1. The principle of six degrees of separation suggests that everyone on this planet is separated by only six other people. In other words, our society can be easily navigated by different kinds of social links, which would create a network of about 6 billion nodes where any pair are on average 6 links from each other.
2. World Wide Web was invented by Berners-Lee around 1990; this is the pre-internet society. It was a virtual network in which Webpages consisted of much information such as news, movies, gossips, maps, etc. However, people today have discovered that it is not the overall size of the Web, or the number of Webpages created, that is important; what is more crucials seems to be the distance between any two pages.
3. Compared to the six degrees of separation in people of the society, scientists estimate that the diameter of the Web was close to about 19; nineteen degrees of separation. Six and nineteen seem to be drastically different, but what matters most is that huge networks collapse and display separation far shorter than the number of nodes they have.
4. Examples of separation ranges include our society, the WWW, and the Internet. First of all, our society, which has a network of six billion nodes, has a separation of six. The Web, which close to a billion nodes, has a separtion of nineteen. The Internet, a network of hundreds and thousands of routers, has a separation of ten.
5. Research suggests that fundamentally, as more links are added, there is a higher possibility of the distance between the nodes to collapse. The origin of the small separation can be explained as the logarithmic term presented in a mathematic formula; the logarithm shrinks the huge network and creates a small world around us.
6. I think that my connections to the society could be divided into more than 5: university, high school, elementary school, my old gymnastics club, family, etc. What is more, it can be divided even more inside those networks. For example, my university connections can be divided into my ultimate team, section mates, division friends, and etc. Personally, whether I like it or not, the connections with my bukatsudo is the strongest right now because I spend so much time with them.
2007年9月30日日曜日
2007年9月28日金曜日
Lesson 3 Think, Explore, Explain
1. I thought that even if you had the search engine add-on in your software, it it more efficient if you learn how to search for the exact information you would like to look for. I have the Google tool bar on my Firefox, but when I want to look for information about, for example, results about the world championships results of rhythmic gymnastics in Padra, Greece I need to type in such long words; perhaps if I knew that the only words I really need to type in is "worlds rhythmic 2007" than I would be able to find the information quicker.
2. Add-on extensions on Firefox software allows us to easily go to the sites we need to use everyday without having to type the URL every time. What I also like about Firefox than the usual Internet Explorer is that every time I change to a completely different URL, the pages that I was using before are still in there as tabs. Therefore I won't need to go back and forth so many times or to open another browser.
3. Firefox has the same functions as Internet Explorer and in addition as a few different functions as well, which some people may find more convenient than Explorer. Therefore we can say that Firefox can be used professionally for companies and businesses.
4. If you are able to use both Internet Explorer and Firefox, it is convenient when you are using a different computer with only one of them. What's more, if one of the software closes down for any kind of reason, you always have another choice if you had both on your computer.
2. Add-on extensions on Firefox software allows us to easily go to the sites we need to use everyday without having to type the URL every time. What I also like about Firefox than the usual Internet Explorer is that every time I change to a completely different URL, the pages that I was using before are still in there as tabs. Therefore I won't need to go back and forth so many times or to open another browser.
3. Firefox has the same functions as Internet Explorer and in addition as a few different functions as well, which some people may find more convenient than Explorer. Therefore we can say that Firefox can be used professionally for companies and businesses.
4. If you are able to use both Internet Explorer and Firefox, it is convenient when you are using a different computer with only one of them. What's more, if one of the software closes down for any kind of reason, you always have another choice if you had both on your computer.
2007年9月25日火曜日
Lesson 2- Think, Explore, Ezplain
1. Think- I think that it is good for everyone, including people who are not students, to have an e-portfolio. Keeping track of your own work and research is never a bad thing but rather allows us to look back; it may become useful in the future. It is something a company may be looking for when applying for a job as well.
2. Explore-A disadvantage of having a traditional resume includes the fact that a traditional resume it is not possible to put every single thing on it. The traditional resume is usually paper and you can only “fill in” the spaces with what is asked for. A disadvantage of a e-portfolio is that after all, the computer is a machine. We rely on the internet and computer a lot, so if anything happens to the internet, we will not be able to use it.
