Interesting facts of net application(blogger)
1)It allows you to post some interesting information(non-private) on your blog to show others.
2)You can actually communicate with your friends through blogger or even make new friends.
3)It allows one to look into his or her friends blog(with permission of course) to see and learn what his or her friends posted on his or her blog(if any).
4)History
Main article: History of blogging timeline
Main article: Online diary
The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger[58] on 17 December 1997. The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog Peterme.com in April or May 1999.[59][60][61] Shortly thereafter, Evan Williams at Pyra Labs used "blog" as both a noun and verb ("to blog," meaning "to edit one's weblog or to post to one's weblog") and devised the term "blogger" in connection with Pyra Labs' Blogger product, leading to the popularization of the terms.[62]
Origins
Before blogging became popular, digital communities took many forms, including Usenet, commercial online services such as GEnie, BiX and the early CompuServe, e-mail lists[63] and Bulletin Board Systems (BBS). In the 1990s, Internet forum software, such as WebEx, created running conversations with "threads." Threads are topical connections between messages on a metaphorical "corkboard."
The modern blog evolved from the online diary, where people would keep a running account of their personal lives. Most such writers called themselves diarists, journalists, or journalers. Justin Hall, who began personal blogging in 1994 while a student at Swarthmore College, is generally recognized as one of the earliest bloggers,[64] as is Jerry Pournelle.[citation needed] Dave Winer's Scripting News is also credited with being one of the oldest and longest running weblogs.[65][66] Another early blog was Wearable Wireless Webcam, an online shared diary of a person's personal life combining text, video, and pictures transmitted live from a wearable computer and EyeTap device to a web site in 1994. This practice of semi-automated blogging with live video together with text was referred to as sousveillance, and such journals were also used as evidence in legal matters.
Early blogs were simply manually updated components of common Web sites. However, the evolution of tools to facilitate the production and maintenance of Web articles posted in reverse chronological order made the publishing process feasible to a much larger, less technical, population. Ultimately, this resulted in the distinct class of online publishing that produces blogs we recognize today. For instance, the use of some sort of browser-based software is now a typical aspect of "blogging". Blogs can be hosted by dedicated blog hosting services, or they can be run using blog software, or on regular web hosting services.
History source:Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia
Dangers of net application
There are pros, there are cons, about the internet. The internet is a pretty useful tool for everyone. we can usually view what we want or need. However, have you ever thought of those spams that keeps popping out and trying to pull you into their scams? I am here to say that,"sorry, the internet is 100% full of flaws and dangers." Let me share with you some dangers of internet......
1)There are fake sites every where on the internet.Scam sites are what you want to visit or what you want to acquire, but get something else in the end. For example, you wanted to do a reseach on pregnacy. However, you get into a site like http://www.male-pregnacy.com/(it's fake as male cannot get pregnant, only females can. so, do not bother visiting it), then you browse the site and what you first believe will turn into a doubt and what you doubted at first will become something that you will believe in. So, this is a danger of the internet which I find it quite serious.
2)Chain mails! Yes, I am pretty sure that everyone will get this once in a while, if not......EVERYDAY! However, I do not really experience this kind of incident as I don't really read my email messages. Do you believe that I have 129 unread messages in my email? Still, most chain mails tells you a pack of lies or they may change something that has happened before into another sitution. For example, a boy got dengue and he had a fever and some ulcers. In spam mails, it maybe a boy got dengue and he had very big and red toes and his tongue was even bigger than his face and he died. In spam mails, some people would want you to believe what they are trying to say. In fact, these are probably jokes or pranks. So, the best thing to do when you receive chain mails is not to read them.
3)Hoaxes and scams......I am almost certain that everyone knows what a scam or a hoax is. Both words have almost the same meanings. In the past, there were newspaper articles on scams in countries like Nigeria and China. It is not that the victims were gullible but it is the fact that the offers offered by the scammers were too good to be true and careless people fell for it. So, they lost money, simple. However to avoid hoaxes and scams, just don't click on any pop-up sites, no matter how much they offer you, be it a dollar or a billion.
