Body language
After the 3 videos that we did together, I got 4 out of the remaining 7 correct. I think that throughout the videos some people were very difficult to “tell”. Some people in the beginning were very difficult, because sometimes they kept avoiding eye contact, yet they were telling the truth. Some others were totally opposite they waited for about 10-15 seconds to make it seem like they were thinking, they said the words calmly without stuttering, kept eye contact almost the entire time, yet they were lying. I think that to be able to tell if someone is lying you need to study their body language and look at the words that they use. I think that this is a cool website and it is very interesting to try to study other people’s body language, and overall I think that this is a great site.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
The Invisible Child
I like the invisible child infographic the most, it is very interesting, and has a lot of detail. I think the story is very interesting and I really like the way that when you read it you picture everything that’s happening. I think that this is a cool infographic and is definitely very interesting. The story tells about a homeless family in New York.
www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
2 Tots, a Sailboat and a Storm Over Parenting
I don’t think that the child should have gone with the parents on the boat, especially at such a young age because she could have died. I think it was dumb for the parents to take both of their daughters out to see on an expedition across the world, with only 2 parents and 2 children on board. I think that this story teaches a very important lesson about responsibility.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
Hackers Lurking in Vents and Soda Machines
I think that hackers are very dangerous, if they can break into your computers through hacking an online menu and get a foothold on your computer network, hackers can be dangerous. I think the best way to avoid hackers you should get a good security system and update it frequently.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp\
Malaysia Airplane
I think that this is a very interesting story and is very strange, you just want to keep reading on and on about the search for the missing airplane. And what makes it even stranger is that this air plane has been missing since March 6th, and they still haven’t found the airplane even though that many different people have been searching for it for about 2 months. 239 people of the people that were on that plane mysteriously vanished about 2 months ago. This is a very mysterious, strange, and interesting story.
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/01/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane-report/
Should students be allowed to wear google glasses?
I think that students should be allowed to wear google glasses while they work to help assist them with their work. But I also don’t think that students should get carried away and start wearing them everywhere they go. I think that students should be able to wear Google Glasses, but there should also be some restrictions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
Video Games
I think that playing video games releases stress, and it can help you escape from real world problems. But I also think that playing too many video games can also be unhealthy and can cause you to become violent.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
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Faisal Peracha
5/7/2014 09:36:59 pm
Most interesting topic
I think that spotting the liars was very interesting. I think it was very interesting, because of the way you watched someone’s body language and you could tell if they were lying or telling the truth. I think that this was a really cool idea and it taught me a lot about how much you can find out by watching other people and their body language.
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Zachary Huey
5/6/2014 09:33:09 pm
1. Can You Spot a Liar?
I got a seven out of ten on the quiz. You had to look and listen to the person answering the question to see whether or not they are lying. I think it can be hard to tell if someone is telling the truth or not depending on the person, if they are making eye contact, and how long it takes them to come up with an answer.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0
2. Infographics
An infographic is a webpage that tells a story in a different way. All you have to do is scroll down though the story, pictures, and videos, there is very little clicking at all. My favorite infographic on this list would be a game of shark and minnow because of the way the page and the maps move like you’re watching a movie. It’s almost more like a book than a website.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/27/south-china-sea/
3. A family trip in a boat gone wrong
A father, mother, and they’re two toddlers decide to take a trip across the world in a small boat. They are rescued when the steering on the boat breaks and the daughter gets very sick. I think this was a bad parenting decision, but I don’t think they should have their children taken away for it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
4. Lurking Hackers
Hackers are now finding more complicated ways of hacking into a business to get information like credit card information. They are hacking into things like heating and cooling systems and even vending machines. This can be fixed by monitoring their systems and updating old computer software. I think that it must be getting harder to hack simple things, so now hackers are going to the extremes to get the information they are after. I think they’ll always find a way to get what they want one way or another.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
5. Board Games Coming Back?
No one plays board games anymore because technology has replaced them. But people and game designers are bringing technology to board games by creating tabletop games. I think this is a cool idea to bring a new idea to board games. They use 3D printers to make game pieces.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/technology/high-tech-push-has-board-games-rolling-again.html?hp
6. Google Glasses in School
The google glasses are a great tool for some people and not so useful to others. Some people and areas have the glasses banned or worry about privacy issues. I don’t think students in school should be allowed to wear google glasses because I don’t see a good use for them. If there is a good use for them I think that students would be more worried about the glasses and be distracted than worried about their studies.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
7. Violent Videogames
This article is about violent videogames that pass down there violence to the real world. Studies show that some kids are more violent and aggressive after playing certain games. Videogames are there to escape the real world. I don’t think the future society will look on us very kindly for spending billions of dollars on games that simulate shooting people because it gives nothing for the player to really gain. There is more of a negative effect to this type of game than there is a positive effect.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
I think that the lurking hackers topic interested me the most because I didn’t realize that people would go to that much of an extreme to get other peoples personal information. I also liked it the most because I didn’t know that you could get information through things like vending machines.
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Stephanie
5/6/2014 09:36:45 pm
Can you spot a liar? http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
This website by NY Times had ten videos with a person being asked a question; using body language, eye contact, and verbal communication you have to determine if they r lying or not. This is a great website because it loaded quickly, organized, and had a simple design. My favorite part was the interaction with its audience. I could watch every video and challenge my knowledge of body language.
infographic on this list http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-storytelling/
When clicking on the pictures of each website, it would take me to that website with great pictures and videos about that specific topic. I loved the pictures and information which all captured my attention and I wanted to keep reading. I did not like that is crashed firefox both times I opened it but the organization of the website was awesome!
Should the child be at sea? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp
Two parents took a 3- and 1- year old out on a boating trip and was stranded 900 miles of the coast of Mexico in a sail boat. I think this was extremely stupid. What were the parents trying to accomplish by taking two babies on a dangerous boating trip they will not even remember. I think this is interesting because many people do some pretty stupid things just for the adventure and that is exactly what happened.
