Sunday, March 25, 2007

Seventh Wikipedia Edit - Facebook

I recently edited the "Facebook" article on the Wikipedia website. I added some information to the "Investigations" portion of it. On February 17, 2007, Richard Reed Pannell, a student at The University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, VA was attacked by a raving leftist who tracked him down using Facebook. Andrew Stone, the accused assailant, was an anti-Rebublican and was charged with three counts of assault and battery. The policemen involved with this case were unwilling to release the report of the incident. Here is a link to the site: <Facebook>

Sixth Wikipedia Edit - Mafia

I recently updated the literature/books section of the Mafia Wikipedia website. I spoke with my uncle who is really interested in the Cosa Nostra and he recently has read two books which really interested him. The titles of these books are, "Mobstar: The Story of John Gotti" - by Gene Mustain and "Underboss" - by Peter Maas. The first book I mentioned is about one of the most famous dons, John Gotti and his life all the way up until his death of cancer in prison. The second book I mentioned is about an underboss known as Sammy "The Bull", who was known as a traitor to the mafia after he ratted out many of the higher-ups in the family to the Feds. Here is the link to the site: <Mafia>

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Fifth Wikipedia Edit - Manchester United

I recently updated the "After the Treble" portion of the Manchester United Wikipedia article. I posted the following information: "At this stage in the season, March 18, 2007, Manchester United is looking to reclaim the glorious form of their previous Treble in the season of 1999. They play Roma in the quarter finals of the Champions League and need to take only 16 points in their last 8 matches to win the table." Here is the link to the site: <Manchester United>

Article Response - Dogs who sniff out "pirates"

I recently read an article on Slashdot titled, "Dogs Sniffing Out Pirate Copies". The article is about two black Labradors that have been trained to sniff out pirated music and videos. The dogs have been trained to sniff out the chemicals used in making optical disks. What normally would take a day for security to examine, the two Labradors can do it in 10 minutes. It's pretty impressive in my opinion. The Motion Picture Association is now treating these dogs like kings and has them put in a jacuzzi after every mission. This is the link: <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6454375.stm>

Monday, March 5, 2007

Article Response - "A Very Bad Day For Markets"

I recently read an article on John Battelle's blog titled, "A Very Bad Day for Markets. What Does It Mean?". In the article, the author was confused about what "really" caused the significant decline in the market of 3% and denied that China was to blame. People commented on the article, saying that computer trading and derivative securities, along with illiquidity and overvaluation are to blame as well. Here is the link to the article - <http://battellemedia.com/archives/003406.php>

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Fourth Wikipedia Edit - Facebook

I just recently did my fourth Wikipedia edit on Facebook. Since Facebook is such a popular program, it is very hard to find information to add or edit, because so many people are editing the article every day. However, after I did a little research I discovered that Facebook was the most viewed site by both males and females between the ages 17-25. It was found that 56% of all the males surveyed had Facebook as their most viewed website and 69% of females. Here is the link to the website <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook>

Friday, March 2, 2007

Class Discussion - Vanity Search

I just recently did a "vanity search" on Google's website and after sorting through about 1,000 websites, I did not find a single article that included my name. I typed in a variety of different names; from "Andrew Klein" to "Andrew S. Klein" to "Drew Klein" and did not recieve any results. I guess I'm just not that popular in the online world.