Computers

Since the beginning of humanity we have slowly but surely been taping on the topic of "technology." The First computer ever built was enormous, it took up a whole room. Not only was it big but it only had the capacity to do what a wrist watch could do today or even a common calculator. There is one pattern that shows up repeatedly when it comes to technology. We started off with a computer that took up a whole room and we ended up with computers about a foot in length and width that can outperform the first computer any day of the week. My point is that technology is continuously shrinking. Its the trend of technology the smaller the better. We keep making technology smaller. This leads me to the conclusion that someday soon we will have made computers as small as a common cell phone. Making laptops and home computers obsolete. Another Trend spreading through the technology world would be making the computer easier to use and allowing it to contain more functions. This future computer will be small and portable while still containing the power to do anything a modern computer can do and maybe even more.

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11135/1146381-28-0.stm?cmpid=newspanel4 

Nutrition and me

At the beginning of class i was skeptical about the whole "nutrition" concept. I had herd so many people talk about how nutrition has changed there life and how it will do the same for me. I on the other hand was not expecting to hear what the guest speaker had to say. At first i did not hear anything i hadn't  heard before. I was surprised to see "Cancer" as one of his concepts. Tomatoes can help prevent cancer? are you serious? but i do not like tomatoes. What about milk is that good for you or just a myth? According to our guest speaker it does nothing but deprive our bones of much needed calcium. My whole world at that point was turned upside down. Everything i was told suddenly was put into questions. How can it be possible that so many people are not aware of this? Who would benefit from peoples misfortunes? Ah yes the large corporations that run this sweat piece of paradise we call home. Who else has the resources to manipulate millions of people to eat there harmful products. What will i do to combat these corporations? Simple i wont buy anything that has odd ingredients that i do not even know about. Easy rule to follow, if you don't know what its in it you probably should not be eating it.       

Winter break

i did many things over my winter break. Some days were better than others. My first day of vacation was one of the best. My cousin came from Bakersfield to spend his vacation with my family and i. The first day my cousin and i went to the arcade followed by a trip to the theaters. Only one thing made my great day go wrong. when we got home i had set my wallet somewhere in my room and when we were getting ready to go eat out i could not find my wallet.  i looked for my wallet for the rest of the night (i still haven't found it).

             I have one main goal and that is to find some form of employment. I find myself asking my parents more frequently for money. I don't mind going to my parents for money once in a while but when it gets to the point where i am asking them constantly for money I know it has gotten out of hand. I also think getting a job will show me some form of responsibility and prove to my parents that i am in a way maturing. I am currently working on a few resumes and searching for a few job openings.
            Coming back to school is not that bad. I get to see my friends again. I am now doing something productive because when i'm at my house i have nothing to do but lay in my bed all day watching tv.
That might sound interesting to some people but after a while i get bored of it. It feels good to be back in school. 

A house divided

Today Leo and I will be talking about our thoughts on an interesting quote. “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” By Abraham Lincoln. We believe the quote means that when you work together on any given task you must be united as one or else the whole structure will crumble. When completing an objective you and your team must work together in order to be successful. In reality you and your team are only as strong as your weakest link, so if one person fails then the whole team fails. The United States is a strong nation but slowly becoming more divided. Democrats and Republicans cannot agree on any given idea. They could not agree on the dream act, the national budget, and the war in Afghanistan and Iraq.  A lot of democrats want to pull out our troops and republicans want to stay in there and fix the centralized governments. Our Government came to an understanding. Our Troops are to stay in Afghanistan and continue the fight while, the troops stationed in Iraq will be brought home by late December, just in time for Christmas. The state of our government is debatable; in our opinion as long as our government remains united it is sure to succeed   

Dead Island Banned???

I never thought that countries can actually ban a game for its violence. Germany is one of the few countries to ban this game from being distributed. I for one like the game its a classic. I believe what they are doing is wrong this game should be available to those who love zombies. 





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http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/25263/Dead-Island-Banned-in-Germany/

Excel

I have learned that in Excel you can find averages and make charts with only the click of a button you can also organize a bunch of data for example; you can input baseball game statistics, your income, and your expenses. I believe I could use Excel in my everyday life, for example to organize my contacts and organize my schedule. I am not organized but I have learned to organize my typing speed from the beginning of the class to the present. What I dislike about Excel is that it can get very confusing when using some tools but once you learn how to use them properly it can be great program to use. Another problem I have with Excel is that sometimes when using cells, the actions are confusing sometimes because there are many things you can do with a cell. One thing I really like about Excel is that you can organize your info in Excel however you like for example; you can organize it from least to greatest and alphabetically.  I also dislike how in Excel it’s pretty hard to highlight different things. I would also like to learn how I can use Excel to organize my schedule. 

Net Neutrality

"Net Neutrality" means that telecommunications companies cannot treat content that goes through there product differently. For example  AT&T cannot cut a deal with the paranormal activity and have there movie download faster than another companies movies. Companies cannot pay internet access providers for their content to reach their consumers faster than there competitors. This defeats the purpose of a stable internet. If all the internet providers started picking favorites what would happen to all the other companies? well as for us we wouldn't have much of a choice of what websites we can go on because everyone likes a website that loads quickly. In my opinion our internet providers should not pick favorites and just have an open internet for everyone to enjoy.    
I also believe the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) should have the power to regulate these acts of selfishness. For now it seems that they do not have the power to keep the internet providers in check.