Web resources and technologies are apt for potent forms of cognitive extension and incorporation, we may fully expect such resources and technologies to fundamentally transfigure the space of human thought and reason.
Our analysis suggests that the Web is capable of participating in the external realization of (at least some) human mental states, but that further work is required to leverage its full potential.
We conclude that the Web does constitute a potentially important element of the bio-technological matrix associated with mind and cognition; however, we suggest that further technological innovation is required to enable it to participate in the external realization of human mental states and processes.
Cognitive Extension and the Web
Smart, P. R., Engelbrecht, P. C., Braines, D., Strub, M. and Hendler, J. A. (2009) Cognitive Extension and the Web. In: Web Science Conference: Society On-Line, 18th-20th March 2009, Athens, Greece.
The eurozone is facing a "bleak" winter, according to audit firm Ernst & Young.
A "mild" recession is likely in the first half of next year, leading to economic growth of just 0.1% for the whole of 2012, it predicted.
Ernst & Young also said unemployment in the eurozone was unlikely to fall below 10% until 2015.
Meanwhile, Greece - Europe's most indebted country - said that it would have its worst recession ever in 2011.
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned on Wednesday that his country's contraction would be greater than the 5.5% currently forecast.
EduComics is an European Union Comenius education project under the Life Long Learning Programme. It will show educators how online comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and motivate students, and use technology in a practical and effective way. The project will create training material for teachers and organise seminars for teachers in Greece, Cyprus, UK, Italy and Spain.
European Union Comenius education project showing educators how digital comics can be used in the classroom to enhance learning, engage and motivate students, and use technology in a practical and effective way.
linking copyright infringement to
circumvention is compliant with the WIPO Internet treaties, it is an
approach that has been adopted by other countries, and it is one that
has been promoted by many groups supportive of copyright reform
several countries have proposed or passed
legislation that explicitly links circumvention with copyright
infringement, including New Zealand, Switzerland, Canada (Bill C-60),
India, and Brazil.
Italy permits circumvention
for private copying, Greece
established a legal right to pursue access, and the Netherlands grants
the Justice Department the power to decree access
Bill C-32 currently includes circumvention exceptions for
several purposes including privacy, security research, and encryption.
Adding fair dealing means adding five categories of new exceptions
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research, private study, news reporting, criticism, and review.
The second group of circumventers consists of those Canadians who
believe that circumvention is a reasonable exercise of their consumer
rights. These include Canadians who unlock their cellphones or format
shift a DVD.
Consumers
unlock
their phones because they believe it is their property and they should
be entitled to do so (the government agrees as there is an exception
for this in C-32).
They similarly format shift DVDs because they
reasonably believe that purchasing a DVD should entitle them to watch
the DVD on the device of their choice
the sale
of the products is often based on the presumption that the consumer
will have the ability to unlock, make a backup, or format shift
If the law does not
include a fair dealing circumvention exception, teachers will follow
guidelines that prohibit circumvention as part of the educational
process and students will be stopped from creating mashups or engaging
with digital materials in certain ways.