Asynchronous/Virtual class!

We have something special planned for Tuesday night, a class that will be conducted virtually!

 

First, read the class lecture notes at:

http://zorak.monmouth.edu/~posten/homepc.ppt

 

Then tomorrow night you can log in to http://ecampus.monmouth.edu and join the chat room for our IT 102-50 section to discuss issues regarding what you need to think about when budgeting for a home computer.  A log of the conversation will be mailed out as well for an 'asynchronous' learning experience.  You can log in from a home computer, one in the dorms, or actually go to our classroom. 

 

Once the lecture and discussion session are complete, your homework assignment will be to design and budget a 'dream' home computer system.  If unlimited funds were available what kind of computer would you build and why?  Would you want something simple just to email, surf the web and do reports on?  Or would you want a killer audio/video powerhouse that could play all the latest games at their best quality?  Maybe you would want a monster video and audio editing system where you could do photography and make movies.  Or will you go for something simple and elegant with moderate power like an Apple iMac or Dell's new Dell ONE?

 

You will gather a list of all the features and create a powerpoint presentation showing what your system can and can't do and an excel spreadsheet that details ALL of the costs it would take to acquire such a system.  Dont forget printers, LCDs, peripherals and software, also tax shipping and other hidden costs.  Together this should be a 3-4 page presentation and a single excel spreadsheet, and should be ready to show the rest of the class on Thursday night.

 

Let me know if you have any questions, I'll see you (virtually!) tomorrow night.

 

Sam

Is email dead?

Slate thinks so:

http://slate.com/id/2177969/pagenum/all/#page_start

Thomas Hawk agrees:

http://thomashawk.com/2007/11/email-1961-2007-rip-thank-god.html

 

 

You Tube HD?  Yes please.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/15/youtube-hd-coming-soon/

 

Colussus:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7094881.stm

 

Hacker of the year arrested:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/police-swoop-on-hacker-of-the-year/2007/11/15/1194766821481.html

RCRD LBL

http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/15/engadget-founder-peter-rojass-new-digital-music-site-rcrd-lbl-l/

 

Get free downloads today!

 

Also check out:

http://www.niggytardust.com from Saul Williams and Trent Rezner.

What's wrong with Creative Commons?

I dont agree with all of his conclusions but it's an interesting backgrounder from a professional perspective.

 

http://www.jmg-galleries.com/blog/2007/11/12/creative-commons-a-great-concept-ill-never-employ/

 

OF COURSE CC isn't designed for folks like him and it's frustrating that this is so often confused.

Professor Lessig's TED talk

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/11/06/larry-lessigs-ted-ta.html

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How hackers work

From How stuff works….

 

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/hacker.htm

 

Sam

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Yahoo vs. Google

http://weblogs.media.mit.edu/SIMPLICITY/nonflickr/05_yahoogle.html

 

Sam

AP chief on how the net has tranformed news

http://www.ap.org/pages/about/whatsnew/wn_110107a.html

If you put amateurs on the front line of security

You shouldn’t be surprised when you get amateur results…

 

So says noted security expert Bruce Schneier…

 

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/11/the_war_on_the.html

 

Do you agree?  Is escalating every possible incident the right thing to do, cause it only takes one wrong decision to allow harm to happen?  Or do we need to stop living in fear and think objectively?  What’s the easy thing to do?  What’s the right thing?

 

Sam

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