self assessment: video games harmless addiction or bad

- My presentation was based on the why video games affect our daily lives and if they are just harmless addiction or just plain bad. Based on my own observations on my presentation I did well on the clearness of the idea, I also based my presentation with a good statics chart which told the audience that there are many people who base their lives on video games. My posture during the presentation was a 7/10 which was okay. Overall I think I did pretty well and I only had to improve with the  facts and details of the topic.

Blog #7 on this video: drones in war video

 If we believe in freedom, democracy and justice, what is your opinion of Drones in war? A thoughtful paragraph is expected.


I believe that drones used in a military setting are very helpful and practical, they can take the place of many soldiers and save many lives. But when they are misused in an inhumane way they can become a serious issue worth debating about.
Drone strikes in the middle east save the U.S. money by eliminating the cost of soldiers transportation, food, shelter, and pay, but when they are used in an unprofessional manner and kill innocent people they become a menace to all innocent people.
I believe that a combination of soldiers assisted with drones would have a more effective and precise effect on an area where enemies and innocent civilians live. The video talks about how the U.S. government strikes "blindly" at wherever they believe there is an enemy threat, even if there are really civilian lives in danger. I believe that this is wrong, by using foot soldiers to gain intelligence on an area and effectively clear out all of the civilians would nearly eliminate the threat of civilian casualties.

careen assignment #1

Career Assignment 1

Explain the difference:

Career	Job	Entrepreneur
Career is an occupation for someone whole life and many more opportunities	A regular employment where the employee get paid less, and it’s not an occupation	A person organizing or starting their own business under financial risk of the business failing

“95% of new businesses fail after the first two years”

Why the heck would I want to be an entrepreneur...?

Go to this website:   http://tinyurl.com/careers2012

1.    What does an entrepreneur have that other people don’t have?

2.    Do you know anybody with that ambition? Who? What do they do?

3.    The website admires 5 entrepreneurs. Which entrepreneur do you find the most interesting? Why?

4.    How much does this course cost?

5.    Would you be interested in this course if you received an entrepreneurship scholarship to take it?

1.  A entrepreneur has a business owned by themselves, and they took more risk by organizing their own business putting them in financial risk

2.  Steve Jobs started a business named Apple; Apple is a company that Steve jobs created, and he sold his mac’s that put him in financial risk because he didn’t know if the company was going to be successful

3.  I admire Steve Jobs because he started to create mac at a young age, and he put himself at a financial risk by building Apple Inc.; his company became successful, and people admire the company today because of the advancing technology Apple has created

4.  The course cost $300 (Early-bird until May 31st) or from May 31 to June 15 at the cost of $500 or $300 with a essay about successful business skills

5.   No, because I am not going into entrepreneurship; I will be most likely to go to University for 

E- waste; Bromine flame retardants

· what are brominate flame retardants and why are they needed in computers?

Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are mixtures of man-made chemicals that are added to a wide variety of products, including for industrial use, to make them less flammable. They are used commonly in plastics, textiles and electrical/electronic equipment.

· what are companies doing about it?      a.   Dell?     b. Apple

Dell

-         Dell designs and engineers its products with an eye toward lowering their impacts on the environment throughout their entire life cycle. It’s all part of our Design for Environment (DfES) program. At the earliest stages of product development, we incorporate responsible ingredients selection, reduction of environmentally sensitive materials, increased energy efficiency, extension of product life span and design for disassembly. More information on our DfES program can be found here.

Apple

-         Apple has updated their products without any harmful materials (like PVC, BFR, Mercury, and Arsenic); they have removed all of these dangerous chemicals and pledged that they would do it by 2008; Apple has also started a take-back program for their products

· Find out all the chemicals used in the making of a computer:

Chemicals: Lead, Mercury, Chromium, Cadmium, Brominated flame retardants (BFRs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA), and PVC (polyvinyl chloride)

· how can St Pats students do somethin to recognize Earth Day and increase Awareness of E waste?

St. Pat’s can host an Earth day event where everyone student in every grade can learn about the dangers in our environment, and we can make posters to notify people about E-Waste which is important; this will allow us to share our knowledge of E-Waste, and other harmful products that affect the environment to other students in the school

XOLaptops vs XO tablet!

1.     What is the goal of this project? 

The goal of this project is to help the children of under developed countries to have access to a computer, so they could learn how it works and could keep up with the technology.

Hardware:

2.     The olpc is an acronym which stands for one laptop per person, this organization helps underdeveloped countries to have access to a laptop ,

3.     How much does it cost?

It is pretty cheap and the price would be 100 dollars

4.     3. What are the Basic specifications that a typical user would need to know? What are the I/O devices?

The XO-4 Touch entered mass production in 2013. Key differences from the original XO-1: the new model comes with 1GB or 2 GB of RAM and up to 8GB of internal solid-state storage standard (larger sizes available upon request). It has a more responsive keyboard and touchpad, and offers the option of membrane or traditional keyboards. And like many tablet computers, the XO-4 Touch uses an ARM processor to significantly reduce power consumption. Unique to the XO-4 Touch is an easy-to-repair touchscreen that does not compromise the readability of the XO's sunlight-readable display. 5 GHz Wifi, Bluetooth, and HDMI support also have been added, along with an accelerometer which can be queried by programs to interact with the child.

Software:

1.     What software will come with it?

The XO laptop offers children a means of freedom and empowerment. As children grow and pursue new ideas, their tools need to grow with them.

XO Tablet Specifications:

·         1.6 GHz Dual-Core Processor

·         1 GB RAM

·         8 GB Storage

·         7" 1024x600 screen

·         Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n connectivity

·         1.3 MP Front & 2.0 MP Rear cameras

·         Headset, MicroSD, Micro USB, and Mini HDMI I/O ports

·         Android 4.1 operating system

·         Built-in parental controls

Data:

1.     What will it be used for?

It is used for education purposes, for example children can do math equation, o0r can improve their grammar with various apps installed within the tablet

2.     Where is the data going to be stored?

The data will be stored in the in the memory card located in the heart of the tablet, it will alos be stored in places such as the ram, and the rom.

Users:

1.     Who is going to use it?

The tablet is intented for the use of children form the age or 3 to 14

2.     Why only some people in the world?

Because it cost money to process the tablet

Procedures:

1.     Who is making it?\

If you're interested in developing OLPC software at the system-level, the important backend stuff that the user doesn't really see, you can find documentation here. OLPC builds upon Fedora as much as possible - meaning that many system-level developments would be more appropriately done within the Fedora developer community, which will then be automatically included in OLPC's software at a later date.

2.     How will it be distributed?

It will distributed in large stores such as Walmart, target, and toys r us

3.     Has it been a success yet?

Yes because it was it raised a lot of awareness and it showed that it was a great success  

Taking The Lid Off The Computer. Hardware Parts

 

Case
Parallel Port
Serial Port
Processor-Heatsink-fan assembly
Power Supply  connectors  ATX Power Connector
Power Supply  connectors  (4 Pin) Floppy Drive Connector
IDE Connectors
Network Card
Sound Card
Data Ribbon cables For Hard drive, DVD
Data Ribbon cables   ADRIVE