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 * " An information-**//technology//** malfunction at Southern Methodist University in late February offered students a harsh reminder of how heavily they depend on e-mail and other Web-based services."
 * a hardware failure in a unit that stored server data for the university's email and course-management software left many people on the campus with sporadic or no access to those tools
 * "I was unable to find out what was going on with my classes so I could plan out the rest of my day with what I needed to study," said Monti Bultz, a first-year student, "
 * she scrambled to make it to a class on time Monday, only to find that the professor had sent an e-mail message announcing that the class had been canceled.
 * "I would contend we are now living in a computer dictatorship in which people cannot exercise free will to disengage"
 * "What I consider critical is the recognition of computer reliance and a willingness to generate scenarios for remediation."
 * " There is an emerging military analogy. All the services rely on computers for information gathering, targeting, force deployment, etc. The sophistication of the nation's computer systems gives us an enormous strategic advantage over our adversaries. "
 * "They are a growing yet significant population that is Internet savvy, Phone-addicted, Opportunistic and Digitally conscious"
 * "I.P.O.D.ers have a variety of extra limbs. Hanging from various appendages you will find their traveling companions: the iPod, BlackBerry or laptop. Since the I-Generation is the first generation raised exclusively by computers, all these things move at breakneck speed, whether it is their fingers text messaging or their work on a project. **//Technology//** is their oxygen and they expect things to move fast and as easy as it takes to draw breath."
 * "the limitless possibilities of digital **//technology//**, members of the I-Generation have seen the worst and the best the world has to offer in a very short time."
 * "Relationships for the I-Generation are built online and through social networks. The typical I.EO.D.er's "rule of thumb" is don't ask until you've Googled, and they see **//technology//** as a way to answer all questions as well as meet people and connect with friends."
 * EDT or Extreme Dependence on Technology.
 * Like all diseases, EDT spreads slowly.
 * an online world where every means of communication is handled electronically using new phrases like BTW, LOL and let’s not leave out : )
 * Are we headed for a world where everything is technology driven and devoid of what makes us human?
 * Take for example, the movie “Wall-E”. In that very enjoyable futuristic Pixar movie, technology has advanced to the point that humans leave earth and travel in huge space stations enjoying every sort of accommodation imaginable. Every basic human need is supplied by technology. The movie emphasizes how humans no longer need to walk anywhere since they now have mini-transporters that look like space age beach chairs. The result is a less than human society over-weight and over-pampered where more isn’t necessarily more or better.
 * The Internet has been and continues to be a wonderful source of information and resources. It gives us the ability to pay bills, do research for a school project, purchase items not available at your local store and stay in touch with relatives across the globe among other things.
 * The problem with EDT however is that ironically it strips us of our core humanity: the ability to express feelings through communication.
 * The American society has become so dependent on PCs, computers whose sole operating system is Windows (TM), that we would be paralyzed without them. Businesses would be forced to close, unable to reconvert to paper records, unable to even find personnel who can add three figures in their heads.
 * Technology is not necessarily bad. Our blind and unreasoning acceptance of technology, our dependence on technology to provide for the simplest things in our lives, is