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How To Crop A Photo 

Script: How To Crop A Picture

1. Launch Paint and open your desired image
2. Under the selections option on the toolbar, click select all
3. Click on the "crop" tool in the upper 
4. Hold down and position the pointer at one corner of the area you want to select, and drag it to completely enclose your desired area 
5. When you are please with your cropped outline, select the crop tool again
6. To save your new cropped photo go to File>Save As and give your new picture a name

11/10/11

1) 7 Charged in Web Scam Using Ads 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/10/technology/us-indicts-7-in-online-ad-fraud-scheme.html?_r=1&ref=technology 

2) A handful of men from Estonia were arrested as a result of swapping legitimate advertisements with those that would profit them. They also redirected clicks in search engines in order to receive sums of money.

3) Internet users and the owners of the various advertisements that were swapped in the scandal served as the stakeholders in the issue.

4) Security is a huge issue relating to the article because the arrested men were unauthorized to access or alter those ads.

5) Home and leisure would be an area of impact because internet users would come across the ads 

6) An advantage to the accusers of the issue would be that they collected around 14 million from their scam. 

7) A disadvantage to the issue would be the fact that it is unsafe to innocent internet users. 

8) I think its interesting that hundreds of thousands of computers could be affected by the malicious software without being noticed by its users. It makes me feel as though technology, despite being very helpful and vast, is being used more and more negatively.

9) A solution would be for more people and organizations to guard the internet and come up with more effective ways to pinpoint virus' and those that create them.

10/24/11

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/23/technology/at-waldorf-school-in-silicon-valley-technology-can-wait.html?_r=3&hp=&pagewanted=all
 A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute


2) The article is about the Waldorf school in Silicon Valley that teach students without the presence of technology. Instead, the administration seeks to engage student in creative activities and interaction between students.
3) Students and their parents, school administrations
4) People and machines, policies and standards
5) Education
6) I think that if the Waldorf schools aren't that different from the environment that my generation grew up with in elementary school. We were no where near as developed and aware of the technological possibilities that students make use of today.
7) I agree with the Waldorf schools and their belief that if needed, students are able to easily learn and take up technological skills. However, I dont necessarily believe that technology isn't a very useful tool to elementary students. To a certain extent, 
8) Some positives that result with the introduction of technology in elementary school is opportunity for alternative teaching styles, students would learn to be more independent when working, and their creativity would be enhanced. Some negatives to it would be the lack of social interaction, there may be a greater kids may be a greater aptness to plagerism.

10/18/11

Amazon Signs Up Authors, Writing Publishers Out of Deal
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/technology/amazon-rewrites-the-rules-of-book-publishing.html?_r=1

1) Amazon has begun publishing books and is working to compete with well known publishing companies to buy the attention of authors

2) Publishers, authors, amazon, book readers

3) Intellectual Property is an issue related to the article becaus both Publishing companies and Amazon believe that they have the ownnership to the various books that they should be publishing.

4) Art, entertainment, and leisure

5) I think its interesting to see how much a company can grow. The article will affect me in the future when I start purchasing cheaper alternative books online for college.

6) I foresee an increased number of conflicts that may result in lawsuits against Amazon. As Amazon continues to spread its influence and role in society, there probably will be a higher rate in the number of issues relating to the company.

Open Source Alterative

Windows Alternatives

1) BSD

2) BSD is another advanced operating system for modern server, desktop, and embedded. It is engineered to find new solutions for overall goals, instead of quick hacks to add new functionality. 

3) A large team (200+) of senior developers called the CVS maintains the open source alternative and coordinate development by reviewing and commiting the best changes of the larger development community.

4) As of June 2011, in a span of six months FreeBSD had 484 hits per day; PC-BSD had 346 hits per day; GhostBSD reached 171 hits, OpenBSD had 164 hits per day, and NetBSD achieved 94 hits per day.

