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04/23/2002 Entry: "Rant"
⟨RANT⟩The internet is a marvellous tool for communication - email, the web, instant messaging: I'm all for all of it. Just today I met someone I hadn't seen in a while, but we've shared several conversations over the last few weeks on different discussion boards. I've made friends in places a long way from here, though I may never meet them. And I've received advice from total strangers on all sorts of things, from choosing software to tinwhistle technique. The internet, to quote 1066 And All That is "a Good Thing".But there are times when I'm less certain. When I receive the umpteenth warning about some new virus that's going to wipeout my computer, rot my teeth and make my houseplants wilt. (What do you mean, you haven't heard about that one? Email this to all your friends!!!) When the bulletin boards I take part in fill up with stuff that's obviously been cut & pasted from somewhere else by a poster who's got no intention of taking part in a conversation. When I find websites whose owners seem to think they can sanctify the most obnoxious opinions by adding the word "Christian".What I value about the internet is the way that it make communication and information so open and accessible. But it's that very openness and accessibility that makes the internet so infuriating sometimes. Bah!⟨/RANT⟩
