October 31, 2008- The Election

Interesting Election Article:

Barack Obama and John McCain unveil tricks and treats in sprint finish:

I think this article is interesting because it talks about the both presidential candidates struggling to persuade as many people and states as they can with only four days remaining in the election. The article uses Halloween to show how the candidates are going to through tricks and treats out to the undecided voters within a short amount of time.  While Barack Obama and John McCain have tiring schedules for the next couple of days, they will not stop until they reach out to every undecided or swing state.

Three Articles Published on ONLY the internet:

1.McCain camp: Obama gets pass on attacks

2. US election: Will Barack Obama take Florida by Storm?

3. In mock vote, N.J. students choose Barack Obama

Articles posted on the internet aren’t always reliable because anyone can post anything on the internet. Most of the time people don’t have correct information about news they report on the internet. News that CNN or Time Magazine report, are defiantly more likely to be truthful. They have special reporters and writers that usually try to report the truth in news. I think internet has changed the way news is reported because many times people base what they read on the internet about a specific topic to be true, however there could be no truth to it. Then people pass on false information about news because of what they read from some bogus article on the internet. After the internet began reporting news it has changed people’s views and opinion about news.

Other articles:

Radical jokes make ‘news’ in America:

As Barack Obama is getting very close to being the first African American President racial politics have burst into mainstream media. While some people are not bothered by the comedy, others come to the conclusion that racism in America has improved very little.

Eagleburger Blisters Palin:”of course she’s not ready”

A former Republican Secretary of State and one of John McCain’s strongest reporters offered his incite on Palin’s capabilities and stated that he did not believe she was ready to be vice president.

Skinheads In Obama Assassination Plot:

Two young white men who are extremely racist plotted a murder scheme to kill many African Americans and senator Barack Obama. However these men were arrested according to a variety of federal charges.

October 29, 2008- AutoBlogGreen

Stories:

1. Ford “smart gauge” collects Green leaves for good behavior:

Ford wants to make sure their car buyers are driving well on the roads. Their plan is to reward those drivers who are driving well with a green leaf displayed next to the speedo.  The new smart gauge will teach better driving through rewards.

2. UPS orders up Hydraulic hybrids from Eaton:

UPS has begun testing a hydraulic vehicle, they have begun testing on a truck from Eaton. This is going to be environmentally pleasing, however the price isn’t cheap.

3. Audi gets record-beating biogas A4 to 203 mph:

Audi has announced a record-beating A4 with great speed. The unusual feature of the A4 is that it runs on an alternative fuel, biogas which is naturally obtained from the anaerobic fermentation of switch grass.

Future of Cars:

When i think back to how differences between cars 25 years ago and now there are several differences and similarities, however within the next 25 years, as our technology continues to improve, a car will have a more environmentally friendly make and design. The outside design of the car will probably be a smaller, sleek, smooth riding car, that has more of a sporty look to it. I think the doors of the cars will be technology designed to open and close easier and i think the speed of cars will increase. Also i think in 25 years, people can create a car that drives on its on by commands of the driver or programming.

Since keeping our environment clean and prospering, is a common trend in new and upcoming car designs, i am almost positive in 25 years that people will invent an officiant fuel that is easy to use. Companies are already struggling to invent a natural fuel. Hopefully in 25 years the prices of this special fuel and cars will not be at such an outrageous price. In 25 years and the future in general, will hopefully invent a car with a sleek design, fabulous run, and good fuel!

October 28, 2008-history of the Internet

Three links i used to find information on the history of the internet

The Time line of the internet:

1969-ARPA goes online in December connecting four major US universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations it also provides military intelligence.

1972- Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist. He uses the @ to distinguish between the sender’s name and network name in the email address.

1973-Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol is designed and in 1983 it becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the Internet. One of these protocols, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), allows users to log onto a remote computer, list the files on that computer, and download files from that computer.

1976- Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale use email to plan campaign events.Queen Elizabeth sends her first email. She’s the first state leader to use email.

1982-The word “Internet” is used for the very first time.

1984-Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such .com, .org, and .edu.Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.”

1989- The World debuts as the first provider of dial-up Internet access for consumers.Tim Berners-Lee of CERN develops a new technique for distributing information on the Internet. He calls it the World Wide Web. The Web is based on hypertext, which permits the user to connect from one document to another at different sites on the Internet via hyperlinks (specially programmed words, phrases, buttons, or graphics). Unlike other Internet protocols, such as FTP and email, the Web is accessible through a graphical user interface.

1990- The first effort to index the Internet is created by Peter Deutsch at McGill University in Montreal, who devises Archie, an archive of FTP sites.

1996- Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America , 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific . 43.2 million U.S. households own a personal computer, and 14 million of them are online.

