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Robert Porter

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

  • 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.
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      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
       
      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.
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    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?
Christina Chan

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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?
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  • 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
       
      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.
Robert Porter

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

  • 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
       
      "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
       
      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. 
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    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.
Robert Porter

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      -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
       
      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
       
      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.
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    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.
lauren hanson

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

  • 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
       
      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.
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  • Electrical impulses in the junction potentials of the cerebrum degenerate and break down.
    • lauren hanson
       
      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.
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    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.
Victor Shen

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

    • Victor Shen
       
      New function of the computer which is kind of similar to the feed, the computer had the mind
    • Victor Shen
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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.
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    IBM's new technology dominate the market!
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    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

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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."
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    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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    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."
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    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)
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    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."
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    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)
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    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.
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    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

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

  • “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.
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    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.
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    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.
Elizabeth Hughes

Cell Phones for Kids - Pros and Cons - 0 views

  • safety for kids since a cell phone can be used to determine the whereabouts of kids and the kids can also call the parents in case of emergency when they need help.
    • kaylyn kilmain
       
      a good pro for having a cell phone at a young age is to make sure were ever they are, they are safe.
    • Lany Miller
       
      I agree!! But what could be a con?
  • Nowadays with the increasing number of threats at schools, it is obvious for parents to be worried about their child’s safety
  • s for the cons of cell phones, there are many. First and foremost, the parents have to be really sure whether their child is capable of handling the responsibility of carrying a mobile phone. Having a cell phone might lead the child to all the probable ways in which the cell phone can be misused. It is one thing to make the children comfortable with technology but giving them their very own mobile phone at an early age might turn them into mobile junkies who are addicted to their mobile phones with constant short messaging, cell phone games and other add-ons. Also think of it from the health point of view. In a world where we hear reports about excessive use of mobile phones being harmful for the health, how could we possibly allow the children to be exposed to these threats?
    • Elizabeth Hughes
       
      I can see why parents would be hesititant to get their kids a cell phone, but i think it is useful for kids to get one because if they were every need a situation when they needed to get in contact with their parents they will have it.
    • natasha badohu
       
      I feel that most kids who do have a cellphone still barely keep in contact with there parents, or ignore texts/calls from them. I actually know teenagers that do this exactly, which totally defeats the purpose of there parents buying them the cell phone i the first place.
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  • wever even if the cell phones are provided with the safety interests in mind, the kids will soon start demanding the higher range and fancy cell phones that would be next in line. Providing expensive mobile phone to kids would actually attract muggers and threaten your child’s security instead of safeguarding it
    • Elizabeth Hughes
       
      again this shows how kids should have cell phone to make sure that their protected in situation. This will help them be safe in all situations.
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    cell phones are now not only for adults to use but now are being used for little kids. people today have become addicted to technology.
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    This is funny because of how crazy the technology has become now. But ironic in the way that it relates to how you can track other peoples feeds, this is much like that for a parent to be tracking their child's location.
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    cellular divices have become a nescesity to everyday life ESPECAILY for adolecence's. [my spelling in general may probly be way off...] but it gets to the point of a "need" rather than a "want" to the point where a teen can hardly go an hour let alone 5 minutes without sending a text message.
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    Cell phone is a great technology, just like the feed, a new way to communicate with other people, in feed, people can connect to each other, similar to the cell phone
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    this is a good example of how everyone is dependent on cell phones especially now that they are giving them out to younger kids
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    i do agree with this, this is so a good reason why kids should have cell phones for a good reason.
stephen richards

Shopping Online Risks - 1 views

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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.
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    This article shows the risks of shopping online and their consequences. It also teaches you a few things about how to shop online safely.
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    This article shows the risks of shopping online and their consequences. It also teaches you a few things about how to shop online safely.
Hank von GnarSlayer

Earth Problems - Pollution - 2 views

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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?!
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    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?
Tori O'Kane

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

  • Still others do it as a sign of rebellion.
    • Tori O'Kane
       
      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
       
      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
       
      Also similar to the last comment i made that the boys did the "Drugs" it seemed because they were bored or insecure.
    • Robert Porter
       
      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
       
      Violet did not seem to be worried about these out comes in the Feed. Rather she wanted to experience it before she passed.
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    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.
Victor Shen

Warner Bros. Stuffs Movies Into iPad, iPhone Apps - PCWorld - 0 views

  • Buying the film unlocks streaming and downloadable versions, along with bonus features such as games, trivia and soundboards. While watching, you can also send and view status updates on Facebook and Twitter.
    • Victor Shen
       
      It shows that the Apple is similar to the feed company which get into the application
    • Victor Shen
       
      The more function the iPad had, the more similar the iPad to the feed, which also shows that a lot of the technology is getting similar to the feed
  • Apple doesn't allow for individual discounts or free unlock codes within its apps - but either way, from a consumer perspective it's a raw deal.
    • Victor Shen
       
      The more function the iPad had, the more similar the iPad to the feed, which also shows that a lot of the technology is getting similar to the feed
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    • Victor Shen
       
      It shows that the Apple is similar to the feed company which get into the application
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    The function of the ipad is being more and more usful
Jeffrey Baudisch

