Blogs for the NC State Community

CSC 257 Online General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By jep

Your first programming assignment is due on Valentines Day, February 14.  Except for the graphical user interface, it is a straightforward assignment. But I hope you have completed most of your work by now -- it's not an assignment that you can complete...

CSC 216 Online Information | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By jep

The first program is due February 13. The first test is scheduled for February 17, 6 - 7:30 pm in EB 2 Room 1126.  I will be posting more information about the test sometime this weekend. If you want to take the test via proctor instead of on campus,...

Shane Riter General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By smriter

In Thomas Jefferson's Notes on Manufacturing, Thomas sets out a clear based reasoning for a disapproval of colonial manufacturing. Jefferson believes in the viability and substance of the land to provide for the people of America. He talks of the abundance of...

Ross Bassett General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By ross

In History 341, we are talking about the role of sailing ships in the first age of globalization.  It is interesting that this week marks the beginning of the America's Cup yacht race, which allows us to look at modern sailing technology.  This...

HI 485 blog General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By dlawson2

In Jefferson's Notes on the state of Virginia , Jefferson shows that he is against manufacturing within families when it is not a necessity and that people should spend their time farming.  He says that the people in America manufacture only the most...

Joey's COD Blog Windows Lab | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By jmjenki3

I came across a black screen upon installing Windows 7 x64 on a 27 inch iMac. After some seraching, I've found a workaround. Once you finish your initial install, the computer will restart and you will be faced with a black screen. This is because Windows...

MA 114 General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By lbpage

Test #1 will disappear from the list of current WebAssignments at 11 PM Thursday evening (Feb. 11). After that it will be impossible for you to gain access to the test no matter what arrangements you may have made with the DE Proctoring Service or with a...

Fully Myelinated Politics | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By shgreene

A variety of things I've been thinking about health care reform of late, so I've decided to combine thin into one big, marginally coherent post. 1) It seems that Obama is finally taking the necessary leadership to get health care done.  Quite...

Fully Myelinated Politics | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By shgreene

This is certainly one of my favorite Matt Yglesias posts ever.  He takes on Bush administration torture apologist Marc Thiessen, who essentially argues that waterboarding done by Americans was not at all like waterboarding the Spanish inquisition,...

COM487-1: Internet & Society Leigh Tyler | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By latyler

In “Visionaries and Convergences: The Accidental History of the Net”, Rheingold goes through the history of the Internet, from a government-only interaction to a public database of information.   The U.S. Department of Defense created ARPA (Advanced...

COM487-2: Internet & Society Muna Ali Atiyyeh | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By mhaliati

In Abbatte's article titled, "Popularizing the Internet," it discusses how the internet went from being not so demanding, to becoming one of the leading ways of communication and information for people, especially after the 1980's when it became very...

COM487-2: Internet & Society Jane Moon | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By jjmoon

  In Rheingold's text, “Visionaries and Convergences: The accidental History of the Net,” he mentioned explained how the Internet came to fruition with the help of Douglas Engelbart and a few of his associates, such as J.C. R. Licklider. Engelbart's...

COM487-2: Internet & Society William Fulton | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By wsfulton

Abbate and Rheingold both discuss the movement of Internet access from the hands of a few to the masses. In Abbate's "Popularizing the Internet Chapter", the focus centers around the increasing civilian use of the internet in the 1970s and 1980s...

COM487-2: Internet & Society April Lawrence | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By amlawre2

In Abbate's Popularizing the Internet the author focuses on the evolution of the Internet stemming from the 1980's era.  She does so by identifying the ways in which early forms of Internet were transformed into the communication...

COM487-2: Internet & Society Brandi McElveen | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By blmcelve

Both of the articles we are covering this week deal with the creation and development of the internet. The concept of the internet grew immensely over the past two years, gaining popularity with non-scholars while becoming a medium for networking and...

Nash General | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By gnpage

In his Notes on the State of Virginia , Jefferson's view of manufacturing within the Colonies seems to be that of an exasperated spectator/participant who realizes, in vain, that there is a problem with the system, but cannot do much to fix it. His conclusion...

COM487-1: Internet & Society Michele Chandler | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By mfchandl

“Popularizing the Internet” discusses how the Internet was transformed from a researching tool and military control to a popular medium.  In the 1990's, the Internet began to emerge as a public communication medium. Although to most Internet users...

COM487-2: Internet & Society Kelly Johnson | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By kmjohnso

In Abbate’s “Popularizing the Internet,” she discusses the transformation of the Internet from a research tool into a popular public communications medium. In the early 1980s, the Internet included only a small set of networks, which were mostly linked to...

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COM487-1: Internet & Society Rebecca Lopes | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By rllopes

In Abbate’s Popularizing the Internet, Abbate discusses the growth and evolution of the Internet and how it went from being used by only the scientific elite to the everyday user. The Internet began as a system run by the Department of Defense and was...

COM487-2: Internet & Society Tiffany Haupt | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By tjhaupt

                In the article “ Popularizing the Internet ” Janet Abbatte explains the creation and developments of the Internet beginning in the 1960’s. Abbatte keeps main focus on...

COM487-1: Internet & Society Kishea Phillips | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By knphilli

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COM487-2: Internet & Society Kelly Mcdonough | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By kmmcdono

In Abbatte’s Popularizing the Internet, she creates a timeline of how the internet began and shows us how it was built off many programs that were actually intended to solve other problems. Abbatte begins her article by discussing ARPA and goes into explaining...

COM487-1: Internet & Society Evan Crim | Tuesday February 09, 2010 | By eacrim

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