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Robert Porter

'Like' it or not, online ads are getting personal - CNN.com - 1 views

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  • industry speak for ads that target users through the use of cookies that can track your internet browsing and shopping history, among other activities.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 09 Feb 11
       
      Some people might view this as an invasion of privacy. The use of cookies by the industry to 'track' the users activities sure does point out a valid point. Most consumers would see advertisers as using 'personal' information to target what the users might have more interest in. In the eyes of the consumers this is seen as generally bad, in the eyes of the advertisers this type of advertising would not only keep away the advertisements that people don't want to see for products they don't need, but for advertisements for products they might want and need as the user travels to different sites. Cookies enable for this to happen, and although there is work on the web-browsers to keep advertisers away from information "internet browsing and shopping history". A question is asked though, how much personal information have people been giving away unknowingly?
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
       
      I think that you have a good point that people find online shopping a invasion of property. I believe though that the risks can be avoided if you are smart about where you shop.
    • Dan Tusler
      Dan Tusler on 01 Mar 11
       
      This can be related to the feed itself in a sense that it works just like a cookie. It tracks everything you do and basically uses the information it collect to try to market a product or get you to spend money. This could be where M.T Anderson got his inspiration for the feed.
  • "If you have something that you don't want anyone to know, maybe you shouldn't be doing it in the first place."
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 09 Feb 11
       
      -Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Schmidt has a valid point that what people do on the internet shouldn't be something people want to conceal. Yet there should be limits that advertisers and any site that uses peoples information on. People don't want to know the fact that everything they do and click on in a site will be recorded down as activity and then process to be put into a category. Just like in Feed, where Titus and his friends go to the mall the Feed immediately advertises cloths that they would want, or cloths that the feed thinks they want. Even with no alert the feed does this to Titus throughout the book, even when he is just laying there or sleeping the Feed advertises things that he would want and that he should by those things based on his shopping history and habits, just like these advertisements are foreseen to be becoming.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
       
      If our information is so open then should we even put out any information? The Feed uses the peoples information to advertise to them so why don't we let the advertisers do the same and make shopping easier.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 01 Mar 11
       
      Because information is vital, people view information (that is helpful) as valid sources of income. Sites that take your information for something can in all their rights, sell it to another advertising company. Hence the source of spam emails. So giving away personal information is a bad idea for you and the site that is distributing your information should not have that right.
  • Robert Porter on 09 Feb 11
     
    The Article By CNN states an uncomfortable outlook onto what might be a more personal advertising than ever before. Big sites such as Facebook and Twitter are mentioned in this article about tracking your 'likes' onto post, businesses, products and similar things among them. Both Google and Mozilla have recognized this as a slight problem as they both are working on a choice to block out cookies (For anyone who doesn't know what cookies are, they are what track your every move on the internet and any site you go to can have access to them, within limits of course). Questions are raised about this though, by both my Anderson and I. If this persist and evolves, would this type of advertising become as radical as it is seen in Feed? Would the advertising for this become more personal? In what limits are these ads allowed to do this within the law? Who would pay nearly 100,000 dollars to advertise in an social site? How far would advertisers go to make more money by 'invading' someones privacy or monitoring someones online activity? All are valid concerns raised from this article, and should be considered as time goes on.
Ryan Clarke

Processed Foods - What Are Processed Foods - 1 views

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  • Processed foods have been altered from their natural state for safety reasons and for convenience. The methods used for processing foods include canning, freezing, refrigeration, dehydration and aseptic processing.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      Processing foods can be a good thing. Because there getting rid of the things that are not healthy for our body.
  • milk would be considered a processed food because it is pasteurized to kill bacteria and homogenized to keep fats from separating. While some people prefer to drink raw milk, most of us should consume the "processed" version we find in our grocery stores.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      This is an example of the good to processed food for example milk.
  • canned foods with lots of sodium white breads and pastas made with refined white flour, which are not as healthy as those made with whole grains packaged high-calorie snack foods, like chips and cheese snacks high-fat convenience foods, like cans of ravioli frozen fish sticks and frozen dinners packaged cakes and cookies boxed meal mixes sugary breakfast cereals processed meats
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  • Processed meats might be some of the worst of these foods. Eating these meats may increase your risk of colorectal, kidney and stomach cancer. Processed meats include hot dogs, bologna, sausage, ham and other packaged lunch meats.
  • Processed foods that may not be as healthy as fresh foods include: canned foods with large amounts of sodium or fat breads and pastas made with refined white flour instead of whole grains packaged high-calorie snack foods such as chips and candies frozen fish sticks and frozen dinners that are high in sodium packaged cakes and cookies boxed meal mixes that are high in fat and sodium sugary breakfast cereals processed meats
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      This relates to the novel "Feed" because most of the food there is processed food. At the meat farm where Tutus and violet go they thought this is how meat was made but in reality it wasnt made how violet and titus thought it was.
  • Ryan Clarke on 07 Feb 11
     
    This article is talking about the bad and the good of processed foods. This relates back to the novel "Feed" when Violet and Titus went to the meat farm. Some questions raised are "what processed foods are bad for you"
stephen richards