3. Explain-It is essential for us to learn and make use of the new technology of the century. It is predictable that the internet will become the major communication system, it will most likely be a disadvantage to not be able to use it.
2. Explore-A disadvantage of having a traditional resume includes the fact that a traditional resume it is not possible to put every single thing on it. The traditional resume is usually paper and you can only “fill in” the spaces with what is asked for. A disadvantage of a e-portfolio is that after all, the computer is a machine. We rely on the internet and computer a lot, so if anything happens to the internet, we will not be able to use it.
3. Explain-It is essential for us to learn and make use of the new technology of the century. It is predictable that the internet will become the major communication system, it will most likely be a disadvantage to not be able to use it.
2007年9月24日月曜日
Summertime Pictures!
Here is a picture of when I went to Squamish in Canada during summer vacation. I used to horseback ride with my friends when I was in elementary school.
Here is a picture of some cute little boys running around in the waterpark. I went to Stanley Park in Vancouver and cycled for about 4 hours. The sea was beautiful and so was the weather!
2007年9月18日火曜日
Sept. 18th: Barabasi Questions
1. One element critical to Paul’s success in spreading the Christian message was the fact that he decided it was necessary to get rid of having strict rules and barriers to becoming a Christian; this includes softening food rules and abolishing circumcision. Another element that lead Paul to success was that he walked all across the world in order to spread Christianity. He used his own knowledge of the social network of that century and went around to the largest communities in order to spread his beliefs effectively.
2. I would think this could happen again. This was the first century and clearly, it took a lot more time and effort to spread the word of Christianity. However, these days there are many ways of communicating ideas: books, letters, media, and of course transportation is also a key factor that enables us to travel to places that people of the first century would have never even imagined in going to in an unbelievable amount of time.
3. New kinds of maps made of our interconnectivity include things such as trade/ownership maps, internet maps, ecosystem maps, gene maps, and so on.
4. The “real surprise” is that these new maps have a common blueprint, and laws govern the structure and evolution of all the social networks around us.
5. The author defines the nature of the most scientific research in the 20th century as reductionism. People assumed that it was necessary for them to understand the nature’s individual components before grasping nature as a whole. However the problem that we run into this century is that there is more than one way of putting nature’s puzzle together; in other words, comprehending individual parts does not necessarily lead us to comprehending the whole. Nature seems to be much more complex than that, because we now have discovered that everything is connected and interacting with each other, and nothing exists individually.
6. Barabasi predicts that the new science of networks will be the focus of scientific research in the coming era. In other words, it will be essential for people to move away from the idea of reductionism and start thinking of society as a complex social network in which everything is linked with everything. In my opinion, I feel that it is important to be able to view things both individually and as a whole.
2. I would think this could happen again. This was the first century and clearly, it took a lot more time and effort to spread the word of Christianity. However, these days there are many ways of communicating ideas: books, letters, media, and of course transportation is also a key factor that enables us to travel to places that people of the first century would have never even imagined in going to in an unbelievable amount of time.
3. New kinds of maps made of our interconnectivity include things such as trade/ownership maps, internet maps, ecosystem maps, gene maps, and so on.
4. The “real surprise” is that these new maps have a common blueprint, and laws govern the structure and evolution of all the social networks around us.
5. The author defines the nature of the most scientific research in the 20th century as reductionism. People assumed that it was necessary for them to understand the nature’s individual components before grasping nature as a whole. However the problem that we run into this century is that there is more than one way of putting nature’s puzzle together; in other words, comprehending individual parts does not necessarily lead us to comprehending the whole. Nature seems to be much more complex than that, because we now have discovered that everything is connected and interacting with each other, and nothing exists individually.
6. Barabasi predicts that the new science of networks will be the focus of scientific research in the coming era. In other words, it will be essential for people to move away from the idea of reductionism and start thinking of society as a complex social network in which everything is linked with everything. In my opinion, I feel that it is important to be able to view things both individually and as a whole.
登録:
投稿 (Atom)