Local Area Connection and Network Computers
These are one of those things that I know I have and have used but I do not know much about. I found the Wikipedia entries a bit lacking compared to other Wikipedia articles that we have read for this class. I found that clicking the many links on the pages was important in fully understanding what was going on.
Common types of computer networks
I thought that this video was a nice little companion to the two Wikipedia entries. It was presented in incredibly easy brief terms. Although I already knew much of the information, I would imagine that for someone very new to the subject, this video would be useful.
RFID
I am not that familiar with RFID, but from what I have read, it would make mass inventories run much smoother and be much easier to complete. This would of course only be if the range of the sensor could be toned down a bit. After having a job where the manual input of barcodes was necessary for an inventory of thousands of CD’s, I would welcome the opportunity for RFID to do it for me. I also though it was kind of interesting that this article noted how to cheat the RFID reader with a gum wrapper. This is something that I might keep in mind for later….
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It is amazing to me that in this age of using technology for everthing a gum wrapper or mylar could compromise the whole system - for the price of an RFID system you would think one would need a bit more technology to fool the system - a little hacking, some frequency disturber - make the thief work for it;) But no, just buy a pack of gum!
I'd like to think of Coyle as the Abbie Hoffman of the library world...fight the power! She writes an article extolling the virtues of RFID technology, and even touching on some of its criticisms, privacy & range, etc. then ends her article by providing us with the ways around this fabulous technology...
brilliant!
This seems to be an issue with a lot of Wikipedia articles. I may be a little old fashioned, but I still have a hard time using wiki articles as credible sources.
I also enjoyed the video, kind of put everything into perspective didn't it?
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