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The Red Group

Delve into the societal implications of Information Technology through insightful presentations and discussions on the role of IT as a mere toy or a catalyst for change. Explore the ethical, privacy, and growth aspects of IT in our modern world.

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The Red Group

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  1. The Red Group I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy And An Improved Means To An Unimproved End

  2. Leader: Ekaterina Aksenova Speaker 1 (Impact Of Toys On Society): Conor O’Malley Helpers: Michael Doyle Owen McNally Speaker 2 (Gimmicks): Neil McGough Helper: Colin Lyons Speaker 3(Privacy): Niall Casey Helpers: Rehal Massoud Declan McGuire Rebuttal: Kate PowerPoint Declan McGuire The Red Team 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  3. Speaker 1: Conor O’Malley Helpers: Owen McNally Michael Doyle 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  4. Toy • Definition • 1.“Something of little importance.” • 2.”An amusement.” 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  5. Computer Games And Robots 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  6. September 11th 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  7. Sales Of Computer Games Consoles Console North America Japan/Asia Europe Total Playstation 2 29.26 million 16.18 million 24.56 million 70 million Xbox 8.6 million 1.4 million 3.7 million 13.7 million GameCube 7.46 million 3.37 million 3.11 million 13.94 million -(www.pcvsconsole.com) 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  8. Mobile Phones 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  9. Concentration Of I.T. In Developed World Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Amish Community, US New York, US 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  10. Thoreau’s Quote “…so with a hundred other ‘modern improvements’… our inventions are wont to be pretty toys which distract our attention from serious things. They are but an improved means to an unimproved end….” 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  11. Speaker 2: Neil McGough Helper : Colin Lyons 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  12. Growth And Trends In I.T. • How this relates to the topic – the uses we put IT and how these are nothing but toys. • Headings: • Games industry – figures and growth • Products – good or gimmicks? 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  13. Gaming – growth sector • ATI – fourth quarter – income 61.2Million USD • Up 174% from fourth quarter 2003 • ATI produce NOTHING but graphics cards. ATI X800 Pro (Colin has one!) 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  14. Gaming – growth sector • GTA San Andreas – on release broke opening sales records in a weekend for both video games AND cinema opening releases in the UK. • Furthermore, since its release it broke all cinema release records. 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  15. Products, good or gimmicks? PROCESSOR Intel p4 3.06ghz HT HDD 80GB RAM 512MB DDR2 OPTICAL DRIVE DVD-RW DISPLAY 15.4” WXGA TFT OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows XP Home FEATURES modem, , NVIDIA GeForce 6800 Go 256Mb PROCESSOR AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU HDD 80GBRAM 512DDR 333 (2*256MB)OPTICAL DRIVE DVD-Super MultiDISPLAY 15.0" TFT OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows XP HomeFEATURES ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB, Modem, Gbit LAN, Bluetooth, 802.11g Wireless LAN, 4-in-1 Card Reader PROCESSOR Athlon 64 3400+HDD 60GBRAM 512MB (2*256MB) DDROPTICAL DRIVE DVD-RW (Dual)DISPLAY 15.4" WXGA TFTOPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft Windows XP HomeFEATURES Modem, Gigabit LAN/802.11g Wireless LAN, Li-Ion, 4-in-1 Card reader, ATi Mobility Radeon 9700 128MB VRAM 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  16. £1450inc. VAT (£1198 ex. VAT) Alienware Area-51M 7700 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  17. £1429 inc. VAT (£1217 ex. VAT) Acer Ferrari 3000 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  18. £933 inc. VAT (£794 ex. VAT) Acer Aspire 1524WLMi 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  19. Extreme Gimmicks USB Mince Pie (GT Edition) AK-MP3 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

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  21. Speaker 3: Niall Casey Helpers: Declan McGuire Rehal Massoud 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  22. 1984 I.T. is an improved means to an unimproved end • “You had to live-did live,from habit that became instinct-in the assumption that every sound you made was overheard, and, expect in darkness, every movement scrutinised.” -1984, George Orwell 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  23. Our World Is Slowly Becoming Like Orwell’s • Propaganda in the news is rife after september 11th. • Biased information is being delivered to us daily and our views are being affected. Muhammed Saeed al-Sahaf (“Comical Ali”): -Presented the Iraqi people with false information to a ridiculous exent. “I see a town full of happy smiling families surrounded by trees and lakes with flower beds full of roses. I`m not dead and Iraq are winning the war. Saddam is a nice man”. 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  24. Improved Means To Unimproved End Before After 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  25. Privacy In The Workplace • Email • Employers are legally allowed to monitor email • “Even if there is no written agreement an employer can still peek into email.”(www.nolo.com) • Email statements of employees can live on indefinitely on in backup files. • Software is freely available to monitor emails. 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  26. Spam • Spyware and Cookies • Find your personal information, send emails accordingly. • ISP’s and search engines monitor users as they travel across Internet. • The government and police are installing recording boxes in ISP’s to record Internet surfing and downloads for evidence.(www2.palsol.com/ee1/?hop=sellitnow) • In one test by the US Federal Trade Commission, an e-mail address posted in a chat room began receiving within eight minutes of submitting a post.(www.privacyinternational.org) (Cheers for the pic greens!) 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  27. U.S.-VISIT Programme George Bush Is Watching You! • From Thursday September 30 2004, all visitors to the United States will be electronically face-scanned and fingerprinted on the US border • US-VISIT will collect, assess, process and retain biographic, travel and biometric information on visitors to the US. • Data on travellers from ally countries will be kept alongside data collected from nationals of countries that threaten to wage war, or are or were at war with the US -(www.privacyinternational.org) 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

  28. DARPA • Monitors everything electronically 1BA6 Red Group Class Presentation – I.T. Is But A Pretty Toy

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