(this blog entry was written last week but wasn't submitted because I was having Internet issues. You'll see why this is ironic.)
When I’m home on the weekends, I usually avoid going on the Internet. If I do have to go on the Internet for some reason, it is usually with one set task in mind. Hopefully I’ll be done in a short while. So why am I so impatient with the Internet at home? Because we have dial-up.
So now it’s Spring Break and I really don’t want to fall behind in this Blogging Contest. However, using my dad’s computer and his Internet access is giving me serious headaches. It takes forever for the Internet to start up, to get to the page, and for anything to load. Not only does it take up so much time, this computer/dial-up Internet has serious issues with ProgressiveU. Yesterday I was trying to comment on an interesting blog about music and education that was on the front page. I logged in, I clicked on the blog. Suddenly I was logged out again, so I logged in again. I wrote my comment, clicked ‘Post Comment’. Suddenly I was logged out again. This process continued for about five attempts (I kept getting logged off) until I completely gave up on reading/commenting/and writing for that day.
I have been noticing a trend, and not just within myself. I start with a hypothetical question: What if everyone had only dial-up and no other alternative existed? Well, if that was the case, I probably wouldn’t be so frustrated with slow page loading. It would be a norm for the Internet to be slow. In fact, it wouldn’t even be considered slow because there would be nothing to compare it to.
However, I know of the existence of Cable, DSL, wireless, and various other high-speed Internet connections. I have used them at school, so I know what it’s like. Having experienced these technologies, I am impatient with what I have available at home. It’s a grass-is-greener kind of thing.
We want things smaller, lighter, faster, sleeker….but at what cost? Will we continue to become so agitated with what used to be a norm? Will we not even have the patience to walk somewhere? Oh, that’s right, we’re already there aren’t we?
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I agree but progressive you has been giving me problems lately also. Yesterday it said no page displayed. Then it said progressiveu didn't exist. Then I tried to write a message and it kicked me off. I have cable so... It could be your dial-up but I think that so many people are on this site that it might not be able to handle it. That happens alot at night when people are online because so many people are online I think it overloads the system.
Something people should know about:
http://www.progressiveu.org/032913-lupus-uncureable-wait-what
I think part of the problem is that the internet runs expecting users to have a higher speed, and web pages take up more band width than you can handle. It's like technology is in a constant race with itself.
You both come up with a good point. Well, hopefully I'll get that brand spankin new high speed Internet at home. Then of course, once I get that it'll be obsolete. *sigh*
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The sad thing is there is a law of computers.. it is either called murphy's law or something like that. He predicted every 18 months computers would advance even more so it is almost impossiable to keep up with technology now. But at least you have the internet that is one thing to be thankful for lol.
Something people should know about:
http://www.progressiveu.org/032913-lupus-uncureable-wait-what
Very true. I should be glad for that.
I think there's a statistic like every year or so computers double their power or something. So how can anyone really keep up? I wonder if there'll be some sort of law enacted in the future that limits how fast technology progresses...that would be kinda interesting.
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I admit- sometimes I do get impatient with the internet (and I have high-speed)...
It's probably because I am always on the computer; homework, scholarships, blogging, e-mail, making videos. I get a set task in mind, and I want to get it done. Sometimes it seems like my computer isn't fast enogh for me.
I think the progression of technology reflects our society... always thinking of new ways to make life faster, easier...
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I'm always getting peeved because my internet is moving slowly. And I'm a cable user. Years ago when we had dial-up I thought it was amazing, but now if I have to use it I freak out at how slow it is.
I can definitely relate to getting frustrated with "slow" technology. I have cable and a two year old computer. My internet connection's the fastest available here, and my computer's older, but still new compared to what a lot of people have. Even though I know it could be much slower then it is, I still complain when it takes a couple minutes to load another three tabs on top of the twenty things I already have open or when a YouTube video stutters because it's playing faster then it can load.
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