Metablog—Postings from Around Nfomedia

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nobody@nfomedia.com (Teprenna Bryant) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:38:11 -0500

WHEN I WAS BORN I WAS BLACK WHEN I GREW UP I WAS BLACK WHEN I WENT IN THE SUN I STAYED BLACK WHEN I GOT GOLD I WAS BLACK WHEN I WAD SCARED I WAS BLACK WHEN I WA SICK I WAS BLACK AND WHEN I DI...

Job Security

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sarah Lord) — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:51:13 -0500

I thought that the articles The Copenhagen Consensus and New Economic Insecurity were actually really interesting - They looked kind of dry at first, but when I got into them I thought they di...

Film Response

nobody@nfomedia.com (ELizabeth Fequiere) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:01:54 -0500

It was very sad for me to watch as I see how the people in the black community were being treated as animals. . The men were not even being paid minimum wage; they were being paid that?s consi...

Respond to Capitalism

nobody@nfomedia.com (ELizabeth Fequiere) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:39:00 -0500

Yes, I agree. This country is so easy to point the finger and blame other countries for the way they run their government or even how they care for their own citizens, while this country has i...

Film

nobody@nfomedia.com (Caroline Noel) — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:29:08 -0500

The documentary "At the River I Stand" is at the library in the reserve section, and I recommend it to everyone. The Civil Rights Movement is highlighted so strongly that the racist views are...

Capitalism

nobody@nfomedia.com (Teprenna Bryant) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:07:05 -0500

Today/This Evening i class i was able to recieve alot of information about capitalism. if this country wasn't so greedy and in so called crazy need for money, this economy would be a whole lot...

oil spill

nobody@nfomedia.com (aseri davis) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:53:18 -0500

After months of trying to contain the oil spill, two weeks ago it was capped off for good, or so they say!! That same spill killed 11 workers and poured 94 million to 184 million gallons of oi...

Flexicurity

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luanne Gilbert) — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:45:52 -0500

Free higher education? Imagine a country where everyone is educated and employed. Some of our greatest minds are wasting away because they cannot afford college. Education should not cost so m...

Outline?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brian Bowlan) — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:45:16 -0500

Does anyone know what the Presentation/Outline is? Did we ever go over it in class?

Blogging for test I is closed.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Stella Warren) — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:24:41 -0500

Blogging for test II is open!

Should Drugs be Legalized?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lorenzo Lester II) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:56:43 -0500

As we discussed yesterday I believe we should legalized it. For one people are already are finding ways to beat the system especially medicated drugs. If I can get over the counter drugs for...

The Criminal Justice System (Reformation)

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tajuana Frazier) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:34:55 -0500

I think we should bring back the "Chain Gangs", a little hard work never hurt anyone! 8-10 hrs of hard labor with three meals a day should stimulate mental and physical fatigue. I also think...

Crime

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sarah Lord) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:00:45 -0500

I thought that the readings we had on crime were interesting, because they addressed the social aspects of it, looking at how it's persecuted and what factors contribute to people engaging in ...

Death Penalty

nobody@nfomedia.com (Caroline Noel) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:49:23 -0500

It is certainly clear the death penalty is much more expensive than life in prison. Initially I was in support of the death penalty due to the thought of someone I care about being murdered, ...

Death Penalty

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luanne Gilbert) — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:45:33 -0500

According to today's Commercial Appeal, Mississippi executed a man convicted of stabbing to death a hotel clerk during a robbery. He died by lethal injection, making him the state's third this...

Healthcare in Sweden

nobody@nfomedia.com (Yolanda Scott) — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:10:59 -0500

While the article pertaining to the healthcare system in Sweden and how marvelous it all looks on paper, but I'm not too familiar with the population and demographics of Sweden to be impressed...

Health Care

nobody@nfomedia.com (christy cunningham) — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 07:06:34 -0500

When I read the article about how healthcare is ran in Sweden and the advantages of raising your child almost stress free, i thought that was great. I wish something of that sort was available...

class today

nobody@nfomedia.com (Teprenna Bryant) — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:43:14 -0500

i am looking foward to class today. Professor seems pretty nice and cool. Im curious of what topics we're going to discuss pertaining to social problems..

Hello

nobody@nfomedia.com (Stella Warren) — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:40:06 -0500

Hello Class!

THE GOD IDEA

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tamika Hamm) — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 08:16:24 -0500

In my opinion everybody chose which path they go. God hopes and pray that you have chosen the right path. That's why we have causes,effects,good,and evil. God can't always make the decisions f...

The Pledge of Allegience

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tamika Hamm) — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:57:19 -0500

It's my opinion that when reciting "THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIENCE" one should know exactly what it means. You should have a option to participate or not. You have children reciting the pledge but r...

The Pledge

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:19:10 -0500

I think that its nothing wrong with saying the pledge. I think it was wrong when they took prayer out of school.I think we should be happy to live in America. A land where you can be free to c...

The Church

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:50:48 -0500

I think that people are caught up with religion see religion will send you to Hell! It's not about religion it's about relationship. Do you have a relationship with God?See religion will tell ...

the church

nobody@nfomedia.com (theresa collins) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 22:06:17 -0500

after reading the entry the church i too beleive that everyone is entitled to his or her individual belief system. the approach that's taken by Jehova witnesses has gotten to the extreme howev...

The Church

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tamika Hamm) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:33:24 -0500

I believe everyone is entitled to their on beliefs as long as it doesn't hurt anyone. Take a look around it's many churchs on mostly every corner. I believe the problem comes when people tries...

CHURCH

nobody@nfomedia.com (DENETRIUS GUY) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:47:47 -0500

NO TWO THINGS ARE ALIKE- WE HAVE A SPECIFIC DESIGN THAT GOD CREATED. IF EVERYBODY DID EVERYTHING THE SAME, THERE WOULD BE NO ROOM FOR EVOLUTION. SOME MIGHT SAY ALL THIS IS MADE UP TO SCARE A S...

The Church

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:04:48 -0500

I think that new demonations have all ready been here all alone. It is written that the enemy comes to kill, steal, and destroy. I think these religious groups have been here all along maybe j...

hey

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 08:03:57 -0500

Hey guys, how was everyone's spring break?

Thanks!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kathleen Glavin) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:51:35 -0600

Dr. Guy, I really enjoyed this class. It was well structured and your website is wonderful! I learned a lot and I appreciate your eagerness to help! Thanks for a great half of a semester!

FINAL

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Bacon) — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:50:28 -0600

Thank you Dr. Guy for a great semester! I must say this class kept me on my toes as far as thinking and applying the concept. It was fun and challenging!

Unit 7 Multiple Choice Practice Quiz

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laura Boswell) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:37:29 -0600

Quiz 3 was the hardest one for me. I'm not sure how to work this problem and I want to try to figure out before I take the Final Exam today. Thanks! 7. For a population with mean equal to 1...

Multiple choice Practice Quiz Unit 11

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:30:53 -0600

given: x: 7 3 4 6 y: 11 9 6 1 what is the correlation coefficient? I am getting -3.6 but it is not an answer choice. the answer choices given are: -.68 -.41 -.04 +.41 Can someone pl...

HW # 5 Question 3-1 3-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:37:02 -0600

For these two questions to me 3-1 I think it is a postive relationship is that correct 3-2 To me it would be linear?

HW Assignment #5 question 3-3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:33:12 -0600

When I squared .941 I got .8854 which would equal 88%. Is that not right?

Final

nobody@nfomedia.com (Erika Meriwether) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:11:52 -0600

Will the final exam cover the same quizzes that we been doing throughout the course??

Homework 5-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tegra Taylor) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:20:14 -0600

Can someone please explain to me how to do this problem? I am having trouble determining how to do this.

Contact Info

nobody@nfomedia.com (Venkita Reece) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:00:11 -0600

I wanted to give my telephone number 901-674-7989. I would appreciate any one who may be able to assist me to understand. Thank You

HELP

nobody@nfomedia.com (Venkita Reece) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:16:46 -0600

I have been looking at this computer and e-text for the last five hours and I can not get this. Can anyone met me at school or anywhere I will travel. I can not get this and the clock is tic...

Sorry, but I need help.

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:10:32 -0600

I don't get Assignment 5 1.4 when did we ever talk about z score conversion? also is this okay for number 5? 5. H(0): The crime rate is independent of outdoor temperature. H(1): The crime ...

assignment 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (ERICA ROSS) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:08:40 -0600

Can someone help with 3.1 , 3.2, 3.3 I think im doing something wrong because when I put the data in and hit complete nothing comes up. Any help will be appreciated.

HW Assign 4 Question 2:5,2:6,2:7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Venkita Reece) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:55:10 -0600

I do not understand Degrees of Freedom. I have read unit 10 and still can not read the information to understand the following questions. Please help... Answer 2:6 N-1, 2:7 Population ?

Quizzes

nobody@nfomedia.com (lina ghulam hassan) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:30:44 -0600

Hi Pr Guy. One student asked you about the quizzes that when she click on it its saying no exam schedule.. I have the same problem? What should I do?

ASSIGNMENT 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Whitney Walker) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:09:14 -0600

Is 2-7 the chi square test?

ASSIGNMENT 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Whitney Walker) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:59:05 -0600

Can someone please help me with these? I'm having a little trouble with them is: 4-1. is it suppose to say positive correlation instead of high? 4-2. I'm not sure about this one at all?

Assignment #5 Q 1-3, 1-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:52:13 -0600

Can someone tell me if I have these correct please? 1-3. False 1-5. True

Certain symbols

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kathleen Glavin) — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:39:22 -0600

How do we type in certain symbols such as the symbol for the estimate of the standard deviation of sample mean differences? I'm not sure how to put the subscript of "d" after the "s". Thanks!

ASSIGNMENT 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (ERICA ROSS) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:54:21 -0600

OK I KNOW IM FULL OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT BUT I CANT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MORE POINTS.. FOR QUESTIONS 3, MY X VARIABLES WOULD BE THE POWERBOATS REGISTRATION, AND MY Y WOULD BE MANTEE KILLED CORREC...

ASSIGNMENT 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (ERICA ROSS) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:25:25 -0600

I JUST WANT TO CHECK MY ANSWERS 1-1 I HAVE TRUE 1-6 I HAVE FALSE 2-10 I HAVE CONTINGENCY 2-9 IM A LITTLE CONFUSED IS IT 20? FOR SOME REASON I CANT SEEM TO GET THIS BUT ONCE SOMEONE ANSWERS I...

HW Assignment 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laurie Johnson) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:06:39 -0600

Hey Dr. Guy, I wanted to check some of the answers I got on the homework assignment. 1.5 true 1.7 true 1.8 false 1.9 false 1.10 false Also, for 3.5, do we list our answer as a percent (since...

deadline

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:27:43 -0600

Is the due date for assignment 5 and quiz 5 solid deadlines? (February 26th)

Assignment 5 Question # 2-4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Felicia Floyd) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 15:43:24 -0600

Could someone please tell me if the square root of the error variance is also called the standard erro of the estimate? Thanks.

1-2, 1-8,1-9, 2-8.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tiffany Williams) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 11:56:47 -0600

1-2. True 1-8. True 1-9 True 2-8. Analysis of Variance? I wasn't sure about 2-8.

about quizzes

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:49:16 -0600

Goodmorning Dr. Guy i am a little stressed about these quiz grades, i would like to know exactly what am i doin wrong. When will be a good time for us to meet to discuss this, and also if I t...

Assignment #4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Thomas Mathis) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:26:49 -0600

Dr. Guy, Where do we get our t-critical from? I have no idea where it is coming from except from the table I saw from in the unit....but the df only goes to 25 there. Thanks. :-)

Assignment 5 2-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 09:52:44 -0600

Goodmorning Dr.Guy for question 2-2 would the answer be perfect relationship correlation.

