Tuesday, October 30, 2018
A General Topic I Would Like to Report on
A general topic i would like to report on by the end of the quarter is probably artificial intelligence. Over the years, machines have evolved a lot, and with them, artificial intelligence have as well. Many new phenomenons happen every year, for example the painting that was painted using only AI. There are many new discoveries made using AI and technology advances so much every year that it would be interesting to see how far AI has come within the next 10 to 20 years. It's really interesting to think about what AI could do in a few years, because of how rapidly it advances. AI is also very useful because of the ability to solve problems in computer science, and software engineering. It would be very cool to see what advances could be made in computer science in the future, using AI. I also think it would be fun to do a report on AI because I do not know that much about it. AI is one of those things that many people know or have heard about, but not many know the specifics within AI, and it would be able to go into more depth on what AI actually is and accomplishes. I would also like to look at how Artificial Intelligence is used in video games, as it is becoming more advanced in the video game world as well. Many animals, people, etc. in video games today seem to be a lot more realistic than the past, and I am also interested to see how video games look in the future with more advanced knowledge of Artificial Intelligence.
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Where is Journalism Going?
Where is journalism going? That is a hard question to answer because there is no definitive direction it is going, because journalism is always changing. There are some things going on in today's journalism that are going in the wrong direction, but at the same time technology is becoming more and more advanced everyday, which allows journalism to become more advanced aswell. One of the most prominent habits going on in today's journalism is writer bias. Many journalists are not neutral to the news being presented, and will present the news in a certain way to favor their viewpoints. This causes many news sources to become unreliable, which is the last thing you would want from journalism. The biggest example of this that I can think of would have to be the most popular news stations, CNN and FOX. CNN has mostly left-leaning viewers, so the news is delivered bias towards the left, and FOX has mostly right-leaning viewers, so the news is delivered bias towards the right. There are many good things happening with today's journalism aswell. Technology is becoming way more advanced, which allows news to be spread across the globe very quickly, with many news stations having live reports. This can be a very good thing because of the urgency of certain news. Another good thing about today's journalism is there are many sources of journalism today. In the past, you got almost all of your news from either newspaper, or radio. Now there are many different sources to choose from, such as TV and internet.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
My Experience Creating a HTML Web Page
My experience creating a simple web page with HTML was actually pretty smooth. First off, I opened a blank notepad and Mozilla Firefox. Easy. After that, I made sure my notepad file was actually HTML by adding <html> and </html> at the end of the file. I then gave my website a nice header. Afterwards, i worked on the body of the page. I started it up by using <body style="background-color:orange">, because orange is my favorite color. I added some text to make it seem like a real body of a website. I then added marquee, just to see what it really looked like. I then added some cool pictures of some dogs, because who doesn't love dogs? After that i made sure all my tags were closed, because i didn't want any problems with the website. As I was looking through, i had forgot that i hadn't ended my html doc with a </html>, so I had to write that in. Finally, I saved the doc as an .html, and opened it up. There it was, my orange, very primitive, very simple web site. learned quite quickly how to make an HTML website, which was quite interesting. I also started thinking about what I could later on add to a website, to make it that much more advanced, as I learn more skills in the future. Overall this was a good experience for making a website for the first time, and I would be happy to make another one in the future, maybe having some more advanced features added on it.
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Similarities and Differences between Email and Postal Services
There are many similarities when it comes to Email and postal services. It is quite amazing actually, how Email can be so similar to real life mail, and it is definitely a testament on how Email is so widespread in general throughout society today. One thing Email has in common with postal services is the fact that they both have a mailbox. In postal services, the message, or mail needs to be delivered to some sort of mailbox to be transported to the right place. With emails, the same thing happens. You need to have the mailbox, which is the email system you're sending it through, like Gmail, to get the email to go where it needs to go.
Another way Email and postal services are similar are the addresses. In postal services, you need an address to mail to, or the mail will not be able to go anywhere. In Email, the same process must happen. If you do not have an address, mail will not be able to reach you. This "address" in email is your email address.
A third way Email and postal services are similar are the Chain Letters. In postal services, many companies will send unwanted mail to your address, and the same sort of thing will happen in Email. In Email, there is a junk folder, put in place specifically to sort unwanted emails and make them harder to be read.
Although Email and postal services are very similar, they do have a few differences too. For one, postal services are physical, and email are electronic messages. Another difference is that since email is electronic, it is sent to the receiver almost instantly, while physical mail sometimes you will have to wait a week or more to receive mail.
Another way Email and postal services are similar are the addresses. In postal services, you need an address to mail to, or the mail will not be able to go anywhere. In Email, the same process must happen. If you do not have an address, mail will not be able to reach you. This "address" in email is your email address.
A third way Email and postal services are similar are the Chain Letters. In postal services, many companies will send unwanted mail to your address, and the same sort of thing will happen in Email. In Email, there is a junk folder, put in place specifically to sort unwanted emails and make them harder to be read.
Although Email and postal services are very similar, they do have a few differences too. For one, postal services are physical, and email are electronic messages. Another difference is that since email is electronic, it is sent to the receiver almost instantly, while physical mail sometimes you will have to wait a week or more to receive mail.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
What I Want Out of the Class
I want to get a few things out of this class, mainly being how to use technology in an everyday working life. Growing up in today's day in age, you are around electronics a lot, so it is only right to assume you will need to be able to properly use technology in your career path, no matter how weird it may seem. I want to learn where computers started from, how they evolved, and how they became so important to our society today. I also want to learn about virtual communities, and the way they function. Many careers and jobs in the future will probably require me to navigate the virtual world of the web, so I will need to know how exactly to do that.
Another thing I want to get out of this class is new knowledge on computers in general. Computers are a very complicated thing, with many parts to them that make them work, and it would be interesting to see how some of those things operate. Also, internet security is a big thing for me to learn, because of how important it is to some careers and jobs.
One last thing that I want to get out of this class would have to be knowledge of how the internet "trends" happen, and why they do. As a kid born in 2000, many internet trends have happened in my lifetime, most of the times being very unexpected, and becoming very popular. One example of this is social media in general, as Myspace was the big thing for a while, then Facebook, then Instagram, Snapchat, and now Twitter.
Another thing I want to get out of this class is new knowledge on computers in general. Computers are a very complicated thing, with many parts to them that make them work, and it would be interesting to see how some of those things operate. Also, internet security is a big thing for me to learn, because of how important it is to some careers and jobs.
One last thing that I want to get out of this class would have to be knowledge of how the internet "trends" happen, and why they do. As a kid born in 2000, many internet trends have happened in my lifetime, most of the times being very unexpected, and becoming very popular. One example of this is social media in general, as Myspace was the big thing for a while, then Facebook, then Instagram, Snapchat, and now Twitter.
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