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I love you now.
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uhh oh nary is gonna be mad...
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i have couple emulators on it. since it is old all i can do is nes and snes level(gb gba gen, all the other 16 bit or lower ones)
edit: i have also gotten a dos em for it. too bad for the 3 mb ram that my pda can support the em with. it takes 4 to run doom. and 8 to run quake
Ya on my phone I got :nes/Snes, Sega, GBA and PS1. Ya doom and Quake take the same amount of ram for my phone to run those to but my phone has 46mb of ram but I have this app that boosts my ram up to a maxium of 178mb so gaming is pretty speedy, I also can boot my processor from 312mhz(normal frequency) to intervals of 412mhz,520mhz, and 620mhz so gaming is pretty serious in my phone(It's like playing Sega and SNES on steroids):evil:. Thats cool I found someone on this website that does Modding with PDA's like me:-D
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holy crappp! a ps1 em. i need it!
edit: you must of pushed post twice... so delete one of em.
is your phone a plamos one?
also if it is can you send me the apps to boost performance.
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holy crappp! a ps1 em. i need it!
edit: you must of pushed post twice... so delete one of em.
is your phone a plamos one?
also if it is can you send me the apps to boost performance.
Well my phone is Motorola Rokr E6. Out of the box with no mods it's a linux based phone. I'm not sure what u mean by Plamos one? What kind is that? As for the perfomance part it really depends on ur PDA, When I looked ur PDA up I noticed it had 200mhz proccesor but I'm not sure what kind though, mine is a intel:Xscale-PXA27X Rev 7(v51). U might be able to boost it I'm not sure?
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Amazing how this thead turned from HackerX's dislike of tech distancing people to Technology in general. Viper, I know a bunch of guys just like you. Heh.
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Amazing how this thead turned from HackerX's dislike of tech distancing people to Technology in general. Viper, I know a bunch of guys just like you. Heh.
I Really doubt that u know guys just like me, I might sound like people u may know by the way I post but u will never know for sure until u actually meet me in person(Which 100% chance that will never happen in this life time because of are location and are age difference), "I'm one of a kind";)
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Yeah, I definatly know guys like you.
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Yeah, I definatly know guys like you.
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I'm telling u really don't, I might sound like some nerdy kid that mods computers and phones 24/7 a day but thats not the case, I bought my phone last year and knew nothing about hacking and modding anything, I just learned from a forum like this but just replace the robots with modding phones;). I am 3-4 years older than the both of u(unless ur age is differnt from what ur profiles says), I'am in college u guys are prolly just entering highschool. All i do is drink and party with my friends " o yea I work to "I'm not modding phones and playing video games all day ". unless u guys know college kids that party and drink alot and mod phones and etc... the I aplogize but I doubt it;)
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Nope, I'm half way through high school, Venko.
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I'm in year 10 next year. For you Americanms it's fourth grade.
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ill be in preskool
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Viper, the way you type really makes you seem younger than you are. No offence. And my last comment was a joke. I hate explaining jokes =P
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Nope, I'm half way through high school, Venko.
O My bad, hmm I'm guessing u just finished ur freshmen year this year huh, so u would be a sophmore next school semester right ?
Viper, the way you type really makes you seem younger than you are. No offence. And my last comment was a joke. I hate explaining jokes =P
No offence taking;).
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... I'm in Scotland.
1st year,
2nd
3rd
4th (Starting this year.)
5th
and finally,
6th. Then college...
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... I'm in Scotland.
1st year,
2nd
3rd
4th (Starting this year.)
5th
and finally,
6th. Then college...
O ok it different hear in america it seems like, In America we only have 4years of highshool not 6:-D
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yeah we dumb here *drools*
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in scotland is there 12 years of school untill colledge?
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I know college people who drink and party all day.... a lot of them. Seriously, it is not that rare.
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I know college people who drink and party all day.... a lot of them. Seriously, it is not that rare.
