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Christian Conduct in the Digital Age
What Exactly is a Computer?
Part 1 of 7
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I Corinthians 8
  • 7 Howbeit there is not in every man that
    knowledge for some with conscience of the idol
    unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an
    idol and their conscience being weak is defiled.
  • 8 But meat commendeth us not to God for
    neither, if we eat, are we the better neither,
    if we eat not, are we the worse.
  • 9 But take heed lest by any means this liberty
    of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are
    weak.

3
Definition of Computer
  • A pre-WWII (1935) dictionary definition of a
    computer One who computes a calculator,
    reckoner. A person employed to make a
    calculation in an observatory or surveying, ect.
  • A post-WWII (1945) dictionary definition of
    computer changed to a machine to make rapid
    calculations.

4
Historical Computers
5
Personal Computers
6
The trend is to become more personal
  • Seven of ten kids have Internet access from a
    home computer.
  • Seven of ten kids have Internet access from a
    portable laptop computer.
  • Three of ten kids connect with the Internet using
    games.
  • Two of ten kids have smart phones, allowing
    Internet access from anywhere.
  • Nine of ten teens have cell phones for texting.

http//www.pewinternet.org/presentations/2008/teen
s-online-stranger-contact--cyberbullying.aspx
7
Universal Computers
  • Typewriter
  • Copier
  • Calculator
  • Sketch Pad
  • Photo Album
  • Music Player / Radio
  • Movie Player / TV
  • Phone
  • Music Composer
  • Phone Book
  • Calendar
  • Games

Complete Entertainment, Education,
Communication, Work Device
8
Statistics
1
  • million viruses by 2009 1

90
of emails are spam 2
100
billion emails sent a day 3
350 million
- people use online banking. 4
1 - http//www.computerworld.com/s/article/90751
18/Number_of_viruses_to_top_1_million_by_2009
2 - http//news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10249172-83
.html
3 - http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spam
4 - http//www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2005/Onli
ne-Banking-2005.aspx
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Hackers do exist
Hackers do not care about you or God. They only
care about money.
  • BBC Botnet problem. Did BBC Botnet break the law?
    1
  • Twitter Down It's an Online Attack on One
    Political Blogger 2
  • Twitter Founder Hacked! 3

1 http//www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009
/mar/12/bbc-botnet-legality-questioned http//news
.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/7932816.st
m
2- http//abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id827
8141page1 http//newsroom.mcafee.com/article_dis
play.cfm?article_id3554 http//www.securityinfowa
tch.com/node/1312431
3 - http//www.mediabistro.com/webnewser/hacked/
twitter_founder_evan_williams_hacked_121618.asp
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Tips
  • News Junkies use a News/RSS Reader

Better yet replace "news" with missionary email
updates which may be more accurate.
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Pop Quiz
Should I turn off my home computer at night?
  • Hardware stressing the components
  • A typical PC consumes something like 300 watts.
    Let's assume that you use your PC for four hours
    every day, so the other 20 hours it is on would
    be wasted energy. If electricity costs 10 cents
    per kilowatt-hour in your area, then that 20
    hours represents 60 cents a day. Sixty cents a
    day adds up to 219 per year.
  • Many viruses work at night.

12
Ubiquitous Computers
13
Headlines
Are You Hacked?
Attacking SMS 1
Is Your Phone Pwned? Auditing, Attacking and
Defending Mobile Devices 1
Embedded Management Interfaces Emerging Massive
Insecurity over a dozen devices including photo
frames 1
GSM/GPRS/SMS hacked with affordable equipment 2
http//technologizer.com/2009/07/30/your-phone-is-
probably-vulnerable-to-malicious-text-messages/
http//www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/07/31/iphone-os
-3-0-1-update-released-fixes-sms-vulnerability/
1 - http//www.blackhat.com/html/bh-usa-09/bh-us
a-09-speakers.html
2 - http//www.ettus.com/
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Cell Phones
  • The Computer in your cell phone today is a
    million times cheaper and a thousand times more
    powerful and about a hundred thousand times
    smaller ... than the one computer at MIT in 1965.
  • The mobile device will be the primary connection
    tool to the internet for most people in the world
    in 2020 1

1 - http//www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/The-
Future-of-the-Internet-III.aspx
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Statistics
million people carrying cell phones in the U.S.
in 2005 1
34
225
million people carrying cell phones in the U.S.
in 2007 1
400 million
- 2013 Global smartphone shipment forecast. 3
- number of smartphone users tapping into
mobile-application stores are expected to reach
100 million in 2013. 2
  • 100 million

