Conceptual Research & Reflection Project

Concept 17:The impact of text-based real-time chat

Communicating in real-time with text enables a form of 'authoring of the self' that is similar to the processes of face-to-face speech but which is much more amenable to authorial control, experimentation and reflection. Further, text-based communication carries with it the possibility for multiple, differing conversations occurring simultaneously, relying on the ability of the human brain to deal with text much better than speech.

Text-based real-time chat is to communicate with a person or persons in a non-verbal way.The use of text-based real-time(Synchronous) chat is fast becoming one of the most popular forms of communication around the world.
"More than 1 billion people in 2005."(computer industry almanac inc)

Text-based real-time chat has become one of the most popular forms of communication because it allows a person to communicate with multiple people all at the same time. As more people are using these programs,more security procedures must be put into place to protect the people using the technology.

In the 1960s the first text-based conference program which consisted of a small class room of terminals was created and used. In the early 70s it would be used in many different mainframes that would eventually support one thousand uses at any one time.With the creation of this new form of communication came advantages and disadvantages.Not only has online communication become easier to access but for the people who don't have the ability to communicate(the deaf)it has become a very useful tool.Online communication via discussion forums and synchronous text can offer an increased sense of community and cohesion for students in online education. Online education environments and the communication that supports them encourage and support inquiries team projects and problem solving skills.

With all the advantages of text-based real-time chat come disadvantages which have been reported in the media.People have the ability to talk to people all over the world but sometimes you may not know the person your talking with. People have found ways to misuse text-based real-time chat and because of these people security and monitoring has been put in place to stop these from accuring.As the technology gets more advanced so do the people who misuse these programs.

"Close to 12 billion instant messages are being sent everyday worldwide,according to IDC. comscore media metrix reports that there are more than 300 million people across the globe--and more than 80 million Americans--who regularly use instant messaging as a quick and convenient communications tool."(Gene J.koprowski)

Annotations

Computer industry Almanac in January 2006
http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0305.htm

The computer industry Almanac is basically a website that shows the statistics of how many computers are in use in the world today.

Technewsworld in October 2005
www.technewsworld.com/story/47270.html

Technewsworld is a website that's is set up just like a newspaper and has all the latest news on all things technology ranging from computer parts and accessories to news about major computer companies, it has articles on the future of computers,gaming,nanotechnology,biometrics plus mobile phones and GPS. and all sorts of other useful information for any computer lover.

BIBLOGRAPHY
Computer Industry Almanac inc January 2006, Retrieved 29 July 2008
Http://www.c-i-a.com/pr0305.htm

Technewsworld October 2005, Retrieved 30 July 2008
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/47270.html

Net 11 the internet:Communications module 5 Concepts 2008/Curtin university
http://webct.curtin.edu.au/SCRIPT/305033_b/scripts/serve_home

Concept 7: Netiquette

Good communication practice on the Internet is not something one 'learns', but something one 'practices' so as to teach others, less familiar than yourself, how it is done.

Netiquette on the Internet is basically being good and polite during the conversations you have online. Netiquette is a common kertusy, treating people how they should be treated. Having good netiquette will ensure you have alot of fun with the Internet and you Will also endure other people do as well.


Perhaps the most shocking thing is how many people on the Internet change the way they are and behave differently than they would normally behavior in a face to face encounter.
Maybe this is because on the Internet you can be anyone, which can result in bad netiquette.

"Rule #1

Respect everyone online. Do not spread rumors or send hateful or harmful messages. Don't use inappropriate and offensive language.

Rule #2

Think before you type; make sure what you write cannot be misinterpreted. Use emoticons or abbreviations to convey humor, teasing, or other emotions while online.

Rule #3

Avoid spamming. Unwanted junk mail, chain letters, and jokes can be annoying and time consuming.

Rule #4

Use the KISS principle - Keep It Simple Silly. Be short and to the point in both e-mails and in chat rooms.

Rule #5

Don't type in all CAPITAL letters. This is considered shouting by the online community.

Rule #6

Don't be pest and annoy people while online. People may have work to do and can't continue to communicate with you at that particular time."

Mike ryter ( 2000 )

To make people aware of good netiquette its is always a good idea to set on example by practicing good netiquette yourself and hopefully others will follow your lead.