If you look up what you want to order for dinner will you be hacked? How can you protect your system? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
Hackers are taking computer hacking to a new level… or they could have been doing it for years and just now got attention. Using a Chinese restaurant menu, and other things like thermostats and heating and cooling systems, these hackers are trying to get access to anything they can. 28 percent of attacks do not know where the break-in started. To protect ourselves we just have to be safe and do not ignore the red flags. I think it is interesting because it could affect any one at any time and we can all benefit from the knowledge.
Top story of the hour -- http://www.cbsnews.com/news/civilian-diver-dies-searching-for-missing-from-south-korean-ferry-disaster/
Civilian diver dies searching for missing from South Korean ferry disaster. This ferry disappeared off the southern Korea’s south coast and had many high school students aboard. Only 174 survived, including 22 of the 29 crew members. The sinking left 260 people dead and about 40 others are still missing. Similar to the Malaysia airline, how do you just misplace a big group of people in a big aircraft? Do we need better security? Who is at fault?
Fighting Video games http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
Our video games definitely influence how kids think and act. It is accepted in society to play these games and you get rewarded for being violent/killing people. Video game creators do have an age rating but it is never followed. We are fighting a war with ourselves because we spend all this money on gun control and just as much on violent videogames. Violent video games are not to sole reasons for being violent but it does contribute.
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Alexis Grady
5/6/2014 09:50:13 pm
You can tell if people are lying by many things. Shaky hands, nervous twitches, no eye contact, etc. On http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science, they are conducting an experiment to see if people can really tell when another person is lying to them or telling the truth. You watch a video and you vote on whether that person is lying or not. Personally, I think it depends on the person you are asking questions or talking to. Some people are naturally nervous, while others just don’t like to make eye contact. I think this is an interesting thing to research. I wonder how many people can actually tell if all of those people were lying or telling the truth. I got seven out of ten correct and I hope they release their results because I would really like to know how this turns out.
My favorite infographic on this page was, “In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters” This infographic shows a study of the odds of rising to another income level in certain cities, like Atlanta, New York, Charlotte, etc. I like how the map of the United States is color coded by data, and I also like that you can hover over a city to bring up the percentage of the chance a child raised in the bottom fifth rose to the top fifth. This inforgraphic points out popular cities, and the not so popular are shown if you scroll down or hover over them. I think using infographics like this in all reports or studies could help a lot more people understand the results or information given.
Should a child have been at sea? No. If your child is too young to take care of themselves, they should not accompany you on a trip at sea. In this article, the mother, of the one and three year old that had to be rescued admits it was not a smart decision. I am not quite sure what would compel you to even want to take your child on a risky trip like this. What would happen if you were to crash, or if you or your wife/husband were too get hurt or die? Your children can not take care of themselves at such a young age. Therefore, no, a child should not be at sea.
I think it is completely crazy that hackers have gone so far to hack computers and businesses through menus, websites, vending machines, etc. I don’t want to have to worry about being hacked and losing everything, just because I want to see what the new Chinese place is serving for dinner. Even though it is a scary thing to think about, there are ways to save your things. Most printers, thermostats, and video conference equipment are delivered and set up with the security settings off. Once hackers get in, they have a place to hide and spread to more devices and gain more information. Businesses can set up their networks so that access to sensitive data is sealed off from third-party systems and is monitored with advanced passwords and technology that can identify anyone who could try to break through the security walls.
Right now the top news story of the hour is How More Than 300 Girls Were Kidnapped by Extremists. A secondary school for girls was invaded and the girls were kidnapped by a group of extremist called Boko Haram. Fifty girls got away, with only a couple dead, and over twenty ill. While 276 girls are still missing, the United States and Britain have issued warning and are willing to help with the search for the missing girls. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigerian-girl-describes-kidnap-276-missing-23602112
Should google glasses be allowed in schools? In my opinion, no, I think the glasses would make a big controversy. With the Google glass, you can take pictures and record video, something kids could use to record a lesson or take a picture of tests/test answers. With the Google glass, you can also read texts and emails, and respond to them via voice command. I don’t think texting in schools is bad if you aren’t cheating. Most things with Google glass must be done by voice command, meaning it could be extremely hard to take pictures or text during texts/lessons. I’m sure kids would find a way around this, and I still don’t think the Google glasses should be allowed in school.
I did not want to read this article at all. I personally don’t think video games have any influence on someone. If the person playing a video game with extreme violence can’t be mature, then they should not be playing that game. You always hear a lot of parents having this problem and saying that their kids act out because of their video games. Why would you let your child play a game that influenced their behavior, they obviously aren’t mature enough. I feel that video games are made to have fun with and for some people to relax with, just like any other hobby. People do get aggressive with video games, just like people do with sports. Does that mean sports influence violence too?
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Alexis Grady
5/7/2014 09:39:56 pm
The topic I found most interesting was the article about hackers hacking restaurant customers. I think it is completely insane that hackers can get to your whole technological base just by getting into your thermostat. That is some pretty creepy stuff.