ASSIGNMENT3, QUEST 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (ERICA ROSS) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 11:53:58 -0600

OK IM SORRY IF THIS IS A DUMB QUESTION BUT CAN SOME ONE PLEASE TELL ME HOW TO PLACE THE SYMBOLS IN OUR JOURNALS? I HAVE BEEN WRITING THEM OUT THANKS

Assigment #4 Q. 1-6., 1-10, 2-2, and 2-4.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 22:07:07 -0600

I was just wondering if these answers are correct: 1-6. False 1-10. True 2-2. samples 2-4. summed

help

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rita Deener) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:13:46 -0600

Hello Dr. Guy, I would like to come in Monday at 4:00pm also, if it is alright? Do I come to room 102 Clement Hall?

Assignment 4 Q6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Bacon) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:54:41 -0600

For the table do we just but the df, sum of the square and mean of the square? Or do we have to go in more depth?

assignment 4- 3,4,5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:36:47 -0600

Hi Dr.Guy after i use the t test raw data calculator and got the calculations but what calculator do i use to get t obtain, this is were im stuck. thanks

Extra Help

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:23:46 -0600

Hi Dr. Guy, If possible, can we meet in the morning anytime before 11?

dead lines

nobody@nfomedia.com (melissa wiseman) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:29:07 -0600

It is my understanding that all homework and quizes are due no later than feb 26 and the final is march 5 is this correct or due we have untill march 5 to submit the last quiz as well? I my se...

Practice Quic M.C. unit 8

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Bacon) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:03:00 -0600

Hi I can't figure these questions out. Can someone please explain them. 1. A random sample of 30 households was selected as part of a study on electricity usage and the number of kilowatt-ho...

Assignmnt # 4 Question 3,4,5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:02:13 -0600

I just wanna make sure I got these answers right 3.H(0): μ(1) = μ(2) H(1): μ(1) ≠ μ(2) α = .05 t critical (df=10) =± 2.228 t obtained = .6632 Fail to reject H(...

Assignment # 4 Question 3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:44:15 -0600

I'm not sure if I did this problem right if there is two sets of data are you suppose to use the two-tail or one-tail t-test. This is what I got for number 3 Level of significance =.05 t c...

Office Visit

nobody@nfomedia.com (Neil Dempsey) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:15:20 -0600

Hi Dr. Guy, I will be at your office today at 3. Thank you!

Assignment 4-- # 3 and # 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (brandy udashen) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:50:15 -0600

Dr. Guy, I am a little confused on #'s 3 and 4 from Assignment #4. I have searched on the blog, but am unable to find any help. Can you help me out or tell me where to look for this informatio...

Quiz 3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Neil Dempsey) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:28:13 -0600

Dr. Guy, Is there anyway you can go over quiz 3 with me. I am a little upset with the 12 that I made, considering the amount of time I have put in to this course.

HW #4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:26:14 -0600

Hey Dr. Guy, Are the answers for 1-1, 1-4, & 1-7 all FALSE?

E-Text Unit 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:35:23 -0600

In unit 9 the example they use for the females and males when it gets to the screen showing everything is added up and it gives u the mean, standard deviation, sample size, ex=28 ex2=84. My qu...

assignment 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:15:27 -0600

One more question Dr. Guy, for question 1-3 it stated when the degrees of freedom are small, the distribution is somewhat flat and spread out. Now according to the text its stated that when t...

Assignment #3 Question 9-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:16:49 -0600

I read the previous blog about this question because you have to convert the mean to inches. When I entered the information into the calculator N= 26 Population Mean=5.833 Standard Deviation=...

assignment 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:01:50 -0600

Hi Dr. Guy, i wanted to know if i was on the right track with these questions. 1-8.false 1-9.true 2-5. i got 5, do we subtract 25-20 or 20-25 to get the degree of freedom 2-8. total variance...

Practice M.C. quiz Unit 6 #2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:27:32 -0600

Can anyone please explain how to solve this problem? The probability is .3 that the mean of a sample of 36 terms from an infinite distribution (μ = 155 and σ = 40) will exceed what n...

Assignment #3 Question 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Felicia Floyd) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:05:59 -0600

Could someone please explain to me how the z obtained value =3.33?

Assignment #3 Q.7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:51:17 -0600

Is the z obtained value= 10.00? And if so, this would mean that the H(0) is rejected because it varies more than .01 of the z-critical right?

Assignment 3 #9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laura Boswell) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:22:28 -0600

I want to make sure I have calucated the answers on number 9 correctly. (I'm not sure if I calcuated 9-2 and 9-3 correctly because I wasn't sure how to enter in the mean on both of these sinc...

Assigment 3 questions 3.2, 4,5,6,& 7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Keiflyn Amos) — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 01:26:26 -0600

Dr. Guy. I just want to know before I take the quiz if these answers are correct. I want to make sure I do understand how to use the formula properly. 3.2 H(0)μ =42,500 AND H(1)= ≠...

Practice Quiz question

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:53:37 -0600

How do you solve this? Do you need the number 36 or is it just to trick you? unit 6. 2. The probability is .3 that the mean of a sample of 36 terms from an infinite distribution (μ = 15...

Assignment #3 problem 3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:38:26 -0600

can anyone help this may sound stupid but i am having an issue. Are we suppose to logically guess or are we actually calculating something. Thanks

Assignment #3 2-8.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:47:10 -0600

I don't seem to understand this question. Is it asking if the degrees of freedom is N-1. Or does it have something to do with the t value?

HW #3 Q 5, 6, 7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:48:21 -0600

Dr. Guy, I'm really not understanding how to do these problems. I've read the blogs and the section where it explains it in Unit 7. Can you break it down for me??? Thanks

assignment 3, #8

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:20:13 -0600

hi Dr. Guy i was just wondering if i was putting these computations in the calculator right. im not sure if these are the right answers they look funny, not like in the chapter. 8-1. 110.00p...

Assignment 3 - 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:46:53 -0600

On problem 9-2 & 9-3 how exactly to you compute the population mean???

Assignment 3 - 10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 07:44:34 -0600

On #10, where do i find the link to STATISTICAL TABLES to start working out this problem???

HW #3 Q4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:40:13 -0600

Dr. Guy, I've read the other blogs on this question but I'm not understanding how you arrived at the answer or how you even began. I tried using the calc but I did'nt know what numbers go in...

Homework 3 #2-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Neil Dempsey) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:45:23 -0600

What is the difference between a test statistic and a critical statistic?

HW #3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:11:13 -0600

Hey Dr. Guy I was just wondering if I got the correct answers... 1-1 true 1-2 false 1-3 false 1-5 true 1-6 false 1-7 false They were kind of worded tricky.... Thanks!!!

Assignment 2 7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laura Boswell) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:23:26 -0600

For 7-2, I used .3 as the z score and 0 as the other z score and came up with 11.791%. Is this correct? Also is 7-4 68% and 7-5 95%? I'm a little confused. Thank you!

Assigment 3 question 8 & 9 & 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Keiflyn Amos) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:14:22 -0600

Hey Dr. Guy I read previous blogs on how to work out questions 8 & 9, but my question is why or how do we get z = 1.96 for 8 and 2.58 for 9??? I'm getting different values for both. They are...

question about the quizes

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lydia Kanu) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:08:02 -0600

Hey I was just wondering what units are covered on each quiz because I wanted to be sure that I have covered the material before I take the quiz. Do they conincide wiht the assignment. For exa...

assignment 3 ques.1-2,1-4,1-8,1-9 and 2-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 18:23:59 -0600

Hi just wanted to see if i had the right answers to these questions they were worded a little tricky from the way that they are in the book. 1-2 false ,because if the chances that u may pick u...

Assignment #2 7-3.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 12:02:33 -0600

If you use the equation to turn the numbers into z scores and then find the area does the final answer equal 3.13%?

Quiz

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 10:08:39 -0600

Is there a way to see what we missed on the quiz?

Assignment 2 #6 6-4, 6-5, 6-9 & 6-10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Renicka Deener) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:45:36 -0600

I know it's late but these are the only problems that I don't understand how to compute the answer. Help please!

Assignment 2 question 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:34:21 -0600

Could someone explain to me how to go about doing this question, i think i have an idea but i want to make sure im doing it right, kind of confused. Thanks

unit 5 practice quiz

nobody@nfomedia.com (Maria Etters) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:48:40 -0600

On the multiple choice practice quiz.. #5 How many terms are in an approximately normal distribution in which 150 terms have z scores above 1.35? #7 Similar to above. I dont understand how to ...

Assignment 2 question 10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tiffany Williams) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:49:08 -0600

10-1. 65.542% 10-2. 5.48% 10-3. 126.75 Are these correct Dr. guy I used the formulas from the blog posted previously

Assignment 2 question 1-5,2-9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tiffany Williams) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:45:25 -0600

I believe that 1-5 is true I just wanted to make sure that was correct. Also with 2-9 I got 22.73 or 15.8 is this correct?

Assignment 2 Question 3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittney Fitzgerald) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:09:15 -0600

I have yet to find the answer to this question, and I have read both chapters thoroughly. Am I looking past something? Help please!

HW #2 Q:2:10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:43:04 -0600

How do you calculate the variance if there is no raw data ∑X2=150 and ∑X=25 for a population of 10 scores

Assignment #2 QUESTION 2-10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:33:50 -0600

can someone please explain to me how to get the variance?

Assignment #2 Question 6

nobody@nfomedia.com (brandy udashen) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:07:08 -0600

Dr. Guy, When I go to the standard normal curve calculator, I click on it, it opens, and I keep getting a white screen (blank), with a blank gray box on the screen. Can you help me out? I'm tr...

Multiple choice practice qz. Unit 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Neil Dempsey) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:16:07 -0600

Has anyone worked this problem from the practice quiz-What is the variance for the following frequency distribution (followed with a data set)? It says the answer is 3.17. I keep getting 8.1...

HW #2 Q 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 19:32:19 -0600

Hey Dr. Guy, I was wondering if my explanation was good enough for this question. I answered: "It cannot be negative because there is no upper limit therefore it cannot go below zero in valu...

HW #2 Q 2-1 & 2-4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:47:24 -0600

I was just wondering if the correct answers are [2-1] squared and [2-4] variance. Seems like the same definition is listed twice.

Grades

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 17:14:05 -0600

Hi GUYS!!! when u can get the grades for ur quiz?

Assignment 1 Question#6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Venkita Reece) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:31:00 -0600

I am totally confused. I have reviewed the last two semester blogs but the blog does not help. I guess I am confused about what you are asking and the answer I need to submit. This is what ...

HOMEWORK #2 1-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:01:05 -0600

Can some plese tell me where to find this definiton? Thanks

Homework #2 Q 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:32:55 -0600

4. true 6. false 7. true 10. false Just wondering if these are right! The questions in the unit kind of confused me when I double checked. Thanks

Homework #2 Q 2-6, 2-7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:14:06 -0600

I am kind of confused about these questions. For 2-6 i got square root but the review says it is false. For 2-7 i got Average Deviation. Are these correct???

Bio-Medical Electronics

nobody@nfomedia.com (Malinka Ivanova) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:42:02 -0600

2009 Consumer Electronics Show

nobody@nfomedia.com (Malinka Ivanova) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 13:37:44 -0600

Apps for calculators

nobody@nfomedia.com (Adrienne Jones) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:48:14 -0600

Is there a particular application or software needed on my computer in order to use the online calculators? My calculators aren't working and I need some assistance with this problem. Thanks i...

Exam Questions

nobody@nfomedia.com (Venkita Reece) — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:34:35 -0600

I was not sure about some the questions on the exam and just answered the question to go on to the next question to prevent from running out of time, thinking I would be allowed to return to t...

Online Calculators

nobody@nfomedia.com (Adrienne Jones) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:02:35 -0600

I have been trying to use the online calculators for the past week and have been unsuccessful. Can someone please help me? It's not allowing me to enter anything in the boxes? Also when I use ...

Assignment 2 Q7:4 and 7:5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Bacon) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:22:14 -0600

Can anyone help me figure these out? Thank you!

Assignment 1 Q 7.3 & 7.4

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:31:47 -0600

I cannot seem to find the answers to these two true/false questions. Can anyone help please. For Q 7.4 I don't think that exactly half of the data in every distribution is above the distributi...

