Computer systems in daily life

A computer system that well all use in our daily lives, and manages to be consume our life, is the smart phone. The smart phone is a computer system due to its ability to perform multiple sets of instructions at a time and be able to retain all of the information inputted into the device. Though this device is limited by the amount of input and software it accepts, it still is a very useful system that is used by millions of people all around the globe. The first cell phone was developed in 1973, by a man named Martin Cooper. This system is so common in our daily lives that some elementary school students have mastered these devices and are taking their own parents to school over this new technology. The smart phone is easily personalized. Any user can find the setting that fits them best and utilize it within their phone, making their life easier. While the cell phone has been around for forty one years now, the smart phone technology has only been around since 1993. The first time a phone with smart phone capabilities showed up was in the IBM Simon Personal Communicator. Without the Smart phone system, life would change drastically. Individuals would probably socially interact with strangers in order to get to know one another over trying to send them a friend request through popular social media websites. Since a good majority of people prefer to text or send email over call, without the system people would have to actually get out and meet with one another in the real world versus the virtual reality that most of us all live in today. Even if we would hate to admit it, most of us are so attached to our beloved phones that we check them regularly. Most people check their phones every five to ten minutes, and use it as a way to get out of awkward social situations. With the use of smart phones and the availability of this product. It comes with a vast amount of privacy problems. People use their phones for everything, from messaging friends on social media to buying products on the internet. Uploading all this information to your personal device opens yourself up to potential cybercrime. A computer hacker can access anything in your phones storage. For example pictures, video, credit card numbers, schedules, bank account passwords, and plenty more. This leaves the vast majority of smart phone users to be cautious of what they decide is worth putting on their device. The whole world could get a hold of that information if that individual is not carful enough.

"Cell-ebration! 40 Years of Cellphone History [INFOGRAPHIC]." Mashable. Column Five, 03 Apr. 2013. Web. 29 Sept. 2014.

Algorithms

The way we live our life in our everyday activities and the process that we all unknowingly go through in a single day to complete easy tasks can be expressed with algorithms. From the way we go about making our favorite meals to how we decide what we should wear in the morning. For simple problems we encounter everyday we have devised a system we go about doing without even truly knowing it. These processes become second hand nature to us and we get to a point where we can preform these actions as if they were as simple as breathing. For example when some one wakes up in the morning to get ready for their day one of the first things they do is apply proper clothing for the day. This process can extend from five minutes to what may seem like a century if you're waiting on your significant other. But the main point of this relation is to describe how it would be if it was explained within an algorithm. So to start off the algorithm, first, you would want to take in the outside variables. Being the weather conditions. By first looking at what the weather is like in the world around you, you can then infer what type of clothing would best suit you. By using the first variable as the weather, it makes the selection of clothing more precise and accurate. The outside variable effects the entire process. The program could take information from the internet, pulling data from the local area's weather for the week. And put together a set of outfits that would be optimal for the user. Putting certain weather into different categories based off of the temperature, humidity, chance of rain, and wind. Then from there the program would preform the next step, which would consist of using the users patterns of clothing choice to put together a outfit that would best suit them in their own personal taste. By doing so it would make the chance of success increase. This program could easily be implemented into a computer. To log in the program what the user has available, the final program would include a input variable that would ask the user the brand, style, color, and best use of product for weather conditions. Then using the information the user provided, it would pull information from the internet and try to locate the image of the product and display it in the users profile. Keeping the data for later use. This would make a simple process that can take some prior planning into a matter of grab and go. 

Historical figure in computing

One of the most influential figures in entire history of computing is the one and only Charles Babbage. This gentlemen was born on December 26 in 1791. Charles Babbage is considered to be "The father of computing", because of all his time invested into making mechanisms that can compute. And due to his inventions and designs that stated off the age of computing. Charles Babbage was a very well known mathematician, philosopher, and inventor. Throughout his life he managed to produce some of the most influential thoughts, ideas, and processes to help create the initial spark for the computing age. Without his work, it would be hard to imagine where we would be today. With out Charles Babbage's work, as a society we would be a lot farther back in the development of computers and as a civilization we would be held back and wouldn't be able to accomplish what we have to date. If I personally had the first hand experience of meeting with Charles Babbage and given the opportunity to ask him anything, I would ask him with the development of the technology we have now, did he ever expect it to take the path it did? The main reason why I would want to see what his reaction would be and what he would reply with. Because since he is considered to be "The father of computing" I want to know how he feels about his "baby" being all grown up. And doing things that he himself couldn't even imagine it ever accomplishing. Another question I would ask Charles Babbage is if he could go back and get the amount of funding needed to finish his difference engine and be given enough time to complete the analytical engine,  would he do it? I would assume him being a renown  inventor it must be hard to give up on a project due to poor funding, so if he was given the chance to go back and recreate it. Would he do it? Or could it possibly be too much work and such a painstaking process that he just completely abandons it. If I was put in his position and the question was presented to me, I would easily go back and fix it and finally bring it to life. And I hope that he would do so himself. In his eighty years of life Charles Babbage accomplished so much. And with out him our civilization wouldn't be where it is today. He truly is "The father of computing".

http://www.biography.com/people/charles-babbage-9193834#synopsis 

http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/history/

Personal biography

A little about myself, my full name is Andrew Richard Svoboda. My last name comes from Czech and when translated it means freedom. And since i'm in the military it fits me pretty well. I am eighteen years of age. I joined the Army National Guard on January 7th, 2014. So I have only been in for a short while but I plan on retiring in the military after twenty years of service, so I have a pretty long road ahead. I am only a Private as of right now but within the next couple of months I will be promoted up to the rank of Private First Class. A huge step up from what I am currently at. I have a great passion for skydiving, skateboarding and exploring. Skydiving is something that I have been wanting to do ever since I was fourteen and I was finally able to do that this summer, with a best friend I've had since the third grade. Sky diving is easily the most entertaining thing I have ever done, literally nothing else I have done in my life compares to the rush I experienced when I jumped out of that perfectly good airplane. The first thing I saw once I reopened my eyes was so astonishing that I will never forget. I found my self staring at the horizon just as the sun was dipping behind the horizon. As the sun set, it threw out an array of oranges and reds throughout the sky. Bouncing off of the thin wispy clouds that I was so far above. I remember falling through the clouds and finally seeing the open field I had originally taken off from. Seeing how extensive the tree line truly extended on throughout the land. I could see for what seemed like miles, gazing onto the nearby city off in the distance. The free fall lasted for what seemed like an hour, even though I know that in reality I was truly only falling for a brief forty seconds. That was one of the best days of my life. Now back to more of myself. I plan on majoring in computer science, with a minor in German. After I graduate from college I will go on active duty status in the Army for the remainder of my time I choose to serve. I will be switching my job or MOS to something a bit more fast paced like a combat engineer or a paratrooper. That's pretty much it.