Blackette ~

8/2/12

The Kane Chronicles

So, yeah, I love reading, eventually. And I am totally hooked up to a novel trilogy, which is The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan. Genius and it is and amazing masterpiece! I finished the first and second book, I'm reading the third it's gonna be AWESOME!

The books :

Book 1 : The Red Pyramid

Book 2 : The Throne of Fire

Book 3 : The Serpent's Shadow

To all of you who have read it or is reading it vote in my poll and comment on what you think about the trilogy!

So which is your favourite book?

7/26/12

The Internet (History)

So yeah homework.

I'm gonna tell you the history of the internet which is an important thing in life that modern people in this world use everyday for research, gaming, schoolwork and social networking. So I'm going to tell you the history of the internet and how it got invented.

The internet is short for Inter Connected Network. It connects people to help research, government duties, advertisements, social networking like facebook and etc (which is short for etcetera)

The internte was created back in 1962 after Sputnik has been launched to space 1957. And then there was a company named ARPA and after a few years or so it changed into DARPA and soon it expanded to many countries and started having an important role in a person's life with major websites such as Google, Wikipedia, Facebook, etc. and important websites that help in research and government duties, etc.

Timeline :

1957 – USSR launches Sputnik into space. In response, the USA creates the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA ) with the mission of becoming the leading force in science and new technologies.

1962 – J.C.R. Licklider of MIT proposes the concept of a “Galactic Network.” For the first time ideas about a global network of computers are introduced. J.C.R. Licklider is later chosen to head ARPA's research efforts.

1962 - Paul Baran, a member of the RAND Corporation, determines a way for the Air Force to control bombers and missiles in case of a nuclear event. His results call for a decentralized network comprised of packet switches.

1968 - ARPA contracts out work to BBN. BBN is called upon to build the first switch.

1969 – ARPANET created - BBN creates the first switched network by linking four different nodes in California and Utah; one at the University of Utah, one at the University of California at Santa Barbara, one at Stanford and one at the University of California at Los Angeles.

1972 - Ray Tomlinson working for BBN creates the first program devoted to email.

1972 - ARPA officially changes its name to DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.

1972 - Network Control Protocol is introduced to allow computers running on the same network to communicate with each other.

1973 - Vinton Cerf working from Stanford and Bob Kahn from DARPA begin work developing TCP/IP to allow computers on different networks to communicate with each other.

1974 - Kahn and Cerf refer to the system as the Internet for the first time.

1976 - Ethernet is developed by Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe.

1976 – SATNET, a satellite program is developed to link the United States and Europe. Satellites are owned by a consortium of nations, therby expanding the reach of the Internet beyond the USA.

1976 – Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom, sends out an email on 26 March from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) in Malvern.

1976 - AT& T Bell Labs develops UUCP and UNIX.

1979 - USENET, the first news group network is developed by Tom Truscott, Jim Ellis and Steve Bellovin.

1979 - IBM introduces BITNET to work on emails and listserv systems.

1981 - The National Science Foundation releases CSNET 56 to allow computers to network without being connected to the government networks.

1983 - Internet Activities Board released.

1983 - TCP/IP becomes the standard for internet protocol.

1983 - Domain Name System introduced to allow domain names to automatically be assigned an IP number.

1984 - MCI creates T1 lines to allow for faster transportation of information over the internet.

1984- The number of Hosts breaks 1,000

1985- 100 years to the day of the last spike being driven on the Canadina Pacific Railway, the last Canadian university was connected to NetNorth in a one year effort to have coast-to-coast connectivity

1987 - The new network CREN forms.

1987- The number of hosts breaks 10,000

1988 - Traffic rises and plans are to find a new replacement for the T1 lines.

1989- The Number of hosts breaks 100 000

1989- Arpanet ceases to exist

1990 - Advanced Network & Services (ANS) forms to research new ways to make internet speeds even faster. The group develops the T3 line and installs in on a number of networks.

1990 - A hypertext system is created and implemented by Tim Berners-Lee while working for CERN.

1990- The first search engine is created by Mcgill Univeristy, called the Archie Search Engine

1991- U.S greenlight for commerical enterprise to take place on the Internet

1991 - The National Science Foundation (NSF) creates the National Research and Education Network (NREN).

1991 - CERN releases the World Wide Web publicly on August 6th, 1991

1992 – The Internet Society (ISOC) is chartered

1992- Number of hosts breaks 1,000,000

1993 - InterNIC released to provide general services, a database and internet directory.

1993- The first web browser, Mosaic (created by NCSA), is released. Mosaic later becomes the Netscape browser which was the most popular browser in the mid 1990's.

1994 - New networks added frequently.

