AS-B Angelina 12054 25th‚Nov. Practice prompt 4 for 2nd Monthly Test Life without Internet The moment Selena reached down and unplugged the ether-net cable from her computer‚ she felt like school was out for the summer holiday‚ and the simultaneous relief and boredom that last bell brought. She sat quietly for a while‚ and soon realized that she had been anticipating this moment for ages‚ but for some limitations of her job‚ she had not made any plans: she was employed in a private consulting
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Is the Internet Bad For You? Socrates feared writing would make us forgetful. He believed written knowledge didn’t give us the same wisdom as oral knowledge (100). Hieronimo Squarciafico‚ the Italian humanist‚ believed the easily available books that the printing press provided would lead to weaker minds (100). Writing and the easy access to books‚ two of the world’s biggest discoveries‚ yet they were seen as things that would harm people rather than help. Nicholas Carr advocates the harmfulness
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Q.1) What are the characteristics of services that will be most appropriate for internet delivery? Internet service can be provided through telephone lines .Internet connection speed can generally be divided into two categories: dialup and broadband Characteristics of the Internet: The characteristics of the Internet that affect its usefulness in service can be divided broadly into Information and Connectivity. “The advantages arise from the Internet’s enormous capacity to link participants
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Your head-teacher has decided to stop all access to the Internet at school. Write a letter in which you try to persuade him or her to change this decision. Dear Mr Sir‚ It has come to my attention that you have banned internet access for all pupils. It is my belief‚ however that this decision is unjust‚ and counter-productive. As I am sure you know‚ the Internet has developed dramatically over the course of the past decade. It has evolved from a basic-communicative tool‚ to the most powerful
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The internet is has the best resources the world has to offer. To live in the world today without the use of the internet would be sort of difficult. The internet will be around for many years to come and will only get better with time. I disagree that the internet is bad for society because having the internet enables you to keep up with family‚ work from home‚ and stay up to date on what’s going on around the world. When you think of family‚ who you haven’t spoke to in months or possibly years
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The article Cognitive offloading: How the internet is increasingly taking over human memory found in Science Daily talks about the use of Internet. Having availability to unlimited resources on the Internet makes us tempted to use it. Therefore‚ affecting our thought processes for problem solving‚ memory and learning. We often think that memory happens in the head but at this age and time it happens through the Internet and in one search away. Benjamin Storm‚ Sean Stone and Aaron Benjamin conducted
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way and will it save or ruin our civilization? Modern technology makes life easier for people. For example‚ microwave ovens cook food easily. Dishwashers wash all dirty dishes and dry them. Moreover TVs‚ personal computers‚ cell phones and the internet have enhanced the welfare and wellbeing of people worldwide. These have provided various ways of entertainment‚ have improved people’s lives‚ helped hem to communicate‚ and offered them ways to get to distant parts of the world in little time. The
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Is using the Internet a boon? In this fast-paced world where everyone is competing to be the first in whatever they are embarking on‚ face-to-face communication with a person is getting rarer and flipping the books to get information has been a method gone outdated. However‚ this has been replaced by one powerful tool that does these and even more. This is none other than the Internet. Internet has been defined as the global system of interconnected computer networks designed to serve the people’s
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Impact of the Internet on Thinking The digital revolution has brought about a plethora of information accessible to anyone‚ anywhere‚ anytime‚ as long as they are hooked up to the internet. Considering the pervasiveness of the Internet in our lives‚ it is certainly having an effect on our brains. After all‚ everything we do‚ is related to our brain and affects it in some way‚ either positive or negative. In the article “Impact of Internet on Thinking” Alan Greenblatt touches various aspects
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Internet has become a household item for a decade. Some people find that nowhere can they find more useful information than in the experience of surfing the internet whereas others believe that what is transmitted on this system is not always reliable. I strongly agree with the former view for the following reasons First of all‚ it is argued that the floods of information posted on the Internet mislead users. With hundreds of advertising companies launching their campaigns about their products and
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