I have to admit, I find a lot of the comments here... amusing. Let's go back a couple of years... back when this was the Toms OC list (only a few of us I think remember those days) around 1995ish.
Why would you overclock a computer? 50Mhz is PLENTY of speed. These guys/gals are talking nonsense and breaking expensive computers! E-mail was just starting to really get in it's stride in the work place. All the old geezers said that it was killing the paper letter. All business ethic was going out the window, people were just putting down their thoughts and sending it without so much as a header! Cellphones were starting to come out and be affordable to the public. Why would anyone need to talk while they were moving though?!?! You'll kill conversation and distract people! /rant Things change over time, some people change with them, some people don't, and yet still others are born in to them. Young people adopt new technology because they are flexible and see benefits, not negatives. I have a FB account, mostly just in case I need to get in touch with someone. I only log in to it when I need to contact someone on it. I don't remember the last time I sat on it for more than 5 minutes. For years, people sat around the water cooler, reading club (you don't think they just read books do you!), the rotary club and talked crap about other people. Technology has changed the speed and place at which this happens, that is all. I agree that people put WAAAY too much information out there, but they are doing it knowing that anyone could read that if they are not careful. I don't blame Zuckerburg at all, I blame the parents and people for not either teaching their kids about privacy or not reading up before taking the plunge on something new. For years people would research things before doing them, now they don't even think about things like that, they just sign up! When was the last time you read a EULA? The proliferation of texting is very easy to explain: It removes the human element from the conversation, so people are more apt to say something they would not eye to eye. It is easier since you can delay responses, giving one to think before speaking (because every thing in this world moves so quickly). You can easily text someone in a crowded bar (or while at the dinner table), when you can't place a call. Do I think that the quality of the written English language has gone down hill? Certainly. I can't tell you how many times I have received absolute drivel from a co-worker when asked to do a write up. Funny thing though: I'd say it's about equal from older people, as from youngsters. What I do fear is how the human element is being taken away from conversations, but that is just something that is going to happen. Encourage people to sit at a dinner table without a TV, invite friends over for dinner, just listen to music with someone. Remove the technology every once in awhile and I think the human race will be fine, but never stop adapting. If you don't eventually you'll end up one of the people that you laughed at years ago. P.S. For the record, I'm 35, so no spring chicken ;) ---- Julian On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Bino Gopal <[email protected]> wrote: > Nah, it will either be FB or G+ or something similar-Twitter is too limited > to survive and will be bought by one of the two...I give it 2 years tops. > > And the new FB changes are pretty amazing...everybody lifecasting here we > come! > > But then again I'm a futurist and like to ride the edge of the wave in a > lot > of these arenas, have lots of friends doing the same, and also work with > most of the companies doing this stuff, go to conferences and events about > all this, so maybe I'm just immersed in it... :P > > BINO > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Veech > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [H] STOP... > > It's a different world now. Drives me nuts how much my kids and even my > wife communicate by texting. A topic that could be discussed and resolved > in a five-minute phone call takes two hours of back-and-forth on text, and > usually something gets taken out of context or mis-understood. My fear is > that we will lose the art of conversation and eventually face-to-face > communication. fwiw, Facebook is now going the way of Myspace as twitter > and tweeting/texting are becoming more prevalent. Why bother posting > complete thoughts on FB when an abbreviated, truncated 160-character field > makes it EZ 4 U 2 B laZ lol. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:15 > Subject: Re: [H] STOP... > > > > When I listen to him talk about additions to THE FB I just wonder what > > world I live in today. Why would anyone what all their stuff out there > > like that? Has Zuck ever heard of TMI? Why do people need to share all > > that on THE FB? Is face to face or phone or a trip now and then or using > > photobucket to share photos with family so ancient now? Does the fact > > that something hasn't been done before automatically mean it is a good > > thing to do now or ever? I'm 53 now, but I think by the time I die the > > world will be so different I will feel as if I'm dying on a different > > planet. > > > > I think I got old... > > > > On 9/22/2011 2:54 PM, Julian Zottl wrote: > >> lol, stop him from what? > >> ---- > >> Julian > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:20 PM, Anthony Q. > >> Martin<[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >>> .. .Zuckerberg. > >>> > >>> I think I got old.... > >>> > >>> > > >