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Alyssa Simpson
5/6/2014 10:13:04 pm
Spotting the Liar
This post was a study with students from the University of Chicago where they were asked questions and told in secret whether to lie or tell the truth for their answers. They were recorded and through their body language and actions you could tell if they were lying or not. Out of the ten people, I guessed six correctly about whether they were lying or not. Some were very obvious that they were lying because of the content of their answer or lack of eye contact while some had no eye contact and were telling the truth. Four out of the ten subjects were actually lying when I guessed six lying. This was a really cool study and it would be interesting to see more about this. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0
Infographics
Infographics are a new and awesome way people are getting information out of the web. They are filled with a lot of information on the topic and have to do with things in the world today. My favorite infographic on this page is Front Row to Fashion Week. I picked this one because it is something I am interested in and the page itself is very neat. It is very organized and full of pictures. http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/09/13/fashion-week-editors-picks/
The Children at Sea
Prepared for a trip out to see for as long as a month, a family took their one and three year old daughters with them and when waters got too rough, they all had to be rescued. I don’t believe the children should have been taken on the trip. The parents should have waited until the children were a lot older or had them stay with a close relative while they went out to sea. Like it was said in the article, the kids were not going to remember this anyways. I know I don’t remember anything from when I was three years old. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
Hackers
It has been discovered that hackers have new ways of getting into company’s systems and taking information. Many third parties have been given access to system. This is coming from the software of many assets a company needs such as, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning; billing, expense and human-resources management systems; graphics and data analytics functions; health insurance providers; and even vending machines. Corporations should set up their systems so they are not all linked to each other. The prevention of hackers comes from the company’s priorities. I learned something new in this article and that is as technology evolves, people have found new ways to get their way into company systems without anyone knowing. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
Top News Story Now
Boko Haram's leader Abubakar Shekau released a video about a year ago stating his fighters will begin abducting girls and selling them. 276 girls were kidnapped from their school and haven’t been seen since. The US is offering help because of Boko’s possible link to al Qaeda. It is said that the Nigerian government has not taken much action and the US is very concerned. The United States is very willing to help Nigeria but they are not sending any of our troops. US senators have introduced the plan, United States to help the Nigerian government improve school security and go after Boko Haram. I think that this could be very helpful to Nigeria to find these girls because like the article said; if this happened in the US people would be completely outraged. http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/world/africa/nigeria-abductions-why-it-matters/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
Google Glasses
Google Glasses are becoming more and more popular. They are used by surgeons, athletes, firefighters, and many other people. I don’t think students should be allowed to wear Google Glasses. It seems like there could be more cons than pros. There is a better chance students could use it to copy work, not pay attention in class, and cheat. It would just be a bad idea. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
Video Game Violence
Video game violence is a big deal. I personally don’t play video games so I don’t know the extent of the violence but studies show kids are more violent after playing these games. I would think the games wouldn’t be much different in the future so I don’t think they would look at our generations differently for playing violent games. http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
The “Can you spot the liar?” article was most interesting to me. I actually thought I was better at reading body language and actions but I guessed some of them wrong.
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Carter Rice
5/7/2014 09:42:13 pm
Lying or Nah
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
This topic is about spotting a liar. The task at first seems simple but the videos show not every person is the same and you can be fooled by the slightest change up. I enjoyed going through each person and figuring out if they were lying or not.
The Robot’s Call
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-storytelling/
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/11/28/fourth-downs/
This info graphic is comparing a coach’s call on 4th down and a robots call on 4th down. I find this super interesting for several reasons. The robot for a lot of the calls had the same call as the coach. The robot also followed an interesting pattern when agreeing and disagreeing. When looking at the robot’s picks I can see a very strict pattern, which leads me to believe the robot’s program is very simple.
Too Young for Sea
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp
A family decides they are going on a sail boat trip from Mexico to New Zealand. Sadly the ones in the most danger are not old enough to comprehend or even voice their opinion. Their children are only 1 and 3. The weather went bad not long into the trip and the family had to be rescued by the National Guard. In Charlotte Kaufman’s blog the mother of the two kids she wrote, “I think this may be the stupidest thing we have ever done.” When I read this one thing sticks out, in her quote it says “I think this may,” how many other really stupid ideas have you come up with in order to make you even question if this was the stupidest thing you have ever done. This is the prime example of the way the world is heading.
Think before you Swipe
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
An online Chinese menu that is popular among its employees is infected with malware, which lead to the entire business being attacked when an employee was browsing the menu. Target shoppers were also in danger of credit card and id theft when hackers got into the retail records through the heating and cooling system. The list goes on, because it is becoming easier and easier to steal information through a well-placed virus and a normal person. These dangers are everywhere. This article reminds me of when hacker could just open gas pumps at night and install a scanner to get your credit card information. Unfortunately as our world advances and gets smarter so do the hackers.
Lewinsky’s Side
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2014/05/monica-lewinsky-speaks
This article is Monica Lewinsky writing about her affair with President Clinton. After 10 years of silence Lewinsky writes in Vanity Fair. In the article she talks about how the humiliation after math was the worst. She talks about how finding a job was hard. Not just because of her past but she also did not want to have a job that would have press following it. Lewinsky is trying to right her wrongs because of the constant references of her in pop culture and the news. Lewinsky is coming back to the word because of events similar to her public humiliation. When Tyler Clementi, the 18-year-old Rutgers freshman who was secretly streamed via Webcam kissing another man, committed suicide in September 2010, Lewinsky writes, she was brought to tears. I feel she is coming back with the right intentions but should not return to public’s eye at all. I found this article on Drudge Report and while reading I see this quote from Lewinsky, “thanks to the Drudge Report, I was also possibly the first person whose global humiliation was driven by the Internet.” Her end goal is to help those who get humiliated by the internet. I say there are something’s that cannot be stopped and this is one of them. Here is the like for Drudge Report if interested http://www.drudgereport.com/ .
The Google Glass Expansion
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
Some places are banning it like the 500 Club bar in the heart of the Mission district and, others are using it to save lives like at University of California, San Francisco, where a lung surgeon wears Glass to assist him as he operates. Google Glass as of right now is a threat and a gimmick in the eyes of most people. Cleverly Google is putting its Google Glass in the hands of those who are going to be seen with them. In the article there is a picture of the Pacers each with a pair of Google Glass. I personally have only seen Google Glass in two places with normal people, the capital as in DC and the airport. This shows that google is giving its tech to those who travel a lot. When you see Google Glass in person for the first time it makes you think. Although Google does not have Google Glass for sale they have done a really good job with their exp
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Michael Orman
5/7/2014 09:52:22 pm
Can You Spot The Liar?
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0
This article is more of a quiz… there are videos set up on the page and you have to watch them. You listen to what the people are saying in the video and once the video is over, there is a little button at the bottom of the video saying “lying” or “not lying”. Once you hit the button, it will give you an answer whether they were lying or not lying.
A Game of Shark and Minnow
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/27/south-china-sea/
This article explains some of the history through the South China Sea. It explains of a forsaken ship that is crashed at the reefs somewhere in the Sea. The people writing the article go through and record and even take pictures of the downed ship. It shows how it is all rusted away and the dangers it poses for people who try and step foot on the ship.
2 Tots, a Sailboat and a Storm over Parenting
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp
In this article, a couple from Mexico took their two children, ages of one and three, on a cruise to New Zealand. Only 900 miles off the coast of Mexico, they could no longer steer their boat. The couple’s youngest daughter had a serious illness and was covered in rashes.
