Assignment 2

Here is my submissions for our second assignment. Critique to follow.

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Our worlds shifts with how we access information,  in the past it was in the form of newspapers,  and word of mouth. Letters to one another, and perhaps a telegraph if you could afford it.

Newspaper- The invention of the newspaper came with the invention of the printing press. Not simultaneously, however the ability to distribute words across the country freely be it monthly, weekly, or by season, it was a marvel to behold.

Invention of the newspaper, telegraph dates, example of word of mouth in a pub or tavern

Now, in the times of iPhones and the internet we have a multitude of ways to access information, but one of the main ways is through the internet. 

Access information - Through our Phones that we always keep on our person.  Or our Laptops, that areas mobile as we are as people. Or at home on our computers,  that no longer take an entire room to fill.

The internet is our gateway, our path to knowing, to knowledge itself, our  Entertainment,  and even our doctor. All easy accessed by one small device (access information) that gives us a connection to this wide world of data.

Gateway-  With original maps, we had a flat lay out of the world we live on. The boundaries, the heights of the lands, the lay outs of the buildings. A very static image of the world.  With our new maps, our digital changing world can represent traffic flow, or perhaps the new restaurant downtown.  Depending on the map you access, you might even get one of those snazzy satellite views, of the roof. Or, the street view of it. 

Some maps can even allow us to visit a place in it's entirely.  For example, you can search "Metropolitan Museum - New York" You can visit their website, you can zoom down to the museum itself to see what the building looks like.  If you're particularly curious, you can also search "Google Museum". You'll get a result of Google taking images of a walkthrough of the museum. You can visit the Metropolitan Museum of New York, all without leaving your comfy chair or putting on clothes if that's how you roll.

Knowing- (Questions) Our path to learning and knowing facts figures and other things can easily be accomplished with various videos.  A how-to of nearly anything can be viewed and their knowledge imparted to you. However, if you're searching for a temporary fix, that might serve as  a mentor.   You don't even have to talk to anyone.

Knowledge -  The ability to learn and impart knowledge to others, or gather the vast amount of information from the   plethora of websites and networks interconnected. 

Knowledge of distant lands, and cultures that you've never been to.  First hand accounts, videos, and sounds. You can teach yourself history, if you want from Wikipedia and other  encyclopedia sites like Britannica.

The web is your oyster, and through links and with time you can pillage it for all it's worth.   On the other hand there are people who argue if knowledge should be free.

Free to impart to whoever who wants it, perhaps through the creation of open source programs, or an online tutoring program. Such as sites that have the intention to impart their knowledge on you for money, in exchange for a certificate.

Entertainment - Accessing entertainment,  such as music , silly videos, or full movies can also be easily obtained from the internet.  Illegally as your usually not buying the music, or movies. Unless you're using  a movie sharing site. Like Netflicks, accessible from all sorts of gaming consoles, and your computer. 

Music in itself can be sold from various distributors without the need or use of a record company. Given that individual tracks can easily be downloaded.

And in the instance that music, video, and other media can easily be downloaded, it can be stolen, or  torrented with the intention to 'borrow'.  A concept that doesn't quite exist on the internet. You could be called into  question as defiling copyright.

Copyright -  Copyright is a set of rights granted by state and country for the purpose of setting a controlled method of establishing an ideal or method.

Did you know the British were the first to establish such a thing?

Copy left is just the opposite, where  use of an idea, method or anything else is given freely and without limits to its use to the public.

Doctor- With various health sites on the web, the ever popular Web-Md can let you easily find out what might be wrong with you with the symptoms checker.  Sometimes, it can be right. But most times it's wrong and is in no way even close to being a replacement for seeing an actual doctor.