Cranky Geeks CrankyGeeks Episode 147

Today's Guests:
Sebastian Rupley, Co-Crank, Editorial Director, PCMagCast.com
Garnett Lee, Executive Editor, 1UP.com
David Spark, Host, The Spark Minute

The Topics:

 Corrupted Youth

The Josephson Institute's Center for Youth Ethics released a survey saying that American youth are becoming completely unethical in all possible ways. Fully 40 percent thought that you cannot succeed in the U.S.A. without lying, cheating, or stealing. A lot of stealing goes on on the Internet. I say that kids should be allowed to take information from the Net, but include proper citations..

Cybe-Bullying Can't Stop Net Anonymity

Lori Drew was recently convicted of computer fraud in a cyber-bullying case. The Missouri mother used Myspace to make a fake persona for a teenage boy, leading a teenage girl to believe that persona, and ultimately engaging in cruel behavior that led to the girl's suicide. "The reality is that many, many people lie about their identities online," says PCMag editor-in-chief Lance Ulanoff. This will not change, and whether Drew committed "computer fraud" is questionable..

The Netbook Hype Machine
"I get a big kick out of the way everyone is falling all over themselves to anoint "netbooks" as the next big thing," says Lance Ulanoff in another recent column. Ulanoff agrees that the economic downturn is good news for these $350 stripped down portable computers, but thinks their success is largely coming from marketing. Is a slightly more expensive laptop a better choice?

Sex v. Internet
According to a study commissioned and released by Intel, close to half of the women questioned by Harris Interactive said they'd be willing to give up sex for two weeks rather than give up their Internet access. Only 30 percent of the men surveyed were willing to do the same. For women 35 to 44 years old, the figure jumped to 52 percent. Are these numbers believable?

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