Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Reaction: "Warriors of the Net"

"For the first time in history people and machinery are working together, realizing a dream. A uniting force that knows no geographical boundaries. Without regard to race, creed or color. A new era where communication truly brings people together." 
-Tomas Stephanson, Monte Reid

          The movie "Warriors of the Net" is an example of an educational tool that guide us in understanding how the Internet works. Though I already know how to connect myself in the different websites it is amazing to know how the internet works especially in processing my personal activities in its respective websites.


     To give you an overview about this film, here are some of the the characters who plays an important role in this film.



 Transmission Control Protocol

      TCP is a transport layer protocol used by applications that require guaranteed delivery. It is a sliding window protocol that provides handling for both timeouts and retransmissions.

    User Datagram Protocol

          UDP network traffic is organized in the form of datagrams. A datagram comprises one message unit. The first eight (8) bytes of a datagram contain header information and the remaining bytes contain message data.
       Ping of Death
    A flaw in the implementation of networking in some operating systems became well-known and popularized by hackers as a way to crash computers remotely over the Internet. 
                         
    Router
       A hardware device designed to take incoming packets, analyzing the packets and then directing them to the appropriate locations, moving the packets to another network, converting the packets to be moved across a different network interface, dropping the packets, or performing any other number of other actions. 

        I hope that you've also learned something on how internet works through this very brief reaction and overview.

    Tuesday, January 10, 2012

    Application Software: Microsoft PowerPoint

    What is Microsoft PowerPoint?

          PowerPoint is a presentation program developed by Microsoft. It is included in the standard Office suite along with Microsoft Word and Excel. The software allows users to create anything from basic slide shows to complex presentations.

         
         PowerPoint is a presentation software package. With PowerPoint, you can easily create slide shows. PowerPoint is often used to create business presentations, but can also be used for educational or informal purposes.



    What are the Benefits of PowerPoint?       

    1. Bring more energy and visual impact to your presentations.
    2. Work with others without having to wait your turn.
    3. Add a personalized video experience
    4. Imagine just-in-time show and tell.
    5. Access your presentations from more locations and on more devices.
    6. Create high-quality presentations with stunning graphics.
    7. Captivate your audience with new transitions and improved animations.
    8. Organize and print your slides more effectively.
    9. Get things done faster.
    10. Work on multiple presentations and multiple monitors.

      
    Problems With Custom Animation in PowerPoint

        Once presenters begin using animation in their slides, they often get carried away incorporating excessive and extravagant animation. Although this may make creating the presentation more fun, the audience may find it annoyingly distracting. In addition, due to the resolution differences between the computer screen and the projector, animations usually will look better on the computer than they will look during the presentation. Rather than incorporating extravagant animations, make sure you have a rhetorical purpose behind the animation. For example, you can use animations to coordinate the text with your presentation. 

         The presentations are comprised of slides, which may contain text, images, and other media, such as audio clips and movies. Sound effects and animated transitions can also be included to add extra appeal to the presentation. However, overusing sound effects and transitions will probably do more to annoy your audience than draw their attention.