Blown to Bits, Chapter 2

Questions for Blown to Bits,

Chapter 2

Naked in the Sunlight‚ Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned

1. What are some of the ways the author shows how the government can track you?

2. State your opinion on the author's views. Do you think he is correct in his interpretation of the government tracking everyone, or do you think this statement is just conspiracy? Explain.

3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the always connected world? Do the pros outweigh the cons? Is it ok to give up privacy for the benefits technology gives us? Explain.

4. How many GPS satellites are currently orbiting around earth?

5. How does RFID effect the world of retail? Is it good for retail to use RFID to make the shopping experience easier? 

3Spooky5Me! (Think 2spooky4you)

3Spooky5Me! (Think 2spooky4you)

An android game in MIT's App inventor

 

 Do you want to be scared by some Halloween magic? No? Well you've come to the right place! The only thing scary here is the over-abundance of internet memes! 3Spooky5Me is a deceptively simple puzzler, in which the player has to use his finger to scare away the spooky ghosts in order to get through Halloween in one piece. But be careful, as you may encounter the spookiest monster you have ever laid eyes on. This game for android will keep the whole family entertained for seconds and seconds! So much time!

Questions to ponder:

1. App Inventor is similar to Scratch in several ways. Scratch, like app inventor, has two separate areas in which you design your program. The GUI (Graphical User Interface) is designed on a screen where you place elements to your liking, and it is the part of the program the end user sees. The other part is the code, in the form of blocks. The programmer drags these blocks of code in order to make the program run, and this is the part that makes your application actually work. This system of development is the same in both Scratch and App Inventor.

2. Programming nowadays is more accessible than ever. Anyone who wants to can learn to program. "Back in the Day", the only way to program was on computing devices the average person could not afford. even i9f one could afford one such device, the learning curve was so drastic coding was not possible to learn if you did not possess a very specific intellectual skill set. Now with mobile devices and the vast increase in computing power, it is quite easy for anyone who would like to make something or has a great idea to make it. The tools to program and learn how to program are more intuitive and the learning curve is significantly less. This lets more people get their content out to the people who want to use it, and makes society much richer with more ideas out in the public.

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Answers to Blown to Bits

1. bytes per second

2. We are able to make perfect copies infinitely.

3. It did because the ability to store large amounts of photos made film obsolete

4. Technology is not a force, but it is just a medium and the users have total control whether technology is used for good or evil.