"Sharing your knowledge is fun. It's a long-time net tradition. And it makes the world a better place." Virgina Shea ( 1994 )


The overall concept of netiquette and applying it on a daily basis on the Internet should be that all those advanced Internet users out there need to create an example for the less experience to allow for a safe and friendly online environment for all to use.Providing safe and useful information the Internet is a sensible way of encouraging good netiquette on the Internet.

I guess in today's society the Internet and all of its wonders has become the norm for most people and as long as the people out there stick to netiquette and be careful of dangerous predators or criminal behavior we should all have a happy and enjoyable time using the Internet.


Just remember good netiquette = the best experience possible on the Internet.

Annotations
Netiquette-Safety in the Internet April 2000
Http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/r/ryter_m/safety/netique.html
Mike ryter set up this website dedicated to Internet and its safety for Ramapo College's
Masters' Program in Educational Technology so that parents,students and educators know about Internet safety. its has good information about netiquette and safety surfing the Internet and is very informative.

Netiquette-the core rules of netiquette May 1994
Http://www.albion.com/netiquette/rule6.html
Virginia shea is the writer of a book called netiquette and has been a student of human nature all her life. She attended Princeton University and has worked in Silicon Valley since the mid-1980s. She now lives in Sunnyvale, California, with her husband and their four cats. She can be found prowling on the USENET newsgroup rec.pets.cats, on America Online and at the Internet address ms.netiquette@albion.com.

BIBLOGRAPHY
Mike ryter safety on the Internet April 2000,Retrieved 31 July 2008
Http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/r/ryter_m/safety/netique.html

Virginia shea the core rules of the Internet may 1994,Retrieved 1 august 2008
Http://www.albion.com/netiquette/rule6.html

Net 11 the internet:Communications module 5 Concepts 2008/Curtin university
http://webct.curtin.edu.au/SCRIPT/305033_b/scripts/serve_home



Concept 26: privacy and security

The Internet is a profoundly ‘open’ system and advanced Internet users are cautious about either accepting or sending material from and to unknown sources and are careful in releasing information about themselves in any form. Conceptually, the Internet challenges us to take greater responsibility for the protection of privacy and security than perhaps we are used to when dealing with the media.

The Internet is a vast and wounderious thing and is not, in alot of ways, a very private place. People who are using the internet in tidays society needs to be aware and take the necessary steps to protecting not olny there personal settings but the computer itself.People need to protect from all sorts of things ranging from spam and unwanted emails to virus and trojans to finacial theft and other illegal things. The need is to recongnize the risks and to take steps to prevent any information getting on to the internet and to prevent invasion of your computer itself.


One if the biggest problems on the internet today is finacial fraud and theft, a person should never give finacial details over the internet unless ensured they are using an encryped program.An encryption program scrambles private information to prevent unauthorized accessed.Two ways to see if it secure is

ONE:in the bottom right hand corner of your screen you would see an icon like a key or lock

Two: your url should start with https//. The 's' indicates a secured or encrypted status.

"Shield Yourself From Swindles--Scams Involving Checks, ATMs, and the 'Net"( Kellie Halder , CUNA staff 2006)

Probably the most other widely used security problem is the virus. These can be annoying and also quite costly to alto of people. Viruses are used for alot of different reasons such as corrupting data, slowing down networks and collecting personal information. The problem with viruses is they can be anywhere from a website you have visited to a program the you have downloaded and they can even be attached to emails that are sent to you which is called spam. There are many different types of viruses out there.

ONE: TROJANS OR TROJAN HORSES
they are programs that pretend to be software and when downloaded causes harm to your computer by corrupting data

TWO:WORMS
worms are annoying viruses that can spread between computers. As it spreads it creates alot of traffic , slowing down the internet or causing computers to crash.

THREE:SPAM
spam is computer junk. spam can include free drugs, get rich quick schemes and anything that may seem strange or out of the ordinary.

The most effective way to deal with this is using virus protection software. Anti-virus software is designed to keep all the viruses out, but you must be aware to keep it up to date because new viruses are made on a regular bases and because of this you want to have the best protection possible.One of the best programs i have found in protecting my own computer is AVG free 8.0.