1994 - First internet ordering system created by Pizza Hut.

1994 - First internet bank opened: First Virtual.

1995 - NSF contracts out their access to four internet providers.

1995 - NSF sells domains for a $50 annual fee.

1995 – Netscape goes public with 3rd largest ever Nasdaq ipo share value

1995- Registration of domains is no longer free.

1996- The WWW browser wars are waged mainly between Microsoft and Netscape. New versions are released quarterly with the aid of internet users eager to test new (beta) versions.

1996 – Internet2 project is initiated by 34 universities

1996 - Internet Service Providers begin appearing such as Sprint and MCI.

1996 - Nokia releases first cell phone with internet access.

1997- (Arin) is established to handle administration and registration of IP numbers, now handled by Network Solutions (IinterNic)

1998- Netscape releases source code for Navigator.

1998-Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) created to be able to oversee a number of Internet-related tasks

1999 - A wireless technology called 802.11b, more commonly referred to as Wi-Fi, is standardized.

2000- The dot com bubble bursts, numerically, on March 10, 2000, when the technology heavy NASDAQ composite index peaked at 5,048.62

2001 - Blackberry releases first internet cell phone in the United States.

2001 – The spread of P2P file sharing across the Internet

2002 -Internet2 now has 200 university, 60 corporate and 40 affiliate members

2003- The French Ministry of Culture bans the use of the word "e-mail" by government ministries, and adopts the use of the more French sounding "courriel"

2004 – The Term Web 2.0 rises in popularity when O'Reilly and MediaLive host the first Web 2.0 conference.

2004- Mydoom, the fastest ever spreading email computer worm is released. Estimated 1 in 12 emails are infected.

2005- Estonia offers Internet Voting nationally for local elections

2005-Youtube launches

2006- There are an esitmated 92 million websites online

2006 – Zimbabwe's internet access is almost completely cut off after international satellite communications provider Intelsat cuts service for non-payment

2006- Internet2 announced a partnership with Level 3 Communications to launch a brand new nationwide network, boosting its capacity from 10Gbps to 100Gbps

2007- Internet2 officially retires Abilene and now refers to its new, higher capacity network as the Internet2 Network

2008- Google index reaches 1 Trillion URLs

2008 – NASA successfully tests the first deep space communications network modeled on the Internet. Using software called Disruption-Tolerant Networking, or DTN, dozens of space images are transmitted to and from a NASA science spacecraft located about more than 32 million kilometers from Earth

2009 – ICANN gains autonomy from the U.S government

2010- Facebook announces in Februrary that it has 400 million active users.

2010 – The U.S House of Representatives passes the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (H.R. 4061)

Source : http://www.investintech.com/content/historyinternet/ and my textbook (thankyou!)

5/4/12

CHORDS! (Part 1)

Hi, I'm back. Once again posting~

So I like playing the guitar

And I finally want to do some good deeds

I'm going to post some chords!

Specifically songs from the album "Speak Now" by Taylor Swift

Here you go! Enjoy!

ENCHANTED

Intro: G, E, C, G

There I was again tonight

Forcing laughter, faking smiles

C G

Same old tired, lonely place

Walls of insincerity

Shifting eyes and vacancy

C G

Vanished when I saw your face

C E D

All I can say, is it was enchanting to meet you

You're eyes whispered 'have we met?'

Cross the room, your silhouette

C G

Starts to make its way to me

The playful conversation starts

Counter all your quick remarks

C G

Like passing notes in secrecy

C E D

And it was enchanting to meet you

C E D

All I can say was I was enchanted to meet you

C E

This night is sparkling

D C

Don't you let it go

I'm wonder-struck

D C

Blushing all the way home

E D C

I'll spend forever wondering if you knew

E D G

I was enchanted to meet you

The lingering question kept me up

2 AM, who do you love?

C G

I wonder till I'm wide awake

And now I'm pacing back and forth

Wishing you were at my door

C G

I'd open up and you would say 'hey'

C E D

It was enchanting to meet you

C E D

All I know is I was enchanted to meet you

[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/taylor-swift/253278.html ]

