Friday, November 4, 2011

School (Roosevelt, The River of Doubt, Wordle)

Wordle: Untitled

School (Roosevelt, The River of Doubt)

          In December of 1913, ex-president Theodore Roosevelt and a small group of men, which included his son Kermit, began to explore the River of Doubt. Before the group even got to the river, they had to abandon some of their supplies because some of their oxen and mules died. When they got to the river, they had to abondom half of their remaining supplies because the duggout canoes they were using were not stable enough to hold all of the weight.
          The river contained many rapids. When the group camped on the shore, almost all of the people on the expedition got infected with malaria, including Roosevelt. Roosevelt also cut his leg on a sharp rock and the cut got infected, and his temperature rose to 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
          Later, Colnel Rondon gets attacked by an indiginous tribe of indians and survives. One of the porters, who was lazy and had a bad temper, killed a man because he was hungry, and another man drowned in an accident on the river. When the group reaches a 30ft waterfall, Kermit uses his rope skills to lower the canoes and the people over the waterfall safely.
          Only three men died on this expedition.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

School (midterm reveiw part 1)

1. Vocabulary Terms
a. Creative Commons- a license that lets you dictate how others may use your work
b. Intellectual property- any property that is created using original thought
c. Copyright- the legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work
d. Public domain- any work that can be accessed by the public and used freely
e. Freeware- copyrighted software given away for free by the author
f. Shareware- Software distributed on the basis of an honor system
g. Open source- refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public for use and/or modification from its original design free of charge
h. Attribution- giving credit to the author
i. Commercial use- money can be made off the copyrighted material
j. Derivative- the copyrighted work cannot be altered
k. Share-alike- the altered work has to be shared with the public
l. Firewall- a system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network
m. Virus- a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes
n. Hacking- To modify a program, often in an unauthorized manner, by changing the code itself
o. Piracy- illegally copying copyrighted material
p. Malware- software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system
q. Phishing- The act of sending an e-mail to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft
r. Identity theft- stealing someone else’s identity
s. Data back-ups- To copy files to a second medium (a disk or tape) as a precaution in case the first medium fails
t. Cookies- a message given to a Web browser by a Web server
u. File sharing- sharing files online
2. Federal Trade Commission
a. The FTC is who you need to contact if you have your identity stolen
b. The FTC is also in charge of copyrights and the CC

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

School (podcast info)

Podcast-A multimedia digital file made available on the Internet for downloading to a portable media player, computer, etc.
Podcasts are used to listen to downloaded music.
Podcasts can be located on Web sites that provide music or audio messages.

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

School (ID Theft stuff)

                Mistakes that this person made were using a debit card instead of a credit card and using the debit card for everything. Identity theft is common today because information is easily accessed by almost anyone. Documents and personal belongings that are needed to steal someone’s identity include social security number, address, credit/debit card number, and usernames and passwords. Ways that I think could protect someone from identity theft include not using any credit cards, only give personal information to the intended person (Ex: don’t give information to an assistant), and research who you are buying from before you buy. The person to blame in any identity theft is the person who stole the victim’s identity.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

SGCraft Update :)

The server was succesfully updated :)
The map is 2500x2500 and is all 1.8. Unfortunetly, 1.8 doesn't have snow biomes so i decided to hoard all the snow i could find XD

-Pheonix149

Friday, September 23, 2011

School (fun little thing I learned today)

This is a QR(Quick Response) code. This code will direct you to a site I frequently visit while in school. You can create your own QR code at http://qrcode.kaywa.com/. Then you save the image as a jpg or jpeg image and uploead it to your own blog. Enjoy.

SGCraft Update :)

We are updating to 1.8 tonight :)
@sct will be adding the "outerlands", which will add another 1000 meters on every side. This will make the map 2250x2250. Part of the map will be 1.7 while the new area will be 1.8. Not sure yet hoe this will work for the members of this server. I will post again when i find out.



-Pheonix149

Thursday, September 22, 2011

School (Internet saftey presentation recap)

10 most important points and facts
  1. Never give out personal information online
  2. Never post personal photos
  3. Never meet face to face with someone you met online
  4. Never download files from an unknown source
  5. Children are the most vulnerable members of society
  6. Best tool for screening material on the Internet is common snese
  7. Teens are the fastest growing group of Internet users
  8. Computers can be as harmful to us as they are helpful
  9. People on the Internet are not always who they say they are
  10. Never continue a conversation that makes you feels uncomfortable

School (picture I made)

This is a picture I made for a class assignment.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Introduction

Hey everyone. This is my first blog post thingy. I usually play Minecraft with my friends on a server call SGCraft (http://www.sgcraft.net/). This blog will be used for school purposes as well as stuff about the status of Aneira (the town I live in on SGCraft). I hope anyone reading these posts will get minecraft and sign up for the server. Hope to see lots of new people.