When I'm Gone...

Coming to the end of this course that almost pushed me to my knees, I feel it gave me an Upgrade, you too. Though She ain't got no money in the bank, I had to Lean Back and allow her give me her Candy Shop treat. I never found my self Patiently Waiting because it was more of welcoming a King Back. Through its trials and that of Many Men, "What you know about that?" becomes a shibboleth. You are beautiful, I must confess; godess of enlightenement. Though I am a Smooth Criminal, together, I'm seen as the world's Hero. Yeah, that's How we do. I'm sure if you were a White Girl we would be sharing One Blood on the Streets. You might call it Puppy Love but...Hmm Hmm, I reserve my comments.

Don't worry Queen of my Heart. When I'm gone, know that I'm out to Change the world. Remember you are Always on my mind and one day we will be Home together. Free from the troublesome cold The Rain comes with. Keep holding on. As long as you love me, The call won't take long to hit the phone. I'll be Gone till November but don't see me as a Runaway Love, I'm only out there to grow into a Money Maker. It's a Hard-knock Life and there's One more road to cross for me. Probably more than 1, who knows, Imagine that! I know I'm bad but The way you make me feel, I Could't say no. I know it's hard but I have to do it, and its killing me. There's never a right time to Say Goodbye.

To every other, nothing much to say. Keep your Head and continue to Hustle Hard because In the end, The process will lead to a Celebration in your heart with much more greater fun than you can imagine.

Peace.

Exams Over!

Finally, these exams have come to an end. And guess what? I think the person that set the seats for the computer finals really really wanted me to fail. Want to know why?

• I was the only computer student sitting as a pair with a biology student.
• I was in front of the hall. I hate being in front.
• The worst fo all: The seat mate I was given. Even Aristotle himself will feel dumb.

Oh well...it's over, IT'S OVER!!!

Finals...

GOSH!! Am I scared!!! The course as been so hard where Chow has called it easy. Now the final approaches. Only God holds our fate. Cold chills run down my spine when I think of the fact that I would be sitting for an exam set so hard & one that will be marked so strict that even the Gates won't be able to open up to it.

But.... There's another side to it. I'll no longer be tormented by the menace of the course. No more tests, quizes, creating websites and programming for marks.............phew!!! Such a relief. Who wants to join me? Let's pop some champagne after this finals and make our lives a living paradise.

A whole new world of automobiles.

• FORD ESCAPE
  
• VW GOLF & VW JETTA


• POPE MOBILE

FORD ESCAPE

This exquisite vehicle is made to make mankind lazy. Its efficiency is so flawless, you can sleep drive from Windsor to Ottawa with just one tank of gas. Brakes are so reactive and strong, it can make your baby belch at the most awkward times. Its so quiet, deers can't detect its proximity but can pick up the drop of an apple a kilometre away. In a head to head contest with the King of Mexican bulls "Dodge", ...actually there was a tie though.

VW GOLF & VW JETTA

I personnaly call this one The Pony without a tail. Its an incy wincy teeny result of little piece of metals stuck togeter to produce such an artefact small enough to fit into any rat hole. Its sleeky, fast, easy on the eye, comfortable - even to the most naive driver on earth; don't get scared even if you are the most naive, the car almost drives itself. The only disdvantage about the car is that it is never bought, it is always stolen. But i bet you, it is the most meaningful illegal deal you will ever make in your life. Go for it!

POPE MOBILE

You might be wandering what this recent invention is all about. Created recently and exhibited...also recently, it has proved to be the most quiet car. Despite the fact that it is permenent convertible (open-roof), you seem to be totally deaf to what happens outside the perimeter of this special vehicle. The picture was taken from an incident (which would have been an accident if not properly taken care of) that happened recently too. The gist goes thus: The Pope was in his Pope Mobile - open-roof as you can see. There was this guy that approached the Pope agressively for a very silly reason. He had chocolate on his hands and wanted to smear it all over the Pope.................................................... Now ain't that silly? He got so close, I don't seem to understand why the Pope has Swiss Guards if such a normal man could get so close unarmed. Rather...armed with chocolate. All these happened and the Pope didnt seem to notice. From research made by the host of the show after The Daily Show, the reason of the Pope not noticing was the fact that the car is hybrid. The front tyres move by Faith and the rear move by the Grace of God. Guess the insurance that came with is so much, it can serve as an assurance. This is another good buy. Its not that fast but its VERY conservative.