1 - http//www.drugrehabtreatment.com/teen-cell-
phone-addiction.html
2 - http//news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10203051-94
.html?tagnewsEditorsPicksArea.0
3 - http//www.dailywireless.org/2009/03/24/smar
tphone-users-100m-by-2013/
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Advertising Trends
http//blogs.forrester.com/marketing/2009/07/inter
active-marketing-nears-55-billion-advertising-over
all-declines.html
17
Access to the Internet is changing
  • A report from Crisp Wireless finds that the
    words sex and porno are among the most
    popular terms on mobile search engines.

http//www.usatoday.com/money/advertising/adtrack/
2008-06-08-adtrack-mrbill_N.htm
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Statistics
63
of teens own their own cell phone 1
number of text-messages the average U.S. Mobile
teen now sends or receives per month 2
2,899
20
of teens electronically sent, or posted online,
pornographic pictures or videos of themselves.
3
1 - http//www.drugrehabtreatment.com/teen-cell-
phone-addiction.html
2 - http//en-us.nielsen.com/main/insights/consu
mer_insight/August2009/breaking_teen_myths
3 - http//www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/
PDF/SexTech_Summary.pdf
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Headlines
Sexting
  • Police warn of teenage 'sexting' 1
  • Sexting absolutely mortified me'' 2
  • Judicial precedent set to charge the child with
    Child Pornography 3

1 - http//news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology
/newsid_8181000/8181443.stm
2 - http//news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/technology
/newsid_8181000/8181443.stm
3 - http//www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-02-04
-teens-sext-charge_N.htm
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Headlines
Texting while Driving
  • 22 States SMS texting while driving illegal 1
  • Ban on text messaging while driving introduced to
    Wisconsin State Legislature2
  • Graphic video may crash and burn with teens who
    text while driving, expert says3

1 - http//www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32919375/ns/tech
nology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
2 - http//www.uwsuper-stinger.com/text-bill.htm
l
3 - http//www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-talk-
teens-texting-and-drivisep02,0,3526724.story
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Pop Quiz
Do cell phones cause cancer?
  • Not sure, but ...
  • There is a company that is objectively measuring
    the radiation output of cellular phones.

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Terminology about Computers
  • Peripherals
  • Operating Systems (OS's)

http//www.zerocut.com/tech/c_terms.html
23
Digital vs. Analog
  • Digital only has two states
  • On or Off
  • 1 or 0
  • Analog has infinite number of states

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Binary Computers
1
1
1
111
111
0
1 - 10
1
1
10 - 10
2
100 - 10
1
1
1
7
0
1 - 2
1
2 - 2
2
4 - 2
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Digital World vs. Physical World
  • Bits Never deteriorate
  • Can be copied indefinitely
  • Can be accessed universally and easily
  • Can be used simultaneously

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Copying, Sharing or Stealing?
  • Sharing MP3s
  • Copying DVDs
  • Bittorrent
  • RIAA lawsuits
  • Ebooks
  • Software
  • End user agreements
  • Open Source / Creative Commons / etc...

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Music online
2
billion songs last year sold by iTunes 1
15
billion songs were downloaded last year for free
1
95
Of music downloads are illegal 2
Number of illegal songs on an average teenagers
iPod 3
800
Illegal music downloading is at an all-time high
and set to rise 4
Young People, Music the Internet. http//www.chi
ldnet-int.org/music/index.html
1 - http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php
?storyId112065448
2 - http//news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid09/0
1/16/2321214
3 - http//technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news
/tech_and_web/personal_tech/article4144585.ece
4 - http//www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/jul/
30/newmedia.musicnews
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iTunes Online Music Store
  • Audio
  • Video
  • Podcasts
  • Games
  • Applications

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iTunes Parental Controls
http//support.apple.com/kb/HT1904
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Tips
  • Know all the capabilities of all your devices.
  • Read the Manuals!
  • Read the EULA's and Privacy agreements
  • Work with your children

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Statistics
4 Hours
  • - average time an 8-18 year-old spends watching
    TV, videos, DVDs, and prerecorded shows every day
    1

