I can honestly say that Term 6 was the worst 4 months of my life. After 5 years in univeristy I finally experienced what it was like to fail a course. Anyway I pity anyone who has to go through the compelete hell that was Term 6. All I got to say is stupid robot. All I remember from the whole term is that our robot was called Q.U.E.E.R (Quick Utility Electrical Engineering Robot) Bot. It was funny at the time.

I will not put the source code for our robot online because it was a group effort and it's not my place to do that but I'm throwing up a few things that I did that might be of interest to people outside of my engineering school. The first paper is one analyzing the RealTek RTL8139C(L)+ Embedded Network Processor. I'm not sure how good of a read it is but I remember the bitter sweet taste of anger as I wrote it. While on the topic of Comp Arch I guess I can throw up my first assignment which was actually quite fun. We had to build a computer with a $3000 budget and write up a short description why we picked the components that we did, word file and excel file.

I also completed a philosophy course and I have one paper lying around here that I will put on the net. All and all it was one of my more enjoyable courses in MUN. Below is the introdction.

In this paper I will address the ethical challenges posed by the introduction of new technologies as discussed in two readings: Postman’s “Invisible Technologies” and Winner’s “Artifacts/Ideas and Political Culture.” According to Dictionary.com, ethics can be defined as “a theory or a system of moral values.” However, this definition can be considered vague because moral values are not standardized between different cultures and people. Technology is defined as “the human process of applying resources to satisfy our wants and needs and to extend our capabilities.” It is important to note that this definition does not limit technology to physical objects and tools, but instead expands it to include processes that extend our current capabilities just as reading and writing have done. To illustrate my ideas I will first take an in-depth look at the two readings’ approaches to identifying the ethical challenges associated with new technologies, and then I will assess both in order to determine which reading has the stronger merit.