CAPTAIN ON THE BRIDGE No, Mark, you are not totally correct; the world is not completely different today than it was fifty years ago when I was growing up. The only difference perhaps being that the world has gotten worse. Yesterday, was one year after your eighteenth birthday, I am fifty nine now. Fifty years ago, during 1965, I was nine years of age; I remember it very well. Now you’re saying, “The world of man, today, is better than the world of man fifty years ago.” I disagree with that statement, Mark. I believe for the most part; only technology has progressed, and the governments’ successful manipulation of public opinion. Mark, you said that you feel as though the world has come a long way during the last fifty years, becoming much closer to Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek, with hand held touch screen …show more content…
I was just reading about 3D Printers on wikipedia.org. They are an electronic machine, which while using preexisting electronic data builds an object by use of inkjet printer heads, with a type of material that melts while going through the printer, then hardens after being printed in layers. You say; how can this not be a better world then before such wonder technology. I agree on the surface, and feel it’s as if everything used aboard the U.S.S. Enterprise, by her crew, during the many original episodes, and even technologies from The Next Generation Series, have come to life seemingly right before our eyes. What you, and other people have not taken notice of, is the fact that the world of man in Gene Roddenberry’s futuristic fantasy, is a world of mankind governed by a one world (Galactic) government. At the same time, you and your friends dismiss the fact that a common cell phone is a tracking device for anyone in government, who has the authority to ping a phone number from their office computer. This ping triangulates the cell phones signal off of at least three different antennae; in essence, Mark, turning your cell phone
Furthermore, I do believe that things are not going to get any better, since technology is forever changing and some people becoming more corrupt and wanting to win by any means
Our world is constantly changing through advances in technology and in medicine. Just like Scout in the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. Throughout the novel Scout grows up to become a young lady, learns through her experiences and from her father. One instance that Scout learns to become a better person is in chapter 11, page 49 of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird.” In chapter 11 is says, “I wanted you to see something about her-I wanted you to see what real courage is…”
In a groundbreaking case recently, a federal judge ruled against a Milwaukee man who was suing the state over the way he was arrested. He was arrested in a completely normal manner; however, the police were able to find him via a device called a stingray. A stingray is a device that can gather information on phones by sending out a signal that mimics a cell tower. This causes phones in the area to attempt to connect to it as they see it as a real tower. Once the device is connected to the stingray authorities are able to use it to gain a wide variety of information.
Moreover, cellphone records are volatile in terms of determining a person’s location. According to the podcast, cellphones routed through a particular tower and antenna does not mean that the call was actually made or received from within the territory. In addition,
These information was recorde just for the government the government hav request the NSA to recorde the people cellphone calls and send it to them. The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S.
Imagine a person takes your phone and starts going through your photos, messages, notes, and emails. People have private information in their cell phones which they don’t want people to look at. Law enforcements today are taking phones and search them without a warrant when they are arrested. The federal government is able to know where you are located just by easily tracking your phone. There are people who think it’s a great idea because police and catch criminals easier.
More and more people had them. But, as expected, they weren 't as sophisticated. They could only be tracked when they made a call and it bounced off several towers, the first being the closest. The evidence used against Adnan, his cell phone, in Jay’s procession, had pinged several towers, made a lot of calls. ALong with several versions of Jay’s
Do you ever feel like someone’s watching you? We may not see it, but government surveillance has skyrocketed throughout the years. Anything that we do with our electronic devices can be monitored by the government. Our privacy can be intruded on and we don’t even have a clue. Once our information is in the government’s hands, it can be spread widely and kept for years, and the rules about access and use can be changed entirely in secret without the public ever knowing.
Cellphones are everywhere, with everyone at all time that it has become a danger to our privacy. During the last decade, technology has been evolving at a speedy rate. As predicted by George Orwell the parallel elements between his novel and our present day are significant. We have similar technology, similar tracking, similar invasion of privacy, and similar over reaches. The present has become an updated version of George Orwell’s 1984 novel.
How far has the West come in the last decade? Before the current decade, the smartphone simply did not exist. The item which a vast number, if not the majority, of the population use all day, every day, did not exist prior to ten years ago. What a profound change. And yet, the science and reason that brought us this invention are not enough to force humanity to accept it in all facets of life.
The U.S. government is invading the privacy of its’ citizens through the use of mobile devices such as phones and laptops. This use of privacy invasion is similar to the technology used in George Orwell’s novel 1984. What makes today relate to 1984 is how the government tracks us through location, voice, and messaging. George Orwell’s 1984 has a totalitarian government that can track its’ citizens through location with the use of telescreens. In the novel, telescreens can track your location in a room through a telescreen, which is demonstrated by Winston´s thought ¨so long as you remained within the field of vision … you could be seen¨ (Orwell, page 3).
Surveillance cameras are a big deal in today 's world as well, as they spy on the average person as they go about their daily routine. In today 's society cell phones are a big controversy. As it states in the article That 's No Phone. That 's My Tracker, “ The
Has technology changed so immensely over the years that it now controls society? What has it done to control society? Over the years, technology has become one of the society's major resources. This relates to the use of technology to control the World State in Aldous Huxley’s, Brave New World. In the present day, we aren’t quite advanced enough to create clones or flying cars, but technology has become more of an everyday tool over the course of time.
That's my tracker,” by Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan they talk about how every personal information that a citizen has safe on their phone is not safe and that their phones are in danger. In the article, they mention how “1.3 million of call data was collected”. Millions of cell phone users have been swept up in government surveillance of their calls. That proves that cell phone companies have definitely been watching our every move and how our phones have obviously become like our personal trackers. In the article, they also mention how “Cellular systems constantly check and record the location of all phones on their networks – and this data is particularly treasured by police departments and online advertisers” this obviously shows that the government is able to obtain private information from citizens.
On January 15th 2009, Captain Chelsea Sullenberger never would have imagined to land an Airbus A320 on the Hudson river. It all happened when flight 1549 took off to Seattle carrying 155 passengers on board. Suddenly, a series of birds crashed into his left engine, leaving captain sully in a complicated situation where he either must decide to land on the closest airport, or land it on the Hudson river. He chose to land on the river which he knew was very risky for him and for his crew. Thankfully, this incident left all 155 passengers on flight alive.