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| Creating viruses, copying music off the Internet and plagiarizing school papers are some of the ethical issues being debated in the complex world of the Internet. But no one is sure where to draw the line when it comes to these situations, or what to do with the offenders. Y-Press interviewed Richard and Matthew McGowan, brothers who have investigated computer ethics. Richard McGowan is a part-tim | |
| Free music! Download songs from virtually any artist at no charge! Sounds like a dream come true for budget-minded music lovers, but a nightmare for musicians trying to earn a living. Less than two years ago, consumers actually had to go to a music store and pay for music by their favorite artists. The other option was to tape songs off the radio or a borrowed CD onto a cassette, often with low-qu | |
| "Go to jail! Because there is a lot of important things kept on
computers, and (the viruses) create all kinds of problems for
people."
Lance Every, 23
Indianapolis
"I definitely think they should be thrown in jail. They're a menace
to society if they break down all kinds of communications and
cripple the economy."
Elizabeth Broughton, 22
Indiana University
Bloomington
"Something s | |
| When you think of inventors, you think of Benjamin Franklin or
Thomas Edison. But these guys are dead. Who are the inventors today? Who invented in-line skates, for
example? Hardly anyone knows because inventors don't get the press
they used to. Some Children's Express members recently talked about the
inventions they use and the inventions they dream of. WHAT WOULD YOU INVENT? MELISSA, 13: I | |
| Being a high school student in the Age of the Internet isn't always easy. While the Internet makes doing research much easier and faster, it makes plagiarism and getting a hold of inaccurate sources easier and faster, too. Y-Press recently interviewed two North Central faculty members, Kathryn Allison, head of the English department, and Sue Landaw, a media specialist, to get their opinions on Int | |
| What device costs about $150, can fit in the palm of your hand, and has the processing power of an early 1980s computer? The answer: a personal digital assistant. PDAs were introduced in 1996 and now are used by everyone from kids to the vice president of the United States. Approximately 5.7 million PDAs were sold in 1999, according to Dataquest Inc. While Palm Computing leads in the PDA market, c | |
 | Tim Bell stands in front of a crowd of squirming elementary students. He sticks five candles into a cake, lights three and declares it fit for a 21st birthday. Even an audience that can barely spell the word "computer" knows that 21 candles belong on the cake.
But Bell, an associate professor of computer science and software engineering at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, is not talking about simple arithmetic. On this particular Saturday morning, he is at Butler University to explain binary code and other scientific computer concepts to kids during a one-hour presentation.
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