5 Disadvantages of technology

1. Mankind's violent nature: technology has lead to the invention of numerous weapons that have lead to the deaths of nearly a billion people over our history (A-bomb, automatic rifle, sword and shield)

2. Over dependence: we have become over dependent on our machinery and cannot seem to function without it: (computers, television, automobiles.)

3. Related to the above is sloth: As machinery picks up the slack humans tend to become lazy.

4. Death of written arts: As television and the internet and gaming increase in popularity, pieces of written work fall into the background of culture. Most people in the younger age group were unaware of the lord of the rings until it was filmed.

5. Lose of local work: As the ability of satellite and telephone conferencing becomes more available it is possible to send more jobs abroad.

Is hacking ethical?

The definition of hacker has changed radically over the years. With the aid of the mass media, the word has developed a negative connotation rather than the positive one it used to have. Add ethical in front of hacker, and it's even more confusing.

1. Hacktivists: Those who hack as a form of political activism.
2. Hobbyist hackers: Those who hack to learn, for fun or to share with other hobbyists.
3. Research and security hackers: Those concerned with discovering security vulnerabilities and writing the code fixes.
   I believe hackers have a lot to offer. They provide a balance of power by virtue of their creativity and technical skills. I think we need to protect and recognize them and find ways of working together.
   Yes, I do believe that hacking -- when properly defined -- is an ethical activity. And yes, I do believe that understanding our freedoms and rights and protecting all that's good in our society while preventing all that's bad is the right approach.
   
 

 

    THREE ICT INVENTORS

Steve jobbs is one of my favorite ICT inventors because he is the man behind the invention of circuit board. After he invented the circuit board he also created one of the first operating systems that has a user friendly interface. With the introduction of the operating system he introduced the first computer that contains the monitor, cpu, and other parts that we can observe these days. He is also one of the first to create the laptop computer. After the introduction of the laptop to world market, series of devices were introduced such as the iPod, iPad, iPhone, iOS, iTV, and even the online music store which is the iTunes. Thus because of this he is often calledby other people as the “jesus of computing” though even himself he doesn’t agree with this. Jobbs died as a successful man and I know that he will be remembered as the man who introduced us the modern day computing.

Next to steve jobbs is Linus Torvalds. Linus Torvalds is finnish nationality who studied about the science of computing. What admired me about him is his creation of the open-source operating system and softwares. As an undergrad student, as what autobiographies wrote that he got bored of his subjects thus making him to engage in computer games though it wasn’t developed very well yet during his time, he got problems of license issues when he run some of his applications, and because of this he wanted to create a software that is for free and also for the goal of sharing it to those who can’t afford expensive and genuine copies of operating systems and softwares.

Lastly Bill Gates comes to the list, he created an OS similar to jobbs’ and Torvalds’ but it is the most user friendly os compared to the linux and mac os. He created products similar to Jobbs’ but as other says that he gets his ideas every time there are new apple products introduced making him to create a less expensive and less durable compared to apple’s. But what amazed me is that his confidence and market strategies of his company making him one of the richest men of the world.