Thursday, October 28, 2010

Blog 3.4



Leo gets introduced to how meat products are really made.  The real conditions aren't the ones you see on TV with animals living happy on the farm.  Animals are put into factories where they're feed antibiotics to keep them alive.  Since so many of the animals are suffering from diseases.  Chickens beaks get cut off. The Meatrix shows the conditions the animals are put in.  How barns are being destroyed and more of these factories are being made.  The areas where this takes place are suffering from a lot of pollution.

Leo goes into the Meatrix.  He sees what a modern day dairy factory looks like.  The machines are getting the milk out of the cows instead of humans.  Animals get pumped with artificial growth hormone.  Something was shown and T.V about this how the chickens weren't even able to stand up.  Cows are being feed blood as a milk replacer.  When this happens the cows can easily get mad cow disease. 

Leo goes to save Moopheus.  The conditions are showed for when the meat is being made.  The workers often injure themselves showing how dangerous the working conditions are.  The manure from the intestines gets on the meat and is still being eaten.   

Many bad things happen with the foods.  But what happens to the people who have to work in these environments.  Slaughterhouses are filled with blood and fecal matter from the cows and other animals.  The animals are taken down a line where they will be shot with a gun.  Some workers get knocked down by the cows and fall into the blood.  If one of the workers gets a cut they can also get sick.  If they fall and crack there head open they can get cow blood and fecal matter inside of their bodies.  The workers can get very sick from this.  Then the meat gets cut up.  But you have to be careful that no fecal matter gets in the meat.  Because this can spread E. coli which can make the people who eat the meat get very sick.  There are many things in the slaughterhouse that can contaminate the meat.  Including the cows because sometimes there sick themselves but are given antibiotics.  Sometimes the antibiotics make the cows even sicker.  Someone feed this meat can get very sick.  Or have chronic diarrhea for a week. 

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Practice CAT # 3.3

People act different on cyberspace than they would behave in real life.  Rutgers students Dharun Ravi and Molly Wei post a video of Tyler Clementi kissing a boy.  This leads to Tyler Clementi jumping off the top of the George Washington Bridge killing himself.  Two Rutgers students could face five years in prison.  Cyber bullying has been going on for a long time.  It's different from actual bullying since the bullying and victim aren't face to face.  But now with technology it can go that far.  Through webcam like the situation with the Rutgers students.  But like the article says it isn't about technology it's about inhumanity to others.  Why would a human being do such a thing to another human being?  It makes humans look worse than animals. 

"The Psychology of Cyberspace," "people say and do things in cyberspace that they wouldn't ordinarily say or do in the face to face world."  I have friends who act cool on facebook but are dull and boring in real life.  It seems like the real world is cyberspace.  "It's somewhat similar to road rage.  How many times have you seen someone in a passing 3,000 pound vehicle make a hand gesture that he or she probably wouldn't have made if encountering a similarly frustrating situation while walking down a sidewalk?"  This happens on cyberspace when someone curses at you they won’t do the same thing in real life.  It's because you're safer in a car and computer than face to face with another person.  Or one of your friends talks more on facebook than in real life.  Because they have low self esteem from bullying/cyber bullying.  On facebook I've seen a user tag there friend in a post then tag a boy and say that she gave him oral sex.  Where the whole world could see it. The person would say it in real life but its just wrong posting something like that online.  Or when someone lost a fight posting it on twitter saying you're happy it happened.  Bullying and cyber bullying are actual too different things.  Cyber bullying is actually worst than actually bullying.  With actual bullying you can see the victim suffering.  With online bullying you never know how much someone is suffering you're inflicting.  You don't know if the victim is going to kill themselves, the bully, or even shoot up the school killing many other innocent people. 

With bullying some victims can be scarred for life.  They'll never forget they're horrible childhood.  This could make them very violent when they get older.  Not everyone can handle the situations the same.  Cyber bullies can inflict mental anguish that can hurt worse then physical wounds because a cyber attack can reach a vast audience.  Through something like YouTube where the whole entire world can see.  When that happens to someone they could possibly have a mental breakdown.  Possibly even lose their minds.  Or try to get revenge at the people who bullied them.  Which would most likely lead to murder?  Cyber bullying is very dangerous and needs to be stopped.  Because it leads to suicide and homicide.  What is currently going on are perfect examples of inhumanity to others.

