In the first film of The Meatrix, Moopheus goes to a pig named Leo offering him to pills. One is to stay on the fantasy farm and the other shows him the real world and what is really happening. When he take the real world pill he see how the animals are cramped all together where they can barely move and see sunlight or get fresh air. That causes diseases between the animals so instead they started to add pills which would keep the animals alive but the overdoses also causes disease causing germs. The excrement pollutes the air and water that makes factory farms get sickness also. He shows Leo how the food that is being bought is a lie and not really from farms. Leo wants to help stop the factory farming machines.
In the Meatrix Revolting, Moopheus talks about how people are realizing where food comes from and is starting to buy healthier foods but there is still a place where they use machine farming. He shows him how the place looks, cows packed together and manure everywhere. Even though they have antibiotic the cows still get sick. The cows are also being pumped with artificial growth hormones. Baby cows are separated from there mother at birth and being fed milk replacers made from the cow's blood which causes mad cow disease. Leo fights off the agents but they capture Moopheus.Moopheus tells Leo to stop the other dairy factories. Leo also wants to rescue him.
In the Meatrix II 1/2, they see how meat is hanging on a machine and workers are cutting it up but they raise the speed of the machines to get more meat cut up. This makes the workers get hurt because the machines speed. That is being done for profit but it is very dangerous. Manure is falling every where because of the speed, even on the meat. The agent puts Moopheus on the machine line to get cut up but Leo slows it down so he can fight the agent off and Moopheus gets rescued.
One item from the factory farm tour was Mad Cow disease. Mad cow disease is a fatal disease that spreads throughout the body from the spinal cord to the brain. Tiny holes in the brain are caused from the infection causing brain damage and then eventually will lead to death. The disease makes the cows to be unphysical and not able to move. This disease is transmitted when cows eats meat scraps from other cows. Even if the cow meat was infected it was still distributed and caused many people to die from the disease. The epidemic was global. The Food and Drug Administration tried to make stricter regulations and rule to prevent the spread but actually failed because an outbreak of the mad cow disease happened in America in 2003 when a cow was discovered with it. The calves are fed pig and cow blood, plate waste and poultry litter which can also cause the mad cow disease. This is also unsanitary. If farmers took care of their cows and do not give them the antibiotic or put them through farm factories where they are given artificial growth hormones then this would probably would not happen, or spread world wide. Its the artificial chemicals that are given to these cows which is not right. People do these things because they are cruel and become greedy, wanting to make more profit off the meats.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Blog 3.3 CAT #3
In "The Net is the Real World" by Jake Simms and Larry Magid, the authors talk about how two students from Rutgers University were arrested because they exposed a roommate, Tyler Clementi, who was getting intimate with another guy. Tyler's roommate, Dharun Ravi invaded his privacy by putting a web cam in the dorm room and had it live on the Internet where other people saw. When Tyler found out about it he wrote a farewell message on his Facebook and then committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge into the river. The author also talks about how the Internet encourages bullying and that some people react and handle the situation different from others.
In my opinion, online bullying can be more cruel and it invades a persons privacy because web bully's attract more people when they post what they have done or are doing on the Internet. People are seeing what is happening and it spreads quickly all around the Internet. Nothing is private if it is posted on the Internet because any one can access and view it. Like celebrities for instance, naked pictures always get leaked on the Internet most of the time for money or someone does it for revenge. Not everyone handles situations the same. Some people might not take it serious and just laugh about it while other people can feel very embarrassed and hurt especially if something very private to them is being exposed to the Internet world. Like a student says in the article "I expect ... my privacy to be respected and to be able to do whatever I want. There should be no one there invading my privacy." This is true, every ones privacy should be respected and not exposed to other people, especially on the Internet.Bullying is cruel and causes pain to some one which can make them do what Tyler and other students have done. I have read many articles where a student who got bullied either went on a rage killing the people who were bothering them or killing themselves. What Tyler's roommates did was cruel and it caused a serious outcome because his privacy was invaded which was wrong.
