University of Toronto at Scarborough

Computer Science D03H
Social Impact of Information Technology
Winter 2012

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Links for assignment 3:

Help with the assignment: If you have trouble with this assignment, you'll find it helpful to read the online tutorial by The Virtual Chase on assessing information quality.

1. Does aspartame (the sweetener used in many diet soft drinks) cause multiple sclerosis?
   a. www.dorway.com/wec-ms95.html (Scroll down to "English version")
   b.www.msfocus.org/article-details.aspx?articleID=40
   
   
2. The World Trade Organization (WTO) developed from the earlier General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
   a. gatt.org
   b.www.wto.org
   
   
3. Robots and artificial intelligence in medicine: Research at Dwayne Medical Center and at Carnegie Mellon University.
   a. www.rythospital.com/nanodocs/
   b.www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~nursebot/web/
   
   
4. Is DHMO really as dangerous as some people say?
   a. www.dhmo.org/facts.html
   b. www.armory.com/~crisper/DHMO/
   
   
5. Endangered species.
   a. http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3160792.htm
   b. http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
   
   
6. Were the Apollo lunar landings in 1969-72 faked in a Hollywood studio?
   a. http://omissioncontrol.blogspot.com AND/OR www.moonmovie.com (after the introductory video, look at the links "Clues" and "FAQs") AND/OR batesmotel.8m.com
   b. knol.google.com/k/of-course-we-went-to-the-moon AND/OR http://mythbustersresults.com/episode-104-nasa-moon-landing
   
   
7. Looking for a way to invest that will make a lot of money? Try one of these.
   a. www.mcwhortle.com
   b. www.indiefliks.com

Who registered that domain name? Whois service

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