How much time do you spend online?

[jessicaroy]

I am a new person to internet, so maximum I sit in front of the monitor is about 3-4 hours a day. How much do you sit?

 

[Mouse]

You mean we can go offline???

cheers
Mouse .. looking for the off button

 

[dutchie]

ditto with u Mouse

 

[Mouse]

ditto with u Mouse

Yeah, save yourself jessicaroy.

Run now before it's too late!

Back away from that computer ...

cheers
Mouse

 

[2020hindsight]

about as much time as the rest of the family spend watching TV - mind you I also have TV going behind me somewhere -

well my neck gets some exercise, and I can't afford to go to the tennis .

PS also on-line is cheaper than buying newspapers

Heck - you can even read books on line these days
http://whitewolf.newcastle.edu.au/words/authors.html

Certainly you can expand you mind (compared to watching the average soapie on TV)

and kids doing school homework ... probably 80% of their study time you'd reckon?

when Ruddy gets those computers cranked up it will be even more hours per day for the average kid lol.

There's a thread out there called "internet resources for kids homework" but it's a bit difficult to find.
https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=148835&highlight=crusoe#post148835

I mentioned before I met a Chinese engineer in Fiji - he was with the Chinese Overseas Engg Corpn, posted there for 3 years to build some bridges - he used to spend ALL his available time reading google and wikipedia lol. (maybe that's where I caught it lol) - used to really appreciate the freedom of access to such a wealth of information (back home licences necessary etc - at least back then)

 

[2020hindsight]

PS I wonder how sales of hardback sets of Encyclopaedia Britannica r going, and yet
how much more that sort of general science and history and geography and other knowledge is being read (on line - whether wikipedia or a myriad of other websites)

love the online access to the world (whether shares, or knowledge or nonsense)

you can gamble on shares in your pyjamas

hell you play a game of backgammon with a russian
...takes 5 minutes
...neither of us can cheat (mmm no I won't move that , now where was it again? )

and you go back to reading the ABC news posts or listening to your favourite music etc :nosympath

.....(ok ok wearing headphones )

PS here's the first of the "internet resources to help kids with homework" thread
but you won't find it with "thread title search" because ? archiving I guess

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?p=140767&highlight=homework#post140767

 

[nioka]

PS I wonder how sales of hardback sets of Encyclopaedia Britannica r going, and yet]

I bought one last week. Two years old, top condition, complete and with polished cabinet. Price $20 at a garage sale. Looks good and takes up a lot of wall space. Maybe I'll get to use it.

 

[BradK]

I spend lots of time online for work/ study and after work.

If I am honest, the wife gets p@ssed off, and the challenge for me is to cut down. It can take on a life of its own. I wonder if online is not causing some type of disconnection with 'real life' - will be interesting to see a study in 20 years time when the whole new generation comes through only knowing online.

Brad

 

[nizar]

I spend lots of time online for work/ study and after work.

If I am honest, the wife gets p@ssed off, and the challenge for me is to cut down. It can take on a life of its own. I wonder if online is not causing some type of disconnection with 'real life' - will be interesting to see a study in 20 years time when the whole new generation comes through only knowing online.

Brad

I tend to agree.

The internet has already overtaken TV in terms of what young people do in their spare time.

 

[Stan 101]

Interesting post.. I never really turn off my network.. I have wireless through the house and can access the net from my phone, from the tv in the lounge, and my office.

At the moment I'm taking a break from pulling apart the rear suspension of my bike for an upgrade and was checking some springing rates online. The net is a terrific resource.

After using the net since mid 90's I've actually looked up nearly everything I wanted to. I've not been hooked by the U tube revolution and will actually see my use drop dramatically, I'm assuming. I am emailing friends less and actually going back to writing letters or calling on the telephone and stopped buying my music and products online and have gone back to "reality" stores... I'm going retro after only 12 years haha.

It's funny, the first time I was online was in 1982 from memory. I'd been introduced to a usernet from my uncle who had used it in his work in the States with a space agency. I thought I was Buck Rogers!



cheers,

 

[Julia]

The internet has already overtaken TV in terms of what young people do in their spare time.

But what are they doing with the internet? If they are furthering their knowledge and looking for information, then I guess that's better than watching TV which has precious little to offer. But if they're playing violent games then there's no advantage.

I resisted getting a computer for years. "Don't need it". "What would I do with it?" Answer: everything!!! So easy to manage the shares. So easy to do the banking and pay bills. So easy to find information about pretty much anything. So easy to maintain relationships with people via email where I wouldn't phone or write letters.

And then there's ASF - a great mix of personalities from whom I learn something almost every day.

So, Jessicaroy, just enjoy all that it has to offer and have fun with it.

 

[So_Cynical]

I used to have to spend hours in public library's finding out stuff
now its all so easy....and its amazing the stuff u can find with just a little
knowledge and Google....for example i found this info (below) last nite.

