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U.S. Internet Growth Stalling
abb_road writes "Internet usage is predicted to grow by only 1% in 2006, with uptake slowing even more in subsequent years. The article examines causes for the slowdown, including individuals who are actively choosing to not be online. These non-users cite a number of reasons for their decision, including cost and increased productivity. Is this simply a combination of luddites and a statistical quirk, or is the Internet reaching its saturation point in the U.S.?"
there's only so much porn you can watch....
I find it is eating into my TV time.
I've made a conscious decision to abstain from Internet usage. Don't have it, don't need it, don't want it.
Note to ACs: I usually delete AC replies without reading them. If you want to talk to me, log in.
I sit at a computer all day at work, why would I want to do more of that in my spare time?
Yeah, plus you already read slashdot while you were at work!
You can have my cynical agnosticism when you pry it from my cold, dead logic.
From TFA:
""If you're spending all your time on e-mail, you're not listening and reading," says Rogers, who rarely took lecture notes while he was a student so he could listen more intently. "I listen and read; e-mail is a huge distraction.""
Uh, I wonder how he thinks you are supposed to absorb email - osmosis?
Steve
A work that expires before its copyright never enters the public domain and thus enjoys eternal copyright protection.
I must say, this is incredibly rude of you. If you'd taken half a second to check the very last comment before yours, you'd have seen that the discussion is now over. That means we have to stop posting now. You don't disobey a guy with a UID that low. Not if you enjoy the use of your kneecaps, if you know what I mean.
I'm going back to NNTP, FTP, and gopher.
See ya on the flip side
Why read the article when I can just make up a snap judgement?
and some don't even have plasma screens.
Savages!
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
According to the article, a significant number of people say "access at work is sufficient."
That's a rational economic decision. 8 hours a day for reading personal email and blogging should be enough for most people.
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Proof of concept, when I worked in retail I could alt-tab between notepad and the POS app (how's that for secure?)
No-one thinks twice of a clerk re-swiping a card after hitting a couple keys on the keyboard. To boot the keyboard layout was such that a computer "pro" would likely never have noticed I hit alt-tab because the keymap was all wacky.
I never did anything with the info, never saved it to disk. Simply did it to prove to the DM that the system we were using was flawed and we should call the vendor.
Turns out the reason we never fixed it was that we were using a single 10 seat licence for a company of approx 400 stores.....
Piracy@example.com here I come! (I hated that company anyway).
-nB
whois gawk date unzip strip find touch finger mount join nice man top fsck grep eject more yes exit umount sleep dump
"I can make rice, only because she told me what to do once"
1) bring water to boil
2) measure and add rice in a 2:1 ratio of water to rice
3) remove from heat cover and stir occasionally till water is absorbed
YOU JUST MADE RICE THE EASIEST POSSIBLE THING TO MAKE
how some of you people survive at all is a complete mystery
I'll just use my special getting high powers one more time...
friend you have a problem. I'm here to help you.
http://library.albany.edu/briggs/addiction.html
I know you have a dependancy.. "a dependency that can be as destructive as alcoholism and drug addiction." And yes, I admit I have it too. "IAD is said to be closest to pathological gambling."
My advice to you is to get outside. enjoy some fresh air. Talk to people, and if you can't find any people, talk to some animals, perhaps getting yourself a pet.
If you continue along the path of a 'net addict' you may find it difficult to maintain any type of long term relationship, you might find that you're loosing sleep, possibly even skipping work... just to get your fix of 'the internet'
building your own zen garden is also a good way to help recenter yourself and find liberation from this 'need' to have the internet, at any price. Or you could continue onward into the dark and chaotic world of the internet, finding that looking for jobs simply kills too much of your internet time.. that girlfriends are just a waste of time, because they keep on intruruping your 'internet time' perhaps you might even combat your intrnet addiction with 'hard drugs' to find release from all the stress at not being able to be 'always on'
best of luck to you, myself I've long since given in the will to fight. I am an internet junkie, and need my broadband fix, daily, or else i need to get some video gaming, or some anime, or some time with a really good book... i just can't cope without my distractions...
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html