Darkins, Glenneisha
Period 4th
FINAL ESSAY EXAM

• Describe how a business can use open-source software (FireFox, Open Office, Linux) to increase their productivity. What are the benefits to open-source alternatives? What are the benefits to Microsoft products? First of all, starting off with definition of open-source software, it is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. One benefit is a open access from other sites another benefit is low cost, quick implementation time and flexibility customization. Benefits of Microsoft word can accelerate shared business processes across organizational boundaries. Thr price in which Microsoft word ranges from is 400 dollars maybe more. Since Microsoft word is included with others in the packet for a small business it would not be really 400 dollars. it can be cheaper. It can be free if it is already installed on the users computer.
• How can a small-business utilize Goggles services and products to increase their exposure and profits? Small-businesses utilizes Goggles services and products to increase their exposure by using Google Documents instead of Microsoft word and Excel, AdWords, AdSense, Blogger. Google allows free listings for small or large businesses sending a number of buyers to the site to be recognized. A company can use blogger by spreading their ideas to others in the same company or to others that can use a similar idea. Blogger is free and easy to use for entrepreneurs. It is secured with the companies password and etc. For instance, a business blog can be the same meaning as blogger, a corporate tool for communicating with customers or employees to share knowledge and expertise. Blogs are an excellent method to share a company's expertise, build additional web traffic, and connect with potential customers. For small business owners without the time to learn web html or the money to hire a designer/developer, blogging offers an inexpensive method to get your company's name out on the Internet. According to the research, Business blogs provide your small business with a chance to share your expertise and knowledge with a larger audience. A powerful benefit for consultants and knowledge workers.
• Explain the steps in creating a web site from scratch using a program like Dream weaver from inception to getting the word out after publishing the site online. 1.) Think about the content (pictures, links and colors). 2.) Actually do it with Dream weaver. 3.)Upload it with FTP to a server that is connected to the Internet. Last, spread the word to the people who are interested and make links and etc.Elaborating my steps, as i meant by the first step when you consider creating a website think about the things you enjoy and and title it something about you or what your about. The colors can explain what you are and the type of personality you have. DreamWeaver guides you to making a website with a little help for FTP. In case your wondering, DreamWeaver allows Web developers to generate HTML and JavaScript source code while viewing the site as they work. Instead of spending hours writing HTML tags to code a complex table, the developer can build the table, resize it, and view it exactly as it will appear on a Web page. FTP is an acronym for File Transfer Protocol. That's where FTP comes in, FTP is most commonly used to download a file from a server using the Internet or to upload a file to a server. They can bring out their site by hosting it on the radio, t.v commercials, flyers and MySpace.
  

What has changed with the book search? According to article, Google Book Search allows you to instantly search the full text of over a million digitized books, but we thought that wasn't quite enough. Now when you search you'll get both digitized book results as well as records for millions of other books that still just exist in the analog world.

Do you think people will still be reading books in 10 years? Why or why not? Just my imagination, but i don't think people will be reading in 10 years because we will have computer worked books that will read for us as we listen. It will pronounce the word and tell the meaning. It can pause when we want to snack on something or do other homework. That's just how I feel.

How long do you currently read online per day (in hours)? How long do you currently read offline per day (in hours)? I read everyday, On MySpace my comments, messages and sometimes people's about me section. When i write my poems i read them to other people well type. So pretty much, 7 hours a day. Offline i read like 2 hours. I read things on t.v and magazines. I really don't read but it helps as my English say.

What is 'product placement'? Product placement advertisements are promotional ads placed by marketers using real commercial products and services in media, where the presence of a particular brand is the result of an economic exchange
How much does Martha Stewart charge to mention a product on the air? Martha Stewart only charge advertisers about $10,000 for a 30-second spot, as opposed to $18,000 for The View or a staggering $100,000 for Oprah. But if an advertiser spends at least $250,000 total on ads during a season.
Do you think her use of this is hurting her ratings? Yes, according to the article Stewart’s syndicated NBC show, which airs daily at 4 PM, is currently lagging in the ratings.
What do you think of product placement? I think it's ok, i really don't know much about it. If i had more information and others that did it besides Martha i would comment my feelings.

Why Linux is Better?

According to this obviously biased site, when should people stick with windows?

When you want to create on Photoshop then that's where you should Windows because Linux does not have it.

Which are the three compelling reasons to migrate to Linux, according to the web site? Elaborate on each.