This is my blog: Smartphones: Advantages and Disadvantage - 2 views

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  • Also they are quick because you can communicate in seconds with everybody, and also you can send important information and documents in seconds in any place…
    • stephen richards
      stephen richards on 09 Feb 11
       
      Being able to talk and search the web and your phones documents simultaneously makes accomplishing tasks easier and you can share what you find while still talking on the phone. Anderson uses this idea in a similar way with the feed when Titus and Violet are talking after their day at the mall, "look at everything i got from the feed. its going crazy with every thing we looked at today. its trying to work for me...' violet started to forward me things. there were sites for the spotlights and the dresses and endoscopy kits and she sent them in flurries. once they started coming, they started to call others to them, and i could feel them doing that call, and they were all around me"(106). Anderson's use of the feed in this way connects us to the story and shows us an underlying current in our own society that could potentially turn in to this.
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
       
      The new generation is completely dependent on these new phones. Its not just "convenient", it also makes kids not talk face to face. This is a perfect example connecting to the feed. People will be socially confused. Whats next? Do you think people wont have to leave their house at all to go to school/work/friends. Will It all be online? Will it all be on your phone?
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
       
      The Feed that MT Anderson uses in the book Feed is also complicated. In the story they are not able to figure out why it is killing people. The feed also helps people stay connected like the cell phone does.
  • they can be complicated and finally, they are less personal.
  • Also Smartphones are complicated because sometimes they require programs that are difficult to learn and there maybe a need to download new programs in order to have a better performance;
  • stephen richards on 09 Feb 11
     
    this article is about the advantages and disadvantages to using a smart-phone. questions raised are is it worth it to be able to do more if it means you become "less personal"
  • Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
     
    What about how the feed can cost a lot of money just like the smart-phone plans.
stephen richards

The Good and the Bad Things About Technology - Associated Content from Yahoo! - associa... - 1 views

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good and the technology of losses Leisure Loss phone cell messaging. reading smiles

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  • Technology allows us to conserve energy and more quickly produce goods. What used to take fifty people to do, can now be done by one machine. Is this a good thing?
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 01 Mar 11
       
      Conserving energy and producing goods quickly is a very good thing because it makes our economy more stable and by conserving more energy we can save nature.
  • Technology does allow us to do so many more things that once couldn't be done. It saves people's lives, but it also ends careers. It runs the world. We can no longer get to town on a horse. We depend on technology.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      This relates the the novel "Feed" because the characters in the book are relying on technology to get them through the day and even their lives
    • Dan Tusler
      Dan Tusler on 01 Mar 11
       
      When the article says it runs the world, it is not completly true. It directly relates to M.T Andersons themes of technological domination as the feed is a piece of technology and it completly runs society as a consumer.
    • stephen richards
      stephen richards on 01 Mar 11
       
      i agree ryan and dan. when titus cant find a word to use for why he thought violet was attractive he relied on the feed to find the word.
  • Ryan Clarke on 28 Jan 11
     
    This article is about the good of technology but it is also questioning the good of technology. Also this article relates to the novel "Feed" really in every way because we do need and rely and most technology to save us and get us through are lives.
  • stephen richards on 01 Mar 11
     
    This article is about the good of technology but it is also questioning the good of technology. Also this article relates to the novel "Feed" really in every way because we do need and rely and most technology to save us and get us through are lives.
stephen richards

Shopping Online Risks - 1 views

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  • If you go shopping on a website that isn’t secure, your data may be out in the open for anyone to pick up and use.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      One of the risks of shopping online is that your personal information like your credit card or your social security number can be accessed. The Feed in the people in feed were open to getting viruses like your info is at risk for being stolen.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 01 Mar 11
       
      WOAH Jeff nice point...this quote relates back the the novel "feed" very nicely. As we know violet and titus and all his her friends were attacked by the hacker. Later on in the novel Violet was taken over by the feed and lost various funtions until she died because of the feed.
    • stephen richards
      stephen richards on 01 Mar 11
       
      I completely agree with you Ryan. because of all the online access people like titus are more open to dangers like a virus, and even those who dont use the feed as the corps want them to can get a virus but then the corps wont help them for not using the feed to purchase merchandise.
  • Another risk with shopping online is that there are many website built just to phish account names and passwords.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      If you are careless with your information online there can be huge consequences. You can loose your accounts and passwords to fake sights that are just look like the website you wanted. They can then shop on the real website as you. The feed can access your thoughts and use them to advertise products to you.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 01 Mar 11
       
      WOAH JEFF so true there can be huge consecuences thats why you have to be on a secure network with a secure website. For example BANK OF AMERICAS website. People log into that all the time to do online banking and if thats not secure than WOW you will get your information stolen
  • Buying without thinking or without hesitation may lead to some bad experiences down the road.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      If you are not careful you can end up buying a product that seems real but really is fake. When people buy something without thinking there are often consequences like a huge bill. In Feed the people are able to buy products from inside their head making it easy for them to spend out of control.
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
       
      Thats is a GREAT POINT Jeff...People now are going through ebay and craigs list, because itS FAST and its CHEEP. Now in todays society, TIME is MONEY. No exceptions.
    • stephen richards
      stephen richards on 01 Mar 11
       
