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Gift of Fire, A: Social, Legal, and Ethical Issues in Computing | 
 enlarge | Author: Sara Baase
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 832755
Media: Textbook Binding
Edition: 1st
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 382
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 0134587790
Dewey Decimal Number: 303.4834
EAN: 9780134587790
ASIN: 0134587790
Publication Date: December 19, 1996
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com Review
This book is a comprehensive look at various issues which are at the forefront of the information revolution: computers and privacy, censorship on the net, protection of intellectual property, encryption policy, computer crime, and the risks associated with unexpected computer failures. Sara Baase does a good job of balancing these controversies with various points of view, and offering perspective and solutions. Although this book is meant for academic use, it's extremely accessible.
Product Description
Discusses social, legal, and ethical issues in computing. Provides in-depth coverage of the challenge and implications of computer technology. Paper. DLC: Computers - Social aspects.
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 This book leaves a lot to be desired. March 3, 2006
7 out of 11 found this review helpful
This book is an incredible waste of time to read. If you must, I recommend briefly scanning the topic sentence of each paragraph. The book is tedious because Baase attempts to wring every idea possible from the subject material, whether it is significant or not. She does this because:
1. The book would only be 50 pages if all of the fluffy hand-holding were removed.
2. None of the ideas presented in the book are original or exciting, and must be trumped up with a lot of "high level" discussion. You know it well; it's the kind that only career academics would enjoy.
3. She has to dilute the terrible writing and editing that went into the book. I particularly enjoy this gem:
"A subsequent version of the product, known as Windows NT, a high-end system that incorporated networking technology and allowed users to link PCs together."
The only thing I like more than paying for common knowledge is paying for sentences that lack a predicate.
2 stars for an uninspired money-grab.
 satisfied October 12, 2005
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
very satisfied with this purchase. didn't take long for item to ship and looked as good as new.
Excellent textbook, unexpectedly thought-provoking September 8, 2005
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
This was used as my text book for a graduate level ethics course. I read it cover to cover and found to be well-organized, informative and enlightening. Highly recommended.
very exciting and thought provoking January 27, 2004
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
it's a great book to begin in-class discussions
Interesting and Accessible August 15, 2002
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
Because the author's ethics class at SDSU uses this text as a primary source, I may be a bit biased in my judgment of this book. For the class, it was an excellent reference, bringing up interesting points for discussion and showcasing these points with anecdotes -- some humorous, some downright frightening. Baase's writing style is accessible to a wide audience, and even the parts that, by virtue of being part of a textbook, are dry and only mildly interesting are digestible.If you're looking for a book that will give you a general overview of problems associated with computing, this book will hit the spot. Without any noticable bias, it provides information from different perspectives, and even gives fair treatment to Luddites. A good, solid choice.
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