What are risks of using technology?
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Its' addictive... you get totally dependent on it... you become lazy...
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Anything from Viruses, to Overheating, Being used by the Wrong User (this is the main problem of all computer crashes),,ESD,, etc....
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1.  You can spend too much time online.\n2.  While browsing the web while in the tub, you could drop your notebook in and get a mild 12v shock.\n3.  You could fall down the stairs while wandering around while browsing the web.\n\nAny # of scenarios are possible, I guess.\n\nWLAN uses similar frequency to cordless phone, really haven't heard of many health issues.
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The primary risks to the hardware itself would be electrical, extreme jarring motions, spilling liquids, environmental conditions (too hot or cold) or theft.  Electrical problems would include lightning, power surges, static electricity and so forth.  Jarring would include dropping, hitting, etc. Hardware can sometimes be damaged by software, but these are generally rare.   Meaning, there have been times where you can cause the heads of a hard drive to scrape across the platter and physically damage the hard drive.  Updating flash PROMs is probably the most dangerous of activities done between hardware and software.  It's not done often, but is usually done on portable devices to update the firmware.  If the flash update is done incorrectly or finishes improperly, it can leave the device unusuable.\n\nTo prevent electrical damage, use a surge protector.\nTo prevent theft, use cables and lock it down.\nTo prevent liquid spills, don't allow drinks around the computers.\nTo avoid environmental problems, use an air controlled environment to keep the temperature stable and/or add internal cooling and airflow systems to the hardware to aid in proper movement of air within the chassis.\nTo prevent flash update problems, don't allow flash updates on the hardware or, alternatively, download the entire update to the device (and double check the completeness of the update before flashing) in order to flash the device without interruption problems.\n\nThese are the primary risks to computer hardware.\n\nAll other risks are associated with software running on the hardware (break-ins, DoS attacks, erasure, etc) and would only affect the software itself and not the hardware directly.
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Benefits are numerous. Computers enable us to make life easy by increasing the efficiency of offices, schools and persons. Science and Arts can make great progress with the help of computers. And we enjoy the fruits of them. Instant communication bridges the gap between people - relatives, friends and enemies, as well as researchers and thinkers.\n\nHowever, computers are not without their drawbacks. They can create an illusion of the world which may be different from reality. Many become so dependent on computers that they feel helpless without. Also, you can get ache, cramps, blood clots and impaired vision from excessive use of computer. Without going outdoors or using cars, together with physical inactivity can even kill a person. Because these can beget diabetes or other serious ailments.\n\nMan will certainly overcome these bad effects and derive much benefits from use of computers, in days to come.
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The Production & Operations Management Society has on its website a very interesting study that looks at the impact of technological factors on the software industry \n\n"The Impact of the New IT Technologies in the Business Model Transformation" http://www.poms.org/ConfPapers/003/003-0237.doc
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Be careful.\n\nThat environment can be dangerous.
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science+new idea ----------> technology,products frm---------->used by society\nscience+new idea ----------> technology,draw backs of tech---------->Destroy  Environment
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Absolutely not!  A new technology must be experimented and tested before it is given out to the public because you never know if it is safe or not.
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1 your at risk for viruses ect\n2 theres always a chance they will
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Water + Electricity = Bad News\n\nSealing electronics and connectors is difficult and expensive.
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The difficulty is that technology only gives the power to change. It takes humans to decide which direction to change. Those that love power will use the technology to extend their power rather than to help others. There *have* been many advances made in the treatment of illnesses. Nobody today dies of smallpox. Nobody gets crippled by polio. Nobody goes deaf from mumps. Places with famines can get food shipped in to them.\n\nIn the past, if a crop failed (and this was common), people starved to death. Every place on earth was subject to this fear every year. Even the kings would have the fear of going without at times. Diseases were common and women died regularly in childbirth.\n\nSo, yes, there are diffciulties made by technology, but there are benefits also. The problem is people, not the technology.
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I'm not particularly concerned about it. The internet is not a major risk to children, in reality. All this is just an overreaction caused by media hype. I've had unrestricted internet access since the age of eleven, and if anything, it's only helped me to grow up, with more understanding and knowledge of the world around me.\n\nPornography and violent media are rather easily access outside of the internet, and have been since before the internet became popular. I really wouldn't worry too much. As long as the child is mature enough and is taught the right values, nothing as mundane as internet access will corrupt them.
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It's like asking what's the meaning of life.\nReally.\nInformation Technology (not just computers themselves, but networking gear, all the applications, telephony, and mostly, they people enabling all of this junk, etc...) have re-invented the way business functions.\n\nIn a word, IT keeps making the impossible possible.\n\nThere are, of course, some negatives that I have seen over the years:\na) IT for the sake of IT.  In some cases, people forget that IT must serve business\nb) inappropriate uses of technology.  I constantly see guys sending hundreds of emails back and forth, instead of just getting in a conf room and hashing it out.\nc) constant security threats that were not existent at such a scale before.  I'm talking about hackers and having to deal with them\n\nThat should do for now :)
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i talk to my son about the dangers of the Internet and predators we also have a content filter that i can use to block things that i dont want him to go into like chat rooms and porn i also have a log of all sights visited on my computer that i can check periodically the Internet can be a very useful tool for many things and is a integrated part of our culture but i want my son to know there are risks and encourage him to use the net for things other than chatting and he does. good question good luck god bless
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Our dependence upon technology and the fear it fosters as technology becomes a more prevalent entity in our everyday life is the critique of contemporary culture--for example, the strange chemicals in the school that kill a worker cleaning up the asbestos or the conversation between Jack and Babette in the bedroom that is constantly interrupted by a blaring television set. I hope this helps you get another perspective on the novel. Good luck.
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I think we cant minimize it. As we all know technology is changing fast and we dont want to be left behind. Yes, there are disadvantages but its advantages can out weigh them.