      Nathan That is a good point you had about jeffs GREAT POINT. also cheap is spelled cheap not cheep but i digress. it is true that through ebay and craigs list we are less conscious about how much we spend because until the credit card bill arrives you dont see the total of what you buy and that will begin to add up.
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  • This includes your credit card number, name, address and sometimes your social security number.
  • Ryan Clarke on 01 Mar 11
     
    This article shows the risks of shopping online and their consequences. It also teaches you a few things about how to shop online safely.
  • stephen richards on 01 Mar 11
     
    This article shows the risks of shopping online and their consequences. It also teaches you a few things about how to shop online safely.
Victor Shen

Advantages and Disadvantages of Advanced Technology | Scienceray - 0 views

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  • A few advantages of upgraded technology are that one can save time and money and life will be made easier as a result of not having to do all the hard labor
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 18 Feb 11
       
      the advantage of the technology, like the people in the Feed always enjoy the feed by doing less work
  • the disadvantages of upgraded technology are that people will loose their jobs to machines that will do the work for them. In addition, machines and robots are too complex for most people to use.
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 18 Feb 11
       
      since the technology is good, maybe even better than human being, than human being will lose themselves, like the feed, the disadvantage is the big company almost countrl the world
  • when you have advanced technologies, life is much easier as robots and machines would take over your daily life chores.
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 18 Feb 11
       
      technology always good for people's life, like the feed, the feed can make everything easier, and everybody looks smart
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  • robots and machines do not make mistakes when programmed correctly. They always accomplish tasks perfectly so you won’t have to worry about making a mistake and getting trouble
  • they save a great deal of time and money
  • as technology develops, robots and machines will take over many jobs and people will loose their jobs by contrast. As people loose their jobs, they will have hard time getting money which would make it hard for them to continue to meet living expenses
  • t machines and robots are complex. It is hard to activate all the machines you have unless you can multitask
  • machines and robots are complex. It is hard to activate all the machines you have unless you can multit
  • Victor Shen on 26 Jan 11
     
    advantages and disadvantages of the technology
lauren hanson

The Alarming Effects of Microwave Apparatus on Food and Humans WILLIAM P KOPP / Percept... - 0 views

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  • cancer-causing effects, destruction of nutritive value and biological effects of direct exposure of humans to microwave emissions.
  • A "binding effect" between the microwaved food and any atmospheric radioactivity is created, causing a marked increase in the amount of alpha and beta particle saturation in the food.
  • The unstable catabolism of microwaved food alters their elemental food substances, causing disorders in the digestive system.
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  • A statistically higher percentage of cancerous growths result in these organs, plus a generalised breakdown of the peripheral cellular tissues and a gradual degeneration of digestive and excretory functions.
    • lauren hanson
      lauren hanson on 04 Feb 11
       
      Cancer is can grow in the stomach from the radioactivity that is in the food after you heat it up in the microwave.
  • The vital energy field content of all tested foods dropped 60-90%. Digestibility of fruits and vegetables reduced: Microwaving lowers the metabolic behaviour and integration-process capability of alkaloids, glucosides, alactosides and nitrilosides.
  • lectrical impulses in the junction potentials of the c
  • Electrical impulses in the junction potentials of the cerebrum degenerate and break down.
    • lauren hanson
      lauren hanson on 04 Feb 11
       
      a microwave can mess up the way your brain is supposed to process your food into your stomach.
  • Their residual magnetism effect can render the psychoneural-receptor components of the brain more subject to influence by artificially induced, microwave-radio-frequency fields from transmission stations and TV relay networks.
  • lauren hanson on 04 Feb 11
     
    Microwaves take a huge part in our society today. The radioactivity is very harmful to our lives by creating direct exposer of humans. The increase of radioactivity can cause a "binding effect" between the micro-waved food causing a marked increase in the amount of alpha and beta particle saturation in the food. This also effects our digestive system by the unstable catabolism of micro-waved food alters their elemental food substances, causing disorders in the digestive system. Also electrical impulses in the junction potentials of the cerebrum degenerate and break down.
Christina Chan

In Scholastic Study, Children Like Digital Reading - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Many children want to read books on digital devices and would read for fun more frequently if they could obtain e-books. But even if they had that access, two-thirds of them would not want to give up their traditional print books.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
       
      With the use of E books there would be no need for paper books anymore. We would also save a lot of paper using things like E books.
  • Parents and educators have long worried that digital diversions like video games and cellphones cut into time that children spend reading. However, they see the potential for using technology to their advantage, introducing books to digitally savvy children through e-readers, computers and mobile devices.
    • gabriel reid
      gabriel reid on 01 Feb 11
       
      even though technology that kids have are mostly used for gaming and socializing the fact that ebooks are now capible of being acsesed on cell phones can change how and when we are able to read and that fact that we would whant to read
  • But many parents surveyed also expressed deep concerns about the distractions of video games, cellphones and television in their children’s lives. They also wondered if the modern multi-tasking adolescent had the patience to become engrossed in a long novel. “My daughter can’t stop texting long enough to concentrate on a book,” said one parent surveyed, the mother of a 15-year-old in Texas. Another survey participant, the mother of a 7-year-old Michigan boy, said, “I am afraid my son’s attention span will only include fast-moving ideas, and book reading will become boring to him.”
    • gabriel reid
      gabriel reid on 01 Feb 11
       
      this can become a big problem the things we think are great for us to have can also be destroying us and we might not even know it
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
       
      would kids be more engaged if the book was on a scene like their video games? Kids may be finding it harder to focus because of all the instant gratification they always have with things like tv and the internet.
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    • Christina Chan
      Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
       
