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четвер, 25.08.2011

 

Chapter 1: Future of the Computer – Mind over Matter

  • Personal computers were very new to the world, and Silicone Valley at Palo Alto was the base where most computerized technologies made their genesis. This is where the vision for the future started, and where pioneers excitedly conceptualized revolutionary inventions that would change mankind.
  • During that time, dreams for a technology incorporated future such as that were very outlandish and ridiculous. This was because computers were very expensive and hardly all of them even had access to the internet.

Near Future

  • The internet will grow more powerful and will be an extension of the human brain. Computers can handle more power than humans ever thought.
  • LED can be isolated to produce a dot directly in to your retina. This is where a contact lens can be controlled by a tiny pixel of light that form images.

Mid-Century

  • The future of computers are predicted by Moor’s law where they can achieve new heights in terms of technology, not just making things convenient for man, but helping save lives, as well.
  • Computers will be able to converse with humans using language and interpretations, creating virtual and artificial environments.

Far Future

  • Commands that are only though will be obeyed by the technology around us. This would require computers to be able to analyze our thoughts and carry out wishes dictated by humans.
  • Computers will be able to create a clear picture of what the brain is seeing in patterns of light. This is done in a brain scan and will make it possible to record images people are dreaming about.

Analysis

  • Moor’s law predicted the future for computers. This was something that the computer industry rode on, stating that the power of the computer doubles after every year and a half.
  • Technology is growing fast. This is seen in how a regular cell phone these days is more powerful than the technology used to send man to the moon back in 1969. There is a paradigm shift being seen within computers, with the chips being replaced by numerous chips.

Chapter 2: Future of A.I.-Rise of the Machines

  • People are playing God, breathing life in to machines and creating artificial intelligence that can benefit the human race.
  • There are horror stories or predictions that the machines people create will overpower humans and will become enslaved by the technology and power they have created.

Near Future

  • We have very simple robots in our homes that do not seem like robots at all, these come in the form of vacuum cleaners and other household appliances. These things are seen to advance in the near future, requiring less effort on the part of the human.
  • Robots will answer to Medicare crisis and alleviate some problems within this area.

Mid-Century

  • Our world will be full of robots by this time, but we might not even know that they are around. These robots will not take the human form that we believed they would, and they will become modular, changing their shape depending on the task they have at hand.
  • Robots will take on tasks humans once performed such as cooks, musicians and even surgeons. This is where surgery can be easier and healing process is seen as less painful.

Far Future

  • Machines become conscious, have emotions and can control their own thoughts. These predictions are seen in many science fiction movies where humans are no longer able to handle robots.
  • The robots will rise up quickly and develop in evolution, leaving humans behind as the primitives. In the future, far from now, robots will be seen to exceed our intelligence.

Analysis

  • Robots are getting more and more powerful. The things that were merely conceptions in the past are now becoming reality, and the future is speeding up ahead. There are new technologies to be seen to help the human race.
  • Artificial intelligence is becoming more and more possible to develop. As humans evolved, robots are seen to evolve as well; maybe even to a point where they will be smarter than humans.

Chapter 3: Future of Medicine-Perfection and Beyond

  • Scientists are trying to think of ways to improve the quality of people’s lives. This is through improving technology in terms of medicine.
  • Scientists aim to unlock the secrets of life and stumble upon a number of medical breakthroughs that is unraveling the secrets behind human DNA that can help fight death and improve life expectancy.

Near Future

  • People may have a microchip where his or her genes and their formation are described. This is because of the complexity of the DNA formation on a human. This can be possible when gene sequencing is perfected.
  • Bathrooms can have sensors that detect any risks within the body such as cancer cells or problems within your blood stream. The organs that cannot be saved due to diseases can simply be grown and transplanted.

Mid-Century

  • During this time designer children can be developed by not just fixing broken genes, but by enhancing as well as improving them. This is where parents can decide what they want their children to be like.
  • Scientists will have the technology to be able to isolate and alter a number of human genes to be able to control human characteristics.

Far Future

  • Many people would like to live forever and reverse aging. In the far future this will become possible where the secrets of the aging process will be unraveled giving scientists the power to increase life spans.
  • Calorie restrictions and its secrets will be unraveled. Many species will increase their life spans as well as reduce the possibility of diseases from entering their bodies.

Analysis

  • The future of medicine is a bright one, where technology will be able to help a lot of people. This technology is aimed to improve the quality of life and help those who are in need of medical attention
  • From improving the quality of life, technology will seek more and aim to make man immortal by unlocking genetic codes and creating far superior humans through knowing the secrets of gene sequencing.

 

п'ятниця, 22.07.2011

The worldwide famous musicians mostly gain popularity when write their compositions in English. Rare exceptions become appreciated only for sound and rhythm, excluding the meaning of songs.


