The Internet Generation

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The Internet Generation

The Internet. An already vast and ever expanding new dimension to the world we live in. It is out there in cyberspace that we can realise and fulfil our wildest dreams. The Internet or the net as it has become known to us is an immense space of, well nothing. Ask any teenager how to get on to this new age superhighway and they will gladly start to tell you about the numerous servers which allows you to logon to the world wide web. But ask them to explain to you exactly how this surfer’s paradise actually works and they will give you an almost baffled expression and say ‘well it just does.’ So how is it that we have become so reliant on this virtual world without even knowing how it works?

As with all things connected to computers the answer lies with speed. No I am not talking about the latest g-whiz ISDN connection but instead about the velocity with which the Internet was introduced to us. Six years ago the majority of the country didn’t even have a computer let alone have access to the net, but now both computers and the Internet have become essential to everyday life for us, the so-called Internet generation.

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The first place I turned to when looking for inspiration for an oral topic was of course the Internet. For a month I have had to live without the beloved piece of technology known to you as my computer. You see I had encountered a minor technical glitch and was therefore without the services of my trusty companion.

Rather then looking elsewhere for inspiration such as the library or a newspaper I chose to wait until my computer was returned.

It was a very enlightening experience trying to live without my computer. I found myself incapable of ...

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