Assignment 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lydia Kanu) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:12:02 -0600

Hello Mrs. Guy, I just wanted to confirm that you have received my Assignment from the journal entry. Can you respond to confirm please. Thank you. Lydia

Quizzes

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tiffany Williams) — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:06:00 -0600

I know that our quizzes are only ten questions but I was wondering if they were multiple and true false like our practice quizzes or fill in the blank like the homework assignments. Please res...

HW #2 5-2&5-3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:38:04 -0600

Since the unit label follows the numbers, would it be students for both 5-2 & 5-3?

HOMEWORK #2 Q7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 21:00:49 -0600

Also i'm having trouble computing these values. Any suggestions?

HOMEWORK #2 Q 6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:59:02 -0600

I'm having trouble understanding how to put thes values in the calculator. Can anyone help???

Homework Assignment #2 Question 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Felicia Floyd) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:50:31 -0600

Thank you Dr. Guy, Is the correct answer 27.6 x 27.6 = 761.7?

Homework Assignment #2 Question 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Felicia Floyd) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:38:13 -0600

I calculated the sample variance of the terms to be 748.6. Could someone please help me find the correct answer if this is wrong? Thank you.

question about 5-8

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:05:16 -0600

i thought that in the stem and leaf the numbers for stem were always in the front and that in 1345 the stem is 5 and the leaf was 134. is this not right please explain

Question concerning Homework and Quiz due Friday

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:49:19 -0600

Is there a particular time that you want the homework and quiz turned in by?

about entering homework assignments

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kimberly Crutcher) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:05:32 -0600

i think i really messed up when i entered my first homework entry. i couldnt do all of the questions in one i had to keep saving them. please tell me what i did or am doing wrong. this is my f...

Assignment 1 5:7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Bacon) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:53:03 -0600

I can't seem to figure this one out. I know it is probably really simple but it is not clicking! Can someone help me!

Assignment 1 - Problem 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:28:22 -0600

Because this is such a small data distribution, we cannot really describe it using SHAPE. Instead, we will look at CENTRAL TENDENCY. If the mean = median = mode, we would likely conclude tha...

Assignment 1 - Problem 6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 08:51:35 -0600

To SUMMARIZE or DESCRIBE the data, you will need to look at the SHAPE of the data distribution. To do this, you need to mentally rotate the stem plot 90 degrees in a counter clockwise directio...

Question on Assignment #1 question 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brittany Hayes) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:54:04 -0600

What exactly does it mean describe the distribution of the scores?? Or should I say how do you want us to describe? Also on question #6 #1 what all do you want us to calculate? I have got t...

Q 5-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (ERICA ROSS) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:04:04 -0600

HEY ALL IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THIS QUESTION... IT SAYS IF THE MIDPOINT OF A CLASS INTERVAL (INTERVAL WIDTH=11) IS 15, THE UPPER LIMIT INTERVAL IS ?? IS THERE A FORMULAR THAT I AM MISSING BECA...

Quiz 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (khalid rosli) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:33:05 -0600

It says homework doesn't have a solid deadline. Are quizzes the same or do they have to be turned in on time?

Practice Quiz

nobody@nfomedia.com (Janelle Valle) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:22:28 -0600

I thought I saw a segment that said practice quiz but I can't seem to find it anymore. If there is one, where would I find it?

HOMEWORK & QUIZ GRADES

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:56:18 -0600

How and when will we know our grades once we submit an assignment/quiz?

ASSIGNMENT #1 Q 7-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:48:37 -0600

I am kind of confused about this question. I know that you cannot compute the mean or median at the nominal level of measurement but you can compute the mode. So does that make the answer tr...

ASSIGNMENT #1 Q 5.6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jeanae Doughty) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:17:11 -0600

I am not sure how to compute the true (or real) lower limit of the class interval 5-15. Can anyone help?!?!?

Assignments

nobody@nfomedia.com (brandy udashen) — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:12:58 -0600

Where do we post our assignments in the journal? Do we attach a file or type the actuall assignment in the box provided? Thanks, Brandy Udashen

Class Begins

nobody@nfomedia.com (Donna Payne) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:57:53 -0600

When does the class begion? Is there a particular date and time to log in

Class

nobody@nfomedia.com (Toria Warren) — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:08:24 -0600

I enjoyed this class and I really like Ms. Warren style of teaching. I wish more professors taught like her. It made the class worth attending on a Sat. morning.

A Special Year

nobody@nfomedia.com (Yolanda Mathis) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:03:25 -0600

A Special Year-End Message From Morris Dees and Richard Cohen As the year comes to a close, all of us at the SPLC would like to thank our friends and supporters for helping make ou...

Martin Luther King Jr.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laquita Jennings) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:29:33 -0600

Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important person to me. He try to stop people for fighting one another let have freedom. I enjoyed the speech he made I have a dream. It lot time I have a dre...

film

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laquita Jennings) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:25:46 -0600

The film we watch on Saturday was very important because people need to know how society was back in the day. How blacks been beaten throw in jail how it was hatred toward blacks. The whites h...

course

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laquita Jennings) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:20:30 -0600

This course was very interesting learning. I would most likely take you again Mrs.Warren. I learn a lot in this class. I would like take another class with you again another semester.

Eyes on Prize

nobody@nfomedia.com (Laquita Jennings) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:07:12 -0600

I enjoyed reading the Eyes on Prize. The touch was Emmett Till Murder it hurt me how they kill him by whisper to a white woman. They didn't not have to hurt him because he was in Mississippi. ...

the course

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:49:50 -0600

I can say that this course was very interesting i learn alot things that i never know, i enjoyed learning about cultures of different ethics group,,I especially enjoyed the Eye of the Prize...

Course Opinion

nobody@nfomedia.com (courtney kumi) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:05:02 -0600

I personally enjoyed this class. I learned alot and my eyes became open to alot problems that exist in my own community. Eventhough I had to get up early on Saturday (sighhh lol), I'm glad I e...

Climate of Fear

nobody@nfomedia.com (Yolanda Mathis) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:22:49 -0600

Less than one year ago, on Nov. 8, 2008, Marcelo Lucero, an Ecuadorian immigrant, was murdered in the town of Patchogue, N.Y. The killing, police say, was carried out by a gang of teenagers wh...

Birmingham ALAbama

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:36:20 -0600

I ask my son and newphew what they know about birmingham alabama they told me thats the city that host the HSBC MAGIC CLASSIC FOOTBALL GAME every year ..I just smile i told them that there was...

The road to Freedom

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ali zahir) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:12:37 -0600

Watching these two documentary films, “awakenings” and “At the River I Stand” was one of the most things that really touch my heart and show me how these colored people fight back with everyth...

how far have we come really!!!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Africa Howell) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 07:22:49 -0600

Just the other day while my kids and I were driving. We came across a family usisng a grocery cart as their means of transportation. It was filled with bags of groceries and filled with seve...

THANK YOU AMY ERIN FOR THIS EXAM 3 STUDY! YOU ARE GREAT!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ali zahir) — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 04:17:33 -0600

1) bus boycott started real movement. Women started and sustained the movement; introduced Martin Luther King Jr.; Emmett Till murder photos went around the world and shamed the south for k...

Endurance...

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Crawford) — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:37:15 -0600

Every since there has been man, there has been someone overcome and there has always been someone trying to keep someone else down. Cain and Able were brothers but one hated and killed the ot...

We are nothing like those before us.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Shaherah Amos) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:13:34 -0600

I find myself in amazement and each time I watch or read about historical events such as Eyes on the Prize. We all talk about the struggle and the detrimental mental and physical abuse, but I...

America the great?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Erin Senne) — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:09:01 -0600

Langston Hughes wrote a beautiful poem portraying everything he desired America to be. He wrote everything that America was viewed as versus what it actually has become. He seems a little bit ...

What and Who is Jim Crow

nobody@nfomedia.com (velma phillips) — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:54:12 -0600

This is the question my 10 year old son asked me the other night and when I explained it to him he had many more questions. I am glad that he asked and he is interested in the civil rights mov...

Eyes on the prize

nobody@nfomedia.com (Daphne Warren) — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:08:55 -0600

I make sure that I watch this program at least once a year (on PBS) and show it to anyone who seems to have even a passing interest in tomorrow. We usually make this a family event and invite ...

Lessons Taken from Richard Wright and "The E thics of living Jim

nobody@nfomedia.com (gwendolyn banks) — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:17:54 -0600

Evils in this world can prompt us to utter one simple word "Why" We search for meaning and look for an understanding of the reasons behind such atrocities as beatings,rape and murder. If there...

Saturday film

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:44:02 -0600

Watching the film made me very grateful that I was not born back then. I wouln't made it throughh all the beaten and those hereos still stood up for what was right not only for African-America...

You are appreciated!!!!

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:08:18 -0600

Reading the eyes of the prize i would like to take the time to thank the men and women who took part in the civil rights movement these people are heros but it took me to read this book to...

Downtown

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Crawford) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:14:40 -0600

Last Saturday I left class and headed downtown. My daughters had to feed the homeless for a school community service project. We were standing at the corner of Poplar and High and as I stood...

Enjoy the break.

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:00:08 -0600

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgivind Day. We have so much to be thankful for. Sometimes we complain about things we should't complain about. I'm thankful to my notebook is havig working to...

E. Till

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:56:24 -0600

I really enjoyed the film it made me proud on the inside to see all the wonderful hereos who stood up for what was right. I was sadden how the verdict came back within a hour about the Eemitt ...

not fair

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:54:26 -0600

the case emmett till touch me during that time it is a shame that people could murder a person of a diffrent race and walk back into freedom..the same situation in the medger evers cases..but ...

Emmett Till and The Civil Rights Movement

nobody@nfomedia.com (sharrell vaughn) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:02:18 -0600

It was very sad on how two men did a child. I don't care what color you are that still was a child. A fourteen year-old chicago boy named Emmett Till sparked the fire that was the Civil Rig...

Union Workers

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:20:35 -0600

I worked for Wal Mart for 6 years they don't have a union. Several Unions represenatives would come and have employees to try to sign up for it, but people act like they were afraid of losing ...

Saturday film

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:14:31 -0600

Watching that film again made me feel pretty good. How people black and white fought for what was right not just in the South, but for everyone. I believe Dr. King knew his death was at hand a...

Union Involvement

nobody@nfomedia.com (Teresa Brents) — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:16:33 -0600

A lifetime ago (it feels like) I was a union organizer and a local union president for PACE which merged with USW (United Steel Workers). Watching the films this past Saturday made me remembe...

We don't value our society enough...

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Crawford) — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:36:14 -0600

to be considerate of others. If its cutting in line or if its stealing someone elses property. We have reached a point where we take each other for granted and have little respect for other...

N word

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:14:51 -0600

Regardless what defintion webster has the word has been used to be hurtful and degrating. Why is the word used often with some of our own African-American people?

It Great To Struggle

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:08:16 -0600

I enjoyed reading your comments I think you become fascinated about different cultutres and differeent race of people. I believe that you really want peace and brotherly love for everyone.

walmart

nobody@nfomedia.com (lena simmons) — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:45:13 -0600

I was shocked to hear about what happen two years ago to the grad student. It's really heartbreaking to hear that someone could be facing 15 years for cutting in line in a store. The young lad...

It Is Great To Struggle

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ali zahir) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:38:38 -0600

The poem “Let America be America again” by James Langston Hughes, has a very deep meaning that Reflects his background. It is a beautiful poem, and I did enjoy reading it, there are so many di...

Slept on test II but...

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Crawford) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:49:57 -0600

Test III here I come!!!

I wish..

nobody@nfomedia.com (Erin Senne) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:24:43 -0600

I wish there was not a lower, middle or upper class. Unfortunately, that is the way our system works. We were all born into it. I wish that we could all help out one another live this thing ca...

Blogging has ended for Test II.

nobody@nfomedia.com (Stella Warren) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:08:05 -0600

The points will be added to participation II

It's a shamed

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:15:55 -0600

how many people have cut in a line what kind of system do we have...this young lady who has never had a record she is now looking at 15 years in prison that is more time that a robber or a b...

Movement of Contract Labor & Serial/Network/Chain Migration

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ali zahir) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:42:16 -0600

Movement of Contract Labor: How most white ethnics obtained labor and housing Chinese Americans- credit ticket system: borrowed money from a contractors to secure passage+ find work then paid...