That mod phones too??? well anyway I wasn't directing that to u, I was talking to Weirdo and S32, and I have no idea how old u are aslo:? I never said it was rare but it's Aslo alot different if someone is 3-4year younger and are still in highschool and live Halfway across the World in Scotlland;)
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thank you all for hijacking my thread, you completely missed the point.
I don't give a damn WHAT website it is that you frequent or what game it is that you're obsessed with, the point is people are missing out on meaningful relationships and being distracted from all the messed up sh** that's going on in the real world outside of chat room/message board drama. I'm not putting down online communities, there's a time and place for just about everything I just think that people need to talk more in person. People are becoming distanced from each other. There was a time when people knew all of their neighbors and probably even had a friendly rapport with each other. I'm sure for some of you that may still be the case but regardless that's just one example of how technology keeps people busy and away from real social interaction which is necessary when the time comes for everyone to band together and rise up against the oppressors of this world, none of that everyone for themselves crap, by that time it'll be too late. I guess if y'all are happy with the world we live in then by all means keep consuming as your told but I want change.
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What exactly can we do short of world domination?
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Express your disgust by joining protests.
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I know college people who drink and party all day.... a lot of them. Seriously, it is not that rare.
ha.
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That mod phones too??? well anyway I wasn't directing that to u, I was talking to Weirdo and S32, and I have no idea how old u are aslo:? I never said it was rare but it's Aslo alot different if someone is 3-4year younger and are still in highschool and live Halfway across the World in Scotlland;)
You're special, ok? now shutup unless it has something to do with what I'm talking about.
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I don't think things will ever change. The future depicted in Wall-E will likely wind up being accurate.
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I was going to mention Wall-E too....
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ha.
Ha, ok???
You're special, ok? now shutup unless it has something to do with what I'm talking about.
I all u had to do is tell me to stay on topic, Really "Shut up" I can post whatever I feel like posting ur not gonna make do anything lol:!:. Maybe u should consider that we were on topic to begin with and fell off topic because ur topic is pointless and boring:tongue:. Technolgy makes life alot easier I don't care what u say or babbling about. And the fact u were saying it makes people less social is hilarious:lol:. For every body to band together and fight the opressors of the world??? And um what u think were gonna use are hands and feet against them, Technology has affected warfare drastically Hell it won us WW2 "Nuclear Bomb" And even today Technology helps alot in the Military And in every Aspect in life, so what are u complaining about:? Techonolgy makes the world go around, "Plain and Simple"
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Just because life is now easier doesn't mean it's better....
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Just because life is now easier doesn't mean it's better....
Ok then what about medicine That makes life better Right lol??? When technology improved so did medicine through time or am I delarious lol
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I understand what HX is trying to say. It makes a lot of sense when you think about it. Techology makes life easier.... it just does. We really can't stop it now, becasue it is already in motion. We can try though, and who knows...
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STFU VENKO.
Look, Hacker, Perhaps you are right. Perhaps the world will be ruined by the internet.
Perhaps you are wrong. Perhaps this is just the ramblings of a madman on the internet. Who cares.
Look, everyone I know uses the internet in a way you said, and in a way you didn't say.
I use Bebo to talk to school friends. Like you said. I also use it to arrange dates with my girlfriend. Not what you said.
I honesly think the internet ain't the problem you think it is, All that we need is more motavation to go outside.
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There are spiders outside, that should be enough motivation for everyone. :D
You are right S32, people need to spend more time outside in the sun.
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Viper, I think you need to stop assuming that your opinion is fact. I also think you need to stop using so many smileys and start typing on here with proper grammer.
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There are spiders outside, that should be enough motivation for everyone. :D
I think ill pass on that one Some spiders are poisionous and if bitten can kill u seconds: Black Widow, Funnel Web spider, u prolly know alot more than those but those are the ones that come to mind;)
Your are right S32, people need to spend more time outside in the sun.
ya and get skin cancer lol. And like I said before about the medicine skit With out technology we wouldent have treatments for cancer and etc...... And only type of people I know that stay inside all day is Nerds who play video games 24/7 a day or computers.How can Techonolgy affect if someone gonna go outside? What about The people who plays sports like myself??? If someone wants go outside or stay in Thats there choice don't blame technology on that;)
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Medicine has nothing to do with this, this is about computers, communication devices, television, etc.
