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Bri Zabriskie

Technology Live: Latest Tech News and Gadgets - USATODAY.com - 0 views

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    Remember the lawsuit against google when Buzz came out? I am pretty sure that's what this is about. Interesting that they think someone facebook is behind it. 
Jeffrey Whitlock

Naked economics: undressing the ... - Google Books - 1 views

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      For those who shudder in fear or flee because of boredom when faces with the subject of economics, then this book is for you! this book breaks down economics in a gloriously simple and fun way.
Morgan Wills

The Last Page of the Internet - 0 views

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    My old roommate Google Buzzed this web page. I thought our class might like this because it necessitates a lot of browsing. :)
Ariel Szuch

Transforming women's work: New ... - Google Books - 0 views

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    This is my group's book for our book club--it talks about the way women and families were affected by the industrial revolution
Jeffrey Whitlock

The pioneers: or, The sources of the ... - Google Books - 0 views

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      Written by one of the most popular early romanticist writers. A book very relevant to our class because it contains themes from both Romanticism and the Frontier.
Jeffrey Whitlock

The prairie: a tale - Google Books - 0 views

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      This book is part of a series of five novels (along with The Pioneers) dealing with themes of both the Frontier and Romanticism.
Sarah Wills

The Selfish Gene (Richard Dawkins)- Google Books - 0 views

shared by Sarah Wills on 18 Oct 10 - No Cached
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    Focuses the theory of natural selection not on the organism but on the genes. A very interesting read.
Gideon Burton

Digital Age Damaging Learning | Nicholas Carr - 2 views

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    Carr's contrarian ideas are discussed here. He obviously overstates concerns but the points are each worth debating. 
Kristi Koerner

The progress of America: from the ... - Google Books - 0 views

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    An interesting book with a good perspective
margaret_weddle

The voyage of the Beagle - Google Books - 0 views

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    (also part of the Harvard Classics) this book is actually Charles Darwin's journal when he traveled the world for 5 years, and visited places like the Galapagos Island, where he formulated much of his theory of hte Origin of the species.
Kristi Koerner

The mayor of Casterbridge: the life ... - Google Books - 0 views

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    Great book that reflects the situation of many families at this time period.
Madeline Rupard

Feedjit: Incredible Tracking Service - 0 views

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    Yes, I never sleep. Anyways, I thought this sample page of visitors to a website about languages was incredibly precise and accurate. How does a computer get this knowledge, one might ask? (Does google have a tracker on where people come from to help their ads/ search services?)
Morgan Wills

Google Image Search Implements CC License Filtering - Creative Commons - 1 views

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    How handy!
Daniel Zappala

A Logic Named Joe - 1 views

  • Say you punch "Station SNAFU" on your logic. Relays in the tank take over an' whatever vision-program SNAFU is telecastin' comes on your logic's screen. Or you punch "Sally Hancock's Phone" an' the screen blinks an' sputters an' you're hooked up with the logic in her house an' if somebody answers you got a vision-phone connection. But besides that, if you punch for the weather forecast or who won today's race at Hialeah or who was mistress of the White House durin' Garfield's administration or what is PDQ and R sellin' for today, that comes on the screen too.
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Joe is Google
  • it made Joe a individual
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      Joe has machine intelligence.
  • But I think he went kinda remote-control exploring in the tank.
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      Joe is using data mining.
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  • An' logics can do a Iotta things that ain't been found out yet.
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      In science fiction, machine intelligence launches us into the unknown -- computers might be able to do things that we can't conceive of ourselves!
  • In theory, a censor block is gonna come on an' the screen will say severely, "Public Policy Forbids This Service."
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Joe disables content filtering services.
  • The screen says, "Service question: What is your name?" She is kinda puzzled, but she punches it. The screen sputters an' then says: "Secretarial Service Demonstration! You—" It reels off her name, address, age, sex, coloring, the amounts of all her charge accounts in all the stores, my name as her husband, how much I get a week, the fact that I've been pinched three times—twice was traffic stuff, and once for a argument I got in with a guy—and the interestin' item that once when she was mad with me she left me for three weeks an' had her address changed to her folks' home. Then it says, brisk: "Logics Service will hereafter keep your personal accounts, take messages, and locate persons you may wish to get in touch with. This demonstration is to introduce the service."
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      More echoes of Google -- privacy vs convenience
  • Then I sweat!
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Social networking makes it easier to be unfaithful, causes tension in marriages.
  • Logics are civilization! If we shut off logics, we go back to a kind of civilization we have forgotten how to run!
  • That couldn't be allowed out general, of course. You gotta make room for kids to grow up. But it's a pretty good world, now Joe's turned off. Maybe I'll turn him on long enough to learn how to stay in it. But on the other hand, maybe—
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      Technology introduces new moral questions
Jeffrey Whitlock

Google - 1 views

shared by Jeffrey Whitlock on 17 Nov 10 - Cached
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