The day before school began all freshmen had to come for an orientation. I thought this was going to a waste of time and nobody would even show up. After taking the train into Manhattan I came across a friend from high school. It seemed that the day was saved. Then we had to go to the lecture. We all crammed into the auditorium searching for any empty seats. Finally we found one and had to listen to what seemed like a never ending speech. We then had to go to our orientation class. That is where I met with some old and future classmates. Once again the day seemed to saved. After eating lunch and discussing the freshmen reading assignment we all went down to gym for an unexpected surprise. There were actually fun things happening. Students were shooting hoops, showing off their talents and just meeting new people. This was a sign of hope, hope that Baruch would end up being an awesome college experience. Then the main event happened. A famous hypnotist came and performed for us. He pulled out students from the audience and what I experienced was the most amazing thing ever. I absolutely loved it. It was something that I could not wait to go home and share with family and brag to my friends. That is something I will never forget and gave me hope that Baruch will be a fun time.
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Assault on Power Grid
On Sunday, October 6th, Federal Authorities investigated an attack on power grids in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
Apple Advancements?
As most Americans know, Apple has become one of the top hardware developing company in the United States. They have been releasing new innovations almost every year including tablet devices and many new features on their cellular devices. After the death of Steve Jobs, Apple has been trying to make this company one of the top in the world, falling short behind Samsung Electronics. But recent technological advances in Apple have been raising many accusations and contemplations on whether or not Apple products are actually safe for consumers to use. Relating back to a similar article about the wiretapping that Google has been using, there have been accusations of Apple storing user’s personal info in their database. As most Apple users know, the most state of the art IPhone dropped last week, the IPhone 5s. For those that are unaware, this new phone offers a new feature when unlocking your device to use it. Apple has decided to include a fingerprint-scanning device for consumer’s to use to unlock your IPhone. Although this made some users concerned, most didn’t think much of it. But fingerprinting fabricates passcodes, which attract thieves and hackers. Because your fingerprint is being stored inside a database, isn’t there a possibility that your data can travel? My point being is not to persuade people not to buy Apple products but to just help people be aware of the recent technological advances and how it can impact lives in the US.
Article: http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/26/the-iphone-5ss-fingerprint-scanner-was-hacked-but-im-not-worried/
Google Accused of Wiretapping in Gmail Scan
Google has been accused of violating privacy laws. Google is the owner of Gmail. Gmail has been scanning peoples emails to see what kind of advertisements should be showing on their computers. Google is protesting this. This could reshape the entire Google industry. Google is saying that it was never a person looking through the emails, it was a machine, computer robot. Google is also saying that they sent out emails saying that this would be happening. In the end the ruling was that Google has violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a 1986 law and the punishments are to be determined.
Japan beats Google to the Punch?
In Japan, a company has created something that seems to work more flawlessly than google glass- which hasn’t even come out yet. Normally Microsoft and Google are constantly trying to one up each other, normally have a new release for similar products only months apart. Continue reading Japan beats Google to the Punch?
Not many kids are ‘computer savy’
In this time period, technology is growing. We all constantly have our computers, iphones, and ipods out. We use them for everything: homework, work, entertainment. Most people think most of the world’s teenage population are behind this computer incline, but it seems that might not be the case. Apparently, in many countries the adults are more inclined to use technology than children. Obviously, places like Africa or low income countries use and have less technology than the U.S. or it’s other 1st world counter parts. There seems to be a gap, though not a new one, when it comes to technology between classes. As anyone can guess, the more money you make, the more you’re going to be able to spend on the fancy new product updates. It makes sense that places like Korea and America would have more tech savy kids than other places. In the article, it states that many 15-24 year olds in poorer countries don’t match up nearly as high as North Americans do with the need for technological speed.
Though, this seems like pretty common sense.
article: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/10/07/young-people-are-not-as-digitally-native-as-you-think/?ref=technology&_r=0