Internet Law

Discussion E³

Lesson: Internet Law

In the pink writing Informative Interesting Reading B³, we talked about the Internet. Today, we will discuss Internet Law. The HICAP Rule is, ‘Never post anything online that you would not say or do in an international court of law’.

The best use of the Internet is for broadcasting. If there is anything that you want the world to know about, post in on the Internet.Conversely, if you want to keep a secret, tell the individual when you have a face-to-face visit.
The B³ Class Discussion, written in white, noted that every keystroke is recorded; this includes all e-mail transmissions. Because e-mail is date/time stamped and documents the sender and recipient's name and location; it is accepted in a court of law as legal documentation. Internet posts are traceable and track-able even if you utilize a moniker.
Internet encryption works for normal folk who don’t have the time, the patience nor the interest to decode. A person with a little more knowledge, and an even greater amount of time, can decode almost anything transmitted by the Internet.
Before cellular data capability, we called the computer  a PC; which means Personal Computer for a very good reason. Computers are for your personal use. And, the owner is personally responsible for all sites visited and the content stored on that computer. Therefore, be a good steward of anything transmitted and saved on your computer.
Your next lesson will cover: ASCII Codes

Discussion D³

Lesson: Periodic Table of Elements

There is a natural order of elements sequenced on the period table of elements, which combine to form every compound in existence. Each element has a unique Atomic Weight: Hydrogen = 1 and Oxygen = 7. The unit of measure for atomic weight is called mole for molecular. The table is exquisitely laid out and harmonically adheres to the Law of Octaves, proving that properties of elements periodically repeat when arranged by Atomic Number; that is why it is know as the Periodic Table of Elements.
The atomic number for gold is 79 and its symbol is Au. The atomic number means that gold is comprised of 79 electrons and 79 protons. The molecular weight of gold is 196.96657 rounded to 197. This theory was not respected until the acceptance of Valence Bonding Theory and the Octet Theory of Chemical Bonding. Proof of each element’s unique visual signature arrived with the introduction of Spectroscopy.

Centered on this methodic masterpiece, between the heavy metals on the left side of the table and the noble gases on the right, lie the semiconductors used to control the processes of computers. Silicon, written Si, is one of the first elements used for this purpose. The area where the majority of computer chips are manufactured in the US is called Silicon Valley, California.

Although co-created by Antoine-Laurent and Stanislao Cannizzaro, and published in 1869; Russian born Dmitri Mendeleev is known as the father of the Periodic Table. Mendelevium, written Md, is a radioactive rare earth element with an Atomic Number of 101 and Atomic Weight of 258; and is named for Mr. Mendeleev. Also, Mendelevium is the name of an impact crater on the Dark Side of the Moon. Mendeleev did an excellent job of identifying and saving space for with atomic numbers for elements not known at that time; and he also, wrote the Law of Periodicity.

Robert Bunson, who the Bunson Burner is named for; heated the elements and discovered that copper burns green, strontium burns red and potassium burns blue. This science is demonstrated in the spectacular firework displays that we enjoy.

To view more, Google: Periodic Table of Elements

Magnetism

Discussion C³

Lesson: Magnetism

Because the computer processes information magnetically, it is important not to have other magnets on or near your computer;this might cause a misread. When purchasing speakers for the computer, make sure that you purchase speakers that are shielded; these are made specifically for the computer. One way to tell if your speakers are shielded is to hold them near the monitor screen. If you notice that the monitor is slightly changing color, the speakers are not shielded.

Magnetism is a powerful force holding our universe together. If the earth was not enveloped in a magnetic field to protect it and us from exposure to merciless solar winds and radiation, we would not exist. The earth, also, has a magnetic core with convection columns extending to its surface. According to scientific theorists, earth’s inner core formed by accretion is a rotating sphere of solid metal growing approximately one millimeter per year with dendrite crystalline vortices tumbling and recording its surrounding magnetic field.

The South Atlantic Anomaly near Brazil stretching over a quarter of the earth’s surface is an area where the earth’s magnetic field has weakened. When the one billion dollar Hubble orbits above this area, sensitive instruments aboard are turned off to avoid damage.

Opportunity to Wish Upon a Shooting Star

With no full moon to obscure tonight’s view of our planet traveling through the radiant shedding of icy fragments igniting through the night sky; this meteor shower  caused by the constellation Orion orbiting the sun promises to be a spectacular event.

Constellations Leo on November 17 and Gemini on December 13 are coming to display their firery works as we end this year.

