Viruses on computers evolve

Many things in this world all evolve. Whether if it's to suit your needs or if it's a struggle to survive, many things evolve. Like humans, they started from the "Australopithecus" then into the "Homo Habilis" then into the "Homo Erectus" and so on until us "Homo Sapiens". So basically, evolution is everywhere, especially in digital life. As computers evolve, so do applications, technologies, and even viruses. Viruses infect your computer, hack your files, steal your information, or maybe even stop your computer from working. In a real life situation, if you have a virus and something that tries to kill the virus, then the virus has to evolve. It's the same situation here, as computers become more complex, so do viruses.

So why do people even want to create viruses if it's very bad for your computers?  Well one main reason is profit. One possible theory can be that the anti-virus creators created the viruses in order to make profit and well, earn a lot of money. People spread viruses because of business, information thievery, pranks, jokes, and to break people's computers. Viruses can come into your computers in many ways. One can be an internet download file, or an advertisement, or a file from another infected computer, or phishing websites, and tons more. In 2004, there were 37 million infected files. There are so many viruses today that every 3.5 seconds, a "threat" is shown to a computer because there's a possible virus.

Tabouli, Julie. "Threat Morphosis: Evolution of the Computer Virus [infographic]." Daily Infographic. Daliy Inforgraphic, 18 Mar. 2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2012. <http://dailyinfographic.com/threat-morphosis-evolution-of-the-computer-virus-infographic?utm_source=feedburner>.

The Off Spring

Music is something everyone listens to right? Music is something everyone should love. There are many different kinds of music like pop rock, metal, classical, jazz, and tons more. Me personally, I love rock, metal, punk or pop. A classic example of a punk rock band is called "The Offsprings". They are an American punk rock band that plays awesome music. They are very famous and is loved by everyone. The band was formed in 1984.  They are an old band but they still play cool music. They were formed around the time when rock and punk were the most famous. Green Day is a fan of "The Off Springs".

The Off Spring consist of 4 current members. The lead guitarist (Noodles), Dexter Holland (rhythm guitar, lead singer), Greg K. (bassist), and Pete Parada (drummer). Pete Parada replaced a former drummer named (Atom). These 4 have created music that are funny, awesome, and real-life related. Their album "Smash" made them extremely famous. Two good examples of The Off Spring is below:

Lesson learned: Social Studies!

You may or may not be thinking "hey, why on Earth are we learning about social studies anyway?". Well, the answer is simple - because it's important! All your buildings, all the cool traditional stuff you do, all the cool places you visit like the Great Wall of China is all based on Social Studies! History is extremely important. Science depends a lot on history for the technology and ancient studies. If you also want to be part of an organization like the UN, you need to be good at social studies.

In Mr.Randy's social studies class, we learned all about the moon landing theories. Some people thought the US landing on the moon was a fake and some thought it was real. There were some good arguments on both sides. It was real because even America's biggest enemy at that time, Soviet Union, agreed that the rock the Americans brought was not from Earth. The US landing was fake because there were no stars and no wind but the flag was still shaking. There's many different possibilities to this moon hoax. It's very enjoyable and I hope to learn more.

ICT class: Lesson learned!

Every week is a fresh new week, a fresh new day, and is always a fresh new lesson learned! In Mr.Pete's class we always learn something new! Whether it's an article review, or a sketching design, or any thing taught by Mr.Pete is very crucial. This week, I only had a lesson with Mr.Pete on Monday. Since I had a soccer tournament on Wednesday, I couldn't attend to his awesome class. Friday is a holiday making Mr.Pete class lovers desperate. Last week Friday, Mr.Pete could not come and teach us, which made us sad. Luckily, he gave an assignment, which loyal Mr.Pete followers did.

On Monday, which was the only class we learned in, was the day we did an article review.  Last Friday, we were given a task to do an article review too. We were also asked to make a rough and random Google sketchup of our restaurant using what we learned. I used different types of shapes and measures to make the buildings. I make creative buildings and random stuff. 

My Internet is really bad and I can't easily load the Edmodo page. I can't download my Sketchup photo.

Don't understand a language? Microsoft is coming to help!

