Open source
Having the access of open source we are able to get information to our leisure practically for free. Free access to a collection of statements or declarations written by someone onto a human reader able computer and allowing extensive free redistribution rights for this software.
After this lesson I’m left in two minds whether to follow the ‘Hackers Values’ of able to have the access to other peoples computers and anything on there that might teach you something about the way the world works should be unlimited and free.
The internet allows people to do and access a lot of things for free as well as having the freedom of speech too whether or not its not to most people interest to listen or watch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0nuRZI9LmI
a video posted on YouTube on how to hack somebodies computer.
It's very annoying when you need to access information online and your asked to pay or become a member. All information which is there to teach should be provided for free and thats just what I believe.
But on the other hand I don't believe in stealling and I guess what belongs to someone is there's and they should always have the right to give the permission to access.
Thursday 12 August 2010
Nothings for free
Commercialized personal computers such as Apple was becoming a hit with it's flashy labels and latest technology.
I remember when Software was installed for free into a computer before purchasing and there was hardly any need for any additional spend after buying a computer but with modern technology and the period of software stealing taking place software had to be paid for as said by Bill Gates himself.
I agree with him as people like himself put alot of work and effort into producing a product and by all means need to be paid or congratulated in some way for doing so.
Who likes to work for free?
I remember when Software was installed for free into a computer before purchasing and there was hardly any need for any additional spend after buying a computer but with modern technology and the period of software stealing taking place software had to be paid for as said by Bill Gates himself.
“One thing you do do is prevent good software from being written. Who can afford to do professional work for nothing? What hobbyist can put 3-man years into programming, finding all bugs, documenting his product and distribute for free? ” Bill gates
I agree with him as people like himself put alot of work and effort into producing a product and by all means need to be paid or congratulated in some way for doing so.
Who likes to work for free?
Privacy and Surveillance
Maintaining privacy is a must to many by choice as well as by law. Breaching someone’s confidentiality, disclosing information, intrusion, exposure and distortion are all types of unwanted information distribution.
I believe that everyone should have the right to privacy to do things needed to be done alone or even just to have that time alone.
“Privacy is a fundamental right, essential for freedom, democracy, psychological well-being, individuality, and creativity. It is proclaimed inviolable but decried as detrimental, antisocial, and even pathological” Daniel J Solove Understanding Privacy 2008
We find ourselves in a much more private society as to those in a more primitive age or place.
Living in the most watched city in the world I could definitely believe that surveillance is implicated of both the watchers and the watched. Many people may not know or notice how much of there information is being documented or controlled.
As David Lyon examined in the ‘Surveillance Studies: An Overview’ there are many sites of surveillance such as workplace control, consumer activities, policing and crime control to government administration.
We are constantly being spied on and monitored even without our own permission. Some people may believe that its for our own safety but the modern day surveillance doesn’t stop at CCTV it involves customer profiling which puts together information on you relating to your purchasing patterns and marketing.
With the phenomenon of Facebook, bebo and other social networks were personal information could be easily accessed are we really safe anymore.
I believe that everyone should have the right to privacy to do things needed to be done alone or even just to have that time alone.
“Privacy is a fundamental right, essential for freedom, democracy, psychological well-being, individuality, and creativity. It is proclaimed inviolable but decried as detrimental, antisocial, and even pathological” Daniel J Solove Understanding Privacy 2008
We find ourselves in a much more private society as to those in a more primitive age or place.
Living in the most watched city in the world I could definitely believe that surveillance is implicated of both the watchers and the watched. Many people may not know or notice how much of there information is being documented or controlled.
As David Lyon examined in the ‘Surveillance Studies: An Overview’ there are many sites of surveillance such as workplace control, consumer activities, policing and crime control to government administration.
We are constantly being spied on and monitored even without our own permission. Some people may believe that its for our own safety but the modern day surveillance doesn’t stop at CCTV it involves customer profiling which puts together information on you relating to your purchasing patterns and marketing.
With the phenomenon of Facebook, bebo and other social networks were personal information could be easily accessed are we really safe anymore.
The future of robots
After leaving this lecture I couldn’t stop thinking whether the 2099 theory of the humans and machines merging together to form a physical and mental realm.