Javascript

Never came in contact with a topic so involving - that I thought at first. But if we take a closer look, - I know this is for geeks and nerds but please join me - Javascript is the same programming done on the TI - 83 calculator. You know...all the for, while, then, else and all stuff worth lots, they kind of looks like programming in the calculator. I know its a little hard but I can suggest an easier way. "Learn programming on your calculator before diving headlong into Javascript". Did that help? And one more thing before the post comes to an end. The tests Miss Chow gives us...not at all friendly. Its like she thinks we all went to McGill with her. That's about it. I've got to go now. Bonjour!

Why Students Should Learn HTML

Information Technology is on the loose.  Covering up the basic aspects of technology seems to be the theme of our ever-improving intelligence.  Other methods of creating web pages are now cultivated that makes the young web page authors deal with superficial aspects of creating web pages and forget the actual source code. It is also stunning to know that applicatons used to create web pages today still use a source code but makes the web page authour to work interactig with a GUI (Grapic User Interface) which id dependent on the source code.

Students need to learn HTML to have a basic knowledge of what they are actually doing. If a student should create a web page without knowing the basics and she is asked to explain the source code to an audience, it would look like he never had a hand in creating that particular web page.
So the most important thing when dealing with web pages is knowing the basics.

The Actual Computer Course

Ever since this course started, we have been learning some strange things.  Things that might get someone planning to take up computer studies as a career sick.  It was interesing thoug sometimes when we do things and drift into another topic.

Anyway, thanks to the person wo invented chapters because that chapter is closed. We are now into proper computer courses. Beginning with the creation of web pages using HTML (Hyper Text Mark-up Language. This is a programming language normally used in making web pages. It includes codes called tags used to set up a basic web page) and going throug to programming with Java Net Beans. But the test would get harder by the second...not to worry, at least we can now play pranks on classmates with some silly programs.

Downloading Songs.

A very unethical deed. "Indeed"

Musicians make very little cash wen it comes to making profit. According to my teacher, her brother made only $1000 from a tour and that didn;t come from the music alone. He had to do some other sales. Musicians have their porducers to pay and some other expenses to pay and their income from just selling the CD might not help. They put it on the net for a faster propagation.

Other mailcious humans crack the protection of the commodity and make it more of a freeware. People can now download the songs without paying to te artist.

If you would ask me, Piracy is as deadly as Al Qaeda. More attention is meant to be given to it compared to the attention focused on the Iraqi war.

The question is: "How can we stop Piracy?"

The answer is : "Piracy can't be stopped!"

Illiterates now possess downloading softwares that help them propagate piracy. They just type in what they want and the software finds "users" that have such media and download it. It musn't always be "users", some other softwares download it directly from sites. In improved countries, these pirates may be tracked but in underdeveloped countries, the pirates go unpunished.

What can our everyday improving technology do about this?

The Stingy Friend

"Now what?!" Carl exlcaimed

"A friend of mine wants to upgarde his PC with only $300 but wants to be able to play games, listen to music, use Mirosoft Office confidently, use internet explorer without choking the processor and all worth more than $300. How in the world am I to help such a human?" Earl complains.

"There are two things involed" Carl said advinsing Earl. "Either you back out and tell him he's sick or crack possibilities out of your head and try to help him out. Which do you feel like plunging into?"

