Well it’s another summer I’m not going to enjoy. I’m in summer school. I am getting ready to start working again @ school. Life is just getting crazy. I really should have taken a break. This next school year is going to be a busy one. My son is off and on with his potty training. I think that he just gets lazy with it. I am finished with this blog having to deal with school work / for a grade.
Class terms for last week…. May 5, 2008
Decimal Number System-Base 10 number system.
Base- It describes number of digits used.
LSD-Least Significant Digit-is the right most digit is called LSD.
MSD- Most Significant Digit-In decimal number system , the left most digit is called the MSD.
Radix - Another term for base of a # system.
Reset and Carry- in a decimal number system it start from 0 to 9 and then it start all over again from 0.The Binary System is a little difference it start from 0 to 1 and then it start over from 0 again.
The Base and Radix- is the key features that distinguishes one number system fro another.
Reset and Carry- in a decimal number system it start from 0 to 9 and then it start all over again from 0.The Binary System is a little difference it start from 0 to 1 and then it start over from 0 again.
Positional Weight-The position of each digit of a decimal number determines the weight of that digit. A 1 by itself, for instance, is only worth 1, whereas a 1 to the left of three )s makes the 1 woth 1000.
Binary Point- symbol used to seperate the whole from a fraction in a binary #.
Resources:
Introductory Computer Mathematics,
Second Edition,
Nigel P. Cook,
Prentice Hall Publishers
Blog that interests me May 5, 2008
Updated–Excel 2007 Still Can’t Add
Here are some statistics:
Right
OpenOffice 2.3.0 (Linux)
Google Spreadsheets
Zoho Sheets
Wrong
Excel 2007, 2003, 2008 (Mac)
Apple Numbers ‘08
This blog has interesting data. Check it out!!
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/05/excel_2007_stil.html
The (Virtual) Global Office May 5, 2008
The (Virtual) Global Office
Moving beyond Second Life marketing, many companies are infiltrating virtual worlds for employee meetings, mixers, and recruiting
This would be great for single moms. Then they wouldn’t have to go to work for certain meetings and such. There would be less money spent on daycare. I really like this idea!!
Just a little more about potty training…I swear!! April 23, 2008
http://blog.flattenme.com/2007/11/06/for-all-you-parenting-experts-out-there/#comments
This blogs has good tips for me!!!
Technology Article that interests me….. April 23, 2008
Who’s on Top in Tech-Readiness?
The sentence below is very interesting to me…..
The Middle East isn’t known as a hotbed of technological achievement. But in the seventh annual Global Information Technology Report released on Apr. 9 by the Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF) and French management school INSEAD, the region demonstrated the most improvement in its tech-readiness and expertise of any in the world.
Some things we discussed in class on 4-21 April 23, 2008
We discussed the differences between analog and digital data and devices. We discussed linear circuits and what linear was, also the ASCII (American standard code for information interchange) code. A digital signal has 2 levels. The 3 basic blocks within a computer are Microprocessor, Memory, and Input/Output Interface And the functions of converters.
Terms
- ASCII Stands for -American standard code for information interchange
- A Digital signal has two levels.
- CPU stands for central processing unit.
- OHM-is the electric resistance between two points of a conductor
- Multimeter is a device that is able to measure voltages, current and capacitors.
- Analog Circuit is also called a linear circuits, since linear by definition is a variation of an output in direct proportion to the inputs.
- Digitize means to convert an analog signal into a digital signal.
- IC Stands for Integrated Circuit.
- Basic types of signals are analog and digital.
Missing Class April 17, 2008
I have missed class the past 2 weeks because of my son’s illness. I would like to thank my teacher and my fellow classmates for helping me still be involved with the wiki site that we have developed. So if definitions is want you want, then that’s what you’ll get.
Have a good week, everyone!!
Spring Break April 8, 2008
Last week was Spring Break. My potty training started on Wednesday. So far, things are going well. We have only had a few accidents. He was very excited about his potty progress chart, that he got to put stickers on every time he went potty.
