Manipulated Photo

I thought the picture of O.J Simpson on the cover of Time Magazine was interesting because its meant to incriminate someone for a crime before they were indicted, and I'm interested in law. The picture originated as a mugshot but Time manipulated it to make him look darker and evil looking. This manipulation was harmful because it made O.J look like he killed somebody before he even went on trial.

CLT

On Thursday Robert Chapman showed us the CLT room which housed lots of multimedia that we could use. He showed us a studio with laser printers, scanners, and different types of software platforms (Mac and Windows) that I could potentially use for computer class if I need to scan anything or if I need to use a Mac. I also liked how he showed us the Media presentation lab which I thought will soon come in handy for big presentations. For my personal use I thought the Digital audio lab was interesting because I'm really interested in music and disk jockeying so that might come in handy one day if I want to experiment.

Copyright laws

In class on Thursday I learned a lot of new things about copyright laws. I took AP Government last year and we briefly went over copyrights and patents so I had some background, but the presentation went further into detail. I thought the most interesting part of the presentation was when he talked about file sharing mediums and the consequences of sharing music and movies. This was interesting because it pertained to me (not that I illegally download music or anything), and gave me some insight about what I should do to stay out of trouble. It was kind of scary hearing that a music company tried to sue a Trinity girl for thousands of dolllars for just a handful of songs, and made me think twice about using programs like bearshare and frostwire. He made the point that he would like to see record companies ease off of their pursuit to catch file sharers. I think in the future this will be an issue. I stand with him in that the record labels should back off. If they choose people, basically at random, and nail them, potentially ruining their financial lives, it won't discourage the millions of people that illegally download from downloading because the chances of getting caught are so low. In essence the record companies are just suing people for their own financial gain.

Copyright Laws by Christopher Ryan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Network diagram

Top Tech Tip

My favorite thing I learned from Joe Hatch was about what he taught us about ccleaner. I had no idea that program existed and it seems like its just the thing I need for my computer. I download a lot of stuff off the internet and I feel like I'm always fighting to keep my computer clean and clear. I will definitely put this program into use from now on.

Scavenger Hunt

I thought the scavenger hunt was fun in that I got to learn a bit about my classmates. I thought it was funny that one of my buddies did a Taylor Swift cover at his high school talent show and that a person in our classes cousin's in the NFL. The blogs I commented on were:
http://hunnaramsey.blogspot.com/
http://vcarey.blogspot.com/
http://tnelin.blogspot.com/

Introduction

My name is Chris Ryan I'm a freshman here at Trinity University. I'm from San Francisco, California.I play baseball here at the school, and also enjoy playing guitar and snowboarding. I just recently added this class to my schedule so I can't participate in the sticky note scavenger hunt. My computer knowledge is pretty basic. I know how to navigate the internet pretty well but I don't know much about programming or anything like that. Reach me at cryan1@trinity.edu