Brett Melons Questions ANSWERED

1) Identify how they found Tanya's location.

Tanya's location was found by tracing the pings constantly released by her cell phone.

2) Describe how bits behave.

Bits behave according to a number of seemingly contradictory statements called koans. These koans describe how bits communicate messages through elaborate, extensive patterns of on and off signals, and have no room for imperfection.

3) Analyze the statement, "The data will all be kept forever, unless there are policies to get rid of it", and discuss why this is put in place and a problem.

Data is kept forever as bits in networks everywhere. This can be beneficial or adverse. It helps to promote transparency in governments and personal lives. However, some measure of privacy is necessary in people's lives and even in the government. As such there should be measures to delete data, but it is a delicate balance. If too much data were deleted, it would be too much censorship, but if no data were deleted, we would have no privacy.

4.) Debate the good and bad of technology.

Technology in of itself is not good or bad. It is how people use it and manipulate it that determines its nature. Technology allows us to help feed large numbers of people with massive, interlinked crop cultivation systems. However, that same technology could be used to poison the crop and starve millions.