Saturday, December 26, 2009

Internet: useful or harmful?

Internet plays a very important role in people's lives. But before
logging, one has to consider a lot of things. It can be useful and at
the same time harmful. To use or not to use, that is the question.
Decide for yourself.

Nowadays young generation doesn't read books, journals, magazines and
newspapers. And really why should they if they have excellent
possibilities to find everything necessary on-line. Except information
you can find a lot of other different things that can widen your
outlook. You can visit Louver gallery with famous Mona Lisa, sitting
comfortably in your armchair in front of computer screen.

You can also order different services. If you log on to Internet you can
purchase anything you can imagine. Just clicking a right button, you can
order term paper or pizza, or tickets to a rock concert. Your term paper
order will be done easily; pizza will be tasty and day - just wonderful
due to Internet services. Internet without doubt is a blessing for those
who have no time and opportunities to go shopping. Besides commercial
part of Internet one can also find a wide range of ways of
communication. You can chat; use ICQ, instant messengers or an e-mail.
With the help of new invention, like a web-camera, you can even see whom
you are talking to. Thus you can see that people can practically live
on-line, because it is possible to work on-line, study on-line, have fun
on-line and even date on-line. But is virtual world a good place to
spend your time? People can spend up to 18 hours sitting at the
computer. No matter how well is screen protection installed, it is still
very harmful not only for your eyes, but also for your organism. Can you
imagine your body being x-rayed 18 hours in a row? But this is exactly
what happens when you spend days in front of your computer. We can't but
mention considerate parents' worries about what their kids read and see
on-line. Except useful information there, children can find different
sites that carry not very useful information. That's why there are some
servers that filter out information your computer receives. We can't but
mention the consequences of sitting in front of the computer all the
time. It turns people into typical couch potatoes. They don't care to
stand up and go for a walk or to have some physical exercises. This can
result into numerous ailments and problems.

Internet is an isolator too. No matter how much you communicate on-line,
it doesn't give you a credit in speaking with live people. You don't see
facial expressions, gestures, don't hear their voices. That can tell
much about your friend. On-line you have no choice but to believe in
anything that is said to you. Then don't be mad if somebody deceives
you. You didn't know the person well; all you knew was his/her e-mail or
ICQ number. Using services provided in the Internet one has to be very
careful, not to get in trouble. But what can we do without it nowadays?
Due to internet a lot of other businesses started to prosper. We are
talking about age of information. How can it exist without Internet? Of
course, there are some advantages and disadvantages, but we can't refuse
ourselves in pleasure to get into the world of virtual wonders.

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