"Treat your password like your toothbrush. Don't let anybody else use it, and get a new one every six months." (clifford Stoll )

Top ten lists of measures to ensure your safety:

1. Use a strong anti-virus package and make sure that you keep it updated so that all viruses can be caught and killed before they infect your computer.
2. Use e-mail filtering to try and prevent the amount of spam you receive.
3. Only run software from trusted sources.
4. Scan your computer regularly using Internet security software.
5. Never trust e-mails that appear to come from your bank asking for your bank details - your bank will never request that you to fill these in via e-mail.
6. Do not follow links in e-mails purporting to come from financial organizations.
7. When sending important data via e-mail make sure that you encrypt the e-mail and/or the message before sending it so if it is intercepted your data is still secure. You can encrypt your data using free software such as: Steganos Freecrypt.
8. Install a firewall so that the traffic going to and from the Internet is filtered and any unsolicited connection requests are blocked.
9. Password protect your bookmarks and clear your browsing history to ensure that your online activity is kept private.
10. Use shredder software to ensure that all your sensitive data is totally overwritten and no trace is left on your computer.(Aston fallen)
    

Annotations
sysprog.net/Clifford stoll
http://www.sysprog.net/quotsec.html

Clifford Stoll is a U.S. astronmer,computer expert,and author.He recieved his Ph.D from university of arizona in 1980.Stoll has written three books as well as technology articles in the non-specialist press.The most famous of these was Silicon Snake Oil which was written in 1995 and Stoll raised questions about the influence of the Internet on future society and whether it would be beneficial. Along the way, he makes various predictions, calling e-commerce unviable due to a lack of personal contact.

Kellie Haldernt>,CUNA staff 2006
http://www.affinitywestfcu.org/financial_safety.htm

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA) is the premier national trade association serving credit unions. Ninety percent of America’s credit unions are affiliated with CUNA.and kellie halder works for them.

BIBLOGRAPHY
West works credit union/kellie halder 2006,retrieved 6 august 2008
http://www.affinitywestfcu.org/financial_safety.htm

Viruses and spam what you need to know 2001,2003,2004,retrieved 6 august 2008
Http://www.sophos.com/sophos/docs/eng/comviru/viru_ben.pdf

Internet security quotations/Clifford Stoll Retrieved 6 august 2008
http://www.sysprog.net/quotsec.html

Computer times may 2007/Retrieved 6 august 2008
Http://computertimes.com/mayo7article10stepsforinternetsafert.htm

Net 11 the internet:Communications module 5 Concepts 2008/Curtin university
http://webct.curtin.edu.au/SCRIPT/305033_b/scripts/serve_home


Concept 23: Human-Computer interfaces

The Internet lessens the recognition of difference between humans and computers because, at a distance, it is often feels similar to communicate and act on the Internet regardless of whether one is speaking with a human or a machine.

The world is moving at about a million mile an hour and every year technology gets better and better, Its not my aim to surprise or shock you but the simplest way i can summarize is to say that there are now in the world machines that can think,that can learn and create. Moreover, their ability to do these things is going to increase rapidly until in a visable future the range of problems they can handle with be coextensive with the range to which the human mind has been applied.

I think humans in todays society have come to depend on technology for a variety of different things such as bussiness,space travel,entertainment machines and medical perpases.

"Scientist announced a device that can be placed in a pacemaker and will call your doctor whenever you are having heart trouble. When told about it, Dick Cheney said, "I can't afford those kind of phone bills." (Conan Obrien )

An example of technology helping to improve the qaulity of life is the pace maker.
Thousands of people world wide have come to depend on this technology to sustain life which begs the question how long until we have made machines to smart?.

It makes me think about a scene in the Matrix Reloaded when neo is talking to councillar harmann.

"Councillar harmann: Down here, sometimes i think about all thise people still plugged into the matrix and when i look at these machines i...i cant help thinking that in a way we are plugged into them."

"Neo: but we control these machines,they dont control us."

There are already the begginings of AI out there,such as the Guardian UGV Robot which is a security robot that is fully autonomus and relys on GPS to move around freely. Also i saw on the news the other night a robot in london that responds to touch,sound etc and has a heartbeat. Many things we use today are human to machine contact,we accept that machines are doing everyday things.

"The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers." (Sydney J.Harris)

In the instance of online video games people are playing with such advanced AI that you dont really know the differance at times there are"bots" everywhere.
MSN and alot of other chat programs and chatrooms use bots to monita chat rooms for bad language and rude and abusive behavier. Bots are even used theses days to cheat at online cosino games where the bot acts like a human by betting and winning money,in this regard some technology is bad. But i guess in the grand sceame of things technology is only as bad as its makers or the way in which it is used.

