In Kate Dailey's Newsweek article "Friends with Benefits: Do Facebook Friends Provide the Same Support as Those in Real Life?", she explains to us that many people use Facebook as their way of communication. She believes it is a very fast way to communicate with others. Many people share their personal information. Some do it to let others know what is going on in their lives and some do it to get advice on certain issues. She believes it's less painful than to make a phone call. Especially if it is somethin bad, posting it on Facebook lets everyone know in an easier way. She also beleives that is helpful to use Facebook for people that tend to be shy. They then can expres how they feel without having to directly talk to someone. She also believes people confuse the social life with real life. Everyone lives on Facebook, rather than actually seeing eachother.
Like Kate says, "Facebook works best as an amplication of a "real life" social life, not a replacement."We need to learn that it isn't just about being able to have it so easy. And remember, some people do not even use Facebook, or they hardly ever check it. It is beneficiary for most of us. We can live in the moment of our friends and family by seeing pictures or posts of things we may have missed. But we should not so much rely on it. We need to remember, we have lives, we need to live them!
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Blog Post #10
http://swampland.time.com/2013/04/16/the-hunt-for-the-bomber/
The title says it it all. In the Newsweek article "The Hunt for the Marathon Bomber", by Massimo Calabresi, they are on the hunt to find out the person who did the killing in Boston Marathon. There was approximately three people killed, and 140 injured. They investigators say it could take several time. They are begining to pick up wreckage from the site for "clues." There is a lot of "debris and blood and shards of glass." They will be looking at cameras from places around the building for surveillance and evidence, as well as facts. They will also be talking to witnesses to try and figure out how this all occurred. Investigators also say, they found "found pieces of a cassette player that had contained plastic explosives that had blown Pan Am flight 103 from the sky in 1988."
First off, I think it was so sickening that a person could have even had the guts to do this. Most of all, sad for all the ones who died, were injured, or were family members of those that were hurt as a cause of this. I hope that they find who ever did this and makes them pay! Futhermore, it sounds like it will be a rather harder investigation. They really do not have much evidence.
The title says it it all. In the Newsweek article "The Hunt for the Marathon Bomber", by Massimo Calabresi, they are on the hunt to find out the person who did the killing in Boston Marathon. There was approximately three people killed, and 140 injured. They investigators say it could take several time. They are begining to pick up wreckage from the site for "clues." There is a lot of "debris and blood and shards of glass." They will be looking at cameras from places around the building for surveillance and evidence, as well as facts. They will also be talking to witnesses to try and figure out how this all occurred. Investigators also say, they found "found pieces of a cassette player that had contained plastic explosives that had blown Pan Am flight 103 from the sky in 1988."
First off, I think it was so sickening that a person could have even had the guts to do this. Most of all, sad for all the ones who died, were injured, or were family members of those that were hurt as a cause of this. I hope that they find who ever did this and makes them pay! Futhermore, it sounds like it will be a rather harder investigation. They really do not have much evidence.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
Blog Post #8
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/health/the-human-touch-amid-big-data-medicine-review-of-when-doctors-dont-listen.html?ref=health&_r=0
In the The New York Times article A Prescription for Fustration by Abigail Zuger, she talks about algorithms. They are flow charts that are created by groups. Many doctors use it. They are used more in emergency rooms, rather then clinics or such. Basically these charts are broken up, so the more a person has going on, the bigger the flow chart is. they help ensure that people have no medical risks. Algorithms are like cookbooks. They combine different tests and scans, which then gives them a diagnosis. There are cases in which these "cookbooks" fail. They backfire and do not work. That is when college students who have been studying come in and help out to fix these mistakes.
I personally think that if these "cookbooks" can fail and backfire, they should not be used. Why should their be a risk taken. I would not want possibilities of my life failing because of some algorithm charts. I mean think about it, would you? They are not 100% guaranteed.
In the The New York Times article A Prescription for Fustration by Abigail Zuger, she talks about algorithms. They are flow charts that are created by groups. Many doctors use it. They are used more in emergency rooms, rather then clinics or such. Basically these charts are broken up, so the more a person has going on, the bigger the flow chart is. they help ensure that people have no medical risks. Algorithms are like cookbooks. They combine different tests and scans, which then gives them a diagnosis. There are cases in which these "cookbooks" fail. They backfire and do not work. That is when college students who have been studying come in and help out to fix these mistakes.
I personally think that if these "cookbooks" can fail and backfire, they should not be used. Why should their be a risk taken. I would not want possibilities of my life failing because of some algorithm charts. I mean think about it, would you? They are not 100% guaranteed.
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