Hackers Lurking in Vents and Soda Machines
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
This article explains how hackers can use anything to hack into your networks. Hackers even infected with malware the online menu of a Chinese restaurant that was popular with employees.
At Chernobyl, Hints of Nature’s Adaptation
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/science/nature-adapts-to-chernobyl.html?ref=science
This article explains that animals are actually starting to adapt to the radiation at Chernobyl! Since the nuclear explosion, there have been little to no signs of life. But now, animals are starting to show evidence of them making a home.
Should students be allowed to wear Google Glasses?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology&_r=0
Honestly, I do not think students should not be able to use google glass in school. There are many arguments behind this, but a strong point is that I feel they could cheat or be too distracted. They need to know how to do what they are learning. Like in the first paragraph of the article, it shows a doctor using google glass to help him in a procedure. I feel that he is uncertain of that he is doing and I would not want that guy performing surgery on me.
Think you're immune to video-game violence? Think again
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
This Topic is trying to explain how video games make people violent. I believe that is not true. I have been a gamer my whole life and I do not feel the urge to do what is performed in “grand theft auto”. Why do people think video games make humans violent? What about all the wars and fighting people did before video games ever came into existence? People are either A. naturally violent or B. Not. Simple as that.
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Nicole Woodman
5/7/2014 09:59:56 pm
Spot the liar : I thought the spot the liar was interesting. I scored an 8/10 which I think is pretty good, I think. If you want to spot a liar, look at their eyes, which tell you a lot. No eye contact probably means they are lying. Also look at their body gestures. They could have a nervous tick that happens when they lie. Stuttering could also be a sign of lying. People who know the answer right away without thinking have a good chance they are lying.
Infographic on this list: This site had so many stories! I liked how much interactivity was in each of the selections. I don’t like to read much, but I liked the stories on this site because it kept me interested and entertained. It was like I wasn’t even reading the stories. Each of the selections had different ways to keep me entertained and I liked that a lot. My favorite one was the before and after 360 degrees, views from Moore Oklahoma.
Child have been at sea: First of all, I don’t think they just woke up one morning and said let’s take a journey from Mexico to new Zealand in a boat. The parents must have been planning this for a while. Their kids are only 1 and 3 so there not that old, if they wanted to travel like that then they should have done it before the kids were even born. If it was just an all of a sudden thing then they should have gotten baby sitters for the children. The kids are way too young to be in a boat on the ocean! They don’t know how to swim yet, I can guarantee. It was an all-around bad plan on the parent’s part. I understand that they probably wanted to let the kids on the adventure but wait till they are older. They put their kids in harm by taking them with them, but I do not think taking their kids away from them is right. They made a bad decision; most parents have made a bad decision in their life time. If they put their kids in any other dangerous situation then I think it’s alright to talk about taking the kids from them. I’m glad that the family is safe now.
Will you be hacked: That is crazy that people figured out how to hack people like that. The best way to keep from not being hacked is to have your stuff monitored and have an advanced password no one could figure out. There is nothing to really due to keep you fully protected against hackers..
Top News Story: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/nigerian-girl-describes-kidnap-276-missing How More Than 300 Girls Were Kidnapped By Extremists. This story is absolutely crazy. A group of Islamic extremist, called Boko Haram lied to these college girls saying they were the police when they actually were not. They took all the girls out of their dorm room and set fire to it. They then packed them into pickup trucks and drove off into the woods. Three weeks later two have died from snake bites, 276 are still missing and about 20 girls are very ill. The group of men made a video threating to sell the girls. A 16 year old escaped with around 50 other girl students and tells her story to a telephone interview. This story is so sad and just is crazy to me.
Allowed to wear Google Glasses: I don’t think that students need these google glasses. I think that it will get in the way of their studies. They may get side tracked and not stay focused at the task they are supposed to be doing.
Games that you play on the computer: I don’t think that video games have an impact on all children’s behavior. I believe that some kids might take from the video games and act out upon them, but not all kids. I could play a violent video game and be perfectly fine, not wanting to go harm anyone. Other kids may take from the video games and act out like them, but I think kids who are like that already have some sort of disability if they are willing to hurt other people. I don’t think young kids should be playing violent video games, until they understand it is not real and it is just a game.
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Courtney Erickson
5/7/2014 11:07:15 pm
1) Lying and Body Language
Judging from my score (6/10) I believe that I am a fairly good judge of non-verbal communication. And obviously, it’s not only the wandering eyes you have to look out for when spotting a liar; stammering and great pauses between speaking can potentially out a liar, as is the case for the sixth person, who wound up lying about Obama being his role-model. It seems that the trend for these liars has two components: either that are trying to pull something out of thin air and are scrambling to find something to say (much like that of the sixth participant) or, they already have something in mind and wish to roll with what they have (like the first, eighth, and ninth participants). Those who had a strong story and ran with it seemed to be more truthful than those who paused, and yet were still liars in the end. This detail made it difficult for me to spot some of the truthful speakers (like number four) because of their inability to come up with their stances right away in that moment. In addition, I was recently taught in my college speech class that those who tend to touch their face more while looking around tend to be lying more so than someone who keeps straight eye contact and does not touch their face. I attempted to use this for number five, and yet still failed at identifying him as a truth-teller. This just goes to show that not every person adheres to a concrete set of rules or tips that prove that they’re indefinitely lying or telling the truth, as everyone is different and will speak in their own unique way. This was really the point that hit home with me because at some point, EVERY person’s eyes wandered for a brief time. Just because their eyes wander does not mean that they are stretching the truth, rather, they could be telling us straight up but are having a hard time trying to come up with something on the spot. This blended them with the ill-prepared liars and aided in making my score a little above decent and sub-par. However, I feel that if I were the one interviewing all these people, I’d keep asking questions; eventually, I think the liars would crack and the truth tellers would be able to keep their own. If I were able to do this, I think my score would go up a little.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
2) Infographic
My favorite infographic would have to be the article, “The Russia Left Behind”. I knew that the nation that is and was under Putin’s reign were facing many hardships under the totalitarian tyrant, but after being drilled in with this fact:
“Most Russians live in housing built in the late Soviet period. A report released last year by the Russian Union of Engineers found that 20 percent of city dwellings lack hot water, 12 percent have no central heating and 10 percent no indoor plumbing. Gas leaks, explosions and heating breakdowns happen with increasing frequency, but in most places infrastructure is simply edging quietly toward collapse.”