When you don't understand a word, you look it up on the dictionary. You don't understand a word in another language, you look it up on your dictionary or search it up on the Internet. If you grew up in a village or a place that uses only one or two languages, then you probably don't understand languages from countries all around the world. Well, now Microsoft is trying to work on a translator that takes YOUR voice and translates it to another language! That's a whole new technology! Sure, there's Google translate and all those stuff but what if you don't know the word properly? Google Translate is great, but if you can speak and have it translated, then that's one awesome technology.

This is another good step in improving technology. Technology has helped the world be a good and easier place to live. Now Microsoft has a translator that everyone is allowed to use and can prove to be very useful. Now this translator can allow people to learn a second, or third, or possibly even a seventh language! This translator could be very helpful in business through the Internet and maybe even worldwide. Maybe this could open up a whole new technology. Maybe even for foreign users who can't speak English and can't use stuff like Photoshop or Sketchup or any applications, this could be the possible answer to their problems.

Iliaifar, Amir. "Microsoft Working on Program That Translates Your Voice into Another Language." Digital Trends. Digital Trends, 9 Mar. 2012. Web. 18 Mar. 2012. <http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/microsoft-working-on-software-that-would-translate-your-voice-into-another-language/>.

Physical body vs intelligence

Today, video games are becoming so much more popular and video game companies are earning a lot of money because people today buy games a lot. Xbox, PS3, PC, and Wii are probably the four most used and famous gaming devices or consoles in the world. They give access to games and can turn a bored person into the most excited and happy person in the world. Though people are having fun, there's a big question. Gamers like to sit around and play their games. Some gamers may do physical activities but it won't help much. Now you know where this is going to. What is happening to peoples' health? Are people in the future going to be very unhealthy? This may seem bad but there's also good news. Human minds are improving more because of games.

So what is happening to the health of gamers? Some gamers play sports so that may be fine but to gamers that don't play sport may have a little trouble. They don't exercise their bodies and they may get fat, increasing cancer chance. Maybe even lack of sleep are ruining gamers' health. These are all bad, but it's time for the good news. Studies have shown that human minds are getting better. Regardless of what games they play, they made humans more creative. Strategic games like Starcraft have made people think 4 times more faster. Games like World of Warcraft made people more creative. Red Dead Redemption gamers could make decisions 25% faster and more correct. Those are the advantages gained from games. So what is human going to be like? I think we can balance out both game and physical activity so that we have a healthy body and a creative mind.

Hughes, Jeff. "Body versus Mind: Gaming and Your Health." Digital Trends. Digital Trends, 5 Mar. 2012. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. <http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/body-versus-mind-gaming-and-your-health/>.

Mass Effect 3

Everyone's heard of FPS games (which some are overrated) and it's kind of fun. You want more fun? It's called "TPS" which is "Third Person Shooter" games which means you see the person in third person view (able to see their bodies). TPS games are amazing especially for storylines. FPS games make great multiplayer, but bad storylines because you can't see what's going on. A very perfect example of a TPS is called "Mass Effect." It's a game where human kind, 200 years later and very advanced, would meet other alien species and get along with them until another group of aliens come and try to wipe them all out. It's an amazing game and I recommend people to try it. Another thing very special about this game is it has sub-plots and an interesting story. The player faces multiple troubles. Whatever decision the player is given and makes, affects their entire Mass Effect career. If you played Mass Effect, it can be brought in Mass Effect2, and same for Mass Effect 3. That's what's amazing and special. Those who say this game is bad can go cry a river because they don't know anything.

Mass Effect 3 is the newest  and last sequel to the Mass Effect storyline. It was released on March 6, 2012. In Mass Effect 1, a man (or woman you can pick), named "Commander Shepard" will fight against a group of robotic aliens and find out a whole lot about the "truth." They try to stop a villain who tried to use a powerful race as his slaves to conquer the world. Then in Mass Effect 2, Shepard dies but is resurrected by a rich company named "Cerberus." Their goal is to make mankind famous and superior. In Mass Effect 2, Shepard tries to stop a group of aliens called the "Collectors" by gathering a team of fighters and engineers. The Collectors collect humans and turn them into energy for their destructive device. Shepard goes and stops them. 6months - 1 year later, Shepard returns because of a surprise alien attack invasion by the 'Reapers". They are an alien race that comes out every 50,000 years to wipe out an entire galaxy. The Reapers picked on the humans and in Mass Effect 3, Shepard returns, with a few old allies and has to make as much allies as possible while dealing with internal problems of him and his teammates. Alone, they are like ants to the Reapers, but united, they can beat the Reapers and save themselves, which is the goal of Shepard.

