Writting 5

Dior Lowhorn
February 24, 2008
1. Convert the following numbers from base 2 to base 10.
1. 1011
2. 101010
3. 11111
4. 10010
2. Convert the following numbers from base 10 to base 2.
1. 31
2. 51
3. 7
4. 103
3. Suppose that we want to download a 100 MB file. How long will it take on each of the following connections?
1. A modem that can download at 56 kilobits/second
2. A DSL connection that can download at 5 Megabits/second
3. A high-speed connection that can download 10 Megabits/second
4. If we have an Internet connection that can upload 3 Megabits/second, and an MP3 is 60 Megabytes, how many MP3s can we upload in an hour?



1.A) 11
B) 42
C) 31
D) 18

2.A) 11111
B) 110011
C) 111
D) 1100111

3. A)
B)
C)

4. 0.375 MB/sec = 2.66 sec/MB
2.66 x 60 = 159.6 seconds = 2.66 minutes per song

60/2.66= 22 22 Songs in one hour

Net Neutrality

1.)Network Neutrality debates rise mostly in rights of consumers and smaller sites, and the ability to stifle consumers and sites because of these larger providers like AT&T and their relationships of carriers like yahoo or Google. Network neutrality allows consumers and producers rights to be fulfilled.

2.)People that are pro net neutrality are small corporations and people who believe in having a democracy. Network neutrality makes the internet unfair and violates citizen’s rights.

3.)Comcast and AT&T are big corporations against network neutrality. They want to ensure that they work hand and hand with the internet carriers so that when the people that want the best deal in a carrier they have to pay the providers more money for that and this is exploiting the people and ensuring that this big corporations still stay rich.

4.)I personally feel that net neutrality keeps everyone’s rights open and help instill that no one get an upper hand in the internet world.

Cybersquatting Good or Bad?

I feel cyber squatting is overall used for bad intent. I feel if someone is not trying to advocate for another company and perhaps help them out and then sell their company domain for more money for the benefit or advancement of another company, then this is something not right to do. If they are not helping the company out for the greater good, then advocating or buying their domain shouldn’t be allowed.

Below are some guidelines to help choose worthy domain holders:

Pick someone is known or accredited and have a nice background about.
Choose reliable advocacies that have positively influenced other companies.
Pick people who are not necessarily in it for the money but to help others which in turn will help themselves
When selling back domain names, reasonable prices should be offered.



I feel that people who cyber squat to benefit themselves solely, or who have demeaning intent should not be allowed to access domain names. If certain things that a company is distributing are unfair or unlawful there are other alternate routes to go about bringing them to justice.