Weird Weather

We got out of school 3 hours early last Friday because of bad weather coming. Earlier in the week the temperatures had been in the single digits with the wind chill hovering near 0! Tomorrow (Tuesday 1/29/13) the temperature is supposed to be near 70, with snow expected again this Friday!!! Why is the weather having such crazy temperature swings?What do you think is happening? Do you believe in global warming?

These temprature swings are something. I can't tell what, maybe global warming, maybe just an anomaly, but whatever it is, it needs to stop. I like it when it is a 28 degree high and a 13 degree low, and stay like that for a week. It may seem too cold for people accustomed to warmer weather, but oh well. This winter is getting my natural clock out of sync, with it being in the teens one day and then in the 60s a few days later. Anyways, after Friday, it will level back to high 30's and low 40's, so that will be nice. This upcomming weather, I hope, will stay consistant. To answer the last question, yes, I do believe in global warming.



I commented on this blog: Ian

Assembling Demo

Do you think you've learned more about your game topic in the process of making this demo? If so, what have you learned and why do you think you've acquired this new knowledge? If not, why not? In what ways do you feel you have taken the process of learning into your own hands? How can you improve your self-learning skills in the future?

I think that while I was making my demo, I didn't learn more about my subject. What I did learn is more of what I am going to do for my game. The reason is that I have learned all that I need to know to make this game and be sucessful about it. I have taken learning into my own hands because I had to learn about my subject, I had to learn about coding, and I had to learning about effective drawing in Flash. In the future, one way to improve is to put more focus on what I am learning, and less skimming.



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Laptop, Desktop, or Tablet

Laptops, desktops, or tablets....which will be used in the future? Which of the three do you think will "win out"?, in other words, which do you think that we will end up using? Why do you think this? Why is one better to use than the others? If you had a preference to use in class, which would it be?

Not this blog again. I did this last year. *sigh* Oh well. I don't know. All three have there purpose and are good, but I think that they will all co-exist with each other. None of these will win out. Each type has their own positives and negatives. For example, laptops are good for travel when you have stuff to do that won't fit a flashdrive. Tablets are not computers to me, but oversized smartphones. They are good for leisure. Desktops are good for real buisness and with gaming. Each one of these works very well with eachother and all have their place in the world. To simply answer the questions, All; none; all of them; because they have their places in society; they each have specific pros and cons, so chose wisely. In class, tablets, with detachable keyboards, but only because it is easier to draw something with a tablet and pen than with a mouse.



I commented on this post: Caitlin

Obama's Inaguration & Oath

Did you relaize that President Obama has taken the Oath of Office four times? How did this happen, he has only been elected two times. Who was the last president that took the Oath of Office four times and what years did this occur?

Obama took the oath of office for a fourth time because the constitution says that the president has to take the oath of office on January 20th, which is when the outdoor oath is typically taken place. Because it was Sunday, they pushed the outdoor festivities until tomorrow. He would only have taken the oath 3 times, but in 2009, he messed up the outdoor oath, so he had to retake it a second time. The last president to take the oath of office 4 times was FDR. He took the oath in 1933, 1937, 1941, and 1945.



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NY Gun Laws

What are your thoughts on this? Do you agree with these stronger laws or do you think that they are going to far? Do you think these laws are going against peoples' Second Ammendment right or do you agree with the article when it says, “The Second Amendment does not guarantee the right to bear arms to kill innocent firefighters, teachers and children, and that’s the message we have to send.”
At this point, with all of this gun control talk, I don't care anymore. People shouldn't murder, but they will find a way. For example, in China, which as very restrictive gun laws, has seen 10 mass murders at schools by using knives and hammers to inflict the damage. One of them happened on the SAME day as the Sandy Hook massacre. It doesn't matter anymore. Call me cynical, but murder will not go away, and the only reason the prefered murder weapon is handguns is because they are easy to hide and good at killing. If there are no guns, then murder by other means will happen, as it has throughout history. Going back to the questions, the laws, I don't care what they do. As long as they are happy, then nothing else will matter to them. Weapons are not suppose to be used in civilian murders, so it doesn't go against the second ammendment.


I commented on this blog: Caitlin

Facebook

What do you think that the secret that they are about to reveal is? Do you use Facebook? If so, what do you use it for?
I think that the secret that they are revealing is a brand new layout. A layout that will try to compete against twitter and will try to gain users. It will get away of the current layout, which, as of now, is very cluttered. I do use facebook, but mostly just to see what others are doing. I don't post on facebook too often.

I commented on this blog: Austin

Drag and Drop

This is Austin's demo, which near the end, uses drag and drop. I like how he uses drag and drop in his demo. It may not be much, but it keeps the user into the game. Doing this prevents the player from being bored. I also like how the player can't move the main character when you are suppose to get the acid. This helps because the player wouldn't be distracted by moving the character randomly around.