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Viper, I think you need to stop assuming that your opinion is fact. I also think you need to stop using so many smileys and start typing on here with proper grammer.
My opinion lol. The Nuclear Bomb is a fact and so is medicine improving in time with technology:lol:. Well I really don't care about grammer this is not school and if u can understand me than why whine about it. As for the Smiliey's If there to use then I'm gonna use them, Who are u the Smiliey Police lol
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Medicine has nothing to do with this, this is about computers, communication devices, television, etc.
I was just using it as an example, and I could of sworn he was talking about Technology in general???
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Who are u the Smiliey Police lol
Yes actually =P
Seriously though, I think HX_ has a point about technology, at least being partially responsible, for some if not most people choosing to spend more time inside than they do out. And as a result, they get to see people less, have less chance of meeting new people etc. And when I say technology, I mean the internet, computers, computer games, TV, radio, etc. Not medicine or nuclear bombs. And yes, it is a fact that America blew up part of Japan with one, not that they won the whole of WW2 with one. And whats with all the lols? Do you actually laugh out loud when you type them?
I'm not trying to pick a grudge with you though. Its good to know you're active outside (please don't brag though, I hate braggers) and that you're not going all on the offensive with me. You just give me the impression that you don't try and see things from other peoples points of view, thats all.
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Trust me, Viper is a few posts away from 20somthing crawlers and flaming Inf.
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He is NOT Venko!
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ya and get skin cancer lol. And like I said before about the medicine skit With out technology we wouldent have treatments for cancer and etc...... And only type of people I know that stay inside all day is Nerds who play video games 24/7 a day or computers.How can Techonolgy affect if someone gonna go outside? What about The people who plays sports like myself??? If someone wants go outside or stay in Thats there choice don't blame technology on that;)
Viper.... Black Widows can't kill you in seconds with venom or poison, neither can Funnel Web Spiders, Brazilian Wandering spiders, any kind of tarantula, any kind of spiders, any kind of animal.
Skin Cancer is way beside the point.... though I do think cancer is cool.
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Yes actually =P
Seriously though, I think HX_ has a point about technology, at least being partially responsible, for some if not most people choosing to spend more time inside than they do out. And as a result, they get to see people less, have less chance of meeting new people etc. And when I say technology, I mean the internet, computers, computer games, TV, radio, etc. Not medicine or nuclear bombs. And yes, it is a fact that America blew up part of Japan with one, not that they won the whole of WW2 with one. And whats with all the lols? Do you actually laugh out loud when you type them?
I'm not trying to pick a grudge with you though. Its good to know you're active outside (please don't brag though, I hate braggers) and that you're not going all on the offensive with me. You just give me the impression that you don't try and see things from other peoples points of view, thats all.
I'm not trying to pick a grudge with u either;). I got better things to do, and Yes he has a point partially. I understand what he is saying and see from his point a view but it's just that technology has done so many amazing things throught out time to this current date( not talking about medicine) it just puzzles me. As for internet making people not seeing people less and meeting people Idk about that one, there is dating sites, webcams, social sites like Facebook, Myspace, And twitter, I've met people I would prolly never meet before using FaceBook and MySpace. In My website that mod phones there are Hackers and modders from all over the world That I would of prolly never of met if it wasn't for the internet. I agree about gaming keeping people inside When I get a cool game Like an Rpg game that takes a good amount of time to beat I play that for days at a time:-D. As for lol's no I dont actually laugh out loud the whole time u guys are not that funny;). And I wasn't bragging I was just stating that I play sports.