"At least in a school yard brawl, a bully can see his or her victim suffer. Online bullies may never know how much suffering they're inflicting." This quote is from the article and is very true. Although an online bully may not physically be hurting their victim, they are being hurt mentally and emotionally. Some people do it to "look cool" or just make them self feel better so they expose it all around the Internet while some people do it just for humor or fun but they are actually hurting another person. There fore, bullying is wrong but it makes it worse when its on the Internet because many people are watching it, possibly thinking it is funny as well when it really is not.
In my opinion, online bullying can be more cruel and it invades a persons privacy because web bully's attract more people when they post what they have done or are doing on the Internet. People are seeing what is happening and it spreads quickly all around the Internet. Nothing is private if it is posted on the Internet because any one can access and view it. Like celebrities for instance, naked pictures always get leaked on the Internet most of the time for money or someone does it for revenge. Not everyone handles situations the same. Some people might not take it serious and just laugh about it while other people can feel very embarrassed and hurt especially if something very private to them is being exposed to the Internet world. Like a student says in the article "I expect ... my privacy to be respected and to be able to do whatever I want. There should be no one there invading my privacy." This is true, every ones privacy should be respected and not exposed to other people, especially on the Internet.Bullying is cruel and causes pain to some one which can make them do what Tyler and other students have done. I have read many articles where a student who got bullied either went on a rage killing the people who were bothering them or killing themselves. What Tyler's roommates did was cruel and it caused a serious outcome because his privacy was invaded which was wrong.
"At least in a school yard brawl, a bully can see his or her victim suffer. Online bullies may never know how much suffering they're inflicting." This quote is from the article and is very true. Although an online bully may not physically be hurting their victim, they are being hurt mentally and emotionally. Some people do it to "look cool" or just make them self feel better so they expose it all around the Internet while some people do it just for humor or fun but they are actually hurting another person. There fore, bullying is wrong but it makes it worse when its on the Internet because many people are watching it, possibly thinking it is funny as well when it really is not.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Blog 3.2 Cyborg Advantage
Are computers and machines really smarter than humans? In the article "Cyborg Advantage" by Clive Thompson, the main idea of the article is how humans and machines work together. Also about how smart a person is with computers and apps. The author also talks about how some people get frustrated and annoyed with computers, while other people know how to manage there time so they do not get distracted by things on the internet.
Many people would probably think that computers are smarter than humans. They store a lot of information. You can also research mainly anything you need to know or unsure about. You can stay connected with other people from all around the world. There are also many other machines that give you what you want or need. For instance, hospitals use a lot of different machines and technology for many various reasons. Certain machines can help fight a disease or cure it. Others help you discover a disease or infection if some one has something. I believe that humans are actually smarter than computers.
These machines and computers did not create themselves. It took very intelligent humans to do this, people who have a lot of knowledge about technology and machines and people who went to school to study about it. They were the ones who created these devices. In the article "The Cyborg Advantage" by Clive Thompson, he talks about how humans and computers worked together on playing chess. The competitor would enter the position of there piece into the computer, and the computer program recommends a decision to make. The article says that at a tournament the winner was not a super computer or a grandmaster; who is a very skilled player in chess, but was a group of people in there twenties who were just amateurs and knew how run a PC and other apps. Those people out smarted a human and computer together and won. They knew how to enter moves in and work with the software. They took the knowledge they have with these applications and combined it with the machines. Although the computers have all the answers they are not the ones doing the thinking. Some one else gave the computers these answers.
Many people also have difficulties with there machines and computers at times. When this happens they either bring it to a repair shop or like we have today call the "Geek Squad." These people know how to see what is wrong with your machine and most likely know how to fix it. We do not have robots or other machines come to take care of the problem, instead humans who are very intelligent and have the knowledge of working with technology know how to repair, upgrade and install many apps and other things in your computers or other machines. It also takes knowledge from a human to connect and hook these machines up to get them running. If your not capable of doing that you get help from a technician or someone else because the machine can not start itself.
Today, mostly everyone goes on Facebook, or has various electronic devices. Many of these devices has different apps that you can install. We all know how to work these apps when they are installed or learn quickly what to do. People who are very familiar with technology created these apps either for your entertainment or like Facebook to stay in contact with other people.