"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."(bill gates)

Annotations
Conan O'brien/American late night television
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/scientist-announced-a-device-that-can-be-placed/349678.html

Conan Christopher O'Brien born april 18 1962 is a emmy award winning irish-american television host and comedian best known as host of NBCs late night with Conan O'brien.

Bill gates/Microsoft
http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/topicquote/technology

William Henry Gates III born october 28 1955 an american bussiness magnete and is the third richest person in the world and founder of microsoft a comapany he created with paul allen.During his career at Microsoft, Gates held the positions of CEO and Chief software arcitect, and remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 9 percent of the common stock. He has also authored or co-authored several books.

BIBLOGRAPHY
Conan O'brien/American late night television/Retrieved 7 august 2008
http://thinkexist.com/quotation/scientist-announced-a-device-that-can-be-placed/349678.html

The matrix reloaded/wakoski brothers 2003/retrieved 7 august 2008
Http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0234215/quotes

Quotation garden 2007/retrieved 6 august 2008
Http://www.quotegarden.com/technology.html

Said what? Quotations 2007/Retrieved 7 august 2008
http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/topicquote/technology

Net 11 the internet:Communications module 5 Concepts 2008/Curtin university
http://webct.curtin.edu.au/SCRIPT/305033_b/scripts/serve_home

MODULE 4 TASKS

Tools for using the Web

For this i only really needed to download adobe reader and the offline browser/copier-webcopier as i already had the rest that i was asked to get.
I found adobe is a great program for reading the pdf files and having it installed makes life easier now cause before i was having trouble reading sertain things on the net but now i have this installed im able to open up alot more stuff.
the webcopier browser is the one i chose i found it alot easier to understand and navigate,im still in the process of learning how to use it properly tho.But having said that i can see that it will be usful for web dsigner as they can get a page and edit it offline.

Searching the web

As weird as it sounds for this part of this task the word i chose to look up using google was "sex" mainly because even tho alot of people think its filth it would have to be the most used word in a search engine on the internet, and according the the hits i got i could be right lol because i ended up with 859,000,000 pages full of sites (Popular word ha).
After doing the above i used Copernic to do a search on the sound word and oddly enough i only got 68 results and from what i could tell most of the results were for romantic vacations and stuff rather than just flat porn sites like on the google search im not entirley sure why i only got 68 results maybe i didnt do the search right i dont know but its clear that google had the most results, which could be why its the most used search engine in the world.

Boolean searching task

I like this whole boolen things using or,and,not its kinda interesting to know that these simple words can change everything in a search. firstly i did a search for sex or porn and thinking i would get a more hits than last time i was shocked to only get about a million hits. next i used the "and" term yet again not as many results as the first time but still got a few well 4 million to be exact lol and last i use the "not" term. with this i did notice that the results were more sex heatlth and stuff than smut but still only got 1,400,000. But i will probably use the whole idea of boolean logic in the future.

Organising search information task

For this task i used the word "sex" mostly cause i think its the most used word on the net
and i used google to find my results and this is an image of that.

The Reason i chose to use google is easy its cause i use google to search for everything really cause i find it an easy tool to use and usually has awsome search results.

Evaluating the Web

This task i have to say did totally confuse me and i honestly dont know if this is right but i guess you have to give it a go and do your best right, basically the site im gonna anotate is Sex From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
The main sections of this site include biological sex,Sexual reproduction,Sex determination and Sexual dimorphism. The site is a basic description of the differant types of sex in the world from humans to anmials and plant life and is actually a very interesting read. From what i can tell the site was set up for research for people doing essays and such for school,uni or work.
1.in terms of your own future use, which 'body ' of information (ie. the original 'snapshot' of the site, or your own, annotated, analytical version) would be most useful to refer back to? I actually dont think theres a right or wrong answer to this question it all depends on the person but both are good the origanal giving the most information and your annotated version giving the basics of what you need. but me personally would use the snapshot just cause thats where all the info is.
2.In term of external users (i.e. if you included this site as a hyperlink or resource on a website) which body of information would best help them judge if the site was useful or of interest to them? I guess this would all depend of what the person was researching in the first place, but in regards to mine for example i would have the site hyperlink then anottated bit explaining what the site researches exactly.

