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   Does it increase surprise attacks?

   

   dorpus, Sep 19th, 2005 @ 12:09pm

   
   

   At the "Sofmap #14" store in Akihabara, which sells anime porn, a netter became the victim of a surprise attack, getting stabbed in the back by a 16-year-old while he was reading an anime mag. The victim and the 16-year-old attacker had previously gotten into an argument on the popular "2ch" forum. Police had been swarming around the store for over a month because the kid had made death threats. The store had been checking the bags of everyone entering the store. According to other net stalkers, the blood-splattered posters in the store have been replaced.
   
   http://www.akibablog.net/archives/2005/09/post_31.html
   

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   It does change how smart we are.

   

   Bill, Sep 19th, 2005 @ 3:50pm

   
   

   Just in the wrong direction. I sub part time at a small middle school. The students are allowed to use calculators for everything. Homework, classwork, and even tests. They can't even do simple arithmetic, let alone algebra without them. Yes, it is changing how smart we are. It's making us more ignorant.

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   It makes us look smarter

   

   Tan The Man, Sep 19th, 2005 @ 4:22pm

   
   

   Whenever students bring their laptops with them to class, people look. These students are probably pretty dumb considering they need computers to help them take notes.

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   Some tech does make us smarter

   

   Laura, Sep 19th, 2005 @ 5:06pm

   
   

   Actually, I buy part of Steven Johnson's argument from his book, Everything Bad is Good for You, that technology can make you smarter. I don't think all technology makes you smarter. I don't balance my checkbook anymore because 1) I don't write many checks and 2) I have an up to the minute balance available online, so I've lost that skill. But I write more. I read more. I think about different kinds of connections. The question is too simplistic.

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