Internet har mycket att erbjuda att du inte kan skicka med ugglor, som andra sekunders latens av meddelanden. Samma saker för datorer och teknik i allmänhet. Eftersom Harry Potter verkar äga rum i början av 21-talet, borde Internet ha rullat ut till allmänheten under de första 7 böckerna.
Skulle det vara meningsfullt för häxor och trollkarlar att använda datorer, Internet eller annan avancerad muggle-teknik?
Trollkarlar behöver inte internet, men de kommer ibland att använda det ur nyfikenhet eller när man forskar om Muggles.
When you can summon any book, instrument or animal with a wave of the wand and the word Accio!; when you can communicate with friends and acquaintances by means of owl, fire, Patronus, Howler, enchanted objects such as coins, or Apparate to visit them in person; when your newspaper has moving pictures and everyday objects sometimes talk to you, then the internet does not seem a particularly exciting place. This is not to say that you will never find a witch or wizard surfing the net; merely that they will generally be doing so out of slightly condescending curiosity, or else doing research in the field of Muggle Studies.
Harry själv har aldrig använt internet.
Has Harry ever used the Internet?
J.K. Rowling: No. He's not allowed near Dudley's computer and Dudley's the only one who's got a computer. He gets beaten up if he goes too near the keyboard. So no, he's never used the Internet. I use it a lot but not Harry. Wizards don't really need to use the Internet but that's something that you'll find out later on in the series. They have a means of finding out what goes on in the outside world that I think is more fun than the Internet. Could anything be more fun than the Internet? Yes!
Raincoast Books interview transcript, Raincoast Books (Canada), March 2001.
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