Victor's ACE Blog

Clarification on 3D television

2010-06-14T17:08:00.000-06:00

3D TVs did exist since 1890. This is a link to a wiki that does not allow public editing* that claims that: http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/3D_Television

Television started in 1884 when Paul Gottlieb Nipkow made a scanning disk. Only 6 years later, 3D television existed, but was very expensive.
"The first 3-D TV broadcast was on December 19, 1980. It was a 1953 3D feature film, Miss Sadie Thompson, along with a comedy short starring the Three Stooges also from 1953."

*The public is prohibited from editing thereof (of that/it), however they may create an account to be granted the permission to edit pages.

Almost Done

2010-06-01T14:17:00.001-06:00

This is my last ACE class to work on my presentation. I will try my best to get as much as I can done. I was already lagging so much that I could not log in until I restarted and logged into the student account. I hate the lag on these Macs.

I might have to do some more work at home because of the lag.

It is 2:21 PM right now, ACE class started at 1:49 PM. Therefore, the laggy macs wasted 32 minutes logging in

More Time

2010-05-27T09:06:00.000-06:00

I just found out that we have some more time to work on our presentations, so I have more time.

Too Slow

2010-05-24T11:56:00.000-06:00

I did not finish my research and presentation. I have 8 non-print references and 1 print reference. I need 10 non-print (2 more) and 5 print (4 more) references. I will probably not get enough print references. I also have about 1/4 of my research to do.

Computer Research

2010-05-17T10:07:00.005-06:00

Book: The story of Microsoft
PCs became a vital tool of managing information. Bookkeepers and scientists needed many days or weeks to calculate numbers with pen and paper. PCs do that in 1 second with no error, as long as the user puts the information in correctly.
Microsoft was the world leader in the computer industry since 1975.

http://marketshare.hitslink.com/operating-system-market-share.aspx?qprid=8
They have 96% of the market share.
Book
Cave people carved notches into the wall to keep track of days and stories.
4000 BC - Egyptians made the decimal (base 10 system)
2000 BC - multiplication tables invented
1500 BC - India made the concept of zero
500 BC - the Babylonians invented the abacus
1642 - French mathematician Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline, a machine that adds and subtracts numbers using a wheel
1673 - Binary arithmetic was invented by Gottfried Leibniz, a system where every number can be represented by bits (0 and 1) The Leibniz wheel could add, subtract, multiply and divide. Every computer system since 1679 was using the binary system!
19th century - Charles Babbage made the Analytical Engine. His friend, Augusta Ada suggest it takes programmed instructions with punch cards. She was one of the first programmers. However, Charles never made it work.
1939 - Physicist John Atanasoff, with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry made the ABC or Atanasoff-Berry Computer. It is considered the forerunner of today's computer. This is the first digital computer.
1943 - during World War 2, the British made a machine called Colossus to break Germany's codes. It fills the room of a small warehouse. It had over 2,400 vacuum tubes.
1945 - The US Army made ENIAC (Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer) that solves 5,000 addition problems per second. It was 30 tons (27 metric tons), 100 feet long by 10 feet high (30 meters long by 3 meters high)
1949 - Popular Mechanics predicts that one day computers would weigh less than 1.5 tons
1960 - "Mini computers" cost $120,000.
1962 - Vacuum tubes replaced with transistors, computers much smaller
1963 - Two scientists from Dartmouth University created BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code)

Sample BASIC code (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC)

INPUT "What is your name: ", UserName$
PRINT "Hello "; UserName$
DO
INPUT "How many stars do you want: ", NumStars
Stars$ = STRING$(NumStars, "*") 
PRINT Stars$
DO
INPUT "Do you want more stars? ", Answer$
LOOP UNTIL Answer$ <> ""
Answer$ = LEFT$(Answer$, 1)
LOOP WHILE UCASE$(Answer$) = "Y"
PRINT "Goodbye "; UserName$

