Blown to bits response questions for chapter 1

Blown to Bits Response Questions:

• Identify why people continue to improve the ways that technology and information are spread throughout the world. even though we are able to sustain ourselves as we are now?

People continue to improve our methods of spreading technology and information across the globe because we can. Not only can we, but to be able to do it faster, more efficiently, and generally better would be beneficial to everyone because it would make spreading the information easier. People like things when they are easy usually.

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• Determine the differences between information that is taken and reproduced by hand as opposed to information that is digitally reproduced and transferred to others.

Information reproduced by hand contains flaws because "To err is human" (6) and if humans are copying things, generally there will be an error somewhere. Digitally reproduced things, however are no where near as likely to contain errors. Bits are not flawed, and even if a bit or two gets corrupted, networks check to see if any bits were corrupted in transition and if they were the network will automatically repair them.

• Debate why the spread of information was a positive impact for people or a negative impact.

In reality, it was, and is both. It was a positive in the fact that if a scientist in America makes an important discovery, it can be implemented in research in Europe as soon as the American scientist uploads his findings to the internet. The European scientists do not have to wait for written documents or the scientist himself to arrive in Europe. It is bad because data that could be protected by copyright could easily be plagiarized or pirated becuase every bit that made up the original song is the exact same as the bits that make up the copy.

• Draw a graph of the way that the size of memory has changed over time.

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3.) I agree with the statement "computing will transform society". It has limited peoples personal privacy and will continue to do so in the future. "the data will be kept forever, unless there are policies to get rid of it. For the time being at least, the data sticks around" (11). This could be beneficial for documenting important discoveries in the future, but it has the potential to limit, if not end personal privacy. Everything someone does on the internet is monitored are stored away, along with any personal information that goes up there. If embarrassing or illegal photos are posted, this could ruin a persons chance of getting into certain colleges, and earning certain jobs. the more advanced computing technology becomes, the easier it will become for personal information and activity to wind up stored on the internet.

Blown to bit questions for chapter 1

Main Idea:

The unimaginable amount of data stored in the form of a bit, can be used in outstanding ways to change the world, whether for better or for worse.

Qusetions:

1.)    Name 3 things that can be made of bits. Ex: E-Mail

2.)    If bits, like ideas, are non-exclusive, and non-rivalrous, then ideas can be taken from one person and applied by another. Draw a conclusion on how could be a good thing, and how it could be a bad thing.

3.)    If 2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 bit was the amount of data stored in 2007 then more data is probably being today. This includes everything on the internet from emails to bank transactions. Should the government have access to all this information or should there be restrictions in place? Justify your answer.

4.)    Determine whether this rapid change in technology is a good or bad thing. Do the pros outweigh the cons, or is it the other way around?

1.1.7 Scratch project

1.1.7 Scratch Project AP Computer Science


Nate Ibarluzea, Corey White, Jakeb Mitchell


My Team and I created an original game called:
               

                Nate The Ninja

              

                              Conclusion

1.) The creative process of using the scrum format was very useful. We were able to meet and discuss ideas and come up with some pretty good ideas. Then eventually we took all of our ideas and came up with a really good one. From there on each day we would have focus points and get those points done. So eventually we put our idea from our minds and paper into a scratch program and had an amazing game. This process was useful in the way that we got to discuss and really focus on teamwork to really come up with a very impressive game.

2.) What helped our team work well was that we didn't throw away any idea that one had. We never belittled someone for having a bad idea because there is no such thing as a bad idea. By using this we were able to work really well together and have no complications.

3.) What went well in this project was the teamwork. My team was able to work really well together and was very productive each and every class to be able to put our ideas to work and work together to make a quality game.

4.) What we struggled with was deciding if we were going to make the game retro or not. We were stuck between making it look like more modern or drawing the stuff and making our game original.

5.) How our team could improve our game is to make it harder for the ninja to score points because in the early levels he can just stand there for long periods of times and just pickpocket him without even the guard turning around. If we were to fix this problem our game would improve immensely.