MODULE 3 TASKS

HTML TAGS

I can honestly say i didn't really have much difficulty doing this and i really enjoyed it to, learning all the different tags to use to make up a website it fun but also abit daunting cause there are alot to remember. I did really feel like i had achieved something when i had finished and it did make we feel a hole lot brighter for doing it as well. I think there is a big difference between HTML and blogging mostly because blogging is a site usually set up for you and u just add things like images and text, but HTML is more you can literally make a page look how u want it down to the littlest detail if you know the right tags that is plus this site I'm using for blogging didn't someone have to use HTML or something similar to even create this site in the first place. so yeah in my opion i prefer HTML and i wanna learn as much of it as possible lol its just remembering it all is the problem haha wish me luck.

WWW STANDARDS

Five things people should know when designing and writing on a website, as shown in Jakob Nielsens 1997 reading on the web article.www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
I think everything he stated in the article is still valid,people dont want lots of boring reading they want to be able to brush over a site and know what its all about.
I ran my blog site through the HTML validator on the w3 website and ended up with 308 errors which to me seems like a lot i did a scan down of the errors and here are an example of a few.Multiple comments in comment declaration,There is no attribute"name,description,type,default.Element variable undefined etc. I have to be honest with u when i say reading all this to me at the moment looks like gibberish but I'm guessing that the tags in the html code arnt regeristing properly or something.I guess thetas what happens when you do it the blog may without actually doing the HTML yourself. it looks like a lot of it was display type stuff.
When i think about it long and hard and read all the copyrighted stuff i probably have put up pictures or text that could be called copyright but I'm pretty sure most of it I've referenced to(at least i hope so anyway) but it does raise a good question about if i was to add the curtin logo to my page would that be copyright i think yes it would IF your didn't add some sort of reference stateing what it is and where is from, also i think you could get away with it if it was like an affiliate link to that website itself. still it makes me think hard about what to put on my page, it would suck to innocently put something up without realising its copyright then get in trouble for it.

FTP
This is a link to my website ive made its still being worked on but its a start anyway.
crimsonstar8.freehostia.com

BLOG

Blogs have been an interesting thing to explore and there are so many different ones out there,about all types of topics ranging from politics to video games haha actually there is one amusing blog i did find where a guy recalls his accounts of when he had a tape worm lol but the way he tells it is really funny haha i reakon you guys should check it out at. www.fray.com/drugs/worm/

WEB 2.0

The difference between the internet communications blinklist and the HTML version are pretty easy to spot because one is actually set out like a nice website with images and links but the HTML version is just basically a list of links on a plain white background which to me seems really boring but probably alittle easier to navigate id have to say.although you would probably benefit more from the blinklist because it just seems to have alot more there not only does it have the links to blogs etc it also has links to ads and stuff to.

Ned 11 Module 2 tasks

EMAIL TASK


1: What information about a user's email, the origin of a message, and the path it took, can you glean from an email message?

An email address to me is like a drivers licence or passport it is basically your personal identification, mostly u can pretty much get a fair idea about where emails come from just from the address itself, firstly alot of people use there own names as the username which gives u a name, second the domain name gives u a general idea of what service they are using to email such as yahoo,hotmail,gmail or even the outlook express on a windows computer and where abouts in the world the mail came from. example .com,.com.au,.net etc.

2: In what cases would you find it useful to use the 'cc', 'bcc' and 'reply all functions of email?

I guess the biggest use for cc and bcc and reply all would be for big bussines,
so they can send company newsletters,memos etc. but i generally alot of ppl use the reply all feature especially for those funny emails that get sent around alot, i use cc if i find something on the net i wanna show a friend or such. bcc would be used by ppl not wanting everyone knowing what there sending ppl i guess me personalily ive never used it.

3: In what ways can you ensure that an attachment you send will be easily opened by the receiver?

Firstly if u can find out if the recipeant of your email has the software needed to open whatever it is your sending. If u dont know if the recipeant has the software they would need to read your file the best option is to send it in a format such as plain text (ASCII) or rich text file, RTF at least this way you can be sure whatever your sending can be looked at. Also a good tip to is if u have a large file that needs sending try to archive or zip it which is basically compressing the file down to fit.
Also it can be a good idea just to mention in the subject that u have attached a file and what format its in atleat that way the aother person has some idea what they need to view it.

4:What sorts of filters or rules do you have set up, and for what purpose?

