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Does modern society rely too much on technology?

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icurite
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Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 469
Location: Mighty Waikato

Y2K Five Years On: Too much technology?

At the start of 2000 Y2K made us realise how much the world relied on technology. Society suddenly realised it had taken all the conveniences of technology for granted. Us kiwis were the world's guinea pigs for a threat that turned out to be far over-estimated.

Five years on technology is an even greater part of our life. Several British studies in the past five years have discovered teenagers are spending a greater time playing video games, watching television and surfing the internet. The obesity epidemic has been the greatest example of too much technology.

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Sat 27 Nov, 2004 3:02 am

icurite
Meta

Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 469
Location: Mighty Waikato

How many technological advances can you remember from the past five years?

Since the start of 2000

I have been introduced to...

these...
- television remote controls (no more walking)
- cordless telephones (got one cord telephone, one cordless telephone)
- music CDs (so much better than tapes)
- remote controlled garage doors (great if its raining)
- Walkmans/mobile radios/mobile CD players (great for running)
- mobile phones
- Teletext on the television
- ear phones
- console games (Playstation)
- computer games (play games on the computer... addictive)
- the Internet (wow! so this is what everyone is talking about!)
- email (wow - it's free and quick)
- DVDs (with the new computer came a DVD drive - very clear picture)
- scanners (used it once and was amazed, but took an hour)
- photocopiers (still don't know how to use them)
- bedside radios with FM dials (I'll go to sleep soon...)
- dishwashers (no washing and trying... just it doesn't clean them and leaves them wet)
- more than three channels to choose from (oooh... cartoons after 5pm)
- stop watchers (no good if you have slow reactions)
- digital watches (well, that's an interesting way to tell the time)
- text messaging (once I used an instruction manual and actually wrote one!)

and...
- Playstation (play video games... if the TV is not being used)
- electronic shopping websites (not secure I'm told)
- websites (what are all these pages!)
- video games you can play with other people on the internet (can't afford World of Warcraft, despite peer pressure from school to get it)
- built-in heaters (the cealing is warm)
- built-in vacum cleaners (super noisy)
- gas heaters (warm)
- search engines and web directories (Google, Google Directory, Google...)
- HTML (open tag, close tag)
- Microsoft Word (first got in 2003 and wished I'd had it instead of Creative Writer)
- Microsoft FrontPage (editing is easy)
- Microsoft InternetExplorer (OK, just it is Microsoft)
- Netscape Navigator (useless)
- internet forums, chat rooms (fascinating)
- MSN Messenger (the ONLY instant messenger used in New Zealand)
- volunteer internet projects (real fun)
- lights that go on automatically with sensors (stop going by the sensor cat)
- things that measure how fast I run (useless)
- fridges with freezers attached (icecream on hand always... when we have icecream)
- digital television (interactive... but keeps crashing like a computer)
- satellite television (bad if there's cloud cover)
- interactive television channels (weather whenever I want)
- digital still cameras (can still survive with my normal camera)
- laser printers (what's the difference)
- lap tops (too difficult to use)
- computer graphics (pretty cool)
- electronic sanders (I used one in form 2 technology, form 3 woodwork)
- toilets with two flush options (what's the point)
- basins where you can choose the temperature and strength
- showers that have good pressure where you can choose the strength
- public transport (the bus has sooo many routes and bus stops)
- XtraMSN (so, NZ's largest company and Microsoft have joined forces)
- interactive television channels where you can play games (too expensive)

...and I have also been told about:

- Playstation 2
- cable television
- X-box
- car alarms
- laser lights
- picture messaging
- MP3 Players
- handheld cameras (camcorders)
- house alarms
- language translators
- video phones
- toys that talk
- electronic guitars

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Sat 27 Nov, 2004 3:33 am

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Re: Y2K Five Years On: Too much technology?

Technology is one of mankinds greatest achievements. Technology leads to a higher form of existance. When our humanity catches up to our technology, we will have evolved into a much better species. The single greatest invention of the last century is the internet. A place of global gathering, and world wide sharing of information.

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Fri 08 Apr, 2005 2:17 pm

icurite
Meta

Joined: 24 Apr 2004
Posts: 469
Location: Mighty Waikato

Re: Y2K Five Years On: Too much technology?

I think we are eventually going to hit a brick wall and go backwards again.

The internet does have a limit, which it is approaching. For all the hype, the internet lacks a great deal. Technology can be very unreliable.

And worst still, our oil is running out, our planet is being destroyed and President Bush says we can sort it out when we become grown-ups.

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Fri 15 Apr, 2005 5:49 am

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