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machine that makes bales. It is not only more efficient, but the outcome is much more desirable. Laborious jobs have been reduced or eliminated. Though it has made life easier, it also has promoted laziness. Instead of using our physical ability to accomplish a job, so many can now be done by machine. Rather than walking to the store to pick up margarine most would drive to the store. Little things that are so easily accomplished by hand can now be done mechanically. We d rather have a machine do the job, than exert the extra energy. This laziness has caused a decrease in the over-all health of human kind. There are more cases of obesity. The medical world has advanced, finding cures to many diseases, yet there are more diseases each year. In some cases we don t really know what we re doing, which can be extremely dangerous. Good and bad have both resulted from technology. I ve been working on computers for about 10 years, and I love them! I look forward to the advancements in computers. I was too young to experience the beginning of computers, but I truly would have liked to see them grow. It will be interesting to see what the future has in store for us. It could very possibly be complete disaster. There is more work being done with artificial intelligence and there is always the worry that a type of thinking robot could be created which will wipe out humankind. The robots may start to think of us as inferior and take over. We could also be the destruction of ourselves. With technology, war is made so much easier. There would be more death and destruction than ever if World War III broke out. With one push of a button, the whole world could be annihilated! Now that s scary stuff. The fate of the world is in someone s hand. Technology is both enlightening and frightening at the same time. It s hard to tell where exactly it will go, but it will most definitely be a part of our future.

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The Y2K Horror By: Michael Pratt Dave Fleming Michael Pratt Com 112-03 9 November, 1999 Proposal Argument The Y2K Horror Over the years, the technological world has advanced rapidly, and humans have come to rely on computers for just about every aspect of daily life from education, to communication, to banking, to electricity, we depend on technology. The Y2K bug seems to be a vicious reminder that our technology is just a tangled connection of imperfect, haphazard systems we have come to let run our lives. The year 2000 or the Y2K problem is caused by a short cut imbedded into many computer and microchips. In the 1960s, to conserve what was then precious and expensive memory space, computer programmers shortened the four-digit year to use a much more economical two-digit method for example, 78 would mean 1978. Unfortunately, computers and microchips that still use a two-number year will recognize 00 as the year 1900, not as 2000. When using data involving dates, the problem will cause failures, and can corrupt databases with incorrect information. A statement issued by the President s Council on the Year 2000 Conversion states: This Y2K bug could cause computers to either shut down or generate incorrect data. In our electronic information-dependent society, that could be a big problem. At the time the two-digit year was first used in computer programming, no one addressed or was prepared for a problem when the year 2000 rolled around, because, like today, technology was advancing and changing quickly. Computer programmers assumed that the two-digit year would eventually be changed and become obsolete. This, obviously, did not happen. In many cases, the older applications that use the two-digit method have been built on, and are buried deep into systems that are the basis of large corporations and other industries that run civilization as we know it. Computers are everywhere in government, business, utilities, and our jobs. When one system fails, there is a cascading effect to other systems. Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Management, Stephen Horn, stated that Despite a lingering skepticism in some realms, I assure you: The Year 2000 problem is real; its consequences are serious; and the deadline remains unstoppable. The Y2K problem can not be accurately figured, and no one knows exactly what will be affected, or how much. Bad news lurks in every corner and statistics are depressing. The consulting firm GatnerGroup has estimated that Venezuela and Saudi Arabia (two of the largest exporters of oil to the United States) are 12 to 18 months behind the United States in their Y2K compliance efforts. Being faced with the threats of loss of electricity, oil, and unfortunately, any hope of technological stability is a serious matter that should not be tossed around like it is not a big deal at all. Definitely knowledge and preparation is the key to surviving this glitch in civilization. I really, truly feel that it is wrong to write Y2K off as a media-hype, every human being is going to effect by the Y2K horror. Dave Fleming Michael Pratt Com 112-03 9 November, 1999 Proposal Argument The Y2K Horror Over the years, the technological world has advanced rapidly, and humans have come to rely on computers for just about every aspect of daily life from education, to communication, to banking, to electricity, we depend on technology. The Y2K bug seems to be a vicious reminder that our technology is just a tangled connection of imperfect, haphazard systems we have come to let run our lives. The year 2000 or the Y2K problem is caused by a short cut imbedded into many computer and microchips. In the 1960s, to conserve what was then precious and expensive memory space, computer programmers shortened the four-digit year to use a much more economical two-digit method for example, 78 would mean 1978. Unfortunately, computers and microchips that still use a two-number year will recognize 00 as the year 1900, not as 2000. When using data involving dates, the problem will



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