When I think of robots, I think that they are a combination of metal material which have been made to forgo certain tasks and follow instructions via programmed specialized devices. Apart from that they do not have emotion or any other similarities to humans.
We’ve all seen the make belief robots in the movies like terminator were the human machine form is merged together which are called the embodied intelligence robotics.
“An embodied creature or robot is one that has a physical body and experiences the world, at least in part, directly through the influence of the world on that body.” Rodney Brookes
A clip from the Terminator Salvation film were robots are taking over the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHYbszaCpE
When I think of robots, I think that they are a combination of metal material which have been made to forgo certain tasks and follow instructions via programmed specialized devices. Apart from that they do not have emotion or any other similarities to humans.
We’ve all seen the make belief robots in the movies like terminator were the human machine form is merged together which are called the embodied intelligence robotics.
“An embodied creature or robot is one that has a physical body and experiences the world, at least in part, directly through the influence of the world on that body.” Rodney Brookes
A clip from the Terminator Salvation film were robots are taking over the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNHYbszaCpE
Virtually
Nowadays it’s hard to distinguish what is real and what is not. The word virtual is when something gives you aspect of reality but in ‘reality’ is not a real material. Anything virtual to me tries it’s best to connote realness but in all fairness isn’t real at all i.e. the pictures of maps which show out what the earth is meant to look like from above. Ideally the picture is what the earth looks like from that distance but one, it isn’t the earth itself and two, it’s not the real depiction of what the earth really looks like.
Now more than ever people are speaking to each other on the web and this is known as the virtual community where you are in reality speaking to someone but as it’s only virtual you are able to be anyone you want to be; just like the characters in video games i.e. the Sims.
In the game the Sims you are able to make these people do anything the average person is capable of doing like working, shopping, maintains a house, having children but the reality is that no matter what they do they are still virtual characters who don’t really exist.
a picture of the game 'The Sims'
Now more than ever people are speaking to each other on the web and this is known as the virtual community where you are in reality speaking to someone but as it’s only virtual you are able to be anyone you want to be; just like the characters in video games i.e. the Sims.
In the game the Sims you are able to make these people do anything the average person is capable of doing like working, shopping, maintains a house, having children but the reality is that no matter what they do they are still virtual characters who don’t really exist.
Web 2.0
We have approached the period of mass communication and it is amazing. The internet has allowed people to connect and communicate in ways only imaginable when the idea of web was invented. There is no stopping the development of the web nowadays as countless ‘cool websites’ are being invented such as YouTube, Wikipedia, MySpace and Facebook.
The internet is becoming more open to peering, sharing and acting globally. You are able to become a master of the internet much easier these days with sites such as Wikipedia allowing us all to
2.0 is all about blogging, interacting and just meeting people in ways you were always meant to.
The internet is becoming more open to peering, sharing and acting globally. You are able to become a master of the internet much easier these days with sites such as Wikipedia allowing us all to
‘become children, playing at being adult, slipping into an Alice in Wonderland version of reality...But for grown-ups, it is worse than bad.” (Andrew Keen, 2006)
2.0 is all about blogging, interacting and just meeting people in ways you were always meant to.
News
News is the gathering, compiling and presenting of a message so that it reaches its audience in a time limit in which it is still valid, effective and relevant. News always has to be fresh to meet its demonstrate value.
News can come in so many different forms from formal news like that we see on the television by networks such as ‘Sky News’ and ‘Fox’ or that which appear in correspondence such as newspapers or just that of word of mouth.
The invention of writing was that which made that of delivering news what it is today. Technology transmission was that which allowed newspapers to be created. Newspapers allowed people to read regularly published new which also included a range of other stories.
There are many different varieties of delivering news to people nowadays from reporters to news networks. It’s not only the professionals who deliver news it’s also transmitted via blogs, peer to peer transmission like on social websites.
Scribal Transmission
computer mediated gossip
News can come in so many different forms from formal news like that we see on the television by networks such as ‘Sky News’ and ‘Fox’ or that which appear in correspondence such as newspapers or just that of word of mouth.
The invention of writing was that which made that of delivering news what it is today. Technology transmission was that which allowed newspapers to be created. Newspapers allowed people to read regularly published new which also included a range of other stories.