C E

This night is sparkling

D C

Don't you let it go

I'm wonder-struck

D C

Blushing all the way home

E D C E D

I'll spend forever wondering if you knew, ooh

C E

This night is flawless

D C

Don't you let it go

I'm wonder-struck

D C

Dancing around all alone

E D C

I'll spend forever wondering if you knew

E D G

I was enchanted to meet you

Solo: G, E, C, G, G, E, C, D

C E

This is me praying that this was the very first page

D C

Not where the storyline ends

My thoughts will echo your name

D C

Until I see you again

E D C

These are the words I held back as I was leaving too soon

E D

I was enchanted to meet you

G E

Please, don't be in love with someone else

C E D

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you

G E

Please, don't be in love with someone else

C E D

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you

C E

This night is sparkling

D C

Don't you let it go

I'm wonder-struck

D C

Blushing all the way home

E D C D

I'll spend forever wondering if you knew

C E

This night is flawless

D C

Don't you let it go

I'm wonder-struck

D C

Dancing around all alone

E D C

I'll spend forever wondering if you knew

E D

I was enchanted to meet you

G E

Please, don't be in love with someone else

C E

Please, don't have somebody waiting on you

MINE

Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7

You were in college working part time waiting tables

Cadd9 G Dsus4

Left a small town, never looked back

Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7

I was a flight risk with a fear of falling

Cadd9 G Dsus4

Wondering why we bother with love if it never lasts

C G D C G

I say can you believe it?

D C G

As we're lying on the couch

The moment I could see it

C G D

Yes, yes, I can see it now

C G

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water

D Em D

You put your arm around me for the first time

C G

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

D Em D C

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7

Flash forward and we're taking on the world together

Cadd9 G Dsus4

And there's a drawer of my things at your place

Cadd9 G Dsus4 Em7

You learn my secrets and you figure out why I'm guarded

Cadd9 G Dsus4

You say we'll never make my parents' mistakes

C G D

But we got bills to pay

C G D

We got nothing figured out

C G D

When it was hard to take

C G D

Yes, yes, this is what I thought about

C G

Do you remember we were sitting there by the water

D Em D

You put your arm around me for the first time

C G

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

D Em D

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

C G

Do you remember all the city lights on the water

D Em D

You saw me start to believe for the first time

C G

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

D Em D

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

C G D Em C G D

Em C

And I remember that fight, two thirty AM

You said everything was slipping out of our hands

Em C D

I ran out crying and you followed me out into the street

C G D

Braced myself for the goodbye

C G D

'Cause that's all I've ever known

C G D

And you took me by suprise

C G D C

You said I'll never leave you alone

You said

C G

I remember how we felt sitting by the water

D Em D

And every time I look at you it's like the first time

C G

I fell in love with a careless man’s careful daughter

She is the best thing that’s ever been mine

C G

Hold on, we can make it last

D Em D

Hold on, never turn back

C G

You made a rebel of a careless man's careful daughter

You are the best thing that's ever been mine

C G D

(Hold on) Do you believe it?

C G D

(Hold on) We’re gonna make it now

C G D

(Hold on) And I can see it

C G D

Yeah, yeah (I can see it now, see it now, see it now)

MEAN

Am G

You, with your words like knives

C F

And swords and weapons that you use against me,

Am G

You, have knocked me off my feet again,

Got me feeling like I’m nothing.

Am G

You, with your voice like nails on a chalkboard

C F

Calling me out when I’m wounded.

Am G F

You, pickin’ on the weaker man.

Well you can take me down,

C F G

With just one single blow.

But you don’t know, what you don’t know,

C G Am F

Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city,

C G F

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

C G Am F

Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me,

C G F

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

Am G

You, with your switching sides,

C F

And your walk by lies and your humiliation

Am G

You, have pointed out my flaws again,

As if I don’t already see them.

Am G

I walk with my head down,

Trying to block you out cause I’ll never impress you

Am G F

I just wanna feel okay again.

I bet you got pushed around,

C F` G

Somebody made you cold,

But the cycle ends right now,

You can’t lead me down that road,

You don’t know, what you don’t know

C G Am F

Someday, I’ll be living in a big old city,

C G F

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

C G Am F

Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me,

C G F

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

And I can see you years from now in a bar,

Am F

Talking over a football game,

With that same big loud opinion but,

Am F

Nobody’s listening,

G Am C F

Washed up and ranting about the same old bitter things,

G Am C F

Drunk and grumbling on about how I can’t sing.

C G Am F(repeat)

But all you are is mean,

All you are is mean.

And a liar, and pathetic, and alone in life,

And mean, and mean, and mean, and mean

But someday, I’ll be, living in a big old city,

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Yeah,

Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me,

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so ?

Someday, I’ll be, living in a big old city,

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean. Yeah,

Someday, I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me,

And all you’re ever gonna be is mean.

Why you gotta be so mean?