      I agree with Gabe. You may think electronic reading can be good for you...but if you think about the long term effects...might make you rethink your decision. People only convert to technology is it's more efficient & convenient but very soon people become hooked on it which isn't good because people will find it an excuse to use their Kindles as like video games. Also, this stays true to the quote, "Too much of something isn't good."
  • I agree with Gabe. You may think electronic reading can be good for you...but if you think about the long term effects...might make you rethink your decision. People only convert to technology is it's more efficient & convenient but very soon people become hooked on it which isn't good because people will find it an excuse to use their Kindles as like video games. Also, this stays true to the quote, "Too much of something isn't good."
  • gabriel reid on 01 Feb 11
     
    in this article it talks about the gains and the losses that come from being able to have ebooks on most of are technology devises
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  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    I agree with Gabe. You may think electronic reading can be good for you...but if you think about the long term effects...might make you rethink your decision. People only convert to technology is it's more efficient & convenient but very soon people become hooked on it which isn't good because people will find it an excuse to use their Kindles as like video games. Also, this stays true to the quote, "Too much of something isn't good."
  • Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
     
    Digital reading is starting to replace books. This article argues out the pros and cons of reading on a kindle. Questions that are raised are: 1) Are kindles actually a good alternative to reading printed copies of books? 2) Are kids getting enough daily exercise still? 3) Do you think reading from a printed copy of a book provides more family time together for their children rather than reading from a handheld device? (Because moms can read to their babies & toddlers)
  • Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
     
    I agree with Gabe. You may think electronic reading can be good for you...but if you think about the long term effects...might make you rethink your decision. People only convert to technology is it's more efficient & convenient but very soon people become hooked on it which isn't good because people will find it an excuse to use their Kindles as like video games. Also, this stays true to the quote, "Too much of something isn't good."
  • Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
     
    Digital reading is starting to replace books. This article argues out the pros and cons of reading on a kindle. Questions that are raised are: 1) Are kindles actually a good alternative to reading printed copies of books? 2) Are kids getting enough daily exercise still? 3) Do you think reading from a printed copy of a book provides more family time together for their children rather than reading from a handheld device? (Because moms can read to their babies & toddlers)
  • Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
     
    I can similarly connect to what Gabe said..just like Violet & everyone else gets hooked on their feeds the kids get addicted to their digital devices. It totally defeats the purpose of even reading at all. Education is diminshed. When people become too absorbed by everything around us like iPods/iTouch, cell phones, texting, AIM, Facebook, YouTube, etc..people eventually become too dependent on these services losing touch with family & friends & the REAL WORLD.
  • Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
     
    I agree with Gabe. You may think electronic reading can be good for you...but if you think about the long term effects...might make you rethink your decision. People only convert to technology is it's more efficient & convenient but very soon people become hooked on it which isn't good because people will find it an excuse to use their Kindles as like video games. Also, this stays true to the quote, "Too much of something isn't good."
lauren hanson

How Ads Affect Our Memory - Technology Review - 1 views

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  • just seeing an ad on a Web page can impact memory. The findings could have a significant impact on the way online advertising is made and metered.
    • lauren hanson
      lauren hanson on 04 Feb 11
       
      Titus has the feed control what he thinks by the ads that pop up on his feed. This makes Titus want ridiculous things when they aren't really needed.
  • Subjects who paid attention to a banner advertisement were more likely than those who didn't to recall whole words and facts from the ad--facts stored in explicit memory
  • traditional ideas about media impact to the Internet. In other mediums, such as television, advertisers do not typically assume that audience members will interact with the ad.
  • lauren hanson on 04 Feb 11
     
    Ads affect our memory by the way that we interact with the ads itself. Its through your conscious and unconscious mind. Titus and his friends are playing music and really it was the advertisements jungle in the back of his mind going on. Advertisement's try to tell us that we need it and that it will improve are life drastically. Weather or not the ad is harmful or not they still want you to buy it and we remember that ad from your eyes liking what you see so you later on go and buy it.
Hank von GnarSlayer

Earth Problems - Pollution - 2 views

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  • Chemicals have poisoned all of the world, harming humans, wildlife, and plant life, on land, sea and air. Approximately 100,000 synthetic chemicals are now on the market, with one thousand new chemicals are added yearly
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 25 Jan 11
       
      I don't think people realized how pollution is actually destroying our world. Each day new ways of pollutions are being made. This connects to Anderson text because when Titus and his friends came home from the moon they fly Cloud TM. Even though he probably doesn't know what he is doing is harmful, but he is still polluting the earth.
  • In the United States, traffic fatalities total just over 40,000 per year, while air pollution claims 70,000 lives annually. U.S. air pollution deaths are equal to deaths from breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 25 Jan 11
       
