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Jett Ankermann

Where Does the Garbage Go? - 0 views

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  • New York City and its surrounding boroughs are responsible for generating 12,000 tons (that’s right…tons!) of garbage each day.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 28 Jan 11
       
      Holy......
  • carted off to landfills
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 28 Jan 11
       
      This is where it all goes then. How exactly do you build a landfill?
  • Many years ago, trash was burned in incinerators, but they didn’t meet the air standards of the EPA and they didn’t generate much power.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Earlier I would've thought "Why can't this be a solution?" Now I realize that it would probably kill us...
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      I wouldn't think that that makes clean air
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  • “Then there were landfills, but we had to close many of them down because they were filled.”
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      How do they determine how large they landfill should be?
  • Bloomberg explains that under the new plan, there will be four new marine waste transfer stations built and up to five rail waste transfer stations activated.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      How is this more economically friendly?
  • will travel nearly six million fewer miles every year—and New Yorkers will have cleaner air and safer streets.”
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Well, I guess that's the closest to more environmentally friendly you can get when it comes to garbage.
  • “Some of the ingredients of diesel fuel are carcinogenic.”
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Ughh, I bet. Have you smelled the exhaust from school buses? I could die from that smell!
  • New natural gas fleets have come into operation in Paris, Madrid and Mechlun, Belgium.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Yes, because.....Paris is so close to America!!!
  • “Clean, renewable energy through the combustion of municipal solid waste in specially designed power plants equipped with the most modern pollution control equipment to clean emissions.”
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      If this whole statement is true, why in the world are landfills such a big issue in the world???
  • “Everything we do with garbage will cause pollution,
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      How very unfortunate.
  • “If you burn waste at a very high temperature,” he says, “there is little exhaust.”
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Yes, but "high temperature" takes lots of energy.
  • So the next time you consider throwing away scraps and trash consider where it might end up.
    • Jett Ankermann
      Jett Ankermann on 30 Jan 11
       
      Well, where else is it going to go?
  • New York City and its surrounding boroughs are responsible fo
Robert Porter

Japanese Fashion: LED. Lights for Your Teeth - NYTimes.com - 3 views

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led smiles fashion japanese trends technology losses

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  • Method Man might have helped make gold fronts famous, but it looks like Japanese schoolgirls could be the driving force behind a new era of fashionable accessories for your teeth.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 24 Jan 11
       
      As technology is applied to the LED lights for the teeth, it proves that technology is being used more and more for useless reasons other than for it to look "cool" or good. The trends are obviously started by celebrities for the most part, as the book Feed states by M.T. Anderson the trends of the culture are immediately displayed upon the feeds and the girls such as calista go in the bathroom to change her look completely. Although no one knows wether this trend of LED lights in the mouth will catch on or not, its the use of LED technology in the mouth points out the fallacious use of it. There is no reasonable point to this 'fashion' trend, it looks silly, preposterous, ugly, and illogical to waste money on such a thing
  • The video below, which was created by the designers and titled “party in your mouth,” shows a curated group of Japanese schoolgirls wandering the street wearing the glowing lights.
    • Robert Porter
      Robert Porter on 24 Jan 11
       
      To start off, the title of the video promoting this device is called "party in your mouth" is just incongruous, considering it includes the stereotypical 'Japanese school girls' (i hope i dont have to elaborate on that one), subtly it promotes this product with sex, of course, yet it also targets the teen demographic as it is the biggest demographic out there currently. Throughout the video the girls are just walking around all smiling, its supposed to somehow attract customers and other teens to think that the LED in your mouth 'grillz' are the new thing and according to this article on the nytimes site, its working. As pointed out multiple times over and over again in the book Feed, Anderson points out the useless adaptions we made for technology and how we are beginning to use it.
  • Robert Porter on 24 Jan 11
     
    This article is about a new Japanese fashion trend, LED (Light emitting diode) lights in the teeth. Two Japanese designers came up with the idea after seeing some sort of "LED Throwies" which are LED lights that are attached to a magnet that can be thrown at metal surfaces. The designers hope that the teens of Japan will catch on soon, as the demmand for the LED 'smiles' rieses. Questions are being raised about this; is it safe to have a LED light in ones mouth? If it cost a large amount of money why spend money on something like this, if the money can be spent on  more beneficial items? If there is a large crowd of people in the streets of Japan with the glowing LED lights in there mouth, would it cause hazards to drivers? The lights seem to completely ridiculous why have something such as that become the 'sought after accessory'? Is there anything significantly beneficial to this product that will prove worthy to the user?
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!
Tori O'Kane

