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Technology and Things of the Sort

Postby RodimusAscendant » Wed Dec 29, 2010 6:49 pm

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I have put this topic up on several sites I frequent to get other's opinions. Some of you may have come across it several times at other sites....or not. With the latest trend of CGI heavy movies, 3-D movies and other great technological feats from year to year I began to long for the old days. It seems in my opinion this latest trend of everything 3-d or or every movie being CGI heavy has made Hollywood lazy. A lot of movies over the past few years that have relied on 95% CGI had some really piss poor acting with the exception of Avatar (It was awesome). While I like cool graphics and all that, I have found myself really diving into Anime, 80s cartoons and old Black and White movies more and more lately. I just need to escape from all the CGI heavy stuff.

I also want to state that I am tired of my cell phone...lol, technology is good but sometimes it is a pain. I remember being a kid or even a teen and before everyone could afford a cell phone/pager you had that one maybe two phones in the house. Not cordless but the one that had the buttons on the phone and not the reciever and the face plate came off to show the insides. Anyway my point is back than you didn't have 50 million people calling you, people weren't easy to reach back then, and if they weren't listed in the white pages, well you didn't find them. Sometimes I miss that too because I swear my phone gets more calls than I like...lol. My kids love laptops, cell phones, video games all of that good stuff, but I also try to instill int them that picking up a good book and reading is fun too. They have picked up on this in recent years and I am proud but sometimes I worry if today's youth would panic or freak out if Facebook and all the other social Networks went offline. For that matter what if their cell phones stopped working, would they even know how to write and mail a letter to a friend if they had to. Suppose the internet shut down what would people do, would those of us that grew up with the Dewey Decimal System still remember how to use it in the library and look up information? If there were no PS3's, Xbox 360's, or Wii would people find their love for Pinball machines again or a good old fashion board game like Monopoly?

Anyway as much as I love my laptop, upgrading to the latest phones, and hanging out with you guys on the web i often long for the old days and wonder if those of you in my age group miss those days as well and sometimes get burnt out from all this technology. On top of that how do you think people would react if the web, texting, and Facebook was cut off?
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Re: Technology and Things of the Sort

Postby JetOptimus23 » Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:45 pm

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On your point on movies, just watch some 80's or 90's movies.
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Re: Technology and Things of the Sort

Postby Jesterhead » Thu Dec 30, 2010 10:15 am

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Personally, I use technology a lot.

I work in IT and love messing around with PCs, networking, and a little programming at home. I do the Facebook thing, and really enjoy being able to talk to my firends, girlfriend and family that easily. For the past 4 years I've had an Internet and email capable mobile phone with me at all times.

Not once have I ever felt bombarded my emails SMS or facebook pokes. I would usually get 50 emails per day, and sometime close to 500 SMS messages. Yes, I am easy to get a hold of, but if I don't want to be bothered, I simply don't answer my phone.

Simply put, I use technology to provide entertainment, friendship, and even an income.

Now I moved to a new place 6 months ago. My highest priority was getting an Internet connection (and let's face it, technology is pretty boring without communication). However, one thing lead to another and I didn't end up getting the connection until just recently. Looking back, I am actually proud to say I easily went 6 months without Facebook, or Youtube at home. Of course, I still had my blackberry, but that was used mostly just to talk to friends and family.

It was an interesting 6 months...
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