Today I read that Teletext was to be killed off in 2010 after so many people have the internet or freeview in their homes. After 2012 this will be the case anyway because analogue will finally be shut down altogether.

Which after reading that I thought I’d write a blog post. So, have a think for a minute: How much of your world is actually controlled by a computer? Where do you use it? What do you look for on the internet? Why has computing become such an important way of finding out news etc? Who uses it in their jobs? When is all our lives only going to be controlled by using a computer?

It is very frightening to think that almost all of our lives are already controlled by a computer. The alarm you woke up with this morning, the coffee machine, the CD player.

Losing Teletext isnt a huge issue really is it? Think how much better the internet is for finding information: it is fast, more reliable (?), easier to read, and finally you can get so much more information on a web page. I know what I’d go for if I wanted to find out the latest chart number 1 or the TV program listing for a later date.

So when you next read a news article think: we’re so fortunate that the internet was invented so that we can carry out complex tasks that Telexext wouldnt be able to manage!