Machines are probably made to make other machines and devices but this can not happen on its own. It takes a human to make this process. Humans learn or have knowledge already on what to do to create apps, electronics and other machines. Without humans we most likely would not have half these machines that were invented and created. Technology takes wisdom from humans therefore, humans are smarter. Like the article "Cyborg Advantages" says the machine age is not going away but will just increase and expand which can only be done mainly with the help of humans. Therefore, that is why i believe that humans are actually smarter than computers.
Many people would probably think that computers are smarter than humans. They store a lot of information. You can also research mainly anything you need to know or unsure about. You can stay connected with other people from all around the world. There are also many other machines that give you what you want or need. For instance, hospitals use a lot of different machines and technology for many various reasons. Certain machines can help fight a disease or cure it. Others help you discover a disease or infection if some one has something. I believe that humans are actually smarter than computers.
These machines and computers did not create themselves. It took very intelligent humans to do this, people who have a lot of knowledge about technology and machines and people who went to school to study about it. They were the ones who created these devices. In the article "The Cyborg Advantage" by Clive Thompson, he talks about how humans and computers worked together on playing chess. The competitor would enter the position of there piece into the computer, and the computer program recommends a decision to make. The article says that at a tournament the winner was not a super computer or a grandmaster; who is a very skilled player in chess, but was a group of people in there twenties who were just amateurs and knew how run a PC and other apps. Those people out smarted a human and computer together and won. They knew how to enter moves in and work with the software. They took the knowledge they have with these applications and combined it with the machines. Although the computers have all the answers they are not the ones doing the thinking. Some one else gave the computers these answers.
Many people also have difficulties with there machines and computers at times. When this happens they either bring it to a repair shop or like we have today call the "Geek Squad." These people know how to see what is wrong with your machine and most likely know how to fix it. We do not have robots or other machines come to take care of the problem, instead humans who are very intelligent and have the knowledge of working with technology know how to repair, upgrade and install many apps and other things in your computers or other machines. It also takes knowledge from a human to connect and hook these machines up to get them running. If your not capable of doing that you get help from a technician or someone else because the machine can not start itself.
Today, mostly everyone goes on Facebook, or has various electronic devices. Many of these devices has different apps that you can install. We all know how to work these apps when they are installed or learn quickly what to do. People who are very familiar with technology created these apps either for your entertainment or like Facebook to stay in contact with other people.
Machines are probably made to make other machines and devices but this can not happen on its own. It takes a human to make this process. Humans learn or have knowledge already on what to do to create apps, electronics and other machines. Without humans we most likely would not have half these machines that were invented and created. Technology takes wisdom from humans therefore, humans are smarter. Like the article "Cyborg Advantages" says the machine age is not going away but will just increase and expand which can only be done mainly with the help of humans. Therefore, that is why i believe that humans are actually smarter than computers.
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Artifact 3
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Video game systems and games are artificial to life because they actually let people get addicted to them and feel like there inside the game. Some people feel like the video games control them, or there world revolves around these games. They get virtually connected. Many kids react and learn from what they are playing. Sometimes it can control a child's behavior cause they want to do and see what happens in the video games. It can sometimes cause aggressive behavior and violence. Athough video games are fun they can be unhealthy, not many children are as active any more because all they do is sit around and play the games, instead of playing physical sports. Now there are devices where you can go online and connect to other real players from all over the world and verse them online.
Artifact 2
The images are of a lady who considers herself as "The Cat Woman." She had plastic surgery done to make herself look like a cat. She felt the need to look like a cat because she was obsessed with them, but she went to the extreme, although she likes the look. Many people spend thousands of dollars on plastic surgery to make them selves look completely different. Many people, mainly celebrities get plastic surgery done frequently like its a normal thing to do. People live in a world where they feel like they have to be perfect. They feel like they need to get plastic surgery done which is another artificial way of life. It shows how artificial the world is , and that doctors are actually used to doing procedures like this. Nowadays, it is not rare to get a brow lift or cheek implants.
