Current mood: exhausted
Current tunes: Russell Allen and Jorn Lande - The Battle
Ethics are an important aspect of all professions including computer science. Because we work with machines so much, we may forget that our interactions with these machines can have a profound effect on millions of lives. Obviously, if one was to create a program that, after a certain amount of time, had a feature that caused harm to the machine it was on, the program would be unethical. However, this is an extreme example. Some programs and services created by computer scientists have not-so-explicit consequences. For example, social networking sites can have adverse effects on some of their users. They may become addicted or post information that harms others. Is it the programmer's fault for not preventing this harmful use? Clearly it is not since programmers cannot control human behavior. Creating a program which has a non-harmful purpose but can be misused to hurt others is vastly different than creating a program with the sole purpose is to cause damage.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
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Current mood: not eager
Current tunes: Epica - The Classical Conspiracy
Online video games are detrimental to society. Their very nature is contrary to positive behavior. Online games never end so there is no sense of accomplishment. Those who play online games transfer this attitude to real life. If they perform a task poorly or fail to complete it at all, they do not feel the negative emotions they should because they feel that they don't have to complete it or they can simply try again. Also, the continuous nature of online games makes it extremely easy to waste time. Many players spend more time that planned playing. The anonymity that online games bring is also detrimental to society. Good-natured and caring people in real life can easily become violent or ill-tempered online. Because they hide behind a screen name, they feel like their actions have no repercussions. Also, they loose a sense of reality because it is not simply another screen name they are yelling at or insulting but a real person. During high school, I played online games and I severely regret it, mostly for the time I wasted and cannot get back.
Current tunes: Epica - The Classical Conspiracy
Online video games are detrimental to society. Their very nature is contrary to positive behavior. Online games never end so there is no sense of accomplishment. Those who play online games transfer this attitude to real life. If they perform a task poorly or fail to complete it at all, they do not feel the negative emotions they should because they feel that they don't have to complete it or they can simply try again. Also, the continuous nature of online games makes it extremely easy to waste time. Many players spend more time that planned playing. The anonymity that online games bring is also detrimental to society. Good-natured and caring people in real life can easily become violent or ill-tempered online. Because they hide behind a screen name, they feel like their actions have no repercussions. Also, they loose a sense of reality because it is not simply another screen name they are yelling at or insulting but a real person. During high school, I played online games and I severely regret it, mostly for the time I wasted and cannot get back.
Tuesday, April 2, 2013
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