NSW WORKERS COMPENSATION BENEFITS GUIDE.

Maximum benefits payable for permanent injuries received from 1 February 1992 – 31 December 2001, where the date
lodged is on or after 12 January 1997 (Note 3)
(Section 66 of Workers Compensation Act 1987)

Loss of penis, Maximum % payable 47%-Maximum amount for individual impairment or loss $47,000

http://www.workcover.nsw.gov.au/NR/...18A3F6/0/benefits_guide_october_2007_5306.pdf

 

[jessicaroy]

After using the net since mid 90's I've actually looked up nearly everything I wanted to. I've not been hooked by the U tube revolution and will actually see my use drop dramatically, I'm assuming. I am emailing friends less and actually going back to writing letters or calling on the telephone and stopped buying my music and products online and have gone back to "reality" stores... I'm going retro after only 12 years haha.

Ditto for me. I too now enjoy writing postal letters rather than emails.

 

[noirua]

I bought one last week. Two years old, top condition, complete and with polished cabinet. Price $20 at a garage sale. Looks good and takes up a lot of wall space. Maybe I'll get to use it.

A bit far away is this excellent set of the Encyclopedia Britanica, looks good for about $35.
http://www.gumtree.com//london/27/16188327.html

 

[Julia]

Ditto for me. I too now enjoy writing postal letters rather than emails.

Can you say why?

 

[Nyden]

Can you say why?

Yes, I would like to know why as well?

Is it just a sense of nostalgia? I find that I get hand-cramps writing a lot! Spelling errors & the likes are also more difficult to correct :
Not to mention if everyone started writing nothing but hand-written letters; we'd certainly be going through a lot more trees!

Email is instant, it's free, eco-friendly, I don't understand why people seem to have an aversion to it.

 

[yonnie]

I used to spend 12-14 hours a day on the machine......

for starters the share trading on the ASX for 6 hours

before and after share trading: preparing for the trading day, research for new strategies etc.

yeah you have be quite fanatic to make it in share trading.

now I`m cutting back big time, `cos I`m happy with my present strategy.

 

[Stan 101]

Yes, I would like to know why as well?

Is it just a sense of nostalgia? I find that I get hand-cramps writing a lot! Spelling errors & the likes are also more difficult to correct :
Not to mention if everyone started writing nothing but hand-written letters; we'd certainly be going through a lot more trees!

Email is instant, it's free, eco-friendly, I don't understand why people seem to have an aversion to it.

Nyden, you mentioned spelling errors are difficult to correct. That is reason enough for me to go back to practicing the "black" art of hand writing. The quality of my prose has diminished in the last 10 years due to use of spell checks, and sheer laziness of shooting off a quick email without thinking about it too much.

Getting group emais from people who just forward things on without even giving a thought to what they are sending and to whom they are sending it cheapens the communication.

Email has it's place for sure. So does the master craftsman who creates the timber cabinet utilizing their skills with dovetail joints and hand finished polishing to create a piece with feel and meaning..

As for going through more trees writing in a conventional way, that may be the case. The thing is it is often plantation pulp and recycled paper that makes up the majority of paper I use. I suppose all the extra web inrastructure and power usage makes mother nature smile, though. Yes, email is as eco friendly as pulling metals out of the ground can be what with the extra net backbone, infastructure and energy requirements.

Cheers,

 

[Mouse]

Hi,

I have to admit I enjoy receiving and sending snail mail more than emails sometimes. It's just a bit more personal, and it's nice to get something in the mailbox that isn't a bill or ad

Emails have their place for quick correspondance, but for a sit down and relaxing read you just can't beat a personal letter. I have to admit though, I don't handwrite my letters, they get done on the computer!

cheers
Mouse

 

[Julia]

Hi,


Emails have their place for quick correspondance, but for a sit down and relaxing read you just can't beat a personal letter. I have to admit though, I don't handwrite my letters, they get done on the computer!

cheers
Mouse

So, Mouse, you type the letter on the computer. Then you print it off.
Then you find an envelope. Then you find a stamp. Then you find a letterbox.
Then your correspondent receives the letter in two or more days depending on where they live.

You could have just typed the exact same message on an email form and avoided all the above running round. Just to get a reply in an envelope in your letterbox!

I don't mean to sound at all critical - whatever gives you joy etc.
But I just don't get it at all.

I have a much more fulfilling exchange of letters via email with friends who live distantly from me. No way would I have the same if I had to do the printing/posting bit.

Completely different story if writing a letter of sympathy (then so much nicer to send a hand written letter, not some pre-printed card either), or birthday wishes.

I'd be pleased if I thought I could get away with emailing everyone on my Christmas card list instead of laboriously writing and posting all those cards!