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Honestly, if you are interested in how the Internet has affected and affects us you should read the fantastic book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing To Our Brains, by Nicholas Carr (amazon link)[^].
It is a very balanced view of how it has affected our attention span, our thinking modes, etc.
It's based upon scientific research and the author keeps a balanced view -- he's not a luddite.
It is so good and goes through so much history of learning, media, how our brains work etc, that I read it twice. Fantastic.
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Is there an online version? 
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Vark111 wrote: Is there an online version?
It is just this kind of joking that proves you're mind is not right.  seek help immediately.
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Is there an app for that?
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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TheGreatAndPowerfulOz wrote: Is there an app for that?
It is just this kind of joking that proves you're mind is not right. seek help immediately.
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Looks interesting. I will have to get a copy sometime soon.
Not online, though. I like having an actual book in my hands.
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question?
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Do questions with multiple question marks annoy you???
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Brisingr Aerowing wrote: Not online, though. I like having an actual book in my hands.
Interesting that you said that. One of the studies revealed by the book is related to reading on the Internet vs. printed materials.
Because your brain is distracted by links that could possibly be clicked you don't absorb the material as much as you would if you were read printed materials. I'm summarizing but when you read the study in the book I believe you'll be amazed. It has to do with how executive brain function is trying to use self control (to not click links and continue reading) and that continually (unbeknownst to ourselves) challenges the brain to focus and remember and learn.
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Whaaa? oooh, shiny linky... 
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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fyi: Carr's 2008 essay in The Atlantic, "Is the Internet Making Us Stupid?," is available on-line: [^].
While I am not a Carr "groupie," I find his writing often eloquent, and thought-provoking, even if he is, often, playing the same melody over-and-over. His blog is interesting: [^].
Yes, I am an internet addict, but my heart belongs to ... printed books.
«I'm asked why doesn't C# implement feature X all the time. The answer's always the same: because no one ever designed, specified, implemented, tested, documented, shipped that feature. All six of those things are necessary to make a feature happen. They all cost huge amounts of time, effort and money.» Eric Lippert, Microsoft, 2009
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BillWoodruff wrote: Yes, I am an internet addict, but my heart belongs to ... printed books
Eloquently stated and exactly how I feel about it.
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UC Irvine and Australian chemists have figured out how to unboil egg whites – an innovation that could dramatically reduce costs for cancer treatments, food production and other segments of the $160 billion global biotechnology industry, according to findings published today in the journal ChemBioChem. Fine, but if you lot find a way to un-bacon ham and ruin my breakfast, I will be upset.
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Unboil me all the bacon and eggs you have.
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OTOH if you find a way to unburn bacon you might cause the biggest drop in the number of justifiable homicides world wide in living memory.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Blames size of code as it confirms it won't patch WebView component on 60% of Android hardware. Updating code is *hard*
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I'm going to start using this excuse.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Your code isn't big enough.
Wait, ... that's what she said.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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It's not the size of the code that counts... It's how it executes!
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Computerworld wrote: Blames size of code
That's what she said.
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Stress levels for IT workers are on the rise, according to a survey from Regus. "You got the pressure and that's a fact. I can tell by the way you act "
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You're harshing my mellow, man. Got any good news?
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We're not about to all be killed by a rogue asteroid? 
TTFN - Kent
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Oh, sure, y'all up there in the Great White North with survive.
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I though this forum was to publish current things.  What has that of new?
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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NASA scientists will have good chance to study asteroid 2004 BL86 during flyby. Yes, you have to go in to work on Tuesday
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