Tuesday, June 29, 2010

SPAM SPAM SPAM Reading on SPAM, SPAM, SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM

CPSC 430 JOURNAL POSTINGS:

I read the bit on spam, its interesting. Although I still question utilitarianism... measuring happiness seems like a weak idea. The book is mainly right and the logic is for the most part sound. It just feels like its pushing the don't download, don't spam message a little too much. In the one example where it measure the unhappiness of the people who received spam, it gave it a high rating. But I think most people are so used to spam they just ignore it.

I also have religious friends who feel like they will go to hell if they don't forward there religious chain mail to me.

I think this question maybe fixed later on, but with so much of our information online... lots of spam is be targeted now, they know the age group or a interest from a survey or website content. Although I am sure most of it is just random.

CPSC 430 journal postings

Journal 1 : June 23

learned to apply ACM ethics rules to different situations. Talked about parties to learn to talk to other people. He probably should have made us talk to people we didn't know for the party and acm rules. most people sit with there friends.

Journal 2 : June 24

Did the reading, i have issues with every theory. Also as "rational" person is it not rational to assume aside from the basics, humans aren't equal?