Personal Computers
In the last 1,000 years what has been the most revolutionary development? The answer would be the personal computer! Never has such a development been so promising, yet devastating at the same time. This miraculous invention comes two sided, the heads side being that we are now a very fast paced, and technologically advanced country, the tails side being that we now have in our midst a whole different accessibility to pornography, a decrease in physical activity of Americans, and a severe increase in opportunity for fraud and hacking. Before the personal computer was released to the public, only the mainframes existed. These mainframes took as much space as a Costco warehouse would take today! They were made up of PVC pipes and huge air-conditioning units for cooling the pipes off. Mainframes were primarily used for businesses or scientific studies. Personal c
" A Swedish hacker last year jammed the 911 emergency phone system throughout west-central Florida, including Pasco, Hernando and Citrus counties. Following the invention of the personal computer, a network was created by the military called the Internet. omputers brought a whole new light to the computer industry. 'Kids are getting the message awfully early - that's the way we live. He called the 911 incident a 'dress rehearsal for a national disaster. The government and military saw this problem immediately after the release of the Internet to the public. This wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that it is highly addicting. "Like it or not, the online pornography industry has a knack for getting people to part with their money. ''' ( ) There are hundreds of examples of hacking incidents, when we put our personal information on the internet, we expose ourselves to the whole world! said the technology announced yesterday will make it 'hundreds of millions of times harder than it is now' to steal information in transit between Internet users. The Internet is increasingly becoming even more attractive to women, minorities and families with modest incomes. In this past year there have been around 2,000 new sites every month. This is how most businesses look at the internet, as an empowering advertisement. " (Sun1) Another problem Americans face is the laziness of sitting down at a computer all day and not getting any physical activity.
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