Artifact 1
People on steroids is an artificial way of living. They are becoming strong and getting muscles with out physically working out. It is also very unhealthy. I chose the image above because the mans body is technically fake, he did not work out to get those muscles or the strength. Steroids also cause health problems but many people do not realize that or just avoid that fact. There body and brained is being harmed. It is a fake version of hormones that is simply injected in your body to make the muscles form for size and strength. People can work out, jog or lift weights to become strong but many people like some athletes chose to take steroids, kind of and easy way out although it has any side effects. I chose the image above which is of a man who is on steroids. That picture stood out to me because his muscles are extremely big from steroids. He looks like his arms and legs are about to burst. His veins are also popping out every where.
Blog 3.1 Personal Electronic Devices
Claim: Personal electronic devices are the most useful technology we have and effect our lives every second.
Reason: Many people can do almost anything they want on there cell phones.
Evidence: A cell phone is able to make calls. You can also listen to music on it or even check the weather. Pictures and videos can be taken from a cell phone. You are also able to send mails and other messaging like text messages or picture message.
Reason: Computers and many cell phones give you access to the internet and you can learn a lot off it.
Evidence: If you are unsure about something or do not know what it means you can get on the internet and google it. Whatever information you need to find , you can always find it on there and answers to things you do not know about. Theres many useful sites you can also go on.
Reason: Many people can do almost anything they want on there cell phones.
Evidence: A cell phone is able to make calls. You can also listen to music on it or even check the weather. Pictures and videos can be taken from a cell phone. You are also able to send mails and other messaging like text messages or picture message.
Reason: Computers and many cell phones give you access to the internet and you can learn a lot off it.
Evidence: If you are unsure about something or do not know what it means you can get on the internet and google it. Whatever information you need to find , you can always find it on there and answers to things you do not know about. Theres many useful sites you can also go on.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
2.2 Truman Syndrome
Is the “Truman Syndrome” a new disease or just a fake assumption? The Truman Syndrome is where some one feels trapped inside a different world, or an illusion. Like the movie “The Truman Show”, Truman Burbank was being followed 24/7 with hidden cameras everywhere without him knowing. He was living in a fake world that was to perfect. He did not notice this until one day he realized that everything that was happening, was constantly and then he started putting the pieces together and realized what was going on.
In the passage “Life imitates art as “The Truman Syndrome” diagnosed”, the article states that there are people who feel like they are trapped inside a different world. Some people believe that “the Truman syndrome” does exist, but other people and researchers do not believe it. A psychologist from the article named Vaughan Bell says that he had a patient who actually thought he was in the movie “The Matrix.” The article also states that one man thought he was being filmed for a TV contest while another thought his life was a staged set world like the movie "The Truman Show" and he was the main star. Many people who have a disease or something that is wrong with them take different kinds of medication. These medications can affect the way you think and can interfere with your brain and mind. Some people who think there stuck inside a different world are considered "crazy", and not taken serious.
I do believe that movies can mentally change a persons view of life and thinking but many people just are experiencing a mental disease. Like some horror movies, after a person watches a horror movie or even scientific movie, it frightens people and then they are afraid of what was happening in the film. Some people even get scared that it might happen to them.
Therefore, the "Truman Syndrome" is a disease. Whether some one maybe be born like that or it develops after watching a certain film, being that there are people who experience that just like some scientist have researched. You may call them crazy or delusional but its just a case of the "Truman Syndrome."
I do believe that movies can mentally change a persons view of life and thinking but many people just are experiencing a mental disease. Like some horror movies, after a person watches a horror movie or even scientific movie, it frightens people and then they are afraid of what was happening in the film. Some people even get scared that it might happen to them.
Therefore, the "Truman Syndrome" is a disease. Whether some one maybe be born like that or it develops after watching a certain film, being that there are people who experience that just like some scientist have researched. You may call them crazy or delusional but its just a case of the "Truman Syndrome."
