My Little First Post

Welcome to my blog, 'Computers, how DO they work?'. It will be about computers and how and why they work. I'm not completely sure what exact topics I'll be discussing but I'm sure we'll all learn a lot about computers, if they work and if so, how or why it is that they work. Here's a few articles I'm just going to go ahead and link and maybe in the future I'll pick one of the topics discussed in them for the focus point of this blog, or maybe not, who knows.

http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/09/biological-computer-can-decode-images-stored-in-dna-chips-appli/
http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/02/the-health-problems-with-apples-ipad-and-other-tablet-computers/252624/
http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_transparent-iron-brings-quantum-light-computer-closer-to-reality_1648167
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/2012/02/08/scots-computer-hacker-gary-mckinnon-terrified-at-thought-of-being-extradited-to-us-86908-23740843/

So there, we have some stuff about possible directions the future of technology could go (biological computers and quantum computing), we've got some stuff about possible side effects and risks involved with technology, and we've got some stuff about privacy and security with computers and how it affects people and how the government will have to interact with this premise. These are all interesting topics (maybe they aren't to you, I'm not a psychic) and they all involve computers and it will be interesting to see which ones will pop up again as this blog goes on.
If you have something interesting to add about these articles and ideas, or you just want to say something to someone, anyone who will listen, then feel free to leave a comment and hopefully they won't be too inflammatory. Hopefully by the end of this semester I'll be able to look back, be surprised at the progress I've made here and learn something, maybe not but you never know, have fun reading my ramblings as time goes on.