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Ryan Clarke

The Good and the Bad Things About Technology, Page 2 of 2 - Associated Content from Yah... - 1 views

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  • Without technology, many people's hearts would not be beating
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      This relates back to the novel "feed" because violet was slowly dying because here feed was not working. So without the feed everyone would die. Also in society today you see and use technology everyday of your life.
Nathan Nast

Watson and "Jeopardy!"-Intelligence vs. Wisdom - Science and Religion Today - 1 views

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  • How can we most effectively address global poverty?
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 16 Feb 11
       
      Can Watson give us the answers we need to get out of the economic hole we are in today? I believe we are going to rely on computers like Watson to much, and technology will go in the direction of the feed.
  • Watson may be able to get all the answers right, but only humans know how to ask the right questions.
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 17 Feb 11
       
      This relates back to the feed, with the idea of human interaction. A computer (like watson) can always get you information or tell you the best place to eat...but computers cannot have feelings. They cannot have a sitdown conversation with you. They cant help you get through a tough time. After Computers are made to its full potential, human interaction will still be more important.
  • That’s actually much harder than it looks. As human beings, part of our intelligence is our ability to understand statements without much context—“Hey, did you get my email?” is often perfectly understandable because we know the reference point. But computers don’t have context, and often tell us things that are totally unrelated to what we are looking for.
    • Nathan Nast
      Nathan Nast on 17 Feb 11
       
      I thought this whole paragraph was very interesting. The slang used in everyday language is to hard for a computer to learn. A human brain is capable of understanding this. I think in the feed they use slang (just like us) to get away from the feed. To act like rebels in a world that is hard to rebel against. 
  • Nathan Nast on 16 Feb 11
     
    Watson, not only taking over jeopardy but also taking over the world.
  • chris zabriskie on 17 Feb 11
     
    its not perfected just yet but they are working on it but i think its cheating and also its not interesting to watch play
kaylyn kilmain

Buying Online Has Its Pros and Cons - The Advantages and Disadvantages of Buying Online... - 1 views

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buying online has

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  • ou can do it 24/7. You can shop whenever you want
  • 3. Wide variety of stores within a few clicks. This is very important for me since there are few stores in our locale.
  • kaylyn kilmain on 09 Feb 11
     
    shopping online is useful to be able to buy things from different places you are not able to get to. there are more items online then there are at the store
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  • Jonathan McDavid on 18 Feb 11
     
    there may be more options to buying online and may seem easyer, but in regards to feed it takes away the human to human natrual interaction.it can be good but not at the expence that your ONLY buying online. in addition it can have a lot of credit card trouble.... just sayin.
  • Victor Shen on 18 Feb 11
     
    Always good to go shopping on line, but when everybody was indict to shopping on line, then people will start to lose the job.
  • Hailey Kolb on 18 Feb 11
     
    This is similar to the feed because people can shop with out going to a store and now that the internet is on many phones it is possible to shop online pretty much whenever you want
Robert Porter

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

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Facebook Online Media advertising like Privacy Users Cookies Cnn Article Mozilla Google Chrome Business technology social

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

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

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Texting Teenagers Cell Phones

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

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

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

Pros & Cons of Mobile Phones | eHow.com - 1 views

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  • Mobile phones are a mixed blessing for many of us.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      The cell phone has caused concern for public safety. Since texting while driving has become such a concern, many states have made laws banning texting while driving.In feed Titus, the main character, has a younger brother that is distracted by the feed in his head so much that people can not even get his attention.
  • -year contract, limiting your choices if a cheaper plan becomes available.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      Cell phone plans can be very expensive and if you choose to get a cheaper plan you run the risk of going over your allowed minutes. If you run over your minutes or the number of texts you are allowed to use your bill can become very expensive very quick.n Feed the people can buy things over the feed and if they don't pay attention to how much they spend they might have a huge bill as well.
  • even thousand minutes and will include extras, such as text messaging. T
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  • And woe to those who go over their allotted minutes. Mobile phone bills can easily become 1,000 dollar nightmare.
  • Also, many people now use their mobile phones exclusively, after canceling their home phone service. Having one less bill to pay is definitely a positive.
    • Jeffrey Baudisch
      Jeffrey Baudisch on 07 Feb 11
       
      cell phones have the ability to call anyone in the county for the same price as calling your neighbor. This versatility has allowed people to replace their home phone completely eliminating one more bill to pay at the end of the month.In Feed the people are able to talk to each other by using a feed so there is no need for any type of phone.
  • Jeffrey Baudisch on 31 Jan 11
     
    The cell phone has many great uses but these uses can also be its flaws. There is a danger of loosing focus while driving or even just racking up a oversized bill at the end of the month.
gabriel reid

Gains and Losses - 1 views

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gains losses technology

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

Good Technology? Bad Technology? - 1 views

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Loss of Leisure reading cell phone instant messaging.