many times throughout the article, I can honestly say that I feel that much more sorry for the people of Russia. In terms of ease of use for this article, it had fantastic flow; while, again, the points were slightly repetitive, they’re overshadowed by the interesting traveling feature on the left hand of the screen, giving the illusion that you’re actually tracking your progress as you migrate from St. Petersburg to Moscow. This engages the reader exponentially. As for the videos, they are very stylized, and do serve a purpose, but in the end of the day, I would have liked them to hold a little more information rather than just pretty pictures and shots with an occasional “local’s testimony.” While the “Forging an Art Market in China” is probably more within my pallet, for some reason I gravitated to the article about Russia. I have a deep art appreciation and value the things that were said in the article (especially as it addressed the issue of forgery, which is very high now-a-days). However, I felt like I held more sympathy with the majority of Russia over the few, underappreciated artists of China. Both indeed have their merits, but if I can quote Spock: “The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few,” applies to here. Don’t worry, Qi Baishi. You’ll have your justice soon enough; your efforts are not in vain, nor were they ever.
http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/10/13/russia/
3) 2 Tots, a Sailboat and a Storm Over Parenting
Personally, I do not think I would take kids along with me on a trip like that. I’m not even sure I’d want to make the trek myself. I do agree that its nuts for them to attempt this on their own; it would be one thing if one or both of the parents were seasoned fishermen, or they at least someone that is, but it’s another to prepare in mere months and call yourself ‘q
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Courtney Erickson
5/7/2014 11:08:50 pm
‘qualified.’ Though they seem like young parents, and much like their kids, they too will make mistakes in their lives and learn from them. However, their mistake in this case threatened the wellbeing of themselves AND their children. Thusly, they probably deserve some of the attention that they get from the media and other bloggers. No, I don’t think their kids need to be taken away. But they need to know the severity of what’s happened. Judging from their experience out at sea, I doubt that this is something they’ll easily forget.
4) Hackers Lurking in Vents and Soda Machines
In an age where our society is becoming more and more technologically advanced/dependent on technology, we NEED to find ways on how to protect ourselves from hackers. According to the article, they are popping up everywhere, even in our online take-out menus. In light of this, I propose we create a type of firewall that can target most any kind of electronic device and can track attempts made at breaching security. That way hackers are either discouraged and/or take longer to attempt at hacking and may be caught by authorities sooner. We need to learn more of their methods and tactics to avoid any further lapses in security, and tracking them might be our best bet.
5) Top story-Hawaii releases video of teen dropping from jet
So, have you ever wanted to go to Hawaii? Generally, those who visit our tropical island state usually fly there. But for a 15 year old looking for a joyride, he got a little more attention than he probably anticipated. Yahya Abdi's survival of low oxygen levels and freezing temperatures up at 35,000 feet is seen both as dumb and incredulous; supposedly, Abdi ran away from home and hitched a ride in the wheel well of a plane headed for Hawaii. Eventually, airport officials comondeered the Somali immigrant and sent him back to California to his folks. The FBI is especially interested in this case, as the world comes to a realization that even a 15 year old can hop a fence and climb into a wheel well unnoticed for the entire flight, why can’t someone more dangerous do so as well?
6) I do not think that students should use google glass in school. This stems from a key element that I see with kids with cell phones and such nowadays: they are always instantly connected to the internet. This could mean that they could turn in projects sooner and via sites like drop box. However, I’m sure that homework isn’t the first thing on a student’s mind when they think of instant internet. What’s more is, kids take pictures and videos of everything; who’s to say they won’t abuse their google glasses as they do with their phones? Having these in the classroom could potentially advance viral videos and blackmail or bullying; they could add to what cell phones have already started. If they’re used by a student on their own time and at their own leisure, that’s fine, but to have them in the classroom could be too distracting and too detrimental.
7) The fact that we play games for pleasure and have created a lucrative business from it means that we are a people so advanced that we have time and money to spend on interactive experiences that give us entertainment and can even help us grow as individuals, as well as a community. Because to me, what we are talking about aren’t “games.” When I think of games, I think of them as interactive experiences; as Daniel Floyd of Extra Credits puts it, “like any other medium, [games] can engage us in a plethora of ways.” The posing question only tackles games in a stereotypical light: violent shooters 24/7. What about other, fantastic, and surprisingly deep and successful games like Journey or Flower that engage us on deep emotional and mental levels? One’s that not only focus on our legitimate joy but our sadness and fear and trepidation among a whole sea of others, while neither of them are shooters.
What about those games that tackle hard subjects like race or gender equality and make the player question their world? What about THOSE games that internally help us grow and form our own opinions?
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Courtney Erickson
5/7/2014 11:10:04 pm
(7 continued) We play games because we are not stuck in the past; we move forward and grow. Not because we’re bloodthirsty for pixels and can disregard real human life as if it were no different than a computer-generated character. There are a myriad of games out there; some going for an artistic appeal with a profound message in it (Journey), others go for a deeply wound narrative full of plot and choices that the players have to make and effects the way they play and interact with their unique environment-even if there is violence with the use of weapons (The Mass Effect series, or the Assassins Creed series). Good games generally don’t just plop the player in with a gun and say “Ok go shoot a bunch of guys.” Rather, for games to be good and engaging, they need to tell the player WHY they fight; they have to give them a purpose as to why they pull the trigger or draw their bows. The Last of Us is a perfect example of this. The main characters kill to survive and help their loved ones survive in a ‘zombie apocalypse.’ It is not because they are devoid of humanity and think killing is the sole answer to EVERYTHING, but it is because the setting that they’re painted into forces them to make crucial, and often difficult, life decisions.
Those who exploit games and blame their violent and irrational ways on video games have serious mental illnesses and require special observation and care. And those who believe that video games spawn these creatures of gore and bloodshed are not doing enough research and are making assumptions in fear of something they don’t understand.