1) Linux

2) Linux is a open source computer operating system software which functions similar to Windows but can be used, freely modified, and redistributed by the public.

3) The GNU?

4) There are around 100 million estimated downloads of various versions of the Linux system.

Web 2.0

1) MySpace
2) http://myspace.com
3) MySpace is an example of a Web 2.0 because it is a social networking site that allows users to interact and collaborate with each other on the internet.
4) By February of 2011, MySpace had acquired 63 million users. 
5) The creation of MySpace has heavily impacted society. It helps to easily connect people from allover the world on a social platform and allows them to share their thoughts and views on anything and everything. Additionally, MySpace has benefited many people professionally because it has created easier access to potential clients and their opinions.
6) The social and ethical issues related to MySpace are security and privacy and anonymity.
7) The area of impact MySpace most correlates to are arts, entertainment, and leisure.
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9/21/11

'Smart' window switches to dark mode to save energy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15076773

1)The article introduced a new invention by South Korean scientists which allows for windows to instantly detect seasonal changes and switch from clear to opaque. This would aid citizens by absorbing sunlight during the winter and preventing overheating during the summer, thus saving them bundles on heating and cooling costs.
2) The stakeholders are the scientists and everyone who could potentially purchase these windows.
3) One of the social and ethical issues relating to this article is reliability. How would citizens be assured that these windows will change color instantly? If they don't, this so called innovative invention would do nothing more than traditionally widespread windows do today. I'm not sure it is possible to guarantee that.
4) The area of impact is science and environment.
5) I am curious as to see how these new windows would compare to traditional tinted windows of today and the exact amount of savings one would achieve from purchasing them.

Computer Hardware Assignment

Alienware Aurora ALX Desktop Case	http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/alienware-aurora-alx/pd?~ck= Antec Three Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case	$59.95
Power supply	CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W ATX12V v2.31/ EPS12V v2.92 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Active PFC High Performance Power Supply	$84.99
Motherboard	ASRock P67 EXTREME4 (B3) LGA 1155 Intel P67 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard $159.99	$159.99
CPU	Intel Core i7-960 Bloomfield 3.2GHz LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Desktop Processor BX80601960	$311.99
RAM (memory)	G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 24GB (6 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666) Desktop Memory Model F3-10666CL9T2-24GBRL	$144.99
Hard drive	Western Digital Caviar Green WD15EARS 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive	$64.99
Video/graphics card	SAPPHIRE 100293L Radeon HD 5570 1GB 128-bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card	$59.99
CD/DVD burner	HP 24X Multiformat DVD Burner Black SATA Model 1270i LightScribe Support	$23.99
Monitor	Not Included	$0
Keyboard	RAZER Black USB Wired BlackWidow Ultimate Mechanical Gaming Keyboard	$119.99
Mouse	Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse - Black	$11.99
		$1,042.86

9/13/11

• Judge Forces Employer to Rehire Workers Who Vented on Facebook by Kashmir Hill http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2011/09/07/judge-forces-employer-to-rehire-workers-who-vented-on-facebook/
• The article discusses how five discontented employees took to Facebook to discuss their grievances and got fired by their boss, to later be rehired after a ruling by a judge who claimed that it is acceptable to discuss matters of employment amongst workers. 
• The stakeholders in the article would be the workers, employers, and facebookers.
• A social and ethical issues relating to the article would be privacy. 
• The area of impact is business and employment.
• I think that the employers should have been more wise in their decision to post questionable material online without considering the privacy settings.

9/9/11

1) I'm surprised by the sharp decline of paper mass media and the populations of citizens with cell phones.
2) Questions such as how big of a role technology will play a role in my life by the end of my generation comes to mind.
3) Five years from now, I believe books will come into extinction. 10 years from today, the life of the average American will be completely centered around technology. 20 years from today, developing countries will begin to be heavily affected by new and innovative technology.
4) I think the long lasting effect of technology on our future will be that humans will become too dependent and thus become unable to care for themselves.