Jacob Ready
Module 9
3/4/2012
IST 1100
Module 9
How the dell computer was created and used is fascinating to me and is one of the most efficiently made and run computer companies around at least from the research I have done. Last year I took a TBE class that made me research how to buy a computer. I decided to get a dell me because they literally let you design any and every part of the computer you want you can choose laptop or desktop and how much memory you would like on your computer. I researched it and Dell has 6 global factories where the computers are created and build for each individual customer. It is amazing to see how far we have come through the world of computers. Dell is a company that revolves around the customer and doesn’t take the easiest way out by just having a few different kinds of computers but you can literally step by step have your computer exactly the way you want it.
I feel the Al-Qaeda if they are successful in anything they want to do you have to have a supply chain of some kind. If there was no supply chain I don’t think anything would ever get done or accomplished. By the way they accomplish terrorist attacks unfortunately that are very good at getting the job done so they must have a very good supply chain.
I believe that the curse of oil is mostly have to do with us Americans deciding to run all our cars and machinery off of oil and we will pay as much money as we need to, to get more of it. Others countries realize the problem that we have and take full advantage of the fact that we need oil every day. Oil is a big problem and us as Americans need to make the decision to make a change or keep pay ridiculous prices for the oil that we have to keep shipping in. I think if we don’t change oil is going to become one of the biggest problems we have.
I am interested that the United States as a society are so reliant upon oil, primarily for transportation. I would think that finding more feasible alternatives would not only be an issue of economic benefit, but national security as well. The U.S. upon the oil of other countries, which puts it in a potentially nasty scenario if those countries go to war in the future. It seems to me that more time and effort should be spent on finding alternatives. I know electric cars are becoming more common, but I think that is only the beginning of the solution.
ReplyDeleteI agree with richard about america's oil problem. We need something new, and no that's not the only answer. However i think that the curse of oil goes beoynd that. It affects the people of the country that the oil is coming from. That is the point i think friedman is trying to make.
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