1.How many hours a day does everyone here watch television, or surf the internet?
I don't watch television at all, except to catch an update on inclement weather or grab a current Doppler radar view. I gave up on television in the early eighties.
I've gathered to me a few series collections of past Sci-Fis on DVD (oh, and nature stuff from PBS or BBC), but that's about it for television.
I could not have had the time to do much of what i have done in my life, had I beeen a slave to the tube.
I have spent many hours per day on the internet, weeks on end, posting on as many as twenty three sites at one point.
These days, with work and all, I usually spend less than two hours per day, most of it here while I do other thingsat the same time.
I am much less depressed than I was during those times of obsessive internet use.
The internet was not the cause, but a release from some of my symptoms of depression.
2. Which one do you value more?
I consider television to have very little value, but the internet offers many useful toools.
3. What do you guys consider to be the pros and cons of tv/internet?
I've already separated them, so I am not sure how to answer this question.
Obviously the internet can allow us some time to ourselves which we NEED!
To me, the television is an imposition, much like what I avoid when I venture to the stores.
4. What improvements would everyone like to see in the next couple of years?
More freely available books to read on the net would be great.
