I Disagree spam because spamming is not good maybe it is good for others who are making it but not for the majority. Spamming is just flooding the Internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who would not otherwise choose to receive it.
10 Tips to Fight Spam
1. Use Spam Filters.
When email was originally designed in SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) there was no reason to authenticate email message senders because email was originally only for trusted users such university researchers.
2. Eliminate Viruses.
Spam still slips through filters, and sometimes delivers viruses that then turns your computer into a spamming machine without you even knowing.
3. Keep Your Email Account Safe.
Email users can do their part to reduce spam. When you sign up for something online, read the details carefully and uncheck checkboxes for additional offers.
4. Test Who Is Spamming You.
When you sign up for something online, sites usually say they won't sell your info. Unfortunately, some do, or their employees do.
6. Opt-Out Letters.
Online newsletters are a great way to bring the content you want directly to your inbox.
7. Pick The Right Email Address.
One way to reduce spam is to choose your email address carefully.
8. Tailor Your Surfing To Minimize Viruses and Spam.
Let's face it, there are three primary types of websites that can be a source of viruses and spam: adult, gambling, and gaming.
9. Report Violators.
The report any spammers and ask the authority to help deal with spam violators.
10. Get Revenge?
Track the spammer.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Ethical Evaluation of Spamming
Kantian Evaluation
• Recipients are treated as a means to an end.
• Use of people as a means to an end and it's bad.
Immanuel Kant takes the moral position of deontology. "Deontologists believe that morality is about choosing actions that obey laws, rules, or duties. For Kant, in order to be ethical, we must choose to do an action not because we think it will produce good outcomes or because we are moral people, but because it is the right thing to do."
Act Utilitarian Evaluation
Act-utilitarianism is a relatively new term to describe the type of utilitarianism where we look at each individual action and ask ourselves...What should I do in this specific case? This creates enormous problems because there's no way we can predict the future. We can't know if our action will ultimately bring about more goodness.
Rule Utilitarian Evaluation
• Diminishes the usefulness of the email system.
• Just only a tiny number benefit.
Rule utilitarianism is oriented towards positive outcomes (e.g. maximizing happiness). Here a rule is adopted because it tends to best promote utility - much as a "rule" in tennis that says "don't take risky trick shots" is adopted because it tends to win matches.
Social Contract Theory Evaluation
• Spam against the idea of email as a conversation – spammers don’t want replies and disguise themselves (masquerading)
the contractual formula (“an act is wrong just in case it fails to pass the non-reject ability test”), if “wrongness” just means “fails to pass the non-reject ability test,” simply means “an act fails to pass the non-reject ability test just in case it fails to pass the non-reject ability test.” If, however, the Scanlonian formula is taken to give a higher-order account of wrongness, then what the formula means is simply that an act that fails the non-reject ability test is made to have another (lower-order) property of being wrong in some other non-contractual sense.
• Recipients are treated as a means to an end.
• Use of people as a means to an end and it's bad.
Immanuel Kant takes the moral position of deontology. "Deontologists believe that morality is about choosing actions that obey laws, rules, or duties. For Kant, in order to be ethical, we must choose to do an action not because we think it will produce good outcomes or because we are moral people, but because it is the right thing to do."
Act Utilitarian Evaluation
• Suppose spam message to 100 million people.
• Bad results greatly outweigh good.Act-utilitarianism is a relatively new term to describe the type of utilitarianism where we look at each individual action and ask ourselves...What should I do in this specific case? This creates enormous problems because there's no way we can predict the future. We can't know if our action will ultimately bring about more goodness.
Rule Utilitarian Evaluation
• Diminishes the usefulness of the email system.
• Just only a tiny number benefit.
Rule utilitarianism is oriented towards positive outcomes (e.g. maximizing happiness). Here a rule is adopted because it tends to best promote utility - much as a "rule" in tennis that says "don't take risky trick shots" is adopted because it tends to win matches.
Social Contract Theory Evaluation
• Spam against the idea of email as a conversation – spammers don’t want replies and disguise themselves (masquerading)
the contractual formula (“an act is wrong just in case it fails to pass the non-reject ability test”), if “wrongness” just means “fails to pass the non-reject ability test,” simply means “an act fails to pass the non-reject ability test just in case it fails to pass the non-reject ability test.” If, however, the Scanlonian formula is taken to give a higher-order account of wrongness, then what the formula means is simply that an act that fails the non-reject ability test is made to have another (lower-order) property of being wrong in some other non-contractual sense.
