It seems as if more and more people are beginning to use Open Source Software such as Mozilla FireFox and Linux. A man by the name of Richard Stallman trademarked the term "open source" but not really being concerned with freedom. Open source was formally organized in 1998 by Tim O'Reilly, Eric Raymond and other people in Silicon Valley. The real value of open source is to alleviate controversy not generate it. Thus, the focus point became open source code and the values companies can derive from it, not the personalities.
Many people are stuck in the middle of open source software and propriety software because as the article states they "cant afford to cling to one or the other", so they just keep switching back and forth. Open software seems as if it is the future and, to me, appears to have the greater potential.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
RFID Tags
As I was researching on the Homework topic, RFID tags, I found it very interesting that the information can be tracked. Wikipedia says that today the RFID is used to effeciency of inventory tracking and management. I feel as if this is alright, but it should not be placed on clothing items and soda cans. This is an invasion of privacy.
The attatched article states that RFID tags are being upgraded in order to become more intelligent. So sooner than later we will be hearing about more advanced RFID tags. The article also states that with the advancement of RFID tags, "enabling them to encrypt and decrypt data could make chips in passports or credit cards more secure".
At first I was a little scared of this technology because of the rising threat of identity theft, but because of the computational radio-frequency identifications tags, otherwise known as CRFID tags, it is becoming harder to hack into. This relates directly to the readings in chapter 3.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17616-rfid-tags-get-an-intelligence-upgrade.html
Below is a Youtube clip describing all aspects of the RFID tags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7HEZ-Luy4&feature=related
The attatched article states that RFID tags are being upgraded in order to become more intelligent. So sooner than later we will be hearing about more advanced RFID tags. The article also states that with the advancement of RFID tags, "enabling them to encrypt and decrypt data could make chips in passports or credit cards more secure".
At first I was a little scared of this technology because of the rising threat of identity theft, but because of the computational radio-frequency identifications tags, otherwise known as CRFID tags, it is becoming harder to hack into. This relates directly to the readings in chapter 3.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17616-rfid-tags-get-an-intelligence-upgrade.html
Below is a Youtube clip describing all aspects of the RFID tags.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IC7HEZ-Luy4&feature=related
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
ATM: The Fading Trend
http://http://www.seattlepi.com/virgin/321486_virgin28.html
I personally disagree with this because I use my ATM almost on a daily basis. Many of you might not feel the same way but I find it easier then just carrying money all the time. I can think of many situations where it would pay off to have an ATM card instead of carrying money. One of those situations include being approached by a mugger.
The total number of ATM machines in the United States today are 395,000. Between 2005 and 2006 the total number of ATM dropped by only 1,000. Compared to 395,000 machines , that does not seem like an immense decline to me.
The average cost of an ATM machine are between $9,000 and $50,000 per machine with an annual $12,000 to $15,000 in maintenance expenses. So no, these ATM machines arent cheap but they do come in handy for us. With all of the expenses for an ATM machine, Bill Virgin says ' a lack of demand is developing'.
This article directly relates to the first chapter's discussion of 'Transaction Processing Systems' because an ATM is one.
I personally disagree with this because I use my ATM almost on a daily basis. Many of you might not feel the same way but I find it easier then just carrying money all the time. I can think of many situations where it would pay off to have an ATM card instead of carrying money. One of those situations include being approached by a mugger.
The total number of ATM machines in the United States today are 395,000. Between 2005 and 2006 the total number of ATM dropped by only 1,000. Compared to 395,000 machines , that does not seem like an immense decline to me.
The average cost of an ATM machine are between $9,000 and $50,000 per machine with an annual $12,000 to $15,000 in maintenance expenses. So no, these ATM machines arent cheap but they do come in handy for us. With all of the expenses for an ATM machine, Bill Virgin says ' a lack of demand is developing'.
This article directly relates to the first chapter's discussion of 'Transaction Processing Systems' because an ATM is one.
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