Technology and Privacy Source Evaluations

The chronicle of Higher Education

http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3645/nude-student-photos-stolen-from-facebook-by-college-it-administrator-police-charge

I thought this stroy was very good. It described how easy it was for someone of higher power to abuse social networking sites in order to obtain photos and information. It also points out some flaws that may be social networking sites, such as all you need is their email address, and then you have their whole profile as it is. People need to be more careful about what email they use, and how well protected they leave it.

The Value of Human Readable Deeds

http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/12778

I didn't really get this post. I didnt know if they were talking about thhe little terms of service box that flashes for almost any software you install on your computer, or were they talking about something else. But i do agree that people need to be given the knowledge on what can happen, or what will happen if they put private information on the web.

Facebook’s Users Ask Who Owns Information

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/17/technology/internet/17facebook.html?_r=1

I think of facebook as a website like any other. They own all information that is stored on their site, why not its their site. People jsut have to be careful what information they store on their myspace of facebook, and make sure it won't hurt them later on in life.

brainstorming technology

changing the environment to better suit human beings, it makes life easier

1st-plow
2nd-cottongin
3rd-computer

Everyone (government)

I try not to put personal info on the web

Budget crisis Outline

Thesis: Although the Budget cuts may seem like a bad idea from a student’s view and a taxpayer’s point of view, they are necessary.
I. As a student, I believe my input has a lot of say here.
a. Tuition rising
i. it is necessary because they is nothing you can do, raise taxes? They would have to raise taxes a lot to eventually have it trickle down.
b. Larger class sizes
i. One obvious way to decrease the amount of teachers needed, and decrease the amount of classes needed,
ii. Band-Aid plan, help in short run but in the long run will hurt us.
c. teachers being laid off
i. how else are you going to stop spending, we have been way above our budget in California for many years,
ii. You start cutting where you don’t need that many teachers, lecturers, you may not want to get rid of them, but it what the times call for.
II. Hard times call for desperate measures, and for taxpayers this means more taxes.
a. More taxes, it might sound bad but may be the only answer, it affects everyone.
i. There is no real way to solve this problem without trimming the fat by laying off those that aren’t necessary, and by paying more to the government. “Quote”
b. Being in California, do we get any of the stimulus
i. We live in a very rich area, it doesn’t mean everyone is rich
ii. Does that mean not everyone will get any of the stimulus bill.
III. What future plans does the government have
a. What happens when we get back to normal?
i. Will taxes be lowered
ii. Will people be reinstated
b. What will happen at my school
i. Will teachers be rehired
ii. Will tuition and class sizes go down.

Budget Cuts Drive California Schools to Stretch Technology Budgets With NComputing Virtualization Solution

NComputing announced that it has deployed more than 15,000 virtual PC seats in California. Schools are driving a substantial percentage of that growth as they address the devastating consequences of the proposed 2008-2009 budget cuts. The loss of $750 per student, or about $18,750 per classroom, threatens to move the PC-to-student ratio backwards for the first time ever.
"This was supposed to be the year of education," said state schools superintendent Jack O'Connell during a recent news conference at Prescott School in West Oakland. "I fear this will be the year of education evisceration." While it is unclear at this time how technology budgets will be affected, many of the state's schools were already struggling to provide sufficient computer access to their students, while desperately trying to update aging computers.
A growing number of California schools are finding that NComputing systems reduce the cost of deploying and maintaining PCs, allowing them to multiply the amount of students' PC access without a larger budget. "More and more school administrators and IT professionals have discovered that our virtual desktop solution lets them multiply computing access without increasing their IT budgets," said Stephen Dukker, chairman and CEO of NComputing. "That means even if technology budgets are cut in half, they can continue to provide the same number of computing seats as before. For this simple reason, NComputing's virtual desktop technology is experiencing rapid adoption as California schools struggle to provide enough computers for their students during this historic budget crisis."
http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/510137

Authoritative Source

I found this picture online, i was just browsing some images when i found this one, and thought it was a very good representation of an authoritative source. It almost seems a little manipulative in some ways because those kids might not even know what they are doing protesting.

Interview with Anonymous

Interview with my anonymous about the California Budget
What is going on right now?
There are a majority democrat in the house and senate who are used to spending, they have good intentions by helping, but we have no money to help with, and its leaving us way over budget.
What to do?
One way we could cut back on spending is to reduce or diminish the number of lobbyist, because it seems the lobbyists are more about the state than the people.
What are we spending it on: beneficial laws, and 40% to schools which may seem nice, but is way too much. The way they are spending our money right now is inefficient.
Propositions may seem nice, hey we will give x amount of money to y people which will help us, but in the long run it wastes more money.
We also have the second highest tax rate in the country, the first being New York.
We should vote money for education, but find out where that money is actually going.
We shouldn’t spend more than we take in.
On cuts, they might seem bad, but in the long run the benefits will out way the costs, and some programs are needed, we might need to cut them.
We spend so much money on illegal immigrants, but we don’t say anything because of political correctness, we can’t afford to treat illegal immigrants with a long term illness.
The new bill saying that only 51% of could pass a law instead of 66% would mean that democrats could potentially pass anything they wanted.

Rhetorical Stragegies

John Brown's point of view is that of God's throughout the end, he talks about God, and how he is doing God's will by freeing those who are oppressed. He doesn't really use any evidence to prove his point. But he does say that some laws were meant to be broken, because they are unjust such as slavery. I guess when he asks questions that is when he is trying to persuade people to believe in what he is doing.