tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050177321399051504.post4022632168116586161..comments2015-01-20T04:31:19.876-05:00Comments on The Cuckoo's Egg: Still Think You're Anonymous OnlineNed Moranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17232327294288429394noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4050177321399051504.post-57722921498030714842010-02-17T10:34:02.624-05:002010-02-17T10:34:02.624-05:00:) Response to Homework Reading :)- Digital Explos...:) Response to Homework Reading :)- Digital Explosion<br /><br /> Have We Reached the Sci-Fi Age?<br /><br /> The increase of technological development in the world never fails to mesmerize me. Sometimes I wonder if the perceived sci-fi reality that we've seen in movies for years is actually soon to come... Or maybe it has already come, just that we haven't realized it yet?? Something that struck me as amazing was a specific line out of the Blown to Bits: Digital Explosion manuscript that made a specific reference to digital cameras. Today when we think of a digital camera we never consider the fact that compared to the cameras of yesterday our digital cameras are like super computers. The manuscript mentions, "We live in a world in which there is enough memory just in digital cameras to store every word of every book in the Library of Congress a hundred time over. " A hundred times over! Really?<br /> When we think on a larger scale to something such as the internet, we have even more reason to be fascinated by the digital explosion. As mentioned in the text, the "Digital Explosion" paradoxically means the loss of information that is not online, but really a loss of infinite is mathematically not a loss at all. And essentially, that is exactly what the internet is. It's an infinite server. With the advancement of the internet, the limitation of bits and files storage becomes non-existent. This alone transcends any physical hardware that may limit the amount storage space. If this is not the sci-fi age, then what is?K Garciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15025691003807225270noreply@blogger.com