They can't all be winners. - Worst of New York Fashion Week Fall 2011: Seriously? You w... - 0 views

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  • Twice a year, Fashion Week descends on New York City and enlightens its denizens with an array of perfect, glamorous creations that make one long to have a fabulous life and a zillion dollars to scoop up all the latest trends
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
       
      This says right in the sentence to pick up on the latest trends and it is relating to the feeds constant updating trend feature.
  • These are the total misses, those looks that seem so off, so disappointing, they're almost personally insulting. Behold, the Fashion Week clothes that gave us nightmares.
    • Tori O'Kane
      Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
       
      Although one person might think that one of the outfits on this list is beautiful or something they would just wear in general the media is telling us otherwise swaying our opinions like the feed that ends your sentences and helps guide your thoughts.
  • Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
     
    An article alerting the nation of the worst looks that were seen at New Yorks famous fashion week
Elizabeth Hughes

Are you being overprotective with your kids? - 1 views

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  • Elizabeth Hughes on 31 Jan 11
     
    This article is about if parents over protect their kids and what happens when they do and how do the kids turn up in the end. Questions that are being raised are why do parents do this to their kids, is this a good thing, are we putting to much pressure on our kids too? Just like in Feed is Titus parents overprocting him from the outside world, by buying him new a new car and fighting his battles for him.
Christina Chan

Pope Warns of Alienation Risk in Social Networks - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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Pope warns alienation risk social networks dehumanize warnings

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  • He said the possibilities of new media and social networks offered "a great opportunity," but warned of the risks of depersonalization, alienation, self-indulgence, and the dangers of having more virtual friends than real ones.
  • He urged users of social networks to ask themselves "Who is my 'neighbor' in this new world?" and avoid the danger of always being available online but being "less present to those whom we encounter in our everyday life."
  • He said social networking can help "dialogue, exchange, solidarity and the creation of positive relations" but he also offered a list of warnings.
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    In this article by the New York Times the Pope warns the mass majority of the people that social networks can dehumanize people. People are becoming more addicted to the virtual world. Questions it raises are that: 1) Will technology & robots one day perhaps replace human beings? 2) Do you think Americans are spending too much time websurfing the internet instead of seeing friends & getting daily exercise?
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    I can connect to Feed because in the book Titus is blinded by everything related to media & all these cool gadgets & the Pope is highlighting all the negative effects like depersonalization, alientation, self-indulgence, & the dangers of having more virtual friends than real ones."
chris zabriskie

Opening Day: Verizon iPhone 4 - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Verizon and Apple started selling the Verizon version of the iPhone in their stores around the country at 7 a.m., as well as in their online stores
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
       
      apple is so wanted people would wait all night at the store to buy the phone at 7am
  • many Apple and Verizon stores seemed to have prepared for a much larger crush of customers than they received.
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
       
      not as many people will buy the phone as they thought
  • It could be that some are simply choosing to order online, or perhaps many are waiting to see whether or not a new iPhone will be announced this summer.
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  • At least one area of the country is expecting unusually high interest in the phone. North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming, which are not serviced by AT&T, will now be able to purchase an iPhone from Verizon.
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
       
      they only want the new system because they cant get signal where they are
  • chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
     
    verison on the iphone
  • chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
     
    while many people did go to get the new iphone many people are waiting to see if a new phone is released or until the rush goes down
chris zabriskie

Sony Introduces New Portable Game Device - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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sony new portable technology

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  • chris zabriskie on 27 Jan 11
     
    sony is trying to make it's product the new fad item that everyone wants by adding new features and expanding it's gaming horizon to other systems like the android getting playstation games. this is for the most part futile because nintendo has become the name of portable gaming while sony stood idle and the 3ds already has most of the feature and more.
Nathan Nast

To much, To fast - 0 views

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  • A fear of many Web analysts and observers is that today's teenagers, who have never known a world without the Web, will become fixated on instant communication for all their socializing
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
       
      This comment makes me wonder what would happen if the internet was shut down for a day. Would the new generation be able to function? It's scary to think about how much we depend on technology.
  • Despite the ongoing concerns of identity theft, viruses, spam, and fraud, most people successfully use the Web to meet their wants and needs.
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
       
      "Wants and needs", This is the problem. The society today want's more than they need. For example companies are advertisement more than they need to. They also do to for the idea of competition. People are pushing other people to use more technology.
  • Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
     
