...Transformation of Media Forms The theory of evolution from paper to the internet The theory of evolution must ‘evolve’ with the transforming media forms around it to maintain its scientific and social relevance. In other words, it must shift from the conventional media forms such as journals, books and publications and move towards the ways of the internet. Even collective groups of scientists and evolutionists can be shifted from physical to online gatherings via the ways of the internet and its related technologies. The majority of internet users throughout the world see the net as simply an enormous link-up of the world’s computers, after all, this is the ‘universal answer’ people tend to give when asked “what is the internet?”. Although this common answer is a pretty accurate image, it would be more correct to describe the internet as a “global network of hardware and software which stores and transports information from a content provider to an end user” . This infrastructure allows any person who wishes to say anything, access to say it to the world. Controversial topics are abundant on the World Wide Web, and this media form enables these topics to be discussed, investigated, or challenged. Evolution is defined as being: “A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form”. Arguments for evolution include The Fossil Record, Darwin’s theory of Natural Selection, and Biological Evidence. Arguments against evolution...
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...without the internet? Whether it is social media, online banking, or research, the internet is the main use of computers. The main problem with the internet is that it is taking the place of professional jobs that at one time were very important to people. Such jobs include photography, mailmen, bank tellers, and journalists. Shirky goes into explicit detail about the pros and cons on internet use in the daily lives of humans. Shirky had an Uncle Howard from Richmond Missouri who was very passionate about his job as a newspaperman. Howard was not very fond of change within his job and was not happy when the USA today came out. He felt his job was being taken over by people who did not appreciate and understand journalism. Shirky’s main point in his spiel is that those who use the internet are taking away the jobs of the professionals. Bloggers are especially guilty of taking away the jobs of professionals. Now-a-days anyone can go on to the internet and post on blogs and sites about their reactions or views on things. It does not take someone special to be a journalist. In fact there is no way to determine who is a journalist due to the major use of the web. Shirky is not thinking negatively about the internet, there are many good resources that the internet provides. He just is getting his point across that so many jobs that once were considered professional and needed a degree or certificate to be employed in, are now being taken over by amateurs due to the internet. The central...
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...difficulties for other American companies. Lastly, the Chinese version of Google.com continued to be available in addition to Google.cn, so that it would only expand the information available to Chinese users and not reduce it in any way. (Boatright 449) Question 2: In your judgment and from an ethical perspective do you feel that the measures taken by Google were adequate to protect the rights of their Chinese users? Personally, I do not think the measures taken by Google were acceptable enough to protect the rights of their Chinese users. In China, there seemed to be a division between ethics and business ethics. Consequently, Google carried out censorship in China, which it did not do in the U.S. Additionally, Google was focused on the belief of getting into China to create a premium search engine site. Overall, Google was determined and confident that it would be a success within the Chinese market. If they really wanted to protect the rights of the Chinese internet users, Google should have not allowed a division, by undercutting both business ethics and ethics for the purpose of company success within China. Question 3: In your judgment and from an ethical perspective did the actions taken by Google, Cisco, Microsoft and other companies enable censorship on the...
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...and allowing traffic to connect to the other switched computers and the internet. First is the design of the network. The network is simple overall. There are only two layers to the network, a core and an access layer. The Core layer contains the router, which is responsible for routing the traffic between the internet and VLANs on the switches. The Access layer, which switches A, B, and C, connects devices such as computers to the network and internet. What is network architecture? vmware glossary There are several steps that need to be taken to ensure the connection between...
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...with Microsoft: Fight or Flight? Question-1: Was it ethical for Microsoft to force users of its Windows operating system to use its internet browsers as well by bundling the programs together and preventing PC manufacturers from making other software available to computer buyers? Was Microsoft’s behavior toward its rivals ethical? Why or why not? Answer: By bundling its internet browser and other programs together Microsoft was forcing its buyers to use their browser Internet Explorer and other programs like Windows Media Player. It was also preventing other PC manufacturers from making similar software which the users could have used as a better alternative to the Microsoft software. As the programs were bundled together, the users were forced to pay for the software they didn’t want to use and they were not allowed to choose other software though they were better alternative than the Microsoft programs, some of these programs were open source and free of cost.As we know that consumers have four types of right and under “The Right to Choose” users should have the right to choose any program they want, not the internet browser of Windows operating system. So it was unethical for Microsoft to force users of its Windows operating system to use its internet browsers as well by bundling the programs together and preventing PC manufacturers from making other software available to computer buyers. Again, Microsoft’s behavior toward its rivals was unethical. Microsoft tried to...
