May 12, 2006

questions

1. As staed by wilnner, is it true that easy access to information will make better world? what about privacy of a person?

2.As stated computers changed our lives in many ways, but can we call this a revolution? and what will be the conclusion for this revolution?

Posted by ens05rda at 03:00 PM | Comments (0)

Question (Winner)

1. What is Winners thesis?

2. What is information, differ yours deffinition from the one Winner uses?

/Daniel Lindblom

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Questions

1. Isnīt the world revolution too strong to use, when it comes to the increasing use of computers? Isnīt computers just an aid to make things easier?

2. Can you blame the high unemployment in Sweden on computers? had there been more jobs without "the computer revolution"?

/Peder

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May 11, 2006

Questions for the seminar

Q1: Winner says that the point of many applications is to eliminate social layers and places where people meet, talk and socialize. Are there fewer places today where people meet and socialize and/or do "meetings" over the Internet nowadays count as "real" meetings?

Q2: Some people said that all parts of human life can be adapted to the speedy processes of digitized information processing, e.g. "running a household is actually like running a small buisness". Do you have anything in your life that you apply this way of thinking to?

Q3: Was it a good move by Nintendo to change the name of the upcomming console from "Revolution" to "wii"? with this article in mind and all things that come with the term "revolution".

Posted by dit02esn at 10:49 PM | Comments (0)

Questions for the seminar

The upsides of the technology may actually cost us parts of our freedom, has this happened and does it scare us? And if it has happened, do we just accept it or are we fighting it!?

Winner states a possible dawn of a cultural renaissance may this renaissance the political and cultural movement around piracy and free culture?

//Anders Moberg, dit02amg

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Discussion questions

My questions regarding Friday discussion...

1) What could be possible ends of the "information revolution" we live in?
2) How it is with the access to the information and social power? In the light of restrictions in North Korea, Belarus, China etc.?

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May 10, 2006

Questions for seminar

Here are my questions for friday's seminar:

1. Is Winner's view/definition of a revolution similar to or different to our own views/definitions of it? In what way?

2. Winner's prediction of future application areas of computers today seems pretty accurate. Many of the things he mentions (e.g. e-mail, electronic newspapers, computerized yellow pages etc.) are now widely spread and commonly used, but have they changed our way of living enough to be called a revolution?

Posted by dit01dml at 08:40 PM | Comments (0)

April 13, 2006

check out the assignment results!

In the email I have sent to all of you regarding the results of ass 1 I forgot to mention that all data with regards to the assignments (1 2 and 3) will from now on be visible on the results page.

Posted by top at 06:44 PM

April 10, 2006

Ass 2 and 3 reports should be written in English, Ass 1 pretty free choice

As I mentioned on Friday's lecture, ass 2 and 3 should be written in English language since it will be read and listened to by all course attendees. The language of ass 1 can be in any language the teacher understands which this year means either Swedish, English, German or Italian.

Posted by top at 04:40 PM

April 07, 2006

Welcome to the course blog!

I have now given all people on the updated participants list...
http://www.cs.umu.se/kurser/TDBD07/VT06/participants.html

... access to the course blog.

All of you should now have the possibility to create new blog entries as well as commenting on existing ones.

To post a comment on an existing entry, just go to the course homepage and click on "comments" below the entry you want to comment on: http://www.cs.umu.se/kurser/TDBD07/VT06/

To create a new entry, click on "L O G I N" on the course homepage
http://www.cs.umu.se/kurser/TDBD07/VT06/courseblog/

...and click on "Create Entry".

Your user name is the same as your CS username, e.g. "dit01xcz" Your personal password is set to the same as your username. Please change it the first time you log in. Note: those of you who have attended blogged courses before at CS have the same passwords as you had for the blog on previous courses.


Whenever you feel that a question you have might be of interest to other students, consider putting it up on the blog rather than just sending me an email. I get email about everything that gets blogged anyway and will answer blogged questions just as I answer emailed ones, with the difference that blogged ones are available to anyone to see.

Ah, and the blog language is English. Try to use English also in the emails to me.

Posted by top at 06:18 PM