    This article is talking about the new generation.
Victor Shen

IBM's Watson Dominates Jeopardy Competition on Day 2 - PCWorld - 0 views

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    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 17 Feb 11
       
      New function of the computer which is kind of similar to the feed, the computer had the mind
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 17 Feb 11
       
      The IBM dominate the computer market, it is kind of similar to the feed company dominate the future world in the book feed
  • The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong.
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  • Regardless of Watson's shortcomings the IBM sup
  • Regardless of Watson's shortcomings the IBM super computer has been dominant against its human adversaries. Now, it all comes down to Wednesday night's broadcast when Jennings and Rutter will attempt to battle back and overcome Watson's commanding lead.
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 18 Feb 11
       
      The IBM dominate the computer market, it is kind of similar to the feed company dominate the future world in the book feed
  • The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong.
  • The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong.
  • The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong.
    • Victor Shen
      Victor Shen on 17 Feb 11
       
      New function of the computer which is kind of similar to the feed, the computer had the mind
  • The computer was able to answer 13 of the first 15 Jeopardy clues virtually uncontested, with one answer going to Jennings and another problem that all three contestants got wrong.
  • s shortcomings
  • Victor Shen on 17 Feb 11
     
    IBM's new technology dominate the market!
  • Tori O'Kane on 18 Feb 11
     
    I think this is really cool because it kind of shows both sides of the feed how it knows so much. Although at the same time there are malfunctions much like the virus that violet and others were hit with.
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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  • once imagin
  • “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.
chris zabriskie

Nintendo to Make 3-D Version of Its DS Handheld Game - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • Nintendo has also scored successes, especially among casual game players, with its Wii video game machine. The Wii comes with a wandlike, motion-detecting remote controller that mimics motions in games, like a golf swing or boxing punch.
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 03 Feb 11
       
      Nintendo is selling to all types of games
  • manufacturers like Samsung, Panasonic and Sony are racing to bring 3-D technology into the living room. The 3-D LCD televisions come with more advanced “active shutter” glasses, which darken and lighten in sync with the TV to help create the illusion of three dimensions. Sony has also said that games for its PlayStation 3 consoles will be available in 3-D.
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 03 Feb 11
       
      3D has become the selling point for products
  • Hitachi, another Japanese manufacturer, released a cellphone last year that has a 3-D display that does not require glasses. Hitachi, together with Sharp, supplies LCD screens to Nintendo.
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 03 Feb 11
       
      soon 3D will be standard and a new style will have to be introduced as wants of the public change
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  • Apple’s multifunction phone and music players run games that can be downloaded from its online iTunes store, and have helped the company build a fan base among less hard-core game players
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 03 Feb 11
       
      Nintendo has reliable systems and when others fail customers go to Nintendo
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    I think that Nintento is clever to make a 3-D version of their own DS handheld game. Currently, a lot of things are going 3D such as in movie theatres...more movies are in 3D version like the movie Step Up, Shrek 4, & Avatar. The chief spokesman of Nintendo said they'll try to convince consumers to play the new video game...this is similar to Feed because whenever Titus receives a signal about something he ends up seeing these vivid images & words of advertisement. Basically just like Ms. McCormick said in our in class discussion, Titus is like a walking advertisement.
  • Christina Chan on 04 Feb 11
     
    The idea of 3D will definitely draw in consumers...I have a feeling that now & in the upcoming future 3D is the new version of "cool" ...replacing everything that previously wasn't 3D.
  • chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
     
    it is really convenient that u don't need glasses because it is adjustable 3D
Elizabeth Hughes

New Studies Link Cell Phone Use to Cancer and Other Maladies - 1 views

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  • Newly released studies in 2008 and 2009, compiled at the Environmental Working Group,2 have linked cell phone use to brain cancer, salivary gland tumors, behavioral problems, migraines and vertigo, and more. These newer studies show that use of a cell phone for ten years or longer can have serious impacts on a person's health by raising the chances of problems many-fold.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 20 Jan 11
       
      People are using cell phones every day where every they need it. People even use it if it will cause them illnesses. When will people stop or will be ever will? This connects to the Feed because even though people are annoyed with the Feed they still use it to get their point across.
  • phone use to brain cancer, salivary gland tumors,
  • These were largely due to research such as one in which Danish children who use cell phones often were shown to have an 80% higher risk of emotional and hyperactivity problems. Mothers who use cell phones heavily during pregnancy had the same risks.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 20 Jan 11
       