What Are the Risks of X-Rays? | eHow.com - 0 views

  • unfortunately, x-rays are harmful to the patient receiving them, the x-ray technician administering the procedure and anyone in the area where the x-ray is being used.
  • While they are obviously necessary to the medical field
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
       
      xrays are essential to the medical field they cause harm to anyone around them including the patient.  The feed seems to be necessary to a happy life for many of the characters in Feed despite it beginning to kill one of them.  
  • and many people are surprised to know that x-rays have been known for the past 100 years.
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  • Harmful x-ray effects were realized almost immediately after the x-ray was invented.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
       
      Despite the harmful effects of x-rays they have been used for 100 years. The harmful effects were not discovered recently. they were actually discovered right after they found X-rays.  This is just like how they have been using the feed for years despite its possible harmfull effects.  
  • The harmful effects of an x-ray include many things. Biological radiation effects is very destructive to any sort of living tissue and in a person it can cause DNA mutation.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
       
      one of the harmful effects of x-rays are that they can cause DNA mutation.  The feeds in the characters in Feed tap into the thoughts and control the advertisements they see.  
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    X-rays are very useful to doctors but they pose serious health risks. This texts raises the question is it really worth using X-rays if they pose such a risk to our health?
stephen richards

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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.
  •  
    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.
  •  
    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.
john peacen

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

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
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    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.
Elizabeth Hughes

Online schools clicking with students - CNN - 0 views

  • a new form of schooling
  • hundreds of thousands of students
    • kaylyn kilmain
       
      many students can stay home and go to school online.
    • Billy Mahoney
       
      This also relates to the feed because Violet is home-schooled.
    • Lany Miller
       
      so what? lol what does it do to their disadvantage of going to school at home and online??
  • online
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  • class runs from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
       
      Haha! What Crazy Hours! This is a wild way to learn huh? Wouldn't you miss the wholesome environment a school provides for learning?
  • finds time
    • kaylyn kilmain
       
      the pros for having the ability to have schools online is for those people who don't have time in the day to go out and go to school.
  • orking her full-time job at Hewlett-Packard and raising her three children.
  • 110,000 online students
  • half its total student body
  • With your pajamas snug, your feet clad in bunny slippers, and a tub of ice cream on the desk, your computer glows in front of you. The clock reads 2 a.m. In other words, time for class.
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
       
      Hah! Time For Class! This is inspiring people to be lazy to get what they want. Do think sitting around wearing women's bunny slippers at night is a good way to spend your class time? Online school seems to be inspiring kids to sit around getting fat and avoiding classmates all in the comfort of their own home!
  • Janet
    • Elizabeth Hughes
       
      How could any students work for home if they made their own hours. They would not get anything done.
  • orking, married women in their 30s or 40s, who are reimbursed by employers and looking to boost their career prospects.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
       
      Why would parents work for this if they thought this would help their future? how did they think this?
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    even schools are online, the social life has changed the average person doesn't need to have face to face contact to talk or learn.
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    even schools are online, the social life has changed the average person doesn't need to have face to face contact to talk or learn.
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    This shows the dependency for technology the world is developing. That we as a nation are willing to substitute interaction through out the school day with online learning.
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    The idea of the On Line schooling is great because people can save time and doing the school work at home, but in another way, people will be controlled by the technology,like the people in the book feed was controlled by the feed
Christina Chan

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

  • 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.
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    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?
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    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."
stephen richards

overuse of useless technology (cell phones..iPhones..sidekicks..etc.) (computer, deskto... - 0 views

  • The problem with texting is that people have gotten so use to it to the point that they have no idea how to carry on a conversation with another person anymore..the word "YES" is just a few keystrokes away!
    • stephen richards
       
      This idea that people would rather text than actually carry out a conversation with someone has an essence of truth behind it, and M.T. Anderson touches on this when Titus' father comes to visit the hospital and instead of talking to his son he tries to M-chat him thus saying that people would rather talk through technology than verbally.
  • I am not fully against it( obviously i'm on the computer typing this thread)
    • stephen richards
       
      The writer is advocating a step back from an overuse of technology but is using technology to voice his ideas. Almost this exact idea occurs in the book when the kids are driving past the people protesting the feed, while using the feed to broadcast their protest of the feed.
  • The problem with texting is that people have gotten so use to it to the point that they have no idea how to carry on a conversation with another person anymore..the word "YES" is just a few keystrokes away!
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  • The problem with today's world is that people are too stuck on their WANTS!! and not on their NEEDS!...whats funny is that people are being brain washed to think that these "wants" are "the NEEDS"
    • stephen richards
       
      This idea the writer is touching upon that people are beginning to think that what they want is actually what they need because technology tells them it is, is exactly what the feed does when it "knows" you so well that it "knows everything you want and hope for, sometimes before you even know what those things are."(48)
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    This article is about how technology has made us lazy and how people rely to heavily on it to do simple tasks. Questions are raised about if we begin to, as we have, rely on technology too much will we end up losing the ability to think for our selves?
Victor Shen

Advantages and Disadvantages of Advanced Technology | Scienceray - 0 views

  • 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
       
      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
       
      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
       
      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
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    advantages and disadvantages of the technology
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