Lionheart_0 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 When i meant the good old days was when there were less weapons, and machine... Sure technology has created a lot of advantages like the assembly line and other cures..But i still think that if we didn't created all these there would be less problems... For example the phone makes all the kids in school text each other during class next thing u know a rumor gets spread all wrong..and this lil gurl even made a 911 call saying they had a bomb in the school..:lol: Car, gun, machine, and all these tech stuff if they weren't created would there be all these death or injuries today... but sure it make up for time and makes work a lot faster and productative. Still make the world a even more dangerous place... Anyways, We cant fear technology. We created it, we can destroy it, we own it! Its the same old thing, guns dont kill people, people kill people. Guns just let other people kill people faster. Saying its technology's fault, is like saying its the mod's or admin's fault for what we post , and what rules we break. Its not! Sure they own this forums, but we are here, we are people, and we are posting. People chose to use technology in anyway they want. Therefore this means it is people's fault, not the technology. Humans are weak minded, accept it. No need to change anything in the world, only humans need change. Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Technology is clearly not "taking over". It's advancing, and becoming more mainstream and part of our lives. Nice contradiction. =D> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Not a contradiction at all. Makes perfect sense that technology is complimenting our lives rather than dominating them. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Technology is clearly not "taking over". It's advancing, and becoming more mainstream and part of our lives. Nice contradiction. =D> By your logic then anything that is a part of our lives (inevitably pretty much everything we see around us) is therefore taking over. Right. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonorhc Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 When i meant the good old days was when there were less weapons, and machine... Sure technology has created a lot of advantages like the assembly line and other cures..But i still think that if we didn't created all these there would be less problems... For example the phone makes all the kids in school text each other during class next thing u know a rumor gets spread all wrong..and this lil gurl even made a 911 call saying they had a bomb in the school..:lol: Car, gun, machine, and all these tech stuff if they weren't created would there be all these death or injuries today... but sure it make up for time and makes work a lot faster and productative. Still make the world a even more dangerous place... ... What? The less technologically-endowed past isn't the romantic, rosy-glow scene you see in trashy Hollywood movies. If you were in Europe, you had the plague and screaming barbarians to worry about, and each and every little community would be scared out of their breeches if a stranger or ten rides into town one day. People didn't need fancy technology to beat the everliving snot out of each other or to burn down houses. People didn't need mobile phones to be idiots and gossips and liars. Tell me, why don't you just run off and become Amish? Varrock Library: Shattered Sky | Silent Thunder | The Emperor's FinestAstri @ MythWeavers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Technology is clearly not "taking over". It's advancing, and becoming more mainstream and part of our lives. Nice contradiction. =D> By your logic then anything that is a part of our lives (inevitably pretty much everything we see around us) is therefore taking over. Right. I didn't say anything about the tense 'taken'. I was referring to your mistake of using "taking over" and "becoming part of" in the same sentence. If something is becoming part of something it is taken it over. I'm sorry but technology and humans can't live to together. (atom bomb) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pompey_spud Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 The atom bomb, whilst a massively effective way of killing, is not 100% a bad thing, in my opinion. It helps keep MAD in place, and although we have evolved into the era of ICBMs and MIRVS, etc, when it was first made and used, the atom bomb probably ended up saving more lives than it took away, simply because of how quickly it ended the war. Although I totally agree the US was COMPLETELY out of line in using it, especially twice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomdavies90 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 just think, one day you could be typing with your brain, all food will be in sachets that we drink so everyone gets all the nutrients needed, thus no fatties! lol, unless they have like 10 satchets a day... Sig by me.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megakiller32 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I mean cell phone r used by every kid in high school now.... Im the only kid in my school without a cell-phone. \ Also, for tomdavies, there is a device which lets you type with your brain. I saw it in the science museum :D Quit Runescape 30th May 2006.Thanks to Hawkxs for my signature :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assassin_696 Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 -If something is becoming part of something it is taken it over. No, it's not. My calculator is part of my life, I use it for my maths work and to solve equations. My calculator is not taking me over. "Da mihi castitatem et continentam, sed noli modo" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 -If something is becoming part of something it is taken it over. No, it's not. My calculator is part of my life, I use it for my maths work and to solve equations. My calculator is not taking me over. If it isn't taking over your life then it could be removed from your life. Same goes for automobiles, media, tools, and any and everything ever invented or created. BS its not taking over your life. If you removed all technologies from our lives it would kill millions of people. War, famine, you name it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Your logic is ridiculous. Now I am starting to see why you are such a religious zealot - the kind who other theists despise because he undermines their more plausible arguments. I have a couple of posters in my room. They are taking over my life. I wear a dressing gown in the morning. It is taking over my life. Just because removing ALL technologies at once would cause millions of deaths does not mean to say that any one of them is taking over your life. It is clear that one thing has taken over your life though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonpost Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Just because removing ALL technologies at once would cause millions of deaths does not mean to say that any one of them is taking over your life. It is clear that one thing has taken over your life though. And Parabola hits the nail on the head. XplsvBam argues details, but avoids the big picture at all costs. And I could argue that just about anything in your life is "taking over" your life... it's just such a ridiculous thing to say that. Runescape Name: "unbug07"Expand your mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Technology has taken over your life XplsvBam so can you please bin your computer and disconnect all televisions, radios and telephones so none us us ever have to come into contact with your tripe any more. