Tuesday, March 20, 2012

About Me

Part 2: Hello there, I am Molly Ross. Some of my favorite things are sleeping, shopping, playing sports and hanging out with my friends. I really like to have fun because I am not a boring person. I do not like to sit around because I get bored easily and then I fall asleep. Food makes me smile!

Friday, March 2, 2012

Citation Machine

I liked Citation Machine a lot better than Easy Bib. I say this this because on Easy Bib it seemed like I was having to put in more information then the actual site, it was almost just like a layout on  how to cite a source. But on Citation Machine it did the work for me then all I had to do was copy and paste, it was much more convenient.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Site Evaluations

My first three site were very reliable (http://www.prodeathpenalty.com/, http://usliberals.about.com/od/deathpenalty/i/DeathPenalty.htm,http://www.amnesty.org/en/death-penalty) I found these sites helpful because they stated their opinion right away, they also give recent true facts on about their site. Each of these sites had the all the proper credentials and the authors name. Also the main information on each of these websites was only from about a year ago at most. Lastly each of these sites seemed to be pretty popular when i searched for them, meaning a lot of people look at these.
The site I found least reliable was (http://kkk.org/). I found this because the website had no author anywhere, also the site seemed to not even be working. When i logged on to the home page not one of the paragraphs were shown all I was able to see were pictures. Lastly when i searched for these sites all I was not able to find them at the top of my lists.

Monday, February 13, 2012

Online Safety

This article is about a young boy named Ryan who took his own life due to cyber bullying. He was very funny loving and sweet. His parents and teachers noticed he was being picked on in the 5th grade. After seeing this his mom began to teach him how to stick up for himself. In 8th grade after Ryan was jumped his mom told also got him lessons on self defense, the next time the bully's came to fight him he was ready. After this happening the bully's started becoming cyberbullys starting rumors that he was gay, and after his IM's to a girl being posted online he was about pushed to the limit. October 7th 2003 is the day this poor young boy took his life. Cyberbullying really needs to stop no person should ever have to go through this. This story is so sad and I feel terrible for the family and Ryan
R.I.P Ryan.
http://www.ryanpatrickhalligan.org/

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

google

Google is changing their privacy policy. Three new changes are Google will now be able to look at updates on a person's calender, emails a person sends or receives and may record questions you ask Google, but only when signed in to your google account. After reading an article off Politico.com I have read that even after countless complaints to Google about these changes they are still standing they're ground, they claim that even though a user can really not opt out of these changes, that there are still ways to not allow them to look at this such as not signing into your account when searching, deselecting your search history and using more than one Google account. Google also claims that they are not collecting data to track they're user but only to make they're searching experience fast and easier, it is said that they will not be selling our information to third parties.After reading this articale it is clear that they do not agree with Google's changes, and that they think this is a violation of privacy.http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/72197.html

I agree with this articale because after really reading what these changes will be it seems like Google will now be stalking us. I think they should not be allowed to do this and it is violating my privacy. I really hope they decide not to go through with this, because if they do i will not be useing they're site anymore.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Johnny Cash vs Gordon Jenkins. Johnny was sued for copying, the case was later settled out of court. Cash ended up paying Jenkins 75000$ after it was all said and done. These songs were exactly alike same lyrics and melody there was no denying that this song was copyrighted.



http://www.fairwagelawyers.com/most-famous-music-copyright-infringment.html

Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Google Readers vs. Feed Demon

Google Readers vs. Feed Demon
I used Feed demon as my other reader and I hated it. Feed Demo was terrible it was so hard to find any sites that I could actually follow, but on Google Reader all I had to do was search the subject and it came up with many sites that I could follow. Another reason I liked Google Reader better than Feed Demon is because on Feed Demon it was very hard to locate your sites after you followed them but on Google Reader they showed up right on your screen after you started following a site. Lastly I didn’t like how on Feed Demon most sites I followed came up black and white with little to no pictures but on Google reader it has everything the actual site would have.

Internet Safety

Internet Safety is the security of the people and their information online. Some of the most important things about internet safety are to never give out your information, like name, age, sex or location. Also be careful of the information you put online like phone numbers or school names, these things will make you easy to find. Another thing to do is try not to post pictures of yourself online; this will decrease your chance of being a victim of an online predator. Lastly if anyone is harassing someone you know or you see something inappropriate tell an adult right away don't just try to take care of it yourself. One thing I need to change about my online safety is to not add people I do not know on face book.