4)Racist/biased sites!~!~! Last Danger of the day, but kinda political-based :3. You probably want to search about sites relating to the cultures like those of aboriginal tribes or malay cultures. In the end......you find sites that have racism in it. For example, you wanted to find out about the Mayan tribe, how they live, how they ate and whatever. However, you went into a site that said things like "Black? What are they? People who are burnt?" (NO offence at all, I'm taking this into serious manners, I DON'T do racist stuff, I'm using the above for an example ONLY, anyone who wishes to say I'm a racist, go ahead. I know I don't do those things) That, is a racist site or rather, biased sites. I've been around the internet and I seen things like "Asians are the best!", "We're the largest community, means we're the pros!", "I'm giving Asians priorty to win this competition." I'm certain some of you have seen this before. It is being biased. Everyone has the right to be treated equally without discrimination. That goes the same for us for how we treat others.
Cyber Wellness Tips
We need to see our behavior not only in school, home and outdoors but also on the internet. If we misbehave on the web, we may get banned from games and some online activities by our parents. Here are some tips on how to behave on the internet......
1)Never ever ever bully others on the internet or make fun of others.
2)Do not download illegal or copyrighted songs and videos or risk getting caught by the cyber polices.
3)Do not take a huge amount of information from the internet and pass them off as your own as they maybe copyrighted.But, if you really need that piece of information, you can actually copy it and put the source of that information at the bottom page.
4)If an email or a pop-up makes you feel uncomfortable, delete it or cross it out straight away.
Inspirational use of Net application
a) Email allows the user to communicate with others across time zones, at whatever time the user chooses.
b) In recent year, online shopping has become popular with more people having access to computers and becoming technology savvy.
c) Blogging can contribute to internet addiction when bloggers spend a significant amount of time updating their blogs or reding other people's blogs.
d) There is some degree of risks when downloading files from the internet but the risks may be reduced by installing anti-virus and anti-spyware software.
1 case study
Illegal downloading of songs
-A Boston University graduate student was ordered yesterday to pay four record labels a total of $675,000 in damages for illegally downloading 30 songs and sharing them online in only the second such lawsuit to go to trial.
After deliberating for about three hours, the jury in US District Court in Boston concluded that Joel Tenenbaum infringed on the copyrights of songs such as Nirvana’s “Comes As You Are’’ and Beck’s “Loser.’’ The record labels were awarded $22,500 for each infringement.
The verdict was reached the day after Tenenbaum, a 25-year-old doctoral student in physics, unapologetically admitted from the witness stand that he had illegally downloaded and shared hundreds of songs from 1999 to at least 2007 through peer-to-peer networks.
As a result of his admission, US District Judge Nancy Gertner ruled Thursday night that Tenenbaum had conceded liability, and she directed the jury to consider only how much he should pay in damages.
“I’m disappointed but not surprised,’’ Tenenbaum told reporters after the ver dict in the civil case. “But I am thankful that it wasn’t much bigger, that it wasn’t millions.’’
Tenenbaum could have been ordered to pay as much as $150,000 for each song, or a total of $4.5 million, because the jury concluded that the infringements were “willful.’’ Under federal law, the jury had to award at least $750 for each infringement.
Tenenbaum’s mother, Judie of Providence, said that if the award stands, he will have to declare bankruptcy. “What choice would he have?’’ she said.
Earlier this week, she said that prospect was “horrible’’ considering her son’s misdeeds.
“We’re not talking about capital murder,’’ she said. “We’re not talking about Bernie Madoff.’’
The Recording Industry Association of America promptly issued a statement praising the jury for recognizing “the impact of illegal downloading on the music community.’’ An economist called as an expert witness by the record labels had testified that CD sales have plunged since 1999, largely because of file sharing, although Tenenbaum’s lawyers challenged that assessment.
The association also said it was pleased that Tenenbaum testified that he never intended to deprive recording artists of income.
“We appreciate that Mr. Tenenbaum finally acknowledged that artists and music companies deserve to be paid for their work,’’ the statement said. “From the beginning, that’s what this case was about. We only wish he had done so sooner, rather than lie about his illegal behavior.’’
Tenenbaum’s attorney, Harvard Law professor Charles Nesson, who told jurors his client is part of a generation that thinks nothing about downloading music for free, said he will appeal.
