Skip to main content

Home/ Digital Civilization/ Contents contributed and discussions participated by Daniel Zappala

Contents contributed and discussions participated by Daniel Zappala

Daniel Zappala

The Day The Internet Threw A Righteous Hissyfit About Copyright And Pie : Monkey See : NPR - 1 views

  •  
    An online magazine editor claims "the web is considered public domain" to justify copying anything she wants and re-publishing it on her site. Astounding.
Daniel Zappala

Unbounded Tiling Problem - 0 views

  •  
    This short discussion of the tiling problem shows a good example of how switching two tiles yields a solution for a small area that can't be generalized to a larger one.
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
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Joe has machine intelligence.
  • But I think he went kinda remote-control exploring in the tank.
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Joe is using data mining.
  • ...6 more annotations...
  • 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."
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      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—
    • Daniel Zappala
       
      Technology introduces new moral questions
Daniel Zappala

YouTube - Fox 4 DFW Roast of Social Media - 1 views

  •  
    Send-up of when social media goes awry. Good reminder to use social media to augment, not replace our lives.
Daniel Zappala

Entertainment: More people are watching movies online, but few are buying them - latime... - 0 views

  •  
    Will the digital economy revolve around renting vs owning?
1 - 6 of 6
Showing 20 items per page