A new binary system could be cats and dogs. The cats represent  zeroes and the dogs represent ones. So if the sequence was catdogcatcatdog the number in binary would be 18.

Blog Post 9... the gaaame

1. The highest level I got to was level 5.
2. The hardest part is how fast you have to do mental math.
3. Yeaah
4. It is exactly the same. You just have the thumb be 1 pointer be 2, middle 4, ring 8, and pinky 16.
5. You can use binary to store data in computers.

One thing I learned is that wires are good conductors. I also learned what a headphone jack was. Finally I learned what a volt was.

I don't really understand what this base number thing means. I am also confused about how a phone can emit sound waves. What is a sound wave?

One thing I would like to know more about is if he gets his hair cut.

So yeaaah

Eliza

I did not find Eliza human like at all. She doesn't know how to properly respond in a human way because she is so limited in the number of responses she is programmed to use.

Give her more varied responses. She is just too limited.

Well its just going to say whatever its programmed to say. So if the author puts emotional responses in, then there are emotional responses. I don't really expect anything when I look at a program.

I don't think computers will ever be better in the field of psychology because they lack any form of empathy. So whoever programmed the computer would automatically be as good as the computer at being a psychologist.

Google

It began as a research project with the two Google boys at Stanford. They found a way to make a faster and more efficient search engine. The superiority of the search engine over competitors like yahoo made it flourish. The company expanded very quickly and now it is one of the biggest in the world.

Initially the google guys thought the company was getting in the way of their academic pursuits so they tried to sell it. But everyone turned them down. They also had the problem of a lack of funding. Luckily, help came in the form of Andy Bechtolshein who invested 100,000 dollars in google to get them off their feet.

Their key to being ahead is a faster more efficient search engine. Basically the key to success is a better product.

They used click rates for links on certain pages and that is how the priorities for certain websites are made.

The Dark Knight

Computers and Africans

Mangbetu art originates in the Zaire region of Africa, land that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  This art uses all four geometric transformations including translations, reflections, rotations, and scaling. The material used is ivory. They carve patterns into the ivory.

Fractiles

Beads Beads Beads!

Beads from those Natives