“It was not a fair verdict because the jury never got to hear the fairness issue,’’ he said. He was referring to Gertner’s ruling before jury selection that the defense could not argue that Tenenbaum had the right to download and share songs under the fair use doctrine of copyright law. Nesson said yesterday that the ruling is “vulnerable’’ to challenge.
Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, a professor at Suffolk Law School who specializes in intellectual property law, said before the verdict that he was puzzled that Tenenbaum did not settle the suit out of court before trial. The only logical explanation, he said, is that Nesson hopes to obtain a precedent-setting ruling on a matter such as the fair use doctrine, which he considered doubtful.
Regardless of whether Nesson appeals, his plate will be full with another matter related to the suit. Weeks before the trial, lawyers for the record labels asked Gertner to sanction him for taping depositions without the permission of the plaintiff’s lawyers. The lawyers said they would drop their motion if he destroys the tapes, but Nesson told the judge yesterday that he wants to keep them. Gertner has yet to rule.
As Joel Tenenbaum tells it, his battle against the recording industry was set in motion in 1993, years before he began to download music illegally.
Tenenbaum was 9 when he saw Michael Jackson perform at the Super Bowl halftime show and was so mesmerized that he told his parents he wanted to be a singer like the self-proclaimed King of Pop.
Tenenbaum gave up that ambition, but he still loves music and plays the piano. And as a skateboarding teenager in 1999, he began to amass a huge collection of music he downloaded, first from Napster, then from Kazaa, and later from other peer-to-peer networks.
A few years ago, he received a letter from the recording industry at his home in Providence demanding payment for songs he had shared online with potentially millions of other people. He is among about 18,000 people against whom the industry has sought to enforce copyrights.
Most settle out of court for $3,000 to $5,000, but Tenenbaum took the matter to trial. Although Gertner precluded both sides from presenting evidence about negotiations, Tenenbaum said on the witness stand and in an interview yesterday that he wanted to settle but the record labels kept increasing the sum. At one point, he said, he offered $3,000, but the labels insisted on $4,000.
Cara Duckworth, a spokeswoman for the recording industry, said Tenenbaum neglected to mention that at one point he demanded thousands of dollars from the labels and that he flagrantly continued to download.
In the only other downloading lawsuit to go to trial, a federal jury in Minnesota in June ordered a woman in that state to pay record labels $1.92 million for infringing on the copyrights of 24 songs.
Tenenbaum did not appear to help his case with his three hours on the stand Thursday. He matter-of-factly admitted lying in sworn statements to the record labels and falsely blaming others he said might have had access to his computer in Providence, including his two sisters, friends, and house guests.
After the verdict, Tenenbaum acknowledged that his lies might have hurt him with jurors. He said they never heard about how he had already admitted some of his falsehoods in other sworn statements.
In his closing argument yesterday, Nesson said his client “became addicted to free music’’ and implored the jury to award the most modest damages possible.
“What is the value of the infringement? It’s what he’d have to pay for it if he purchased it on Amazon . . . 99 cents,’’ Nesson said. “This is a federal case, and what’s it about? It’s about a kid in his bedroom clicking on a computer screen.’’
But Timothy M. Reynolds, one of the lawyers for the record labels, countered that “the defendant is a hard-core, habitual, long-term infringer who knew what he was doing was wrong but did it anyway.’’
Reynolds was among a team of lawyers for Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Bros. Records Inc., Arista Records LLC, and UMG Recordings Inc.
Acticle source:www.Boston.com
alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428739496044891218" />CW value-1)Respect and Resonsibility
-The internet can be a powerful tool because we can reach and influence millions directly. Therefore, it is important for every user to be responsible and treat others with respect.
CW value-2)Street Smart
-While the internet has many positive uses, children need to learn to be street smart and avoid its danger. This is important because parents cannot protect them the same way they do in the real world.
CW value-3)Achieve balance
Use the internet with balance to enhance your real life and not to replace it. Thus, the amount of time spent on the internet should reflect on one's real-world priorities.
CW value-4)Embrace Inspirational use of internet
-We should embrace inspirational use of the internet as technology can improve the society when used appropriately.
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