week 4 post

Hey.
Well unfortunately i missed this mornings lecture. I was told that it was actually quite interesting and I heard another film was played. I also heard it was hard to follow like the other ones that have previoulsy been shown. Well i guess there isnt anything i can really comment on in relation to the lecture. I plan on printing it out once it is posted on the net and thouroughly reading through it.

Despite missing out on this mornings lecture, I have been here for the majority of the day working on my marketing asessment, didnt really get anywhere.

Although this won't be my actual essay topic, I am going to look at the evolution of Apple computers in this tutorial.

Three Academic Articles that relate to this topic:

1) Spatial evolution of the computer industry in the USA - A case of Japanese cities (Beardsell M.; Henderson V) http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/00142921/1999/00000043/00000002/art00064

2) Life and Evolution in Computers (Melanie Mitchell, Biophysics Group- Los Alamos National Library) http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~mm/life-and-evolution.pdf

3) Computers and Growth (Dale W. Jorgenson, Kevin Stiroh- Department of Economics, Harvard University)http://econweb.fas.harvard.edu/faculty/jorgenson/papers/198.pdf

These three academic articles provide a thourough understanding in the general evolution of Computers. The Second article primarily focuses on the general progression of computer technology. It further focuses on the idea of computer self- reproduction. A theory that is calculated in mathematical terms and suggests the possibility of computer reproduction through one computer printing out an exact copy of itself. The first exmaines distribution changes from 1977 to 1992 and how cities move through the distribution. It then goes on to further examine industrialisation and employement which largely encompasses the progression of computers. The thrid article looks at computer progression from an economic perspective. It discusses the change in computer prices and investment trends. Overall, these three scholar articles provide a substancial amount of credible information from different perspectives in relation to computer evolution. They would be very helpful in relation to the essay we must submit.

2a. SCAVENGER HUNT:
1)The worls heaviest pumpkin weighs 1385 pounds
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/kids/2004/01/pumpkin.html

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3) the length of a girrafes tounge is 18 inches (46 cm)
http://www.trianglemetrozoo.com/giraffeapril.htm

4) the study of the broadest range of categories of existence, which also asks questions about the existence of particular kinds of objects, such as numbers or moral facts.

5) David Cronenberg's first feature was Stereo
www.imbd.com

6) The original 'Hacker's Manifesto' was written in January 8th 1986
http://www.phrack.org/archives/7/P07-03

7) They start with 555 because there are no seven digit phone numbers that start with 555 so it is use for safety purpose.
http://www.freefilmschool.org/ffs/06more/6-2-100.shtml

8) The cheapest flight form crete to rhodes is $229.14
www.expedia.com

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10) Black Assasin.

2b.
A search engine is software that enables users to search the Internet using keywords. eg. Google, Yahoo. They rank the links found in order of which ones match the most key words used. Because the interenet is available to almost anyone, anybody can post their own webpages, about anything, whether it be legit or not. Therefore it is logical to pick those that are ranked with the most credibility. My favourite search engine is google as it is easy to use and offers links i find easy to use, such as image searches, google earth and web definitions. A current news story about a search engine involves web entrepreneurs trying to topple Google's reign in the world of online search by using people - not computers - to rank search results according to merit. Users group similar links together for sharing with the web community. A concept proving to be quite popular and more in touch with humans.

Thanks for reading.
Sophie