Week 4 Blog Post

Blog on whatever I wish...

I wish I didn't have to blog because I don't care for it much. I don't think I have anything interesting to say, and no one really cares about what I have to say, so I find it pointless. Seems like blogging could be considered a diary. At least that is what I could see happening if I continued to blog without a subject defined. I would probably just write about my day...

Went to work this morning, not much happened. Had Subway for lunch, it was alright. Left work early to go to class. Traffic wasn't bad, so I got to class early. Started writing in this blog.

I think my posts would be a bunch of rambling, kinda like I just did...

25 Apps College Students Shouldn't Live Without

It looks like there are some pretty good apps that would be very helpful for a new college student. Like the introduction said, kids these days are enamored with technology and are looking at their phones all the time. The app that I found the funniest was the SelfControl app that blocks sites while you are studying. The funny thing is, you have to have the "self control" to turn it on.
Some of these might have been helpful during my time here at COCC (this is my last term), but I have done just fine without them. This is my second time going to school, and being on Trade Act benefits I was very determined to do well this time around. A lot of the apps listed are for studying or research, which would be very useful. I mostly relied on Google for my studies and research. The internet has made school much easier this time around because everything is right at your fingertips. No need to go the library and look for information in books.


On a side note, this article was filled with spelling errors and garbled language. I found it funny that an article about apps that will help with school had so many errors.
That led me to look at the authors bio page, which made me shake my head even more. He contributes to a blog about writing essays and how to achieve academic goals.
You would think that one of the first things this guy would do is proof read his articles prior to posting...

Net Neutrality

I guess I agree with net neutrality because the internet in itself is free. So why should companies charge you more for accessing sites other than theirs?
On the other hand, is it any different than cable companies making you pay more for certain channels?
I guess with cable companies, they are providing you the content. Whereas ISPs are just providing you access to the internet.

Hillary's Emails

I don't even know what "Hillary's Emails" is. I guess I will be doing some Googling before proceeding...


All right I get the jist of it now, Hillary was using her personal email for work. I won't get into how I or others feel about it, or how dumb it was because that would take days. But to answer your question about interesting emails, I'm sure there are some. I would bet that they were probably deleted because they were "personal" emails that had nothing to do with her job.
(Looks like they released some of the emails today, but I don't want to spend the time to look into it because I agree with Chrystal from class, not very interesting.)
The blog that you posted earlier today made a good point; people don't get rid of stuff when asked to turn it over if they don't have anything to hide. So there is probably some good stuff that got deleted, or something that would make her look foolish and hurt her chances for the presidency.
I am also guessing that these emails will eventually come out because nothing in the cyber world is ever totally deleted. And since she is running for president, there is going to be a major effort to find and release these emails.


Note: I just read that Russian hackers tried to access her mail server multiple times, but they aren't sure if they were successful.
Thought I would throw that out there and get you even more excited in case you hadn't heard...

New Class Post

I am posting this entry to put a post between my CIS 120 class and my CIS 178 class...

Are Robots Hurting Job Growth?

(Disclaimer: The video wouldn't load on CBS's site, so I did a search at YouTube and I think I found the same video).
One of the main points in the video is that robots have been around for a long time (which is what I was thinking during the video). They have taken jobs, but that same technology has created more jobs. There are people that say this is not happening this time. Jobs are not being created at the same pace as they are being lost to technology.
The end of the video made me smile... Instead of training a human to do your job, you will be training a robot to do your job.

Watson, The Supercomputer

What, no Trebek???
I think the most impressive thing about Watson is the voice recognition. It can compute the data that it "hears" and then come up with the correct answer from it's database. The questions that it didn't answer must not have been in the database because I would think that the computer would be able to "buzz" in much faster than a human.
I am amazed at what computer programmers come up with to make these things possible. Pretty cool stuff...