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CIS-191-OL5: ITT (On-line): Life without the Internet  After reading this week's material and watching the videos, they brought back memories of the days when I was growing up. I can basically affirm what life was before the commercial internet. I grew up in the 60s and 70s and my background is electronic technology, in fact, I work for companies that were already using the internet before it became commercial, but I digress let me write to you about those days. The internet is about one thing and only one thing, the transmission of information or data at lightning speed. In the 60s and the 70s as I recall it we had technologies that enable communications in the transmission of data. Let me give you an example. I played chess with my cousin via snail mail back then it was just known as postal mail. It took about a week to make a move and of course, you had to write the move played. My cousin had his chess board out, as well as I. It took months to play a game.  Today with the in...

I know most of you will call this a “Pity Party”. It is not, but regardless many of you will still call it so, Well... here we go again, I failed the first of the algebraic concepts test, and in my frustration, I called myself a "retard". There is a story behind this... you may have read it before. Well now that I've vented and got the anger out of the way. It seems that I'm still being persecuted by demons. Even though one of those demons was cremated two months ago. Yeah by today's standards what you will read would have been considered mental and verbal abuse but in the 60"s and 70's it was quite normal. Here is how it went, not perfectly but who has a perfect memory? Father: " why did you get an "F" in class?" (F=Fair, more like a C" Son: " the teacher said it was a passing grade and I'm doing good" Father: " the teacher is a moron he gets paid the same whether you get an A or an F. You...

Walking the dog in my city is about as dangerous as walking in the city by yourself. A few days ago I woke up and it seems I would be late for college if I drove outside of the city to walk my dogs. So I decided to walk my dogs around my block to save time. Yeah, I know, I could get shot, but everybody run that risk in my city, and since we don't have vigilantes like The Arrow well... For those who are familiar with dogs, one knows that dogs basically see with their nose. Most of the time they are going to put their nose into everything. That's why it's risky to walk dogs in my city. My house is across the street from a school and it is a few houses down from a bar. The street behind me is a point where drugs are sold. I guess by now you know where I'm headed. Due to the transit of addicts and drunks, as well as children who may not see their parents for over 12 hours a day, the area is full of litter 24/7. While the city does make an effort to clean up. They can...

Today, I had my algebraic concept final test and I failed. Of course, my body sabotaged my efforts. This seems to be the norm with everything I do. That is when "everything I do" is extremely important and "the everything I do" maybe a life changer. Passing a math course is a life changer. So let me describe how it went today. Keep this note in mind I studied the entire weekend and the more I study things got more complicated As I wrote many times before, my neurologist and gastroenterologist have repeatedly told me that when my brain acts up my gut will too. When I take any other academic tests I usually don't get sick. I have taken all my meds and then I take life day by day. As I mentioned in previous posts on the internet maybe Facebook or G Plus, I have a few abnormalities in the brain. These abnormalities affect my behavior and my thought processes. It is not that bad but I perceive and understand things a little bit differently and that is why I may ...

I look into this as I look into other rumors and what I have found while disturbing, in reality, is just a rumor. For example, there has not been any verification of a person who has played the game and died ( well you can quote the internet... but....) Most children who have committed suicide, we're already suicidal, to begin with, and these kids have posted in advance that they were suicidal way before they ran into or discovered the game. The Posting on social media about "blue whale" has the intent to direct parents to look out for their children and to make sure that they are aware of what their children are doing on the internet through their electronic devices. This is called "social engineering" Many parents really don't watch their children as they go online on their devices but when they see a rumor like this they rapidly do so. They also know that their kids might be depressed and have attempted suicide before. Of course when a child does...