Netiquette

            Netiquette is the unwritten “laws” of the internet.  Netiquette affects how people use the internet.  Some good examples of netiquette are spelling words correctly, no cursing, and no fights on social networking sites.  Bad examples of netiquette would be the opposite of good, some examples would be selling the word later “l8r”, cursing, fighting and not using common sense.

File Sharing

Downloading music for free is illegal.  MP3 sharing and file sharing is legal to an extent.  P2P sites like Shareza violate file sharing laws.  A good rule to follow is if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

Copyright Case

Paramount Pictures vs. Mr. Zambito.  Mr. Zambito wrote a screen play which was called “Black Rainbow.”   He sued about the movie “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”  and said that they copied it from him in 1981.  The judge ruled that the movie is about an American hero not smuggling cocaine like Mr. Zambito’s play.

China

Research Project

I am pleased with how I did on my project I liked practicing, presenting and learning new things about China.  My favorite part was learning about Mount Everest.  In the future I would like to learn how to mountain climb and learning how much work it takes just to be allowed to climb was way more than I expected.  My least favorite part was researching although it’s hard for me to research I don’t think there is any way to make it easier.  My main thing I learned was it costs about $60,000 and over 70 days just to climb a mountain.  In the future I think it would be easier if we could have a practice power point to look at in the share drive that the teacher made. 

Christmas Traditions

During the holidays and Christmas we always go to my grandma’s house.  We used to live in Ft. Wayne, IN and that’s where most of my mom’s family lives including my grandma.  Every year on Christmas Eve we go and exchange gifts with one another.  This year because of peoples busy schedules we couldn’t do it on Christmas Eve and the date had to be moved up to the 15th.

                After my grandmas my immediate family celebrates Christmas on Christmas day.  We always open presents, go to church come home and play with our gifts.  Usually my mom makes a spiral ham or turkey about at about 3:00 P.M.  On New Year’s Eve  my mom makes yummy sausage and cheese crackers and we watch the ball drop then the holidays are over.

http://www.123rf.com/photo_15461817_christmas-tree.html 

Minecraft

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition, a game I often play myself, has finally hit its 5 million copies sold mark.  PC and Mac have over 8.7 million copies, which mean that, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition isn’t far behind.  In the first 24 hours on May 9^th Minecraft:  Xbox 360 Edition sold 400,000 copies which topped the scale and took Call of Duty off of the top spot!
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/01/minecraft-xbox-360-hits-5-million-copies/