We as people have developed numerous games overflowing with fantastic exposition and genuine interactivity nowadays because we can. Because back in the Civil War era, they didn’t have the time nor money nor resources to do so; games weren’t a priority like they are now. The past can think all it wants on our current state. We’re still going to learn and explore games.
Can You Spot a Liar?
This “Can You Spot a Liar?” quiz, is a quiz that the New York Times posted on their site allowing user to test their “liar radar.” I scored a six out of ten on this. I guess you can say I’m somewhat decent at spotting a liar. Some of those people fooled me. Eye contact was the big clue to spot lairs and non-liars. The ones that typically lied had wondering eyes.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
Invisible Child
This article talks about homeless children of New York and focuses mainly on one girl, Dasani. She talks about her life at the shelter, with her parents and seven siblings. They stay at Auburn Family Residence; a homeless shelter ran by the city. Dasani is among 280 children in this shelter. It’s saddening knowing people have to stay in horrible, roach infested places because they have nothing, especially children. They need to at least keep these places clean and safe.
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
Children at Sea
I believe those children should not have been at sea. You should not sail the south pacific with a 1 and 3 year old. Luckily, even though they were stranded, everyone made it out ok.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
Hackers
This article talks about hackers hacking into companies. They talk about how they’ve hacked into Chinese restaurants, Target, and other websites. Hackers need to get a life.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
Top News
A town in Massachusetts finally lifted its ban on arcade games. The residents of Marshfield voted 203-175 to lift the ban that was introduced back in 1982. It went almost all the way to the Supreme Court when business owners challenged it.
http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2014/05/06/after-32-years-town-lifts-arcade-game-ban/?intcmp=features
Google Glasses
I believe students should be given the opportunity to use Google glasses in school. It could provide easier accessibility to research information, but for the price I don’t see it happening anytime soon.
http://frwebdesign.weebly.com/web-design-ii-lessons.html
Games
I still don’t believe video games are a cause to violence. Playing a game that involves killing people isn’t just going to spark an idea in your head to start murdering people in real life.
http://frwebdesign.weebly.com/web-design-ii-lessons.html
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I was most interested by the Google glass idea possibly coming to schools in the future. It’s exciting to see technology coming into the education system.
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:25:56 pm
1. This person was a liar! She was rolling her eyes and didn’t even go into very good detail at all.
2. The second on the other hand, he was definitely telling the trust because he took a little while to come up with his answer and gave very specific description about himself.
3. This guy told the truth and you can tell because he made eye contact the whole time and gave very good detail about the situation.
4. The girl for this one was lying also, she wouldn’t stop moving and her eyes weren’t on them the whole time.
5. I thought that this guy was lying, but he was actually telling the truth.
6. I knew this guy was lying because when they asked the question, he instantly looked at the ground.
7. This girl was telling the truth from the start, she made eye contact the whole time, but she had a smile on her face so I thought she was lying.
8. All you have to look at is his eyes and you can tell that he is lying, not to mention the fact that he didn’t have a lot of detail.
9. Even from the start her eyes went up to the ceiling and didn’t look at the camera until it was over
10. This guy didn’t move a lot and made eye contact the whole time, he also had a very detailed answer.
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:26:39 pm
Child at sea?
When I seen that a family was traveling the world, with little kids and got into a sticky situation, I thought how could you bring two little kids on such a dangerous adventure around the world on boat? If someone is dumb enough to bring their kids in harm’s way, then they shouldn’t be able to bring their kids around the world in a boat!
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:27:15 pm
Google glass
Students at school are arguing that they should be able to use their google glass glasses; well there are two main problems to that idea. The first being that you can search anything with those and that means to cheat on tests. But, if they did buy them for school they should be able to use them but not on tests or important work.
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:27:54 pm
Snap, hold, kick at the blink of an eye.
This is a cool infographic video because I played football and it shows that one little play can happen in 1.20 seconds! It shows all the angles from the snapper, holder and kicker. It even shows gameplay in an actual game also.
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:28:31 pm
Top Story
When I got onto yahoo, the first thing that caught my mind was when a murderer got released from prison. There was a movie about a man named Bernie Tiede, played by jack black in this movie, he got released and is going to be living with the director of the movie.
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Cameron Stitt
5/12/2014 09:29:04 pm
Video game violence
In America, There is a huge problem with violent video games. Not everywhere on the world has the same games as we do here, and this can affect the further generation if everyone keeps on playing these games. Some studies suggest that playing electronic games provides a form of stress relief; other research cites the social aspect of gaming with friends as a major benefit.
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Albert Frond
5/13/2014 09:33:03 pm
Can You Spot the Liar?
This was a really fun challenge. It has 10 videos all collected on the same page, and the goal is to watch each video and in everyone there is a person who says something about their life. They are either lying or telling the truth. After watching the video you must choose if they are lying or not. I got 9/10 right and it was really easy if you focus on their hands, voice tone, the amount of time the subject looked at you in the eyes, and more importantly the time they attempted to look away. A person who lies, usually forces themselves to look into somebody else’s eyes. I think people should check this out and brush up on their lying detector skills.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science
The Invisible Child
This is an article about a poor African American girl, living in poverty in New York. What people don’t seem to realize, is that America has the second highest child poverty rate in THE WORLD. First place you ask? Romania. This little girl has sibling and parents who are hooked on drugs. She lives in an unsafe and unclean house. The health inspectors who are supposed to help her, actually sexually assault its residents. This article is one of the most interesting things I’ve read in a while; I highly encourage you to read it.
