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| ====== Blown to Bits ====== | ====== Blown to Bits ====== | ||
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| + | **Due date: March 11th** | ||
| As a final exam, you will submit an essay on a topic of your choice related to one of the chapters in the book //Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion// by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis. | As a final exam, you will submit an essay on a topic of your choice related to one of the chapters in the book //Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion// by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis. | ||
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| * This assignment must be your individual work; you may not collaborate with other students other than discussing the book or course issues in general. | * This assignment must be your individual work; you may not collaborate with other students other than discussing the book or course issues in general. | ||
| - | Please submit your essay to the TA via blackboard, **preferably as a PDF attachment** (see below). The deadline is **Friday March 11th at 5:00 PM**. Late work will not be accepted; enjoy your Spring Break! | + | Please submit your essay by sharing a Google document of your paper with Brian Barker ([[bbarker5025@gmail.com]]). The deadline is **Friday March 11th**. Late work will not be accepted; enjoy your Spring Break! |
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| - | ====== Creating PDFs ====== | + | |
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| - | Note that one should be cautious about sending .doc (or .docx) files: besides not being fully portable, .doc files often contain hidden information that one may not want the recipient to know (see [[http://www.electronicevidenceretrieval.com/molisani_meta_data.htm|here]], [[http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word/HP051901021033.aspx|here]], and Blown to Bits chapter 3). | + | |
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| - | There are many ways to create (or, print) a PDF file: | + | |
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| - | * [[http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/|Acrobat Pro]] is available in any of the [[http://www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/lab/standard_software.cfm|ITaP Instructional Labs]]. | + | |
| - | * You can also download free software that installs a "pdf printer" on your own computer: | + | |
| - | * http://www.pdfforge.org/ (recommended) | + | |
| - | * http://www.cutepdf.com/ | + | |
| - | * [[https://docs.google.com/|Google Docs]], [[http://www.openoffice.org/|Open Office]], and other office suites have the ability to import Word documents and export PDFs. | + | |
| - | Feel free to contact the TA if you have any questions regarding this process. | ||
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