********** Refresher ********************
Listen and Record
Purpose: To learn about the social impact of Computer Science on the world.
Assignment:
You will listen first and record the secret passcode for verification.
You will type the secret passcode when you drop off your recordings.
After you listen to each audio file I have, you will then record it
and drop it off into google classroom.
Make sure you save the file as an mp3.
Resources:
Audacity.
Check to see if you have already installed audacity.
Go to the search bar and type audacity.
If it does not come up,
go to software center and download it.
Click here to see a demo of using Audacity for the first reading assignment.
The name of the book is Blown To Bits.
The link to is: Click here.
For my page number I refer to, I now use book page numbers.
NOT the page number on the book pages.
Due Date: Thursday April 27, 2023
Blow to Bits book pages 36 to 39
Listen here "Saving Time" (www.cusack2.com)
Be sure to listen to my read of the secret pass code.
Make sure you enter the secret pass code
into the google drop box comments.
(Way I can verify that you listened.)
When you record, use Audacity
and export as an MP3.
This should take 7 to 10 minutes to read
Your file name is PX_P36to39_BtoBits_Book_lastname.mp3
Drop off your mp3 file into google classroom.
Below is the
Starting and ending text to ensure
you read the correct text.
the ..... is the representing
the rest of the text.
Be sure to read the boxes to.
Listen for secret code words.
(Start here)
Saving Time
For commuters who use toll roads or bridges,
the risk-reward calculation is not
even close. Time is money, and time
spent waiting in a car is also anxiety and
frustration. If there is an option to
get a toll booth transponder,
many commuters will get one,
even if the device costs a few dollars
up front. Cruising
past the cars waiting to pay with
dollar bills is not just a relief;
it actually brings the driver a
certain satisfied glow.
The transponder, which the driver attach
.....
company does let you “opt out” of receiving it
(although in general, few people bother to
exercise opt-out rights). But Safeway has
lots of “affiliates,” and who knows how
many companies with which it might be involved in a
merger or sale of part of its business. Despite
privacy concerns voiced by groups like
C.A.S.P.I.A.N. (Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion
and Numbering, www.nocards.org), most shoppers
readily agree to have the data collected.
The financial incentives are too hard to
resist, and most consumers just don’t worry
about marketers knowing their purchases. But
whenever purchases can be linked to your name,
there is a record, somewhere in a huge database,
of whether you use regular or super tampons,
lubricated or unlubricated condoms, and
whether you like regular beer or lite. You have
authorized the company to share it, and
even if you hadn’t, the company could lose it
accidentally, have it stolen, or have it subpoenaed.(stop here)
Due Date: Thursday May 4, 2023
Blow to Bits book pages 39 to 42
Listen here "Convenience of the Customer" (www.cusack2.com)
Be sure to listen to my read of the secret pass code.
Make sure you enter the secret pass code
into the google drop box comments.
(Way I can verify that you listened.)
When you record, use Audacity
and export as an MP3.
This should take 7 to 10 minutes to read
Your file name is PX_P39to42_BtoBits_Book_lastname.mp3
Drop off your mp3 file into google classroom.
Below is the
Starting and ending text to ensure
you read the correct text.
the ..... is the representing
the rest of the text.
Be sure to read the boxes to.
Listen for secret code words.
