Book Report :)

Reading part of Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side is identical to reading any other teen vampire romance novel, they are all interchangeable, with the same characters, same scenarios and same characters. This time, the brooding vampire is new in town and is already the main characters fiancée, unlike in the Twilight series when it takes till the last book for them to get married. This book is not as well written as the Twilight series, but that can be understood seeing as it was only written to be cranked out into the vast world of teen vampire books, in the hope that some unfortunate soul will pick it up. In the end as in Twilight and all other vampire books they fall madly in love.

This book is more based on Dracula then most of the others. The vampire in the book, Vladescu is from Transylvania and actually lives in an ancient gothic castle. He can go out into the sun, and doesn’t sparkle like Edward. He also doesn’t sleep in a coffin, something almost all vampire novels have in common. I suppose, coffin-breath is very bad. He has fangs, but they only appear sometimes and as always he is incredibly tall. In the beginning scene he stands in the rain in his dark trench coat, something which should have sent off a “cheesy book” scene off in everyone’s heads. Even the most die-hard Twilight vampire fans, will –hopefully- scoff at this book, and I am ashamed to say I read the whole thing through, if only in the way you can’t help but turn and look at a car crash.

the fray@!!!

I'm gonna go c da fray with myfriends in september!!!
i am SOOOO happy! i luv the fray

pink...

my friend just came back from vacation for like 2 months. guess wat she did??
got sidebangs and dyed them BRIGHT pink
its c-r-a-z-y...

Wolfram Alpha Review: only for 'mathletes'?

just finished reading "There are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz, its an amazing book about these two boys growing up in the Chicago public housing. I didn't think I would like it but I loved it. The guy who wrote it Alex Kotlowitz is an awesome writer and journalist for the Wall Street Journal. Another WSJ journalist not so much, Carl Bialik's newest article left me fuming.
He wrote about Wolfram Alpha, and while at least he didn't sat it was a "google-killer" like so many other ignorant articles, his was just as oblivious to the wonders of Wolfram Alpha.
Even the title "Sum Help: New search engine for Mathletes" made me scream.
Then he said it was ruining teachers lesson plans, letting students cheat more easily. The only lesson plans that Alpha is ruining is plans by bad teachers. If you don't make your students show their work in Math then they can cheat, in fact, Alpha may even improve teachers, because now they have to work around Wolfram Alpha. Wolfram Alpha helps me with math, I can now check my answers to see if they are right and do them again until I get the right answer. This is helping my math skills.
As for Quote: "some professors fear it will reinforce the 'devaluation of knowledge.'" Who thinks it is bad for anyone who has internet to be able to find answers quick and swiftly? People whose jobs it is to make everything more pompous and seem more difficult than it is because they are trying to save their jobs. And those are the people who fear the 'devaluation of knowledge'.
Carl Bialik, might just be one of them.
His tone throughout the article is scathing and puts the Wolfram Team in the bad guy seat. For example, quote: "The company behind Wolfram Alpha vows to keep expanding and improving it-" "while harried teachers get headaches redesigning tests and homework".
"The team behind (insert villian here) vow to keep expanding" That sounds a little... comic book doesn't it? Joker vs. Batman sorta? But its nor Alpha vs. teachers at all. Alpha will help anyone with internet be able to learn, isn't this something teachers want? Wolfram Alpha wants to make "systematic knowledge immediately computable by anyone" doen't teachers want that to? Shouldn't teachers be joining with Alpha to help make classrooms better? not complain?

Model of evolution in an ecosystem

My science fair website
its a model of evolution in an ecosystem, hope ya like it!

How many people have YOUR name?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 1 or fewer people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

Wolfram Alpha to save the world!

To the list of a-mazing things Alpha can do, now add "Save the world" alright maybe a bit of an exaggeration but possibly human lives "16,005 people were killed in the United States in alcohol-related motor vehicle traffic crashes (BAC of .01 or higher)." well maybe that number will go down because of Alpha.
If you ask Alpha "Am I too drunk to drive?" It lets you calculate by how many drinks you've had, your gender, your weight,etc. Maybe this will stop people from drinking and driving all though, if youre that drunk will you really be sober enough to search it on Alpha? And then not drive? I doubt it but it is a noble try and maybe will save a life or too.

Alpha: Homework Killer

(as you may have noticed I'm pretty into the Wolfram Alpha thing lol)

I've seen all these things saying Alpha is horrible and not as good as google but hasn't anyone realized? Alpha has great potential as a homework killer. For everyone who couldn't buy Mathematica before, now you can get a simpler version for free on the web! I have already learnt so much for example: Did you know a "happy" was a fish? I searched "happy" thinking I would get the word and I got the fish! You learn something everyday....