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Viper.... Black Widows can't kill you in seconds with venom or poison, neither can Funnel Web Spiders, Brazilian Wandering spiders, any kind of tarantula, any kind of spiders, any kind of animal.
Skin Cancer is way beside the point.... though I do think cancer is cool.
O thought I seen something on a Discovery channel that said something like that. Sense u know so much about spiders do u know the actual time that humans do have until we are in trouble when we are bitten By those type of spiders(I'm just curious :-D)
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Lets see.... Black Widow bites tend to not be fatal (even without treatment) even though there venom is more powerful than a rattle snake. Sydney Funnel Web spider's (deadliest type of Funnel Web spider) venom can begin to have nasty affects as soon as 20-30 minutes, if not taken to the hospital can kill in a few hours. (Though it usually takes longer depending on the person and area of bite). Brazillian Wandering spiders venom is thought by most scientists to be the deadliest of any spider, and there are reports of it killing in 20 minutes. A safer bet would probably be death in 1-2 hours without treatment.
Theres your spider venom lesson of the day. :D
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Yes Viper, you do have a point about meeting new people over the internet on Facebook and forums etc, but apart from the people you hook up with or specicfically ask to meet, are you actualy going to see any of those people in real life? And also my point is many people spend a lot of their time on facebook and forums talking to people. But like I said, how many of these people are they actually going to go outside and meet?
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Scientology protests?
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Ok then what about medicine That makes life better Right lol??? When technology improved so did medicine through time or am I delarious lol
Is Twitter considered medicine these days?
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Is Twitter considered medicine these days?
Well to begin with I don't use Twitter so........, and I was talking about "REAL" Medicine, like when u get sick and u go to the Doctors and they diagnose u for what u have and give u medicine to make u better? If u were trying to be funny I know u can do better than that;). @ Urjack thanks for the info about poisionous spiders I can now sleep better at night knowing If I do run into those type of spiders if I travel that I won't die in seconds but will have an hour or two to get some medical attention:-D
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Always a pleasuer to help. :biggrin:
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Well to begin with I don't use Twitter so........, and I was talking about "REAL" Medicine, like when u get sick and u go to the Doctors and they diagnose u for what u have and give u medicine to make u better? If u were trying to be funny I know u can do better than that;). @ Urjack thanks for the info about poisionous spiders I can now sleep better at night knowing If I do run into those type of spiders if I travel that I won't die in seconds but will have an hour or two to get some medical attention:-D
Did you know that the internet is now compatible with English? You should give it a shot sometime.
HackerX did not state that all technology was bad. If that's how you interpreted his post, I would suggest boning up on your reading comprehension skills. This topic is about how convenience technology is making us miss out on face-to-face interaction (which actually causes Asperger's like symptons), forget about the important issues in the world, and open us up to all sorts of violation of privacy.
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im so tweeting about this thread...
I agree with most of what you said hx. "todays" Internet has to much CRAP pushed in your face.
It is scary how unproductive the majority of the society is. I'm not sure if it because of the modern Internet, but it sure has made thing more transparent.
Personally, the turning point for me was when I was when I was in a room full of people and yet the room was silent. Everyone was doing something on their hand held doohickeys.
I do have a facebook account. But only use if for people I actually know, or knew back when I was a goosling.
I see that things have not changed much around here... people still cant stay on topic.
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Goose, your avatars dancing exactly in time with a song my brothers playing on Guitar Hero!
Sorry.
Same here with the facebook (except the goosling?). I can barely stand it when my parents are both in the same room stuck on their laptops. Its when my mum used to joke about how they would email each other and be sitting right next to each other that I thought how rediculas it was.
And yet most of my time right now is being taken up on my own laptop. I'm mainly focusing on my Doomed bots entry at the moment, but I'm going on holiday next week and the week after I've promised myself to try and get out more.
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Did you know that the internet is now compatible with English? You should give it a shot sometime.