What makes you Jewish?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Shaherah Amos) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:01:00 -0600

Are you considered Jewish because you were born in Isreal or are a decendent of a native born Isrealite? Are you considered Jewish because you practice Judaism? What really makes you Jewish? ...

Response to What's going on?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Daphne Warren) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:16:25 -0600

I completely agree with the teen intervention program. I have worked for an organization that provided education for MCS which included diabetes, obesity and asthma. However, when it came to s...

Respone: what going on?

nobody@nfomedia.com (idesha boone) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:55:14 -0600

while teen intervention programs would be beneficial towards memphis and helping within the community, they wouldn't, in my opinion, even begin to solve the problems that exist within memphis....

Response: Adoption

nobody@nfomedia.com (idesha boone) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:43:57 -0600

I think if you are born into poverty and adopted into a middle class or upper class family then you are now considered to be middle class. I think marrying a person and adoption are two things...

Response: What the N word means to me

nobody@nfomedia.com (Shaherah Amos) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:07:39 -0600

In response to Velma's post, I would like to see the definition you found for the "N word." You stated that by definition there are "N's" in all races. I have to agree with Idesha's response t...

15 years for cutting in line at Walmart?

nobody@nfomedia.com (courtney kumi) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:13:46 -0600

I'm sure most of you have heard about the women who was arrested at Walmart for cutting in line. Police clame that after cutting in line she began to be a disturbance in the store. The police...

What the N word means to me

nobody@nfomedia.com (velma phillips) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:26:40 -0600

So many times we as African American get so upset when we are called the N word, sometimes we have the right to be mad as Hell. but if you understood the word and the meaning behind it, you ha...

ADOPTION

nobody@nfomedia.com (Teresa Brents) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:05:14 -0600

If you are born into a poverty class and are adopted by a upper middle class couple, what class is the child then? In Saturday's class, we learned about classes and our teacher said, where ...

WHAT IS GOING ON

nobody@nfomedia.com (demetria warren) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 22:39:33 -0600

here in memphis there has been at least 3 cases of child neglect that ended in death,what will cause a mother to leave her young children home along these cases happen in the African americ...

I wanted to cry...

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Crawford) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:57:38 -0600

when I learned the extent of the suffering that so many people have had to endure to produce the wealth of the U.S. Being an African American female, I was always well aware of the treatment ...

blogs

nobody@nfomedia.com (Stella Warren) — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:01:12 -0600

bla, bla

History of people of color & African American

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ali zahir) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:26:36 -0600

african americans were pulled due to slavery and labor demands. many made from slavery in the south went north to help industrialize creating wealth in the north and poverty in the south. Afr...

Jewish Americans Fight Back

nobody@nfomedia.com (gwendolyn banks) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:02:02 -0600

Jewish American fear of street crimes and anti-Semitism led to the formation of self-protective associations beginning in the 1960. In 1968. Rabbi Meir Kahame orginized the Jewish Defense Leag...

Mexican Americans- Braceros and Undocumented Workers

nobody@nfomedia.com (sharrell vaughn) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:26:32 -0600

It was said that for a time, World War 2 shifted government approaches to Mexican Workers. A 1942 Emergency Farm Labor (Bracero) agreement between the United States and Mexico again provided M...

Be quiet or speak up, what would you do?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Daphne Warren) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:19 -0600

Recently, two African-American students at a nearby college in Tennessee endured having to listen to African-Americans being referred to as n****** by their fellow caucasian classmates during ...

Race and Racism

nobody@nfomedia.com (Denise Douglas) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:19:37 -0500

It was recently discussed that race does not exist, but racism does. Racism is a social construct. Some people get racism confused with prejudice and its not the same. Prejudice is ones attitu...

An end of semester laugh

nobody@nfomedia.com (Lisa Fairbrother) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:43:50 -0500

Tim Minchin - If I Didn't Have You "But I'm just saying I don't think your special. I mean, I mean, your special but You fall within a bell curve." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gaid72fq...

Colorism/Racism in Hollywood

nobody@nfomedia.com (courtney kumi) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:21:16 -0500

This guy posted this an i found it very, very interesting.......I want to hear other peoples point of view, no matter if you're black white blue or green. "Where Have All the Black Girls Gone...

Test #1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Teresa Brents) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:37:55 -0500

I think the test was hard and I even studied. I am disappointed in my grade but now I know what to expect on the next tests (I hope).

Multiple Choice Quiz Unit 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Gabrielle Dugger) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:45:20 -0500

I do not understand how to do problems like this....Can you please help me? Who cuts more classes -- males or females? To answer this question, Professor Smith recorded absences for a sample ...

Assigment 5 question 2-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 19:22:27 -0500

The _____ can be defined as the change in the dependent variable (Y) for a unit increase in the independent variable (X).

Assigment 5 question 1-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:37:05 -0500

A strong correlation between X and Y indicates that X causes Y or Y causes X. Please advise. Thanks

Assignment # 4 2-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:40:19 -0500

The number of Within Degrees of Freedom using samples of sizes 20 and 25 is _____. Please advise

BLOGGING HAS CLOSED FOR TEST ONE

nobody@nfomedia.com (Stella Warren) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 09:51:25 -0500

ONLY TWO BLOGS? You do not want two extra points!

ASSIGNMENT 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (lakita brown) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:07:23 -0500

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT ON ASSIGNMENT 5 #5 FOR THE CRITICAL=9.49. I SEE ON THE TABLE OF CHI SQUARE VAULES FOR THE DF=4/00.005, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT WAS CHOSEN. HOW DID YOU DETERMINE IT WAS...

Assignment 5 Q 2-3 and 2-5

nobody@nfomedia.com (KAI STARR) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:11:20 -0500

hey Dr. Guy or anyone, I can not find these answers. 2-3 is "in regression analysis, predicted y is always the ______ for the normal distribution of Y's when X is held constant at a specific ...

Assigment 4....1-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:27:30 -0500

While z is a dynamic probability distribution, t is a static probability distribution. I need help where to find this answer. Thanks

Do the right thing for Mexicans Americans

nobody@nfomedia.com (sharrell vaughn) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:19:51 -0500

I think that Mexicans Americans should be able to cross the Border to find a better way of life. When they find work they should get paid like every body else and not get low wages. As long ...

Culture

nobody@nfomedia.com (gwendolyn banks) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:17:28 -0500

We talked about we share culture. Culture is the ways of acting, and the material objects that together form a people,s way of life.Culture includes what we think, how we act, and what we own....

ASSIGNMENT 4

nobody@nfomedia.com (lakita brown) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:07:15 -0500

FOR QUESTION 2 # 8,9,10, i CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THE CHAPTERS THAT RELATES TO THE QUESTIONS CONCERING THE SPREAD? WHAT CHAPTER WOULD THIS BE IN OR SECTION, CAUSE I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING PERTAIN...

Calculating Within/Between Variance Estimates

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sheila Koonce) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:26:07 -0500

To calculate a Within Variance estimate with three groups, I used the ANOVA 3 calculator. The results section shows "Total, Between, and Within" values with corresponding "DF, SS, and MS" col...

assignment 4 Q2-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (isra abdelaziz) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:11:03 -0500

i cant seem to find the answer for Q2-2 if you could please help.

Assignment 4 #1-6 and 1-10

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amanda Roberts) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:11:11 -0500

Does anyone know where to find the answers to these questions?

Assignment 2 7- 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (noristein kuykendall) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:26:48 -0500

So Dr. Guy If you said 134 or is it .134, this is what has confused me in placing the info into the curse in expecting the right answer. what exactly did i do wrong. i am perplexed, this is w...

assignment 2 problem 10

nobody@nfomedia.com (lakita brown) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:12:05 -0500

for problem 1 i know how to get the .4 and then use the normal calculator for the area above z =-4 but in the second box is that where u said that u can use any # and still get the same answer...

Assignment 5 Q2-6 and 7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Diana Vu) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:33:42 -0500

i can't find the answer to these. it sounds so simple but yet i can't find it. can anyone help?

Unit 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sheila Koonce) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:12:31 -0500

I over-thought things last week, so I want to make sure I understand the basic calculations. On the Multiple Choice practice quiz, #11, it asks: If calculated t for two independent samples i...

Assignment 3 Q 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (isra abdelaziz) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:13:44 -0500

i am having trouble with this problem if you could please help.

Assignment 2 - 10

nobody@nfomedia.com (noristein kuykendall) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 20:05:10 -0500

I having problems trying to figure out how to use the Standard Normal Curve Calculator to create the answer from the homework assignment sheet. I don't know how to place this into the box and...

Sharing sessions; post comments here

nobody@nfomedia.com (RS Robinson) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:46:09 -0500

Each classmate has agreed to share proposal sections for your feedback and assistance. Please use this area for questions and suggestions

Assignment #3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:07:53 -0500

Question 2-4....All possible sample means computed on samples of size N drawn from a target population is called _____. Is the correct answer sampling distribution.

Homework 3 - Calculating Z critical

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sheila Koonce) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:12:12 -0500

I'm working on problem 6 in homework assignment 3 using the template from Sep 2008 blog. H(0): μ = 169 H(1): μ ≠ 169 α = .05 z critical = ±2.50 ??? z obtained = 2.50 I...

Assignment 2 Q 2.9

nobody@nfomedia.com (Gabrielle Dugger) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:42:07 -0500

I honestly do not see the/a blog entry for Assignment 2 Q2.9 and I am having a very difficult time putting it all together... could someone please help? Thank you

QUESTION

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:38:59 -0500

I also need help with how to solve assignment 2-2-10. Thanks

Homework #2 questions and other clarifications

nobody@nfomedia.com (Melody Williams) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:27:50 -0500

Dr. Guy, I feel I am on track with the course. I apologize for just finalizing my HW #1 this evening. I typed "Completed" in the title but did not click the "completed" button next to it. I h...

Help

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:15:12 -0500

Before I submit my assgn 2....I need to know how to solve for problem 2-9. Thanks!!!!

Assignment #2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amanda Roberts) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:38:55 -0500

Does anyone know where to find the information to solve problem 1-5?

Homework 2 #7 4and 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tijuana Jefferson) — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:22:13 -0500

I am not sure how to answer these questions. Would you please refer me to what pages in the text that will help me? Thanks

My journal

nobody@nfomedia.com (gloria anderson) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:05:02 -0500

For some odd reason I can't get a blank page on my journal, so I can do my next assignment. Help

Assignment 3 Q4-7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Diana Vu) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:43:57 -0500

i know how to do these but what exactly do you want turned in? do you want, for example, reject μ0 and accept μ1 or do you want more than that?

Assignment 2 #5-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tijuana Jefferson) — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:23:36 -0500

I wanted to know if I calculateed the variance correctly. I came up with 69.2727.

due dates

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kathryn Sabet) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:30:44 -0500

On the syllabus it shows that homework and quizzes should be completed by certain dates, which are usually every friday. Does this mean that each assignment and quiz won't be accepted past th...

quiz 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Angelica Staples) — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:21:18 -0500

how can i see what i missed

Assignment 1 #6-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tijuana Jefferson) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:31:02 -0500

I couldn't get my columns to line up correctly.

Assignment 1 #6-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tijuana Jefferson) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:25:21 -0500

Dr. Guy, I wanted to know if I was constructing my quantitative frequency distribution correctly. This is what I came up with: Class 1-10 9 9 11-20 17 26 21...

Assignment 2 Q7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Diana Vu) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:24:51 -0500

i'm not sure how to approach this question. can anyone help?

Great PDF for stat symbols

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sheila Koonce) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:07:47 -0500

Here is a link for a great PDF file listing Stat symbols and formulas you might find helpful. :) ~Sheila http://www.statistics.com/resources/statsymbols.pdf

cal

nobody@nfomedia.com (Crystal Hollins) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:42:33 -0500

Does anyone's Online Calculators work?!!!!!!!!!

Assignment #1 6-1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amanda Roberts) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:11:23 -0500

On problem 6-1 do we need to label each column class interval, absolute frequency, cumulative absolute frequency and so forth, or do we just put the numbers in 5 columns?