Those individuals are more unique I think. Take Germany. When asked about German musicians, first name popping up in your mind will be Rammstein. Nobody knows what are their texts about, but they are highly demanded all around the globe. Eccentric, charismatic, their appeal turns into a great show everyday.


The genre presented by these musicians is one of the top associations with german music. And this happens to be true. As if the language falls only into sharp, march-like hymns. Lots of people follow this style. However there is also folk music, plenty of talented classic instrumentalists.


Moreover, the conclusion can be made that songs written in limited language, such as mother-tongue understood exclusively by a narrow amount of people, have a dole to stay in that region only. Result: you want to be popular? Write in English!

вівторок, 19.07.2011

I started reading books by Osho. I always thought that love is suffering. The writer says that we do not know how to love because love is not suffering but joy which you give to people and they give it to you.

 


The first thing you have to do is love yourself, only in this way you can share love.But that's life and it is a reality and we are all different and all need a special approach. How long does it take to become a perfect man and learn how to love yourself and learn how to give love to other people without requiring anything in return.

Osho says that this is a long way, and through meditation you can achieve the result much earlier. At this stage it seems like a nonsense to me and I think it's impossible, but maybe we people actually can have such a power but we can’t even imagine this. The writer tells us that what we call true love is not real love.

I wondered what does it mean? To this question he gave a concrete answer is affection for the person or to something that you “love” .He writes that affection is what makes us feel unhappy, people are in fear that they can lose the person whom they love.

Well, I really agree because usually when you have a relationship you have kind of fights or breaks, then you are in emotional stress. I have a friend of mine, who even was hospitalized because of such “love”. I read some comments about his book, he says that person can be real happy of staying alone, when you are Happy that you exist, this the main subject of his writings.

I don’t have an idea why in India he failed with his thoughts and writings because these all things are very related to Buddha’s religion. Anyway, he helps people who are in depression and who are struggling and can’t find themselves in this world. I suggest you to read any of his books, I think everybody can find “something”.

п'ятниця, 15.07.2011

You have 500 facebook friends, of whom you may be familiar with 300, or saw them one time. With the rest 200, you have never spoke and never seen them. When I was a freshman me and my friend had a kind of completion, who has more friends on facebook.

 

It was fun.But when you get older why do you need 500 strangers who leave any comments on your posts and pictures, they do not even know you. My little sister playing the same game with her classmates they have more than 500 facebook friends and they write “hello, how are you ? how is your day? “ Well, this is not good. Social networks killed books, newspapers. If you want to find something, network always helps you. Have you seen the movie which is about facebook, the person who made it wanted to connect only people in the university, and what happened he connected all people in the world. I don’t know a person who hasn’t an account on facebook, everybody have it.

 

I know what I’m writing because I’m addicted like you, and my question is” If today social network is the most famous thing which everybody have, what will be the next?” Sometimes we don’t even think about the things around us and what they do with us. But if you stop for a moment and look around the world has so many other GOOD things to do and you can surely post it like a status on your facebook. In my previous essay i wrote about dearies and that people write them when the life stops and you have nothing to do.

 

Most people don’t write dearies they would rather choose facebook. When you place a new status which means something to you, you expect that your friends or strangers will surely comment it or put you like. But again, you wont get any advice. If you have nothing to do you can write read or play or travel or anything else and using facebook people you can place a new good interesting status then people will think that you a kind of very interesting person. Don’t make the same mistakes like you did in your childhood. Don’t waist your time chatting with people whom you wont see.

середа, 13.07.2011

People write what they think and expect that someone respond. People are dependent on the views of society. People read blogs to find entertainment , or some new information,news and everything. Sometimes people suffer from loneliness and write online diaries to ensure that someone would read this and comment it, or approved or give helpful advice.


In the network there will always be online friends who will appreciate the new photos and a fascinating story. People write about travel and research. One day a young man told me that he writes a blog because he has too many friends and he can not share his successes with each separately, so he writes the blog Blogs are also popular among corporations that inform about news and innovations or anything that may be interested. Youth also likes to read blogs of their idols, which they can find the most accurate information.


The blogger is even narrower professions. A person who is well able to write blogs, considered to be a very valuable employee because people no longer read the tabloids, Internet sites have become more popular. In order to be be a good blogger you must know what people interested in and to know your potential audience.


It's like the commercials you know what you want to sell and to whom. Blog is one of the marketing moves in the business. Besides blogging about personal life and work is also political blogs where people generally write what they feel about the country, or any things which happen in a political life. Many people believe that in the Internet you can write anything about anyone because it is the only place where there is a freedom of speech. Live-Journal for example, who has live-journal, everybody.

Even I had when I was 16 or something. I wrote there about what new happened to me and i really appreciated when somebody commented it, so for me it was the way of communication and nothing else. I have never wrote anything bad or something like “I braked up with my boyfriend , please advice” This the most stupid blogs. Well, actually, I think blogs are necessary, otherwise all those who lead them will stay without work or die of boredom and people who read them start degradation or stop degradation.