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 * 1.11 People and machines **

 The use of IT systems brings significant advantages, for instance in ease of use, being available 24/7, or through its use rather than exposing humans to a potentially hazardous environment. However, this can raise concerns about the rate at which technology is being introduced and issues that may arise from insufficient testing in critical situations such as air traffic control. The ultimate fear of many people is that future systems will be programmed to make decisions that would be better taken by humans, such as the decision to deploy nuclear weapons.

There are also social impacts such as internet addiction, where people feel that they can never get away from IT and are trapped on a “digital treadmill”.

Tablets are recommended, but won’t replace PCs because they aren’t made to carry out tasks that PCs are capable of doing. Tablets may be useful when looking at emails or searching the web, but it’s not easy to use when typing up word documents. They will be handy to have it next to your PC, but it will never be your primary computer. ||  || Egyptian citizens, especially for the protesters, have organized the initial protests against the government online, through social media such as Facebook groups. The restored Internet would allow them to use to do so again and other citizens are now back to their computers and can have regular socialization online. A main ways of communication with the outside world as well as with themselves, Internet would allow the citizens to join together through websites on the internet to create groups that support what they think is best for them. In this case, they want a reelection from their current leader.
 * Strand 1.11 People and machines ||
 * Date || Article || Comments || Tags ||
 * November 2010 || http://www.wired.com/reviews/2010/11/review_bg_tablet || 1) Why won’t tablets replace PCs?
 * February 02, 2011 || Egypt, Internet access: Egyptian government restores Internet service - latimes.com || 1. How might the internet be useful for the Egyptian citizens?

2. What does it mean "bring down Egyptian websites"? “Bring down Egyptian websites” means to stop access to those Egyptian websites through means such as having a DoS attack on the website. Also hackers can hack into the website and destroy the coding and content of the website and thus “bring down” the websites. Bringing down Egyptian websites can also mean that they are blocking all access to Egypt because there wouldn’t be any portal into Egypt if all the Egyptian websites are brought down. || 1.11 People and Machine, 3.4 Internet, 2.5 Social Networking ||