      Wow that fact is incredible! Annually the pollution takes 70,000 lifes that is huge! How is that the same thing as cancer. Make pollution is cause cancer and other illnesses. This connects to Anderson because these character are polluting the earth and they dont even know it. Maybe because this is the future we can see how the air pollution will change in a good or bad way for the future.
  • Today, NPS pollution is the main reason approximately 40 percent of the rivers, lakes, and estuaries surveyed are not clean enough to meet basic uses such as fishing or swimming.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 25 Jan 11
       
      Everything that we know that is natural is being destroyed for the pollution on earth. Maybe we will end up like the feed because it is controlling our life and what ever happens we will have the feed to fall back on.
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  • Every chemical we use, every substance we produce, in manufacturing, farming, energy use, or consumption, remains here on Earth. These poisons may seem to disappear—but they are only hidden.
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 17 Feb 11
       
      Yuck! Just imagine how much recycled poo there is in the environment! Where exactly does this poison and waste get hidden?
  • combinations
  • Although
  • hat, when in an environment, poisons our air, land and water
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 17 Feb 11
       
      This is the craziest! We are living in an environment full of our own poison! Land?Poisioned.Air?Poisoned.Water?Poisoned? Makes me wonder, what exactly around me is pure water or malaria free snacks, and what is polluted, disgusting, and unhealthy?!
  • Elizabeth Hughes on 25 Jan 11
     
    This Article is about how air pollution is creating problems in the United States and how it is one of the leading causes of death just as big as cancer. It talk about how people are polluted the earth and what will happen if people continue to do this. Questions that are being raised are when will people stop polluting the earth or will they ever? Other quesetions are do people actually know how to stop, just like the feed it controls people lifes. Do people mean to pollute the earth or is it just the easy thing too do?
Robert Porter

Amazon sales pop as Kindle e-books overtake paperbacks - Jan. 27, 2011 - 0 views

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sales amazon kindle book paper back overtake

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  • OK, bookworms, now you can declare Armageddon: Kindle e-books have overtaken paperback books as the bestselling type of content in Amazon's bookstore.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 28 Jan 11
       
      "Ok, bookworms, now you can declare Armageddon"... This alarming yet realizing statement states that there is a potential danger of the extinction of paperback books. Yes, that is an exaggeration for just one yearly report, yet if this yearly report is the same annually, then that could actually mean the extinction of books, hard copies that is. The kindle has many great aspects to it, it can hold dozens of books in its small case, the books are fairly cheaper, and the portability of it lets users carry around more information in a less encumbering way. Yet as stated in the description box of this article there is certainly many possible negatives to the kindle. Yet as said before this isn't much to worry, yet as technology replaces many things withing life, books just really aren't meant to be replaced, although that doesn't mean that the kindle has to disappear for that to happen. 
  • In fact, for every 100 paperback books sold, Amazon has sold 115 Kindle books since the beginning of the year, the company said.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 28 Jan 11
       
      Adding on to the previous sticky note, this divide between books and Kindles doesn't seem really much of a huge difference at a 100 to 1155 book, on paper that is. Yet for every Kindle (Lets say the Version 2 of it) can hold over 1,000 books. So say (not practical numbers but to support the argument) 500-100 books are downloaded onto the kindle, so that would be around 5,075 to 111,500, while the paperbacks still remain at 100. The amount here is greatly different, as books are now becoming E-Books, it could set a expatriation date on when the last hard copy of a book is printed. 
  • Robert Porter on 28 Jan 11
     
    This article states that the sales in amazon's ( which is one of the biggest online retailers) 'Kindle' have oversold the sales of paperback books. Although it's not necessarily alarming, it is something to think about, as actual copies of books are being replaced by a single piece of technology. As it's assumed in M.T. Andersons book 'Feed', the thought of reading books in an actual hard copy seems to be looked at as embarrassing as writing is now look at to be embarrassing in the scene where Violet and Titus are talking. Questions are raised about this particular subject; although there is always a positive to certain things, there is undoubtedly a negative; what is that certain negative? Is it, if there is some certain situation where technology is somewhat not excess able (aka, world war 3, some variation of the Bubonic Plague, or something where technology and humanity are separated as it couldn't be maintained) and 500 years later, most of the recent copies of book or even 1000 year old books are on electronic copies only, and for those generations of people not being able to read from the? Would'nt reading from the screen become tiring, and enables a more subtle way to skip some of the reading? Some things really just seem to be left alone as is; maybe this is one? Cushing Academy, transformed their whole library to an E-Book library, what is this saying about educated the youth, and what precedent does this set for the future? As changing things to suit our technological needs seems great. it has a very subtle uneasy feeling to it.
Jett Ankermann

Teens, Cell Phones and Texting - Pew Research Center - 1 views

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Texting Teenagers Cell Phones