      Again even little kids are using cell phone now anyone is using it. When will enough be enough. Or will it ever be.
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  • Cell phone users should keep the phone as far from their bodies as possible when talking. Use a headset, speaker, or other device to distance yourself from the phone. Limit your total use of the phone as much as possible and definitely do not let your children have their own cell phone.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 20 Jan 11
       
      People are beginning to do this. Use other devices then just then cell phone to get communications across. Should kids have their own cell phones? Wonder if people will notice if the feed is not good enough for the people.
  • Elizabeth Hughes on 20 Jan 11
     
    This article is about how new studies are being formed that using a cell phone can lead to cancer and other illnesses. Questions that are being raised are can it really lead to brain cancer, salivary gland tumors and other behavioral problems. Wish 87% of the United States using cell phones today what can happen to our future.
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.
Hank von GnarSlayer

HowStuffWorks "How Hybrid Cars Work" - 0 views

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  • There are a lot of hybrid models on the market these days, and most automobile manufacturers have announced plans to manufacture their own versions.
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 09 Feb 11
       
      This is a very good point, because it seems the car manufacturers we have grown to love and trust seem to be changing before our eyes thanks to new discoveries in technology like the efficiency of a brand new hybrid car. This article makes me wonder; Are more of the companies in our lives like General Electric, Apple, Playmobile, Motorola, etc. are making great changes to their products today?
  • Hank von GnarSlayer on 09 Feb 11
     
    Wow! Hybrid Cars are very relevant to our topic of discussion because they are a new invention that is becoming part of the world we live in.
Lany Miller

iCrazy: Is Technology Taking Over? - DivineCaroline - 0 views

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  • I think our obsession with rather expensive convenience gadgets is bordering on ridiculous.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 17 Feb 11
       
      Everyone's obsession with technology is going crazy, every year some new technology is coming out and it's supposedly better than the device before. In feed they got so advanced that they implanted a feed in everyone's brain and it tells the person whenever some new trend is hot. In the book and in reality people are becoming too obsessed with technology.
  • Obviously modern day iPods and their accompanying devices aren’t taking over our sprawling civilizations
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 17 Feb 11
       
      The new technology isn't taking over exactly, or yet, but it has the capability to do so. Technology is good for us, but sometimes it can get a little too hectic.
  • Lany Miller on 17 Feb 11
     
    Going iCrazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
kaylyn kilmain

Is Internet Dependence Helping Us Evolve or Devolve? - Technorati Technology - 0 views

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  • op, as well as pocket sized smartphones becoming the must have gadget for digital consumers, Google is becoming more and more prevalent in our everyday lives
    • kaylyn kilmain
      kaylyn kilmain on 09 Feb 11
       
      google is becoming a everyday need for most people
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 09 Feb 11
       
      Google is replacing everything from cookbooks to dictionaries. Soon everything will be on Google.
    • john peacen
      john peacen on 01 Mar 11
       
      true google has everything book, translate, news,
  • kaylyn kilmain on 28 Jan 11
     
    this article is talking about how having more technology can cause people to be more dependent on finding information on the internet. this results in loss of memory and only being able to remember how you found the information and not what it is.
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.
Hank von GnarSlayer

Earth Problems - Pollution - 2 views

www.webofcreation.org/...pollution.htm

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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?
Maggie O'Connell

Your private data pays for 'free' Facebook and Google - Jan. 28, 2011 - 0 views

money.cnn.com/...index.htm

private data free

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  • constant stream of breaches, accidents and misfires have given the issue fresh visibility this year
    • Maggie O'Connell
      Maggie O'Connell on 09 Feb 11
       
      people have found ways to breach the relatively weak security system of Google and Facebook. Because of the hackings, there is a new focus on the issue. But what happens when the focus is no longer on the issue of weak security?
  • fourth annual Data Privacy Day
  • the tech companies would prefer to see these problems solved through tools, not rules.
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  • The biggest was a "safe browsing option" that integrates the HTTPS protocol for secure connections. That technical tweak will help solve a gaping hole that let hijackers grab control of Facebook accounts accessed through public Wi-Fi hotspots.
  • Facebook posted its new security tool the day after CEO Mark Zuckerberg's fan page was hacked.  
  • Maggie O'Connell on 09 Feb 11
     
    facebook takes your data. so does google, to be "free"
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