University of Toronto at Scarborough

Computer Science D03H
Social Impact of Information Technology
Fall 2009

Links for assignments

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?
   www.dorway.com/wec-ms95.html
   http://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).
   gatt.org
   www.wto.org
3. Robots and artificial intelligence in medicine: Research at Dwayne Medical Center and at Carnegie Mellon University.
   www.rythospital.com/nanodocs/
   www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~nursebot/web/
4. The real differences between men and women!
   www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=419040
   select.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/opinion/11brooks.html
5. Is DHMO really as dangerous as some people say?
   www.dhmo.org/facts.html
   www.armory.com/~crisper/DHMO/
6. Dangerous consumer products?
   uk.geocities.com/lkohooley/deardiary/d3.htm
   www.sfinco.net/st/plugins.htm
7. Were the Apollo lunar landings in 1969-72 faked in a Hollywood studio?
   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
   www.geocities.com/brent_silby/lunarlanding.html AND/OR http://mythbustersresults.com/episode-104-nasa-moon-landing
8. Looking for a way to invest that will make a lot of money? Try one of these.
   www.mcwhortle.com
   www.indieflicks.com

Who registered that domain name? Whois service

Link for assignment 2: Big list of disasters (Prof Thomas Huckle, Technical University of Munich)

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