While reading the "Internet, bah!" article I found it funny that he was badgering the technological advances that were expected to occur in the future. One because he couldn't believe how they would help us and two because everything he was being negative towards ended up actually being created and user friendly. In the "Neuromancer," I really enjoyed the connection between the cyberspace and the ability for a human to control another individual in first-person view. It goes to show you that even technology in the past paved new hopes for modern advances in the future. I noticed that the concept in "Neuromancer," matched that of the movie "The Matrix," which more than likely describes why it is one of our screenings for DCC.
"A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace" posed a conflict of interest between the government and the residence of cyberspace. It seemed to me as sort of a civil war between supporters of the web and congressional figures, both being Americans. In my opinion I believe that the Telecom "Reform" Act breaks the First Amendment; freedom of speech, religion, and press. Most of my friends being Asian, I could relate with the "Digitizing Race" reading. I hear a lot of people say that they all look the same and the program that uses visual aid to prove that American's believe so is a good polling system that brings this to reality. Honestly I didn't know that 6 females created computers but it made sense when you think about it because all the men were at war, leaving females at home to do such work.
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