Monday, October 31, 2011
The End of books
The End of books is basically an article that discusses how technology is making books obsolete and how using the computer to find out information is more convenient then reading an actual book. The author discusses the benefits of hypertext which allows you to view related links and pictures associate with what every it is your searching for online. I like hypertext but I also like to read stuff in an actual magazine or book. Only because when I look at the computer to long it starts to make my eyes hurt. I just wish someone invents a program that is not expensive that reads articles and books to you so you don't have to actually read them. Its a program like that on academic search primer but it never works when I try to use it. At first I thought the program might not be compatible with my mac but I tried using it on my PC and it did not work either.
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Why computer voices are mostly female
This is the link to this article: http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/21/tech/innovation/female-computer-voices/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6
This article is interesting I never thought about why most computer voices are female voices. well not all of them are female voices but the majority of them are. However according to this article a lot of I-phone users are wondering why siri's voice is female voice and the reason basically is that more people feel like a womans voice is more pleasant. This is the reason why most automated services use female voices. On the other hand in France and the UK siri is a male voice I wonder why? In the article it says that I-phone users ask siri what is she wearing and she responds why are you asking me this question. Thats really funny because clearly the majority of the people asking these questions are male. Yea but its an app on the android market called vlingo and its basically just like siri and of course it has a female voice.
This article is interesting I never thought about why most computer voices are female voices. well not all of them are female voices but the majority of them are. However according to this article a lot of I-phone users are wondering why siri's voice is female voice and the reason basically is that more people feel like a womans voice is more pleasant. This is the reason why most automated services use female voices. On the other hand in France and the UK siri is a male voice I wonder why? In the article it says that I-phone users ask siri what is she wearing and she responds why are you asking me this question. Thats really funny because clearly the majority of the people asking these questions are male. Yea but its an app on the android market called vlingo and its basically just like siri and of course it has a female voice.
Personal Dynamic media
In the article Personal Dynamic Media the author talks about one day having a computer that is as small as a n actual notebook. That also have several features like music storage , letter storage, and other features. The author says he imagines a notebook that can put out and receive information. He says the first attempt to crate this kind of note book was in 1967-1969. However from the picture that I saw of it it looked nothing like a notebook. I always wondered why computers use to big so big. I glad over time they have gotten small. Even though he is talking about a notebook type of computer being created now days it seems like he is basically describing and i-pad. In the conclusion the author ask what would happen in a world where everyone had their own dynabook? I couldn't imagine the world with out computers it's like what would I do in a world with out them.
Personal Dynamic Media
In the article Personal Dynamic Media the author talks about one day having a computer that is as small as a n actual notebook. That also have several features like music storage , letter storage, and other features. The aurthur says he imagines a notebook that can put out and reicve information.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
MC Hammer launching his own search engine
This is the website link http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/20/tech/web/mc-hammer-search-engine/index.html?hpt=hp_bn6.
I cannot believe that Mc Hammer would be trying to create his own search engine. It seems like now days anyone can us there name to create or endorse anything even if they are some washed up celebrity. Even if he does go through with this Im sure his search engine would not be popular enough to compete with google and Bing. Personally I never use Bing to find out anything but I google everything I want a fast answer too. Also I thought Mc Hammer was broke were did he get the money to start his own search engine? There was not that much information in this article about details of this search engine but it has me wondering.I mean if it that easy to start your own search engine or is Mc hammer just investing his money in some up and coming company. An if that's the case why isn't some celebrity's like Jay-z or 50 Cent involved in this new up and coming search engine.
I cannot believe that Mc Hammer would be trying to create his own search engine. It seems like now days anyone can us there name to create or endorse anything even if they are some washed up celebrity. Even if he does go through with this Im sure his search engine would not be popular enough to compete with google and Bing. Personally I never use Bing to find out anything but I google everything I want a fast answer too. Also I thought Mc Hammer was broke were did he get the money to start his own search engine? There was not that much information in this article about details of this search engine but it has me wondering.I mean if it that easy to start your own search engine or is Mc hammer just investing his money in some up and coming company. An if that's the case why isn't some celebrity's like Jay-z or 50 Cent involved in this new up and coming search engine.
From computer power and human reason
One of the statements in this article that I found interesting is "That concern that machines will take over not just the jobs that provide us income , but also those cognitive and emotional functions we closely associate with humanity. I agree that computers have taken over many jobs from people , but I don't believe they will take over are cognitive and emotional functions we associate with humanity. This is why I believe that people should work in fields where people are always going to be needed. Health care is a great field to work in that could not be taken over by some machine. Another thing I found interest in this Article is the program called doctor that was created. It was suppose to help people solve their problems but I guess all the answer to any question was vague and not that informative. Its just certain things that should be left up to humans to do because a computer can not relate to someone or interpret in kind of emotion from someone.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Second life
This article discuses the second life that a few people created online and some of the stereotypes when it comes to gender and the experiences they have to deal with online due to gender. Women avatars usually have big breast and look extremely skinny while men are buff and have six packs. In the experiment a few people created avatars and engaged in a second life online. In this virtual world one of the women felt very uncomfortable being represented as a female avatar. So, she decided to change her gender in her second life from female to male. I believe this was do to the fact that most online games are controlled by men. According to the article women are often harassed and spoken to inappropriate online. If I was a women I would not want to participate in this second life game either all of the images that I seen of women are very explicit.
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Facebook to launch China, Report suggest
This is the link to this article:
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/11/facebook-launch-china-site-baidu/
This article was very short but it informed me about something I did not know. This article is about launching Facebook in China. Personally I had no idea that people in China did not have access to Facebook. China is a very strict country its like people cannot do anything over there. In the article it stated that China had over 450 million internet users thats a lot of people. However, I wonder what they are doing on the internet because the government blocks the majority of the web sites over there. I don't think that allowing the people of China to use Facebook would cause any harm. People should have the right to use the internet they way that they want to especially if they are paying for internet service. Blocking most of the websites in China is just making internet usage extremely boring. I dont know what I would do if I said in a country like China.
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/04/11/facebook-launch-china-site-baidu/
This article was very short but it informed me about something I did not know. This article is about launching Facebook in China. Personally I had no idea that people in China did not have access to Facebook. China is a very strict country its like people cannot do anything over there. In the article it stated that China had over 450 million internet users thats a lot of people. However, I wonder what they are doing on the internet because the government blocks the majority of the web sites over there. I don't think that allowing the people of China to use Facebook would cause any harm. People should have the right to use the internet they way that they want to especially if they are paying for internet service. Blocking most of the websites in China is just making internet usage extremely boring. I dont know what I would do if I said in a country like China.
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