do you'll agree that internet is a blessing in disguise?
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it's definitely a blessing- you can communicate with people all over the world. It's misusage from people who has evil motives makes it evil...
550898
The Internet is an imaginary place where we meet real people. No need to lessen it with a sense of guilt.
4442
That answer changes every second. The internet is not just one computer hidden in some basement somewhere. You personally contribute to the internet size everytime that you log onto your service provider. The Internet is basically every connected computer and server in the world communicating amongst each other.
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Awww that's so sweet honey!! I think that it's easy for people to dismiss the validity of others in cyberspace....but at the other end of the computer is a human being, I think it's perfectly sweet that you think of your YA friends.  I have met some fantastic people on here and I don't count them as less valuable because it's the internet.  (((((hug)))))
1177663
Pray before and after using the internet.
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You know, I'm glad you ask that question.  Very glad.  Because I suspect this group of users know more about what NOT to believe in on the Internet than the average Joe.  They are in fact here, in front of a keyboard and monitor not all that different from your own, in most cases.  Probably newer than mine, in almost all cases.  So it goes.\n\nI would not, if I were you, waste time trying to find out whether there does exist a single, or maybe even two or three, "get rich quick" or "get rich easy" schemes that actually would be consistent with both your ethical values and your talents.  Better you should concentrate on a better use for your computer literacy.  Build a project of your own, a respectable attempt at taking advantage of the breakthrough we have here in communications which we call the Internet.\n\nYahoo! routinely corrects me whenever I neglect to capitalize Internet, and I think I have finally groked that they are right.  It does deserve a capital letter, out of respect for what communication can do for LEGITIMATE efforts to make money, removing any need to pursue someone else's near fraud or at least contemptible taking advantage of the naive.  If you want to play fair in business, you go on the Internet and present what you have honestly and honorably, whether it be goods which you photograph clearly and sell individually on eBay, or its your own business and your own web page, small business never was easier and more diversified IN A STRUCTURED WAY than before the Internet taught us all how to search branching tree formations for whatever we want.\n\nThe magic of a search engine is magic enough to conjure gold for everyone, if used honestly and fairly.  And with respect for security measures that guard that honesty and fairness.  Forget being able to prosecute afterward; security is a very important part of the Internet, and needs to be respected, upgraded, and used for the benefit of the ones who want to play fair in the marketplace.  The better we get at detecting and discouraging the frauds and cheats, the better we can all do honest business.\n\nLike book publishing, for a non-random example.
479684
Awesome. Internet high-five for you!
985096
no!! that the beauty about the Internet!!!
1046532
if you read that somewhere on the internet, then it must be true!
1050406
I think that just the fact that you were able to ask that question and get so many varied answers from people that you didn't know before from all around the world shows that the internet has the great potential to be the greatest tool in the evolution of society and communication.  \n\nIt is the people that use this power for the dark side, and that potential is there in all cases, not just in use of the internet.
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I'm afraid that, like many people, I have to say that the computer has, or rather the Internet.  A computer on its own was fascinating enough but it was just a tool. The internet has allowed me to meet people I have never seen, who, had I met them, I probably would have passed by with a nod and a smile. I have made so many good friends through Instant Messenger ... some of them I hope to meet, since I plan to visit the States later this year.\n\nYes, the Internet!
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My husband and I both think it is.  We feel that if you are seeking ANY form of intimacy outside of the relationship, things need to be evaluated...even if it is something as impersonal as the internet.
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Nice question, I do love the internet, it links the world together, there is soo much on the net, and more is on the way.\nThe best thing for me about the internet is that you can find ideas, you can reach out to the world and emarce yourself in the random maddness of someone else. \nIts not just about finding a peace of infomation anymore, its about living with the internet not for or on the net but with it, its a hugh part of the world. with this in mind you sould enjoy what it is and keep idea open and free for others to enjoy.
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people fall in love with the illusion they are being fed.  Becuse they have no idea who or what is on the other end of the computer lines.  This is the main reason why I don't get deep online with anyone.  It is always in my head that its all an illusion.
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Happiness. The internet is just an information tool.  Happiness comes from friends, family and a feeling of self-worth. You cant get that on the internet.
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I'm not sure the internet is lacking anything. Seems to me EVERYTHING'S there somewhere - probably too much of most things.\nWhat sort of thing did you have in mind?
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Blessing.  Certainly there are problems to solve, but those problems will be solved by further technology, not by banning what we already have.  \n\nIt would be possible to provide a long list of the benefits of technology in the modern world, but I will cite a single example:  modern communication technology allows me, a complete stranger, to answer your question.  We never had anything in the past like the information tool we have now in the internet.  No matter how good a library one had available, it would still take a lot of time and know-how to research every question.  Now, it's all here at your fingertips.\n\nAsk any modern physician how many of his patients would have been worse off ten years ago, let alone fifty.  Ask any research scientist what has happened in his field as a result of modern technology.  The world does not stand still, and we cannot make it do so.\n\nRemember, nothing is an unmixed blessing.  Certainly the internet brings its own problems, but so did the technology of the crossbow!