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  • Dan Tusler on 24 Jan 11
     
    This article is about the ups and downs of technology as a whole. However, it mainly touches on the instant messaging aspect that is so widley used today. This raises questions regarding our common sense on eye to eye conversations and our activities we do on our own time.
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.
Ryan Clarke

Young People Cop to It: Technology Is Bad for Us - ABC News - 1 views

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  • "It's bad for us, but it sure is fun," said Eric Bautista, 13, one of the students in Sister Jolene Schmitz's junior high school class at Resurrection School in Sunnyvale, Calif.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 16 Feb 11
       
      This goes to show that technology is consuming our lives even if the children and others know that its bad for us.
  • r, the Apple computer and the Atari video game all were invented. They spend their days (and nights) surfing the Web, playing online games and instant messaging. Most have cell phones in their backpacks. And many have at least one parent who works in the electronics industry.
    • Ryan Clarke
      Ryan Clarke on 25 Jan 11
       
      Again these children and other people are being consumed by technology...staying up all night surfing the web, talking to people on chat, playing online games
  • Yet, when asked to weigh the benefits of having high technology in their lives versus the costs -- intellectually, emotionally, socially -- of that technology, the class voted 31-3 negative … a ratio so extreme that it argues against an aberration and toward a larger question about the overall impact of technology on the lives of our young people.
  • Ryan Clarke on 25 Jan 11
     
    Young people cop to it: Technology is bad for us is telling us the reality of technology's negative side. Using young children as the main consumer and using their words in this article leads us to believe even more that technology is consuming out lives.
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.
stephen richards

This is Your Brain on Technology - The Effect of Technology on Social Interaction - 1 views

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  • How did we ever manage without personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, iPods and 24 hour cable news?
    • stephen richards
      stephen richards on 04 Feb 11
       
      To some people, like Titus, they cannot understand how a world before technology could have functioned, and why some one now would choose to use an outdated and slower technology. in the story Titus is confused when Violet takes out a pen and paper and begins to write, "[he] looked at her funny. 'You write?' [He] said. 'With a pen?'" His confusion as to why she would choose to use a slower more difficult way of technology is not dissimilar to how teenagers today look when someone uses an outdated technology, which M.T. Anderson uses to suggest that we are not very far off from this world.
  • stephen richards on 28 Jan 11
     
    An increased use of technology is causing people to become less capable of carrying on a social interaction with another person.
chris zabriskie

App Can't Replace Confession, Vatican Says - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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replace app technology

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  • Confession: a Roman Catholic App,
    • chris zabriskie
      chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
       
      they plan to have the convenience of confession at home
  • chris zabriskie on 11 Feb 11
     
    technology attempts to replace real life
Elizabeth Hughes

Texting while Driving Facts - 0 views

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  • ever, using mobiles phones while driving can lead to dangerous or fatal results on the road. As the trend of texting has gone beyond bounds, there are many youngsters and teenagers who are found texting while driving. One of the most prominent texting while driving facts is
  • ever, using mobiles phones while driving can lead to dangerous or fatal results on the road. As the trend of texting has gone beyond bounds, there are many youngsters and teenagers w
  • According to a study conducted, teenagers and youngsters are more susceptible to car crashes and fatal road accidents. If you are writing or reading text messages, your reaction time in case of emergency reduces by approximately 35%. One of the most surprising texting while driving facts is that this activity is more dangerous than driving under the influence of alcohol or marijuana.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 01 Mar 11
       
      this is so true, when you take your eye of the road for a second, something bad could happen at an instance, people should always be focusing on the road and not texting
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  • Around 50% of teenagers agree to the fact that they do texting while driving.
    • Elizabeth Hughes
      Elizabeth Hughes on 01 Mar 11
       
      This fact is huge!! Teenagers should be more aware of this.
    • john peacen
      john peacen on 01 Mar 11
       
      this will not stop because is big problem, even knowing is illegal does not resolve the problem.
    • john peacen
      john peacen on 01 Mar 11
       
      the older people text in the car too, how this will stop if the older give this example too.
  • Lily Pelanne on 11 Feb 11
     
    Texting is taking over our young drivers today. It's even worse when they text while driving. Not only is it dangerous but its very distracting to the driver who won't see an oncoming car and crash or run a red light and possibly crash. Hopefully none of us will turn into that now that Texting or talking is now illegal and against a criminal law.
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  • Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
     
    If texting is so dangerous then why is it not against the law in all states? Texting while driving is more dangerous then driving under the influence of alcohol or Marijuana so why do we still do it?
  • Jeffrey Baudisch on 14 Feb 11
     
    Do older people text as well not just teens?
  • Hailey Kolb on 18 Feb 11
     
    i think that it is not just teenagers that are texting while driving. I think that texting become a big distraction for every one while driving
  • lauren hanson on 01 Mar 11
     
    i believe now that driving and texting is illegal that they have to hide there phone when they do text because some people are going to do it anyways. but now they wont even be looking at the road while they text when i could text on there wheel so they could actually see the road. other then looking down to try to hide there phone to avoid getting a ticket!
chris zabriskie

