Medicine as an Art

Internet Humor....

Here are few cartoons that came to me as a forwarded e-mail. They show how internet is dominating our lives and that everything seems to center around the computer and the world wide web... enjoy..

Funny Cartoons! Great E-mail Forwards

I have a few great friends who forward me some wonderfully hilarious stuff on the email. Whenever I find something really impressive, creative, and funny I share them online on my blog. Well, these are the lastest forwards I received from a good friend of mine... thought I'd share them with all you readers of my blog... check it out and enjoy...

Interesting Cartoon

This comic strip was published in today's Dallas Morning News. I found it very funny and insightful about human nature, so I decided to share it on my blog.

Jokes about SMS/ Texting

Our team was asked to give a presentation on text messaging as a thinking assignment in our college. Like everyone else I gathered loads of data from internet (especially Wikipedia). During my online research I found some stunning statistics and really funny graphics, pictures and cartoons.

According to the article on Wikipedia, text messaging is the most widely used mobile data service worldwide, with 74 percent of 2.6 Billion mobile phone users worldwide, actively sending and receiving text messages. The countries where texting is extensively used are as below:

Philippines: 15 texts sent per day by subscriber.
Singapore: 12 texts per day per user
South Korea: 10 texts per day per user
US: 1 text per user per day
Finland, Sweden and Norway: 90% of total population
Europe: 85%
North America: 40%

Just imagine if all 1.92 billion sms users were to send just one message everyday @ $0.20. This means telephone companies and SMS service providers make $380 million every day. Just imagine how big the global sms expense is. There is so much money in this world but concentrated in the hands of few individuals.

Disadvantages of SMS

One of the biggest problems that SMS or text messaging has created is distracting users from whatever they are doing. Seen in the picture is this driver who is busy texting in bumper-to-bumper traffic.
SMS is a huge distraction, especially among students who use it during class to chat instead of concentrating on lessons.
Mobile phone viruses can be transmitted through sms
There is no guarantee that the sms will be delivered
Inconsistency in delivery. For example: person A sends sms to person B in the morning but it gets delivered only in the evening.
People addicted to messaging tend to spend large amounts of money on texting.
Limited number of characters per message restricts free expression of thoughts
Continuous texting can lead to RSI (Repetitive Stress Injury) including Carpel Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
Texting has been used to commit frauds including identity theft.

Enjoy the cartoons and pictures below