Moderate politicians will not win any presidential election because they are Moderates. And yes, i am aware that i am using one of the Fallacies. Although this might not be the best option to choose because i would have to include current popularity statistics and wouldn't really need much else. I could look up previous presidential elections, but they wouldn't be recent media.
When i actually went on the internet to see if i could actually find something to work with and i found this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/12/technology/techspecial/12threat.html?ref=technology
Entitled "Who Needs Hackers?", it talks about how the greatest upcoming threat is not hackers, but the systems themselves because they are getting WAY too complex.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tuesday, September 4, 2007
Transparency Begets Trust
Ok, i'll get to the actual blog thing after i complain. I have never used one of these things before and have no idea if this is going to work. Can people actually see this? Whatever.
1. I read the other one first, so this wasn't really a surprise. I figured that they would both be relatively similar. But i was happy that blogs have become more trusted, because as this article dictates, they are more condusive to be believable, b/c you can read thoughts from other people arguing the main point and decide for yourself whether or not the source is trustworthy. I usually believe anything written down, so having different viewpoints argued in front of me, both 'in print', makes me think about what i believe and makes sure i don't take everything at face value.
2. The article's claim is that blog site trust is up because people can cross examine it. It uses specific, linked examples so you can find out more about any part of the article. It uses charts and lists, also referenced within the article. Having links to every part of this article makes the evidence very solid. Almost leak-proof. To me, referencing everything was very effective in supporting the claim made by the author. I was able to go on numerous links to make sure that what Lasica was saying was correct, that s/he wasn't making stuff up. The only counter-argument that i would bring to the table is that some people are not regulars to the 'blogging thing'. They might go on once in a while to check something out and come across a blog site and read an article or two. Those people might take what they read for granted-as i usually do- or they may think: This is a load of bull and i can't trust this because it's a blog.
SO although trust in bloggin is up, it's up within the community that uses blogs on a regular basis. The trust of blogs outside of that community will probably vary very widely.
1. I read the other one first, so this wasn't really a surprise. I figured that they would both be relatively similar. But i was happy that blogs have become more trusted, because as this article dictates, they are more condusive to be believable, b/c you can read thoughts from other people arguing the main point and decide for yourself whether or not the source is trustworthy. I usually believe anything written down, so having different viewpoints argued in front of me, both 'in print', makes me think about what i believe and makes sure i don't take everything at face value.
2. The article's claim is that blog site trust is up because people can cross examine it. It uses specific, linked examples so you can find out more about any part of the article. It uses charts and lists, also referenced within the article. Having links to every part of this article makes the evidence very solid. Almost leak-proof. To me, referencing everything was very effective in supporting the claim made by the author. I was able to go on numerous links to make sure that what Lasica was saying was correct, that s/he wasn't making stuff up. The only counter-argument that i would bring to the table is that some people are not regulars to the 'blogging thing'. They might go on once in a while to check something out and come across a blog site and read an article or two. Those people might take what they read for granted-as i usually do- or they may think: This is a load of bull and i can't trust this because it's a blog.
SO although trust in bloggin is up, it's up within the community that uses blogs on a regular basis. The trust of blogs outside of that community will probably vary very widely.
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