"Well..." Earl said counting the stars in the sky, "I think I would help him out. He sounds desperate. Let's see what we have here. I have an:

• AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+ Windsor 2.0GHz 2 x 256KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor - Retail for $72.99,


• Asus A8V-E SE Motherboard ATX - Via Vt8237r - Athlon 64 X2 - DDR motherboard for $84 and
  
• OCZ EL Series 256MB DDR400 (PC 3200) Computer System Memory OCZ400256EL, 184-Pin, DDR SDRAM, Non-ECC, Unbuffered. Retail Box -aa for $29.99.

That should cost him about $190 tax inclusive. That way he can save as much as he wants to."

" Impressive...but, what if he wants an Intel processor in AMD's stead?" asked Carl objecting.

"In that case, I think he wants to narrow his PC usage to mainly media. I've done some research and i came up with these:

• Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz CPU Socket 478 - Bus 400 MHz - 256 KB L2 Cache - Sku: BX80531NK160G processor for $40 at CompuVest.
• Intel D850MV Motherboard (Pentium 4/Celeron, Socket 478, Intel 850, ATX, 2GB RDRAM, 400MHz Bus - MPN: BOXD850MVL) for $96 at Spartan Technologies and
• i860 Dual Xeon 400MHz Max-2GB RDRAM 6PCI AGP4X LAN U160 RAIDSND for $74.99 at Merchant Hound.

That should do."

"He better not change his mind to sometihng else." Carl said looking concerned.

"He better not." Earl agreed.

Our friendly enemy!

THE COMPUTER.

The computer is a tool that aids the human brain in completing tasks. It can accept a wider range of data without misplacing any, process more data into information in less time and still retains a high level of accuracy. It is a tool that has some severe adverse effects on its users despite its wide range of useful applications. Recent research has it that the computer have generated a new breed of lethal diseases. As the computer is updated, the diseases are "updated". In this article different advantages and disadvantages of computer usage will be outlined and properly explained.

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ADVANTAGES OF USING COMPUTERS

1. Flash cards have been replaced by computers when it comes to reading and writing. A faster means of learning (this is because of the audio-visual aspect of a computer). Mistakes could often be made with flash cards when it comes to archiving and retrieving. But in the case of a computer, archiving is done on the hard disk and cannot be misplaced.
2. Computers increase the confidence of individuals. As an individual uses the computer more, his literacy increases. As his literacy increases, he becomes smarter. As an individual becomes smarter, he becomes more confident and can address an audience because he is confident in the power he has acquired via the knowledge computers.
3. Mastery of computer skills gives the individual a wider range of skill. Knowledge of computer skills enables the individual to fit into some jobs perfectly. Having this skill is also a life time investment. When every other job fails, a basic IT job can always be fallen back on.

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DISADVANTAGES OF USING COMPUTERS

1. It is addictive. Using computers can open an individuals eye to more fascinating things than those he has always seen. Variety of programs, different audio-visual outputs and most especially, the media. Most computer (internet) literates spend hours on the world wide web looking for information. Sometimes their ambitions are ambiguous.
2. Parents don't spend more time with their children. Since computers have taken over most of their learning, they allow the computers to do all the upbringing. Computers are dummies and they cannot do what they are not programmed to do. I am yet to see a computer that is programmed to take care of a child's upbringing; completely teaching the child good morales. This makes the children feel they are not loved and when they have pondered on this thought for years, they can constitute a nuisance to the society.
3. Some health issues also are connected with computer usage. The radiation from the monitor affects the eye, increasing the volume of the speakers to a ridiculous level (especially when the individual is using headphones) damages the ear drums. Outdated computer parts are not eco-friendly. Elements in the motherboard (using it as an example) are radioactive and if disposed wrongly, the radiation can be harmful to the skin. Bending over on PCs (as a result of being addicted to it) can truncate or skeletal structure. It causes hunchback in humans.

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All these are the 'goods' and 'bads' of using computers; our friendly enemy!

Well, don't really know what to write on this blog page since this is my first post on my blog. I'm in a computer class and this is the first class. Guess what? We were asked to create blogs. Later, I found out its going to be the medium by which she dissipates scores. Oh well, that's about that. Till next post...bye.