HWproj1

[ethicsincompsci]

Q1. List several possibilities you are considering for a project topic.
Trying not to reinvent the wheel in coding.

• Whether its ethical to use someone else's code in your projects or not.
• Is finding answers on stackoverflow and similar websites an ethics risk?
• How might it become an ethics risk if you use a coding solution you found on there?
• Why some companies like to hire "lazy" programmers.
• When is it ok to claim ownership or creator rights over code when some of it may have been found online?

Hacking.

• The unethical side of hacking and how dangerous it can be.
• The online courses you can buy to learn how to hack, but advertised as "ethical" hacking.
• Modern examples of hacking and the ethical or moral backlash.
• Examples of hacking that by standards are considered unethical, but when bringing a human aspect into it might also be argued as ethical instead.
• How easy it is to hack modern systems and the ethics that come with using these systems while knowing how easy it is.

Q2. List the possibilities you are considering for project format.
Fictional Story

• Possibly a fictional story of an office setting?
• Maybe a developer creating a new algorithm or method for improving the system they work on and someone stealing their code, presentation, credit, whatever the case?
• I have always been a fiction writer as a hobby so this one would come easier to me than most.
• After having written novel length stories, 2000 - 2500 words doesn't seem that bad so its definitely a plus.
• I tend to like writing comedy and drama together, so maybe I can write something serious happening but the protagonist finds humorous ways to deal with it?

Website

• If I wrote a website it would be more informative.
• It would be more structured and more research based than just writing comedy and drama, which is a bit of a con in my opinion since research takes time and I am always so busy.
• To counter that though, creating a website is not very difficult for me and I do it often. I am also working actively in React and Javascript with the EAC so its always an opportunity to sharpen skills and get more practice.
• I love designing apps and websites, so that is also a plus.
• I could section it between both topics I proposed and have more information. (Though I could write the story that touched on both topics as well.)

Q3. (a) Go the the “Course Information” tab on the course web site. Read about the course, especially the parts about the project. Note on your blog any questions you have, or note that you don’t have any questions. (b) Then go to the “Syllabus” tab on the course web site.  Read over it. Note on your blog any questions you have, or note that you don’t have any questions.
a) No questions thus far.
b) No questions thus far.

Q4. Email the instructor your blog address (jdberleant@ualr.edu) if you didn’t already make your blog and give the instructor its URL in class .
I did it.