1998-Google opens its first office, in California.

1999-College student Shawn Fanning invents Napster, a computer application that allows users to swap music over the Internet.The number of Internet users worldwide reaches 150 million by the beginning of 1999. More than 50% are from the United States. “E-commerce” becomes the new buzzword as Internet shopping rapidly spreads.MySpace.com is launched.

2002 As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.The death knell tolls for Napster after a bankruptcy judge ruled in September that German media giant Bertelsmann cannot buy the assets of troubled Napster Inc. The ruling prompts Konrad Hilbers, Napster CEO, to resign and lay off his staff.

2003-It’s estimated that Internet users illegally download about 2.6 billion music files each month.Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails. In December, President Bush signs the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (CAN-SPAM Act), which is intended to help individuals and businesses control the amount of unsolicited email they receive.Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each.Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails.Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each.

2005-YouTube.com is launched.

2006- There are more than 92 million websites online.

2008-In a move to challenge Google’s dominance of search and advertising on the Internet, software giant Microsoft offers to buy Yahoo for $44.6 billion.In a San Fransisco federal district court, Judge Jeffrey S. White orders the disabling of Wikileaks.org, a Web site that discloses confidential information. The case was brought by Julius Baer Bank and Trust, located in the Cayman Islands, after a disgruntled ex-employee allegedly provided Wikileaks with stolen documents that implicate the bank in asset hiding, money laundering, and tax evasion. Many web communities, who see the ruling as unconstitutional, publicized alternate addresses for the site and distributed bank documents through their own networks. In response, Judge White issues another order to stop the distribution of bank documents.Microsoft is fined $1.3 billion by the European Commission for further abusing its dominant market position, and failing to comply to their 2004 judgment, which ordered Microsoft to give competitors information necessary to operate with Windows. Since 2004, Microsoft has been fined a total of $2.5 billion by the Commission for not adhering to their ruling.

25 things to be familiar with:

1. ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency)- created in 1969 designed for research, education, government organizations and military usage

2. Electronic mail- introduced by Ray Tomlinson in 1972

3.Transmissions control protocol/internet protocol- 1973, becomes the standard for communicating between computers over the internet.

4. 1982- the word internet is used

5. 1984- Domain Name System (DNS) is established, with network addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu. Writer William Gibson coins the term “cyberspace.”

6. 1985- Quantum Computer Services, which later changes its name to America Online, debuts. It offers email, electronic bulletin boards, news, and other information.

7. 1989- the world debuts the first dial internet access for consumers

8. Peter Deutsch- in 1990 devises archive of FTP sites

9. Marc Andreeson- 1993 invented mosaic.

10. 1995- CompuServe, America Online, and Prodigy start providing dial-up Internet access.Sun Microsystems releases the Internet programming language called Java.Vatican launches its own website, www.vatican.va.

11. 1998- Google opens it’s first office

12. Shawn Fawning – 1999 invents napster

13. 2005- You tube.com is launched

14. 2006- more then 92 million websites online

15. Paul Baran- 1965 gets funding from Us air force to experiment with a block switching network to protect communications during an nuclear war.

16. Sputnik- first artificial earth satellite

17. J.C.R licklider- Galactic network concept encompassing distributed social interactions

18. Leonard- Kleinrock- first paper on packet switching (PS) therory

19. PS- network presented to the APRA

20. 1972- the APRA was renamed to the DAPRA

21. TC/IP- invented by Vinton Cerf and Bob Kahn

22. IAB internet activities board. 1983

23. InterNIC- 1993

24.CERN- released by World Wide web

25. 1994- first virtual cyber bank opens

October 24, 2008- MLA Papers

MLA, modern language Association, specifies guidelines in formatting manuscripts and using the english language correctly in a paper.

Six important elements in an MLA paper-

• Type your paper on a computer and print it out on standard 8.5×11 -inch paper
• double spaced. Legible font like times new roman or courier. font size:10-12 pt.
• leave only once space after periods or other punctuation marks
• set the margins of the document to 1 inch on all sides. indent the first line of a paragraph one half inch from the the left margin
• create a header that numbers all pages the same in the upper right hand corner, one half inch from the top and flush with the right margin.
• use either underlines or italics throughout the essay for titles and to emphasize words.
• include endnotes on a separate page.
• edit menu-paste special

October 23,2008- Chain Emails

1. A chain email is similar to a chain letter that is passed and copied by many recipients. Messages sometimes have phony promises from companies or threats of death. Many times they are fairly hard to stop.

2. A chain email is an letter that attempts to persuades the recipients to make many copies of the letter and then pass it on to more people. Most of the time these letters consist of manipulative stories or ways to do something and in reward get something you wish for.

3. A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money, most commonly for enrolling other people into the scheme, with out any service or product being delivered.

