-Caveat Lector-
-Samantha,
Source it.
Also, please read the following post as it reminds me so
much of you. I have never resorted to calling you names and
your lack of class is showing. Among other things.
Amelia
---- Original Message -----
From: "Samantha L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 11:55 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Ashcroft-The Artful Dodger
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Amelia, no offense, but you're really an idiot.
>
> Samantha
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "flw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 8:36 PM
Subject: [CTRL] Mad Computer Disease
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> THE TIMES
> February 4 2001 BRITAIN
>
> Computer-mad generation has a memory crash
>
> Cherry Norton and Adam Nathan
>
> GROWING numbers of people in their twenties and thirties
are suffering from severe memory loss
> because of increasing reliance on computer technology,
according to new research.
>
> Sufferers complain they are unable to recall names,
written words or appointments, and in some cases
> have had to give up their jobs.
>
> Doctors are blaming computer technology, electronic
organisers and automatic car navigation systems.
> They claim these gadgets lead to diminished use of the
brain to work out problems and inflict
> "information overload" that makes it difficult to
distinguish between important and unimportant
> facts.
>
> A preliminary study of 150 people aged 20 to 35 has shown
that more than one in 10 are suffering
> from severe problems with their memory. Researchers from
Hokkaido University's school of medicine in
> Japan said the memory dysfunction among the young required
further investigation.
>
> "They're losing the ability to remember new things, to
pull out old data or to distinguish between
> important and unimportant information. It's a type of
brain dysfunction," said Toshiyuki Sawaguchi,
> the university's professor of neurobiology. "Young people
today are becoming stupid."
>
> One high-flying 28-year-old salesman treated by Dr
Sawaguchi was forced to give up his job when he
> found himself forgetting where he was going, who he was
supposed to be seeing or, when he finally
> got there, what he was selling.
>
> Although no formal studies have been undertaken in
Britain, experts are increasingly recognising the
> problem. Professor Pam Briggs of Northumbria University,
who recently chaired a British
> Psychological Society symposium on the effects of
technology, said: "I think increased use of the
> internet and computer technology is starting to have an
effect. Everyday memory might be at threat
> if you are using the computer as a kind of external
memory."
>
> Dr Takashi Tsukiyama, who runs a private clinic in Tokyo,
said he had seen an increase in severe
> memory problems. "In the past two years, more people in
their twenties and thirties have presented
> themselves with memory impairment," he said.
>
> One sales assistant aged 28 said she suddenly found
herself unable to recall written words and was
> dismissed from her job. "Ageing affects the brain's
hardware, but errors may occur in the brain's
> 'software' that have nothing to do with age but are
related to someone's lifestyle, such as not
> using your brain enough," said Tsukiyama.
>
> Dr David Cantor, director of the Psychological Services
Institute in Atlanta, Georgia, who has
> treated patients for memory and attention problems for
more than 20 years, said: "Many experts
> believe information overload is making it difficult for
some people to absorb new information, as
> they have reached a limit of what they can store in their
brains. These people forget things because
> they were too distracted to absorb them in the first
place."
>
>
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