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The slide that struck me the most was the one that spoke of how the computers in the dump were sent there to reduce the digital divide. I can see what Europe and America is trying to do but clearly the people living there need the money earned from the metal salvaged from the computers more than the anything they could get through the computer. It shows the differences between the cultures of America and Ghana. –Megan Mc. | The slide that struck me the most was the one that spoke of how the computers in the dump were sent there to reduce the digital divide. I can see what Europe and America is trying to do but clearly the people living there need the money earned from the metal salvaged from the computers more than the anything they could get through the computer. It shows the differences between the cultures of America and Ghana. –Megan Mc. | ||
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| + | The connection between viruses of the biological and digital varieties, both in the descriptors used and also in titles such as "Invasion of the Data Snatchers," must have done a great deal to increase public fear by giving a terrifying face to a relatively unknown phenomenon. I found Ross' distinction between "viruses" and "worms" as relates to computers fascinating, particularly when he discussed intentionality--we as people do attribute all sorts of morality to the computer viruses/worms that afflict our computers and steal our data, when in fact they are intentionless, amoral things. --Nicole Steck | ||
