Virtual Class 13

I was very glad that Scott McCloud was able to come to NDSU because he truly is an amazing and stimulating individual. I also was glad that I had the privilege to check out his amazing blog and get somewhat of a feel for doing a blog and having different images mixed in with a somewhat story-like sense. From the information I could gather about Scott McCloud, he sounds like an extremely intelligent man who has much to offer and many wonderful and valuable ideas. With someone as brilliant as he is creating and designing new changes in the technology world, there certainly must be so much that everyone can learn from him regarding new-age technology and what can be done in order to promote the latest steps in modern-day technology. For those of us who are young (and even those who are not young, but considered old and past their expiration date) can learn so much about technology with all the amazing technology that is emerging and blossoming in our world and society today that did not exist many years ago and that people are just learning about today. I hope that Mr. McCloud does come back to NDSU again and that he has even more information and visuals to gill our minds with.

blog 8, virtual class 12

The characteristics of human intelligence regarding the subject of humans vs technology has become quite a controversy over the years. Some people believe that someday technology is going to take over the world, eventually (some people hope for it and others fear it like crazy). But the most likely fact of the matter (which was strongly demonstrated in the Techtalk on Blackboard) is that there are still many things that only humans can figure out and computers cannot. The example used in this instance was codes on a computer that are all blurry and one would have to type the letters into the text box correctly in order to proceed on. This example was used to demonstrate that any idiot would not be able to get through if they did not understand the concept of what they must do. However, this concept can go the other direction as well in that computers can be outsmated in many ways, as well, in that there likely is no way that technology will be able to take over our lives any time in the future, although it may come close and seem that way.