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...hoping they notice you but wishing they wouldn’t because you’re an embarrassment to yourself. Yet, this song contains curse words and explicit language that are frowned upon. Now think of this. The same song comes on the radio the next day with all of the swear words bleeped out and some of the language altered for “easy” listening. Does the song still have the same meaning? Should the song have been censored for listeners? No. It takes away the honesty and feeling that makes the song so powerful. Much of censoring does which is why I’m opposed to internet censoring. Censoring is when an audio creation, book, movie or a written piece is officially examined and the parts that are considered unacceptable are censored, or in other words hidden or taken out. Usually when a person thinks of censoring they think of protection. Society as whole is being kept safe because sex scenes in movies, curse words in songs and books are being taken out so people aren’t exposed to such vulgarity. Online articles and news reports are being shared with the public but the entire truth and reality of the whole dilemma isn’t being told. So how exactly is this helping the public more than hurting it? We now live in a world that is run by technology. We’re able to keep up with the world’s events and crimes that happen around us because it is...
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...Online safety for children BIS 220 September Thursday 08, 2011 Online safety for children Information technology has increased significantly overtime, bringing advantages and disadvantages with it. The use of the Internet has made it easier and quicker to access numerous subjects from vacation planning, to the best plumber in town. Students find it helpful for schoolwork when they need to research topics for papers because it gives one access to countless amounts of information. Students without Internet at home can easily go to their school or city library to use the computers and Internet they provide. With such a large amount of access to the Internet, it can become a danger for children because it is so easily accessible to look up any subject. These are just some of the reasons the government stepped in to regulate Internet usage for children. The children’s Internet protection act of 2000 enforces elementary school, secondary school, and libraries with Internet access to block material deemed harmful to minors. These facilities must provide certification to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that they have installed technology for computers with Internet access, which filters this harmful information. This requirement for Internet safety protects against access to visual depictions that are pornographic or considered obscene in any way (Universal Service Administrative Company, 2003). This is a condition to receive a discount on telecommunications services...
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...UNIT 10 ASSIGNMENT 1: EXAMINE REAL-WORLD IMPLEMENATATIONS OF SECURITY STANDARDS AND COMPLIANCE LAWS CIPA stands for The Children's Internet Protection Act. It is a bill that was signed into law in December 2000, and was to be constitutional by the United States Supreme Court in June 2003. It requires schools K-12 and libraries to have internet filters to protect children from harmful online content that blocks access to “visual depictions” on the Internet that are obscene, child pornography or harmful to minors. Meaning any picture, image, graphic image file, or other visual depiction that has been taken as a whole and with respect to minors, appeals to an excessive interest in nudity, sex, or excretion; depicts, describes, or represents, in a patently offensive way with respect to what is suitable for minors, an actual or simulated sexual act or sexual contact, actual or simulated normal or perverted sexual acts, or a lewd exhibition of the genitals; and taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value as to minors. The law also states that a school or library may disable the technology protection measures concerned, during use by an adult, to enable access for bona fide research or other lawful purpose. Public Schools and Public Libraries must comply with CIPA to be able to take advantage of E-rating discounts for telecommunication resources and LSTA grants for various programs. The act has several requirements for...
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...THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF INTERNET There are many technological innovations that have led to this world being called a world of machines. The most jaw dropping innovation is internet. Even though in our everyday busy life we may not take a second and be thankful for this creative innovation but we would not deny that is has changed our life immensely. Internet links computer to computer and like this was not enough, it has spread like cancer cells in every new technology available e.g. – mobiles, laptops, TV etc. We are surrounded by technology every second of the day. The most important question as of now we can ask ourselves is weather the benefits of internet outweigh the disadvantages or has the nightmare just begun. To a great degree, of course, internet has made our lives a lot laid-back and stress free. A businessman can check his bank balance at a mere flick of the button whilst his wife can cook delicious food by taking the recipe sitting in the front of the computer screen. Their teenage daughter can buy expensive clothes through internet and their son can contact his friends all round the world over the internet. Nobody requires move. More seriously, however, internet has resulted in massive progress in majority fields of the life from medicine to business, from art to education. It serves as a package for everyone regardless of their age and class. Internet has become a necessity. Moreover, the slog of work has been occupied over by laptops, leaving...
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...do at home with their families. There just does not seem to be enough time at home to handle all the things that need to be done at home and that is why employees use company resources for their personal business. How does an employer determine what is excessive and is considered abuse? There are some organizations out there that allow their employees limited use of company resources as long as it does not impact their jobs or the actual network resources. There are other companies out there that have very strict policies to prevent certain types of personal usage to the point that they do not allow any internet access at all. These types of policies depend solely on the company or organization due partly to cost but also to past history of usage from employees. For example NASA’s policy seems to be lenient and allows employees use office equipment and internet. NASA’s policy states that they believe their employees are responsible and capable of balancing responsibility. NASA does qualify that...