Basically a filter is exactly what is says it makes you able to filter messages and moce them to where ever you want or to even let you know whats spam.whats dangerous and whats not. u can do this in the tools section of most emailing applications and you will usually get 3 main options to choose through which are.
"Select the condition of your rule" Select the actions of your rule" and "Rule description" ok so pretty much with "condition" you can specify if the email has specific people in the subject line or body, or specfic words. in the rule actions part you can tell it to move to another folder.forward to another person,copy or delete and the rule desription part shows u what u have done. example "apply this rule after the message arrives where the from line contains specific words move to the specified folder.

5:How have you organised the folder structure of your email and why?

Haha good question lol i use hotmail and to be honest dont really change any of the settings lol i should prop think about doing that.

LISTS

1:What are the pros and cons of email lists versus discussion boards?

From my experience there isnt really many pros and cons between these two there pretty much the same, the only real differance that i can tell is that newsgroups are decentralized so it uses many different servers all over the world. Discussion boards however are only set up using the one server by the person who usually created the discussion board itself.

2:Are there certain kinds of communication or purposes more suited to one than the other?

There are many kinds of communication such as email,newsgroups,dicussion boards,instant messaging services etc it all depends on the person which of these is suited to who like email for example is comonly used by everyone but also doesnt always get a responce straight away. instant messaging is a good one for people who want to talk in real time, newsgroups and dicussion boards dont have the speed like instant messaging but alos have differeant topics to choose from so all in all i guess its only really up to people to decide.

NEWSGROUPS

This task i have to honestly say frudtrated the hell out of me, because first i tryed using outlook but my computer wouldnt let me do that every time i tryed to send a message my computer went spastic. I ended up going to google groups and finding a newsgroup there, i found an xbox 360 newsgroup and posted this message.

From: Punksta24
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Jun 16 2008 5:44 pm
Subject: Looking Forward to!!

Hey was just curious what games people out there are looking forward to on the xbox 360 coming soon, me personally i cant wait for Rock band and fable 2 to come out here in Australia and also gears of war 2 is another. i actually just got nija guiden 2 and totally recoment it to anyone who enjoyed the original game.

CHAT

Ok now this task was right up my ally im a constant user of MSN mostly but have used things like ICQ and other chat devices in the past. but im going to talk about MSN ive spoken to a few people and most of us agree that MSN is one of the most used chat services on the internet, probaly becuase you get it free with every computer you buy that has Windows installed.

Now most comanly youll know MSN straight away from this little image here.

The different colours/symbols representing different things such as Green-Online,Green with clock-Be right back/Away/Out to lunch,Green with red and white dot-Busy/In a call and of course the Grey-Offline/Signout. Now this is what the main area looks like on msn.

This is where all your friends are and where u can see who is online or not,it also has a cool little feature that i use which takes you straight to your email.There are all sorts of adverts up the side to check out to. up the top is where youir name is which u can change to anything u like for that day and underneath an area so u can give a personal message.

Now once you see someone online u wanna talk to its just a matter of double clicking and a chat windows appears alowwing you to chat to that person. its also is able to see pictures and also webcam if available as pictured below.

I have to honestly say i found this task kinda boring only cause i already now all this stuff cause ive been doing it for years.

and in answering the questions in the group task after some hefty discussion, ive decided there isnt alot of differance with each chat system they all over the same thing except some are alot easier to use than others. i personally prefer MSN but thats cause ive always used ti so thats what im used to.ICQ isnt a bad program but i find it difficult to use and the same goes for AIM.

NET 11 The Internet : Communications Module 1

TASK A

This was actually a really cool thing to do, ive never even used Telenet or anything like this before ever and found being able to hook up to the library to look for a Author was really cool, i struggled at first but i had some help to figure it out (Thanx fiona).

But This is what i ended up doing, First i clicked on the start menu and then hit search and looked for telnet once i found it i opened up the application and this was the screen that i first saw.

At this screen i typed a ''o'' and then the word ''To'' poped up in brackets. I then typed in the address which was library.deakin.edu.au which took me to this screen.

Once at this screen there was a bunch of differnt options,but the one i needed was the first one with was the Author,so i typed in A and was taken to yet another screen ( are u still following lol) and this is what i saw.

This page is were i Typed in the authors name. The authors name was Bennaham, and once this was done a screen poped up showing the books written by the author,and then i was given the option to print,so i pressed p and typed in my Curtin email and these details were emailed to me.