1964 - Cost was down to $18,000 and the mini computer was the size of a refrigerator.
1965 - Microsoft earned $16,000, but the two founders were sure it would change quickly
1969 - Ted Hoff, a researcher from Intel made tiny chips of silicon, placed on circuit boards.
1973 - First PC was made by Intel. It has hardware only, requires software, keyboard and monitor
1975 - MITS in New Mexico made a fast computer called Altair, costs $350. It was a metal box with flashing lights and switches, still no keyboard and monitor. The only thing they could play was Tic-Tac-Toe. They took 400 orders in one afternoon. 3 weeks earned them a quarter of a million dollars.
1976 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen registered the tradename "Microsoft" with the Secretary of State in New Mexico
1977 - Microsoft earned $381,715, a year later they earned $1,355,655
1979 - Microsoft moved to Bellevue, Washington
1982 - Paul Allen was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and left Microsoft the following year due to his health
1986 - Microsoft had 1,153 employees and 4,000 employees a year later.

Less Lag

2010-05-17T09:01:00.000-06:00

Last class, I finished almost nothing. This class, I hope I will get more done and have it* lag less**.
*'it' would be the mac
** It took 5 seconds to save this post, when my PC can do it in 2 or less. Now, when I tried to go to Google, it lagged for a minute!

Look at our internet speed:

It keeps me wondering why I only download at 50 to 100 Kilobytes per second. Scaling the fastest it has ever been (100 KB/s) to Megabits per second is 100/1024/8 or 0.01220703125 Mb/s. I remember in elementary school with PCs when I get over 1.25 MB/s (10 Mb/s) which is at least 819.2 times faster.

The mac creates packet loss and loss of speed:

Think: The ping is (67+91/2)ms+91/2-91/2 = 112+46-45 or (112-45) to (112+46) = 67 to 158

Keep in mind that for Packet Loss, anything over 0% is concerning. I never tested this connection over PCs, but I bet the score will be a lot better.

Lag

2010-05-07T10:14:00.000-06:00

Today the macs* are lagging as usual, so we all lagged almost as much as the mac* could lag and got pretty much nothing done!

*note that I didn't capitalize macs because they don't deserve the capital even though they are proper nouns (maybe they are common nouns and shouldn't be capitalized anyways**)
**The mac also said I spelt anyways wrong and only recognizes*** 'anyway'.
***I spelt it wrong at first, but Safari could not give me spelling suggestions! I used Blogger's spell checker because it could actually provide me with proper spellcheck and spelling suggestions. Probably it is able to do that because it was designed more for PCs.

I spent the first period and a half posting a link to my Prezi. I am trying to do more research but it is lagging!

In conclusion, I am sorry I finished no research, but the stupid macs made me finish almost nothing at all this class. In fact, I wrote the conclusion on my "way-faster-than-a-mac" 5-year old PC.

I am working on a Web 2.0 chat room to show the difference between Web 1.0 (http://example.net) and Web 2.0 (my chat room)

Reference List

2010-05-04T14:21:00.000-06:00

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Processed: Count: 9 web, 1 print
3-D film. (2010, May 4). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:05, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=3-D_film&oldid=360067510

Anaglyph image. (2010, May 2). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:06, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anaglyph_image&oldid=359718427

Barefoot, Darren. (2006, May 29). Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0. Retrieved June 2, 2010

BASIC. (2010, May 18). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 17:56, May 24, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=BASIC&oldid=362855399

Ferry, Steven. (2000). The Story of Microsoft. Mankato, MN: Smart Apple Media.

High-definition television. (2010, April 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:56, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High-definition_television&oldid=360037726

How gaming has changed (2009, December 9) In Metacritic. Retrieved May 16, 2010 from http://forums.metacritic.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/367108/m/8430004195

Polarized 3D glasses. (2010, April 8). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:08, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polarized_3D_glasses&oldid=354820436

Standard-definition television. (2010, April 28). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20:54, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Standard-definition_television&oldid=358820502

Television. (2010, April 30). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:04, May 4, 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Television&oldid=359175284

Web 1.0 and Web 2.0

2010-04-29T09:10:00.000-06:00

I am still researching and working on my Prezi. I am about 30% complete the Prezi. I thought about adding a comparison between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0. For Web 1.0, the example is http://example.net and for Web 2.0, I will make a basic chat room PHP script with AJAX, admin, claim status with password, support for other people to run their servers, etc.

The main difference is that Web 1.0 focuses on delivering information only and does not look as good as Web 2.0. Web 2.0 focuses on accessibility (very easy to use), usability (has a use or purpose) and aesthetics (making it look good).

