... parties can be dicey. People in real life generally meet in workplace situations, or in similar social settings, or because of mutual friends. It's hard to simply cut bait. On the internet, you can generally click ignore and move on. If it doesn't work out, all you have lost is time. 4) Intimacy happens more quickly- While physical intimacy is impossible online ... , core intimacy happens in the mind among people who are communicating. In real life, a couple can slow intimacy down by involving themselves in a movie or a game. They don't have to actually speak. The benefit of internet dat...

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... Tools are publicly available at stores like Guitar Center. Musician's can find and buy everything they need to set up an in-home studio and begin their music careers, all by using the Internet. Using the Internet, musician's have access to various websites giving tips and tricks to produce and mix their recordings. Sound bytes can be found online and manipulated to ... lovers go and research bands, it can be easy to stumble across an independent artist. Artists can get clever with how they"re found by writing songs similar in title to popular songs. Social networking isn't the only way ...

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... of information and services available. Though some believe it is more harmful than helpful. Surveyors say kids spend too much time on the internet and neglect other more important things. The internet provides a lot of easy access to sites not suitable to younger viewers. Criminals are disguising themselves to talk to young adults ... and they become victims of crimes. Since there is so much entertainment on the internet including games and music, kids spend too much time on it. Not only is this expensive, but it interferes with more important things. ... Instead of working on school wo...

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... and world. As a media user, I find myself doing a lot of reading (magazines), and listening to music. Also, instead of talking on the phone a lot I prefer to talk over the Internet on AOL instant messenger. I think it is a faster and easier way of talking to more than one person at a time. I would not ... don't even realize I am using it. If there were to be a medium removed from my life, let's say television, I would be hurting. I watch the news to learn about what is going on in our country and to physically see what is going on. I also watch television for entertainment. So without t...

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... to take pictures, 64% percent send pictures to other people, 60% use their phones to play music, and 46% use their phones to play games (Gahran). The average teen has over two hundred and one friends on Facebook (Lenhart). In a classroom setting, when teens get bored, they get their phones out and check Facebook, ... hundred and six minutes on Facebook their grades drop zero point twelve points for every ninety three minutes above the average time spent on Facebook (Daly). It is not just the act of getting on the phone and checking the news-feed, it is also a way of people creating a co...

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... different programs that are made just for sharing files. Most file sharing software is freeware and does not cost a penny use. At the same time, it is fairly easy to come across and is generally easy to use. One of the most popular programs used today is Kazaa Media Desktop. It uses a system called "Peer-to-Peer" technology also known as "P2P ... where uses are regulated in what they do. Instead they are directly linked to each with the software that is installed onto their computers. The software is there only to search through the different files on each of the user's computers. Anoth...

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... people taunt you an make you feel insecure. Fifty isnt all that bad if you compare it to the massive audience on the internet. Once a rumor or picture is posted on the internet, it spreads like wildfire. If you think the pressure of having around fifty students pick on you would be tough, imagine how you would feel having ... or thousands of people tormenting you. Cyber bullying is currently a major problem in our society especially because people cannot escape it, it follows you everywhere. In the old days, you were bullied at school or work, and when you came home you were free of it. ...

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... , I will also use pencils, colored pencils, poster board, construction paper and glue. IV. First off I am going to make my hypothesis and predict that the Native Americans will change in the progression of time. Then I will go on the internet and look up information that I need to complete my project. I am also going to make my three class tables that will go on ... draft typed. V. My poster board will be on display in the kiva+. VI. My hypothesis was true because of all the information that I found on the internet. The information showed me that the progression of time is inevitable and...

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... Internet Addict. Her addiction started innocently enough. Her husband had been prodding her to put away her old IBM electric typewriter and join the computer age. On an evening filled with only reruns on the television, Patty reluctantly ventured into the den of her destruction. She quickly learned to navigate from emails to chat rooms, and surpassed her way from novice to expert ... topic, all was within her grasp with a click. She was hooked - her computer became her drug of choice. She was consumed from the moment she rose till the time she grudgingly dragged herself to bed in the we...

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... have fun with or maybe make a new friend. I am a music lover and there are an unlimited number of resources for all types of music. I have downloaded nearly 400 songs from the Internet, and it was all free and legal. If one does not have time to go shopping for Christmas there are millions of online stores for any type of gift ... countless chat rooms for any subject or no subject. Message boards are widely used for discussion of a certain topic, and the messages are left for everyone else to read and learn from. A newer form of communication over the Internet is the virtual messenger. ...

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... an estimated 89.4 million people who actually surfed in August 2000, a 1.7 % increase from July. There are an estimated 146.4 million people who had access to the Internet but did not actually surf which shows the growth of the Internet in a short period of time. With all these people surfing this makes it a great way to market any product that a company has, and to ... goes for Hong Kong who had 29.2%, and China with 23%. In South America, things are really behind there due to high costs for access to the Web as well as poverty that has stricken the people to rarely have a phone line. ...

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... easier and faster for those college students who don't have a lot of time. Going back to one of my opening statements about people wanting to look like the beautiful person sitting next to them or the person they see everyday walking with others drooling at their appearance. I am a college student and I see this sort of thing everyday. It doesn't matter if you ... harder so I can achieve a goal. But for college girls peer pressure can be negative, causing insecurity. I know a girl who is absolutely gorgeous she is about 5"7", 115lbs., which is less than the average weight for her height...