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...Executive summary We cannot imagine our life without internet, it become internal part of our life. Some researcher considered internet to be the greatest innovation of modern’s time. Suppose the facility of internet given to us taken by someone forcibly, then imagine our life without it. In recent development china and iran have restricted the information flow throughout their country, specially china have ban Google-universal search engine and email in its country. Firstly question arises why any country will ban if internet is so useful. There lots of hidden agenda of the govt that has to be protected, if there is free flow of information is there public start questioning on the procedures of govt work. Internet censorship in China is among the most stringent in the world. The government blocks Web sites that discuss the Dalai Lama, the 1989 crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters, Falun Gong, the banned spiritual movement, and other Internet sites The government’s computers intercept incoming data and compare it against an ever-changing list of banned keywords or Web sites, screening out even more information. The motive is often obvious: Since late 2010, the censors have prevented Google searches of the English word “freedom.” In March 2011, Google accused the Chinese government of disrupting its Gmail service in the country and making it appear as if technical problems at Google — not government intervention — were to blame. At the same time, several popular virtual...
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...2015 There are many things to consider when designing and building a network for a small business from the ground up. Among the first thing to take into account are how many computers will be needed and what kind of processing will be done with those computers on the new network (McQuerry, 2008). The next thing to consider is an overall budget for the project. Once all these factors have been taken into account, a plan can be made and implemented. Now with a budget and design in place, the hardware can now be chosen and purchased. If only light computing such as data processing, email, and filing will be done, then the computers themselves will not need to be as high end as if the computers were going to be used for video and photo rendering. For an office with ten computers being used solely for data input and record keeping, the estimated cost would be roughly $10,000 (Newegg.com, 2015). That would include: 10 computers, software, wireless internet router, a network storage device and all the cables required. Internet service would also have to be taken into account as there are many options on internet service providers and one option would be cable internet at an estimated cost of $3,400 per year. Now that all the equipment and the internet service have been selected and purchased, the next step would be construction of the network. The average hourly rate of an Internet Technology Technician (I.T. Tech), is $100 per hour (Imagine IT, 2015). The estimated time to design...
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...Free Speech In the 20th and 21st century, Internet access has been made possible by technology and service plans. It has been brought by changes in innovation and drastic industrial revolution; this has made consumer use become popularized through the dial-up connections, which facilitated marketing of products and communication globally using the term broadband. The U.N fights for Internet rights by declaring them as a human right for the universe to be able to access basic information and communication services (Hayes 98). Use of Internet around the world has grown rapidly due to the market saturation and growth of industrialized countries. This has brought growth to countries such as Brazil, Caribbean and the Middle East. It has grown tremendously with a margin of over a billion users in the past ten years from 670 million to 1.9 billion users. In order to promote accessibility to the nation, the government has invested large amounts of dollars to breach the gap that is between people with access to the Internet and those without (Hayes 108). By providing access to the Internet, more people are able to take advantage of political, economic, social and carrier opportunities. Internet democracy should be promoted as every citizen has an equal right and say in decisions affecting their lives and development of law legislation. Oppressive regimes such as China have taken measures to squash political opposing of Internet accessibility to its citizens in order to protect their...
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...Abstract In this era of information, Internet and censorship are considered to be opposite to each other. Where internet is the source of worldwide knowledge and censorship is the policy to censor some of the information which can cause any type of disruption. In Pakistan, the use of this new technology is under practice with the control of censorship on some content. This research paper looks at the measurements taken by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority to control the censored information and block the sites which holds the improper and immoral information. The paper tends to find the historical background of the internet censorship in Pakistan holding the precautionary measures taken by PTA and how the religious values are protected by blocking various anti-Islamic sites. The guidelines are being followed by the Government of Pakistan in order to supervise the censored material on the internet. Introduction Censorship is the act or policy of omitting the obscene, corrupt and politically dangerous content form the books, movies/ films etc. (Wikipedia) Internet censorship is to restrict every type of content that includes immoral and offensive approach. (Wikipedia) Till 2010 in Pakistan, people had the open and unrestricted access to every kind of religious, political, social and sexual escalating content on the internet. The websites offering the critical content against Pakistani government and military are also banned. Pakistan government has not really...
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...IP v6 IPv6 or Internet Protocol Version 6 is currently the newest revision or version of the Internet Protocol. A type of communication protocol which is formal description of digital message formats; when communicating between computers using the internet connections. IPv6 is vastly similarly to IPv4 in many of its features still intact; providing different numerical IP addresses for internet compatible devices. IPv6 is considered the successor to IPv4 and to attend to the issues of IPv4. One of the major issues with IPv4 is that it utilizes 32-bits for the addresses it outlines, that is a fixed number; while being large in size many address are being taken over time will run out of addresses. IPv6 attempts to tackle this issue with its new feature, the utilization of 128-bits internet addresses. The IPv4 use 32 bits for the addresses it applies to internet devices, to determine how many IP this can provide is as simple as 2 to 32nd power which is about 4.30 billion unique addresses; these is the current amount of addresses for IPv4; still a fixed number. With steadily raising IP address being taken by our ever growing technology base world, our current demand for IP addresses is soon going to reach the limit at one point. The IETF or The Internet Engineering Task Force, decide to develop IPv6 to help address this issue before it becomes a major issue in the future. IPv6 is considerably larger in its unique address that it needs hexadecimal to help portray the unique addresses...
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