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Originally Posted by Rochard
The truth is the Internet has impacted us in ways we still haven't noticed yet.
I remember being a kid and having a set of encyclopedias and going to the library for research. Now kids do this from their computers and they'll never know what it was like not having the Internet and not having text messages.
It's forever changed the entertainment industry - much like Cable tv did.
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Yep. A friend of mine and I were talking about this the other day. He has a 16 year old and a 14 year old. They have never not had cable TV or internet access. From the time they were old enough they have had cell phones. They have their own computers not to mention Ipods, x-box etc. He was laughing because a while back the power went out so they broke out a board game and the kids looked at him like he just pulled out an antique. I remember houses that had 1, maybe 2 phones that everyone shared and 8 channels on the TV. Cable wasn't even available to buy in the area I lived in when I was in high school. there were two kids that had cable and MTV and they would record the videos and bring the tapes to school. We would use a TV from the video room and watch the music videos during lunch.
How the times have changed in not that long of time period.
For that matter, right after high school I got a job at Radio Shack. I remember selling cell phones there (this was 1989,1990) and the phones were $1200-$1600 and were huge. The air time cost about 75cents per minute for every minute you used and the service area was pretty small. Now the phones are free, they do more than the computers that were in the schools when I was in high school and the service is pretty cheap comparatively and you get coverage everywhere.