Bobby's DGN Journal

I agree with some in saying that the basis of human dignity is the inherent worth and value of a person. Where does this worth or value come from? I believe it comes from each of us being created in the image of God. This is a belief held by others including the founding fathers of our great nation. The Declaration of Independence states: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." This quote further expounds on the idea of human dignity as it not only addresses a person's worth or value but how they should be treated in light of the fact that they have such. Many individuals, organizations, websites, etc. exist to advocate for this very thing, the rights that individuals have and the standard on which they should be treated.

Considering these things, I think my general definition of human dignity is a person's inherent worth and value and the rights and standard of treatment associated with this.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_dignity

http://www.ascensionhealth.org/ethics/public/key_principles/human_dignity.asp

http://www.archives.gov/national-archives-experience/charters/declaration_transcript.html

I don't really want to get in to heavy politics so I thought I'd just mention a few things about my voting experience. Tuesday was the first time I've been eligible to vote and I guess I was kinda surprised at how easy it was. I had registered previous to voting and so the only thing to be done once I got to the polling place was to sign next to my name. Another thing that surprised me was the items on the ballot. For example I was expecting to vote for Governor, the various representatives, Attorney General, etc. I wasn't expecting to vote for County Soil Commissioner. All in all it was a good experience, I'm very thankful for the opportunity we have in our country to vote.

I am fascinated by the boom of social networks seen on the Internet today. The whole social aspect has so many ramifications. Thinking even in terms of developing new online services today, you need to think not only of creating something that uses the latest greatest technology but something that meets the social needs and desires of users.

There are also the many interesting ramifications for the users of social networks. Take Facebook for example, 5 years ago when someone graduated from high school and went off to college, it could have very well been the last time they saw many of their classmates apart from reunions and such. Today, because of services such as Facebook, you can keep in constant contact with such classmates. Whether this is good or bad remains to be seen.

One of the stories making tech news these days is Zune, Microsoft's new media player coming out in about a month. I had the opportunity to see a brief demo on the web the other day and I must say it didn't look half bad. I really doubt that it will live up to its reputation as the iPod killer, but who knows, it'll at least give us something to keep an eye on.

Check out the site below for more Zune info.

http://www.zunescene.com/

I really don't have all that much to write about. How about this, Google quote of the day:

"Consience is what makes a boy tell his mother before his sister does." - Evan Esar

I'm not even really sure what he's trying to say here, any thoughts?

One of the more interesting/weird things I've done since being at CSS has been to stumble across the cemetery. Now you might think it odd of me to post this, but I thought it was quite a noteworthy event as I have never been to another school that had its own cemetery. You probably think I'm really weird. I guess I'll try to get out more.

DGN 1101 Sec. 009
Robert Pearson
Assignment 1

Community

Name: anotherway – The “Leavers” Community http://community.livejournal.com/anotherway/

Description: This is a community which discusses various thoughts and philosophies on a variety of life’s issues with a basis or common interest in Daniel Quinn’s views and opinions. I found it interesting to read discussions on issue that are spin-offs of Quinn’s philosophies.

Quotes: “religion can't be proved it can only be disproved.
(based on bible and/or scripture)” – posted by timber723 September 18, 2006

“As our skies and oceans become increasingly congested with the viscous black death of oil - who will be responsible?” – posted by metonymia August 9, 2006


Blogs

1) Name: TechCrunch - http://techcrunch.com/

Description: TechCrunch is a daily blog about (as hinted in its name), technology, with a specific focus on Internet companies and their services. I find this blog to be enjoyable because of my personal interest in technology.

Quotes: “Some readers may have noticed that Dogster, the social network for dogs (along with sister site Catster), closed a $1 million round of financing last week. See TechMeme to catch up on the discussion if you missed it.” – September 18, 2006

“Embarq customers will now have access to 25 GB of free online storage and a web interface for easy access to stored multimedia files. Larger packages supporting up to a terabyte of storage will also be available for purchase. Streamload monetizes increased storage space and quotas for file sharing. – September 18, 2006


2) Name: Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler - http://giggs106.livejournal.com/

Description: This is a personal blog kept by a 24 year old guy who currently lives in Mauritania, Africa. This blog was interesting to me because it’s kept by some living somewhere I’ve never heard of and because we have a mutual interest in soccer.

Quotes: “"He was born in an offsides position" -- Man Utd coach Alex Ferguson on AC Milan striker Filipo Inzhagi - giggs106’s journal September 15, 2006

“Did you know for the price of a plane ticket to Africa, you can buy two laptops and a flight to Paris?” – giggs106’s journal September 12, 2006


3) Name: bassnote’s blog - http://bassnote.livejournal.com/

Description: I found this blog by searching for those who had an interest in Christianity. This is the personal blog of a middle aged American man who describes himself as a “ProAmerica, gun totin, votin, conservative, Christian male.” Needless to say he posted things that were quite interesting and amusing to read.

Quotes: “Big bad Ben just had the peewaddin scared outta him. He screamed like a girl! It was cute.” – bassnote’s journal June 24, 2006

”That which does not kill me had best render me incapable of returning fire.” – bassnote’s journal

Here's my first post as required by the dignitas class.

Movies - I saw a number of movies this summer an insterestingly enough, I thought Cars was one of the better ones (Yes Cars, the animated movie) :)