10 - Sunday, December 17, 1995 ~ North Shore News

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INQUIRING REPORTER

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J li BEEN ON the Net yet? If not you probably feel like
u ie the world is passing ycu by... at 14,400 baud. The
Cc wi rd Internet, a computer information network of seem-
re ve] ingly infinite proportions, is seducing new net-users
aw ~~ at such a rapid rate that the number can only be
guessed at, Cyberphiles laud the Internet as the great-

est technological advance of our computer ape, insist-

_ ing that it will replace the printed word. Orlyinuily

a forum for military and scientific dialogue, users

now find it difficult te wade through all the detritus

on the Net. And that permographic Net site can be as

easily accessed by your 12-year-old as by you. Moral,

legal and censorship issues aside, the Internet is prov-

Horseshoe Bay
Dundarave/Ambleside Andrew Engelhardt Veanne Bernaerdt Albert Henry
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a No. I think the Internet is the Yes Ihave. It’s the best wayto —No. It’s too easily abused by
— orate emberton teens OO fondue set of the 90s. . keep in touch with friends and —_ people who might be using it
Capilano/Delbrook Highlavids relatives all over the world. for other purposes than what
Lower Lonsdale it’s intended for. I have no

Central and Upper Lonsdale feelings for it, all against.

Lynn Valley
Blueridge/Deep Cove

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