Summarize what GNR is and why Joy fears its three components, What is your personal reaction to the author's fear? Are they justified or not? What should we do?
My wish is that we should strive for the reality given in the Engines of Creation, Drexler's utopiam while keeping an educated eye on the white and black sides of every invention. This is not the first time that the human race has found itself on the new frontier of technologyand information. We have stood at this threshold many times before. We have always faced these challenges with the same human emotions and desires for power, wealth and greed. as we strive to make the workd that we live in a better place, there is always a danger of what a person with an ill intention can do with it. We have learned that we are very good and change. we have learned through this class that we can not build up the walls to protect ourselves. we saw how Walmart through the use of computers, built an efficient, prosperous company. They became the king of the hill for a time, we learned that things where over looked for a time, while everyones attention was focused on their growth and efficently they became oblivious to the human rights side of their company. Through the laws we chose to live with in to protect our freedoms they are being put in check.
GNR is the self- replication of genetic engineering. I am not willing to take the leap from a colds ability to evolve and become immune to antibiotics, to a computer that will evolve, which means grow by a means of its own. to the point it wants to take over the earth, unbeknown to humans? not only do we need to make robots conscious but we have to give them spirit.
He worries that knowledge is a weapon that we wield against ourselves. that we will fall victim to our own technologies, that we will do so by not acknowledging the possibilities. I see why he has these fears, he is forgetting to give the human race any credit, however, I believe that we are capable of perserving the structure of life as we understand it while constantly changing the comfort of our lives.
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Lesson 11
Describe how computers and networks are used in the film, is the use of computers realistic,probable, or ridiculous and what ocial or cultural issues are raised by the film?
The Matrix is a SciFi, near future film that invites in to a computer hackers journey where he discovers that life as he knows it is nothing more then an elaborate facade by "THE MAN", which in this film is intelligent machines that are man made, that now control themselves. They are harvest bioelectrical energy of humans, that are kept docile with in the Matrix, a simulated reality of the world as it was in 1999. The Machines are now at war with the " Unplugged". This film is giving a new voice to the anti-government enthusiast; I can only imagine how many nights sleep have been lost by the conspiracy believers. When this film came out it introduced the world to a new theory about how are reality could be manipulated by machines that we are creating, they are running with the what if reasoning. I like the way they gave dashavoo an explanation that lends itself perfectly to the plot of the movie. Even though I logically know that computers are lacking in the ability for logic, personal connection, common sense, desire for world domination on their own will. It did make me think what if? The use of computers is totally ridiculous; the film dos not take the laws of science or logic in to consideration at all. It's a new spin on the guys version of a perfect film, the underdog saves the day and gets the girl. while fighting against the bully, dodging bullets and wearing leather.
The Matrix is a SciFi, near future film that invites in to a computer hackers journey where he discovers that life as he knows it is nothing more then an elaborate facade by "THE MAN", which in this film is intelligent machines that are man made, that now control themselves. They are harvest bioelectrical energy of humans, that are kept docile with in the Matrix, a simulated reality of the world as it was in 1999. The Machines are now at war with the " Unplugged". This film is giving a new voice to the anti-government enthusiast; I can only imagine how many nights sleep have been lost by the conspiracy believers. When this film came out it introduced the world to a new theory about how are reality could be manipulated by machines that we are creating, they are running with the what if reasoning. I like the way they gave dashavoo an explanation that lends itself perfectly to the plot of the movie. Even though I logically know that computers are lacking in the ability for logic, personal connection, common sense, desire for world domination on their own will. It did make me think what if? The use of computers is totally ridiculous; the film dos not take the laws of science or logic in to consideration at all. It's a new spin on the guys version of a perfect film, the underdog saves the day and gets the girl. while fighting against the bully, dodging bullets and wearing leather.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Module 10
I was intrigued by the similarities that Joe had with today’s Siri.
Today if you are an owner of a Iphone4s you can simply ask your phone,
Siri lets you use your voice to send messages, Schedule meetings, Place phone calls and face to face calls. Siri with understand what you say and knows what your mean, and even talks back.
Although Joe was much more willing to give us dumb humans the answers to every question that we could think up to ask.
Siri will also answer any question that we could think up to ask. However, in the real world, us dumb humans know that just because we have the directions on how to do a illegal activity, dos not allow us to follow them.
