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Here is my little scratch project, I just redid another project an added a color effect. Press space to restart the animation and the colors will change as well. Enjoy scratch.mit.edu/projects/tcyiii/480338
A couple of scratch galleries/programs that I found interesting were http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/cmu
There are a couple problems with PMOG though, such as keeping the user engaged and interested in it. The problem I had was that I would go thorugh missions but skip through pages that were uninteresting to me. Granted this "game" is not meant for learning purposes there should be consequences for skipping pages quickly or heading to the end of the mission in a couple minutes. Also there are some bugs in PMOG, sometimes it stops working all together and mission pop ups stop showing up. As well as the nethernet pages sometimes not wanting to load. With a couple of tweaks, I bet PMOG definitely has a chance to be big.
So, it starts off giving the user some basic background about what an RFID is and how it works. Then it goes into the risks of having one implanted as well as some of the more technological security drawbacks of implanting the chips. After that it goes into a section devoted to all of the uses of RFID chips such as getting into VIP clubs, tracking items (Nike Shoes), and even mini-coopers. The last portion of the mission is then devoted to the future of RFID chips using our own predictions such as comparing it with the eye scans of Minority Report displayed on youtube. The mission is divided into 3 sections with forum breaks in between to quiz the user and relay him/her to the next portion of the mission.
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irritated
After experimenting with this new type of MMO, I still find it a bit confusing. The basics, from what I understand, is that one earns points from exploring the web and can basically create missions for others or try to disrupt other navigators by actions like planning mines. There are 6 classes to choose from whose abilities range from Benefactors who leave crates on websites to reward oncoming web surfers to Seers who try to tempt surfers to stray off of the appointed website.
The whole object of this "game" centers around missions which basically take the user through strands of websites that share some sort of common theme. The motivation behind the game is the chance to stumble upon something interesting using the knowlege of other players and usually being rewarded for uncovering such sites. In a way its sort of like facebook, allow each person to put their own personal knowledge of the web for everyone else to view.
The PMOG could be a cool tool for teachers/professors to use for teaching, a little like a powerpoint. It could start off with a course structured around finance and begins with cnbc.com then branches off to how to find/read financial statements and candlestick charts. Then another student who knows of another financial website could then place a "portal" to a forum devoted to finance and build onto the mission. PMOG would be a wonderful teaching device since it allows students to participate and incorporate themselves in it.
The whole object of this "game" centers around missions which basically take the user through strands of websites that share some sort of common theme. The motivation behind the game is the chance to stumble upon something interesting using the knowlege of other players and usually being rewarded for uncovering such sites. In a way its sort of like facebook, allow each person to put their own personal knowledge of the web for everyone else to view.
The PMOG could be a cool tool for teachers/professors to use for teaching, a little like a powerpoint. It could start off with a course structured around finance and begins with cnbc.com then branches off to how to find/read financial statements and candlestick charts. Then another student who knows of another financial website could then place a "portal" to a forum devoted to finance and build onto the mission. PMOG would be a wonderful teaching device since it allows students to participate and incorporate themselves in it.
So, I just went and downloaded and went through the fast click instructional. From what I can see, this is more geared toward companies, board meetings, or maybe even people looking to start their own business. Personally I can probably find use in this with real estate because its like a excel spreadsheet so I can make into a proforma for business models. It'll take a little more fiddling around with for me to utilize its full potential but overall I dig the idea.
The 1960's was filled with many big events such as the Vietnam War. Also the civil rights movement was in full swing with Martin Luther King Jr. at the head of it. The issues were mostly black and white so it was easy to see the differences between mainstream and the counterculture that evolved from these social issues. The flagship group of the counterculture were the hippies whose ideals helped shape music, popular culture, clothing, and other ideals.
This counterculture was characterized by their heavy use of drugs such as LSD and marijuana as well as their views toward sexual freedom. They helped fuel mainstream America because the counterculture believed in the freedom of oneself. It was exactly opposite of the dominant views in the America like the social constraints in civil rights, women's rights, and freedom of speech on college campuses. All these baby boomers now had something to unite against, a common ideal to fight against.
The counterculture was against the central power, a central control with a select group of people such as the government or corporate America. It makes sense that the youth would also be against technocrats. Only a select number of people could understand and work this new technology. Thus hackers were born and this information age began.
Hackers from the start seemed to want to explore this new-found knowledge. It dawned on them that computers would be change society forever. From the get go hackers were in between a rock and a hard place. At first they were technocrats due to the few numbers of them that understood or owned a computer and that they also believed in the ideals of the 1960's counterculture.
This counterculture was characterized by their heavy use of drugs such as LSD and marijuana as well as their views toward sexual freedom. They helped fuel mainstream America because the counterculture believed in the freedom of oneself. It was exactly opposite of the dominant views in the America like the social constraints in civil rights, women's rights, and freedom of speech on college campuses. All these baby boomers now had something to unite against, a common ideal to fight against.
The counterculture was against the central power, a central control with a select group of people such as the government or corporate America. It makes sense that the youth would also be against technocrats. Only a select number of people could understand and work this new technology. Thus hackers were born and this information age began.
Hackers from the start seemed to want to explore this new-found knowledge. It dawned on them that computers would be change society forever. From the get go hackers were in between a rock and a hard place. At first they were technocrats due to the few numbers of them that understood or owned a computer and that they also believed in the ideals of the 1960's counterculture.
For a good portion of the movie Lightman's only motive was to gain access to this system which contradicts the hacker ethic of decentralization and bureaucracy. Information was kept to a select few in the military to protect the United States. The fourt hacker ethic was prominent throughout the movie. Due to the main characters age, he wasn't given as much credit or respect that he deserved. The military couldn't believe that Lightman was able to hack into their system.
