Joe Logic

Module 10

This story was an interesting read, though dull at times with the broken words to feel more old or unintelligent I guess. However, if it was written today it would be related with todays technologies.  “Logics” clearly are our modern day computers, while they process data and communicate with the “tank” aka the internet. I also found it funny that when  one individual tries calling his wife, but he then gets redirected to learning how to commit murder. Now, it has been a while since I have had a bad search result in something completely different, but I can truly relate when one of my searches had made a turn for the worse.

  In the story Joe is the malfunctioning yet still working computer that Ducky has.  Joe has a connection with the “tank” (the internet) the building that has all the knowledge.  A logic is connected to the tank to access information.  The problem with Joe is that there is mp discretion.  There isn’t a filter.   Even though it is against the law and wrong to kill someone, he views things from a different perspective.  It is useful information that he has access to.  Why limit that?

I see the problem today with the internet.  There are all kinds of things and information on the internet that are accessible.  As a human being we had discretion and morality.  We can “filter” the information and guide our learning.  We also can filter the information coming from the tank to the logic.  This would be your basic malware program or pop up blocker.  This is also a privacy filter, and content filters.

I suppose even in the outside world today you can find similarities on how computers process information and even how we as humans relay information. Much like in this story we can see similarities of that to todays computers.  Ducky’s wife learns that she is able to get the gossip and information about her neighbors and basically anyone she would want. Today we’d like to think that we are safe on the internet and social networking sites. Just like today’s social networking you can find information on someone you know and that person, including myself, will have a more difficult time blocking that kind of information being shared throughout the internet. I would go as far to even relate that portion of the story to having access to illegal downloads. There are simply too many people in the world sharing information and knowledge through the internet to combat, much like gossiping to a friend or neighbor, that information spreads fast.

So what do we do to stop this spread of stolen information? The question is should we shut the “tank” or internet down? I for one would think that would be a very bad idea, there is just too much information and too much done through the internet these days that it would cause some severe panic, much like in a South Park episode they lose the internet and have to go to California where internet is rationed out in a refugee camp. I doubt it would be that bad but just realizing how intertwined we are with the internet in today’s world I think some mass panic with the economy and several other things would really show up.

Overall, the prophetic tales of Joe computer tend to ring a little true, even down to having a faulty computer and having to turn it in or replace it with the better spec machine, even though such machines specs may not be much better, you may have an older running or virus ridden machine to replace, or you could just restore said machine to good spirits and get a year or two more out of it.

I suppose its time to end this blog, so since I cannot come up with a good closing, I will just end with a quote: “I am thankful the most important key in history was invented. It's not the key to your house, your car, your boat, your safety deposit box, your bike lock or your private community. It's the key to order, sanity, and peace of mind. The key is 'Delete.”---Elayne Boosler