Dare Not Walk Alone

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Joel Adams) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 11:09:40 -0500

The Customs House Museum and Austin Peay State University presents “Dare Not Walk Alone” with Producer/Director Jeremy Dean as part of the Southern Arts Federation’s Southern Circuit Tour of I...

Wiki's Take on Nietzsche

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Joel Adams) — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 09:54:03 -0500

Here is a very brief wikipedia article on Nietzsche's "Truth and Lie": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Truth_and_Lies_in_a_Nonmoral_Sense

Assignment #1 question 4-2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morgan Mann) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 16:06:34 -0500

I can't seem to find this problem, does any one know what unit it is in?

Assignment #1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morgan Mann) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 15:58:17 -0500

Does all of the answers for assignment 1 need to be entered like problem 1 down below?

Greek Symbols

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:51:53 -0500

Use the following strings of text to get the following Greek Symbols. To get the string to display for you (instead of the actual character), I am including spaces between the characters, bu...

Greek Symbols

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:51:24 -0500

Use the following strings of text to get the following Greek Symbols. To get the string to display for you (instead of the actual character), I am including spaces between the characters, bu...

"Social Psychological Dimension"

nobody@nfomedia.com (Denise Douglas) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:34:06 -0500

I was reading an article on "Social Psychological Dimension" to get a better understanding on what we discussed in class on September 3. The article was really interesting it gave a social psy...

Assignment 1 Question 9

nobody@nfomedia.com (isra abdelaziz) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:10:32 -0500

Not sure how to figure out if its skewed to the left or right. There is no mode Mean - 74.6 Median- 76

Homework Assignments

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:48:19 -0500

When completing the graded homework assignments, please do NOT rewrite the questions. Just enter your answers using the same numbering system as listed with the questions. For example, for...

Homework Assignments

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:48:03 -0500

When completing the graded homework assignments, please do NOT rewrite the questions. Just enter your answers using the same numbering system as listed with the questions. For example, for...

Quizzes

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:46:36 -0500

All 5 quizzes should be ONLINE and available to you by Friday, September 4.

Quiz 1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Brett Burana) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:26:14 -0500

When will quiz 1 be available? I went to my exams and it was not up.

Blog Entries from Past Semester

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:07:32 -0500

Please check the BLOG entries for the past semester as many of the answers to HOMEWORK problems can be found among these entries. Please click on the links labeled January 2009, February 2009...

Blog Entries from Past Semester

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 18:07:11 -0500

Please check the BLOG entries for the past semester as many of the answers to HOMEWORK problems can be found among these entries. Please click on the links labeled August 2008, September 2008...

Personality Types

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Joel Adams) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:16:05 -0500

Now that you've taken the test ... here's info on the results. *Wikipedia: Myers-Briggs Type Indicators

Heart of Darkness

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrew Rubin) — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:03:08 -0500

Who narrator of Heart of Darkness? Who is the Why does Marlow tell

Edison Clips (Library of Congress)

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Joel Adams) — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:00:22 -0500

There are many of the early Edison short films available free online. Check both the iTunes store and the following website for details: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/edhtml/edhome.html And w...

Myer-Briggs Personality Types

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Joel Adams) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 18:43:54 -0500

Now that you've taken the test ... here's info on the results. *Wikipedia: Myers-Briggs Type Indicators

World's Oldest Substantial Book Digitized

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:48:28 -0500

Codex Sinaiticus is one of the most important books in the world. Handwritten well over 1600 years ago, the manuscript contains the Christian Bible in Greek, including the oldest complete copy...

the switch to digital TV

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:49:27 -0500

if anyone is still lurking about... some youtube videos documenting the switch to digital: http://rhizome.org/editorial/2713 the first clip is actually from rochester, and the last features...

Tweet Mania

nobody@nfomedia.com (Denise Jauregui) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:48:59 -0500

I had never heard of Twittter before i started this class. Now it seems is everywhere. Like Myspace once was really popular when it first came out. Twitter is the the new hype obviously . Ever...

Racial Stereotypes--Funny?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Se Eun Hong) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:32:09 -0500

When viewing many of the television shows today, they seem to be making fun of one particular subject alot: racial stereotypes. Some examples include: "The Simpsons," "South Park," and "Family...

The Death of Anna Nicole Smith

nobody@nfomedia.com (Robert Marquez) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:44:21 -0500

We talked a lot about death and dying while reading the novel White Noise. As you all know, one of mankind's greatest fear is of death. Any person is susceptible to dying at any moment and th...

Gender Roles in Halo 3

nobody@nfomedia.com (Bryan Donnelly) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:05:21 -0500

In the Xbox 360 game Halo 3 the main character, Master Chief, is accompanied on his missions by an artificial intelligence named Cortana. She is essentially a computer program, and is inside C...

Gender Roles in the Kitchen

nobody@nfomedia.com (Izumi Stanley) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:27:55 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYOiDO3VMzw I saw this Kingsford Match Light commercial a while ago, and it saw it again recently, and couldn't help but notice how blatantly it described gende...

Female Gender Roles in Anime

nobody@nfomedia.com (Robert Marquez) — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:30:01 -0500

For those who don't know, anime is animated, cartoon shows whose origins are from Japan. There are many popular anime's out there today such as One Piece, Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, and other...

Male Objectification

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrew Ojeda) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 18:00:15 -0500

In class, Dr. Tanner Higgin discussed how D’angelo’s music video for the song “How Does It Feel,” objectifies males through the use of an ultra-masculine figure. In the video, the camera is cl...

Kanye's 808s and Heartbreak

nobody@nfomedia.com (Aditya Tammewar) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:59:41 -0500

Kanye West's newest album 808's and Heartbreak was an obvious break from his own comfort zone. Regardless of the diverse reaction the album received, the album was his most interesting piece. ...

Semiotics of D4L's

nobody@nfomedia.com (Timmy Jing) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:46:53 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SZ3R9-Z0EM Notice how in every rap music video, the only men that are present are the ones that rap the song. This is especially exaggerated here, where the ra...

Consumption, Gender, and Video Game Consoles

nobody@nfomedia.com (Steven Chrysafides) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:45:56 -0500

Each of the major video game consoles sells different types of games at different target audiences. These consoles consist mainly of the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation 3. The huge maj...

Axe Commercial

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kathie Nguyen) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:46:22 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbU_j0bxWpU So I was rifling through youtube videos and came across this Axe commercial. I thought about hwo this relates back to that discussion on the men's m...

Let Me Upgrade U

nobody@nfomedia.com (Axel Santana) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 02:40:37 -0500

In the video Upgrade U, Beyonce plays the role of an empowered female figure, flaunting her wealth and high class status. In the lyrics of the song, she offers herself, almost selling herself ...

Race in World of Warcraft

nobody@nfomedia.com (Timmy Jing) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:24:25 -0500

When I first played World of Warcraft back when it first released in 2004, there were a lot of complaints about how the Alliance would outnumber the Horde. This reminded me of the discussion w...

Addressing the Double Standard Through Music

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ugochi Ezekwo) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:11:42 -0500

Continuing from our discussion of music videos, I found another video that fits into what we have been interpreting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVTyLqkez6A Beyonce’s “If I Were a Boy” mu...

UP Went the Movie Down Went the Toys

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jonathan Scott) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:55:02 -0500

The newly released Pixar movie UP was having issues with marketing during its development and almost faced termination because of the problems. Toy companies and Pixar were worried about the l...

50 Cent is Ghetto Fabulous!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jonathan Scott) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:39:19 -0500

Rappers have romanticized the ghetto lifestyle and glorified the gangster image, both of which have become stereotypical images associated with African American culture. 50 Cent, a famous Afri...

Left 4 Dead, Race, and Gender

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kathie Nguyen) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:10:55 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOQu0B7hejk Some warning, if you guys decide to watch it's a little violent. If you get scared of horror themed things, don't watch. So I never really thought ...

Just thought I'd share one last thing...

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:47:06 -0500

Turns out that the earliest voice recording may just be some dude with a mic-type device of some sort. Not the trembling young girlish falsetto we'd heard before. Perhaps we've been misled. Ha...

Terminator Salvation and Gender Roles

nobody@nfomedia.com (Steven Chrysafides) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:46:54 -0500

Over the last weekend, I had the opportunity to see Terminator Salvation. Even though I thought that the movie was the worst out of the terminator series, there were definitely some important ...

Juno's Consumerism and Gender Bias

nobody@nfomedia.com (Jonathan Scott) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:18:45 -0500

Juno is supposed to be an Indie movie that displays the ideals of counterculture. It has a heroine that is a strong independent woman. It is also supposed to be an artsy film without any consu...

Traditional Gender Roles Strong in Korean Entertainment

nobody@nfomedia.com (Se Eun Hong) — Thu, 28 May 2009 15:41:43 -0500

Gender roles have been reflected in each generation as people learn accordingly to their culture. As I was observing this persistent “trend,” I noticed that it is particularly strong in Korea,...

Racism in GTA:SA

nobody@nfomedia.com (Carolyn Odabe) — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:17:15 -0500

At first I didn't really feel that the main character in Grand Theft Auto being black and gangster was that big of a deal. I know its wrong to stereotype different races in this way, but I don...

Race in Video Games

nobody@nfomedia.com (Izumi Stanley) — Mon, 25 May 2009 13:14:24 -0500

When Looking at the arcade fighting game "Marvel vs. Capcom 2" I noticed some interesting aspects on race. Out of the 56 playable characters in the game only a few of them are black or dark s...

Gender Role Critique on

nobody@nfomedia.com (Paulina Dinh) — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:33:44 -0500

My Satellite TV went out this weekend and I was prone to my old VCR videos of Disney and old movies. I watched The Little Rascals and as I’m sure, everyone as a young child has seen it! None...

The Obama Brand

nobody@nfomedia.com (Carolyn Odabe) — Sun, 17 May 2009 12:52:36 -0500

The graphics and the brand logo itself had a lot to do with the success Obama had during his campaign, but I think that there are two main ones his campaign was so successful. First the font, ...

Sarah Connor in Terminator 2

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ugochi Ezekwo) — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:02:11 -0500

Sarah Connor was introduced to us from behind as she was doing chin-ups in her room. From this introduction, the audience can already assume that Sarah will be different from the typical, deli...

Ricahrd III

nobody@nfomedia.com (David King) — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:34:28 -0500

The opening scene for Richard III served as a scene in which Shakespeare conveyed all of the important information a "set up" the rest of the play for his audience. In this act, the main chara...

Frank Rich yesterday: American Press on Suicide Watch

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 11 May 2009 08:51:45 -0500

Frank Rich's NY Times column takes up the issues we've been discussing in the seminar--and cites Clay Shirky. Rich, if you're not a regular reader of his stuff, is generally terrific. http://...

New, Larger Kindle

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Dwight) — Wed, 06 May 2009 12:37:53 -0500

Amazon revealed a new, larger version of the Kindle (called the Kindle DX) designed to better display newspapers and magazines for $489. The screen size is 9.7 inch (versus just 6in. on Kindl...

Kindle DX

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:29:31 -0500

Amazon (and class favorite Jeff Bezos) unveiled the new, large-form version of the Kindle this morning. It's more than twice the size of the Kindle 2, and Amazon hopes the larger reading surfa...

Real-Life Twitter

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Fri, 01 May 2009 12:54:43 -0500

Dan from College Humor experiments in making our modern text culture oral again. In public. http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1909386

Lifecasting

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Dwight) — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:39:53 -0500

Want to share every second of everyday of your life with the rest of the world? Grab a webcam and try "lifecasting". http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/30/pirillo.lifecasting/index.html

Final Paper

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrew Pence) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:10:40 -0500

The topic is to pick the most important scene in one of the plays and from there you analyze it and say why it is the most important. My question is, can we use quotes from another scene or m...

Kindle for Elderly

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:03:18 -0500

Studies have shown that the largest group of Kindle users is 60-69 year olds. This is pretty contradictory to the understanding of how new technology gets adopted. http://www.marginalrevolut...

Posting #3 Questions

nobody@nfomedia.com (Della Shorman) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:08:36 -0500

this would be a new thread

Posting #2 Discussions

nobody@nfomedia.com (Della Shorman) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:06:50 -0500

setting up a new Tag, will allow for Grouping for Individual Topics/Threads.

