These are amazing times

by IP_SEC 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  IP_SEC

  I’m constantly amazed at technology, especially the technology that gets adopted and becomes so common we forget how amazing it is.

  I think the internet, not just the www, but the mother of all networks with all its facets is the greatest technological advancement of all time. I’m not sure if there has ever been anything like it in history.

  1. Companies allow data to cross their WAN clouds to other networks fairly freely. This sharing of private resources creates a network that is greater than the sum of its parts. You could not be on this DB right now without this aspect of the internet.

  2. Open standards for communication allows for global addressing and transmission standards. This cooperation between competing entities by using open standards rather than proprietary hardware and protocols is unheard of as far as I know.

  3. The naysayers of the early web wondered where all of the content would come from. The fact is that much of the content on the web comes from you and me. The consumers have become the producers. A good example is this DB. We produce the content mostly free of charge. The DB itself exists free of charge.

  4. The sum of human knowledge, art, and philosophy is quickly being compiled into one easy to use, indexed research tool. It is now possible for more and more people to have access to this knowledge, uplifting all of humanity. The internet has made us more human by providing greater contact with the rest of humanity.

  5. Not only does the great network speak the same language but with a click of a mouse you can understand a Russian webpage fairly well. It is the Babel of the new world.

  This is just the tip of the iceberg. These are amazing wonderful times to live in. History has provided few times to live when there was something truly new under the sun.
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  SixofNine

  I think we're in for a little re-organization, via the mighty hand of Jehobahgod.
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  under74

  ya, alot of it is amazing. I don't think I'd want to do without it....yet, I went through grad school with books being assigned to read and I'd read them thinking...."most of theses jerk are going to just look it up on the internet an paraphrase." And they did and I actually read the book and then did the work. Were they ever called on it? No, or not to my knowledge. I mean they all graduated with me. What I'm saying here is soetimes it's too easy.
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  IP_SEC

  Ya you right under. The internet is a tool and tools should make things easier. At the same time, the amount of work that goes into something corresponds to its value, no?
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  tetrapod.sapien

  totally IP, i am with you on this one man.

  there are certain technologies that have changed our species permanently. rock tools, fire, language, medicine. i think this is another one. and it makes sense. our cultural and technological progression is at a seemingly exponential rate.

  ts
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  chrissy

  :Open standards for communication allows for global addressing and transmission standards.:
  
  
  amen dude. cheers to living in a global village. :o)
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  fairchild

  I don't know.. when I think about it, I am real happy that I grew up without internet, TV or video games. We invented our own games, we were outdoors, rain or shine.. when I look at some of the kids now, they spend more than half of their free time between video games, the internet and the TV. I'm glad that the electronic age came when I was in my thirties and not when I was a kid.
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  JAVA

  I agree, the Internet is one of the most remarkable inventions of my time. The Information Highway brings things together in seconds instead of hours, days or weeks. It’s also put a lot of pressure on political groups and religious sects in ways not possible before the WWW. It’s also been very helpful in group formation and support like this forum.
  Sure it has been used to harm, but harm can be pointed out like never before.
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  Finally-Free

  It is the Babel of the new world.

  Ssssssshhhhhhhhh!!!! WT lurkers might see this and decide it's new light. Next month they'll publish an article saying that the Internet is Babylon the Great.

  W
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  G Money

  Amazing times and the end is near, I saw a comic in the paper today that made me think of the witneses, lets see if it shows up well...
  
  
  http://mst.rbma.com/content/Pardon_My_Planet
  
  Ok it doesn't show up but it shows two cavemen discussing current events and saying, "think about it, all this inter-tribal violence, volcanoes, earthquakes, asteroids, tarpits, getting eaten by dinosaurs, its the end times my friend."