#1

1. 1011= 2^3 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 8 + 2+ 1 = 11

2. 101010= 2^5 + 2^3 + 2^1 = 32+8+2 = 42

3. 11111= 2^4 + 2^3 + 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 16 + 8 + 4 + 2 + 1 = 31

4. 10010 = 2^4 + 2^1 = 18

#2 

1. 31 = 2^4 + 2^3 + 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 11111

2. 51 = 2^5 + 2^4 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 110011

3. 7 = 2^2 + 2^1 + 2^0 = 111

4. 103 = 2^6 + 2^5 + 2^2 + 2^1 +2^0 = 1100111

#3

1. 1KB/s = .125 KB/s -----> 56 KB/s = 7 KB/s -----> 100,000 KB/7KB/s = 3.97 Hours

2. 1MB/s = .125 MB/s -----> 5 MB/s = .625 MB/s -----> 100 MB/.625MB/s = 2 Minutes 40 seconds

3. 1MB/s = .125 MB/s -----> 10 MB/s = 1.25 MB/s -----> 100 MB/1.25MB/s = 1 minute 20 Seconds

#4.

1. 3 MB/s = .325 MB/s -----> ?/.375 MB/s x 3600 Seconds = 1350 MB / 60 MB = 22.5 Mp3s

Network Neutrality

Network Neutrality is the idea that all content on the internet is treated the same, and networks must pass on all information equally and all at the same speed. Networks are not allowed to block any type of content. Net. neutrality maintains the idea that all consumers have the right to view whatever they want. Networks are essentially neutral to the content they pass on. This idea creates a free and open market in the internet and does not allow the internet to be privatized by any companies.
The underlying issue of network neutrality is all about rights. Should all content really be treated equally? Do viewers really have the right to view whatever they want? and should network owners have the right to chose what content they carry? Also since more and more people are beginning to use the internet for purposes such as gaming and watching videos, internet quality is becoming more important. What about the demand for quality of service? There are two different structures that try to answer these questions; telecommunication networks and information networks. Telecommunication networks are neutral to the content they pass, all data is treated equally, while information networks can chose the content they pass on.
Two groups in favor of net neutrality are companies like Google, yahoo and special interest groups such as liberals or the religious right. These groups believe that all information should be neutral and the only job networks should have is to move data. Proponents believe that net neutrality encourages economic innovation, democratic participation, and free speech online.
Two groups that oppose network neutrality are groups like AT&T and Sprint, who would like to control network content. These groups are interested in the idea of tiered service; you get what you pay for. Those who pay for better internet service would get faster and better access to sites. Opponents of net neutrality could slow down or even block access to certain sites that would somehow benefit them.
I believe that net neutrality is the right choice for the internet. By privatizing the internet, companies would have too much control. I believe that a free and open internet is does promote innovation, and everyone should recieve relitavely the same amount of service. the theory of tiered service would just leave the less fortunate behind and not do that much benefit for those who can afford it. Since net neutrality still has its regulations, it can still put a stop to websites displaying or promoting illegal content. Privatizing the internet through corporations like AT&T would be a bad idea for the concept of equal oppertunity that America has prided it self on for so long.

The Invention of the Internet

I am part of a generation that has grown up with computers and technology. Even at the age of 12, I was much more computer savvy than my mother, I was always the one helping everyone in my family figure out the latest technology purchase for our household. This new generation of technology has also open up a new generation of knowledge. In this day and age, limitless information is extremely accessible with a working, Internet friendly computer.

 Computers and the Internet have extremely impacted my school experience and social connections. I used the computer to do about 3/4 of my homework in high school. I could quickly and easily type up a paper response or essay or research a project or subject. The Internet was also helpful for my foreign language classes, for a quick and free translation. However, my language teachers would always advise their class against using these online translators because they would not correctly translate sentences and would use the wrong word order of misplace subjects or pronouns. Often, these teachers could tell if a student used a translator due to the poor grammar and conjugation. 

Another Internet invention that extremely impacted my high school experience was the invention of turnitin.com and the ramped paranoia it would cause for us students. Many student would get lazy and copy and paste information from certain websites or even plagiarize work. But the invention of Turnitin.com would stop all this plagiarism with its huge database of Internet sites; similar to the way google is used. Even if we hadn't plagiarized information my friends and I would always get paranoid about the work we would turn into this website, we all heard that the program looked for phrases of 5 consecutive words. Maybe the universe would play a cruel trick on us and someone else would same consecutive words. I always passed the "Turn it in " test and so did most my friends. In this case the Internet is used for good because whether us student like it or not, it encourages us to come up with our own ideas, instead of copy and pasting others. 

 Something else that has impacted my life more so in high school than now was the invention of Instant messenger. I was constantly on AIM in high school and many of my friendships and relationships were conducted through it. I got together with my first boyfriend because of the fact we could talk so much over instant message and created a deeper relationship because of it. From personal experience, I think Instant messenger allows the users to be more honest and open because the confrontation is not face-to-face or even voice-to-voice. I have created and destroyed friends and relationships through AIM and it defiantly has is negatives and positives. It creates a network of communication and friends, however many times these relationships can be artificial, because 2 people can only connect so much with the other person over a computer. The use of communication through computers also can create a facade because the party has no real way of know of what the other person is saying is true. 

  There are pros and cons to everything in life and it all comes down to how the user is utilizing the Internet. Anything can be abused; most of the time is more so about the person that is abusing the substance or thing rather than that thing itself. Don't use and abuse.  Hugs not drugs. Or computers.

 

 

 

One day there will be a robot revolution