Blown to Bits Chapter 4 Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+

  What did Canadian telecommunications company Telus do during a strike of its workers - Answer: Telus blocked a pro-labor union website on their network and banned many other websites as well during the strike. Telus said that since the cables delivering the internet traffic belonged to the company, they reserved the rights to control what bits were being delivered What action did the Chinese governemnt taken in regard to June 4th - Answer: The chinese government has censored any mention or discussion of the massacre that took place on that date and the censorship extends to a lot of websites on the chinese internet What percentage of search does Google process - Answer: 90% Three types of internet gatekeepers - Answer: Links gatekeepers controlling of data pipes in which the bits flow. Search gatekeepers are controlling all the bits we find on the web. The social gatekeepers are controlling all the social connections people make on the internet. The internet grew out of ARPANET. What were ARPA's two intitial concerns - Answer: 1. Wanted to improve utilization by networking the computers it was funding 2. Worried that assets wouldn't be able to communicate during a nuclear war especially if key sites were eliminated or disabled What is the internet? - Answer: It's an interconnected network in which computers can communicate with each other and exchange information. It allowed individuals or organizations to connect. Size of a packet being sent - Answer: Around the size of a thousand bits What are the rules for joining the internet? What happens to bad actors? - Answer: There are no rules for joining the internet. The internet can "freeze" out bad actors by routing the information elsewhere. TCP vs UDP - Answer: They are packet forwarding processes. TCP guarantees good packet delivery but not as fast speed. UDP guarantees good speed but is less good packet delivery. IETF and it's function? - Answer: The IETF is the internet engineering task force which manages the standards for internet protocols. It's a governing agency of the internet. Purpose of ICANN - Answer: The purpose of ICANN is to assign numeric addresses to things like countries or organizations Why are generative technologies also destructive technologies - Answer: Generative technologies are also destructive technologies because they make the previous technologies useless, and cause suffering and large loss of profit to those who were making profit from the outdated technologies. Why are there just 5 major Internet Service Providers in the US? - Answer: They use the cables and infrastructure that is already brought into the house of people. There is high cost and challenges with building new networks as well. How do high speed connections in the US compare to typical connection speeds in Japan and Sweden - Answer: The standard speed in Japan and Sweden is 40 times faster even in rural areas than high speed internet in US. What is net neutrality - Answer: Internet service providers should treat all data on the internet equally. Hierarchy and how it's used to organize information. - Answer: A hierarchy is something that allow you to divide things into categories and those into subcategories. This is in order to organize information. Are law enforcement agencies allowed to look over your google searches - Answer: They have to file a search warrant in order to look over your searches however sometimes Google may comply with requests from law enforcement and allow law enforcements to without informing the suspect. Is Google Search free? - Answer: It's not free because the user pays towards advertising. Google sends certain advertisements to users based on their search history. 3 social network sites before facebook - Answer: MySpace, Friendster, Sixdegrees Facebook launch date and it's growth rate over 6 years - Answer: It launched in 2004 and had 12 million users by the end of 2006. It had 60 million by 2007, and by end of 2010 it hit 500 million users. Network effect - Answer: Value of product or service increases as more people use it 3 apps Facebook added in last 12 years - Answer: Instagram, , Facebook Messanger