New Binary System

$= 1
*= 0

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How are you?

Computer Binary Usage

I learned that there is no decimal usage. For example, they consider every number 1-2 as 1, any number 2-3 as 2, and so on. I also learned that an analog signal is a signal that is proportional to the value it represents. Also, binary numbers are longer than any other form of writing the number. I don't understand why two is such a special number. I also don't understand how high voltages and representing them with a wire is dangerous. I would like to know more about representation of voltages and why they are dangerous but also important.

Eliza #8

1. I did not find Eliza to be "human-like" because she doesn't respond to you in ways that a human would. I have never met someone who carries out a conversation like her so I do not think she has qualities of a human.
2. I would try to  make her more like a human by having her hold out a conversation rather than changing the subject or repeating the same questions.
3. I expect that this computer will not have any meaning in those emotional words. I don't think it is possible to make a computer have emotions because it doesn't have a heart or anything that would make the computer feel sad or happy, etc. I expect this computer to be closer to a human than Eliza, but still not close to a human.
4. One day, there is a possibility that computers will be advanced enough to act like humans for some things, but I don't think a computer could ever be a substitute for things like friends, family or anyone that should have emotions. We can't program a computer to feel because it doesn't have the things you need to feel.

The Google Boys #7

1. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Stanford students, invented Google. It started out with just them in the company, but once Google started to become successful, the corporation rapidly increased from two workers to thousands.  

2. Google faces the challenges of competition with other search engines and trying to keep up with the peoples' desires. Engines such as Bing, Safari, FireFox and Yahoo are always competing with Google. It is hard to stay ahead and to be better than all of the other engines. Also, it is difficult for Google to always have what people want. People constantly want more and it is hard for companies ,like Google, to always have the new things the people are asking for.

3. Their key to maintaining their status as the number one search engine is by their accuracy and speed. Apart from others, they make the search process easier and faster.

4. To make the searches faster, they find all of their information by using Google Bot. Google Bot finds and copies every page which leads to the accurate and quick search engine.

Cornrow History

• originated long ago in Africa
• cornrow hair stlyes show 4 different geometric concepts; translation, rotation, reflection, dilation
• ancient
• This clay sculpture with cornrows is from the ancient Nok civilization of Nigeria
• as old as 500 B.C
• Cornrow hairstyles in Africa also cover religion, kinship, status, age, ethnicity, and other attributes of identity. 
• styles ranging from complex curves and spirals to the strictly linear composition 
• The slaves that worked inside the plantation houses were required to present a neat and tidy appearance… so men and women often wore tight braids, plaits, and cornrows 

#4 Beadwork

Basket Weave

Rug Design

Dog Beadwork