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Computer and Televison Addiction
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By Parell-axe of Alienation
In a world of rapidly advancing
knowledge into the electronical envir-
onment, we find ourselves amongst a
slight, but noticable problem.
The problem as I am sure you are
aware is that of people sitting in
front of screens either watching
people or looking at Sprites and
Bobs wizzing around the screen at high
speeds.
Something that you cannot resist
yourself from doing is called an
addiction. In this case it is
TELEVISION and COMPUTER ADDICTION.
Most of us just sit in front of our
Amiga`s to play games, some sit to
watch demo`s, some use utilities to
achieve certain goals and some use
their Amiga`s to write tremendous
amounts of code so that other people
can see what they are capable doing
within an assembler. Whatever the
reason is, that you sit in front of
your Amiga, some of us are aware that
we are unable to pull ourselves away
from this almighty machine, and some
people think that addiction does not
exist. Well it does!!!!
About 50 per cent of the people who
own a computer use it at least one
hour a day. 30 per cent use their
computers at least Two and-a-half
hours a day and 20 per cent use their
computer more that 3 hours-a day. This
means that an average person out of
the 50 per cent group who has a
computer from the age of 7 (lets say
he`s got an Atari....R.I.P) spends 336
hours or 14 DAYS in front of his
computer per year. So by the time he
is 40 he would have spent 11088 hours
or 462 days or 1 year and 97 days of
his life staring despondently at a
screen of some sort. WOW!!!
With computers it`s mainly the same
things you see, demos,utilities, games
but television is a much bigger threat
to the way that we live. With the
introduction of Cable and Satellite
TV we now have the option of many more
channels and a much wider option of
what we watch. You now have the option
to see Opera, Sport, Continuous Films,
Non stop Music and you can even order
shopping through the T.V. So it`s no
wonder that we are becoming more
dependant on the square screen in the
corner of our living rooms.
Since we can watch sport instead of
participating in it and we can get
shopping instead of going out to the
shops to get it, we are using less and
less energy.In turn this unused energy
is stored as fatty deposits aroung the
walls of the arteries. If one of these
arteries is block or made smaller by
these deposits, a number of hazardous
effects can arise. e.g Heart Disease
or even Heart Attacks.
Televisions also give off minute
amounts of radiation, and over the
years these minute pieces of radiation
can amount into enough to start a
chain reaction in the cancer cells
within each human`s body. So what it
really means is that if you watch too
much T.V or use computers too much,you
will either turn into a mass of fat or
you will eventually become a fleshless
computer user as you begin to rot away
as a result of over using your
fingertips and under using your brain
and muscles for something more
strenuous like sport.
I use my computer well over 5 hours
a day and I couldn`t careless if I rot
away as a result of using my beloved
Amiga too much, at least I`ll rot away
doing something that I enjoy. So my
advice to all you computer and tele-
addicts out there is......Sod everyone
else....Do what you want to do and If
they don`t like it...Tell them to suck
on it.
If you want to contact ALIENATION then
write to:
233 Heronswood Road
Welwyn Garden City
Herts Or Phone
AL7 3JH (0707) 326547.
ENGLAND Ask for Phil
CODERS, GRAPHICS ARTISTS, MUSICIANS
SWAPPERS NEEDED.
Kreator - Thanks Phil for that article
Sorry, it arrived too late for Dave to
include it in the paper mag.