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 Everyone around the world is adapting to new and different technologies. Technology has become a part of our everyday lives and even a necessity for people around the globe. Every year, these companies, such as Sony, come out with new technologies, whether it’s a television that has a screen that is flatter than the one in the previous year, smaller mp3 players the size of a battery, or new video game consoles that make games look as real as the world we are in.

As I was growing up, more and more technology kept coming out. I remember when my whole family used to play the Super Nintendo with simple 2D games like Super Mario Bros, where every level goes simply from left to right. Then the Nintendo 64 came out and Mario wasn’t running or flying from left to right anymore. He was able to run in circles and fly around in the sky and we were in control of everything he did and where he went. Mario was actually chubby with a big nose and in 3D. The Nintendo GameCube came out and Mario looked sharp. He can do even more tricks now. Then the Nintendo Wii came out and Mario was this incredible man than can do basically anything he wanted to do, like go to outer space, always rescuing that princess that Bowser always seemed to take from him so easily. Other games, such as war games for the Xbox or the PS3 are very realistic. The graphics that they use to put into games, such as Gears of War and Resident Evil, are now so amazing that the people, the guns, the blood and the battles look and are very realistic.

One thing that technology has changed a lot is the way people communicate with each other. Instead of mailing something out, it can easily be done from home using e-mails. Instead of calling somebody, you can easily text them. If you want to talk to somebody but you don't know their number, you can find them on an online. The web has so many search engines for example windows live messenger and AIM (AOL Instant Messenger) Now, they have Facebook The website used the most at the present time is Facebook. Facebook is used by people all ages from 18 and over. Everyone is using this method because you are able to find your old friends that you haven't seen in years. Instead of going on AIM to talk to your friends, you can just chat with them on Facebook. I can't tell if people are socializing more or socializing less because although they are not interacting in person, they are keeping in touch and letting old friends know how they are and what they are up to.

When AOL (American Online) first came out, people used to pay a lot of money to do something as simple as checking an email. Before, only one person was to go online at a time. If they were home, people had to wait for their turn and not only that, but their house phone line was busy because AOL was using it. Back then, people couldn't be on the phone and be online at the same time. If you would call someone who, at the moment, was using the internet, they're line would be busy. Now, in a household, more than one person can be on the internet and the phone would available as well. Now, people can check a lot of different emails for free through Google, Yahoo or MSN.  Some people feel that they cannot live without technology, such phones, computers and even television. For example, teenagers need their phones in order for parents to be able to communicate with their children. Do they really need blackberries, iPhones and sidekicks? Why is it necessary to have a "smart" phone instead of just a regular flip-phone. Why the necessity? 

How people use online messengers to talk to and communicate and even socialize with people, instead of calling somebody or talking to them in person. People often find it convenient to go online if they need to ask somebody a question about a homework or about something important so they won't have to wait so mu ch. Some people don't even go online, they just text the person they need to communicate with . Why do people go on Facebook all the time and why Facebook stuff gets sent to people's phones now so that they can know, at all times, what goes on in Facebook.  "'I don't see how having hundreds or thousands of 'friends' is leading to any kind of substantive friendships,' said Cary Goldstein, the director of publicity at Twelve Publishers."
 * [|(http://www.slate.com/id/2208678/]) ** He goes on to say,  "The whole thing seems so weird to me. Now you really have to turn off your computer and just go out to live real life and make real connections with people that way. I don't think it's healthy." I was reminded of a quote from an // Onion // story, " Area Man Constantly Mentioning He Doesn't Own a Television ": "I'm not an elitist. It's just that I'd much rather sculpt or write in my journal or read Proust than sit there passively staring at some phosphorescent screen."

I don't understand why people are using the internet to communicate. I agree completely with Cary Goldstein because i feel that in order for people to really communicate, they need to be in front of one another. The computer screen gives no emotion.