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satenza Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 Why are all of you insulting him? All he has is a differing opinion, and a debate is a collision of opinion be it true or not, that doesn't warrant anyone to get personal. I can see what XplsvBam is saying, technology has taken over our lives, we use it for pretty much everything. With so many trees in the city you could see the spring coming each day until a night of warm wind would bring it suddenly in one morning. Sometimes the heavy cold rains would beat it back so that it would seem that it would never come and that you were losing a season out of your life. But you knew that there would always be the spring as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen. When the cold rains kept on and killed the spring, it was as though a young person had died for no reason. In those days though the spring always came finally but it was frightening that it had nearly failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabola Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 His opinion is an ill-founded one based on severely flawed logic. When someone acts pigheadedly, persisting in touting pure claptrap in the face of all contradictory proof, it frustrates those around them. Thus is the story of Xplsvbam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzimatt Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 yeah thats kinda sad that you want to pick what you baby is and that most people have cell phones ( : unlike me) but the good old days were dangerous think about it: no dodgeball at schools since you could get hurt i think tag might be banned since its unfair no more merry go rounds since you could fall off and die all playgrounds are coverd in like rubber or somethign and not dirt since dirt is bad all little kids wear suits of armor to ride bikes since little susie is afriad of a cut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixfd64 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 IMHO, modern humans are spoiled by technology. ARENAscape: Baratus [AS] max hit: 166 with Moon Battle Hammer ixfd64 [AS] max hit: 116 with (untitled spell #2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fat_hobbit22 Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I smell Some xenophobes around here.... Anyways, We cant fear technology. We created it, we can destroy it, we own it! Its the same old thing, guns dont kill people, people kill people. Guns just let other people kill people faster. granted the gun didn't kill the person but the gun [bleep]ing helped! technically the bullet did not you [wagon] wipe, i hate that quote so much okay back on topic control is an ilusion, watch the matrix reloaded, we can shut down the machines, but then we would have no electricity, no light, no way to cure diseases, we can not shhut it down, we need the machines to live. you may think you have control but although you can do whatever you want, the reprecusions will kill you, you depend on technology to live, technology can take away free will, and it is heading in that direction, hense it can be dangerous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionheart_0 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 control is an ilusion, watch the matrix reloaded, we can shut down the machines, but then we would have no electricity, no light, no way to cure diseases, we can not shhut it down, we need the machines to live. Dont know what you are talking about, but ive gone camping before without electricity, without medicine (Rarely get sick), and im completely fine. People say "Omgzor, no electricity" because they have become dependent. Its like an addiction. The problem is people! you may think you have control but although you can do whatever you want, the reprecusions will kill you, you depend on technology to live, technology can take away free will, and it is heading in that direction, hense it can be dangerous Im not sure if you have been watching too many Matrix movies, but what do you mean by the reprecusions will kill us? And technology cannot take away free will! WE ARE HUMANS, WE CREATED THE MACHINES. Our addiction is what takes away our free will, and if we rid ourselves of this addiction, we can easily do anything else. Edit: BTW, i couldn't understand what the hell you meant by the first part, swearing isn't a nice thing ya know? Sig by IkuraiYour Guide to Posting! Behave or I will send my Moose mounted Beaver launchers at you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 His opinion is an ill-founded one based on severely flawed logic. When someone acts pigheadedly, persisting in touting pure claptrap in the face of all contradictory proof, it frustrates those around them. Thus is the story of Xplsvbam. I like how you have to post 3 or 4 times when I post once. Must be pretty annoying that you can't come up with a well thought out post and write it. Keep trying maybe one day you will get it. Taking over or in other words succession happens to describe technology very well: The act of succeeding, or following after; a following of things in order of time or place, or a series of things so following; sequence; as, a succession of good crops; a succession of disasters. Thus is the story of technology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Yep Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest XplsvBam Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Ahuh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mercifull Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Your post fails because while I quoted a picture in place of your straw man argument. Your image of the Lion from the Wizard of Oz has no meaning to my post at all and serves only to make you look like a fool or perhaps the Scarecrow with no brain. Mercifull <3 Suzi "We don't want players to be able to buy their way to success in RuneScape. If we let players start doing this, it devalues RuneScape for others. We feel your status in real-life shouldn't affect your ability to be successful in RuneScape" Jagex 01/04/01 - 02/03/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam007 Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 XplsvBam, do you realize how much in the minority you are here? I'm not saying the minority view is wrong - I'm saying that you're so out of touch with reality on so many issues. How can you be against technology like this? Your using the internet itself is so hypocritical. Instead of reading what everyone here has to say in such disagreement with you, I think you'd be much happier reading a bible, or if you've already exhausted that and continue using our technology, I'll try to find you a religious forum to test the waters in. I'm not saying I dislike religious views - I'm somewhat religious myself. But you are just so fallacious and illogical I'm at a loss for words. Succession does not equal technology. First of all, your definition is that of a biological succession, in no way referring to technology. I have no idea what you were doing on http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Succession or if you even got it from there, but you took one giant leap in taking a biological term of succession (which in this case references forest destruction and regrowth, a continuous process), and applied it to the advancement of technology as a whole. I don't know if the hundreds of thousands of years of human-kind history isn't enough for you, but humans have always been evolving our technology. Fire probably was scary at first. People probably thought it was the end of safety as they knew it. People feared machinery, people feared steam boats, people feared most new technologies. But there's no reason to! Technology never destroyed us. As much as the technology seems to get scarier to you, the defenses against this technology also increases. We won't be facing any apocalypse any time soon, don't worry. Technology is in no way a continuous destructive process that can only lead to our downfall as much as you'd like to think it is. Technology aides in our daily lives and only makes life that much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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