Thoughts of Pie

Modern World Museum

Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:06:18 +0200

http://www.makingthemodernworld.org.uk/

This is very good for online education. Especially the story board section, the interactive style of it allows you to get access to lots of information quickly.

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Info on eBay

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:07:47 +0200

Introduction

eBay is an internet trading website. You can sell and buy things directly or auction them. The target audience is internet bidders who are looking for a particular item / items!

The Auction Process

When items are put up for auction, there is a minimum price set and a time limit set. People then bid against each other. When the time limit is over the highest bidder gets the item. They then pay the auctioneer the amount they bidded.

Benifits of eBay

The benefits of eBay are that you can bid and buy for anything, anywhere in the world. Items can go quite cheap and almost anything is sold there.

Limitations of eBay

The limitations are that if you don;t have the internet or can't get access to the internet then you can't buy or bid for anything.
Another limitation is that an item can be made to look better than it is. For Example; i car could be for sale, the bodywork could look fine in photographs, but in real life the car could be a terrible runner, or there could a dent on a section of bodywork that isn't photographed.

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The Real Weather

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:55:21 +0200

Wednesday - Sunny and slightly cloudy

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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How Correct is the Weather Service?

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:52:13 +0200

This the weather forecast for the next five days, I will soon make a new post comparing the predicted weather with the real weather.

Wednesday

Sunrise 06:33 (BST)
Sunset 19:33 (BST) 21°C 14°C 2 moderate 1029 52
Thursday

Sunrise 06:35 (BST)
Sunset 19:30 (BST) 22°C 11°C 3 poor 1026 53
Friday

Sunrise 06:37 (BST)
Sunset 19:28 (BST) 20°C 6°C 12 moderate 1020 75
Saturday

Sunrise 06:38 (BST)
Sunset 19:25 (BST) 17°C 10°C 3 moderate 1030 50
Sunday

Sunrise 06:40 (BST)
Sunset 19:23 (BST) 20°C 11°C 10 moderate 1017 67

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Journey To London

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:39:23 +0200

Train Car Depart

11:21

Projected Arrival

13:18

13:59

Duration of Journey

1:57

2:38

Other Information

1 Change at Tamworth 11:33

125.3 Miles

Cost

£49.50

£11.10

I found the national rail website very useful, also jodie's blog helped.

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The Tsunamis

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:25:27 +0200

Q: Why were modern communication services used instead of older ones?

A: The modern communication services, being email, were the quickest way to send out the warnings. The computer can send the same email to thousdands of different addresses. If the authorities were to use an older from of communication, such as telephone calls, it would take forever for everybody to be warned, and probably most people wouldn't be warned in time. If they were to use the post this would have been disasterous.

When the tsunami hit, all of the land-line telephones were immediatly overwhelmed due to overuse and lots of the network being destroyed. However the mobile phone networks could cope with the overwhelming useage and people could still communicate via text messaging.

In the aftermath of the tsunamis, many blogs were set up with lists of survivors, deaths and those who still had not been found. All of this could only have been achieved with modern communications services.

Q: How effective were each of the services given their purpose?

A: The email, however quick it was, did not reach everybody in asia as there were many who did not have access to the internet, so there were hundreds who were oblivious.

The mobile networks were very effective in their purpose as they did not get overwhelmed by the massive usage, meaning people could still send out texts saying that they were okay.

The blogs were quite effective, although not everyone has access to the internet, or even knows about the blog that their friends and family are featured on.

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Usenet

Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:11:33 +0200

The usenet discussions can be quite useful however sometimes they are full of spam, or unrelevent discussion.

Advantages:

1) Easy to find information
2) Can a really varied spectrum of people' s opinion

Disadvantages:

1) Is mainly opinion
2) Not all fact

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My haiku

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:04:02 +0200

Da 4s Of Pie Sez
Sean iz a gingr manfish
That iz whot e iz

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Web Link

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:54:58 +0200

Weblink 4 mint cars

http://www.saleen.com/

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Further Info on Email

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:35:53 +0200

The Purposes of Email

To Send Information Between Computers
To Send files between computers
To Comunicate freely and quickly

How Well It Meets Its Purposes

It meats it's purposes perfectly, it is an easy way to send information between computers. It is a very good way to send files between computers without the use of hardware. It is also very quickly, ususally the email is recieved within ten minutes of it being sent, and nowadays it costs nothing.

The Benifits

1. Free way to communicate
2. Quick way to communicate
3. Easy way of transferring files

The Drawbacks

1. No face to face contact
2. Often spelling mistakes
3. Files can take a long time to download on slower internet connections

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All About Email

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:25:20 +0200

Email, standing for Electronic Mail. It is effectivly just post but over the internet. Email is very widly used and originally you had to pay, but nowadays it is free. With email you can send text, pictures, video or anyother type of file.

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My Online Services

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:04:15 +0200

I use the internet every day, mainly to check my email through hotmail. I also visit the profile site Bebo regularly. I also use alot of P2P (peer to peer) software to download music, videos and software. I mainly use Limewire for downloading music as it finds the tracks quickly, how ever i torrent for larger files by using the package BitTorrent. Searching for software on Limewire is like a Fidget-Monkey eating feaseis.... your garanteed to get a virus.

I also buy things online quite regularly, for this I use Amazon.co.uk and occasionally Ebay.co.uk.

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