Reflection
Good
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I organized the information.
Took important facts and quotes from the passage.


Bad
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Too many opinions.
Keep on staying on one subject.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Blog 3.2

LaGuardia College
Aaron Straker
10/21/10

                “We now engage in cyborgian activity all day long”.  I can agree with this quote mainly through personal experience.  We all use Google/the internet all the time to find information.  Facebook and twitter tells us what were interested in.  Also activities with your iPod or mp3 player to listen to music.  Or your cell phone to contact your friends.  You switch between many electronic devices on a daily basis. 
                Facebook can be used for almost everything now.  You probably wouldn’t need a phone if you had a facebook.  People can still contact you.  Your friends can easily write on your wall, private message or just chat with you.  You can even plan events on facebook.  Invite people to the event they have the choice to say yes, no or maybe.  This is both good and bad.  The good part is you’re going to get things that you’re interested in.  Everyone likes to see things that they’re interested in.  But the bad is more than the good.  Why does the internet know what you’re interested in?  Why is it storing that information about you?  What is it used for and who sees it?
                Google doesn’t allow us to think.  Instead of solving the problem most people run to google.  This is something even I do.  If I don’t know a word I’ll just google it.  Instead of brainstorming and thinking of the possibilities.  Maybe these websites have taken away most if not all of our creativity.  There are websites where you see others opinions.  Such as imdb to see if a movie is good or not.  People just can’t see a movie they have to search others opinions. 
                Like the article says some people have limits on things such as the internet.  “People who are thrilled by personal technology are the ones who have optimized their process they know how and when to rely on machine intelligence.”  I don’t if I’m home I’ll be on the internet most of the time.  But there people can go on the internet for maybe 5 minutes then go off and do something else.  Or these people can log onto facebook get what they need then log off.  While others log on and off all the time.  This similar to the advanced chess game.  “In fact the overall winner wasn’t one of the grandmasters or supercomputers; it was a pair of twenty something amateurs using run of the mill PCs and inexpensive apps.”  This can be the same thing with google and facebook.  Knowing when to consult the software and when to ignore its advice.  “As Kasparov later put it, a weak human with a machine can be better than a strong human with a machine if the weak human has a better process.
But everyone is different in their own ways.  It all depends on how you can use these tools.  Or if you rely on them too much.  “As we face that trade off, figuring out to integrate machine intelligence into our personal lives becomes the key challenge”.  This is something that I and many others have to learn how to do.  “Ultimately, the real question is, what sort of cyborg do you want to be?”

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Personal Electronic Devices

People wouldn't be able to do most if their regular rountines with personal electronic devices.  How do you wake up in the morning.  Most people wake up because of alarm clocks.  Also cell phones because you can use your cell phone as a alarm clock.  Without alarm clocks you wouldn't wake up when you want to or most likely need to.  You would most likely be late for work or school or where ever else that you're going.

Where do you get your information.  You mostly get information from the internet or the TV.  Without these two you would have no idea what is going on around you.  You wouldn't know what to wear.  Something which is very important.  So you're not wearing a winter jacket when it's going up to 60 degrees.  Or wearing shorts when the temperature is going to drop very low.  If you don't know how to do something your not going to sit down and try to think about it.  Your going to go on the internet then google.  This is something I think everyone uses once a week and much more.

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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Brave New World: Artifact 2

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Artifact 3

I choose facebook because most teenagers have a facebook.  Even older people have a facebook.  A majority of the people you know have a facebook.  Facebook takes up most of teenager’s time.  On facebook you’re not really talking to your friends.  It's also a chat room if you want it to be.  If you use the facebook chat.  Similar to the first scene with Neo in the Matrix.  When Trinity contacts him through the chat room.  She wasn't really talking to him in person.  She was chatting with him through the internet.  On facebook you don’t even see the person that you’re talking to similar to texting.  But texting is for everywhere including on the go.  You can even use facebook on the go now.  Through facebook mobile on many phones now.  Soon you’ll be able to text and go on facebook through your watch.  Because technology keeps on getting better and better.    