• No viruses. Linux hardly has any viruses, they make it hard to happen. The Apache web server which is a web server is a program located on a remote computer that sends web pages to your browser when you ask for them and is a open software is has the biggest market share which is against Microsoft IIS server. It suffers from less attacks. Linux is apart of it.
• It's free, Linux is free pf charges. All around the world worked very hard to make a neat, secure, efficient, good-looking system, and they are giving their work away for everybody to use freely. The price for a Windows license amounts to an average of one fourth of each new computer's price.
• Restarting your computer with Windows can be annoying, so Linux came up with something better. It is only necessary when a part from the heart of the system has been updated, and that only happens once every several weeks. Linux is stable, it runs perfectly well without restarting all the time.

10 link and pictures

http://davidcfreer.com/~Glenneisha/10%20links.htm
http://davidcfreer.com/~Glenneisha/2%20pictures%20of%20my%20baby%20brother.htm

Finals Review

1. When were the following companies founded? (a) Google,September 1998 (b) Microsoft,1975 (c) Yahoo? 1994

2. Who were the founders of each of those companies? Google= Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Microsoft= William "Bill" Gates/Paul Allen Yahoo!= David Filo/Jerry Yang

3. Last year (2006), what did the following companies make in revenue (a) Google, 10,604.92 (b) Microsoft, 44,282.00 (c) Yahoo? 6,425.68

4. What is .NET? .NET is the Microsoft Web services strategy to connect information, people, systems, and devices through software. .NET technology provides the ability to quickly build, deploy, manage, and use connected, security-enhanced solutions with Web services. .

5. What is the Google Page Rank Algorithm? Basically, how are the placements of searches made? PageRank is a link analysis algorithm that assigns a numerical weighting to each element of a hyperlinked set of documents, such as the World Wide Web, with the purpose of "measuring" its relative importance within the set.

6. Which company purchased Flickr.com ? Yahoo!

7. Which company very recently purchased Chrysler? Cerberus

8. What is the difference between a private equity company and a public corporation?

9. What is money coming in to a company? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (d) Revenue.

10. What is a share of stock?

11. What does Alcoa do? [Erase the incorrect answers.] (c) Mine aluminum

12. What does the abbreviation GE stand for? General Electric

13. What does the CEO do in a company? The CEO is responsible for the success or failure of the company. Operations, marketing, strategy, financing, creation of company culture, human resources, hiring, firing, compliance with safety regulations, sales, PR, etc.—it all falls on the CEO’s shoulders..

14. What does the CFO do in a company? Controllership duties hold the CFO responsible for presenting and reporting accurate and timely historical financial information of the company he or she works for

15. What is the NYSE? NASDAQ? NYSE The largest organized securities market in the United States, founded in 1792. The Exchange itself does not buy, sell, own or set the prices of securities traded there. The prices are determined by public supply and demand. The Exchange is a non-profit corporation of 1,366 individual members, governed by a board of directors consisting of 10 public representatives, 10 Exchange members or allied members and a full-time chairman, executive vice chairman and president. NASDAQ (originally an acronym for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations system) is an American electronic stock market. It was founded in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), who divested it in a series of sales in 2000 and 2001. It is owned and operated by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc.
16. What does the board of directors do in a corporation? The Board of Directors is charged with the overall responsibilities for the corporation. The state in which you incorporate will determine how many directors must be on the Board.

17. What is an IPO? A company's first sale of stock to the public. Securities offered in an IPO are often, but not always, those of young, small companies seeking outside equity capital and a public market for their stock. Investors purchasing stock in IPOs generally must be prepared to accept very large risks for the possibility of large gains. IPO's by investment companies (closed end funds) usually contain underwriting fees which represent a load to buyers.

# Who edits Wikipedia?Aaron Swartz analyzed who was mostly responsible for adding the gist to a typical Wikipedia article, and his findings show that – as opposed to what Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales himself assumes – it’s mostly outsiders (people doing only occasional edits, often unregistered). The Wikipedians, those people with deep inside knowledge into how Wikipedia works
# What is Web 2.0?Web 2.0 is a term often applied to a perceived ongoing transition of the World Wide Web from a collection of websites to a full-fledged computing platform serving web applications to end users. Ultimately Web 2.0 services are expected to replace desktop computing applications for many purposes.
# What is a social network?A social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by one or more specific types of relations, such as financial exchange, friends, kinship, dislike, trade, web links, sexual relations, disease transmission (epidemiology), or airline routes.
# Which corporation owns Myspace.com? Fox
# How do Digg.com and Reddit.com work? Reddit is a site that similarly to digg puts the users in control, but it has a much simpler layout with many more stories on the front page at a time, and a simpler system for upmodding and downmodding stories. I tried it out and enjoyed it, maybe you'll do the same.
a user-driven news Web site that brings together hundreds of thousands of people to do the work of finding, submitting, reviewing and featuring news stories drawn from every corner of the Web.
Digg is sort of like Slashdot without the editors, bringing a democratic approach to the news-submission Web site. At Digg, the site's users make all of the content-related decisions
# Why do people visit Monster.com? Monster Largest job search Web sites on the Internet claiming over a million job postings at any time
# What does FTP stand for?File Transfer Protocol
# What does HTTP mean? Indicate files that need to be accessed through the Hypertext Transfer Protocol, and typically they reference files written in Hypertext Markup Language. Hypertext files can contain pointers to text files, graphics, and sounds. A variety of browsers are available (such as WWW and Mosaic) that present a nice interface for exploring the hypertext files.