Posting #1

nobody@nfomedia.com (Della Shorman) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:04:19 -0500

First blog post. Just a test.

Google's Settlement with the Author's Guild

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 14:55:23 -0500

If anyone is interested in where the Google Books settlement is at check out this update from Wired: DoJ Puts Google on Notice over Book Deal.

Peer-reviewed online journal

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:40:42 -0500

Here's the latest issue of RaVon, the e-journal that we mentioned in seminar last week: Begin forwarded message: From: Michael Eberle-Sinatra Date: April 29, 2009 8:37:30 AM EDT To: NASSR-...

Mulvey’s Castration Anxiety

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrew Ojeda) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 02:12:12 -0500

In "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema," Mulvey describes castration anxiety. A male child walks into his parent’s room and sees his mom and dad having sex. He notices that his dad has a pen...

Single authorship vs collaborative scholarship

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:51:15 -0500

Thinking of the effects of digital media on authoring (and that one-to-one "private" relationship that Birkerts features in his laments): http://digitalscholarship.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/col...

Kurzweil's Magic Lenses

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:05:50 -0500

Remember Kurzweil's speculation about lenses that would provide you with map overlays and the names of people at parties? Check out this brief article by Anne Eisenberg from Sunday's NY Times...

Remember Kurzweil's magic lenses?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:04:25 -0500

Remember Kurzweil's speculation about lenses that would provide you with map overlays and the names of people at parties. Check out this brief article by Anne Eisenberg from Sunday's NY Times...

Sete

nobody@nfomedia.com (gladys stewart) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:15:22 -0500

Yes I did it last week. Nice to have been in class with all of you have a safe summer

Technology Helps Out

nobody@nfomedia.com (Minwoo Oh) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:07:57 -0500

This is an article about laptops aiding sick kids to be connected with school and friends. http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/27/hm.sick.kids.satellite.connection/index.html

The Postmodernism Generator

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:19:00 -0500

This essays posted on this site are the product of a computer algorithm, entirely fabricated and meaningless. This guy wrote a program to compile ideas, vocab, and grammar to replicate that q...

This comic is perfect for our recent class discussions...

nobody@nfomedia.com (Karel Schurman) — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:24:16 -0500

http://xkcd.com/77/

Prosthetic arms

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:21:41 -0500

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10217855-76.html Check out the video from 60 minutes

Charlie Rose Interview: Problems with Extending Life Expectancy

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:21:32 -0500

Charlie Rose interviews Malcolm Gladwell in 1996 about an article in the New Yorker about the trouble's we'll face if we succeed in extending life expectancy. At first, he comes off as a na...

'Longest copyright ... ever'

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:19:56 -0500

From SlashDot.org: "The BBC is reporting that the United Nations' World Digital Library has gone online with an initial offering of 1,200 ancient manuscripts, parchments and documents. ... Ast...

Braille E-Book Reader

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:41:57 -0500

Today I stumbled across this cool concept design for a possible Braille E-Book reader. Check it out. http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/04/17/braille-e-book/ via http://www.theawesomer.com

More Data as to the End of Newspapers

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:09:56 -0500

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/21/new-york-times-sees-intensifying-advertiser-pullback-in-first-quarter/

ban comic sans

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:59:56 -0500

a fun video clip about the font comic sans... http://bancomicsans.com/home.html

ban comic sans

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:59:42 -0500

a fun video clip about the font comic sans... http://bancomicsans.com/home.html

awareness test

nobody@nfomedia.com (Alejandra Contreras) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:45:21 -0500

for those of you who haven't seen it.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSQJP40PcGI

Brainwave Twitter

nobody@nfomedia.com (Katherine King) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:31:07 -0500

The next step from the monkey video in class today. http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/04/braintweet.html

Google Newspaper History

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:26:46 -0500

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/20/google-news-timeline-offers-a-new-way-to-search-the-past/ Google creating new links to knowledge as well as enhanced filters for the information contained...

DIY Book Scanner

nobody@nfomedia.com (Katherine King) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:45:31 -0500

Daniel_reetz at Instructables.com has posted instructions for a DIY book scanner. http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-High-Speed-Book-Scanner-from-Trash-and-Cheap-C/

Braille E-Reader

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:09:13 -0500

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/20/braille-e-reader-concept-cant-be-far-from-reality/

Alternate use of a printer

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:54:59 -0500

Printer as a musical instrument! Description on Youtube: "There are millions of computers sitting idle at home consuming fantom electricity. Let's see where all that power is going. This i...

Plastic Logic e-reader

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 16:48:04 -0500

The other week in class Chad Post mentioned the Plastic Logic e-reader, which is being released in a year or so. It's more open than the Kindle in that it can display a variety of content a...

Jeep Advertisement

nobody@nfomedia.com (Paulina Dinh) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:55:40 -0500

As I was browsing through the web, I came across an interesting ad that reflects the durability and utility of the Jeep. http://files.coloribus.com/files/paedia/print/part_20/201941/preview_6...

Rochester Internet Access

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 07:56:17 -0500

Earlier in class there was a discussion of Time Warner changing to a new usage model of pricing. They have recently decided against doing it due to enormous negative feedback. http://www.busi...

Nintendo on Inside Edition

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:36:39 -0500

This clip of Inside Edition "reporting" on a new-fangled craze called "Ninetendo" is pretty funny. http://dorkyearbook.com/post/96605057/inside-edition-has-some-tough-question-for

Nintendo on Inside Edition

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:36:06 -0500

This clip of Inside Edition "reporting" on a new-fangled craze called "Ninetendo" is pretty funny. http://dorkyearbook.com/post/96605057/inside-edition-has-some-tough-question-for

Understanding Twitter

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 13:45:38 -0500

Although I am aware of its popularity, I have to admit that I don't use or even understand Twitter. I just read an excellent article about how it started out, how it was initially meant to be ...

'Hyperlocal' Web Sites Deliver News Without Newspapers

nobody@nfomedia.com (Matt ODonnell) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 12:32:03 -0500

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/technology/start-ups/13hyperlocal.html?ref=business

transcriptions: Stephen Crane

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:15:40 -0500

Just in case you sometimes feel that we are surely the only people in the world who could possibly care about transcriptions from handwriting, there's this bit from today's scholarly editing l...

transcriptions: Stephen Crane

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:13:50 -0500

Just in case you sometimes feel that we are surely the only people in the world who could possibly care about transcriptions from handwriting, there's this bit from today's scholarly editing l...

transcriptions: Stephen Crane

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:12:16 -0500

Just in case you sometimes feel that we are surely the only people in the world who could possibly care about transcriptions from handwriting, there's this bit from today's scholarly editing l...

Colbert Report Recent Clips on Newspaper Deaths

nobody@nfomedia.com (Hilarie C Lloyd, J.D.) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 23:37:56 -0500

This one is from only a few days ago, on April 8th: This Colbert Report clip of Phil Bronstein (editor-at-large of Hearst Newspapers and the SF Chronicle) specifically addresses how the int...

Printer that Prints Itself

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:30:51 -0500

Thought this might be interesting in terms of open source and printing... Printer Prints Itself.

Two images of Mosaic (The first web browser)

nobody@nfomedia.com (Wesley Mills) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:43:30 -0500

Here are two images of Mosaic, the first web-browser. I can't make it upload! I guess I am too old.

Vannevar Bush

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:52:26 -0500

Cleaner image of the Memex.

Vannevar Bush

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:51:39 -0500

Memex

Vannevar Bush

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:50:35 -0500

"Scientist of the Future"

"An illuminated book for the digital age"

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:16:37 -0500

if:book's tribute to Blake and experiment in multimedia book forms: http://futureofthebook.org.uk/blake/book.html

"An illuminated book for the digital age"

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:15:19 -0500

if:book's tribute to Blake and experiment in mutimedia book forms: http://futureofthebook.org.uk/blake/book.html

hm...a vook?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:02:24 -0500

From the NYT: "Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream — and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the rapid...

hm...a vook?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:02:01 -0500

From the NYT: "Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream — and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the rapid...

Hip Hop Counterculture?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tanner Higgin) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:16:46 -0500

Here is a video that I would like you to think about: Dead Prez "Hell Yeah": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVDEDvob2U4 Dead Prez are positioned within the hip hop community as a kind of rad...

Facebook's Latest Role: College Guidance Counselor

nobody@nfomedia.com (Minwoo Oh) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:12:26 -0500

The expansion of Facebook.... http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1889298,00.html?cnn=yes

More authors turn to Web and print-on-demand publishing

nobody@nfomedia.com (Minwoo Oh) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:05:41 -0500

hmm.. Traditional vs. Web http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/04/06/print.on.demand.publishing/index.html

Rupert Murdoch on Kindle / Google's Secret Servers

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:08:19 -0500

Here are a couple of stories that caught my eye over the weekend. Rupert Murdoch appears to be investing in a four-color Kindle competitor, and Google revealed its secret in-house server desig...

Kindles and Libraries

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:51:02 -0500

Last week we spoke a little bit about how libraries would make use of Kindles. It looks like at least one library already tried: A New Jersey Library Starts Lending Kindles. That began in 2007...

The Screen vs. The Page, Rosen-style

nobody@nfomedia.com (Hilarie C Lloyd, J.D.) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 12:33:56 -0500

Rosen’s War: The Screen vs. The Page Rosen points out numerous dangerous qualities of the Kindle that make the possibility of its replacement of books sound disastrous. ...

readers boycotting kindle titles higher than 9.99

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:43:36 -0500

readers boycotting kindle titles higher than 9.99

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:43:19 -0500

Bookeen--Speaking of the Kindle

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:56:52 -0500

From what I can tell, the Euro-competition with the Kindle is Bookeen's Cybook Gen3 ("La lecture en liberte" "Read in freedom"). http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx I saw on...

Bookeen--Speaking of the Kindle

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:56:16 -0500

From what I can tell, the Euro-competition with the Kindle is Bookeen's Cybook Gen3 ("La lecture en liberte" "Read in freedom"). http://www.bookeen.com/ebook/ebook-reading-device.aspx I saw on...

MC Lars and the iGeneration!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Hilarie C Lloyd, J.D.) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:27:51 -0500

Here is a song that my ex-husband put on a mix cd for me, back around 2005-ish. I was listening to it in the car on my way home from class, and wanting you all to hear it! The Kindle-pushers...

Summaries

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:59:00 -0500

The once and Future E-book: On Reading in the Digital Age by John Siracusa Siracusa discusses the difficulties associated with the ebook market and his utter frustration with the “ignorant ma...

My responses to the Digital Page

nobody@nfomedia.com (Wesley Mills) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:41:18 -0500

Brown, Mandy. “In Defense of Readers.” I agree with much of what Ms. Brown has to say and I appreciate her being succinct in her saying it. In many ways she has pinpointed exactly what it is ...

soundbites from Stephen Fry: the rise of the novel

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:18:11 -0500

"I doubt you can find any sentence describing how human learning has degraded now that isn't congruent to a similar sentence written at the time of rise of the novel - about how people were no...

soundbites from Stephen Fry: books and the web

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:17:20 -0500

"Very often people oddly put books against the internet. Man's first communication with man, as far as we know, is obviously through the spoken voice and literature was first an oral thing - ...

Digital Literacy

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:01:25 -0500

Siracusa and Sebastian both make the point that the physical differences between e-readers and books can only take us so far in our discussion of emerging reading technologies. We’re looking t...

"You’ve Read the Headlines. Now, Quick, Read the Book."

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:21:44 -0500

"You’ve Read the Headlines. Now, Quick, Read the Book." by Motoko Rich in the NY Times

E-Books

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 08:18:42 -0500

Somewhere between a response and a summary here. So it goes... John Siracusa, in “The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age,” draws from his experience as a veteran of “early...

Andrea's Response to the (Digital) Page Readings

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrea Everett) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 07:37:26 -0500

Sorry about this, guys, but my blog post is a response to the readings as opposed to a summary of them. I thought that we were going to summarize in class and that the blog was for our respon...

