[Upd-discuss] Offtopic: Adverse effects of using computers

[Mashilamani Sambasivam]

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Hello,
  My hypothesis on the use of computers is the following:

Computer Use can have adverse effects on the mind
and therefore its use should be kept to the minimum.

Personally I am 100% sure of the hypothesis, but I 
dont have solid proof of it.

Some evidence I have is the following:
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/destech/compute/staff/read/Publish/ChiCi/chi
ldrentech.doc

According to Janet Read of Child Computer Interaction Group of
university
of central lancashire:
1. The younger the child, the shorter the time(spent on computers)should
be.
2. Even teenagers should only be at a computer for periods of around an
hour.

Other related articles:
Possible link between numeracy and computer use/calculator use :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/analysis/2587965.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/2368013.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/128849.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/131961.stm

Other articles:
Crystal Oscillators of watches, ICs (of computers) etc
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_oscillator 
Clock rate of a computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock_rate 
CPU of a computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cpu 

If you happen to come across (at some point in time)
any evidence of 'the adverse
effects of using computers on the mind', 
please group-reply to this mail.

Thanks much,
Mashi

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