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  • channel of basic communication between teens and their friends, with cell calling a close second.
  • Some 75% of 12-17 year-olds now own cell phones, up from 45% in 2004.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Why is there such a large increase in texting teens in just 6 years? I assume it's because of the full-keyboard phones so commonly found today.
  • One in three teens sends more than 100 text messages a day, or 3000 texts a month.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Somehow, that isn't hard to believe
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  • However, while many teens are avid texters, a substantial minority are not. One-fifth of teen texters (22%) send and receive just one to 10 texts a day or 30 to 300 texts a month.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      That sounds like where I fit in
  • Teens typically make or receive five calls a day. White teens typically make or receive four calls a day, or around 120 calls a month, while black teens exchange seven calls a day or about 210 calls a month and Hispanic teens typically make and receive five calls a day or about 150 calls a month.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Why is there such a big difference between races?
  • 64% of parents look at the contents of their child's cell phone and 62% of parents have taken away their child's phone as punishment.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Heh, well, can't say everyone's an angel.
  • 48% of parents use the phone to monitor their child's location
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Only 48%? I must be missing something. I would think that the parents got the cell phone for their kids so that they COULD stay connected.
  • Teens whose parents limit their texting are also less likely to report being passengers in cars where the driver texted behind the wheel or used the phone in a dangerous manner while driving.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Why? Is that simply because they're not allowed to, or are they worried about the consequences?
  • 62% of all students say they can have their phone in school, just not in class.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Well, technically that's true, but not everyone who says that actually follows that rule.
  • Cell phones are seen as a mixed blessing.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      It helps you stay connected, but can also cause personal problems with people and relationships
  • 25% have made or received a call during class time.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      How??!!
  • 69% of cell-owning teens say their phone helps them entertain themselves when they are bored.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      I obviously don't have a phone like that...
  • 98% of parents of cell-owning teens say a major reason their child has the phone is that they can be in touch no matter where the teen is.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      That seems to make a lot more sense than that statisctic that said only 48%
  • Fully three-quarters of teen cell phone users (75%) have unlimited texting.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Even so, I feel like unlimited texting would still cost a fortune.
  • One in three (34%) texting teens ages 16-17 say they have texted while driving. That translates into 26% of all American teens ages 16-17.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      I really can't see that happening. Maybe when they're at a stop light, sure, but it still seems risky.
  • Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
     
    This is an article about the statistics of cell phone use among teens. I wonder how much all of this costs?
Lany Miller

Technology: Is It Taking Over Our Lives? - Crusader - Opinions - 0 views

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  • The advancement of technology can be quite spoiling. With word processors, the internet and web messaging, our daily lives are much smoother and less stressful when we use computers and other electronic devises that categorize our schedules and plans better than our own memory.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 09 Feb 11
       
      In feed, the feed is designed to think for them and do all of the work. Now, the internet today has everything on it. Even things that are at the library. People turn to the dictionary to find the meaning of something, but now they're using the computer. In feed when Violet says a word that Titus doesn't know, all he has to do is look it up through his feed and there he has it.
    • Lily Pelanne
      Lily Pelanne on 09 Feb 11
       
      Technology is taking over our lives!l!
  • About 23 million households in North America have a broadband connection, and over the next five years, that number is likely to triple.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 09 Feb 11
       
      23 million, that's a lot of people with internet connection. Just like in feed everyone has a feed. It's become a necessity in peoples lives.
  • eb with me wherever I go has two sides. I do enjoy being able to read my e-mail, talk to people, and lately, check the o
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  • The idea of having the World Wide Web with me wherever I go has two sides. I do enjoy being able to read my e-mail, talk to people, and lately, check the online Facebook.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 09 Feb 11
       
      It's great to be able to check email wherever you are by your phone, iPods, or iPads. But some of the technology seems to have gone a little too far.
  • I already find myself waking up in the morning and immediately heading to my computer to see who left me an instant message or what new friend is stalking me on the Facebook ... so what will happen if I have the internet with me at all time? The habit of being online will turn into a necessity, and perhaps that is not such a good thing.
  • kaylyn kilmain on 10 Feb 11
     
    the internet is becoming our own memory and becoming addictive.
gabriel reid

Gains and Losses - 1 views

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gains losses technology

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  • sharing of resources among institutions of widely varying size, endowment, focus, and stature. Similarly, the economical development, maintenance, and use of materials for interdisciplinary approaches, like the way networked hypertext resources create course and institutional memories, has enormous appeal for many.
    • gabriel reid
      gabriel reid on 24 Jan 11
       
      this article has a connection to Anderson's text because not only does Anderson show s through his creative writing that there are the good sides to the advancing technology but there are the bads to and this article also explains the same thing
  • such as have always happened with shifts in technological and informational paradigms. Plato rightly feared the devaluing of memory by those who read and write, and those who earlier feared the democratizing effects of earlier changes in information technology, such as those introduced by books, copy machines, and calculators were, from their point of view, absolutely correct.
    • gabriel reid
      gabriel reid on 24 Jan 11
       
      Andersen's text also shows us how thing in future technology can decrease our intellect and this article also suggests that to a certain degree.
  • gabriel reid on 24 Jan 11
     
    this article is about the advancing technology in Brown University and how there are some things that are gained from advancing technology. this article is also about even though there are things gained there are also things that are lost in exchange for theses gains
Tori O'Kane

