Week 5

The Article The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet, was interesting but puzzling to me, (if you haven’t noticed from class, I am not the most computer savvy person) I don’t understand and partly don’t care what all the fuse is about, I sure, however I just can’t bring myself to care.
The government seems to be trying to screw large companies that make billions off their products though the services of internet, but what else would you expect from your OWN government.

I was surprised to read this is question and answer in the article FAQ: When Google is not your friend
Q: Does Google collect and record people's search terms whether they're logged in or not?Yes. Google confirmed this week that it keeps and collates these results.
Leave us alone Google.

Week 4 Readings

I thought the readings were informative, confusing and somewhat humorous. I liked the conversational terrorist; however the longer I read examples of conversational terrorist I began to feel bad for receptions. I spent much of my afternoon trying to figure out if I have sent any message with that could be consider a form of conversational terrorist.

The Google article was interesting, because I have always been curious as to how Google ranks the links on a specific subject. I thought It was determined by who was willing to pay the most money.

Spoof, Spam, Lurk and Lag was confusing to me, why? I can’t explain why, but in a word I would say: “WOW”

Q & A

1. I would not use this page to do research on Buddhism, because the site is messy and seems unorganized. My first impression of the site was that it was put together by someone who don’t know what they were doing, or didn’t care what the site looked like.
2. Miskatonic University looks like a legitimate website, but the bottom of the page as “Additional material © 1995 by Chaosium Inc. where it connects you to some goofy website that isn’t legit.
3. The pictures and story are captivating, but according Hoax-slayer (http://www.hoax-slayer.com/tiger-piglets.html) “the photographs were actually taken at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand and not in California. The zoo is renowned for its rather bizarre cross-species displays.”
4. Blog (from “web log”) A journal on the web, which may be public or private, individual or collaborative.
Forum/Discussion Board A facility on the web for holding discussions in the form of a series of posts that can be read or added to by many participants (or the web application software used to provide the facility).
5. adamandalissa.blogspot.com this blog is written by my friend Adam’s wife Alissa. Adam was diagnosed with cancer for the second time in his life. (the first time when he was 23, he is now 26) Alissa and sometimes Adam’s mom Cindi write this Blog to keep all of his family and friends informed.
6. I would guess that the College of Democrats website is hidden or in an area of USU.edu that doesn’t get as much traffic. The College of Republicans is most likely on the USU.edu homepage.
7. Google ranks it pages by the amount of traffic a page gets according to the words searched, and the pages selected to view.
EX if you search “baseball” Google brings up MLB.com number one, with Wikipedia number three.

Objective of Final Portfolio.

1) I want information that will show skills I have that will be useful on a professorial resume and strengthen my image as a future employee.

2) Future employer and other possible businessmen or individuals willing to pay me money.

Facebook, but not Friendly.

The facebook article was interesting, because I have thought that the advancements of the internet and other technology have hampered the ability of individuals and specifically young-adults and kids, to effectively communicate face-to-face. I think that people are not as friendly as they used to be and do not care about meeting people outside of their personal facebook or myspace pages.

I LOVE my IPOD, but I think that IPOD’s have been the single biggest factor in people become headphones-hermits. I cannot believe how many people walk across campus with their friends, but rather than talking to their friend, they listen to their IPOD’s with their hip headphones, and don’t speak a word.

Congress is a big TOOL SHED.

Homemade Shirts

Lake Chautauqua

Natalie and I at Lake Chautauqua.
Lake Chautauqua, in Jamestown, New York, Is one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Lake Chautauqua Information

Thoughts on the Songs we Listened in Class.

1) I feel like I should be in spandex clubbing and sweating.
2) UVSC! I feel strongly that this song belongs in Utah County.
3) Reminds me of a simpler time where people had far less worries.
4) Wouldn’t be Nice to be in California, DAD!
5) What happened to her? I saw on ET that Kevin Federline gets 20 G’s a month for fathering two children with Brittany, TWO WORDS: Smart Dude!
6) BORING! Lame-O!