Geometry Lesson learned!: length and angles of quadrilaterals

All the houses you see, the house you live in, your windows,  the tallest building in this world, your favorite department stores, and even your remote controller or mobile phones were built using Geometry. Geometry is an extremely important subject as it teaches you all about angles and lines of shapes and everything related to shapes. Architects have to be good at Geometry and it's an extremely important topic even if you aren't becoming an architect. When manufacturing something like a can or a guitar, you need geometry. That's how important Geometry is. Our Geometry teacher is Mr.Eubin who is an excellent teacher because he can teach and be funny at the same time (well all teachers in Wells are funny and teach well). So you can say almost everything in this world, like your keyboard and computer, was made using Geometry.

In Mr.Eubin's awesome Math class, we learned how to measure the angles of quadrilaterals, which are shapes with 4 sides. We used Mr.Eubin's equation and used common sense. If a parallelogram had two congruent angles for example, 5x+7 and the other 6x+8, what would each angle be. So we add the two numbers together, making it 11x + 15. Then we equate it to 180, making it 11x = 165. Then you divide 165 by 11, giving us 15. Insert 15 into the equations 5 (15) + 7, and 6 (15) + 8. The first one gives us 82 and the other, 98. That's how you find the length (remember a quadrilateral total of 360 degrees in angles).

I don't have my own picture but this should give an idea.

ICT Class Lesson Learned!: Sketchup

So all those houses you wanted to build and all those imaginary ideas of yours that you want to see clearly, can be made with Google Sketchup. Google Sketchup is a program that allows you to build everything you've ever dreamed of. The Leaning Tower of Pisa, a rich house, and all those stuff can be made in Google Sketchup and shared to the whole world. It's an amazing easy-to-use program that everyone can enjoy if they know the special tricks which our awesome teacher, Mr.Pete, has taught us a few tricks that were up his tricky sleeves. Our goal was to build a restaurant using Google Sketchup. Were not just drawing a rectangle and making a roof but were also going to make it detailed inside the building.

We've learned and always will learn new and cool stuff in Mr.Pete's ICT class. Last week, we build a restaurant that would be appropriate in size to a restaurant in real life (by measuring square x square, like 25x40). We measured everything like doors, windows, and walls to be as realistic as possible. To make a wall or window, we could just get the "tape measure" and make a line across the wall with the appropriate distance and length. After that we just drew it with a pencil or used a rectangle to make a wall or window. If we made a wall, we had to use the "erase" button to separate a line on top of the walls so that the walls were connected together. We also had to make counters (again using appropriate measures) and we were able to make copies of doors to place it in other locations. We made bathrooms and counters, which was a huge progress.

This is an example of my "undone" sketchup (I don't have the current Sketchup photo with me).

Samsung Galaxy super BEAM!

So we all have these cool gadgets like iPhone, iPad, Samsung Galaxy, and much more. When Apple released their products, Samsung had to catch up with them and make their own smartphone, so they released their Samsung Galaxy. The Samsung Galaxy is similar to the iPhone but some applications are different. They've released a lot of cool stuff and now they released something even cooler - the Samsung Galaxy Beam! Yes, we all know what a beam is and this new technology of Samsung, is similar to a beam. It's basically a projector in  a phone. Awesome right? The picture from the phone comes out of the projector LIKE A BEAM, and that's why it's awesome and could be very helpful. It's going to be at a price of $600 (18,000 baht).

I've learned that technology is getting better extremely fast. Like in one of my blog post, I had a topic about the phone outnumbering the human population. Well, that happened in less than half a century, and all these technologies, happened in a decade. That's how important technology is. The beam can be used for carrying information around and teaching people stuff whenever and wherever you want. That's how important and awesome technology is. Technology, like that beam, would help students or people all around the world. Maybe if they are lost and need a bigger map, or teaching people how to do something, or teaching orphans, or whatever it's used for, it'll be good.

Crider, Micheal. "SlashGear." Samsung Galaxy Beam Set for Summer 2012 Release in the UK -. Slashgear, 29 Feb. 2012. Web. 05 Mar. 2012. <http://www.slashgear.com/samsung-galaxy-beam-set-for-summer-2012-release-in-the-uk-29216360/>.