Thoughts on Tuesday's class discussion

After our class discussion on Tuesday, all I kept thinking about was marriage. I thought about how common it is becoming for a woman to not take a man’s last name when they get married. It is common for her to hyphen her name. I’ve been noticing it more and more. Therefore, I have noticed that many people give woman who hyphen their last name a dirty look or a snooty comment under their breath. People come up with a bunch of goofy reasons why a woman hyphen’s her name, things like she doesn’t really love the man, isn’t ready for the commitment, or  she wants her old name still so old boyfriends can find her. It’s sad to think that just because you don’t want to change your name completely people look down on you and say “oh you don’t like the traditional gender roles.” I think that women should have the choice and they shouldn’t feel socially pressured to change her name. So what if she decides to not follow the norm, why do people have to automatically put a negative association with it? Why do the women who decide to hyphen their name feel the need to explain themselves? Does anyone else see hyphenated names after marriage becoming more common or no? What are people’s thought about this subject?

Thoughts about Thursday's class discussion

In class on Thursday we discussed the binary code of 0 and 1. I am not tech savvy in any way shape or form but it was fun to learn that that’s all computers run on. Also, I think it’s so interesting that 0 is for absence and 1 is for presence that that one is more than 0. Entailing that men are better than woman in the computer world. I still find it so interesting that the binary code is just like weaving. Also, the discussion about the best buy thing blows my mind. I called my sister who is very tech savvy and into computer games, and told her about our discussion. She couldn’t believe that she had never noticed that appliances and certain gaming consoles are white. On a side note now that’s what I am going to look at this weekend when I go to Best Buy to get my Ipad fixed. Which got me thinking, is apple trying to say something more than oh we have cool products that come in black and white? I find it interesting that their most complex technologic items only come in black or white. Do you think they are evening out the playing field by not limiting the color choice between black and white? What are some other people’s thoughts?

The Diamond Age..Miranda wants to find Nell

The chapter where Carl introduces Miranda to two unusual characters was confusing and intriguing all at the same time. So in this chapter I got that these two men have been thinking about how to reach people through ractives, not just help them with their lives through technology. The two men’s names are Mr. Beck and Mr. Oda. Carl tells her that it is impossible but these two men are trying to work on it or they already know how. Miranda is asked to be in the experiment and she feels like she is not the best candidate because she does a lot of kid ractives. It reminds me of Nell in a way because in the beginning Nell is always thinking she can’t do things. I am interested to see if Miranda can find Nell because I think she is the most mother like figure in her life.  I think that somewhat of the point of ractives is to interact with people on such a personal level but it still isn’t real life. Also, I hope Miranda gets to find Nell. She is so connected to her and truly loves her like she would her own daughter if she had one. I do have a couple questions though like If they find out how to do this will they be able to help certain children in bad living situations, like Nell’s or will there be an uproar in society that protects certain people? On the other hand, will children not get into as much because they know that adult ractors can find them or just the idea of it being more controlled?

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