HackerX did not state that all technology was bad. If that's how you interpreted his post, I would suggest boning up on your reading comprehension skills. This topic is about how convenience technology is making us miss out on face-to-face interaction (which actually causes Asperger's like symptons), forget about the important issues in the world, and open us up to all sorts of violation of privacy.
lol boning up on reading comprehension skills, see I knew u could be more funnier:-D. Frezal When My next Semester of college starts I'm going to work extra hard in English just for u, ur going to be my motavation;) As for the topic I agree partially yes technology I guess now limits face to face interaction( Like I said with playing video games All day). But It's are Personal choice if we want to play video games all day and computers or go outside and play sports or go to the park Not Technology, Technology dosen't control us or tell us to do these things, We do. Yes Technology has given us more options not to go outside all the time or face to face intercations, But it takes two to Tangle : Are personal choice of what we want to do in are spare time/ And yes Technology
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lol boning up on reading comprehension skills, see I knew u could be more funnier:-D. Frezal When My next Semester of college starts I'm going to work extra hard in English just for u, ur going to be my motavation;) As for the topic I agree partially yes technology I guess now limits face to face interaction( Like I said with playing video games All day). But It's are Personal choice if we want to play video games all day and computers or go outside and play sports or go to the park Not Technology, Technology dosen't control us or tell us to do these things, We do. Yes Technology has given us more options not to go outside all the time or face to face intercations, But it takes two to Tangle : Are personal choice of what we want to do in are spare time/ And yes Technology
Is English your primary language?
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I all u had to do is tell me to stay on topic, Really "Shut up" I can post whatever I feel like posting ur not gonna make do anything lol:!:. Maybe u should consider that we were on topic to begin with and fell off topic because ur topic is pointless and boring:tongue:. Technolgy makes life alot easier I don't care what u say or babbling about. And the fact u were saying it makes people less social is hilarious:lol:. For every body to band together and fight the opressors of the world??? And um what u think were gonna use are hands and feet against them, Technology has affected warfare drastically Hell it won us WW2 "Nuclear Bomb" And even today Technology helps alot in the Military And in every Aspect in life, so what are u complaining about:? Techonolgy makes the world go around, "Plain and Simple"
Really great arguement, is that what you tell mommy and daddy when they tell you to get off the computer and go make some real friends? "You can't make me! Your not the boss of me! na na na na na na." :baby_smily:
I don't care what you have to say either, what a coincidence. :rolleyes:
You don't always need weapons to enact change in the world.
I thought it was pretty clear that I meant wasteful forms of technology meant to entertain children and allow advertisers to put ads in front of your face at all times to distract them from learning how to speak properly and revert into texting shorthand language, essentially creating mindless blindly consuming drones. (See Idiocracy or Wall-E for an example - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/ ).
Viper, I think you need to stop assuming that your opinion is fact. I also think you need to stop using so many smileys and start typing on here with proper grammer.
It's implied that that's what you think when you say it, so saying I think before hand is unnecessary.
PS. grammar.
My opinion lol. The Nuclear Bomb is a fact and so is medicine improving in time with technology:lol:. Well I really don't care about grammer this is not school and if u can understand me than why whine about it. As for the Smiliey's If there to use then I'm gonna use them, Who are u the Smiliey Police lol
You think that the nuclear bomb is technology that improves the world? That's messed up.
If you want people to talk to you than it's generally a good idea to try and make your messages understandable so maybe you should start to care.
I'm not trying to pick a grudge with u either;). I got better things to do, and Yes he has a point partially. I understand what he is saying and see from his point a view but it's just that technology has done so many amazing things throught out time to this current date( not talking about medicine) it just puzzles me. As for internet making people not seeing people less and meeting people Idk about that one, there is dating sites, webcams, social sites like Facebook, Myspace, And twitter, I've met people I would prolly never meet before using FaceBook and MySpace. In My website that mod phones there are Hackers and modders from all over the world That I would of prolly never of met if it wasn't for the internet. I agree about gaming keeping people inside When I get a cool game Like an Rpg game that takes a good amount of time to beat I play that for days at a time:-D. As for lol's no I dont actually laugh out loud the whole time u guys are not that funny;). And I wasn't bragging I was just stating that I play sports.