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

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phone opening day verizon sellin

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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
Kevin Zhou

Egypt's Autocrats Exploited Internet's Weaknesses - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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egypt Internet shut down

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  • But now, as Egyptian engineers begin to assess fragmentary evidence and their own knowledge of the Egyptian Internet’s construction, they are beginning to understand what, in effect, hit them. Interviews with many of those engineers, as well as an examination of data collected around the world during the blackout, indicate that the government exploited a devastating combination of vulnerabilities in the national infrastructure.
    • Kevin Zhou
      Kevin Zhou on 17 Feb 11
       
      Everyone is too dependent on internet, similar to how everyone is too dependent on the feed in Feed.
  • For all the Internet’s vaunted connectivity, the Egyptian government commanded powerful instruments of control: it owns the pipelines that carry information across the country and out into the world.
    • Kevin Zhou
      Kevin Zhou on 17 Feb 11
       
      The internet is the place that contains all the information that anyone wants to find. By having it shut down within Egypt, it prevents information from leaving or entering, causing people to have no ideas. However, another way to gain information is also through books, but this way has become less common around people as the faster internet. This is related to the Feed as people has found no reason to use books to find any information and use their feed to find everything, much like us using the internet to find everything instead of books.
  • Kevin Zhou on 17 Feb 11
     
    Egypt's internet
Billy Mahoney

Japan plans high-tech World Cup 2022 bid - Telegraph - 0 views

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  • The country, which co-hosted the football tournament with Korea in 2002, hopes to convince Fifa to award it the tournament for a second time with an elaborate high-tech bid. Japan plans to make use of 200 high definition cameras to film the matches and then transmit them across the world to be shown on giant 3D screens. The Japanese are even considering ways to project 3D representations of the players onto empty pitches in other countries so that fans can enjoy a virtual football match. To make the experience even more immersive for viewers at the virtual match, microphones will be installed under the pitch at the World Cup to ensure that all the atmosphere is captured. Football fans will use digital tickets to get into matches and use GPS to find their way around stadiums.
    • Billy Mahoney
      Billy Mahoney on 11 Feb 11
       
      This article shows that people are becoming attached to technology so much that even watching a virtual game where no one is really present, and buying tickets to these games are now becoming enjoyable. Will the world soon be taken over by technology?
Hailey Kolb

Yahoo Opens a Digital Newstand - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • a digital newsstand, will offer a continuous stream of programming based on users’ interests
    • Hailey Kolb
      Hailey Kolb on 11 Feb 11
       
      This can connect to the feed because the digital news stand takes information about the person and finds content that might interest them based on the information that the digital newsstand collects from your phone or ipad.
  • “Adoption of tablets and mobile phones is exploding, and digital media isn’t keeping up,”
    • Hailey Kolb
      Hailey Kolb on 11 Feb 11
       
      this is an example of how technology is increasing
  • The platform, which will be available on the iPad and on Android tablets in the first half of this year, will also take into account a user’s location and the time of day.
Hank von GnarSlayer

Virtually Diseased! Technology is taking over our lives | The Michigan Daily - 0 views

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  • It is just that I am becoming conscious of the fact that as we give in to technological innovation, we give up on traditional human nature.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 11 Feb 11
       
      People depend on all types of technology. Even little things, to work up words, and directions. Its as if people can't follow a printed out map.
  • I believe it all started when I sat down to balance my checkbook (a depressing task as it is) and realized that I could not subtract without my calculator.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 11 Feb 11
       
      People need to be able to use their own brains instead of relying on technology. Since the feed is implanted into Titus and his friends' brains, they can't use their own brain power to think.
  • The power of computers is immense these days and I am so scared that our lives are succumbing to the use of them, thus swallowing up the importance of the human mind and personal interaction with others.
    • Lany Miller
      Lany Miller on 11 Feb 11
       
      People are beginning to forget what the human mind is capable of doing. In feed they forget to just how easy it can be to think for yourself and have your own thoughts.
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  • I believe this is absurd! What is next? Virtual sex? I will not even attempt to illustrate that!
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 17 Feb 11
       
      Yuck! Sounds like technology really is trying to replace every aspect of life. That last bit about virtual sex sounds ridiculous but with the way technology advances, there might be an app for that soon!
  • Always value the potential of the human mind. Always cherish the human touch, voice and face. And never let a computer replace a friend or a lover.
    • Hank von GnarSlayer
      Hank von GnarSlayer on 17 Feb 11
       
      I Agree! The way computers dominate aspects of our lives is taking away from how it was back in the day, when you could leave your couch without a cell phone, computer, ipod, calculator, navigation system, remote control prius keys etc. This makes me wonder, does technology really make life easier? Or does it make it harder to live without thousands of dollars worth of equipment everyday?
  • Lany Miller on 11 Feb 11
     
    Technology is replacing simple tasks and abilities that people should have.
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