Thesis statement for final essay

Global Positioning Systems technologies are a useful tool in navigation, but too many people are becoming over dependent on a vulnerable piece of technology.

Annotative Bibliography Post Essay 4

Hambling, David. "GPS Signals Now Help You Call Your Mother, Power Your Home,                          And Even Land Your Plane.." New Scientist 209.2803 (2011): 44-47.Academic Search                       Premier. Web. 12 Apr. 2013.

Every day, many activities rely on the use of global positioning systems technologies. Airports use global positioning systems to track every airplane to coordinate their estimated time of arrival to keep the aircraft on time for the passengers and to keep a steady flow of aircraft landing at the airport all day. Banks and stock exchanges use the same technology to time stamp the deliveries of large amounts of money to prevent fraud. Cell phone companies use them to coordinate off which tower the customer will receive the strongest signal. GPS’s are being used in everyday life without people knowing it. With the application of numerous uses for the GPS society is becoming more dependent on them as a piece of technology. But there is also a device available to the public which is designed to jam nearby GPS units. These jammers have already affected airports and caused chaos in the air controller towers. These jammers can shut down all the runways of an airport, which is just another example of how our society is becoming more dependent on technology, especially global positioning systems.

The author of this source is David Hambling. In his article he mentions the results of experiments conducted by the U.S. Navy in 2010, and mentions the event of the Newark New Jersey International Airport in 2010, where it was believed to be a trucker on the New Jersey Turnpike who accidentally jammed the GPS signals for the airport.

This article fits into my essay because it mentions many more uses of GPS technology, and clearly makes many more points of how dependent our society is on GPS devices. It also has some info on how GPS technology works which will be useful in my intro for my article.

Blog 5 on entertainment section in book

Everything Bad is good for you : Games

         I agree with the defense of the argument that games are better than books. I don't read for fun and never have. The only time i read is when I'm required to for a class. I don't see games as having no educational benefit. I think people get more out of playing a game than reading a book. Also playing a game is much more entertaining than reading the words from a book. When playing a game a person takes in the sights and sounds displayed on the screen.  People say a picture is worth a thousand words, so just playing a game for a minute is like reading a whole shelf full of books. The author says reading books is more challenging than playing a game because of the effort required to make sense of the words and follow the narrative. But some people that play games get way more focused on a game than a book. Its easy to distract someone from a book, all you have to do is talk to them. After that they have to remember where they left off, because they already forgot. I think its more difficult to distract a person from a game because they are too focused on it.

Interview assignment for english

An example of an bad interview would be the hiring interviews from the movie step brothers. The employers asked very few openended questions. The people conducting the interviews turned into the people getting interviewed. The interviewers wasted time and got  caught up on non essential details about themselves. The people getting interviewed were not wearing appropriate attire for the environment and were considered fools. Some of the people doing the interviews were too comfortable creating an atmosphere too comfortable.





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Blog3 Jon Stewart

I thought the Article Commencement Address was an entertaining one from the Remix text book. I thought it was funny how he was so humble to be receiving his doctorate saying it was just given to him pretty much. Throughout his speech he mentions the real world, suggesting that the students at william and mary live in a fantasy land. He makes references to colonial williamsburg which i found funny because there is a ton of old stuff in williamsburg and new stuff. Right by the college is a random road with people that look like the people on plymouth plantation. I like his thoughts on the grades you get don't really matter, the only thing that matters is the degree, but I'm not going to consider that the whole truth. But i agree with him on the idea that college is just something you complete to better your chance of success.

Blog #2

Blog #2

I started the first assignment today for your class. Its going okay. I found some pictures of me to throw into the collage. And some of my other family members. The collage for this identity assignment is going to have family as the main theme. So its got my parents in it, sisters, grandparents, and aunts and uncles.

Blog #1 for english 102

This blog is about The article Alter Egos: Avatar and Their Creators, by Julian Dibbell. In this article the author writes about how easy it is for a person to create an avatar for an online video game. The people interviewed in this article all have avatars very different from their own identity.  One of the gamers is a male teacher in South Korea. His newest avatar is a female. He claims the female avatar sells more gloves, than having a male avatar. I thought this was interesting because, even in real life females get more business than males. People say a female bartender will make much more money bartending than a male bartender.  Another example of these avatars being completely different from their creators is the guy from Texas. He even says the difference is pretty obvious. This kid has many physical disabilities, and says in the video game he can do things he can’t do in real life.  He also thinks that online people can learn the player’s personality and make their opinion of them. When in real life the first thing a person biases their opinion of a person off is their appearance.  He says online it doesn’t matter what you look like. I think that’s interesting and I agree with the kid. I feel more comfortable talking to a person who appears to have the same interests in me than one who looks completely different.  He said at the “Ultimate Online Fan Faire” people treated him like everyone else. Another person is the girl from California. In her game her avatar is a big black male. This is another example of a complete opposite in appearance between the avatar and creator. She said she did it because she gets treated differently appearing to be a male than a female. Most guys wouldn’t want to get beat by a girl avatar, or let the female be the leader.  

All of these people have one thing in common with their avatars. They are all complete opposites of themselves. I don’t blame them though because it is just an online game.  But these people really go into detail why their avatars are the way they are.  I have played Xbox and seen other characters and never really considered who they were.