I agree that social networking is useful for keeping up with people I've already met but I have my doubts about how meaningful a relationship based online can be, that's just my experience though.
It's all the addons to those social networking sites that take away from the functionality that bother me. Meant only to keep you on there longer, and therefore around to see more advertising.
Yes Viper, you do have a point about meeting new people over the internet on Facebook and forums etc, but apart from the people you hook up with or specicfically ask to meet, are you actualy going to see any of those people in real life? And also my point is many people spend a lot of their time on facebook and forums talking to people. But like I said, how many of these people are they actually going to go outside and meet?
Use caution. That's a good way to get raped.
Well to begin with I don't use Twitter so........, and I was talking about "REAL" Medicine, like when u get sick and u go to the Doctors and they diagnose u for what u have and give u medicine to make u better?
Really? I never would have guessed that.
Did you know that the internet is now compatible with English? You should give it a shot sometime.
HackerX did not state that all technology was bad. If that's how you interpreted his post, I would suggest boning up on your reading comprehension skills. This topic is about how convenience technology is making us miss out on face-to-face interaction (which actually causes Asperger's like symptons), forget about the important issues in the world, and open us up to all sorts of violation of privacy.
thankyou.
lol boning up on reading comprehension skills, see I knew u could be more funnier:-D. Frezal When My next Semester of college starts I'm going to work extra hard in English just for u, ur going to be my motavation;) As for the topic I agree partially yes technology I guess now limits face to face interaction( Like I said with playing video games All day). But It's are Personal choice if we want to play video games all day and computers or go outside and play sports or go to the park Not Technology, Technology dosen't control us or tell us to do these things, We do. Yes Technology has given us more options not to go outside all the time or face to face intercations, But it takes two to Tangle : Are personal choice of what we want to do in are spare time/ And yes Technology
That was painful to read.
Way to change your mind after a couple other people started agreeing with me.
How the heck does the catch phrase "two to tango" have any relevance whatsoever in that ...sentence?
Technology doesn't control us YET. Please see The Matrix. hahah.
One last post for now..
A lot of you keep contrasting technology vs. being outdoors. I realize that may have been representative of being more social but you're still missing the point. I'm not telling you to go play sports or join the boy scouts, just take notice of those around you on a regular basis and be friendly towards them. Who knows what might happen!
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just take notice of those around you on a regular basis and be friendly towards them. Who knows what might happen!
You get mugged/shanked/shot.
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Look shadier than the shady people. just put your hood up.. works every time.
Disclaimer: I'm not to be held liable in the event that that doesn't workout for you.
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Look shadier than the shady people. just put your hood up.. works every time.
Disclaimer: I'm not to be held liable in the event that that doesn't workout for you.
ur a real funny dude, an as for the grammer what is this fcking school are we being graded on how we post??????? If it's that painful to read then don't read it
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If it's that painful to read then don't read it
It's happening already!!! I guess you really don't want anybody to listen to you...
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ur a real funny dude, an as for the grammer what is this fcking school are we being graded on how we post??????? If it's that painful to read then don't read it
First of all, you don't go to college. Even business majors know the difference between "are" and "our". Secondly, why do you even go to school if you don't apply what you're supposed to be learning outside of school? Drop out and let the tax dollars be spent on kids who actually want to improve themselves.
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First of all, you don't go to college. Even business majors know the difference between "are" and "our". Secondly, why do you even go to school if you don't apply what you're supposed to be learning outside of school? Drop out and let the tax dollars be spent on kids who actually want to improve themselves.
Who the f*ck are you to tell me if I don't go to college or not ( I do go to college and I have a 3.5 GPA)??? You people are so f*cking funny bitching about proper grammer on a robot internet forum:lol:. Maybe you two should consider the fact that I don't give a f*ck about what my grammer looks like on a f*cking internet forum or what you two circus clowns think of it:o
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hmmm, swear allot?