Artifact 2

Video games are another one that has been around for a long time.  Almost everyone has at least one game system.  Some people have more than 1.  The top 3 game systems are ps3, Xbox 360 and the wii.  Back in the days if you wanted to play your friends you had to go to their house.  At least your were hanging out with an actual person.  But now you can connect be at separate houses and play your friends.  You can play anyone in the world from your house.  Instead of playing meeting people and playing them.  For the wii you can play sports against your friends.  Such as tennis, boxing, golf, basketball etc.  Wouldn’t it be easier to go outside and play these games with your friends or actual people?   

Artifact 1

I choose it because who doesn’t have a cell phone in the year 2010.  When I was younger I had to wait until I was in junior high school to get my cell phone.  But now kids in the 1st grade are probably getting cell phones.  Next thing you know when your kids are in pre-k they’ll already have their cell phone.  Cell phones are a very good way of contacting people.  Cell phones separate us from speaking to real people all the all time.  When you talk on the phone the person’s voice is digitized.  People can talk on the phone for hours.  There’s also times when two friends are hanging out.  But both are talking on the phone.  Wouldn't it be better if you just talk to the friend that's right next to you?  Who is an actual real person instead of a digitized voice.  Cell Phones go even farther you don't have to talk to your friends.  You can just text your friends.  Most people resort to texting others because people don't feel like talking.  Because you don't have to talk as much anymore.  If you told a teenager to contact their friend most likely they would text instead of calling.  Everyone knows how to text now.  So less people are talking to each other. 

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

A Coppertop's Life Artifacts


    
I choose it because who doesn’t have a cell phone in the year 2010.  When I was younger I had to wait until I was in junior high school to get my cell phone.  But now kids in the 1st grade are probably getting cell phones.  Next thing you know when your kids are in pre-k they’ll already have their cell phone.  Cell phones are a very good way of contacting people.  Cell phones separate us from speaking to real people all the all time.  When you talk on the phone the person’s voice is digitized.  People can talk on the phone for hours.  There’s also times when two friends are hanging out.  But both are talking on the phone.  Wouldn't it be better if you just talk to the friend that's right next to you?  Who is an actual real person instead of a digitized voice.  Cell Phones go even farther you don't have to talk to your friends.  You can just text your friends.  Most people resort to texting others because people don't feel like talking.  Because you don't have to talk as much anymore.  If you told a teenager to contact their friend most likely they would text instead of calling.  Everyone knows how to text now.  So less people are talking to each other. 



 




I choose facebook because most teenagers have a facebook.  Even older people have a facebook.  A majority of the people you know have a facebook.  Facebook takes up most of teenager’s time.  On facebook you’re not really talking to your friends.  It's also a chat room if you want it to be.  If you use the facebook chat.  Similar to the first scene with Neo in the Matrix.  When Trinity contacts him through the chat room.  She wasn't really talking to him in person.  She was chatting with him through the internet.  On facebook you don’t even see the person that you’re talking to similar to texting.  But texting is for everywhere including on the go.  You can even use facebook on the go now.  Through facebook mobile on many phones now.  Soon you’ll be able to text and go on facebook through your watch.  Because technology keeps on getting better and better.    


Video games are another one that has been around for a long time.  Almost everyone has at least one game system.  Some people have more than 1.  The top 3 game systems are ps3, Xbox 360 and the wii.  Back in the days if you wanted to play your friends you had to go to their house.  At least your were hanging out with an actual person.  But now you can connect be at separate houses and play your friends.  You can play anyone in the world from your house.  Instead of playing meeting people and playing them.  For the wii you can play sports against your friends.  Such as tennis, boxing, golf, basketball etc.  Wouldn’t it be easier to go outside and play these games with your friends or actual people?   

