Friday, March 9, 2007
The article I found on technewsworld.com talked about how the European Union announced on Friday that it ahs reached "amibitious agreement to increase the use of renewable energy to 20 percent of all energy usage by 2020." I've recently heard more about gloabal warming and whether or not people are aware of it and doing what they can to protect our earth. This sounds like some action is being made.
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The technology topic I decided to find an article on was the Windows Vista operating system coming out. I chose this because I have heard my brothers and dad talk about it recently and I remember talking about it some in class, though I could not remember very much about it. The website I looked at was the Windows Vista homepage to see what they are claiming about their new product. They say that transferring to Vista is easy especially with the Windows Easy Transfer which sets up your PC automatically transferring the files from the old system to the new. They also talked about it being safer, more fun, and more efficient. It is interesting to wonder how much of what they are saying is simply a sales effort and how much of it is actually true.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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This week the topic I researched was the virtual reality Second Life. This was interesting to me because I have not been very involved in many of the social networks online, such as My Space. I was not aware of the extent people can be involved in these online societies, though it really doesn't surprise me. I read the article I found posted by Wikipedia about Second Life. It makes me kind of curious to see what it looks like in this online community, though I cannot imagine having enough time to really be involved in it. It said that users are often called "residents" and that the activity is viewed by some as a game, though it does not have many properties present in most games. There are no winners or losers. It is just an environment where people can meet other people, buy items, explore, and participate in activities. It said that the number of users ranges from 12,000 to 25,000.
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Wednesday, January 31, 2007
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This week the topic I researched was the virtual reality Second Life. This was interesting to me because I have not been very involved in many of the social networks online, such as My Space. I was not aware of the extent people can be involved in these online societies, though it really doesn't surprise me. I read the article I found posted by Wikipedia about Second Life. It makes me kind of curious to see what it looks like in this online community, though I cannot imagine having enough time to really be involved in it. It said that users are often called "residents" and that the activity is viewed by some as a game, though it does not have many properties present in most games. There are no winners or losers. It is just an environment where people can meet other people, buy items, explore, and participate in activities. It said that the number of users ranges from 12,000 to 25,000.
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I just finished reading the article "Turing's Cathedral." It was interesting. Its contents were so detailed that I fear I did not grasp the total depth that was within. The comparisons the article made between Artificial Intelligence and humans' brains and nerves, were really interesting. People understand so much of what intelligence is, that it will be really intereting to see how they might similate it. It talked about Riboflavens which copy DNA, and compared them with how computers are able to copy and transport information. I thought it was also really interesting some of the quotes people have made in the last century, knowing that society was moving closer to creating AI. The article spoke of this path our world is moving in as being unstoppable, but not a bad thing. They said that computers gaing more intelligence could aid society. I saw the movie iRobot a couple weeks ago, and some of the things that happened in that movie keep popping up in my mind reading these things about AI. I definately think that movie was a little far-fetched (though interesting for a film plot), but it will be interesitng to see how this AI that's developing will continue to affect our world.
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Thursday, February 15, 2007
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The technology article I found at cnn.com was called "Scientists dubious of quantum computer claims." The article claimed that true quantum computing means that the computer would have to be based on true quantum physics verses classical physics. They said that most agree that a truly quantum computer is still decades away. The point of quantum computers would be for the computer to be faster and more efficient. There are doubts about when this could truly be achieved and about the ability of this higher proficiency being maintained.
Week 5 Blog
The technology article I found at cnn.com was called "Scientists dubious of quantum computer claims." The article claimed that true quantum computing means that the computer would have to be based on true quantum physics verses classical physics. They said that most agree that a truly quantum computer is still decades away. The point of quantum computers would be for the computer to be faster and more efficient. There are doubts about when this could truly be achieved and about the ability of this higher proficiency being maintained.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
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I found a technology news article on cnn.com about Microsoft's plans to sell a 512 MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360 video game. This would increase the size limit of LIVE(R) Arcade games from 50 MB TO 150 MB. I have two brothers and grew up watching them play on systems like Xbox. I am sure that they are always coming up with ways to make those types of games even more involved. They probably look more realistic, are able to store more, and move at a quicker, more effiecient rate.
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I found a technology news article on cnn.com about Microsoft's plans to sell a 512 MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360 video game. This would increase the size limit of LIVE(R) Arcade games from 50 MB TO 150 MB. I have two brothers and grew up watching them play on systems like Xbox. I am sure that they are always coming up with ways to make those types of games even more involved. They probably look more realistic, are able to store more, and move at a quicker, more effiecient rate.
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I found a technology news article on cnn.com about Microsoft's plans to sell a 512 MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360 video game. This would increase the size limit of LIVE(R) Arcade games from 50 MB TO 150 MB. I have two brothers and grew up watching them play on systems like Xbox. I am sure that they are always coming up with ways to make those types of games even more involved. They probably look more realistic, are able to store more, and move at a quicker, more effiecient rate.
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