Study Finds Myspace,youtube,google,AIM taking the place of real human interaction? the true digitalife.

The internet is truly an amazing thing. for many of us, it has become our source of income, news, entertainment, and even relationships. the social phenomonen that has been labeled Web 2.0 offers more choices for social networking then ever before. pages and blogs are becoming more and more dynamic, and instant messager video messaging makes our online lives more emmersive than ever before.
A recent study by The Daily found that individuals who spent more than an hour a day on the
internet spent less time with their spouse or significant other on average than did individuals with who spent
less than an hour. This raises some intriguing questions about the
ramifications of allowing internet to replace true human interaction. At
what point do our virtual lives become pathological to our true lives,
or is there such a point? many will respond that internet
realationships are just as legitimate as "real life" relationships.
with the rapid progress of technology, such questions will continue to
become more important. will we ultimately become a society that
communicates almost exclusively through the medium of the internet, or
will we turn in a different direction? we'll have to wait and see....but for now, I'll start sociallizing with real people....as soon as I get done with my second-life session.

Microsoft misses the point.

Recently, zeropaid discussed the ever increasing and stringent antipiracy measures that microsoft is said to have developed for its vista platform, saying that even a legitimate owner of the software will have difficulty in maintaining full program functionality. here, once again we have an example of a large corporation missing the point and fighting the wrong fight. the basic premise that a corporation could develop a "uncrackable" antipiracy protection system is laughable. the problem is that large businesses in general tend to vastly underestimate the abilities and the tenacity of the "hacker" subculture. at some point, microsoft as well as other big companies need to realize that attempting to thwart a growing, highly intelligent community of individuals who crack programs recreationally is ridiculous. the companies just cannot change their protections often enough to fight off hoardes of programmers who thrive on "freeing" their software. A similar situation exists between the RIAA and the file sharing community. the harder the RIAA comes down, the smarter file sharers will get. the simple truth is that without impinging on our freedom to use the internet as we see fit, there is no way to stop the free exchange of information, both open source and copyrighted. these companies are going to need to adopt a different policy if they want to stay in buisness. the exchange of information is a powerful force, and the companies need to respect and work with that force. trying to stop it is like trying to put out a fire by throwing ice cubes at it.

Knowledge is Power.

congratulations. You are one of the lucky few to read the first blog entry of fresh squeezed perspective, my new blog page. this blog is written for infophiles. people who, like me, understand and appreciate the value of ideas in our modern world. in the past, those who possessed the most warriors had the most power, then those who had the technological advantage held the most power. now we are on the threshold of a new pattern. those who have the most knowledge possess the most power. information is the commodity of interest today, and those who understand and possess that information have the power to shape their world just as the industrial tycoons of the past. in this new information market, we need to be able to find and utilize all types of knowledge. with the myriad of information technologies now available, one needs no longer turn to a specialist for special knowledge, we can now use these technologies to become specialists ourselves. this ability to traffic instantaneously in knowledge will change the face of the earth, and I want to be a part of that change. I have a desire to know....not necessarily to know one particular thing, but just to know. to be on the forefront of ideas in many arenas. and thats what this blog is about, the pursuit to know. join me as we explore the world of information, and watch the unfolding of ideas that will change the world.