4. Chain emails do more damage then spam because chain emails are a type of spam, however they get multiplied by the the recipients of these chain emails. These emails may be harmful and cause Trojans.

1. Chain emails are so exciting to people because they arrive with interesting stories or promotions that involve some kind of special deal if the recipient continues to pass it on to people. Many times a chain letter will say something like you will have a great life for the next ten years , if you send this to 10 people and if you don’t you will have a bad 10 years.

2. Funny-

This is a email scam is about discounts, why would you want a wendy’s discount?

This is an email scam trying to recruit people for jobs that do not exist, well at least not under these circumstances.

Scary-

This is creepy about Britney Spears..

This is scary to think that this stuff about heart attacks is actually on the web.

October 21,2008-Parts of your blog window

1.My Account- gives you the personal options with your account and profile, it allows the blogger to read comments other people have posted about their posts and it allow you to edit your profile and make changes to your account.My Dashboards- Gives you the options of writing new posts or writing a new page. It tells you what kind of status you are in in the blog world. It gives you the number of views, if any, per post.New post-allow you to write a new post.

2.Visit site- visit site ables the blogger to look at their profile page, all this blog posts

3.Write- Write is write a new blog postmanage- manage allows you to view a list of all of your blog posts and their current stats and gives you the option to edit or delete past blog postsdesign-design allows you to decorate/ improve the boring view of a blue profile to change it to other patterned tempatescomments- comments shows you the comments people write about your post, people can approve or edit them however they wish upgrades-upgrades gives you the newest or better ways to change your blog. it shows you payable options in making your blog nicer or more advanced

4.The difference between post, page and link is post is to write a new post easily, page is like post except you writing a page, and link is too link a web link or something to your post.

5.Title it means to title your post. It title the blog. Every blog post should have a title, a main idea of the blog post.

6.A blog is kind of like an open journal on the web. Its a web log where people write about their views on anything and it is shared to anyone on the web.

7.Permalink- is a link that takes you directly to your blog. This helpful because if you wanted to get directly to this blog, the permalink would take you to this blog. It shows up after you post a title.

8.Yes

9.The icons next to add media are icons to add an image, add a video, add audio, add media and add poll.

10.You want a tab that says visual and HTML because the visual tab allows you visually see pictures of the tabs for formatting the post and HTML allows you to view the icons for formatting the post in words.

11.HTML allows you to look a word up or add a link or picture and close tags without losing your work. The icons with odd symbols on them are icons that allow you to insert links, pictures, insert the date and time,close tags and more that could enhance your blog.

12.Visual tabs-Some are for add media:add an image- allows you too insert a picture from you documents, add a video-allows you to add a video from you documents, add audio allows you to insert music, or other audio into your post, add media-allows you to add any media you want to your post and add poll allows you to go to polldaddy.com. Underneath those visual icons are icons for the writing. Bold-makes letters in the post bold, Italic-makes the letters in the post slightly slanted, Strike through- puts a strike through the text in the post, bullets-insert bullet points into the post, numbers for an ordered list, insert numbers onto you text, block quote- moves texts, align left- moves the text to the left side of the post, align center- aligns the text to the middle of the page, align right moves the text to the right, the next two hyper link icons-the first one puts a hyper link onto a text and the second one removes the hyper link from the text, insert more tag-allows you to insert more tabs. toggle spell checker-allows you to correct misspelled words, toggle fullscreenmode-allows you widen your writing page, show/hidden kitchen sink-gives you icons to help you edit your font, the paragraph icon allows you edit and organize your paragraph, underline- allows you to underline specific words of your choice, align full- makes what your typing not enter to the next line when it reaches the right border it ables you to keep typing in that row, select  text color- allows you to choose the color of your text, past as plain text-allows you to paste as plain text, paste from word- allows you to paste from word, remove formatting- allows you to go back and remove/ take off any unwanted formatting,  insert a custom character-allows you to insert a variety of different custom characters, out dent- takes the dent away, indent-indents the text, undo-allows you to undo anything that you didn’t want in your post, redo-allows you to redo what you undid, help-gives you help on question you might have on the post.

13.Some are “greyed out” because what you are currently typing does not refer to their purpose with your post. for example the hyper link and the remove hyper link are greyed out because you must highlight words, for them to be used and without doing that they won’t work.

14.Tags is for you to add things that your post is about. Like a summery/main idea of your post.

15.A tag is a keyword that helps people trying to find certain topics or blog posts find posts about what they are looking for. It’s very helpful when you are trying to find a specific thing.When they say that “tags enable you to associate..” they mean that tags allow you to find posts with words or topics you are looking for by using a tab.