Monday, November 17, 2008
The history of computer.
Q:Who were the computers during the Victorian Era? what were the implecation during that time?
"Computers" have been around for a long, long time and developing computers was made by many, many people, not only one "Inventor". There are many people who would said that the first "Computer" was the "Abacus” that was invented in Asia about 5000 years ago. But I made some research on the internet and I've read on some site that there were a number of special devices invented to help with things easier like tax collecting, taking the census; it says that these were purely mechanical, but by the start of the twentieth century, they were run by steam.
Q:Who is Charles Babbage and what was the significant contribution he made during his time? If his computer was made, what ethical considerations could have been addressed?
Charles Babbage is called the "Father of Modern Computer" he was an English mathematician, philosopher, Inventor and Mechanical Engineer who originated the programmable computer. in 1991 a perfectly functioning deference engine was constructed from Babbage plan the success work of engine was indicated that Babbage's machine would work and after couple of years the science museum created a printer that Babbage designed for the difference engine and that was the big contribution by Babbage during his time.
Q: What Computer was developed during the World War II and who made it possible?Name the 2 major players and how did they contribute to the war effort? What happened to them after the war?
During World War II, in 1941 by a German engineer named Konrad Zuse was called the Z3 and was used to help design German airplanes and missiles. A couple years later, in 1943, the Allied forces developed a computer called Colossus to help decode German messages. The next computer was the Mark I, designed by Howard H. Aiken, an engineer working with Harvard and IBM. The Mark I was positively huge, taking up half of a football field, but it helped to create ballistic charts for the US Navy during the war.
Q:What is AI? robotics and cyborgs? What ethical issues can be derived from these inventions?
Artificial Intelligence Robotics or we called it AI robotics are computers that usually use in some power plant but some of them are capable only in very limited task. Some robots have great difficulty identifying object base on appearance or feel. Some scientist had improve a perfect robot that could talk, walk, do some task, and look like a real human.
Q:What is the real threats that the IT world would face in the future. How could this happen and what is its effect to our world?
If they keep on making some of this some of the people will loose their jobs especially those who are working on the power plant and I think this is a threat also on people in IT world because all of the workers will be replace by an AI robots.
Q:Who were the computers during the Victorian Era? what were the implecation during that time?
"Computers" have been around for a long, long time and developing computers was made by many, many people, not only one "Inventor". There are many people who would said that the first "Computer" was the "Abacus” that was invented in Asia about 5000 years ago. But I made some research on the internet and I've read on some site that there were a number of special devices invented to help with things easier like tax collecting, taking the census; it says that these were purely mechanical, but by the start of the twentieth century, they were run by steam.
Q:Who is Charles Babbage and what was the significant contribution he made during his time? If his computer was made, what ethical considerations could have been addressed?
Charles Babbage is called the "Father of Modern Computer" he was an English mathematician, philosopher, Inventor and Mechanical Engineer who originated the programmable computer. in 1991 a perfectly functioning deference engine was constructed from Babbage plan the success work of engine was indicated that Babbage's machine would work and after couple of years the science museum created a printer that Babbage designed for the difference engine and that was the big contribution by Babbage during his time.
Q: What Computer was developed during the World War II and who made it possible?Name the 2 major players and how did they contribute to the war effort? What happened to them after the war?
During World War II, in 1941 by a German engineer named Konrad Zuse was called the Z3 and was used to help design German airplanes and missiles. A couple years later, in 1943, the Allied forces developed a computer called Colossus to help decode German messages. The next computer was the Mark I, designed by Howard H. Aiken, an engineer working with Harvard and IBM. The Mark I was positively huge, taking up half of a football field, but it helped to create ballistic charts for the US Navy during the war.
Q:What is AI? robotics and cyborgs? What ethical issues can be derived from these inventions?
Artificial Intelligence Robotics or we called it AI robotics are computers that usually use in some power plant but some of them are capable only in very limited task. Some robots have great difficulty identifying object base on appearance or feel. Some scientist had improve a perfect robot that could talk, walk, do some task, and look like a real human.
Q:What is the real threats that the IT world would face in the future. How could this happen and what is its effect to our world?
If they keep on making some of this some of the people will loose their jobs especially those who are working on the power plant and I think this is a threat also on people in IT world because all of the workers will be replace by an AI robots.
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