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Impact of Computers on Society

Impact of Computers on Society. 4. – Trusting the Computer, part 2. Quote of the Week. Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime. (Michael Sinz). Web Sites of the Week. Web sites page of the syllabus. This Week’s News.

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Impact of Computers on Society

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  1. Impact of Computerson Society 4. – Trusting the Computer, part 2

  2. Quote of the Week • Programming is like sex: one mistake and you’re providing support for a lifetime. • (Michael Sinz)

  3. Web Sites of the Week • Web sites page of the syllabus

  4. This Week’s News • White House online privacy Bill of Rights (Kristina Fenner) • Exec warns 7,000 employees not to vote for Obama (Mabel Tun) • YouTube changes rating system (Amanda Hutzel) • Best Buy stock plunges • Bra could detect cancer (Lindsay Harne) • Julian Assange tells about life in “Ecuador”

  5. Myth of the Week • The use of the binary system for computers was arbitrarily proposed by a couple of math/physics geeks. • John Atanasoff & Clifford Berry, Iowa State University, 1937 – 1942 • Physical characteristics of electronic devices • Computers used vacuum tubes—imagine the heat! • All electronics “drift” as they age • On/Off…. 1, 0 • Most things in computing are factors of 2 – 1, 0 • 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 (a binary thousand)

  6. How to Get In Touch • By Phone: 301-606-8321 • By E-Mail: ggillard@verizon.net • Do not call my office phone or use Hood College internal e-mail.

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