Bits are the pictures we see on the internet, the information we find, and the radio waves we use to talk on the phone with each other. Chapter 1 digital explosion why is it happening, and what. The blown to bits concept is explained in the first chapter and is basically the suggestion that previously a lot of information businesses were tied down by the need to be attached to physical products. March 11th as a final exam, you will submit an essay on a topic of your choice related to one of the chapters in the book blown to bits. Chapter 2 of blown to bits starts off with the suicide bombing of july 7th 2005 which blow up one doubledeckered bus and three sub ways. Global positioning systems gpss have improved the marital lives of countless males too stubborn to ask directions. Blown to bits documentation, release 3 such as, which happens to be the site for this book itself. Your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion2 author. According to blown to bits, your business definition, industry definition, and competitive advantage are simultaneously up for grabs. The snow fell first in hard little bits, frosty white bits blown sideways to pelt rees face as she raised the ax, swung down, raised it again. What is a bit and what does it mean to say that its all just bits. Blown to bits chapter 1 questions this chapter makes the point that today everything is digital that is, everything is represented by binary digits or bits.
Blown to bits artifactexecute retinal scan to continueaccess granted. Your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion by hal abelson, ken ledeen, and harry lewis. Reading discussion blown to bits chapter 1 digital explosion why it is happening and what is at stake notes for csc 100 the beauty and joy of computing the university of north carolina at greensboro question 1 describe the heart of the chapter in two words question 2. And it was only used by information providersmostly businesses and universities, which could afford to create web pages. The explosion of bits, and everything else the koans of bits good and ill, promise and peril.
These look like software release numbers, but web 2. Blown to bits your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion hal abelson ken ledeen. Your life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness after the digital explosion is entitled 1984 is here, and we like it. With technological advancement happening so quickly in such a short amount of time, everything getting sent around the world. Chapter 1 blown to bits summary in the world today, everything is made up of bits. Contents chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 chapter 7 chapter 8 chapter 9 chapter 10 chapter 11 chapter 12 chapter chapter 14 chapter 15.
The author opens up the chapter with a comparison to george orwells novel 1984, where the characters are always being watched by a government force called big brother. The older, more passive web sites are now called web 1. This groundbreaking book shows how to build new strategies that reflect the new economics of information, and explains how to take advantage of the forces shaping todays competitive advantage. Your cell phone company uses the pings to direct your incoming calls to the right cell phone towers. Jan 05, 20 blown to bits chapter 1 digital explosion why is it happening, and what is at stake. The answer lies in the internets open architecture. Dec 28, 2016 chapter 8 talks about regulations, censorship, and radio in relation to bits. Chapter 4 vidhi bhuptani, thomas feng, shuai hu, pooja shah in the beginning, the web was a library.
Blown to bits is a remarkable and essential rosetta stone for beginning to figure out how all of the pieces of the new world we have just begun to enterlaw, technology, culture, informationare going to fit together. Blown to bits your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion hal abelson ken ledeen harry lewis. Powered by create your own unique website with customizable templates. It criminalized the act of making an unauthorized digital copy, even for private use. Data packets are not like envelopes sent through postal mail, with an address on the chapter 5 secret bits 163. Big brother and little brotherthis message will not selfdestruct due to our zero tolerance policy. Blown to bits vocabulary define the following terms in your own words chapter 1 chapter 2 chapter 3 chapter 4 chapter 5 chapter 6 bit. The new economics of information is blowing apart the foundations of traditional business strategy. But change the scenario just a bit and the same technology feels less wonderful. May 22, 2008 the authors wrote in a language that many people would understand, which i appreciate. In the digital era, there are far more ways for bits to reach the consumer, so broadcast radio and television are hardly unique in their pervasiveness. A bit is the smallest unit of data in a computer and it has a single binary value of ether 0 or 1. Qirt 821 bay 25th street, far rockaway, new york 11691 7188682978. Chapter 2 the second chapter of blown to bits, entitled naked in the sunlight brings forth the alarming fact that in a world of bits, none of ones information can be protected.
Old metaphors, new technologies, and free speech 259. Digital explosion a goal of the book is to provide a background explaining aspects of the so called digital revolution that is changing so many aspects of our lives. Hal abelson, ken ledeen, and harry lewis publisher. Blown to bits question blown to bits chapter 1 digital. Blown to bits chapter 1 digital explosion why is it happening, and what is at stake. A peertopeer architecture describes a system where computers communicate through a central directory to find where they can. There are many valuable public information sources and public. However, the topics that were covered in blown to bits were so overexplained it made the book drag on and on. Bits move through the internet not in a continuous stream, but in discrete blocks, called packets.
If governments were to have unlimited surveillance powers over electronic communications, people everywhere needed easytouse, cheap, uncrackable cryptography so they could communicate without governments being able to understand them. When i email a pdf file or word document i am emailing more information than i think. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Chapter 8 bits in the air 261 in the digital era, there are far more ways for bits to reach the. The book is available entirely online with a separate pdf file for each chapter. Your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion. In 2004, ron lee rented a car from payless in san francisco. A peer to peer architecture describes a system where computers communicate through a central directory to find where they can. The authors wrote in a language that many people would understand, which i appreciate. Will life explode with new possibilities, or contract under pressure of new horrors. A gb is a gigabyte, there are 1 billion bytes in a gb. Previous predicting movie ratings and recommender systems a monograph. A packet consists of about 1500 bytes, no more see the appendix.
Koan 1 give examples of the things today that are stored in bits. And it provides some provocative examples of the societal implications of this digital explosion. Nov 30, 2016 chapter 2 of blown to bits starts off with the suicide bombing of july 7th 2005 which blow up one doubledeckered bus and three sub ways. Chapter 8 talks about regulations, censorship, and radio in relation to bits. Ap computer science principles landstown high school. Your life, liberty, and happiness after the digital explosion2. Blown to bits disappointed me, in that it could have been a very interesting and enlightening book, but it just failed to simplify ideas. When it became easy for people such as the president to have their speech encoded in bits and distributed widely without their knowledge, the fcc revised several of their recent laws that had been imposed to try to censor explicative content from modern digital distribution means, for example, when president bush. One way we will be addressing these issues in this course is by reading and discussing blown to bits. Your life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness after.
This made londons security so secure that there are hundreds of police officers around the streets. Sep, 2015 homework questions on blown to bits chapter 1. With an uncompromising clarity and vivid examples, blown to bits is targeted squarely at todays practicing business and corporate leaders. Evans and wurster argue that with the spread of connectivity and common standards, your customers will increasingly have rich access to a universe of alternatives. Bitspictures are just bitsall bits are perfectwell. The report had been prepared using software that creates pdf files. Every day, we encounter unexpected consequences of data flows that could not have happened a few years ago. Keep these questions in mind as you read chapter 1. Naked in the sunlightprivacy lost, privacy abandoned. The second chapter of blown to bits, entitled naked in the sunlight brings forth the alarming fact that in a world of bits, none of ones information can be protected. If governments were to have unlimited surveillance powers over electronic communications, people everywhere needed easy to use, cheap, uncrackable cryptography so they could communicate without governments being able to understand them.
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