16.Categories put this specific post in a topic thats related to a group that speaks about that same things that i am talking about. For example if i happened to be writing about food today, i would put in it a food category where people could read what i said about food and about many others writing about food. Mister. Bjerke’s blog is in categories depending on his assignments, environment, grades, exam, HTML, information for the class. Also he has some posts that are not in categories because he has a number of uncategorized posts. the categories to tell us to complete it or not because the ones with assignments, we know that we have to complete, but environmental or uncategorized not as much.

17.Track backs and Excerpts are advanced options, normally i do not use them however, excerpts are optional handcrafted summaries about your post. Trackbacks are a way to notify legacy blog systems that you’ve linked to them, it is also an optional option.

18.Preview- allows you to preview what your post will look like on your page, Post- allows you to write new posts and Publish-allows you to share your blog with the rest of the blog community if you wish.

DRM-October 3, 2008

1. What is DRM- DRM, Digital rights management, is a  generic term that refers to access control. The term is used to describe any technology which makes any unauthorized use of media formidable.
2. What is the RIAA- RIAA stands for the Recording Industry Association of America.  RIAA is a trade group that represents many of the large record labels in the United States.
3. What is the MPAA- The MPAA stands for the Motion Picture Association Of America. The MPAA is a non profit business and trade association in the United States which was created to enhance the business interests in movie studios.
4. What is RealDVD- Real DVD is a program for people to easily save  DVDs to a PC  or to a portable hard drive and watch them later. They have a menu full of great features to allow the user to watch their DVDs on their computer easily.
5. What is the EFF- EFF stands for Economic Frontier Foundation. The EFF is a civil liberties group defending people’s rights in the digital world.

Summarizing Articles about EFF:

1. RIAA Lawsuit Campaign Losing Credibility

About five years ago RIAA, started a large litigation campaign against music fans suspected of sharing copyrighted music files over the internet. The campaign sadly failed and did not succeed in paying artists of reducing peer to peer file sharing. Currently the campaign is being questioned by many federal courts. in a recent report EFF presents a good overview of the RIAA’s litigation campaign and speaks about the RIAA hurting music fans and artists without making progress in unauthorized file sharing. The report by the EFF they point out evidence of the RIAA lawsuit campaign not reducing file sharing. The EFF is working hard to fight for the users and artists who have been abused by this campaign.

2. Digital Rights Groups Sue for Access to Secret ACTA Treaty:

After the EFF signed onto a letter in mid September that demanded access to draft work being done by Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) negotiators, they and the Public Knowledge took their complaints and filed a lawsuit to access to negotiating materials. The law suit involves the Freedom of Information Act as the basis for it’s demands. They made a request to the US Trade representative in a letter dated June 11, the groups asked for a list of materials dealing with the ACTA including agendas, participant lists, presentations, correspondence, and memoranda.

Ten Articles of France- October 2, 2008

France in The News:

The French Government is  expected to display new measures this week to shore up The French Banking system following a meeting between the president Nicolas Sarkozy and the country’s chief bankers.

France and India have signed a major nuclear deal during the Indian’s prime minister visit to Paris, France. The agreements makes it possible for the sale of French nuclear reactors to New Delhi. Currently India, doesn’t have enough energy to fuel their booming economy, however they now hold  anew position in the nuclear world today, when they signed a landmark atomic energy pact with France.

The number of jobless people in France has sky rocketed since 1993. Their number of unemployed citizens led to the country having to hold a mandatory meeting on Monday. The French president said that he was fully prepared to take this issue farther and take further measures to boost growth despite a minute budget.

Former employment minister, Gerard Larcher has been elected to the presidency of the French senate. The makes Gerard the successor if the current president in event of death of resignation. Gerard Larcher is a member of the Conservative UMP party that controls both the senate and the lower house national assembly.

The Paris car show, a glamorous display of some of the finest automobiles, was held recently. However, the glamor of the event was saddened by the currant finical crisis. The car show had 362 marques from 25 different countries.

A French investigative writer, was put on trial for inciting racial hatred in a Rwanda book . The book describes the Rwandan genocide and talked about ethic Tutis as prone to deceit and lying.

About 3,000 restaurants went bust in France in the first quarter of 2008 as the current economic downturn and the recently approved smoking ban changes people’s eating habits. Recently, the French have been likely to cut back on their restaurant visits leaving many restaurants our of business.

French Prime minister Francois Fillon called for a ” national unity” to face the currant economic and finical melt down. He says that this type of horrible crisis only occurs once of twice in a century.

Paris unveiled plans to build a high rise pyramid-shaped tower southwest of the capitol. This is the first high rise building in 30 years that has been built in the French capitol.

The President of the the France Olympic committee announced that France will bid for the 2018 winter Olympics. They will compete to host these Olympics and the country hosting will be revealed to the public in March 2009.