TV Research

2010-04-26T15:29:00.000-06:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard-definition_television and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television
TV used to be 720×480 interlaced (DV NTSC) and later became 720×576 interlaced still in Standard definition television.
HDTV starts with 1024x768 (XGA) progressive a typical non-widescreen resolution that went to 1280x720 (WXGA) progressive, a typical PC resolution used with video projectors. 1366×768 (also WXGA) progressive is also part of the low-end HD resolutions is used by many "HD ready" LCD TVs. 1920×1080 progressive with 2,073,600 pixels are used in "Full HD" TVs, mostly high-end LCD, plasma and rear projection TVs and a typical PC resolution for large monitors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television
TVs started in 1884 when Paul Gottlieb Nipkow made a scanning disk. It was able to transmit signals. The cathode ray tube (CRT) is used in his later design but moving images were still not possible, due to the poor sensitivity of the selenium sensors. In 1927, Philo Farnsworth made the world's first working television system which he shown to the press in September 1 1928. In 1936, Kálmán Tihanyi described the principle of plasma television, the first flat panel system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-D_film and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaglyph_image and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized_3D_glasses
3D films existed since 1890, but not common until December 2009. There are many techniques to achieve 3D pictures. The most common technique are Anaglyph images, having a 2 separated colors. Another method is to use polarizers, having 2 projectors projecting 2 images, one goes to one side of the polarizer, making it look 3D.

Summary

2010-04-21T09:58:00.000-06:00

This is a summary of what I will do in 6 paragraphs with five sentences each.

My presentation will be a Prezi about technology. It will have a title frame with the inquiry question. There will be another frame with the past. It has the history of computers, television and games. I am still working on my presentation.

This format fits my learning style and multiple intelligences. A presentation is visual which is my learning style. My multiple intelligences are visual and logical. Presentations also fit my multiple intelligences. I think this format is the best format for this presentation.

Currently, my presentation is almost empty. It has nothing but the titles. It has a title frame with the inquiry question. It also has 3 more frames; one of them has the references. The future frame will not have a lot of information because it's harder to find what they are progressing towards. I will fill out the presentation with information after I finish my research.

The past frame will have most of the information. It has 3 smaller frames inside it. There is one frame for television, games and computers. It will have a timeline and some pictures with it. This frame will have the most information because it is harder to find information for the future and the title and references do not have very much information.

The sources of information will be mostly from the Internet. I will look for 5 books for information. However, each book counts as only one reference. I will also find 10 sources of information from the Internet, which is very easy because each page counts as a reference. I am going to look in the library or go to the catalogue and find some books.

This is the conclusion paragraph. My presentation is a Prezi. This format fits my learning style. My presentation is currently empty, but I will add more into it when I get more research done. The past frame will have most of the information. This is what my presentation is going to be.

Prezi

2010-04-12T09:06:00.000-06:00

I will probably use Prezi to make my presentation. It is a Web 2.0 application because it has CSS (stylesheets) and AJAX (used in the flash to save your presentation). Powerpoint is not a web application but it is simpler than Prezi. Prezi is a pay service unlike PowerPoint, but there is a free version.

Digital Citizenship

2010-03-16T09:28:00.000-06:00

These are the questions:

Do computers give us more human connections or less human connections?

If you had to write 5 rules for internet ethics and manners what would they be?

Do you think teachers should encourage or discourage multitasking?

Write a 6 word story summarizing an experience that you've had "living" online.

My answers are:

Yes, because my old friend Brian Jeong moved to Toronto on June 27, 2009. He has Face-Book so I can talk to him. This is better than a long distance call or mailing him a letter.
The 5 rules we came up as a class is:
- Don't swear
- Don't spam (lol instead of lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololololol)
- Be nice to others
- Don't post personal identifiable information
- Report people who are not nice
Teachers should encourage multi-tasking because if you listen to music while you work, it can help get more work done, by making you more relaxed and foucsed
A six word story summarizing "life online":
I have fun playing games online.

First Post

2010-03-16T09:19:00.000-06:00

This is my first post. My inquiry question is, "How did Technology change since the past and how will it continue to change and improve in the future?". This is important because Technology is being used more in out everyday lives.