As parents are we too plugged-in, has human communication taken a back seat to devices/gadgets. Will the human connection be getting any better in the futures... i don't think so.



There is little research on how parents’ constant use of such technology affects children, but experts say there is no question that engaged parenting — talking and explaining things to children, and responding ...

Federal legislation is being proposed in the Senate that would bring an end to the anonymity of prepaid phones, which are used by people in New York City with all kinds of reasons for not wanting to be linked to a phone number.

Under the new bill, anyone buying a prepaid phone would have to give identification, and retailers would have to keep the records for 18 months. The sponsors, Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, and Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said ...

Any thoughts about having the Super-bowl played in New Jersey in February 2014...

I think were getting back to old style football and having the Super-bowl played like season games are played... cold, rain, snow, wind, or heat, why should the Super-bowl be played in perfect conditions (Dome) everytime or always in warm weather states.

I would like to see each Football (team) city get a chance to host the Super-bowl.

Green bay in February... I remember ...

Ok... who still uses phonebooks, who still flips the pages looking for last names in alphabetical order.

I can't remember the last time i looked in a phone book for information... yes the INTERNET took over.

I remember a time when i looked in a phonebook for everything... now i just speak-it into my cell phone.

I guess the tree huggers a happy.

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Only about one of every nine households uses the hard-copy listings anymore, ...

A study shows... that overhearing a cell phone conversation affects the attention we use in our daily tasks, including driving

These results suggest that a driver's attention can be impaired by a passenger's cell phone conversation," according to the study.

Since halfalogues really are more distracting and you can't tune them out, this could explain why people are irritated

We have less control to move away our attention from half a conversation ...