Teen Campaign Against Vices - an Initiative of the Parent and Child - 0 views

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  • Still others do it as a sign of rebellion.
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 17 Feb 11
       
      the boys in the feed would do drugs to pass time at parties. it seemed to be a social thing for them and titus became embarrassed by it when violet was around, trying to hide his friends rebellious and attention seeking acts.
  • Teenagers usually prefer to listen to their peers than to adults
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 17 Feb 11
       
      similar to the teens in the feed they were mostly disconnected to their parents and they were more consumed by their "peers" which i think is the feed because that told them and essentially controlled their activity when it came to what to wear and how to fit in.
  • Teenagers with low self esteem and those who find it hard to cope with the harsh realities of the world take to drugs
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
       
      Also similar to the last comment i made that the boys did the "Drugs" it seemed because they were bored or insecure.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 01 Mar 11
       
      I agree with you, a lot of the times, if not most, people do drugs and other similar things because they have a insecurity with themselves whether they admit to it or not. It's something that everyone can get over and not do, yet many people still do it. Its the easier way to cope with things, yet as with everything else the easiest way to do things tend to have the most dire consequences.
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  • Delaying the first intercourse, promoting sexual abstinence among teenagers, avoiding early parenthood, responsible sexual behavior, contraception, sexually transmitted diseases etc could be topics covered in the teen campaign against vices.
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
       
      Violet did not seem to be worried about these out comes in the Feed. Rather she wanted to experience it before she passed.
  • Tori O'Kane on 17 Feb 11
     
    This article discusses the use of drugs and alcohol by teens. This article suggests that all teens look to these things just to fit in or feel good about themselves. Will teens ever understand the dangers they are submitting themselves to regardless of the numerous negative results they see or hear of.
Christina Chan

At Flickr, Fending Off Rumors and Facebook - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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Flickr Facebook photosharing social view camera storage viewers family friends

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  • “The Internet is starting to rotate around the axis of Facebook — not everything, but everything social,” Mr. Rohan said. “Yahoo and Flickr don’t really have the gravitational pull that would make Flickr the axis that they once imagined.”
  • A pioneer in combining photos with social networking features, Flickr is facing a stiff challenge from newer services. In addition to fighting rumors, it is having to work hard to keep its users returning as Facebook widens its lead as the popular destination for sharing party, vacation and family snapshots.
  • “The Internet is starting to rotate around the axis of Facebook — not everything, but everything social,” Mr. Rohan said. “Yahoo and Flickr don’t really have the gravitational pull that would make Flickr the axis that they once imagined.”
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  • “The Internet is starting to rotate around the axis of Facebook — not everything, but everything social,” Mr. Rohan said. “Yahoo and Flickr don’t really have the gravitational pull that would make Flickr the axis that they once imagined.”
  • Flickr’s free service lets users display 200 of their most recently uploaded photos. For more, users must pay $25 annually.
  • ore improvements are on the horizon, he said. The goal, Mr. Rothenberg said, is to recall the experie
  • “What we are trying to do at Flickr ultimately is to use all these new technologies to get back to that experience — to get back to that rich storytelling experience — and to do it in the only way it can be done, w
  • “What we are trying to do at Flickr ultimately is to use all these new technologies to get back to that experience — to get back to that rich storytelling experience — and to do it in the only way it can be done, with the technologies of today,” he said.
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    Flickr, a photosharing service, starts slumping and is struggling to keep up with the tough competition they face from others. Questions this article raises is whether Flickr really isn't a good site for exchanging photos between people AND if nowadays people are swayed in a revolution where people view photos online instead of flipping through photo albums.
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    I can connect this to Feed because when more popular websites or things are high in demand...you start to see a slump in the other. In this situation, Flickr is losing their fan base while Facebook is becoming more widely known & is the top social networking website. In Feed Titus's dad said that the air factories are going to replace the deforested trees in Jefferson park in order to make way for air factories. Both of these situations show radicalism & the rapid pace of the ever-changing world.
john peacen

Why Reliance on Technology is a Bad Thing | World of Psychology - 2 views

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  • All of that has changed. I suspect some new architects wouldn’t know how to design a 50-story building on paper (without aid of a CAD program), or a doctor who had to diagnose a patient without the reliance on ordering 10 or 15 lab tests. Or a politician who couldn’t rely on instant polling techniques. Or citizens who had to resort to reading their news, instead of watching in on TV. Or an important stock exchange not being able to function because generators were never meant to be used full-time, indefinitely.
    • john peacen
      john peacen on 25 Jan 11
       
      this relates to the book because titus and his friend are very dependent to the technology that even the technology think for them
    • john peacen
      john peacen on 25 Jan 11
       
      this means that we can not function without the help of technology. before this innovation of technology we depend in our intelligence not like today that we can't make something that was very simple for us ancestor.
  • But as our thirst for power increases, and our infrastructure fails to keep pace with it
    • Dan Tusler
      Dan Tusler on 04 Feb 11
       
      This relates to the story because the thirst for power in Feed is overpowering the logical descionmaking part of our inteligance. It makes us want to make things more efficent even when their working just fine. If it aint broke don't fix it
  • As a tool, a computer is a useful aid. It has helped architects and engineers design and provide more reliable, interesting structures and buildings. It allows us to split atoms, and categorize human genomes.
    • Dan Tusler
      Dan Tusler on 04 Feb 11
       