1 Hour
- average time an 8-18 year-old spends on the
computer every day 1
50 minutes
- average time an 8-18 year-old spends playing
video games every day 1
- of 818-year-olds have TVs in their bedrooms
and own video game players, and nearly one-third
have computers in their bedrooms. 1
67
1 - http//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart
/obesity/wecan/learn-it/screen-time.htm
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Statistics
53
- of 818-year-olds said their parents gave them
no rules about TV watching. 1
1.5 Hours
amount of time children and teens who have TVs
in their rooms spend more a day watching TV than
their peers without TVs in their rooms. 1
- The likelyhood of children who watch more than
five hours of TV per day to be overweight,
compared to children who watch less than two
hours per day. 2
400
6 Hours
- Average total screen time a day 3
3 - http//lin.ca/resource-details/10853
1 - http//www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart
/obesity/wecan/learn-it/screen-time.htm
2 - http//family.go.com/parenting/article-56107
1-limiting-screen-time-t/
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Limit Total Screen Time
  • American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines
    recommend a total of two hours of leisure (not
    homework) screen time a day. Preschool-aged
    children are watching up to two hours of
    television a day, which far exceeds their daily
    screen-time guideline of 30 minutes.
  • Youths with TV rules that are enforced report two
    hours less daily media exposure than in homes
    without this supervision.

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Secular Researchers Acknowledge
  • Computer-Addiction Services at Harvard Medical
    School 1
  • MIT Study Blackberry Addiction Leads To Stress
    2
  • CDC Gamers At Risk For Health Problems, Dream
    Pharma Target Market 3
  • In 2006, psychiatrists at Stanford University
    surveyed people over the phone to try to
    determine how compulsively they used the
    Internet. 4
  • http//www.bewebaware.ca/english/internetaddiction
    .html

3 - http//www.mediapost.com/publications/?faAr
ticles.showArticleart_aid112229
4 - http//www.livescience.com/technology/080125
-tech-addicts.html
1 - http//www.computeraddiction.com/
2 - http//wbztv.com/local/blackberry.addiction.
stress.2.916620.html
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Symptoms of Addiction
  • Unable to meet responsibilities at home, school
    or office.
  • Continues to use substances or engage in behavior
    even when it is dangerous.
  • The need increases to engage in behavior or use
    more of a substance to achieve the same effect or
    feeling.
  • Has tried but failed to stop using the substance
    or end the behavior.
  • Continues to engage in the behavior or use the
    substances even when they are aware of the
    dangers.

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Symptoms of Addiction
  • The person becoming preoccupied with the
    addiction, spending a lot of time on planning,
    engaging in, and recovering from the addictive
    behavior
  • Extreme mood changes happy, sad, excited,
    anxious, etc
  • Sleeping a lot more or less than usual, or at
    different times of day or night
  • Secretiveness
  • Lying

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Headlines
Addictive Attributes of Gaming
  • Warning Signs Appear Along Road to Video Game
    Addiction 1
  • Center for Online Addiction 2
  • Online Gamers Anonymous 3
  • Gaming fanatics show hallmarks of drug addiction
    4
  • Compulsive video gaming is a modern-day
    psychological disorder 5

http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction
1 - http//www.technewsworld.com/story/52916.htm
l
2 - www.netaddiction.com
3 - www.olganon.org
4 - http//www.newscientist.com/article/dn8327
5 - http//www.webmd.com/mental-health/features/
video-game-addiction-no-fun
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Generic Principles for Media
  • Pride (Proverbs 165 Proverbs 617)
  • The sacrifices, ways thoughts of the wicked
    (Proverbs 158,9,26 Proverbs 618)
  • Lying (Proverbs 1222 Proverbs 617)
  • Gossip (Psalm 1015 Proverbs 619)
  • Divination, Astrology, Enchanters, Witches,
    Charmers, Wizards (Deuteronomy 1810-11)
  • Homosexual acts (Leviticus 1822)

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Generic Principles for Media
  • Those who love violence (Psalm 115)
  • Adultery (Deuteronomy 518)
  • Idolatry (Deuteronomy 725)
  • Redeeming the time (Eph. 516)
  • Do not offend your conscience
  • Bad Language (Lord's name in vain)

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Review / Preview
  • Think about how computers work
  • Change what we think of as a computer
  • .... Next Why is the Internet such a Big issue?

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Networking Computers
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Resources
The Machine that Changed the World (1992 BBC
Documentary) http//www.securitytube.net/The-Mach
ine-that-Changed-the-World-28Documentary29-video
.aspx
http//www.pluggedinonline.com/
http//www.ilookbothways.com
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Homework!
  • List all the digital devices in your household
    and find out their capabilities

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I Corinthians 1031
  • Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever
    ye do, do all to the glory of God.

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