And what if computers, just as they can predict an individual's susceptibility to a disease from other bits of information, can predict his predisposition to committing a crime?
如果电脑,就像它可以通过其他的一些信息片段预测一个人对某种疾病的易感性那样,能够预测一个人的犯罪倾向,那又该咋办呢?
What if we woke up one morning and our computers were doing things that we didn't fully understand.
设想有一天早晨我们醒来,我们的电脑在做着我们完全无法理解的事情。
Just think what would be possible if smartphones and even tablet computers become as cheap and common in poor countries as mobile phones are today.
只要想想如果智能手机甚至是平板电脑在穷国变得如同今天的手机一样廉价,你就明白什么是可能的了。
The upshot is that netbooks are great as cheap, simple and small computers for performing basic tasks-especially if the pre-installed software does what you want it to.
结果,网簿因其便宜、简朴和小巧而成为执行基本任务的非凡电脑——尤其是,如果预装软件正是您想要的。
However, Skype voice calls between computers are encrypted, much like BlackBerry e-mails, and it's not clear what access law enforcement would gain even if Skype placed a server in India.
然而,Skype在计算机之间的语音电话是被加密的,很像黑莓e - mail,而且即使Skype在印度放置了服务器,执法机关能获取怎样的权限至今仍未清楚。
Just think what would be possible if smartphones and even tablet computers become as cheap and common in poor countries as mobile phones are today .
不过,只要想一下如果智能手机和掌上电脑变得像今天欠发达国家的手机一样健全的时候,那就什么都有可能发生了。
If you are familiar to computers and know what you want, then you should try Dell out.
如果你对电脑很熟悉,知道你想要什么,那么你应该尝试戴尔了。
But we know already from week zero that computers ultimately represent all information with Numbers, and if they want to represent letters inside memory, well what do they do or what do they use?
但是自从上周我们已经知道,计算机最终是用数字来表示所有的,信息,如果它们要描绘,在内存中的字母,它们该怎么做,用什么方式呢?
Computers can only do what you tell them and if you tell them the wrong thing, they will do the wrong thing.
电脑只会按你的指示操纵,假如你的指示是错的,它们就会按错误指示往做。
If multiple computers are allowed to write to the same file system without knowledge of what the other nodes are doing, it will quickly lead to data corruption and other serious problems.
如果多个电脑都允许写相同的文件系统,但是又不知道其它的节点也在瞎搞,很快就会出现数据崩溃和其它的严重问题。
If multiple computers are allowed to write to the same file system without knowledge of what the other nodes are doing, it will quickly lead to data corruption and other serious problems.
如果多个电脑都允许写相同的文件系统,但是又不知道其它的节点也在瞎搞,很快就会出现数据崩溃和其它的严重问题。
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