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/#/?chapt=1
Child at Sea
The overall public opinion of these choices is negative. The majority of people think it’s wrong to have brought 2 young girls on a dangerous ship to sail the seas. Many professional sailors also shook their heads and said they wouldn’t have done that. To make it worse, about halfway through their journey, the captain lost control of the boat and they had to be rescued. Later they realized that their youngest daughter was seriously ill, which had come into effect for being exposed to the sea for so long. I personally agree with the rest of the world I don’t think the high seas are suited for little children. Maybe if it was a cruise ship or a large yacht but a small ship such as the one the family used, I think it inappropriate and it was not worth risking their children’s lives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
Hackers everywhere
According to this article, businesses are now being hacked through their Vending Machines and even the Air Conditioning system. This is a real problem now that technology has advanced so much. Hacking used to be a tedious chore that only people with high tech skill could to it. But In our current age, anyone with the right programs could do it. To brace for this problem businesses have tried to set up firewalls in their mainframes to protect themselves from this. But no one ever expects someone to hack into your vending machines do they? I mean, there’s nothing valuable in them right? Well unfortunately people connect these with their system so tell the system when it’s empty, or when something wrong. It’s like working your way through a gap. I think this is crazy.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
German Problems
After WWII not all Germans who have committed war crimes were imprisoned. Some were set free as there was not enough evidence to incriminate them. So they got to enjoy the rest of their lives free. But recent German investigations shed light on some of these people who got away from the law. BY now all these people were in their 90’s but the law spared no one and actually imprisoned these people. Some people say it was too much, but some people say it doesn’t matter since they’ll die soon anyways. In my opinion it was unnecessary, everything is over and it’s already behind us, no reason to bring it up again.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2564046/Three-men-suspected-former-Auschwitz-guards-arrested-Germany-including-94-year-old-said-revelled-cruelty-Jews.html
Google Glasses
Google Glasses are a brand new pair of glasses but with a spin. Right out of a sci-fi movie, they can take pictures and can search the internet! They can be voice activated and is still in development somewhat. You can buy one for $1,500 on EBay or from Sony. The question is whether to allow these things in school or at jobs. My opinion is that google glass should not be allowed during school because cell phones aren’t allowed to be in use either. Work, that depends on what kind of work. If you REALLY need it I suppose they should be allowed, but I believe that we should not get dependent on them.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology&_r=0
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Diego
5/13/2014 10:03:58 pm
Spot the Liar
This article was to show how to tell if a person is telling the truth or not. Key body movements to look at like, eye contact, breathing and hesitation.
I do believe eye contact is the best way to see if someone is lying, out of the ten people most or all the people who were lying was looking away.
A large range of subjects of story’s or articles all around the world posted on this website.
I like most of story’s/articles, the most interesting one so far is The Dream Boat by Luke Mogelson. It’s about thousand refugees that died trying to reach Christmas Island, because their life at home was bad. There many story’s on the government, attacks ect.
A family was taking a journey from Mexico to New Zealand with their one year old and three year old daughters. The parents weren’t able to control their 36-foot sailboat, and call for help.
Like who in their right mind brings their one year and three year old daughter on a journey from Mexico to New Zealand. What parents would endanger their baby like that, I would have waited intel there were like 15,16 maybe 14 not when they depend on me for everything.
This article is about how hackers hack into accounts and records. The things we use like printer, or even visiting a menu the hacker can get the codes to whatever they want.
Like what Vincent Berk, chief executive of FlowTraq, a network security firm that hackers can hack into all the system by “We constantly run into situations where outside service providers connected remotely have the keys to the castle,” Castle meaning the systems, if they took control of the castle/systems they can have your health insurance information. The human-resources management systems can be damaged leading to major problems.
The google glasses can benefits for some people and not so much to others. Some people and areas have the glasses banned or worry about privacy issues yet doctors uses them assist him as he operates. I think certain students in school should be allowed to wear google glasses because they can benefit them. Yet there should be restriction or rules that come with it, like giving the teacher the power to remove the glass if it becomes a from their studies.
This article is about violent videogames that pass down there violence to the real world. Studies show that some kids are more violent and aggressive after playing certain games. Yet I don’t think violence video game makes kid violence at all. I think when they study kids who play violent video games, they all righty had a violent behavior or thoughts. Sometime other kids Video games are their way to escape the reality.
Can you spot a liar? – This topic is mostly about your physiological knowing, they’re trying to see if you’re able to determine if someone is lying or not by their body language, or their ways of speech and over all just how they act if they’re lying or telling the truth. Once you listen to the video they have listed, you decide whether or not their lying. They have two buttons under the embedded video. One says “lying” the other says “not lying” once you’ve decided if they were lying or not, you choose which one you think it is. They end up telling you if that specific person was lying or not. Here’s a link to the website: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0
Info graphics on the list – I think these info graphics on this page are cool because the way they change the title to a different but same topic to make it interesting enough to catch someone’s attention right off the bat. The one that stuck out most to me was “How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk” Only because I get commented on my accent all the time because it’s not like everyone’s around here so I thought this was a pretty cool topic to write about. Everyone has their own way of speech, no one has the same way of speaking so, in a way everyone has their own unique accent. Here’s a link to the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-storytelling/
Here’s a link to a quiz that goes along with the topic I chose: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html
Should the child have been at sea? - This topic is about a man and his wife taking their two toddlers (1 and 3) to sail the pacific to go from Mexico to New Zealand. The only problem with this topic is, someone, even a mother should have common sense to not bring a young, young, child on a sailboat trying to go across the ocean. I can see it differently if it was on a cruise ship, or a house boat, but this is a sailboat with two un-experienced sailors trying to manage a sailboat with two toddlers on it. Here’s the link to the topic I am talking about: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0
Will you be hacked? – This topic is about hackers being unable to breach the computer network at a big oil company, so the hackers infected with malware the online menu of a Chinese restaurant that was popular with employees. Also, hackers in the recent Target payment card breach gained access to the retailer’s records through its heating and cooling system. In other cases, hackers have used printers, thermostats and videoconferencing equipment. Hackers are always figuring out new ways to get what they want, even if it ruins someone else’s life. They simply just don’t care. Everyone should be careful what they do, and how they do it because hackers and con artists are everywhere these days. Here’s a link to the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
White House Tells Executives to Skip Meeting Hosted by Putin - In the latest effort to isolate Moscow over its actions in Ukraine, President Obama’s advisers have pressured the executives of some of America’s largest companies into canceling plans to attend a forum in Russia. Some of the choices our government makes well, they aren’t always the best. Here’s a link to the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/world/europe/us-urges-executives-to-skip-russian-forum.html?hp
Should students be allowed to wear Google Glasses?- This topic is about the new “Google Glasses.” Some people wonder if this invention is good or bad? They’re just simply an amazing invention. Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD). It was developed by Google with the mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format. Wearers communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands. Here’s a link to the topic: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
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Sarah Brayman
5/20/2014 10:06:17 pm
Blog post project.
