Creator of the ‘LoveBug’ computer virus was Onel de Guzman, a 24 year old computer school student from the Philippines. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/06/29/philippines.lovebug.02/index.html
William D. Middlebrook invented the paper clip in 1899.
http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/paperclip.htm
The Ebola virus gets its name from the Ebola River in the north of Congo in central Africa. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002205/Ebola
The largest recorded earthquake was in Chile on May 22, 1960 which measured at 9.5. http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763403.html
1 Terabyte is equivalent to 1048576² Kilobyte. http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/tanya/hwtute/How_to_measure_data/measure.htm
Ray Tomlinson was credited with creating email in 1972. http://www.nethistory.info/History%20of%20the%20Internet/email.html
The storm worm is a computer virus on e-card websites. Computer users are tricked when they receive an e-mail alert that they have received an e-card, and inevitably visit the site resulting in their computers being infected with the storm worm.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Resurgent-Storm-worm-attacks-over-Web/0,130061744,339281298,00.htm
The most effective way to contact the Prime Minister is by post.
The Hon Kevin Rudd MPPrime MinisterParliament HouseCANBERRA ACT 2600
http://www.pm.gov.au/contact/index.cfm
Stephen Stockwell is a member of The Black Assassins Brisbane-based punk band.
http://blackassassins.net/
Web 2.0 to some is argued to be a new conventional wisdom of the changing web. It is a step up from Web 1.0 in that is a universe of all the new expansions of the web and databases, such as Google (Netscape being it’s opponent) that have become the driving service. Blogging has evolved from the use of personal websites to express oneself. Web 2.0 enables users to collect more information at an available convenience and supports a wave of information sharing.
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html
Generally the websites that are most relevant to your search are placed at the top of the search results. The search engine identifies the keywords of your search and allocates websites to the results are found. A brief website description is found in the result to give you an understanding of what can be found on the website. From those two lines of information one can normally tell if that website is relevant to the information they need or not.
Reputable search engines are managed, unlike Wikipedia, and give websites that they think would be of true content. Some of my favourite search engines are Google and AltaVista. AltaVista is a great source for News and Facts, Current Affairs. Google on the other hand is for everything in between. Google is user friendly with simple applications and that is what makes it more appealing to people.
Generally the websites that are most relevant to your search are placed at the top of the search results. The search engine identifies the keywords of your search and allocates websites to the results are found. A brief website description is found in the result to give you an understanding of what can be found on the website. From those two lines of information one can normally tell if that website is relevant to the information they need or not.
Reputable search engines are managed, unlike Wikipedia, and give websites that they think would be of true content. Some of my favourite search engines are Google and AltaVista. AltaVista is a great source for News and Facts, Current Affairs. Google on the other hand is for everything in between. Google is user friendly with simple applications and that is what makes it more appealing to people.
Lecture:
The reading in the lecture was Walter Benjamin: The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction. This reading demanded concentration and level of understanding of the ideas of what was being said. The Old Communication Technologies were the stepping stones to how we communicate today. Most are still in use as they still hold their purpose. Man has evolved and so has the way we communicate with each other. Communication cannot exist without the objects they enable us to do so.
The earliest forms of communication go back to the tribal era, where the use of symbols where used to tell a story from one generation to the other. This was a form of communication which brought about the concept of myths as interpretation of these symbols evolved and so the stories changed. Such Symbolism in communication could be found in Norway and South Africa in the forms of Rock art.
The development of the alphabet then took its form originating in the first cities of Egypt through hieroglyphics in about 1500BC. This then gave rise to the ancient texts which spread through Europe, the Middle East and China, scribed information and knowledge shared.
By 1452 Gutenburg’s memorable type was invented leading the way to the development of the telegraph, in 1845, by the use of Morse code where a dot and a dash soon corresponded with a letter or a sentence. This was the evolutionary basis of communication leading to the point-to-point telephone which today enables the web to be accessed by all. Radio, Cinema and Television soon followed opening up a whole new wave of communication from one part of the world to the next, effectively and efficiently, in comparison to its predecessor, Morse code.
In the 1920’s people started to realise how great an effect television had on people and the way they act. The power of Television was realised and became an interactive form of communication in that it got people to talk and discuss analysis of what is was they were watching.
Semiotics and symbolism is what affects us the most today in that the easiest was to communicate through cultural backgrounds is through semiotics. The use of symbols to identify universal things, have made such things iconic. Such an example would be the MacDonald’s sign. It is a multimillion symbol just through it being identifiable where ever you go. The evolution of communication has put man where they are today and has enabled us to develop new and exciting things.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
New Communication Technologies & Alphaville
Allphville was an interesting movie which was hard to follow at times. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard, it takes us on journey to an atempt at a utopia world. In the society trying to achieve this utopia, they live in distopia instead. It is futuristic and stylised with the alpha 60's opression of society, especially the woman which is very evident early in the movie. It is very uncomforatble to think of living in a world or society that puts everyone on a chain, mental and physical. I say physical because of the consequences the people in Alphaville face with the thinking individually or showing emotion. Although the film seems far fetched and surreal, it could probably be connected or related to the world we live in now, where some countries have alot of control and face consequences such as those in Alphaville for being different.