There are many different varieties of delivering news to people nowadays from reporters to news networks. It’s not only the professionals who deliver news it’s also transmitted via blogs, peer to peer transmission like on social websites.
Scribal Transmission
computer mediated gossip
visual Interface: Colours
Who thought that colour was so important in what we see on websites; well I know for sure that before I had a lecture on it I didn’t.
Colours play a big role in everyday life as well in the making of websites. Colours can change the way people things always as certain colours are associated with meaning certain things like red for danger and green for ‘go’ for example.
There are primary colours which consist of reds, yellows and blues. Secondary colours which consist of the primary colours being combined i.e. orange, purple and green. And of course tertiary colours which are the primary colours added to the adjacent secondary ones.
By combining the primary, secondary and tertiary colours together you get the colour wheel which is split into the triad colour scheme, the analogous colour scheme and the complimentary colour scheme.
This all sounds pretty confusing by with a diagram it will definitely make more sense.
Colours play a big role in everyday life as well in the making of websites. Colours can change the way people things always as certain colours are associated with meaning certain things like red for danger and green for ‘go’ for example.
There are primary colours which consist of reds, yellows and blues. Secondary colours which consist of the primary colours being combined i.e. orange, purple and green. And of course tertiary colours which are the primary colours added to the adjacent secondary ones.
By combining the primary, secondary and tertiary colours together you get the colour wheel which is split into the triad colour scheme, the analogous colour scheme and the complimentary colour scheme.
This all sounds pretty confusing by with a diagram it will definitely make more sense.
“Triad colour scheme organizes colours in regard to purity.” EW Design http://www.ew4newbies.co.uk/ewdesign/colour.htm
I now know that choosing the correct colour palette for a website is as significant as having the right information.
Visual Interface
Visual interface is the most important mediator linking computer/internet users and there content. Visual interface involve conventions, colours, metaphors and typology used in creating a visual meaning.
When making a website it’s not only the information that your putting on their important it’s the way you organise that information on the page that really matters and which will initially engage the reader to want to read in the first place. You only have three seconds to engage a reader and to keep them from not pressing the back button is by making sure you have the right things on screen. The format matters, the colours matter and the typology matters so it’s key to get it right.
In this lecture I learned which it is key in establishing the identity of your site and doing so on every page. Knowing what information is needed and what information or images are just causing unwanted clutter. Navigation bars and search purposes are always best placed in the top left hand corner or along the top of the screen and lastly always place information into different fragments.
Its funny how such things make such a big difference without knowing. What people see is either going to appealing or not and the as nobody likes clutter I belive that this is the best way of presenting a web page.
a display of how a website should look
When making a website it’s not only the information that your putting on their important it’s the way you organise that information on the page that really matters and which will initially engage the reader to want to read in the first place. You only have three seconds to engage a reader and to keep them from not pressing the back button is by making sure you have the right things on screen. The format matters, the colours matter and the typology matters so it’s key to get it right.
In this lecture I learned which it is key in establishing the identity of your site and doing so on every page. Knowing what information is needed and what information or images are just causing unwanted clutter. Navigation bars and search purposes are always best placed in the top left hand corner or along the top of the screen and lastly always place information into different fragments.
Its funny how such things make such a big difference without knowing. What people see is either going to appealing or not and the as nobody likes clutter I belive that this is the best way of presenting a web page.
a display of how a website should look War and technology
Without the knowledge many people wouldn't think that the technology that we know so well today was introduced by the army of the first world war. Communication was important and with that; multimedia in common with other technology such as personal computers and microprocessors were all commodities of the military research and development known as the R&D. The military helped in the development of the computer, the internet and so much more. To my knowledge the first electronic computer was designed to calculate an artillery range table which was made by the US Army. The Electrical Numerical Integrator and calculator machine also known as (ENIAC) was basically the first general purpose electronic computer.
Without the development of these technical machines technology would be what it is today. It was the knowledge of these war veterans of producing computers which developed the idea of the atomic bomb which needed the capabilities of an electronic computer.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/mauchly/jwm8b.html
Without the development of these technical machines technology would be what it is today. It was the knowledge of these war veterans of producing computers which developed the idea of the atomic bomb which needed the capabilities of an electronic computer.
