Final Project

November 29, 2009

What is your paper topic?

How skype is changing the job interview

How will you start your paper?

I will expain what skype is.

What is your thesis?

Skype is great for people to chat with family, friends,and potential bosses.

What is the counter argument?

The counter argument is that people may say that skype is not good for job interviews because prefer face to face.

What are the three points of your argument?

Skype offers opportunies, makes life easier, and makes people happy.

What is your conclusion?

Sype is changing the job interview and is changing it for the best.

Name at least three of your sources

http://download.cnet.com/Skype/3000-2349_4-10225260.html

http://skype-news.tmcnet.com/

http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1930838,00.html?cnn=yes


Code

November 16, 2009

Chapter 1

The communist in Europe was ended but in the mid-1990 a new society was formed called cyberspace. Cyberspace became a target for libertarian utopianism.  The government could not regulate cyberspace.    Cyberspace was free and governments could not do anything to control. “The society of this space would be a fully self-ordering entity, cleansed of governors and free from political hacks.” In cyberspace code regulates quite differently, the software and hardware makes cyberspace what it is and also regulate cyberspace as it is. The author quotes “We are at a stage in our history when we urgently need to make fundamental choices about values, but we should trust no institution of government to make such choices.”

Chapter 2

Cyberspace is more than just email, Amazon and Google. Many people who are over the age of 40 there is no such thing as cyberspace but for their children it’s a “second life”. Chapter 2 explains cyberspace in 4 points by explaining four different stories. Two describes cyberspace and the other two describe characteristics of the Internet. The lesson of the first theme is “regulability” which explains how regulation in cyberspace can help people see how all regulation works. The second theme is “Regulation by Code.” This theme explains how regulation will render ambiguous certain values that are fundamental to tradition. The third theme is “latent ambiguity.” In this theme the point is that ambiguity will require the United States, to make a choice. The fourth theme is ”competing sovereigns”. The author states that “the hardest problem will be to reckon these “competing sovereigns,” as they each act to mark this space with their own distinctive values.” He concludes that he believes the Net can be regulated.

Chapter 3

Cyberspace is a place where nature has no rule, a place that is constructed, but is cofused with how something is and how it must be.  ”But how cyberspace is is not how cyberspace has to be. There is no single way that the Net has to be; no single architecture that defines the nature of the Net”. People are used to thinking how the way they find things is the way things have to be. People don’t think about how technology works, it works like plastic, it can be remade to do different things.

Chapter 4

Chapter emphasizes how if you don’t know someone, don’t know where they are, or what they are doing you can’t regulate them. The behavior of that person will remain how they want it to be. This is an example of the internet. You can try to regulate young people from using social sites but they can lie and say they are older. The technologies people use has three ideas identity, authentication, and credential to identify who someone is. “Identity” is more than a person identity; it’s your name, your sex, where you live, what your education is, your driver’s license number, your social security number, your purchases on Amazon.com, and where you worked at. “Authentication” is when people want to become more confident about the truth about some asserted claim. “Credential” is defined as a standardized device for authenticating (to some level of confidence) an assertion made.

Chapter 5

There are now technologies to help know who is on the net and where they are. This helps with businesses and its makes the net a lot safer. These technologies are to help make the Net more reguable but it’s not perfectly reguable. This chapter discusses examples that address a behavior that the government wants to regulate.It cannot easily regulate directly. In the examples ”the government regulates that behavior indirectly by directly regulating technologies that affect that behavior.” The conclusion of this chapter is that there are indeed similar ways that the government might regulate code on the Internet to make behavior on the Net more regulable.


Colloquia: Body, Space, and Cinema

November 8, 2009

Scott Snibbe has a masters in Computer Science and Fine Art. He studied experimental  animation. His work is internationally known. He taught Media, Art, and experimental film. Scott opens up the lecture by talking about how when he was young he used to think about where the hand starts. We know where the arm is and how the fingers is part of our hand but what about near the wrist, how do we know where the hand actually starts.

His first peace was about boundary functions which was started in 1998. It reflects on peoples space. He states that we don’t have personal space until we are around others to define it.He culturally defined distance in different countries. In Germany the people didn’t do anything to figure it out. In Japan the people got real close to each other. In New York the people stood there and just spoke to one another.

In 2002 he started wall protected work  called Compliant. He deals with interactivity and is different from others who works with interactivity because he tries his best to make art work continuous. He  defines discreet as you press a button and something happens. he defines continuous as he makes a continuous charge and you have a continuous analysis in reaction.He created many exhibits one is  Concentration which is when you walk in a rectangle and a light surrounds your body. If its more than one person in front of it you have to activate the light on the other person by touching that person. Shadow Bag which is when you bump into someones shadow it slowly dissolves. Deep Walls is when the movement of your shadow records you. Cause and Effect was based on a Buddha idea. It reflects on Karma which means more than what we think it is. It mean the way that everything happens.

Scott Snibbe also does a lot of work in science museums. One cool exhibit he created was Woman hold up half the sky which is different working in the lab and doing research. Another cool exhibit he worked on was Fear. There was a jaguar and if you moved too much it would attack you. The children loved this one.Overall I found Scott Snibbe work were very interesting and fun.


Seven things to know about Windows 7

November 1, 2009

storyVista has been going on for 8 years and there has been a lot of problems with the software and a lot of complaints. Since Vista had a lot of problems Windows 7 was  created.  People are really excited about this one. Windows 7 promises a smoother user experience, multi-touchscreen capability and more seamless networking with other computers. The windows 7 software will cost  from $120 to $220, depending on which version. Installing windows 7 is simple when imstallng from a vista but is more complicated when installing from a XP.I think Windows 7 is worth buying if you have vista because it has caused problem to almost everyone so what more can one lose.  This article was interesting to me because I wanted to know a little more about Windows 7. The idea of it seems great and I think many people will buy it but I think many others may be afraid to.


Best digital camera bargains

November 1, 2009

This camera, the Canon PowerShot  seems like a great camera and is affordable. It has great quality with 12.1 megapixels. This is a great purchase since the holidays are coming soon. I found this article to be interesting because I love cameras and I love taking photos of families and friends.canon_powershot


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