Monday, October 11, 2010
2.1 Archetype
My archetype is the orphan. The orphan has reality hit to them at an earlier stage in life. Having no one to guide them, they learn to become independent. The orphan also learns that suffering is universal. Orphans are seen in many fairy tales and many Disney characters, sometimes feeling like an outcast.They know that the world does not revolve around them and they are very determined. Growing up, I always had my parents around me but i was still very mischievous and a rebel. Eventually, I learned I had to take responsibility for my actions and learned to become independent.
This image above relates to the orphan archetype. The children seem lonely and there probably sleeping on the street because they do not have a place to stay. They probably have no type of family or parents. The children were also most likely abandoned, comforting each other.
The image is from the movie "Annie". Annie is an orphan who live with other children in a miserable orphanage. All the orphans there get mistreated. Annie is very mischievous but she is also very caring towards the other orphans and supports them when they are feeling down. Annie's parents have abandoned her and she decides to escape to find them but gets caught. She also finds a friendly stray dog and pretends that it is hers so she can keep it. Annie feels connected to the stray dog. I chose this picture because it represents the orphan archetype in a negative way. I think this picture fits the archetype because Annie is an orphan who has no parent figure in her life. She has to live and grow in life with out any one guiding her in the right direction and teaching her from wrong but she never gives up hope on survival and facing the hardships.
Cinderella is also another character with the orphan archetype. She has no parents and lives with a cruel step-mother who slaves her around and makes Cinderella do all different chores and takes responsibility. Cinderella is also lonely, but does not give up on dreaming and also has high hopes. She find companion in mice. She feels like she is not any part of her family and is forced to move onto adulthood.
I chose the image above for warrior archetype because Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a warrior. He used speeches and boycotts. He also was a symbolic leader. He fought for civil rights and for freedom and peace. His famous line was "I have a dream", wanting black and white people to be equal. Martin Luther King Jr. said and did what he had to do because he was not going to let racism be acceptable. He stood up for what he believed in even though many people did not agree with him. I believe Martin Luther King fits my archetype because he was a strong man, and heroic.
Monday, October 4, 2010
Blog 1.4 The Truman Show
"I know you better than you know yourself." This is a quote from the movie "The Truman Show." The producer Christoff, says this to Jim Carey's character Truman, a man who has been living a fake life and had no idea about it. Truman Burbank is the star of the most popular television show in the world and he doesn't know about that or that his neighborhood he lives in is actually a big studio with hidden cameras all around and everyone is actors. Christoff plays a God-like role in this movie. He has absolute control over everything that happens in Truman's life.
Being that Christoff is the creator of what happens in Truman's life, he uses fear to control Truman. He created the fear of water with Truman, by making him think his father drowned from a big storm because Truman did not want to leave the water. At one part, Truman tries to escape many times to go to Fiji, but Christoff always make something go wrong. When he goes to a travel agent, the lady tells him all the flights are booked until next month because it is travel season. Then he decides to take a ship there, but has the fear to walk to it because he sees a mini boat on the side broken and it gives him a flash back of his father. This prevents him from being able to go on the ship. After that Truman tries to take a bus to his destination, but the bus engines unexpectedly breaks down. Christoff is controlling everything that is coincidentally happening to avoid Truman from leaving the town. When Truman tries to escape by crossing a river bridge, by closing his eyes and forcing his wife to steer, a "nuclear accident" appears on the other side of the bridge preventing Truman to continue on his escape.
Christoff also has control over the weather and environment. When Truman finally gets the courage to hop in a boat and escape, Christoff controls the weather by creating a storm. He makes the storm become really bad to the point where Truman might drown and die. He does not want Truman to escape and find out that he is living a lie. Christoff then turns the sea back to calm, making the sun shine and the darkness go away. Also, while Truman is looking up to the sky after trying to escape, Christoff then broadcasts his voice and reveals that he is the creator of "The Truman Show."
Christoff is similar to God in many different ways throughout the movie. By controlling everything that happens in Truman's life, this shows how he is a God to Truman, yet Truman does not have any idea. That is why Christoff had no problem with trying to kill Truman. He viewed it as, if he created him, he can also destroy him. Christoff made it highly impossible for Truman to find out the truth and live a normal life, by being the god like director that controlled the "The Truman Show" world.
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