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/rbm/mauchly/jwm8b.html
Blogging
In this lecture we looked at the modern form of blogging and how it is changing means of communication and opinion altogether. The word blog was made with combining the words web and log which gives its meaning of logging details on the web. Blogging has become much more interesting and exciting with mediums like facebook and twitter introducing a different aspect of blogging such as micro blogging.
Blogs such as what I’m doing now usually consist of regular entries of comments, remarks and opinions together with material such as images, graphics, videos and also links to other web pages or other peoples blogs which relate to the same subject. Blogging is no longer just textual based it can involve just videos like those who blog on ‘Youtube’ for example...Safe Kids/Hot Cars: Never Leave Your Child Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XSuHjD1xSs
Reason blogs are becoming popular is because they are a yet another means of communication as people are able to interact with you via each blog you post by leaving comments and views which in my opinion really breaks out of the norm.
People use blogs for personal reasons such as logging an online diary as well as those used for more professional news based blogging.
Blogs such as what I’m doing now usually consist of regular entries of comments, remarks and opinions together with material such as images, graphics, videos and also links to other web pages or other peoples blogs which relate to the same subject. Blogging is no longer just textual based it can involve just videos like those who blog on ‘Youtube’ for example...Safe Kids/Hot Cars: Never Leave Your Child Alone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XSuHjD1xSs
Reason blogs are becoming popular is because they are a yet another means of communication as people are able to interact with you via each blog you post by leaving comments and views which in my opinion really breaks out of the norm.
People use blogs for personal reasons such as logging an online diary as well as those used for more professional news based blogging.
Cyberspace
Cyberspace is definitely one of the best technologies to man. It allows you to communicate via an online medium. In cyberspace you are able to reach a wide range of people around the world and the accessibility alone is unbelievable. This technology combines a number of capabilities such as sensors, signals, connections, transmissions, processors and controllers which are enough to make a virtual interactive experience accessible.
Cyberspace is not quite the internet but the internet is a way into which you are able to explore into cyberspace and find out things as well as communicate with others just like the way you communication via telephone.
Bruce Sterlin , Introduction to the Hacker crackdown
I believe that this subject that we covered is essential in the present time as ‘cyberspace’ has allowed us to explore a lot of things from browsing the internet for knowledge as well for the purposes of communication via email, call and instant message
Cyberspace is not quite the internet but the internet is a way into which you are able to explore into cyberspace and find out things as well as communicate with others just like the way you communication via telephone.
"Cyberspace is the "place" where a telephone conversation appears to occur. Not inside your actual phone, the plastic device on your desk. Not inside the other person's phone, in some other city. The place between the phones. [...]"
Bruce Sterlin , Introduction to the Hacker crackdown
I believe that this subject that we covered is essential in the present time as ‘cyberspace’ has allowed us to explore a lot of things from browsing the internet for knowledge as well for the purposes of communication via email, call and instant message
The end of novels
This digital age has brought about the end of books or has it?
This subject is much more relevant in this day and age where we are surrounded by all the latest computer technology like the Apple Mac Books to the I Pads which allow you to do a lot more than the book has ever been able to do.
One upon a time the book improved the quality of text conservation and the access to information. The book has allowed information to flourish in political, economical possibilities as well as the word of religion. The book has always been looked at as the launch of information which allowed people to record information and read about other people’s thoughts and ideas.
Computers have taken over the aspect of writing or reading a book. The internet alone has given people more variety and allowed people to be much more creative. Books have no way of being updated or corrected which isn’t ideal in this day and age.
In this lecture we looked at digital culture in a whole and within this lecture we looked at revolution of modern technology to the somewhat ancient book.Just like the sources I’ve looked up and read, I would definitely agree that the ‘book’ is always going to be good for what it provides but just doesn’t give you many options such as being as accessible or searchable reason I believe that it may be the end of books.
"They have no metadata. They carry no conversation. They are thrown out when there’s no space for them anymore. Print is where words go to die."
(The Book is dead. Long live the book) http://www.buzzmachine.com/2006/05/19/the-book-is-dead-long-live-the-book/ By Jeff Jarvis
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