Sci&Tech History

Facing several deadlines turn me into a yuborg: yuti cyborg. Almost half of my day was spent in front of the laptop and I think it drives my crazy. In the beggining, everything seems under control. The time I have is bigger than sum of average I use to spend for finishing an article, paper, [...]

What make a man, man? What is the difference between man and woman? In gender discourse, those questions are the main issues: why bother about gender if there are no difference between them. Further, how can we construct an understanding about society, both human and machine, based on those differences. Can we assess a certain [...]

Technology give thieves a new way to steal, through identity. It work like several computer virus which pretend to be the real file or program and then enter your computer. Identity thieves work in a similar way, they stalk on your identity in the internet, gain information about you, and then draw money from your [...]

What is the characteristic of control? What do we expect by controlling? I think the main issue of controlling is to predict and further, to make plan. But sometimes, control has something to do with power. In order to control, a strict regulation was designed and as a consequence there are several people with an [...]

Aaaargh! I think I am an internet-addict. The first thing I do after I awake every morning is checking email through my hand phone. Worst, I already set my hand phone so it receive my email periodically, every 4 hours, but I keep on checking it every hour manually. I think, things are turning a [...]

How can you be sure if something hasn’t happened yet? In Minority Report, action was decided based on prediction of three oracle. A more moderate prediction occur in Twilight saga. Alice, the oracle, has the ability to predict based on what people think. Since it is still on the mind, the prediction can change. In [...]