# What is the file extension for Flash media that is available to see online? Adobe Flash
# What is the file extension for Microsoft Word files? .DOC
# What is the file extension for Microsoft Excel files? .XLS
# What is the difference between Excel and Word? Word is a simple window where u can type and modify text with some nice features like adding photos, table, it is mainly for documents use.While Excel is a spreadsheet with tables , charts, mathematical equations and usually used by accountants or form generators.
# What is the file extension for Microsoft PowerPoint? .PPS
# How is Google Documents different from Microsoft Word and Excel? Google Spreadsheets allows users to create and edit documents and spreadsheets online while collaborating in real-time with other users. Docs & Spreadsheets combines the features of two services, Writely and Spreadsheets. Microsoft Word is a computer program that allows you to create and edit text documents, such as research papers and official letters. Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet program which allows one to enter numerical values or data into the rows or columns of a spreadsheet, and to use these numerical entries for such things as calculations, graphs, and statistical analysis.

# What is Linux? Linux is a free open-source operating system based on Unix. Linux was originally created by Linus Torvalds with the assistance of developers from around the globe.
# How does Linux differ from Microsoft Windows? They differ in the add-on software provided, GUI, install process, price, documentation and technical support. Both Linux and Windows come in desktop and server editions.
# What is AdWords? The Pay Per Click advertising program offered by Google.
# How would one profit from AdSense? Getting money from Google with their advertisements on your site.

• Describe how a business can use open-source software (FireFox, Open Office, Linux) to increase their productivity. What are the benefits to open-source alternatives? What are the benefits to Microsoft products? First of all, starting off with definition of open-source software, it is a set of principles and practices that promote access to the production and design process for various goods, products, resources and technical conclusions or advice. One benefit is a open access from other sites another benefit is low cost, quick implementation time and flexibility customization. Benefits of Microsoft word can accelerate shared business processes across organizational boundaries. Free to use and it can be posted like a blog.
  
• How can a small-business utilize Goggles services and products to increase their exposure and profits? Small-businesses utilizes Goggles services and products to increase their exposure by using Google Documents instead of Microsoft word and Excel, AdWords, AdSense, Blogger. Google allows free listings for small or large businesses sending a number of buyers to the site to be recognized. A company can use blogger by spreading their ideas to others in the same company or to others that can use a similar idea. Blogger is free and easy to use for entrepreneurs. It is secured with the companies password and etc.
  
• Explain the steps in creating a web site from scratch using a program like Dream weaver from inception to getting the word out after publishing the site online. 1.) Think about the content (pictures, links and colors). 2.) Actually do it with Dream weaver. 3.)Upload it with FTP to a server that is connected to the Internet. Last, spread the word to the people who are interested and make links and etc.

What are Internet cookies? Cookies are short pieces of data used by web servers to help identify web users. The popular concepts and rumors about what a cookie can do has reached almost mystical proportions.
What are packets? A packet is the fundamental unit of information carriage in all modern computer networks. The term datagram is sometimes also used, and in some contexts its meaning is subtly different from packet.
What route do packets take over the Internet?
What is a 404 error on the web? Usually means the syntax used in the URL is incorrect (e.g., uppercase letter should be lowercase letter; wrong punctuation marks).
What is 'e-commerce'? E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, e-business, are often used interchangeably. For online retail selling, the term e-tailing is sometimes used.
What is the difference between ebay and craigslist? eBay is the world's online marketplace; a place for buyers and sellers to come together and trade almost anything! craigslist is a centralized network of online urban communities, featuring free classified advertisements (with employment, housing, personals, for sale/wanted, services, community, events, gigs and resumes categories) and forums sorted by various topics.
What is SSL? Secure Sockets Layer, a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet.
What are the two major ways for home users to connect to the Internet via a high speed connection?
What is a T-1 line? A leased-line connection capable of carrying data at 1,544,000 bits per second, or 1.544 Mbps. Generally, a T-1 line will move a megabyte of data in under 10 seconds.

Run House

I posted my model of my house mr. freer