virgin media!!!!!
arrggggggghhh... i hate their broadband service! mugs!
i will get my work done now :)
Monday, 3 November 2008
Friday, 24 October 2008
the digital divide
http://www.africaguide.com/afmap.htm
the link is to the map of africa, where you will see the countries that are part of the digital divide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/information_rich_information_poor/471891.stm
this link is a case-study on burkino fasso about their struggle on the digital divide.
many of the central African countries are on the wrong side of the digital divide because of their location, wealth, infrastructure and general knowledge about electical devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Global_Digital_Divide1.png
this link show the image of the world and the ratio of computers per 100 people in that certain country.
this shows that the less economically developed countries do not have the correct facilities to hold computers let alone even run them due to the lack of finances. the financial part of this is massive because it would cost millions of punds to develop these african countries and to maintain them etc...
the link is to the map of africa, where you will see the countries that are part of the digital divide.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/10/99/information_rich_information_poor/471891.stm
this link is a case-study on burkino fasso about their struggle on the digital divide.
many of the central African countries are on the wrong side of the digital divide because of their location, wealth, infrastructure and general knowledge about electical devices.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Global_Digital_Divide1.png
this link show the image of the world and the ratio of computers per 100 people in that certain country.
this shows that the less economically developed countries do not have the correct facilities to hold computers let alone even run them due to the lack of finances. the financial part of this is massive because it would cost millions of punds to develop these african countries and to maintain them etc...
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
world summit part 1
the aim of the world summit of 170 countries was "the first constitution for the information age".
"The documents reflect the growing awareness of leaders of the political, economic and social impact of the internet and other communication technologies". this was said by BBC news.
"The declaration of principles and action plan adopted at the summit set ambitious goals to ensure that more than half of the world has access to some form of electronic media by 2015". this is the main objective
the most negative point to come out of the world summit is that over 90% of the world therefore they will not see the change in the digital economy because they arnt on the net.
"And exactly how to bring these digital resources within the reach of the 90% of the Earth's population currently offline proved too much for the summit".
this basically says that only a very small amount of people can feel the effect of the change...
much more to come..
"The documents reflect the growing awareness of leaders of the political, economic and social impact of the internet and other communication technologies". this was said by BBC news.
"The declaration of principles and action plan adopted at the summit set ambitious goals to ensure that more than half of the world has access to some form of electronic media by 2015". this is the main objective
the most negative point to come out of the world summit is that over 90% of the world therefore they will not see the change in the digital economy because they arnt on the net.
"And exactly how to bring these digital resources within the reach of the 90% of the Earth's population currently offline proved too much for the summit".
this basically says that only a very small amount of people can feel the effect of the change...
much more to come..
Monday, 20 October 2008
discussion society and the individual
alrite guys...
has anyone found any decent results for this exercise?
i couldnt find that much to write... so if anyone has anything, give me a shout :D cheers.
has anyone found any decent results for this exercise?
i couldnt find that much to write... so if anyone has anything, give me a shout :D cheers.
Monitoring internet and email use
the advantages of this content monitoring system are that it keeps a close eye on all of their employees and it can see whether they are actually working etc... with filtering their employees emails is a good way to see if they are serious about their job instead o flooking at other jobs etc. with blocking websites such as pornography etc is good because the company shows a hard working ethic which could appeal to people.
the negative impacts could be that the employees could be against their bosses looking at their emails and internet history because it is their private life and they want to keep it to themselves. they could see this as they are ebing invaded by people into their priovate life.
this system can be used by schools for various reasons because of many things availble to them on the internet such as pornography and other certain material on the internet. the police could look into peoples' email accounts to find pieces of evidence for a crime etc, this would have to be given permission obviously before they search their account.
the negative impacts could be that the employees could be against their bosses looking at their emails and internet history because it is their private life and they want to keep it to themselves. they could see this as they are ebing invaded by people into their priovate life.
this system can be used by schools for various reasons because of many things availble to them on the internet such as pornography and other certain material on the internet. the police could look into peoples' email accounts to find pieces of evidence for a crime etc, this would have to be given permission obviously before they search their account.
Friday, 17 October 2008
arrive alive GPS system
to be honest with this whole scheme.. its good to see where they are but it cannot stop them from speeding or crashing. its purely to see where they are... how can they see what they are doing in their car whether they are driving on the wrong side of the road etc.. the parents must trust their child with their driving because if they passed the test then they should be entitled to drive on the road becausr they have passed a national test! therefore it is up to them how they drive a gps system cannot so anything to stop them being themselves.!
http://www.arrivealive.co.za/
http://www.arrivealive.co.za/
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