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Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Self Help Internet Information

30 things that are being killed by the Internet

The Internet has been touted as one of the most useful tool for the last two decades, and has had a huge impact on our lives, but along with its benefits, the World Wide Web has also had some negative impacts on people.
While tasks that once took days can be completed in seconds, traditions and skills that emerged over centuries have become redundant.
The Telegraph has compiled a list of 50 things that are in the process of being killed off by the web and other tools of modern communication, from products and business models to life experiences and habits.

These things are :

1. The art of polite disagreement
2. Listening to an album all the way through
3. Punctuality
4. Fax / Teletext
5. Telephone directories
6. Watches
7. Music stores
8. Letter writing/pen pals
9. Memory
10. Dead time
11. Photo albums and slide shows
12. Hoaxes and conspiracy theories
13. Watching television together
14. Authoritative reference works
15. The usefulness of reference pages at the front of diaries
16. Order forms in the back pages of books
17. Delayed knowledge of sporting results
18. Enforceable copyright
19. Reading telegrams at weddings
20. Holiday news ignorance
21. Knowing telephone numbers off by heart
22. Respect for doctors and other professionals
23. Privacy
24. The nervous thrill of the reunion
25. Staggered product/film releases
26. Mainstream media
27. Concentration
28. Personal reinvention
29. Undiscovered artists
30. Your lunchbreak


Source : ANI