The Rural Voice, 1996-02, Page 30spends a lot of additional time on it.
His wife, who suffers from migraine
headaches, recently found a whole
section, and a discussion group, on
headaches.
Lindsay says the Internet can be
addictive but says that like many
other things, people go through
phases in their use. "What the
"The Internet is
giving people
access to all the
great libraries
of the world."
Internet is doing is giving people
access to the world's libraries. We
can do a lot of things we've never
been able to do before."
But as people get used to the
Internet their initial awe will turn to
more practicality, he predicts. The
search tools available with new
programs allow someone to type in
an area of interest, say agriculture,
and get a listing of all agriculturally
related sources. This can be
narrowed down more and more to the
specific information needed — say
nutrition in dairy cows by typing
more and more specific instructions.
Scott Totzke says that the UBI
pages have tried to make it easier for
Internet users to find other farm -
related information by giving
addresses for the sites of groups like
Dairy Farmers of Ontario,
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada,
Semex Canada and the Dairy Herd
Improvement Association.
But there are other reasons than
just farm information to be on
the Internet. Neil Hemingway
says one of the attractions for
his family to hook-up is the
opportunity to help in the education
of their I0 -year-old. "We can draw
on it like a library." With funding
cutbacks to schools the Internet may
provide the back-up to provide the
resources children need for their
education, he said.
There are concerns on some
people's parts that children may get
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