August 9th, 2007
Google to Allow Comments on News Stories
By Michael Santo
Executive Editor, RealTechNews
If you’ve ever used Google News, you have seen that stories are usually listed with a blurb, then alternative links to the same story are listed below the “head” story. Google is experimenting with adding comment links to that area below the “head” story as well … but only from people or organizations involved in the story - and they will make sure they check credentials before allowing a comment. You can see an example above.
“Our long-term vision is that any participant will be able to send in their comments, and we’ll show them next to the articles about the story,” the blog post stated. “Comments will be published in full, without any edits, but marked as ‘comments’ so readers know it’s the individual’s perspective, rather than part of a journalist’s report.”
Google will work with authors individually to confirm their identity by contacting the organization affiliated with the author, contacting local officials or collaborating with journalists, according to the company. Source: ComputerWorld
We Say: I wonder how much comment spam they will have to wade through to get to the real comments, since they are likely to be checking these manually - if it wasn’t for spam-checking software, RTN would be inundated with comment spam (and sometimes still is).
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September 21st, 2007 at 5:33 am
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Notes – Outer Components
Hardware
1. [Tower] Houses all of the important computer components.
2. [Desk Top] Houses of all the important computer components.
3. [Floppy Disk]
a. 5”
b. 3 ½”
4. [CD-ROM] Compact Disk-Read only memory.
5. [CD-RW] Compact-Disk-Re-Writable.
6. [DVD] Digital Video Disk-
a. Looks like a CD, but holds much more information.
b. You can play CD’s in a DVD player, but you can’t play DVD’s in a CD player.
Input Devices
1. [Keyboard] Keys for characters.
2. [Mouse]
a. Trackball.
b. Ball.
c. Optical.
3. [Touchpad] Move your fingers across a pressure sensitive pad, press to click.
4. [Scanner] Copies document into a computer can’t alter.
5. [Digital Camera] Pictures taken and stored into a memory chip, then downloaded to the computer or internet.
Output Devices
1. [Monitor] Looks like a television, houses the computer screen.
2. [Printer] Prints documents or pictures from the computer on paper.
a. Inkjet - Uses ink to print, common with home computers.
b. Laser - Uses lasers and toner, much faster, common with business.
3. [Speakers] Used to hear sounds from your computer, usually in pairs.
Notes – Inner Components
Electronics
1. [Electronic Components] Each component has a special job and they work together to make the computer operate.
2. [Power Supply] Converted current that comes from the wall through the electrical wires to power the computer and all of its components.
3. [Surge Protector] Power strip, protecting the electronics in the computer from surges in electrical power.
Circuits
1. [Motherboard] Named because it’s like the mother of all of the other smaller circuit boards.
2. [Expansion Cards] Each has a special purpose.
a. Sound - Contains circuits for the computers sound.
b. Video - Handles graphics that are displayed on the monitor.
c. Modem - Allows Computers to talk to each other, through phone or cable line.
d. Many more.
Brains
1. [CPU] Central processing unit, controls information and tells the other parts what to do.
2. [BIOS Chip] Basic input output system, wakes up the computer when you turn it on and reminds it what parts it has and what they do.
3. [RAM] Random access memory, remembers what you tell it and can even remember new information.
4. [ROM] Read only memory, is great at remembering what is built into it.
Ports
1. [Expansion Cards] The port is outside the tower where you plug in hardware (Mouse, keyboard, etc…) connects to the corresponding expansion card on the inside.
2. [Cables] Long flat wires that carry electricity.
Storage
1. [Disc Drives] Read information off storage disks.
a. Floppy Disk – Holds 1.44MB.
b. Zip Disk - Holds 100MB.
c. CD-ROM - Holds 740MB.
d. Memory Stick - Holds 256MB.
e. Hard Drive - Hidden inside, holds 250GB.
Notes Files & Folders
File
1. [File] A collection of data that is stored and can be stored on:
a. Hard drive.
b. Floppy disk.
c. CD.
2. [Types or EXTENSIONS] Like text or graphics, is always abbreviated usually with 3 letters, and is found after the name separated by a period.
a. Name. Type.
b. Football. Sports.
c. . PDF (Adobe Acrobat File)
d. . HTM or .HTML (Web Pages)
e. . GIF or .JPG (Graphics)
3. [“Search”] A guide is the easiest way to find a file on the computer and is located on your “Start” menu.
4. [Files] Have specific lengths measured in data space, or bytes.
Folders or Directories
1. [Folders] Keeps files organized in groups and are inside the other.
a. To find your “outerP_S2SB” go to “My Computer\Room48” on Supa1\_RM48\First LastP_S2\outerP_S2FL.
b. The address in the window should be “H:\_RM48\Joe SmithP_S2” and the in your folder should be “outerP_S2JS”.
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