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By Sandra Prior on Sep 2, 2009 |Internet
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We have never taken the broader view, a sort of macrobiotic look at the Internet as a whole. For starters, just what is the Internet? In a nutshell, and without referring to anything that can remotely be termed a reliable source, the Internet is a series of linked networks that can communicate with each other on a global scale. This communication takes on several forms, from a simple request for information from a server halfway across the world, to opening a web page that only actually exists in the dimly-defined reaches of cyberspace, to sending a message to a friend over an instant messaging program. Sometimes, access to this is restricted. Passwords and firewalls can get in the way, but everything on the Internet involves the transmission of information in some form or another. Aside from the reams of research (some of which is actually accurate) that lives online, there is another side of the Internet. A darker side that probably should never be explored. It is in the interests of personal safety and concern for your well-being that I will attempt to detail some of these perilous areas. Not in too much detail obviously (I have no urge to send any of you down that path to destruction) but enough so that you are aware what is out there. Rule XX: Those who already know the censored rule number have already been lost but there is a specific rule of the Internet. This is the only Rule that has a set number, the others tend to fluctuate. Essentially it means: no matter how sick or twisted, how brain bendingly messed up something is, someone, somewhere will have dedicated the time to making a... carnal representation of the subject. There is only one known exception to this Rule and that is: Rosie O Donnel. Images: Related to the Rule, there are certain images that do the rounds. Having viewed one or more seems to be a credential of sorts in the online community. These are images that are a) completely and utterly real and b) completely and utterly beyond belief. The general theory is: anything can be found on the Internet if you look hard enough. Some images live forever in memory. The saying goes ‘you never forget your first one’ and it is true. You'll never forget, no matter how hard you try. Videos: These seem to exist mostly in Internet mythology and history. Like history though, a coelacanth can sometimes arise from the murky deeps. You may hear about certain videos that a friend of a friend once saw, but remember what I said above. It does exist. No matter how curious you are, if you ever find one of the mythical (or, to use a better word, notorious) video clips, delete it. You do not need to see it. Websites: These are somewhat different from the above. Typically, more experienced web users have a storehouse of sites with very innocent sounding names that they love to dump onto their inexperienced friends. The result is usually a combination of the three mentioned above but it is almost always a mentally-scarring experience. This is also how most who don't know better get their first exposure to the dark side of the Internet. Friends think it is funny to send someone to a scatological website or something similar. However, once the first steps are taken down that road, there is never any turning back. For all your Discount Computer Parts, Games and Notebook requirements visit us at http://usacomputers.rr.nu and http://sacomputers.rr.nu
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