Friday, January 25, 2013
Advantages to having a Flickr account
There are many advantages to having a Flickr account. You have access to any photos that anyone has ever uploaded, and you can contact them and ask specific permission to use their photos without as much hassle. If you don't have time to ask permission for a copyrighted photo, then you can search "the commons" and that will have all photos where the copyright has worn off. You still have to cite your sources for photos from "the commons" but with today's technology, you can easily go to knightcite.com or citation machine.com.
Friday, January 18, 2013
RSS Questions and Answers
1. What does RSS stand for? Really Simple Syndication
2. How does it Work? Anything you subscribe to, you will automatically get what they post when you check all
3. What are 2 benefits to using one? You get updates of useful information all in one spot, and you get to pick what specific places your feed comes from
4. Compare and contrast “RSS Feeds”, “Feed Reader”, or “Aggregator”?
5. What Google product is an RSS Feed? Google Reader
6. What do you need in order to sign up for an RSS feed? Google Redaer
7. What does it cost? Free
Reflections
In the past few weeks I have learned quite a few things about internet safety and ID theft, and this new information will change my current behavior. It sounds silly to say that a computers class can change the way you do things on the internet, but now that i am aware of the intentions of some people out there I now know that not every website or person is safe. A person that seems decent today could turn into your worst nightmare tomorrow. As sad of a thing it is to say, some websites are out to take your information so the predators behind it can spend and destroy your life savings. All these examples are reasons why i'm reflecting on my past decisions and now know how lucky i was to not have all of my information in someone else's hands. Similarly to identity theft, internet predators are on the internet's chat rooms twenty-four-seven to find the perfect victim. They will pretend to be someone your age and go through a process so they can find your location, and then take you.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
New Technology
Technology of 2013
summary
MIT has been working on a new electric car called the Hiroko
that folds up when you park! The car was made by engineers to design a car that
would be more useful to people that live in large, crowded cities. With these
guidelines, they were capable of getting the car to fold up, and fit three of these
cars per regular parking space. This urban vehicle is said to cost around $16,500
and travels up to 75 mph. This new
breakthrough will greatly increase transportation abilities in crowded places
like New York City, or London, England.
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