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'Being/not being a Technophobe' is the subject of this thread I believe...
Back on topic, y'all.
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If you don't like our rules then change or GTFO.
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Who the f*ck are you to tell me if I don't go to college or not ( I do go to college and I have a 3.5 GPA)??? You people are so f*cking funny bitching about proper grammer on a robot internet forum:lol:. Maybe you two should consider the fact that I don't give a f*ck about what my grammer looks like on a f*cking internet forum or what you two circus clowns think of it:o
Ok, to prove that you're in college, PM me your college email address. I will email you a passcode. After receiving said passcode, post it here. If you are not up to the challenge, come up with another way to prove that you're in college or admit defeat.
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If you don't like our rules then change or GTFO.
What rules???? I'm not going change just because 2 or 3 people don't like my grammer or what ever. I'm sick of them singleing me out because of my grammer like I'm the only one on this dam site misspelling words or putting commas in wrong places or what ever. Your post is a good example of what I mean "GTFO", alot of people on this site use abrivations like that but you don't see Frezal and HX crying:baby_smily: about that now do you? I don't have problem with you, what I do have a problem with is people trying to take shots at me for the fun of it trying to say I don't go to college or is English my primary language or some dumb bullsh!t
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Ok, to prove that you're in college, PM me your college email address. I will email you a passcode. After receiving said passcode, post it here. If you are not up to the challenge, come up with another way to prove that you're in college or admit defeat.
If I'm not up to the challenge??? What challenge get real. I go to Cayuga Community College now , I got one more semester and then I'm transfering to JWU in North Miami, Florda:-D
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Its because most of us use good enough grammar to be acceptable, with some spurts of un-grammar-ness thrown in. Your posts are acceptable for a Bulgarian (Venko), but not someone (supposedly) from NY.
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Its because most of us use good enough grammar to be acceptable, with some spurts of un-grammar-ness thrown in. Your posts are acceptable for a Bulgarian (Venko), but not someone (supposedly) from NY.
Well thats how I post so......... idk. Let me ask you this can you understand my posts, because you guys are making it out like i'm posting in a whole other language and thats it's so bad that you can't understand a single word that i'm saying, which is not the case because people respond to my posts with no problems at all and understand me clearly(not talking about this thread in general).
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If I'm not up to the challenge??? What challenge get real. I go to Cayuga Community College now , I got one more semester and then I'm transfering to JWU in North Miami, Florda:-D
Running start doesn't qualify as going to college.
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Running start doesn't qualify as going to college.
Actually CCC is one of the top Community colleges in NY state. And the only difference between community colleges and Universties is Universties are bigger with more people thats it, so please humor me on how it's a "Running Start"???
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What rules???? I'm not going change just because 2 or 3 people don't like my grammer or what ever. I'm sick of them singleing me out because of my grammer like I'm the only one on this dam site misspelling words or putting commas in wrong places or what ever. Your post is a good example of what I mean "GTFO", alot of people on this site use abrivations like that but you don't see Frezal and HX crying:baby_smily: about that now do you? I don't have problem with you, what I do have a problem with is people trying to take shots at me for the fun of it trying to say I don't go to college or is English my primary language or some dumb bullsh!t
I merely tried to give you some advice on how to interact with people using the english language. I don't care what you do but you're not going to get any respect from anyone until you decide to care.
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I merely tried to give you some advice on how to interact with people using the english language. I don't care what you do but you're not going to get any respect from anyone until you decide to care.
advice???? Funny because in post 86 it seemed alot like you were flaming me then giving me advice:lol:. Respect??? Listen no offence but I can care less about your respect or anybody elses for that matter.
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advice???? Funny because in post 86 it seemed alot like you were flaming me then giving me advice:lol:. Respect??? Listen no offence but I can care less about your respect or anybody elses for that matter.
If you truly didn't care, you wouldn't feel the need to tell everybody that.