Writing Assignment #5

1.
1. 1011: 8+2+1=11
2. 101010: 32+8+2=42
3. 11111: 16+8+4+2+1=31
4. 10010: 16+2=18

2.
1. 31: 31-16=15-8=7-4=3-2=1-1=0, 11111
2. 51: 51-32=19-16=3-2=1-1=0, 110011
3. 7: 7-4=3-2=1-1=0, 111
4. 103: 103-64=39-32=7-4=3-2=1-1=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 = 2.66 Minutes
3. 1MB/s = .125 MB/s -----> 10 MB/s = 1.25 MB/s -----> 100 MB/1.25MB/s = 80 Seconds

4. 3 MB/s = .325 MB/s -----> ?/.375 MB/s x 3600 Seconds = 1350 MB / 60 MB = 22.5 Mp3s

For good or for worse...?

The Internet is arguably one of the most revolutionary and disruptive inventions of the 20th century. It has dramatically changed how we lead our lives, both for good and for ill. Even in the last 10 years, it's radically changed the world.

Think about your life when you started high school as compared to now. What's an example of a way in which Internet technology has changed your life for the better?

What's an example of a way in which Internet technology has changed your life for the worse?





I believe that the revolution in Internet technology (of the past 10 years) has been arguably the most important for younger generations experiencing these changes in both school and the economy that holds their future. Growing up during this era has been a great advantage to people of my generation. I believe we the first generation (let alone people) that didn't need to "learn" how to use a computer. We didn't need to read a book, or take classes on internet technology. Growing up in an age of blossoming internet technology, we learned our way around the net faster than our parents, teachers, or some scholars knew how. For example, my sister's generation that graduated college in 2000 still calls their younger brother for tech help over the phone when MS Word is acting funny, or they don't know how to set up a web site that their employer has assigned them to do. However the difference in my generation and my any other prior, is that its not only the tech geeks like me that know how to do this stuff. For most part, everybody who graduated high school in 2006 or later knows how to set up a webpage, knows how to use the internet and databases for research in academic writing, and even knows basic HTML. This is something arguably, that the entire generation or three or four years prior are less versed on.

Therefore expanding on this idea, my generation is at great advantage when it comes to the skills usable in the work force. We have a "one up" for any job that even remotely uses technology (which is almost ever job now) if we are competing with someone 10 years older. In fact, many employers now hire on the basis of age alone (even though it's illegal in most states) because they know that my generation knows their way around a computer and the internet.

However with that advantage in the workforce, my generation also has been expected by their employers to have greater responsibility and work harder, longer, and faster than ever before. It is true that the internet has made us a more efficient society, however we have almost become obsessed as a workforce to stay efficient all of the time. For example, we use our blackberries on the way to and from work for work, we take calls on our cell phone for work even when we aren't on duty, and because being on the web makes doing tasks that much faster (opposed to doing things by hand) we are expected to produce more in a shorter period of time.