Thursday, May 24, 2007

booksearch

1) the search are more digitized book results as well as records for millions of other books that still just exist in the analog world.

2)No, i dont think people will read books in the next 10 years because if bearly anyone reads now, who will read in ten years?

3)read:
online: way more than offline, in school and at home, about 4 hours..
offline: about an hour or a little bit more

freakconomics

The Economics of Martha Stewart Living

1)product placement: advertising products on TV shows.

2) Martha charges about $10,000 for a 30-second spot to advertise a product on her show.

3) No, i dont think its hurting the show because if the people see what products shes using and they like it, they will continue watching the show and buying that product.

4) i think product placement is a good idea because it gives credit to the product thats being used and its basically its and AD on tv.

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

third article

The article is mainly about her giving advice or just scaring the seniors or soon to be freshmen in college so they are prepared for whats out there for them and its all not just a joke.Her advide for the class of 2007 is for them to find decent jobs that interest them not just a burgerking drivethru.
JUST BE PREPARED!!!



Next, explain whether she is optimistic or pessimistic. How can you tell?
Shes optimistic because she gives good advise and thinks they are the future and can change the world.



Thirdly you will write your OWN 300 word speech for current graduates. What advice do you have for current graduates?
Current graduates, you are now going out into the real world. Firsts come college jobs. Some of you already have jobs but, what im talking about are the real jobs. Dont stay working at Burgerkingfor ever because you can chnage the world for everyone and witht hat job you one day wont be able to support your family.
Hopefuly you have enjoyed your highschool experience because that was a once in a lifetime thing. What come to you now is all very different, you will need to start orking more for more money because you want to go out with your girlfriend or boyfriend and then have to limit your time with school and doing papers.
For example think about your parents and how much they work to buy you whatever you wanted and give you money to go out, well now all of that is in your hands.
Its important that you stay focus because the real world is more harder than what you have been thru. There are mean people that are going to always put you down but always keep your head up and dont let that get to you, always listen to your peers the ones you know always give you best advice. You will have problems but just beacuse your grown up now or you live by yourself doesnt mean that your parents wont be there to help you.
GOOD LUCK AND NEVER GIVE ZUPCurrent graduates, you are now going out into the real world. Firsts come college jobs. Some of you already have jobs but, what im talking about are the real jobs. Dont stay working at Burgerkingfor ever because you can chnage the world for everyone and witht hat job you one day wont be able to support your family.
Hopefuly you have enjoyed your highschool experience because that was a once in a lifetime thing. What come to you now is all very different, you will need to start orking more for more money because you want to go out with your girlfriend or boyfriend and then have to limit your time with school and doing papers.
For example think about your parents and how much they work to buy you whatever you wanted and give you money to go out, well now all of that is in your hands.
Its important that you stay focus because the real world is more harder than what you have been thru. There are mean people that are going to always put you down but always keep your head up and dont let that get to you, always listen to your peers the ones you know always give you best advice. You will have problems but just beacuse your grown up now or you live by yourself doesnt mean that your parents wont be there to help you.
GOOD LUCK AND NEVER GIVE UP.

second article

Linux vs. Microsoft:

According to this obviously biased site, when should people stick with Windows?
-Proprietary software, Games, better for Books & printing industry, and Hardware.



Which are the three most compelling reasons to migrate to Linux, according to the web site ? Elaborate on each.
-no virus, its harder for people to hack in. LINUX can be cheaper, free; not like windows that you have ot pay for it. And "Linux and 'Open Source' software are 'free'.


Create a hyperlink to the above website on your blog. A hyperlink is able to be clicked and doesn't need to be copied and pasted into the address bar.
LINUX 411.

Monday, May 21, 2007

first article

SAVING OUR DIGITAL HERITAGE.



How does the situation today compare with what happened at the library of Alexandria?
- Because just like the "library of Alexandria in Egypt was one of the most devastating losses of knowledge in all of civilization" almost 44% of websites since 1998 vanished, meaning a bunch of information was lost.


Give a summary of the article and your own feelings as to whether the American government should invest money in this project.
-The American Gobernment should invest money in this project because if our daily things like cellphones, ipods, computer etcs use internet things and websites then without that we wont be able to use any of that.
The article talked about how bad the problem can be because internet practicaly can relate to anything, it can be found almost anywhere and the average american uses it everyday for news, communication etc. So without internet or websites we would bearly have anything or we would but things wouldnt be as advanced.




Friday, May 18, 2007

QUESTIONS DAY 2

More FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS (not midterm as I said in yesterday's post):# Who edits Wikipedia?# What is Web 2.0?# What is a social network?# Which corporation owns Myspace.com?# How do Digg.com and Reddit.com work?# Why do people visit Monster.com? # What does FTP stand for?# What does HTTP mean?# What is the file extension for Flash media that is available to see online?# What is the file extension for Microsoft Word files?# What is the file extension for Microsoft Excel files?# What is the difference between Excel and Word?# What is the file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint?# How is Google Documents different from Microsoft Word and Excel?# What is Linux?# How does Linux differ from Microsoft Windows?# What is Adwords? # How would one profit from Adsense?

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

QUESTIONS DAY 1

1. When were the following companies founded?
(a) Google- 1998
(b) Microsoft-1975
(c) Yahoo-1995

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies?
a)Larry Page and Sergey Brin
b)Bill Gates
c)Jerry Yang and David Filo

3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue
Google 10,604.92
Microsoft 44,282.00
Yahoo 6,425.68

4. What is .NET?
- a strategy to connect people, information, systems, and devices through software.

5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made?
Google uses this to find relevant pages to what your looking for.

6. Which company purchased Flickr.com?
Yahoo.

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler?
Cerbus

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?
public corporation offers stock to the public while private doesnt.

9. What is money coming in to a company?
(d) Revenue.

10. What is a share of stock?
smallest unit of ownership in a company.

11. What does Alcoa do?
(c) Mine aluminum

12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for?
It stands for General Electrics.

13. What does the CEO do in a company?
the CEO is the head boss, which the board of the director picks.

14. What does the CFO do in a company?
Everyone reports to them.

15. What is the NYSE?
-older more established stocks.
NASDAQ?
-trading stocks but with computers.

16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation?
They pick everything like the

17. What is an IPO?
-the first sale of stock and its good to get it because if the company gets really big then your were with the company since the begining.

MY FIRST HTML

(its missing the red dividers that we couldnt get on!!!)


my first HTML

Monday, May 7, 2007

2 CNNmoney articles

Buffett wants 'huge' business

the article is about a man named Warren Buffett and how he wants to buy a huge, big business. Im guessing mr. buffett is a really big known man because he has an article on how he will like to buy a bigger business for his berkshire hathaway insurance and investment company and later would sell other investments to buy it. Buffett is a little worried that this will not work but he is hoping it does.


Gas prices hit record high

This article is about how gras prices keep on going high and now they have already beat the record. the article says that gas proces have gone up 12 cents higher than they were a ear ago, this might not seem much to the ones that dont drive, but to the ones that do it does because they are the ones working and paying for the gas. Even the lowest average is still a lot to be paying for gas.