#1 Spot the Liar http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0
I fell like this site was inaccurate but they had real people do the study for them, so I guess I have mixed feelings about it. I’ve read articles published by doctors about studies done to find “signs of lying” and they were sometimes the complete opposites of what happened in this video. For example, one of the answers for the study was extra eye contact, but the people who were lying in the videos weren’t really looking at the camera at all. I guess it’s kind of different for every person and whether or not they try to make their lying seem like the truth or not.
#2 What’s your favorite infographic? http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-storytelling/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?_r=0
I chose “How Y’all, Youse, and You Guys talk” as my favorite infographic solely because I liked the quiz you got to take and it was actually pretty accurate. I took it and the three areas I got were Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Toledo. Flat Rock is pretty much in the middle of those three so I guess it was kind of spot on. I liked that it told you where your answer may have been influenced from while you’re answering the next question. Overall, it’s my favorite infographic because I thought it was a cool way to be informed on how we speak and where we learned it from.
#3 Should the child be at sea? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp
When I first saw this, without even reading it, I can tell it was only supposed to be meant for good fun. The only problem I have with it was if the parents were not experienced in boat technology, they probably shouldn’t try to sail across the “world.” After reading the article, it seems like they weren’t so lost as to just dealing with a sick child. Whether or not the child was sick from the boat or whether it was a part of having salmonella I guess would be the question of bad parenting. No one was hurt in the incident, so I don’t really see the problem in why the child shouldn’t have been at sea.
#4 Will you be hacked? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp
When I first saw the title, I thought the article was a little bit ridiculous; after reading it, maybe not so much. I got a call yesterday from a “service provider” telling me my computer had bad content on it and that they needed my social security information to make sure I was the owner and fix it. I immediately hung up the phone and called my computer provider and they said that they had no one call asking for that information. The moral of the story, I guess, is that hackers do exist and they find ways to try to get your information. You can protect yourself with firewalls, security programs, and other things but everything has an expiration date. Make sure you keep them up to date!
#5 Top news story RIGHT NOW? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/world/europe/young-ukrainians-brush-aside-the-crisis-and-voice-optimism-about-the-future.html?hp&hp
Exactly 21 minutes ago, this article was uploaded to NY times. I don’t understand a lot of it mostly because it’s from Ukraine and partly because I don’t really like to keep up with the news. From what I can gather, it’s about a new day in Ukraine, one in which no more presidents act more like dictators than they do presidents. Recently, there have been protests about voicing optimism instead of crisis and for a new beginning in Ukraine.
#6 Should students be allowed to wear Google glasses? http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology
Personally, before I read the article, I think Google glasses are kind of stupid. Yes, everyone wants to be a super spy and have Iron Mans cool helmet with Jarvis built in but I think I want to wait a little longer before I jump off the cliff with everyone else who’s yelling “But she’s doing it.” I stopped halfway through reading the article because I don’t really think it should be an issue. The world is going downhill fast with more and more technology. The average American spends 34 hours a week watching television and now we want them to wear the Google Glass 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? I feel like the more technological the world gets, the lazier we are going to be. In the end, were all going to end up like the fat humans in the ship in space in Wall-e. The only difference is that we aren’t going to want to leave the ship.
#7 Video games that kill people? http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/
Reading this article was difficult for me mostly because I like to play vide
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Ally P
5/22/2014 10:03:47 pm
1. Can you spot the liar? (http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/03/21/science/can-you-spot-the-liar.html?ref=science&_r=0)
Yes, yes I can. The related article is something else, though. On average, we can only spot the liar among us about 50% of the time? Body language appears to be the easiest way to deceive someone. It seems really hard for these psychologists to try to pin just one certain body moment to catch the liars.
2. What is your favorite infographic? (http://www.nytimes.com/newsgraphics/2013/12/30/year-in-interactive-storytelling/)
I’m gonna have to go with the “Essential Thanksgiving” because, I love food. From the turkey, to the pies, Thanksgiving has to be my favorite holiday because of the awesome food.
3. Should the child have been at sea? (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/us/2-tots-a-sailboat-and-a-storm-over-parenting.html?hp&_r=0)
Yes, I believe the child should have. It’s not that our lives aren’t risked on the daily, anyway. I think exposing the child to sailing at such a young age is a beautiful thing. I can see why they were criticized. My parents (and grandparents) had started me with archery when I was a young age as well. I, soon, was the greatest in my age. I was only about eight when I was able to shoot long range, which was only an option to anyone 12 or over at the archery club we went to. So, I believe that exposing them to things at a young age really builds character as well as kick starts who they will be in life.
4. How I can protect my system. (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/the-spy-in-the-soda-machine.html?hp)
How to protect my computer: Update your computer- older operating systems areso outdated, they can’t be considered safe and secure. I.e. Windows 95/98.
Use antivirus software- stop the hackers in their tracks. (& keep that updated too!)
5. Breaking news right now?! (http://money.cnn.com/2014/05/20/news/companies/mcdonalds-happy-meal-mascot/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)
Mickey D’s has done it again… With a very scary new Happy Meal Logo. They are calling it ‘Happy’.
Happy!; It’s the meal that eats you.
6. Google glasses? (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/technology/google-begins-a-push-to-take-glass-to-work.html?ref=technology)
Students should be able to wear them, because it will advance how we will learn; but the privilege to wear them should be appointed & should be able to be monitored, just in case.
7. Will society look kindly on us? (http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2014/03/30/video-games-violence/6437253/)
To be honest, they probably wont think twice when looking back at what we find ‘entertaining’. I, personally, like zombie killing more than people killing. I feel it’s less…humanizing. But none the less, it is still killing people. I agree with the studies cited; video games like this is a stress release. But maybe in the distant future, something along the lines of The Purge or The Hunger Games may take place. Who knows?
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