Thursday, January 27, 2011
I would download a car
The film mentioned piracy on several occasions, but spokesmen for the company retorted that Linux was about sharing, not piracy. Witch brought the question to mind, when does sharing become piracy? Linux was established to be a free software system, to over though the traditional software company's IE: Microsoft, Macintosh. Through this free software the company made millions of dollars. The film mentioned that 15 yrs ago the only software available subjugated the user, Linux wanted to give the user to have a chance for freedom. Freedom to share, to do with your system what you want. Not to be bound by user agreements and Licensing. Linux used these principle to create a new software, a free software.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The Virus Known as Google
Carr, Nicholas. "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" The Atlantic. The Atlantic Monthly Group, July/August 2008. Web. 18 January 2011.
Read this article
The author expresses thoughts on how throughout history the human race uses technology to make our lives easier. Does life being easier breed stupidity? Or does it open up opportunities for man to expand thought into a new era of thinking? The author brings to light questions that modern culture fails to ask. By cutting out the unnecessary forethought previously used and adding new options to continue the learning curve upward, as of sound mind and thought we can accomplish more than ever. The author expresses views from the past to present. He cites examples as far back as the fourteenth century. Granted there was no internet, but it is still prevalent none the less. The author speaks of Google and how they plan to make the search engine have artificial intelligence, In turn to make the operator obsolete. He cites example of the Fredrick Winslow Taylor, a man with a stop watch. He changed the productivity of the steel mill by using a algorithm. At the same time making the employs upset because they were told to do thing a certain way and turning them into automatons. Is an Automaton stupid? It is not, but not human by definition. Carr states on how the internet changes the way think. He uses the word reprogram, which is powerful statement. On several occasions of reading this article I found myself clicking on a new link and exploring the internet. Then it hit me, this is what the article was written about. Using new tools to make my life easier does not make me less intelligent it lets me make new connections, even if they are predetermined for me. But the information is always ready to be plucked from the web so all there is to do is grab it.
The internet is one of the most powerful tools we can use as a culture. The internet has a vast amount of information and needs to be viewed. The author speaks of the mind and how it is “very plastic” meaning that the mind can be molded and remolded through several deferent inputs. Carr speaks of the mindless surfing of the web, and how Google receives that info, and spoon feeds our culture more of the dribble we love. How as a culture have we let this tycoon gain so much power? Because we are lazy and easily distracted, the powers that be, Google, Yahoo and McIntosh, will continue to hold this power. The author poses questions that baffle most and scare others. But by doing so can continue the free thinking of our culture. Did he word this essay the way he did to inspire? Our culture depends on the internet an unholy amount. As a culture we have simplified the means and ways to acquire new information and also skipping the information we would have attained through other media. Does it make us dumber or an expert on the one subject? I digress, the cultural significance of the internet will always be prevalent to our culture, and books and other forms of media will become obsolete. And as a culture we will do a down spiral into the abyss of stupidity. But in retrospect at least I will be entertained.
Read this article
The author expresses thoughts on how throughout history the human race uses technology to make our lives easier. Does life being easier breed stupidity? Or does it open up opportunities for man to expand thought into a new era of thinking? The author brings to light questions that modern culture fails to ask. By cutting out the unnecessary forethought previously used and adding new options to continue the learning curve upward, as of sound mind and thought we can accomplish more than ever. The author expresses views from the past to present. He cites examples as far back as the fourteenth century. Granted there was no internet, but it is still prevalent none the less. The author speaks of Google and how they plan to make the search engine have artificial intelligence, In turn to make the operator obsolete. He cites example of the Fredrick Winslow Taylor, a man with a stop watch. He changed the productivity of the steel mill by using a algorithm. At the same time making the employs upset because they were told to do thing a certain way and turning them into automatons. Is an Automaton stupid? It is not, but not human by definition. Carr states on how the internet changes the way think. He uses the word reprogram, which is powerful statement. On several occasions of reading this article I found myself clicking on a new link and exploring the internet. Then it hit me, this is what the article was written about. Using new tools to make my life easier does not make me less intelligent it lets me make new connections, even if they are predetermined for me. But the information is always ready to be plucked from the web so all there is to do is grab it.
The internet is one of the most powerful tools we can use as a culture. The internet has a vast amount of information and needs to be viewed. The author speaks of the mind and how it is “very plastic” meaning that the mind can be molded and remolded through several deferent inputs. Carr speaks of the mindless surfing of the web, and how Google receives that info, and spoon feeds our culture more of the dribble we love. How as a culture have we let this tycoon gain so much power? Because we are lazy and easily distracted, the powers that be, Google, Yahoo and McIntosh, will continue to hold this power. The author poses questions that baffle most and scare others. But by doing so can continue the free thinking of our culture. Did he word this essay the way he did to inspire? Our culture depends on the internet an unholy amount. As a culture we have simplified the means and ways to acquire new information and also skipping the information we would have attained through other media. Does it make us dumber or an expert on the one subject? I digress, the cultural significance of the internet will always be prevalent to our culture, and books and other forms of media will become obsolete. And as a culture we will do a down spiral into the abyss of stupidity. But in retrospect at least I will be entertained.
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