Joe's Reading Summaries

nobody@nfomedia.com (Joe Vogel) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 03:18:47 -0500

Mandy Brown. “In Defense of Readers.” A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. 17 February 2009. This is an interesting article in which Mandy Brown, a web designer, argues for making peop...

Ryan's Reading Summaries

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 01:51:36 -0500

Mandy Brown. “In Defense of Readers.” A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites. 17 February 2009. Brown addresses aspects of digital page design that she feels are crucial to attracting r...

Responses to study guide questions

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 23:31:45 -0500

Here are my responses. Let me know if you have additional questions. Prof. Pelak African Americans 2. There were 1.5 million Africans enslave in our country. 4. The institution of slavery h...

Nick and Luke's Tmemap

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:43:28 -0500

Nick and Luke's Timemap

A few questions

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sydney McGhee) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:19:47 -0500

Hello, A few students and I have a few questions that we cannot seem to answer. They are: 3,4,and 8 for the African American section; 2 and 6 for the Mexican American section; 3 for the Asia...

clarification of the 2nd largest religous group

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:43:56 -0500

Hello: An asute student just brought to my attention a mistake in the powerpoint presentation on Arab Americans. On the slide discussing education and religion there was a typo. I have fixed ...

Clarification of 2nd largest religous group

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Cynthia Fabrizio Pelak) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:42:17 -0500

Hello: An asute student just brought to my attention a mistake in the powerpoint presentation on Arab Americans. On the slide discussing education and religion there was a typo. I have fixed...

Digital Portability For Newspapers?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ian Harmand) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:06:59 -0500

I came across this article from the website of "The Detroit News" chronicling the dramatic changes in newspaper format that are on the horizon. Apparently, "The Detroit News" and "The Detroit ...

STEAMHORSE

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:49:51 -0500

per Siracura's discussion of the term "e-book" and his analogy of the car vs. horse debate.... (from nextnature.net) This remarkable proposal for a steam powered street locomotive was invent...

STEAMHORSE

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:48:57 -0500

per our discussion of the term "e-book" and Siracusa's analogy of the car vs. horse debate.... (from nextnature.net) This remarkable proposal for a steam powered street locomotive was invent...

on the slowness of books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:39:29 -0500

an interesting post about screen reading and slowness of books... http://aworkinglibrary.com/library/archives/on_feeding/

on the slowness of books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:39:14 -0500

an interesting post about screen reading and slowness of books... http://aworkinglibrary.com/library/archives/on_feeding/

Social Network Asymmetry

nobody@nfomedia.com (Tanner Higgin) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:42:42 -0500

Here's an article predicting some ways in which Facebook will further being to mimic Twitter: http://bokardo.com/archives/relationship-symmetry-in-social-networks-why-facebook-will-go-fully-as...

Winding Road Magazine

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:37:56 -0500

David Scott's entry about the possible future of books got me thinking about online magazines. Here is one that I read regularly. It's got the look of a printed magazine, with the seamless nav...

Paper-Richard III

nobody@nfomedia.com (Radha Ramjeawan) — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:12:35 -0500

does any one know if we can use Richard III in our papers???

Wes & Andrea - Timemap Project

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrea Everett) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:34:22 -0500

Here’s the link to our timemap on Johnson: http://courses.ats.rochester.edu/eaves/timeline/everett/TimeMap_Lab.html I uploaded the pictures from the Dictionary that were included in our Powe...

Karel, Tim and Evangeline's Time Map

nobody@nfomedia.com (Evangeline Polan) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:48:24 -0500

Our time map for Dryden's The Assignation: or, Love in a Nunnery can be found here: http://courses.ats.rochester.edu/eaves/timeline/polan/TimeMap_Lab.html

Kat, Gayle, and Luke's Timemap link

nobody@nfomedia.com (Katherine King) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:04:14 -0500

Our timemap of William Congreve's "The Way of the World" is here.

Peter & Hilarie - Timemap

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:16:15 -0500

Dryden et al., Three Poems . . .

Joe Vogel/Ryan Donnelly Timemap

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:19:22 -0500

Walden to Rochester

Objectified

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:21:27 -0500

I just read an article in the International Herald Tribune about a new movie by the makers of _Helvetica_. This one is _Objectified_, about product design. Sounded like something I'd definit...

Objectified

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 04:20:44 -0500

I just read an article in the International Herald Tribune about a new movie by the makers of _Helvetica_. This one is _Objectified_, about product design. Sounded like something I'd definit...

Blake clip

nobody@nfomedia.com (Joe Vogel) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:22:33 -0500

Here's a link to a pretty interesting video clip about Blake's illuminated works, including some shots of the originals (and a guest feature from Jim Morrison--kind of). http://www.youtube.co...

Talk at RIT (tonight!)

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:00:06 -0500

Interesting talk tonight... Mark Frauenfelder & Carla Sinclair Authors, journalists, webloggers, new media magnates; Mark co-founded Boing Boing & Make magazine; Carla is “Net Chick,” & edits...

Talk at RIT (tonight!)

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:59:08 -0500

Per our discussion yesterday of DIY, crafting, making things, etc. Mark Frauenfelder & Carla Sinclair Authors, journalists, webloggers, new media magnates; Mark co-founded Boing Boing & Mak...

Chris and Ian's Timemap Presentation

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:04:24 -0500

http://courses.ats.rochester.edu/eaves/timeline/harmand/stavlasharmand3.html

When computers look at images

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:24:22 -0500

Considering our turn toward images, here's an interesting-sounding presentation this Thursday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 0...

When computers look at images

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:24:20 -0500

Considering our turn toward images, here's an interesting-sounding presentation this Thursday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 0...

When computers look at images

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:23:31 -0500

Considering our turn toward images, here's an interesting-sounding presentation this Thursday: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 0...

Storytelling

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:04:20 -0500

This video was created for an assignment to create a new interpretation of "Little Red Riding Hood." Pretty cool. I like the emphasis put on tiny details, which stands in amusing contrast to t...

One last thing about the timemaps

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:59:29 -0500

The projects are coming along nicely but I've come accross a small fix that I think most of you will benefit from. The timeline code is set up in intervals of months on the top and years on th...

One last thing about the timemaps

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:58:51 -0500

The projects are coming along nicely but I've come accross a small fix that I think most of you will benefit from. The timeline code is set up in intervals of months on the top and years on th...

Help with TimeMap

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:55 -0500

I'll be in my office from 9-12 tomorrow to help with the TimeMap projects. Email me if you'd like me to look at yours and see if I can help. Nora

Help with TimeMap

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:31:29 -0500

I'll be in my office from 9-12 tomorrow to help with the TimeMap projects. Email me if you'd like me to look at yours and see if I can help. Nora

Adding Pictures to your TimeMap Bubbles

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:43:04 -0500

You need to use escaped html to add images to your bubbles in the timeline project- The CDATA tag doesn't seem to work -here is a little tool that will write them for you: <a href="h...

Adding Pictures to your Pop Up Bubbles on the TimeMap

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:39:21 -0500

You need to use escaped html to add images to your bubbles in the timeline project- The CDATA tag doesn't seem to work -here is a little tool that will write them for you: <href="http...

Conference of the Book

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:49:21 -0500

Just to indicate that people really do get together to talk about this stuff: SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BOOK The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 16-18 O...

Conference of the Book

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 01:48:39 -0500

Just to indicate that people really do get together to talk about this stuff: SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE BOOK The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 16-18 O...

Dr. Johnson's Dictionary

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 10:00:25 -0500

"Welcome to Dr. Johnson’s Dictionary, a word-a-day dictionary from Samuel Johnson’s A Dictionary of the English Language (London: Printed by W. Strahan for J. and P. Knapton, [1755]), one of t...

last book art post, i swear

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 07:18:20 -0500

but these are really amazing! (more from Brian Dettner, whom Peter posted about below) via if:book... http://www.packergallery.com/dettmer3/

Group project

nobody@nfomedia.com (Evangeline Polan) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:03:49 -0500

Karel, Tim and I chose Dryden's The Assignation: or, Love in a Nunnery.

Robert Coover, "fiction writer and hypertext pioneer" talking in

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:03:23 -0500

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another book artist: su blackwell

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 08:57:03 -0500

Peter's post reminded me of Su Blackwell, another book artist worth checking out. http://www.sublackwell.co.uk/

Books in the Post-Book World

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 07:24:49 -0500

As we move into our study of e-books and other digital printing technologies, it seems appropriate to ask the question, what are we going to do with all of those books that we’ll soon no lon...

c19 microphotographs

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:56:02 -0500

just came across this bit on early scientific photography... http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/microphotograph.html

c19 microphotographs

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 06:54:11 -0500

just came across this bit on wired about early scientific photography... http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/microphotograph.html

twitter in a hardcover

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:28:29 -0500

this is making its way around the blogs: someone published 2 years worth of tweets in a hardcover book (using lulu, another online self-publishing service). http://www.collisiondetection.net/...

twitter in a hardcover

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:27:51 -0500

this is making its way around the blogs: someone published 2 years worth of tweets in a hardcover book (using lulu, another online self-publishing service). http://www.collisiondetection.net/...

Desktop Publishing and Web Design Freeware

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:28:46 -0500

Freeware is exciting! For those of you interested in desktop publishing or web design but can't afford InDesign or Dream Weaver: Scribus is a free, open source page layout design program simi...

Heads up from Rare Books Library

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:20:26 -0500

Yesterday when were in the Rare Books Library, the person doing the images for us asked us to remind people to submit their requests.

The Indian Emperour

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ian Harmand) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:23:29 -0500

Chris Stavlas and Ian Harmand have selected John Dryden's play, "The Indian Emperour" (1667), for their timemap project.

TimeMap Pages are all working now

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:02:54 -0500

If you had a timemap webpage from the lab that wasn't working don't dispair- I've fixed everyone's Google Maps Keys and did a little code cleanup so everyone is starting Friday's lab with a wo...

TimeMap Webpages are all working now

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 16:02:07 -0500

If you had a timemap webpage from the lab that wasn't working don't dispair- I've fixed everyone's Google Maps Keys and did a little code cleanup so everyone is starting Friday's lab with a wo...

is this art?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 14:49:31 -0500

Thomas Kinkade, the artist we were talking about it class (from wikipedia): *** Thomas Kinkade (born January 19, 1958 in Sacramento, California) is an American painter of realistic, bucolic, a...

How Lithography Works

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:03:42 -0500

Go through the making of a stone lithograph with a contemporary master printer. Some of the details have changed, I am not sure exactly what chemicals were used in the 1800s, but helpful if yo...

Art Spiegelman coming to RIT

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:47:03 -0500

Andrea Miller of the Rochester JCC previewed an upcoming talk by award-winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the RIT Ingle Auditorium. Tickets are ...

Art Spiegelman coming to RIT

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:46:44 -0500

Andrea Miller of the Rochester JCC previewed an upcoming talk by award-winning graphic novelist Art Spiegelman on Sunday, March 22, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. at the RIT Ingle Auditorium. Tickets are ...

welcome back

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kevin Petersen) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 09:33:10 -0500

Dust out your ears and get ready to jump back into the always exciting 1590s. Since I doubt many of you took your paperback Shakespeare to the beach/casino/hot air balloon race/wicker farm/or ...

British Library Loses 9,000 books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:03:05 -0500

Interesting mention of the library's mistrust of "ephemeral" security technologies... http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/17/british-library-books-mein-kampf

British Library Loses 9,000 books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:02:01 -0500

Interesting mention of the library's mistrust of "ephemeral" security technologies... http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/17/british-library-books-mein-kampf

A New Theory Concerning the Authorship of the Dead Sea Scrolls

nobody@nfomedia.com (Andrea Everett) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:12:49 -0500

As Wes and I noted in our presentation, the question of who authored the Dead Sea Scrolls is, according to some, open for debate. Now Rachel Elior of Jerusalem's Hebrew University has not onl...