      This give the ups about how computers and technology could be used responsibly and soely for the benifit of important work. It provides a contrasting view towards the book as the professions and uses listed still require a vast understanding of the use. In the story, there doesn't seem to be any depth or complication in anything, including professsions
  • john peacen on 25 Jan 11
     
    the article discuss the point how the people dependent in technology can produce big disaster when all this technology not be available, because all the architects and doctor etc.
Christina Chan

Apple under fire from Chinese environmental groups - Boston.com - 2 views

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Apple iPod iPad health safety regulations workers suicide publicity gadgets environmentalists foreign China

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  • Chinese environmental groups have been critical of Apple in the past, but the latest report underscores their growing outspokenness in a society where dissent is routinely suppressed by the authorities. Though dubbed environmentalists, their activism extends into other areas including worker rights.
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • Apple has been trailed by bad publicity after several workers for one of its suppliers, contractor Foxconn Technology Group which makes iPhones and other gadgets, killed themselves in southern China last year
    • Christina Chan
      Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
       
      Whoa that is extremely awful. Bad publicity can really damage a person and that they would go to great lengths to actually killing themselves. I wonder how the rest of the workers would have reacted.
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  • oups have been critical of Apple in the past, but the latest report underscores their growing outspokenness in a society where dissent is routinely suppressed by the authorities. Though dubbed environmentalists, their activism extends into other areas including worker righ
  • Chinese environmental groups have been critical of Apple in the past, but the latest report underscores their growing outspokenness in a society where dissent is routinely suppressed by the authorities. Though dubbed environmentalists, their activism extends into other areas including worker rights.
  • Chinese environmental groups have been critical of Apple in the past, but the latest report underscores their growing outspokenness in a society where dissent is routinely suppressed by the authorities. Though dubbed environmentalists, their activism extends into other areas including worker rights.
    • Christina Chan
      Christina Chan on 20 Jan 11
       
      I agree that Chinese environmental groups have the right to express their anger by firing Apple. Apple was blinded to see the extremely dangerous conditions that are at risk. A question that came up while I read this why why wasn't Apple aware of this. Were they blinded by everything that was going on?
  • Chinese
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • w wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
  • Low wages have drawn thousands of foreign companies to China, with many contracting production to Chinese companies or the local units of other foreign companies to boost profits. But activists say that makes it more of a challenge to track problems like dangerous working conditions and hold the company that contracted out the production liable.
    • Christina Chan
      Christina Chan on 05 Feb 11
       
      I can connect this to Feed because the "dangerous working conditions" remind me of how people like the police can hack into Titus, Violet's & his friend's feeds and how their unable to use them temporarily.
Hank von GnarSlayer

Apple announces new iPods, iTunes 10, iOS 4.1, and a new Apple TV - Valley News Live - ... - 0 views

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  • The iPod nano is getting smaller… and gaining a multitouch color display. The new iPod nano loses the signature clickwheel controller in favor of a multitouch display -- and gains a clik so its instantly wearable like the iPod nano. The new iPod nano is almost half the size and half the weight of its predecessor, and supports 29 languages along with offering 24-hour battery life.
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 11 Feb 11
       
      Yikes! This article is showing how advanced these ipods are getting while becoming smaller and smaller. This makes me wonder if this is the same way the feed started, before the way it was introduced to us in, "Feed", by M.T. Anderson. Perhaps it was as harmless looking as an ipod, and advancements like these made the feed smaller and smaller and more advanced, until it was able to do all these great features, while at the same time being so small that the best way to use them is to drill them into your head.
  • Hank von GnarSlayer on 09 Feb 11
     
    Woah! Ipods just seem to be getting smaller and more advanced!
Elizabeth Hughes

technology - 1 views

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  • Alan Kay, a brilliant polymath who has worked at Atari, Xerox, Apple, and Disney, came up with as good a definition of technology as I’ve heard. “Technology,” Kay says, “is anything that was invented after you were born.” By that clever reckoning, automobiles, refrigerators, transistors, and nylon are not technologies in our eyes -- just plain old stuff. But they were once technologies for my grandfather. By the same logic, CDs, the web, Mylar, cell phones, and GPS are authentic technologies for me – but not my kids! They’ll have their own technologies, invented in the last five minutes.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 10 Feb 11
       
      This is saying is it always a good thing to have technology in your life, what would happen if you didnt have in your life.
  • 1) everything that’s already in the world when you’re born is just normal; 2) anything that gets invented between then and before you turn thirty is incredibly exciting and creative and with any luck you can make a career out of it; 3) anything that gets invented after you’re thirty is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about ten years when it gradually turns out to be alright really.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 10 Feb 11
       
      this is showing how people would be different if technology was not present in their life. How people would act different and how people life are normal or not with then. Just like feed is this Violte that there talking about.
  • Elizabeth Hughes on 10 Feb 11
     
    This article is about how people act when the technology in their life doesn't work. This is like feed because sometimes the feed doesnt work and people go crazy.
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