New Binary Code

For my personal Binary Codes, I chose % and * to represents the 0's and 1's. % represents 1, and * represents 0.

01000 00101 11001 is Hey in regular binary

*%*** **%*% %%**% is Hey in my binary.

Why Do Computers Use Binary?

Things I learned:

-Analog Signal: A signal that is proportional to the value it represents

-Digital Signal: A signal that represents a  value as a series of discreet values or digits

-Base Numerals: Representing a  number using "n" digits

Things I didn't understand:


-The analog systems was confusing, I didn't fully understand how it works. 


-I did not understand how the sound waves worked when this topic was applied to the speaker of cell phones. Also, the way sound traveled through the metal wire in headphones confused me a lot. 

Something I want to learn:


-I want to learn sound wave frequencies and how to separate them from each other. I would also like to know more about how sound wave comes into play in this. 

Google Boys

1. Google changed from a small two man operation to a large corporation when they were unable to sell their idea to any existing large tech company. They based their technology off of what they have seen from other search engine companies. They then decided to start their own company, and their idea took off.

2. Two challenges that Google is facing as it moves forward are: keeping up with other companies that have embraced Google's search technique while knowing which product areas to expand into, and also trying to sell their search engine to another company. Which fortunately, they failed at.

3. Their key to being ahead of the competition is to make sure that more people continue to use Google above other search engines. They did this by branching off more links to each link people chose so that a giant web was created. This led to more people choosing Google because they got more options for what they looked for. 

4. They collect and save webpages with their robot crawlers, and have a very good algorithm to determine page listing priority. They used their technology to create a giant web with branches coming off of links. 

Eliza

I did not find Eliza Human-Like at all. She didn't give any real responses, it seemed as if she was on repeat. In order to make her seem more human, I would apply more responses to her so that people don't get annoyed with her repetitiveness. Also, if she based her responses off of what the person types in to the input box. Obviously, no emotions are expected from coming from a computer. But Eliza could use her responses to seem more realistic. I think do to increase in modern technology, computers and computer response programs could definitely develop Human-Like emotions and actions.

African Cornrows

• Cornrows use 4 geometric concepts: Translation, Rotation, Reflection, and Dilation
• Cornrows date back to 500 B.C. 
• Cornrow hairstyles in Africa also cover a wide social terrain: religion, kinship, status, age, ethnicity, and other attributes of identity can all be expressed in hairstyle.
•  Mathematics is also a traditional part of African hairstyles.
• The braid patterns were commonly based on African tradition and styles.
•  Madame C.J. Walker invented a system for straightening hair without the damage caused by other methods. She became the first black millionaire, and donated thousands of dollars to the NAACP and similar groups. 
• “Many West African hair styles are worn by Negro women in the United States, including this one—“cornrows.”  The hair is greased, combed, and tightly plaited.
• As the Afro began to wane in the 1970s, cornrows were on the rise.
• In the 1990s hip-hop artists from Ludacris to Lil’ Bow Wow could be seen with cornrows, and stylists continued to develop new innovations in cornrow braiding, best known from celebrity styles like those of basketball star Allen Iverson.