Subject: Re: Nancy, don't leave
From: Lisa M. Rabey (lisar@net-link.net)
Date: Sat Mar 08 1997 - 22:28:24 GMT
At 11:01 AM 3/8/97 -0700, you wrote:
>lisa's post about technology fascinates me--about email and not leaving
>our houses--but I read _Being Digital_ and it's author, nicolas negroponte
>(an editor of _Wirred_) would say we are leaving the house--not our atoms
>but our bytes...I say it's too nice today for me to do my usual "sat am
>cartoons" on line...besides, my 10 month old springer spaniel (of course
>his name is holden...) is always good at reminding me it's time for a
>walk! woof, will
will,
Even though majority of my statistics I have been sprouting off have come
from resources, its also a hint into my daily life.
Growing up in the 70's cable was pretty nifty, even though we only had 12
channels. Then when i was 8 or 9, I got a TI machine that had the
cartridges and the hook up take deck to it. Taught myself BASIC, and played
with that for a while. Then Atari came along and once I overcame frogger,
decided the only way to be challenging, was to play the game upside down.
And I read, a lot.
Didn't touch computers again till beginning of college, and that was when
the commercial Internet started becoming more popular. Internet really was
from Arpanet, which was started in the late 60's, early 70's for
governmental and educational use.
And first it was my school email account.
then it was one on a local system.
last counting, i had 15 email addresses. All easily accessible.
And that is what the world has come to.
I have turned off my pager, because if you -really- want to get me,
emailing me is a lot easier. And the more I talk to people, the more I
realize this.
And hooking up new users and tech support has shown me, that our lives are
slowly becoming just like "the Net"'s showed Sandra Bullock. I mean heck, I
even got virtually married to a guy I was dating!
Human interaction is slowly going down the tubes!
just my thoughts...
ttfn.
lisa
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