May 6, 2016
Semester is over!
I hope that you all got into the classes you need for next semester or if you are leaving, got into the school you wanted to be in! Hope to see you next year.
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Semester is over!
I hope that you all got into the classes you need for next semester or if you are leaving, got into the school you wanted to be in! Hope to see you next year.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. -- Artist & Craftsman Supply opened the doors of its 29th store in Bridgeport on Monday, April 18, at the Arcade Mall on Main Street. The employee-owned chain of stores, which is based in Portland, Maine, has been ...
I know this isn't related to dmd in anyway, but would ya look at that Bridgeport has finally opened up an art store. Ive been waiting for this for years. This is great because i hate having to goto Michael's or Joann's every so often because its all the way in Milford. Apparently Art’s&Craftsman supply already has a shop in New haven, hope the one here will be good. ( Great now a closer place to supply my art addiction)
Consider some of the topics we've discussed in class (for example The Right to be Forgotten, Super-Fast Internet Lanes, PIPA, PRISM, etc.). What do you consider to be the greatest threat to the founding principles of the World Wide Web?
The World Wide Web was founded by Tim Berners-lee, a British scientist at CERN, on March of 1989. The original idea of the web being developed was to allow scientists in universities and institutes around the world to be able to share information among each other. His visions that people would put their researches and documents up on the World Wide Web so that anyone in the world can assess that information to be innovative and gain more knowledge. On April 30, 1993, CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain. It basically maximized its dissemination for the people and made it free for anyone. On the statement for releasing the World Wide Web into public domain says “The W3 project provides a collaborative information system independent of hardware and software platform, and physical location. The project spans technical design notes, documentation, news, discussion, education material, personal notes, publicity, bulletin boards, live status information and numerical data as a uniform continuum, seamlessly integrated with similar information in other disciplines” (Statement Concerning CERN W3 Software Release Into Public Domain)
I think that the greatest threat to the founding principles of the World Wide Web is to have an individual or company owning or controlling the World Wide Web. I believe that having an individual owning the World Wide Web is the greatest threats because the individual can charge people for using the World Wide Web and basically monopolize it since there is only one World Wide Web. This would contradict the principle of the World Wide Web. In general, the World Wide Web is meant for the people and not for someone to take ownership. Imagine if someone did control the internet, people might not be able to freely put out information and people would not have the control over what is on the internet. For example, the “Right to be forgotten” in Europe is an example of Google partially taking ownership of the internet. It allows google to take request to remove links and data off of their google search. Google shouldn’t have the right to remove anything because it is removing facts and information from the public and the information might not be replaceable, since people wouldn’t know what have been removed so the information will be gone forever. Why should google have to power to be able to remove certain information from the search engine? Without information created by journalists, bloggers, and your regular people, Google wouldn’t even be a thing. So imagine if someone does take full control of the internet, the web would be completely different today.
The Web’s impact on the entertainment industry
3. Since the rise of the personal computer, World Wide Web, and mobile device, we've seen an explosion of innovation that has shaped today's digital culture. In your opinion, what one technology, service, or application caused the greatest disruption to one of the industries below during this period?* When the World Wide Web was first released it created a massive surge within the entertainment industry, impacting many forms of popular media such as movies, music and video games. It created a brand new faster and easier way for companies to advertise and market their products. Having an open network designed to share data allowed the filmmakers and game developers to release trailers, commercials, and other forms of media promotion to reach out to wider audience. The average consumer could now download and stream music, tv shows, games, etc. People would no longer have to go to the local store to buy CDs, DVDs, or game disks because they now had access to fully digitized copies. The sudden ability to share content for your own and other people’s enjoyment led to the invention of many new websites, streaming services, and applications such as YouTube, Netflix, Steam, iTunes and many more. The sudden ability to record post your own video and audio creations allowed for numerous new forms of digital entertainment such as live streaming gameplay from your video games, filming funny videos, uploading original cartoons/animations, etc. This technology has offered so much potential for innovation that other machines such as mobile phones and video game consoles which initially lacked the capability to connect to the web were redesigned to support online connectivity due to the rapidly increasing demand of being able to stay “plugged in”. Like the majority of services provide online, many of the entertainment applications offered require a paid subscription to be made by the user. There are certain exceptions among subscription based services where the user does not have to pay with real currency and is instead forced to give away his or her personal information in exchange for the ability to access the application. However, despite the many opportunities the World Wide Web offers for producers to advertise and distribute their content, their insistence on charging consumers for the usage of their content has given way to a significant amount of internet piracy. Individuals with the knowledge and skills to gain access to entertainment products through illegal means so that they may share copyrighted videos and songs on their websites for free. Naturally, companies disapprove of their material being distributed to their consumers by hackers and thieves since it makes them less compliant to purchase their products, which in turn greatly lowers their revenue. The users of these illegal websites have brought about a large amount of controversy surrounding their belief that the user subscriptions and paid applications contradict the founding principles of the World Wide Web that were created by Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Consumers argue that companies charge their customers too much for the products they purchase digitally, and that they should have free access to the content being shared on the web as it is meant to be a open network. These advocates for absolute freedom and control of the World Wide Web believe that companies have no rights when it comes to their involvement online and should not be permitted to place any restrictions on their products, especially when it comes to them putting prices on their films, songs, games and shows.
Foop is a hydroponic pod from Japan that lets people grow vegetables and herbs, like lettuce, parsley, basil, and mesclun, in their apartments. And the company, which thinks us urbanites live a...
What if the future of gardening is automated and we have little to no interaction with the vegetables and herbs we produce?
Pretty crazy to think that some putters weren't able to run Windows 95 and now something we wear on our wrist can run it with ease.
Is Microsoft going to take over Apples iPhone? Microsoft is coming up with all sorts of brilliant ideas when it comes to easier texting. A single finger keyboard will definitely come in handy for those who are on the go and busy. On top of that, Microsoft is finding new ways to make your smart phone more comfortable with swiping features.
In the article above, it shares with us “The true draw, though, is the Arc Mode feature. It bends the entire keyboard into an elbow macaroni-shaped arc and relocates it to a single corner of the screen, like a luxury corner desk for your hard-working thumb.”
Either way, Microsoft is always coming up with new ways to impress the digital world. Look out Apple, Microsoft could be the future of our noble devices!
Citing a major Supreme Court decision, an Illinois judge has ruled that turning on a phone’s screen is now considered a “search.”
Huge step forward regarding privacy in a digital age. Hopefully this sets an example and other cases have a similar outcome.