Facebook Users do not "Like" New Privacy Settings

"Facebook" is under fire, and not just by critics, but by the users themselves. The users of Facebook range from young tweens and teens, all the way up to seniors who need a Ouija board to connect to most of their old friends! But this popular social networking site is not just for connecting with old friends, people can also play popular games such as Farmville on it too. As of early April, Facebook had over four hundred million users, that's a lot of people! And when each of those people joined Facebook, they signed an agreement stating that the privacy policy could change at any time. Most of those people didn't even read the whole thing! But when somebody finally did, and found out that Facebook would remember their search history in order to provide advertisements that they might actually click on, people got pretty angry. So some people who are being referred to as @mmilan and @josephdee. They didn't include more to their identity because they want to stick to the situation at hand. There is also a comment section at the bottom with strong supporters from both sides of the argument. Some people are so "die-hard Facebook" that I can't even quote them onto here because of it! But want to know just how much danger Facebook is in? The San Francisco Chronicle's Business Insider Blog had a post title saying, "Uh-Oh, 0.00000068% Of Facebook Users Promise To Quit On May 31." (By clicking on the post title, it will take you to the blog's post). Less than one percent is not going to be detrimental to Facebook's popularity. Honestly, I think that all the quit Facebook hype will attract users to find out why people want to quit Facebook. So why don't you be the judge? Go to http://www.quitfacebookday.com/ and decide for yourself whether or not you can bring yourself to quit Facebook.

Sources:

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2010/05/17/group-plans-quit-facebook-day/

Lit. Poems

"Nazi Germany"

Nazis
Uncaring, ruthless
Fighting, abusing, overpowering
Powerful, German, frightened, mistreated
Running, hiding, dying
Innocent, helpless
Jews.

"The Word Shaker"

Liesel Meminger
Forcible, mature, and loving
Who loves to create and consume words
Who feels worried about the Jew in her basement
Who needs to be loved by her family
Who shares her words, her insight, and her nightmares
Who fears having her family taken away
Who'd like to see her deceased loved ones again
Who dreams of her brother dying on a train
Who ends up being tragically yet unintentionally abandoned.

Popping Popcorn

Popcorn is one of those things that seems like its been around forever! Have it as a snack, at the movies, on the go, it's one of those classic snacks that never get old. But does anyone know the science behind it? Ooh ooh I do! Haha, well popcorn has one small drop of water inside of it. That one drop, when heated, will create steam. That steam is trapped, and according to Boyle's law, that steam will try to escape. It will try to escape by expanding and essentially popping that popcorn. The heat in the microwave heats the popcorn, which heats the water inside of the kernel. The new steam triggers the popping. But that was only in a microwave with radiation heating. What about in an old fashioned popcorn popper. The Hot Air Popcorn Popper! Well that uses convection heating to heat the popcorn. The hot air at the bottom of the popper rises, because hot air rises. The air, once it reaches the top, will cool down and fall again. The cold air will then become hot again. This convection will heat the water inside of the kernel and trigger the same popping as the radiation heating. Another way to pop the corn, which we didn't see in class, is through conduction. When fire from a stove heats a pan, this is conduction. Conduction is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another. So once the pan is hot, it will heat kernels that are inside of the pan. This conduction makes the water inside the kernel steam, and triggers the same popping that happened with convection and radiation heating. WOW! Popcorn can be really complicated! How can such a simple snack be so intricate? Are you amazed? I know I am!

Collapsing Can Lab

Molecules, cans, collapsing, oh my! Air pressure is something that we humans rely on day after day. The air pressure in the earth keeps us from imploding, or exploding. If our pressure inside our body is greater than the pressure outside, we will explode. If the air pressure outside our body is greater than inside, we will implode. I know this because I experimented with air pressure by using a simple soda can. First off, we all know that when you shake a soda can, the air pressure inside gets greater. If it gets too great, it will explode! But do we normally see a can implode? Of course not! But I had a chance to see! What we did was we put some water into an empty soda can, and heated it until it boiled. That way the molecules in the soda can were all over and were expanding. That increased the air pressure. But when we quickly inverted it into a bowl of ice cold water, the air suddenly cooled down, which made the air pressure decrease. The air pressure outside of the can was wayyyyyyy more than the air pressure inside of the can, which made it implode! (It also made a really cool noise)! This example of air pressure can really help scientists experiment with air pressure!

Is Voice the New Text?

Okay, so personally, I don't know one person over twelve that has never sent a text message. It's super convenient and quite frankly, kinda fun. Another cool thing about phones is that it has voice recognition. The bad thing? It's like a McDonald's drive through! THEY NEVER GET IT RIGHT! If I want to call a friend, it goes to voice mail, point blank, it's annoying! So when I see an article explaining how voice recognition could possibly be the new text, I can't help but laugh! Top voice recognition developers are saying its getting more accurate, which I have a hard time believing. Also, texts are usually private, so if I'm in public, I don't want some creeper listening to my conversations! They even realize that phones don't have the processing power to comprehend voice recognition. So when phones do have that processing power, it will be only that more expensive! Most people don't have that kind of money! So I personally would rather just work my fingers than my voice. So if you're going to tell me that voice is the new text, don't, because nothing can replace the reliability of a mini e-mail.

Google Isn't Ready For Phones

Google is a great search engine, but is it ready to step into the world of phones? The Google Nexus One is the first phone to be purely Google. Google has already made phones, but they partner with other companies. So this highly anticipated smart phone came out a few weeks ago and already is receiving complaints. Not exactly what Google anticipated. The Nexus One has spotty 3g coverage, which is not exactly what most phone users want. People want to be able to talk whenever and wherever they want to people anywhere in the world. Hello? Isn't that the point of a cell phone? Google has obviously overlooked that while designing the thousands of applications it advertises you can use. Hey Google! You need to get you act together! But not only that, your phone costs way to much. Sure $180 with a mail in rebate is fine. But with a two year contract on your own network plus service that works with AT&T, that comes down to $530. Not exactly what phone users want to be paying. And with the spotty service you have, you ought to lower that price. Shouldn't you not have to pay for a contract when you would simply be using the same network you were already on? What's even more, the touch screen is having issues! If your offering a touch screen phone, make sure it works better than what's already out there! People can't even go to customer service for this phone, because there is none. This phone can only be purchased on the phone's Google run website. You can't walk into T-Mobile and have an expert fix it. Google obviously didn't realize this while making the phone. Or was it too late? Either way Google, you might need, excuse me, you do need some work before you come out with a new phone.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/14/wired.google.nexus.one.complaints/index.html

Foods And Flavors Chemist

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