you can also buy many things that you can't find anywhere else.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNARJPNz2CA&feature=related That is all.

I've learned to deal with a lot of different people from different walks of life as I meet lots of friends all over the world.

I've also learned that there's almost no limitations to human learnings with the help of the internet, making the learning so much easy as a click of mouse.

I've learned that childhood obesity went through the roof because of the internet

Yep! Meee too...lived in the dino age when DOS was the norm. Also...remember BBS's? Bulliten Board Systems. That was the only way back then to communicate with the living . DOS was not too hard for me as I was in college for Computer Science. Now I wish I would have completed my degree <sigh>. I love ALL the information

I must apologize for having to bail on this thread, busy..

One of the points i wanted to make, is this. Had this been available to me say around age 20, i could have taken online courses, maybe earned a couple of degrees, other than electro-mechanical technology (not to say that i can't now, just that it would have been much easier at 20, than now, at 50)

What i'm getting at, is if young people really apply themselves, their chances of a successful career, would be much higher, simply because the learning tools are more readily available, more convenient.

When an employer considers a potential employee, the more the employee has on the resume, the better. Having multiple degrees almost guarantees a higher paying position.

What was that Mark? Sorry, I was busy playing Black ops online

Seriously, I had a 20yr old who worked for me... Always on his crackberry.
He asked what people my age did as kids to keep in touch with friends

I replied, Simple, We got off our arses.... rode or walked to the park where everyone would meet up and go from there.

He said: You're serious aren't you

yeah,,lol, we had much less 'child obesity' then too,, come to think of it.

elementary schoolers with cell phones,,,,

i have met a lot of people online, and I am new the past year to being an on-liner type.

i have learned that even really ugly people can be mean and insensitive too, not just good looking people...

I love you no longer need a dictionary, or pay for the paper, or go into an establishment to submit applications, you dont have to call in your dinner order anymore, you just order online. It's great...

I still get plenty of exercise...the comment about obesity, true, but dont blame the internet, blame the parents...

Harmony, i agree, it's absurd elementary kids walking with cell phones, especially with the risk of cancer floating around. My kids will not have a cell. they have the choice to be responsible and use the house phone or a pay phone in an emergency. Plus they are more likely to break or lose a phone...

Online courses----cooooool

I understand what you mean simoned

I try to be a proponent of the concept of BALANCE, which means I generally dont do the 'blame' thing, but the responsibility thing instead

its not any ONE thing that made our children obese, I didnt mean to imply it, but it was an attack on the BALANCE in our childrens lives

not only did we start encouraging and promoting 'activities' which didnt involve ANY movement, we then took alot of the physical activity out of their school day , we started to encourage and promote unhealthy foods and snacks and fast food more and more and we INCREASED their access to those things beyond anything that was responsible,,,,

the IMBALANCE of an INCREASE in unhealthy lifestyle and diet being promoted and encouraged without a similar INCREASE in physical activity and HEALTHY diet promotion,, did a great deal of harm in the long run,,,,, but there are so many 'harmless' things that we dont see the affect of until it is too late,,,,

The problem is, instead of actually learning words and/or their proper spelling and punctuation... people rely on Spell Check or Google.

There's a difference between retaining information and using it solely for instantaneous results.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The things you learn :-)

Yes I think the Internet is amazing! I used to spend hours at the Colorado Springs Library checking out tons of books and when I move her the library sucked. I felt lost.

Now literally anything you want to know about is a few clicks away. Thanks to google and other good search engines.

As for me, the Internet was my savior.

It's my only social life... (I know that's sad)

It is my news and information source.

I learned all about aliens, conspiracy theories, who killed Kennedy, and lots of other interesting things that may or may not be true.

Its my entertainment.
I watch Netflex and Youtube videos all the time.

I don't waste time playing games or look at porn.

It's my business.
I make websites for some people, I sell my art and my tarot cards via the Internet and pay pal.

If I lost the Internet I would cry a lot.

I would be out of business, I would have no social life, I would not know what's going on in the world, and I would have no Library and information source for reasearch.

SO WHAT WOULD I DO IF THAT HAPPENED?

I think I would probably take up gardening, raise some chickens, and spend more time outside, fix up this run down shack I'm living in.

I learned that it's really hard work to make money lazy.

I learned that I have a lot of rich uncles that die and leave me their fortunes.

I learned people can fall in love with me without even meeting or talking.

I Learned alot from the internet but most certainly became dependent on it for everything hehehehe

I had to move and Had to go a week without it and you feel like you can't function I have forgotten simple things like using a phonebook to find a number lol

I use the internet to find everything

If I have it I can go days without using it but If I dont have it ...I need it for everthing lol

1 and 3 here too

Hummm see we keep trying to make ya'll shut the lid but..................ohhhhhhhhh noooooooo bet ya do now lmao

They just did a story on this very thing, on the WALB 6 o'clock news. The experts are divided, somewhat.

Some say that spell check makes people lazy, and some say that it actually helps improve people's spelling. I think it ultimately comes down, to the drive , (or willingness to excel) as opposed to those who simply do not have the desire to better themselves.

I donno...some people are just flat out dumb@$$es.