As technology grows and changes, so does societies need to keep up. The result of this is us changing the way we do things like communicate with friends, colleagues and keep our selves informed with what is going on in the world.
I personally have fallen victim to the use of facebook, myspace and bebo. Even though I have set up accounts with all three, I find that I really don’t utilise them as much as others do. Although I do communicate with people I know in these networks I have not interacted with people I have never met before. That, I suppose, is a personal choice as I have never been interested to do so. It is too easy to be apart of an impersonal world making technology and your computer be your voice, where you can say anything to anyone and really not be accountable for it because for one, the person has never met you and who are you really at the end of that interaction. It is a different story when you know the person that you are communicating with because they know weather what you are saying about yourself and your thoughts is true or not, to a certain extent because of the ‘I know you’ factor. Making friends with a stranger, on the other hand, is a different story in that the difference in the way you would communicate with them would be different to the way you would communicate with your friends. You have a license to be who you want to be and say what you want to say with a stranger. Especially with the private inbox mail, it has no limitations.
After having said that, Communication’s ever increasing technologies have aided me a hugely in being able to communicate with my family and friends back home. Things like being able to get a picture delivered to my mobile from a moment that I am missing out on at home, and being able to appreciate that moment as if I were there. The Mobile phone technologies have made it simple to be in contact as the most intimate moments even though thousands of kilometres separate the two sources. That is a communication technology that I would not be able to live without. I appreciate that growth in new communication technologies much more than I do for the other forms like facebook and myspace. It just makes life more tactile and real. Who knows what’s real on the net these days.
Realistic communications also come into play with the security of communication technologies, where you could be laying out your utter most private details (hopefully not credit card details) to that close friend whom you know would never tell your secrets, but who else is really listening. You just don’t know where your information is being replayed to on what server in which country. That si probably a fear that we all have to live with these days because it is in everything we do. Every form of communication we make is in jeopardy of not being private. It makes it all to complicated to even be apart of because of the full time awareness you have to be paying to what is going on. A mobile is not even safe with a simple mistake as leaving your Bluetooth on. I think people’s awareness of their privacy issues will soon become a conditioned motion to secure what ever communication technology it is you are using at that time. At the moment I find myself having to remind myself to check that what I think is private is really private and not open to a whole network of cyber hungry people. A technology grows, so will our conditioning grow and change as does our conditioning in society grow and change as the world changes.
As technology grows and changes, so does societies need to keep up. The result of this is us changing the way we do things like communicate with friends, colleagues and keep our selves informed with what is going on in the world.
I personally have fallen victim to the use of facebook, myspace and bebo. Even though I have set up accounts with all three, I find that I really don’t utilise them as much as others do. Although I do communicate with people I know in these networks I have not interacted with people I have never met before. That, I suppose, is a personal choice as I have never been interested to do so. It is too easy to be apart of an impersonal world making technology and your computer be your voice, where you can say anything to anyone and really not be accountable for it because for one, the person has never met you and who are you really at the end of that interaction. It is a different story when you know the person that you are communicating with because they know weather what you are saying about yourself and your thoughts is true or not, to a certain extent because of the ‘I know you’ factor. Making friends with a stranger, on the other hand, is a different story in that the difference in the way you would communicate with them would be different to the way you would communicate with your friends. You have a license to be who you want to be and say what you want to say with a stranger. Especially with the private inbox mail, it has no limitations.
After having said that, Communication’s ever increasing technologies have aided me a hugely in being able to communicate with my family and friends back home. Things like being able to get a picture delivered to my mobile from a moment that I am missing out on at home, and being able to appreciate that moment as if I were there. The Mobile phone technologies have made it simple to be in contact as the most intimate moments even though thousands of kilometres separate the two sources. That is a communication technology that I would not be able to live without. I appreciate that growth in new communication technologies much more than I do for the other forms like facebook and myspace. It just makes life more tactile and real. Who knows what’s real on the net these days.
Realistic communications also come into play with the security of communication technologies, where you could be laying out your utter most private details (hopefully not credit card details) to that close friend whom you know would never tell your secrets, but who else is really listening. You just don’t know where your information is being replayed to on what server in which country. That si probably a fear that we all have to live with these days because it is in everything we do. Every form of communication we make is in jeopardy of not being private. It makes it all to complicated to even be apart of because of the full time awareness you have to be paying to what is going on. A mobile is not even safe with a simple mistake as leaving your Bluetooth on. I think people’s awareness of their privacy issues will soon become a conditioned motion to secure what ever communication technology it is you are using at that time. At the moment I find myself having to remind myself to check that what I think is private is really private and not open to a whole network of cyber hungry people. A technology grows, so will our conditioning grow and change as does our conditioning in society grow and change as the world changes.
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