SPARKS FLY

Am F C G x2

Am F

The way you move is like a full on rainstorm

C G

And I'm a house of cards

Am F

You're the kind of reckless that should send me running

C G

But I kinda know that I won't get far

F G

And you stood there in front of me just

C G Am

Close enough to touch

F G

Close enough to hope you couldn't see what I was thinking of

Drop everything now

Meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk

Take away the pain

Am F C G

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby

As the lights go down

C G

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

Am F C G Am F C G

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

Am F

My mind forgets to remind me

C G

You're a bad idea

Am F

You touch me once and it's really something

C G

You find I'm even better than you imagined I would be

F G

I'm on my guard for the rest of the world

C G Am

But with you I know it's no good

And I could wait patiently but

I really wish you would

Drop everything now

Meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk

Take away the pain

Am F C G

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby

As the lights go down

C G

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

Am F C G Am F C G

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

Am F

I run my fingers through your hair

C G

And watch the lights go wild

Am F

Just keep on keeping your eyes on me

C G

It's just wrong enough to make it feel right

Am F

And lead me up the staircase

C G

Won't you whisper soft and slow

Am F C G

I'm captivated by you baby like a fireworks show

Drop everything now

Meet me in the pouring rain

Kiss me on the sidewalk

Take away the pain

Am F C G

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

Get me with those green eyes, baby

As the lights go down

C G

Give me something that'll haunt me when you're not around

Am F C G Am F

'Cause I see, sparks fly whenever you smile

C G Am F C G Am

And the sparks fly, baby smile, and the sparks fly

THE STORY OF US

-Intro-

A Bm Dsus2 G

D A G

I used to think one day we'd tell the story of us

How we met and the sparks flew instantly

A G

People would say, "They're the lucky ones"

D A G

I used to know my place was a spot next to you

Now I'm searching the room for an empty seat

A G

'Cause lately I don't even know what page you're on

A Bm

Oh, a simple complication

D Asus4

Miscommunications lead to fall out

So many things that I wish you knew

So many walls up I can't break through

D Asus4 Em7

Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room

G D

And we're not speaking

Asus4 Em7

And I'm dying to know is it killing you

Like it's killing me?

Bm A D

I don't know what to say since a twist of fate

When it all broke down

Bm A G

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now- Next chapter

A Bm Dsus2 G

D A

How'd we end up this way?

See me nervously pulling at my clothes

And trying to look busy

A G

And you're doing your best to avoid me

D A G

I'm starting to think one day I'll tell the story of us

How I was losing my mind when I saw you here

A G

But you held your pride like you should have held me

A Bm

Oh, we're scared to see the ending

D Asus4

Why are we pretending this is nothing?

I'd tell you I miss you but I don't know how

A -stop

I've never heard silence quite this loud

D Asus4 Em7

Now I'm standing alone in a crowded room

G D

And we're not speaking

Asus4 Em7

And I'm dying to know is it killing you

Like it's killing me?

Bm A D

I don't know what to say since a twist of fate

When it all broke down

Bm A G

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now

A Bm Dsus2 G

D -once G

This is looking like a contest

(G)

Of who can act like they care less

D A G

But I liked it better when you were on my side

D G

The battle's in your hands now

(G)

But I would lay my armor down

Bm A G

If you'd say you'd rather love than fight

So many things that you wish I knew

A -stop

But the story of us might be ending soon

D (2x *fast/stop)

Now I'm standing alone

Asus4 (2x*) G -once G

In a crowded room and we're not speaking

D Asus4 Em7

And I'm dying to know is it killing you

Like it's killing me?

Bm A D

I don't know what to say since a twist of fate

When it all broke down

And the story of us

A G D Asus4

Looks a lot like a tragedy now, now, no-----ow

Em7 G D

And we're not speaking

Asus4 Em7

And I'm dying to know is it killing you

Like it's killing me?

Bm A D

I don't know what to say since a twist of fate

'Cause we're go-ing down

Bm A G ...stop

And the story of us looks a lot like a tragedy now

The End.

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~ Thanks for checking it out

8/2/12

The Kane Chronicles

7/26/12

The Internet (History)

So yeah homework. I'm gonna tell you the history of the internet which is an important thing in life that modern people in this world use everyday for research, gaming, schoolwork and social networking. So I'm going to tell you the history of the internet and how it got invented.

Timeline :

5/4/12

CHORDS! (Part 1)

Hi, I'm back. Once again posting~

So I like playing the guitar

And I finally want to do some good deeds

I'm going to post some chords!

Specifically songs from the album "Speak Now" by Taylor Swift

Here you go! Enjoy!

ENCHANTED

MINE

MEAN

SPARKS FLY

THE STORY OF US

FEEL FREE TO REQUEST SONGS BY COMMENTING BELOW

So yeah homework.

I'm gonna tell you the history of the internet which is an important thing in life that modern people in this world use everyday for research, gaming, schoolwork and social networking. So I'm going to tell you the history of the internet and how it got invented.