Tech Jobs

I always think that jobs exported from this country can be a good thing. Some poor counties really need the help and can use the support that globalization can bring and make the country self-supported. I always hear stories from my brothers about their trips to India where they see how much of the country has taken on aspects of American life. In American we are given so much and from a little hard work and often good luck people can do well and need to know much about any particular thing. Those countries in the East that need help to find an economy are benefiting from us.

I don't think how ever that we should import people from other countries to help our tech industry. If American companies keep issuing visas to people from the East ours will lose it's power as a leader of teaching. I can see in my head the possibility of Tech Colleges sprouting up all over the countries of India and China. If Americans want people to enter the IT field then companies better given them great incentive be willing to pay them.

My e-Waste, Good question?

You know I never really though about e-waste until we talked about it class. I knew trash was a problem but never specifically thought about electronic waste.
My dad doesn't know anything significant about computers but he and I had always had a love for going to goodwill and buying all the old stuff they had. That's part of how I got hooked on roller coaster tycoon. Be bought so much but never really got rid of any of it. My parents are total pack rats and almost all the computer equipment we have that we don't use is sitting under more computer equipment in the garage. I know one day they are going to move out and since the discussion in class it's dawned on me that I need to get rid of it in the right way. May my generation will get better at this kind of personal responsibility. At least I hope we do. See those pictures is sad and thinking about were this laptop, that I'm poking at right now, will be in 20 years is on the top of my mind. Hopefully it won't be there.
This got me think about other waste. So many people know that they have ways to recycle and why, but still don't care enough to do so. Large encyclopedia set always come to mind when I think about those things.

Maybe it is coming full circle. Each year the government and tax payers save the time money and most importantly trees by e-filing their tax return but in the end many of the computers that they file on turn up in toxic land fills anyway.
Computers have done a lot for the government. Government depository libraries are starting to print less documents and have more available, in different formats, on-line. Although librarians don't like to have less print material, the majority of Americans are fine with using the Internet in government depository libraries and at home on their own couch, something they couldn't have done 15 years ago.

E-waste isn't going to go away but maybe more can be done to open eyes about the problem of it as mine were opened for me.

cybersquatting

In nearly all things it's the governments right and responsibility to protect our safety before protecting most our freedoms. Therefore cybersquatting for purposes of fraud are wrong and should be taken down or changes. I think that companies that intend to deceive people and trick them into giving them money when aren't that company need to be shut down. One example that I am aware of is the governments financial aid website for the FAFSA. There are many websites that are look a likes of FAFSA and for a family that doesn't regularly use FAFSA it can be tricky find the real one. The concern should be websites like this that scam money from hard working people.
Some should be all to obvious. Anyone that doesn't know virizonsucks.com is not a part of Verizon should not be allowed to touch a mouse ever again. This leads to the argument about the right to protest. I feel that a group or person should be able to voice their protest and concern about any business that they want to online. People protest all the time here downtown in San Francisco in front of big stores like Macy's and likewise should be allowed to do it on the Internet.
Also any large company that isn't willing to pay someone fro the name of the business website that they want doesn't have the right to bring it to court. If Sears doesn't get sears.com and some guy in Pickiniy, Idaho then that man has the right to keep it or sell it as he wishes. What if that mans name was Steve Sears. He would have the right to keep the name as long as he wants to and he would have a lot of hits that would find out when his family reunion is.

My Security

I never really was very concerned with how secure my information is. There are times that I am cautious about what kind of information I give out and what kinds of things I don't. To me any government agency should be able to be trusted despite the kinds of things the bush administration has been caught up in lately. I think it's important to separate privacy into three categories. Personal, like phone conversations or emails that could be embarrassing, financial, like getting something charged on your credit card and just annoying, like spam in email and door to door salesman one after another.
I don't find financial fraud to be very treating to me because I have so few finances. I know this sounds immature but if someone did get all of my information there would be very much to do with it and would be easier to clear up than it would be for someone with a lot of money. I only usually trust large corporations that usually are trusted. I kind of have a go with the flow philosophy when it comes to providing information. I use EBay and Amazon on the Internet and only bank with one company. I never open credit cards and when to optout.com to stop getting a lot of credit card offers that I totally don't need. Also I think it is a good habit to keep on top of credit card statements and check at least each week online banking accounts.
After listening to our lecture in class I've started to be weary of who and why I am giving out information to corporations. For instance I started to sign up for Webster dictionary online but stopped because they asked for a address. I figured that I didn't need any publications from Webster just the convince of using it online when I needed it but I never got it. Also I started to forward my mail (normal mail) to a new address and did it on USPS.com but they asked for a $1.00 service fee. It seemed strange but I did it anyway. They also have a lot different companies and magazines that they try to have you sign up for throughout the mail forwarding process.
Things like the AOL slip up do happen but I think that's the risk that should be taken. I'd compare it to odds of getting robbed or being in a burning building. Yeah it can happen but its the risk you take.