Thursday, November 12, 2009

Comparison



The human brain is a computer. When one gets a computer virus, that virus is similar to getting the common cold but can increase into something worse. What a computer virus starts out doing could be a simple thing like stealing all of your passwords like to your bank account but then can become worse by attacking your motherboard (one's heart or brain) or other vital organs in a human body. Viruses aren't the only thing that are similar between humans and computers. Hard drive and the RAM (random access memory) could be saw as the humans brain long term and short term memory. Some people argue that computers work as per the input given by the human and human works as per the knowledge he gained from various sources and experiences while some argue that the above statement is correct but that doesn't mean that a humans brain couldn't be compared to a computer. I believe that technology is limitless and could become very similar to the human brain.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Cause and Effect


I was sitting on my computer chair surfing the web, checking my e-mail, and researching my new topic. I saw this link under google.com, read the description, and thought that the information in the website would greatly help me in understanding my topic and theory. Then suddenly a pop-up came up on my screen. Then another and then another until my computer screen was covered in pop-ups and I could see nothing but ads. I had to re-boot my computer and start my research all over again. I was extremely angry at my computer until I noticed that I didn't have my anti-virus program on and I wasn't even paying attention to my safe search program. After I realized this, I then I then got mad at myself for getting angry at an inanimate object and that it wasn't my computers fault but my own human error. I was so mad at myself that I forgot the whole reason why that pop-up virus was even there. It wasn't my own fault or my computers fault. It was the jerk who created the virus and then put it up on the website's fault.