One of the last ethics that hackers come to believe is that art and beauty can be created on a computer. The only part of the movie that can be placed under this ideal is the "WOPR". It is able to calculate the best decisions made in war time before a war is already set forth. It knows the best actions to take against the enemy (Russia) before humans can realize what's going on. In a way that can be considered an "art" from the fact that the code or program needed to do such a task would be one of a kind.
Lastly the fact that computers can change one's life for the better is shown by both sides. First Lightman was able to change the girl's grade from failing to an "A" to prevent her from attending summer school. Granted its cheating, it did let her slide through summer school. The movie also depicted how computers can change one's life or lives for worse. A supercomputer could start world war three accidently. Basically its what people are able to get out from a computer, not as much the computer itself.
(This is based on a true story, some parts are hyberbolized and slightly biased. I got nothing against nerds by the way.)
The third period tardy bell rings while students make a last minute ditch to their classrooms. I make my way to the door of my classroom which reads class room 132 along the side. I let out a big sigh, not out of relief but out of desperation. I slide through the door and span the entire classroom lined with computers and chairs.
In this electronic environment the tides of power change hands from the humans to our hunched back brother species, the nerds. They have many aliases like geek, four eyes, dork, dweeb, techie, the list goes on. They run on delivery pizza, red bull, and artificial light. Interesting creatures, yes I know but it is the aggressive ones that we must watch out for, the technocrats.
The class is web mastering. Now I'm not the best programmer in the world but I do know how to design a functional web page. Occasionally I have an error in my code, which is the worst because asking help from the teacher always resulted in this standard reply "Go ask 'Gollum'". (For the sake of saving face, I have renamed my four eyed friend to the creature whom I feel most reflects his true identity). Now "Gollum" has the typical attributes of a technocrat: glasses, severe acne, a robust build, the ability to type 145 words per minute and a spine tilted at a 45 degree angle. I walk over to Gollum who is typing away at his keyboard, I politely ask him if he could review my website. He turns his head at me and we stare at each other for a second. His stare read, "I'm better than you because I know how to code", mine read "Your prom date weighs more than you." After this short exchange of glances he stubbornly replies "fine." We make our way to my computer, and he sits down, pushes his glasses back towards his forhead and begins to review my html code. During this time I can hear him mutter "What a newb" or he just starts laughing under his breath. Sometimes he even substitutes laughter with saying "LOL", the actual acronym. He reviews my code, corrects it then degrades the simplicity of my website. Pointing out things like "You don't know how to implement java?" or "my website gets 300 hits a day". Who cares. I ask him what was wrong with mine and he says something about me being a newb and to read the how to guide again. He then proceeds to walk to his computer and begin coding once again. Technocrats, what would we do without em?
A more social type of technocrat that comes to mind are lawyers. They are kind of like people who can code. The law is its own type of language, sort of like any type of code. Not everyone knows how to understand and use it to their advantage. Lawyers use this advantage to gain money through their services or to bypass the law.
The third period tardy bell rings while students make a last minute ditch to their classrooms. I make my way to the door of my classroom which reads class room 132 along the side. I let out a big sigh, not out of relief but out of desperation. I slide through the door and span the entire classroom lined with computers and chairs.
In this electronic environment the tides of power change hands from the humans to our hunched back brother species, the nerds. They have many aliases like geek, four eyes, dork, dweeb, techie, the list goes on. They run on delivery pizza, red bull, and artificial light. Interesting creatures, yes I know but it is the aggressive ones that we must watch out for, the technocrats.
The class is web mastering. Now I'm not the best programmer in the world but I do know how to design a functional web page. Occasionally I have an error in my code, which is the worst because asking help from the teacher always resulted in this standard reply "Go ask 'Gollum'". (For the sake of saving face, I have renamed my four eyed friend to the creature whom I feel most reflects his true identity). Now "Gollum" has the typical attributes of a technocrat: glasses, severe acne, a robust build, the ability to type 145 words per minute and a spine tilted at a 45 degree angle. I walk over to Gollum who is typing away at his keyboard, I politely ask him if he could review my website. He turns his head at me and we stare at each other for a second. His stare read, "I'm better than you because I know how to code", mine read "Your prom date weighs more than you." After this short exchange of glances he stubbornly replies "fine." We make our way to my computer, and he sits down, pushes his glasses back towards his forhead and begins to review my html code. During this time I can hear him mutter "What a newb" or he just starts laughing under his breath. Sometimes he even substitutes laughter with saying "LOL", the actual acronym. He reviews my code, corrects it then degrades the simplicity of my website. Pointing out things like "You don't know how to implement java?" or "my website gets 300 hits a day". Who cares. I ask him what was wrong with mine and he says something about me being a newb and to read the how to guide again. He then proceeds to walk to his computer and begin coding once again. Technocrats, what would we do without em?
A more social type of technocrat that comes to mind are lawyers. They are kind of like people who can code. The law is its own type of language, sort of like any type of code. Not everyone knows how to understand and use it to their advantage. Lawyers use this advantage to gain money through their services or to bypass the law.
I'm Tommy Yankovoy, born in Korea, raised in Texas. Father is American and my mother is Korean. I am looking to major in business (finance) and music production. I love pretty much any type of music, except country. I am learning how to play the guitar, and turntables. I play on tennis club team and looking play ultimate frisbee here. My favorite drink is 23 (Dr. Pepper) and my favorite axe spray is Phoenix.