The Internet-Informative Reading

Last year on October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs passed away and India launched a new personal computer for $60 called Aakash.

Reading B³

LESSON:

From the abacus to virtual 3D systems, mankind has spent centuries in the quest of making computing easier. A computer is nothing more than any other device that has been fashioned to speed up numeric quantifying and record keeping. Computers are designed to do what the user desires. Your computer is not the Internet; your computer carries the Internet. As we discussed in prior lessons, the Internet is accessed by many devices other than the computer, such as cell phones, game consoles, etc.

What we now know as the Internet was funded by ARPAnet, which means Advance Research Projects Agency network. The purpose for this network was to expediently share scientific discoveries with educators. The first message was sent via the net in 1969 by a programmer, Charley Kline from UCLA to a host computer at the Stanford Research Institute; the University of California and the University of Utah round out the four initial participants to access the Internet.

Today, Google boasts a billion daily searches on its browser. The goal of the Internet Society is to assist in the provision of Internet access to seven billion people.

Discussion B³

The computer is memory device recording every consistent keystroke combination to subsequently be retrieved as a preference. Every keystroke consumes one byte of information. Computer capacity has gone from kilobytes to megabytes; now gigabytes and terabytes. 

Data is raw material existing in any form usable or non-usable. Information is usable data that has been given meaning and which answers—who, what, when, where. Knowledge is applied data and answers how. Understanding sparks synapses making links, answering why.  Wisdom is the appraisal of understanding. Only Wisdom assimilates the future in vision, in design and in creativity. Every other word highlighted in blue  refers to the past or to the present.

Go to: www.systems-thinking.org

Harlem Internet Computer Access Program

Merle Bush, Educator/Author/Project Facilitator

Welcome to HICAP's Virtual Learning Lab brought to you in part through awards from the Internet Society and local officials. Here we share and demystify all the technological data garnered throughout the years.

Your enrollment in the Harlem Internet Computer Access Program marks one of the most important and significantly rewarding decisions of your life. Notably, computers and the Internet have permeated almost every aspect of modern existence. Although this technology is constantly evolving, what we will explore in HICAP is absolute.

Intro Discussion A³

The computer is a memory device. Each keystroke consumes one byte of information. There are eight bits to a byte. A bit is either a zero or a one. Zero means off and one means on. The ASCII Conversion Table shows the exact bit to byte combination that produces every character on the keyboard. The very top row of F keys on the keyboard, we call Function Keys. They used to be programmable, but they are currently programmed by the manufacturer.

In further discussions, we will explore the following:

data = information

            There is a minimum transfer rate for Broadband

            information = words, pictures, music, voice, video

computer = memory save/record data

            Binary Code—0 and 1; i/o; off/on; land/launch—the language computers understand

drives = store information

                        permanent memory = C: Drive

USB Drive® USB Port

RAM is random access memory when your are utilizing the Internet and is not permanent memory

keystroke = consumes one byte of memory

            ASCII Conversion Table—keystroke complement on the keyboard

Internet = send and receive transmitted data

Cloud Computing—saves remotely through the Internet

Acronyms and/or abbreviations: sms-small messaging service and mms-multimedia messaging service

Scientific Notation—manipulates very large and small numbers with the use of exponents/powers

B to the power of n, where n means the number—Bⁿ

1=prime

2=square

3=cube

Byte = memory (suffix) 

Hertz = speed or frequency (suffix)

Preceded by the following prefix to create computer values. Example: 70 Kilobytes--70kb

kilo

—1,000     mega—1,000,000       giga—1,000,000,000              tera—1,000,000,000,000

3 zeros              6 zeros                         9 zeros                                     12 zeros
Your lessons are designed to stimulate investigation and research....

Quantum Computing Qubits-Revisted

Qubits are part of the Extreme Computational Group. In the past, we discussed Qubits as being theoretical and unattainable. This is no longer true. Scientists have cracked the Qubit code by manipulating light to become a memory processor where bits are in the superposition state. Bits are either in the one position or the zero position. But, Qubits are both one and zero in a superposition parallel. By shooting super particles through cold condensate to slowed the light pulse down, we change light into matter. Light and atoms are able to store the same information. When the blue parent photon is slowed down; the result is two red photon daughters. This entangled superposition represents energy (times) direction (times) polarization. Thus, yielding three to the nth power instead of two to the nth power as in bits. The difference between bits and Qubits is exponential gain, which will speed up computational power to nearly the speed of light...very exciting!
More discussion to come…