Thursday, October 7, 2010

The Truman Show Argument Essay

LaGuardia College
Aaron Straker
10/7/10

                I think that it is possible for this to happen.  The most significant thing from the passage “Life imitates art as “Truman Syndrome” diagnosed.  Was “Meanwhile, researchers in London described a “Truman Syndrome” a patient in British Journal Psychiatry in August.  The 26 year old postman “had a sense the world was slightly unreal, as if he was the eponymous hero in the film” the researchers wrote.  This is significant because movies do all sorts of things shock, surprise, scare, anger and make audiences very unhappy.  But never has a film worked on this level.  This person actually thinks that he’s Truman from the movie. 
                When I was younger I came out of the movies feeling like the main character.  But what kid doesn’t that happen to.  On the other hand this was a grown man he was actually 26 years old.  The movie actually messed with his head.  Till the point he was mentally ill.  It makes you think is this movie too smart for our current society.  Movies like this are messing with people’s minds until they think it’s going to happen to them very soon.  Or this has been happening to them all there life.  People are really scared of the lack privacy.  Everyone needs their privacy or else they’ll go mad.  At the beginning of the movie Truman was calm until he started figuring things out.  Also when the giant of metal (light) fell out of the sky.  Then he heard people saying his every move when he was driving.  This is when he was listening to the radio.
                The significant thing is how this movie makes people mentally ill.  Many movies have had psychological impact on people.  The only ones I can think of are horror movies.  Psycho made audiences afraid of showers, The Exorcist made some people faint, Jaws made audiences afraid to go in the water and Alien made people vomit.  But everyone eventually recovered from these movies over time.  These are horror movies that don’t even mentally ill.  The Truman Show is a funny satire that makes some people go crazy.  Probably because it connects with the world we live in today.  The Truman Show came out in 1998 and is probably even more important today.  Many people are suffering from this.
                Another thought could be technology is getting so advanced people can’t believe it.  From “Life Imitates art as “Truman Syndrome” diagnosed “ Several recent studies have chronicled delusions entwined with the Internet such as a patient in Austria who believed she had become a walking webcam.  This is similar to 1984 the government knows everything your thinking and doing.  Also from what you’re looking at on the internet.
                The most significant things can have a big impact on your life.  The Truman Show has changed many people’s lives.  Also made some mentally ill.  But mostly it has changed the way people view certain things.  From the article “Vaughan Bell, a psychologist who has researched Internet-related delusions, said one of his former patients believed he was in the virtual-reality universe portrayed in the 1999 blockbuster the Matrix.  Showing there’s a connection between culture and everyone’s mental health.  

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

My Archetype

My strongest archetype is innocent.  My archetype says that I seek safety.  Also that I’m too dependent on others around me.  Something that I'm not really surprised with.  All my life people around me think that I'm innocent and could never do wrong.  That's what people think when they first meet me.  Until later they find out some of the things that I've done in my past.  The way innocent is described in archetype is trust, faith and optimism.  I can relate to this because I have no problem trusting others around me.  I'm very optimistic with foods I have no problem trying new foods.  Or also trying new things I have never done before.  The stages for my archetype are naive, blind, obedience and dependence.  The shadow has many of my bad parts are childish behavior, denial, and addiction to consuming (things, food and fun.)  This is something I can relate to sometimes my behavior can be very childish.  Sometimes when I'm waiting for someone I'll wait for a long period of time knowing that they are not coming.

My second archetype could be Magician.  Since it got a 2 like some of the others.  But I had some of the characteristics from the Magician.  It says that the call for the magician is being able to alter the known world.  The Shadow for magician is manipulation, evil black magic, sorcery.  It also says that Magicians have their own view of the known world.  I would say that I’m the magician archetype only because I like to trick people sometimes.  Sometimes I’ll use sarcasm and people won’t know if I’m joking or I’m serious.  I actually do have my own view of how things are.  But the only thing I don’t do this manipulator others around me.  It also says that the Magician wants to change himself or someone else.  Magicians fear themselves and their potential to do harm.  I actually am afraid of what I could or would do if I was ever angry.