TASK B

OK this was the coolest thing lol, now task a i thought yeah was cool but seemed abit boring and all but once i checked out this i couldnt stop laughing it cool. basically what i did was in the telnet page as on the first image above i typed in towel.blinkenlights.nl. I totally didnt now what to ecpect but what came up made me laugh so hard, Basically its a really low budget version of starwars episode 4 a new hope the movie lol. Iooking at it just makes me think how hard that would have been to do. its well worth the watch u can either do what ive done as above or heres a link to a site which plays it straight out. http://www.asciimation.co.nz/

File Transfer Protocol (FTP)

I was actually really surprised how easily i was able to do this considering i had no idea what i was doing. Filezilla ia a really good program and very easy to use if anyone is interested in getting Filezilla go to this website:http://filezilla-project.org/ and its a quick download and your done.

This is the main page of the Filzilla program.

When u first open it you might look at it and go ''ok what now'' but its actually pretty easy to figure out. First of the look for the Host box in the top left corner,once youve found that type in the site and click on the quickconnect button on the right.

The site i was looking for was Recall.curtin.edu.au as this is a project im doing for uni.

After Typing in the site i was after the program quickly got to work finding what i was after as shown below.



Notice how some files now are seen in the right hand boxes on the screen, in my case it was a file saying Anonymous,once i clicked on the file 2 files showed up one saying MSC and the other saying ROB i opend these up and had abit of a look thru and there are all sorts of different files and images in them.

but the one im looking for is just a file called readme. i clicked on the file and saved it to my computer.

'CAPITALIZATION MATTERS'
This is what was written in the file.


I personaly really enjoyed this task i never really relised you could do this until now, i was always a google everything kinda guy lol but i guess this can be an alternative to finding stuff u need good stuff.


INTERNET TOOLS

Now this one was actually really cool but kinda creepy at the same time. the idea that people anywhere can hook into computers all over the world is abit troubling,but routers have secruity so i guess it isnt all bad. so yes basically this task was about tracerouting.I went to the website http://centralops.net/co/ and then got into doing abit of tracing,so i typed in the curtin website and sat back and watched all the little numbers go up.when it finshed it showed a screen like this one below.

So i checked out the results and found that there were 20 hops and it took 249 milliseconds
and from what it looks like it hoped from a few different IPs before settleing on the site i looked for and even displayed the IP which was 134.7.179.53 which i thought was pretty cool.

So after doing the trace from before i decided to go this this other side and see if there was any differance with the 2.http://network-tools.com/ this ones outcome was alittle different as shown below.

Basically the differance was that with this trace it only took 18 hops not 20 and took 267 milliseconds which i found cool. Im gonna keep messing around with this and see what other differances i can find so keep a look out for more postings.


Comparing the pings


Basically this was really weird result to me, and for the life of me i cant figure out why the differenance but this is what happened. The picture on the left shows the results for the ping with the program on my computer.

The results when i typed in webct.curtin.edu.com to ping came up with just 5 hops and it only took it about 69 miliseconds to do. But oddly enough when i did the same thing using the net tools website i got a massive differance. the results from the net tools site were 10 hops and 266.6 milliseconds. as shown below.

Im not entirely sure why this one took so much longer, is it because it was searching from a website whereas the other was derect from my computer i mean i guess its possible but im not sure anyway this one left me a little stumped lol .









Traceroute Again

So i did a trace on the Webct.curtin.edu.au from the program i downloaded straight from my computer and yet again it got to where it was going alot faster this was done in 14 hops and about 70 milliseconds, so im assuming that if your searching derectly from your computer your cutting out some of the middle man.

Excited about learning some new skills for the futrue

I dont know about anyone else whos doing the same degree as me, but im really excited about doing it. i wanted to get into webpage design stuff for a few years now and never really thought id end up doing it at all,but then open universities came along and changed on that for me. " thanx open universities'' but yeh not really sure what else to say lol so thanx for listening to me dribble on anyway.

Top five tips for new bloggers

Hey Everyone this is my First attemp at blogging so it may be rough but here are my top 5 tips for new bloggers.

1. I guess my first tip would be to research how your going to set up your blog, if your going to just find one of the many sites that provide blogging profiles or create your own.
2. set up your blog to your own persoanal interests as in editing the background,adding pictures, colour font etc.
3. my third tip would prob be do you have a specific use for your blog as in is it for use of a university subject such as mine or more personal such as diary.
4. Try not to offend anybody by what you have written. for sure have your views i guess try to be carefull how you word the stuff u write.
5. Just have fun with it blogging is a great way of letting out frustration or excitment at whatever may be happining in your life.

hopefully all of that made sense lol