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... have fun with or maybe make a new friend. I am a music lover and there are an unlimited number of resources for all types of music. I have downloaded nearly 400 songs from the Internet, and it was all free and legal. If one does not have time to go shopping for Christmas there are millions of online stores for any type of gift ... countless chat rooms for any subject or no subject. Message boards are widely used for discussion of a certain topic, and the messages are left for everyone else to read and learn from. A newer form of communication over the Internet is the virtual messenger. ...

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... way on what ever they want, and we would have internet sites looking us up every day breaking our personal privacy. Almost every one that has been on the Internet or that uses e-mail has heard of hacking. Hacking is very serious in some cases. How would you like a hacker to intercept your credit card ... number and start using it to buy his or her own stuff? A lot of us would not like that, because the hacker is stealing from us. When the Internet first started to develop, hackers could get into anything and do anything. They could change what ever they wanted and do what ever they ... d...

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... country away. Talking online to someone and getting a vast conversation in with them, can sometimes leave u feeling closer then if u were to talk with them on the phone. And even while talking to them your able to do many other things at once. Such as talk to a few friends at once or look up information ... topic and find more then enough information for it. It has affected us so much that if we were given a research paper and told not to use the internet it might prove to be a very challenging ordeal. And not only research topics can be found. There are many things that are just about d...

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... break between classes, students can go back to their dorm rooms and have a quiet place to study. Students who live in dorms are surrounded by people with similar goals and an academic focus. This atmosphere surely has a positive effect on students. Many schools report that freshmen who live on ... to a unique student community that's difficult to reproduce off campus. On-campus students have even more opportunities to widen their social circle given the array of clubs and activities offered at a university. There are activities for almost any interest, whether in recreation or academics,...

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... might be: Where will digital art not take us? So much is happening so fast. It's easy to make a speculation, and then, the very next day for that self-same speculation to become fact. That's just the way technology and the ideas surrounding it work. Digital Media is taking artists everywhere at once. From interactive worlds and virtual sculptures to artwork meant for ... web-viewing only, it's forcing everyone to change the way we look at art as a whole. However, this is where problems seem to arise. After all, with so many new ideas flying around whose to say which is art ... . My adv...

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... " If you look around you during anytime after school, you can notice that many people are engrossed in their devices while simply walking down the street or unfortunately, even while driving. Most accidents are caused by people using their devices while driving from using things like their built-in GPS' or to check to latest buzz on Facebook. With this in ... mind, are we as a society taking our lives for granted? Ever been in a situation where you have had an important assignment due the next school day but your phone, laptop ... into abuse! What would happen if, all of a sudden, these...

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... reasons people want music downloading to stop is so the artists do not go out of business. However, according to Music Wars: Open Mike on Tech TV, most artists only get about four percent of the money made on CD's. They earn most of their money by doing concerts. In this case it is not the musicians who would be going out of business ... . People who download free music may take the money they save on music and go to a concert. If this happens than ... the artist would make more money. Finally, there are ways that this problem can be solved ... ...

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... Pornography, gambling, and chat rooms are some things that should be censored on the Internet. Almost all people in the United States have access to the Internet. One of the biggest problems the Internet causes are the web sites that show pornography. The Internet should not be allowed to provide such easy access for children to get on ... stop young people from throwing their money away and ruining their lives. I learned that gambling is a habit that is difficult to get away from by watching my Uncle gamble. Our family tried to get him to stop but it didn't work and eventually his wife...

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... , any person with morals, if they really sit down and think about it, can look at TV and find several problems with it. The number one problem is the lack of morals. Its seems that every show these days revolves around sex, gynecology or urology. Another problem is that almost no female on ... them and smuggle them home. Kids happen upon their father or brother's stash and are no longer innocent. Why do we just stand by and watch lives get ruined. I go on the Internet almost every day. Everybody knows that it is a great place to do research and to communicate with people. Just like every ...

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... we decided to conduct a fieldwork study as we felt it would be of great benefit in our geography education. It would allow us to get out of the classroom and gain invaluable experience in the natural landscape. After some discussion we decided a river study would be best and most suitable for our class to undertake. We had previously studied rivers in detail ... we began our fieldwork study we decided it would be a help to revise thee physical geography section on rivers. We revised the features of the upper course e.g. the V-shaped valley. We then revised the features of the lower cour...

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... mean having to get to a library, a bookshop or the newsstand to obtain the books and newspapers. This might not be convenient if the information is required immediately or at odd times of the day. Furthermore, once the information is obtained from the books and magazines, these items are still in the possession of the user. The user cannot get rid of them immediately even if he does ... of date. Since it is simple and convenient to post information on the Internet, the most up to date news can be received. Often, news is updated by the minute and once there are changes to what is happen...

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... that I have done is called "An Investigation of Disgust and the Menstrual Cycle". There are two parts in this survey. The first part was on the menstrual cycle and the phases. The second part was on disgust. The purpose of the study is to learn what make people disgusted. The first part of the survey asks you to indicate the dates on which you began your previous two menstrual cycles ... use of medications. This part of the survey is questioning only the female gender, generally because the male gender does not experience the menstrual cycle. The second part of the survey will have you ...

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... Blockbuster Music, Sam Goody, etc.), can buy in minimums of $10,000 to $20,000 and get discounts from distributors. So for now, on the price side of things it will be very hard to compete and little profit will be made." Still, even if you can't afford to distinguish your ... lure a loyal, if not massive, online customer base, some online merchants say. Steve Dershowitz, who runs the Foods of New York site, takes on the crush of edible Web site competitors by offering something unique. Among the Big Apple delicacies sold on his two-month-old site are "pushcart style" hot dogs, Gabila k...

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