We now have the face to face, and skyp. All you have to do is have a camera or apple product and you can push a couple of keys and speak face to face with anyone else who also has one.
It would be nice if there was someone to hold responsible for the information that is out on the World Wide Web. In the story, all they had to do was call the logic services to shut it down. I believe that even today there have been husbands that have drove around fretting about the thought of their wife going online and finding out about their dirty little secrets. We are all very aware that once the information is out, it can not be removed.
In the story the wife, wanted to get as much dirt on the neighbors before the flow of information was shut down. Today, we have more access to everyone’s dirt that it is almost a morbid fixation. We waste a mind boggling amount of time and energy in this current time, fixated on judging the actions of other people. In both realities it serves no purpose.
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Module 9
Describe the building of a Dell laptop,
The building of a Dell laptop starts with a very efficient supply chain, in which all of Dells suppliers are wired in to receive updates on which parts are needed and the quantity. They ship them to a supplier logistics factory, when an order is placed with Dell for a laptop, an update go's out to the SLC. The product is pulled and shipped out every ninety minutes, for the product that was ordered in the last two hour window.
Once the parts are delivered they are entered in to the tracking system and sent off to be assembled.
The design and actual production of the parts came from globel teamwork.
"It's a supply chain symphony-from order over the phone to production to delivery to my house-is one of the wonders of the flat world." This is a perfect example of outsourcing, supply chain and a company that embraced the world of change, that is our reality.
Does al-Qaeda have a supply chain?
I am going to have to say no, I can see how in certain aspects of their activities it would appear that their desire to corner the market on giving Arabs-Muslims a sense of personal fullfillment via Terrorist. That the steps involved in the training of a terrorist,planning of an attack and then the making of an info-mercial. could be broken down and looked in to and the supply chain formula applied. I think that it fits the definition of an organization- is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal.
What is the curse of oil?
There are no checks or balance, within the countries that have natural resource that they can drill for oil.
The ruling government is like a bully that is holding your lunch above your reachand there is nothing you can do to get him to give it back. You know that it is wrong but there is nothing you can do to get him to stop.
the total slant in power, is the one thing that is holding them all back from being able to live in a country that focuses on the developing real institutions,property rights,rule of law,independent courts,modern education,foreign trade,foreign investment,freedom of thought, and scientific inquiry. because these are the things that people do for themselves, so that they can live a greater life. we sacrific a certain about of our freedoms and money to live with in a system that protect us and encourages us to become the best member of society that we are capable of. Their personal power is seen as a threat, so it has been mathodically taken. by those that have fallen to the curse of oil.
The building of a Dell laptop starts with a very efficient supply chain, in which all of Dells suppliers are wired in to receive updates on which parts are needed and the quantity. They ship them to a supplier logistics factory, when an order is placed with Dell for a laptop, an update go's out to the SLC. The product is pulled and shipped out every ninety minutes, for the product that was ordered in the last two hour window.
Once the parts are delivered they are entered in to the tracking system and sent off to be assembled.
The design and actual production of the parts came from globel teamwork.
"It's a supply chain symphony-from order over the phone to production to delivery to my house-is one of the wonders of the flat world." This is a perfect example of outsourcing, supply chain and a company that embraced the world of change, that is our reality.
Does al-Qaeda have a supply chain?
I am going to have to say no, I can see how in certain aspects of their activities it would appear that their desire to corner the market on giving Arabs-Muslims a sense of personal fullfillment via Terrorist. That the steps involved in the training of a terrorist,planning of an attack and then the making of an info-mercial. could be broken down and looked in to and the supply chain formula applied. I think that it fits the definition of an organization- is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal.
What is the curse of oil?
There are no checks or balance, within the countries that have natural resource that they can drill for oil.
The ruling government is like a bully that is holding your lunch above your reachand there is nothing you can do to get him to give it back. You know that it is wrong but there is nothing you can do to get him to stop.
the total slant in power, is the one thing that is holding them all back from being able to live in a country that focuses on the developing real institutions,property rights,rule of law,independent courts,modern education,foreign trade,foreign investment,freedom of thought, and scientific inquiry. because these are the things that people do for themselves, so that they can live a greater life. we sacrific a certain about of our freedoms and money to live with in a system that protect us and encourages us to become the best member of society that we are capable of. Their personal power is seen as a threat, so it has been mathodically taken. by those that have fallen to the curse of oil.
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