You can use it for:

• Math (for obvious reeasons and it does algebra!!)
• English (Just type in the word for grammar etc)
• Biology (Type in the animal name and get ALL the scientific stuff, I could never have gotten all that information on google and its a lot more reliable than Wikipedia)
• History (Just type in a date and get everything that happened then)
• Stocks (Not really a class but if your interested in the stock market its very useful. Some of the data is a little old so you have to check but Alpha has just started it will soon be up-to-date)
• Music (You can search composers, or type in a key name)
• Like everything!!
  

Meet Alphy

Meet Alphy(Wolfram Alpha) The AI:

• Ask "where am I?" tells you where you live. Kind of scary when you think about it...
  
• Ask "How old are you?" Tells you how many days it has been running
• Ask "How are you?" and talk to Alphy.
• Ask "Who made you? tells you "I was created by Stephen Wolfram and his team."
• Ask "What do you like?" tells you "I like to explore the computational universe."
  
• Ask "What is your name?" tells you
• Ask "Where are you?" tells you it lives on the internet.
  
• Say "Hello" tells you "hello, human"
• Ask "Can you eat?" tells you "No I can't"
• Ask "What do you hate?" replys: "I don't like to be treated as if I were just a search engine."
• Ask "What are you?" tells you he is a computational knowledge engine
• Ask "Are you in Love?" he tells you "Yes. I love the Internet."

Wolfram Alpha

I have read all these things comparing Google to Alpha.
On a forum website I saw someone who "tested" both Google and Alpha by searching on both of them a song on YouTube. Google "won" because it came up with the correct link to the song while Alpha said "Wolfram|Alpha isn't sure what to do with your input." But that is an INSANE "test" because Alpha isn't a search-engine. Its no trying to be a search-engine, its not trying to compete with google, because they are completely different. Alpha gives you information, it can do lots of hard math, tell you the scientific name, taximony and more on animals, etc. It does NOT search websites, it searches it's database which is getting bigger all the time. People complain that some of the information dates back to 2006, but that will soon change. Alpha has just started and has so much potential.

Alpha Jokes

Some funny things the people at Wolfram put in Alpha:

• What is the meaning to life? Response: 42 (For all the Hitchhiker's Guide fans)
• Why did the chicken cross the road? Response: To get to the other side
• Speed of an unladen swallow? (for all you Monty Python fans)
  

Things you can do on Alpha:

• Songs
  

REMEMBER: Alpha is not a search engine. I saw all these things about how Google is better than Alpha because it gave a result to find a website. But that is what google is for not Alpha! they are two completely different things!!

Alpha just came out!

www.wolframalpha.com
great especially for help with homework (lol)
i went to the opening at the woldram research building it was really cool. I talked to stephen wolfram for a while =) it was sweet.

OMG so funny- Things to do in an elevator when your bored

	1) Crack open your briefcase or handbag, peer Inside and ask "Got enough air in there?" 2) Stand silent and motionless in the corner facing the wall without getting off. 3) When arriving at your floor, grunt and strain to yank the doors open, then act as if you're embarrassed when they open themselves. 4) Greet everyone with a warm handshake and ask him or her to call you Admiral. 5) Meow occasionally. 6) Stare At another passenger for a while. Then announce in horror: "You're one of THEM" - and back away slowly 7) Say -DING at each floor. 8) Say "I wonder what all these do?" And push all the red buttons. 9) Make explosion noises when anyone presses a button. 10) Stare, grinning at another passenger for a while, then announce: "I have new socks on." 11) When the elevator is silent, look around and ask: "Is that your beeper?" 12) Try make personal calls on the emergency phone. 13) Draw a little square on the floor with chalk and announce to the other passengers: "This is my personal space." 14) When there's only one other person in the elevator, tap them on the shoulder, then pretend it wasn't you. 15) Push the buttons and pretend they give you a shock. Smile, and go back for more. 16) Ask if you can push the button for other people but push the wrong ones. 17) Hold the doors open and say you're waiting for your friend. After a while, let the doors close and say "Hi Greg, How's your day been?" 18) Drop a pen and wail until someone reaches to help pick it up, then scream: "That's mine!" 19) Bring a camera and take pictures of everyone in the lift. 20) Pretend you're a flight attendant and review emergency procedures and exits with the Passengers. 21) Swat at flies that don't exist. 22) Call out "Group hug" then enforce it

icons and pics

u kno u luv dem here r some:



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robotix

safe cigarrettes

they now have organic cigarettes .wow.

Obama product placement

I am a HUGE Obama supporter, trust me. But today when i went to the White House front page I saw something that disturbed me. Barack Obama watching himself on TV. But not any TV a sony TV. a VERY obviously sony TV. wow. and on the front page of our government's website. is it just me or is that rlly... sad? product placement to the EXTREME.

c it on the front page http://www.whitehouse.gov/