Don't know what a gigabite or ping is? How about what an ethernet chord or PCI-Wireless Card is used for? Does GUI, ISDN, IDS, PABX ring a bell? Even if you don't know what some of these mean, it is obvious how much today's society depends on computers and technology. It's not even just computers, it's cell phones, 2-ways, PDA's and anything else that can fit in your backpocket that costs 10 times more than the pants the pockets are on. It just goes without a question: if you don't know how to work with anything technilogically advanced these days, you're screwed. People these days depend so much on a machine telling them what is real and seems to be some people's only connection to the outside world.
What if the Internet was a big scam, like a mega "The War of the Worlds" and the author just won't let it end? I highly doubt that, but it's sick how people can't go one day without checking e-mail 5-20 times a day. Also, what's the deal with AIM, DeadAIM, Yahoo Messanger, Trillian, etc...? Especially with away messages, they have become such a vital tool in a person's daily routine to post them. I see them as another way to express yourself, a way to avoid those "ackward silences" that come up on the phone, and they also act as a nice way to remind your friends on your 'buddy list' where you are at every waking minute of the day. Does anyone really care that you'll "brb in a few"? What's 'a few' anyway? Five minutes, five days? I guess if you put up that that you're eating lunch, you're hoping that someone will read it and be like, "Oh, I think I'll join her." I think AIM messages have come a long way from the standard, "I am away from my computer." Of course, you still have those people who message you, as you have an away message, "You there?" I guess if they have to ask, the person may be one of the people you, the poster, try to ignore, or perchance you did just forget to take off your message upon returning to your room. Just to let anyone know, until that little notepad by my name goes away, I am far away... and yes, I'm THAT busy.
So here we have it; Computers have brought about a new-age revolution of expression of self through instant messaging, sooner or later, babies won't be coming out with ambilical chords, but rather something in the form of ethernet chords programming them to computer-ingenuity from day one, and there will be EA meetings for masses of people, E-mailers Annyomous. So in the meanwhile, we stay wired, vulnerably waiting for the next blackout, spammer, or virus attack and then we can go back to the days of real librarys, solitare, and a nice invention called a phone. No, I don't go backwards in technological time, I'm just saying don't depend on the Internet to give you all the answers, and don't forget to give the phone it's share of attention... it might get so jealous one day and just not work. You never know.