"Scholar Claims Dead Sea Scrolls 'Authors' Never Existed"

nobody@nfomedia.com (Caroline Jacobs) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 12:13:40 -0500

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1885421,00.html?cnn=yes

Hilarie's Timeline!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Hilarie C Lloyd, J.D.) — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 23:56:55 -0500

After many hours of tinkering, I FINALLY have my timeline ready!! Here it is: http://www.courses.rochester.edu/eaves/timeline/lloyd/HilarieIT.html Hugs to all, Hilarie

Joe & Ryan Book Project: H.D. Thoreau

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 08:21:12 -0600

After noticing the substantial collection of Thoreau's works in Rare Books, Joe and I decided to use him for our book project. We probably won't focus on a single work. Thoreau kept many rec...

Shotty Bacon

nobody@nfomedia.com (Matt ODonnell) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:51:52 -0600

Bryan, Matt and John's group hereby select Francis Bacon's Sylva Sylvarum: or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries for their timemap.

mean median

nobody@nfomedia.com (Melanie Hinte) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:15:30 -0600

just a curious question, for the mean median and mode to be equal among various distributions, must all the terms be identical?

Small Press Book Fair

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:30:31 -0600

The Small Press Book fair is lots of fun - I would encourage everyone to check it out! Lots of handmade books, zines, and comics. This year, they're adding workshops on bookmaking - all free &...

Small Press Book Fair

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 10:30:13 -0600

The Small Press Book fair is lots of fun - I would encourage everyone to check it out! Lots of handmade books, zines, and comics. This year, they're adding workshops on bookmaking - all free &...

asgn 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Melanie Hinte) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:01:25 -0600

true false 1-3 i feel it would be false because i thought you can not decide causation, is this always the case 1-4 i think it would be true, but i do not really understand the statement

Some things mentioned in class today

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:30:43 -0600

In class today, when we were shown pictures of the Eames's chairs, I knew I had seen them somewhere before. One of my friends awhile back had some tattoo work done by a very talented artist n...

Calculators

nobody@nfomedia.com (Melanie Hinte) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:43:33 -0600

i am trying to familiarize myself with all the calculators, when you use the dependent t calculator, what does p mean and is the t value they give you the t obtained?

Confidence intervals

nobody@nfomedia.com (Melanie Hinte) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:16:36 -0600

with confidence intervals you use the population standard deviation correct? and i am with justin on his comments. I was worried about talking an online class and my experience was amazing, y...

sorry but this probability i still don't get

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:20:50 -0600

What is the probability of drawing four successive cards from a deck of 52 cards and all four cares are aces?

Enjoyed the class

nobody@nfomedia.com (Justin Griner) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 13:02:13 -0600

Dr. Guy, I just wanted to say that I enjoyed the class . Thanks for your comments and assistance along the way. The site and the class are both put together really well.

z score and probability

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:35:50 -0600

Can you please explain the concept of z scores and probability. Here is sample question. The probability of selecting a term from a normal distribution with a z score equal to or less than -2...

UNIT 6

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:23:43 -0600

The probability is .3 that the mean of a sample of 36 terms from an infinite distribution (u=55 and sd=40) will excded what number?

Help with this probability stuff!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:58:01 -0600

Example: What is the probability of orlling an odd number followed by an even number using one balanced die?

Friction

nobody@nfomedia.com (Chris Stavlas) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:55:18 -0600

Along with the noise and unforeseen problems and costs of idea transmission, there are applications of this term to other processes as well. In mechanical and financial processes this idea is ...

Rare Book Selection

nobody@nfomedia.com (Peter Zogas) — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:46:49 -0600

Hilarie and I have chosen to work on "Three Poems upon the Death of his Late Highnesse Oliver Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland" (1659), which contains work by John Dryden, Edmu...

Lawrence Lessig

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:23:00 -0600

Lessig is one of the founders of the Creative Commons, which releases those licenses you may have seen around the web. Two recent blog posts relate to copyright, sharing work, and intellectual...

Kindle reader for the iPhone, etc.--new forms of reading

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:08:02 -0600

Maybe worth noticing how the little machine is attached to a marketing method (based on the iTunes paradigm) that can be attached to other little machines so that they can tap the same market,...

Kindle reader for the iPhone, etc.--new forms of marketing and r

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:05:44 -0600

Maybe worth noticing how the little machine is attached to a marketing method (based on the iTunes paradigm) that can be attached to other little machines so that they can tap the same market,...

Feed?

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:21:13 -0600

What's this new-fangled course feed contraption?

Google does away with books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Alejandra Contreras) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:45:24 -0600

Ironically related to Kernan and St. Clair's views on copyrights: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/04/books/04google.html?_r=1&scp=3&sq=google&st=cse

Richard vs. Henry

nobody@nfomedia.com (Max Schmitz) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:40:31 -0600

Hey, does anyone want to meet up wednesday around 3 to get some food and discuss who is a better king? Open invitation to the whole class including Prof.

Homework

nobody@nfomedia.com (Josh Douglas) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 09:22:38 -0600

When do the homework grades get posted?

Rare Books Project

nobody@nfomedia.com (nikolaus wasmoen) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:32:18 -0600

Luke and I are working on Francis Bacon's 1618 book about Sir Walter Raleigh and his execution, entitled "A Declaration of the demeanor and cariage of Sir Walter Raleigh, knight"

UEC event

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:47:02 -0600

(Sorry for the late notice) The Undergraduate English Council would like to invite all English majors and other interested students to a discussion of the graduate student experience featurin...

Final

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 21:43:57 -0600

Do we have only until noon Friday to take the final?

Nora's Office Hours

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:41:12 -0600

I'll spend a LOT of time in my office this week if you'd like some one-on-one help with the timeline/timemap project. T,W,TH 2-5 and Friday 9-11 am. Feel free to contact me about meeting other...

Nora's Office Hours

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:40:34 -0600

I'll spend a LOT of time in my office this week if you'd like some one-on-one help with the timeline/timemap project. T,W,TH 2-5 and Friday 9-11 am. Feel free to contact me about meeting other...

talk on Douglass & Lincoln this Friday, 6 March

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:09:47 -0600

From this morning's @Rochester. May be of interest, since we're going to be transcribing letters by Douglass later this semester: Harvard Professor to Examine Legacy of Douglass, Lincoln Jo...

talk on Douglass & Lincoln this Friday, 6 March

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 09:08:48 -0600

From this morning's @Rochester. May be of interest, since we're going to be transcribing letters by Douglass later this semester: Harvard Professor to Examine Legacy of Douglass, Lincoln Joh...

TimeMap Lab Followup

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:23:01 -0600

I'll post all of the documents from today's lab, including the powerpoint, to the Blackboard course. I am following up on the Google Maps Key issue and suspect it has something to do with the ...

TimeMap Lab Followup

nobody@nfomedia.com (Nora Dimmock) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:19:12 -0600

I'll post all of the documents from today's lab, including the powerpoint, to the Blackboard course. I am following up on the Google Maps Key issue and suspect it has something to do with the ...

UNIT 12

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:57:27 -0600

Please explain False Practice Quiz question: If the correlation between X and Y equals .8, then 20% of the variance in Y is NOT explained by X.

UNIT 11

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:11:35 -0600

True-False Practice Quiz 11 question: The correlation coefficient, r, detects any relationship between two variables. Answer if False. Please explain. "Correlation coefficient describes linea...

Trouble with Nfomedia site

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:47:06 -0600

While at UofM McWherter library I'm having trouble (x2 days) with Nfomedia site shutting down entire internet explorer while reading etext or conducting practice tests. Any advice?

More conceptions of digital comic books

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:36:08 -0600

On the Fazed.net message-board, where I found Balak01’s Future of Comic Books? a discussion began about how this approach had already been attempted in various fashions. Someone posted a...

You can read with one hand!

nobody@nfomedia.com (Joe Vogel) — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 10:30:47 -0600

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=218392&title=jeff-bezos Some of you may have seen this on the Daily Show the other day. Jon Stewart talks to the founder of Amazon about ...

Final Exam Review

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:45:11 -0600

I would be happy to hold a Q & A session on campus next week one day. Just let me know what works for you and others and I will schedule a room.

Final Exam Review

nobody@nfomedia.com (Sandra Scott) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:34:15 -0600

Hi Professor Guy I was just wondering if you were going to have any time before the final to have like a group review because I am very confused on a lot of stuff and I just wanted to clear up...

The Future of Comic Books?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Oleksa) — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:31:25 -0600

I found this on Fazed.net http://balak01.deviantart.com/art/about-DIGITAL-COMICS-111966969 "this is just me, thinking about digital comic book. to make this work, you just have to click on ...

timeline, GIS, and Rome

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:00:04 -0600

Here's a timeline I think you'll be interested to see. It's from a project at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. The problem being addressed is to show changes to the w...

timeline, GIS, and Rome

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 10:59:27 -0600

Here's a timeline I think you'll be interested to see. It's from a project at the Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities. The problem being addressed is to show changes to the w...

Assignment 4 - Problems 3, 4, & 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 08:07:44 -0600

Problems 3, 4, and 5 of this assignment all require the 't test for independent samples.' Problem 3 provides you with RAW DATA. Problems 4 and 5 provide you with data that has been summarize...

Richard II

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kevin Petersen) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:02:44 -0600

Class, Since we have spent a significant amount of time discussing the issue of perspective and how it relates to how we understand the world around us, I thought a question about perspective...

Gutenberg 2.0

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:41:59 -0600

The "Espresso Book Machine" prints and binds public domain books in minutes. An analysis of its cost effectiveness vs. digital books here. And more on this "funny looking revolution" here.

Gutenberg 2.0

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:41:56 -0600

The "Espresso Book Machine" prints and binds public domain books in minutes. An analysis of its cost effectiveness vs. digital books here. And more on this "funny looking revolution" here.

Assignment 4-7

nobody@nfomedia.com (Amy Gaskins) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:58:55 -0600

I got and F critical of 4.38 and F obtained of 30.01. Is that correct? And if it is, that means we reject H(0) and there is a diff in the average, right? Do you want us to stop there or do we ...

McLuhan: speech as the content of phonetic writing?

nobody@nfomedia.com (Morris Eaves) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 14:08:01 -0600

Do you think McL would deny that there's a necessary loss in the translation from speech to writing? Since his fundamental argument is that the medium shapes (ok, is) the message, doesn't it ...

The

nobody@nfomedia.com (Wesley Mills) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:41:08 -0600

I always find it particularly enlightening when a writer uses the word “is” in a series of interconnected thoughts and comments. This is because, while I am not a mathematician (nor do I ever ...

Luke Rosnick's Media Timeline

nobody@nfomedia.com (Luke Rosnick) — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:22:18 -0600

http://www.courses.rochester.edu/eaves/timeline/rosnick/Luke.html

laundry board to typewriter to computer

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:18:14 -0600

This blog post is a short meditation on the writing systems of journalists. One (aged 77) first takes notes on "laundry board" & then transfers to a typewriter & then to a computer. Clive Thom...

laundry board to typewriter to computer

nobody@nfomedia.com (Rachel Lee) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 11:17:00 -0600

This blog post is a short meditation on the writing systems of journalists. One (aged 77) first takes notes on "laundry board" & then transfers to a typewriter & then to a computer. Clive Thom...

Joe's timeline

nobody@nfomedia.com (Joe Vogel) — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:04:23 -0600

My apologies for the late post. The conversion from PC to Mac and a couple other kinks have prevented me from revealing this masterpiece...until now. Enjoy. http://courses.ats.rochester.edu/...

Assignment 5 - Problems 3, 4, & 5

nobody@nfomedia.com (Dr. Rebecca Guy) — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:47:13 -0600

Problem 3: 3-1. To answer this question, open the calculator labeled CORRELATION ANALYSIS and enter the data to create a graph. You should be able to see if the relationship is generally pos...

banquet of senses

nobody@nfomedia.com (Isabel Aguirre-Kelly) — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:51:36 -0600

And hauing drencht his anckles in those seas, 128 He needes woulde swimme, and car'd not if he drounde: 129 Loues feete are in his eyes; for if he please 130 The depth of beauties gul...

Website Management

nobody@nfomedia.com (Ryan Donnelly) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:05:13 -0600

A comp-sci friend directed me to something called Joomla. It's an open source content management system (CMS) you can use to manage your website material. I haven't tried it yet, but I plan to...

John Marston

nobody@nfomedia.com (Kevin Petersen) — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:25:43 -0600