Monday, April 12, 2010

Notes of essay presentation:

Culture:
  • Very little info is private
  • it can be used to steal identity
  • Info is all over the internet
  • Their are laws to keep info private
  • Europe is stricter than the US in matters of privacy
Rights OF individual
  • Some problem are in biometrics in the case of privacy
  • Some argue that it is evasion of privacy
  • Undemocratic
  • Other regulation regarding data collection with the government
  • US has loose privacy laws
  • Many sites to dig in about people.
  • Not illegal to stalk people
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES

_Ethical issues
  • Most laws require databases to perform tasks to collect data.
  • Data base must inform owner that his data is being collected, and also.
  • They must also give access to owner to change and edit info about himself.
Responsibility for the security of Data
  • Database is updated as recent as twice a day
  • Many Hackers today steal information from companies that you trust with your information
  • People must try to check to see if their are any threats and if so one must freeze the account as soon as possible.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Discussion questions

2- During the spring break i created a spreadsheet for what i needed to complete these remaining months. Since i created my planner on excel spread sheet i organized it and saved it on a computer. A database is a comprehensive collection of related data organized for convenient access, generally in a computer.
3-It is very important for me to constantly check on my balance, because if i dont keep track of my spending i can sometimes go wild. I like to keep myself in check so that i dont spend money on useless items.I check my balance inquiry around every week.
5- I think you pay the 100 dollars first then sue the company. The reason behind this is that if you refuse to wait you will damage your credit over a mere 100 dollars. if you sue and refuse to pay you will spend more than a 100 dollars on the lawyer and in the end you dont gain anything because you keep your 100. So paying you 100 dollars insures that they wont damage you credit, then suing them comes later when you can demand the you money back plus reinbursment.
7- I would be upset that the FBI is suspicious of me, but not that they are checking on educational medical,and library records.I would scare and make me mad if they followed me daily,and tracked my purchases.

Review questions 7-11

7-Database programs enable users to store, organize, retrieve, communicate, and manage large amounts of information quickly and efficiently. Each database is made up of tables, which are, in turn, collections of records, and each record is made up of fields containing text strings, numbers, and other chunks of information. Database programs enable users to view data in a variety of ways, sort records in any order, and print reports, mailing labels, and other custom printouts
8-their isn't a clear way to reduce errors in a system but scientist are working to find a way to solve this problem and increase the reliability if their products to their consumers.
9- Record matching works when companies gather little bits of information and compile them to make an assumption about you.
10- This topic has been debated by many scholars some say it is not present in the constitution, and others say that some amendment just further imply this meaning. But here in the US we do have the right to privacy in some ways, but even that has changed because of the Patriot act.
11- Computers are the easiest way to invade privacy, often because it is very hard to track people.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

page 259 #2-6

2-A file manager or file browser is a computer progran that provides a user interface to work with file sytems, A Database Management System is a set of computer programs that controls the creation, maintenance. They are similar in that they are both programs.
3-The structure of a relational database is based on the relational model―a mathematical model that combines data in tables.
4-Query is finding records that match specific criteria, they could help questions about anything because they are like a text searching device.
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Advantages:privacy
Disadvantages:too costly


Wednesday, March 24, 2010

RQ and DQ pg 134 # 1

RQ:
1-Most programs, with the exception of some artificial intelligence applications, consist of algorithms
2-a) compilers:
A compiler is a computer program (or set of programs) that transforms source code written in a computer language (the source language) into another computer (google translator)
b)
Application software, also known as software application, application or app, is computer software designed to help the user to perform a singular or multiple related specific tasks. Typical examples are word processors, spreadsheets, media players and database applications.
c)

System software is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide and maintain a platform for running application software.[1][2]

The most important types of system software are: linix,macOX

3-The computers memory

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DQ questions

1- For people their is figure of speeches, and people tend to think and analyse what they read, for a computer you need to type intructions for the figure of speech if you wan to use a figure of speech, and the computer will only respond in the way it was programmed to. Humans can surpeise you with emotions and feelings, but the computer does the same thing over and over again. Making it dull and unreliable at times for certain software like translating or probability tests.

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

test online

95% Correct of 21 Scored items:
20 Correct:
95%
1 Incorrect:
5%

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Questions page 490 1,3,6

1- E- commerce is buying and selling through the internet. In today's business economy, their is no such thing as business without the internet. So an essential part of the busibess is done through e-commerce. E-commerce is having and will continue to have a great impact on how consumers buy their products, because electronic shopping allows for more comfort and easier ways to shop for needs.

3- An extranet is a private network that uses Internet technology and the public telecommunication system to securely share part of a business's information. The opportunities are great because this would allow easy access for students and staff members and to the internet. This would maximize the amount of mess in the libraries and other places at schools.In schools students would be able to compete for answers and challenge themselves to do the best possible , because they have all the necessary equipment to do so.

6- Privacy is an issue when it becomes dangerous to the citizen himself, and invades his space.If invading a persons privacy woth reliable information that he really is going to be a danger to society then invading it would be just like entering a drug dealers home with a warrant. otherwise this is against the law. Yous shouldnt pay for the company to secure you personal informatrion. It should she be a primary aspect of a company's business. NO i wouldnt because that wont garutee what the compnay might do with my information.