My Dream Holiday.
the internet resources that im referring to is
Welcome to Taiwan and
About TaiwanThese two websites magically showcase Taiwan. The wonderful photos depics how beautiful the country is. Although i went there twice before, im still yearning for a third time.
The website clearing introduce you what and where is Taiwan, about their history, people, nature, culture, climate and religion. I believe getting to know and be aware of the place that you will be going from this website truely helps you a lot when you really reach there.
After browsing through the website i am packed with knowledges that i used to not know before. If I'm a first time visitor to Taiwan, I think the website is really a great helping hand.
It vividly shows where are the places of interest, how to get around(transportation), shopping, food, festivals, dinning, accomodation so on and so forth. They also post their latest news and events happening now at Taiwan.
The website is also provided in different languages, how convenient thoughtful can it be. No translators required!
The few languages are such as
They even have this section that is "Before You Go", what a important criteria.
They have about your arrival and departure, currency, getting to Taiwan, emergency etc. How helpful can it get.
I chose Taiwan to be my dream holiday destination because it is indeed very attractive. No communication barriers and i went before, therefore its easier to move around. The places of interest, shopping attractions and food are really amazing! It will really be shop till you drop!
While doing Practical 6 a & b, i really learn a whole truckload of stuffs that i dont used to know. Like how to go about evaluating a good website and what are its criteria. And in future, i will also know better how to sieve out useful information.
Magical pictures of Taiwan, here you go...
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10:51 AM
Monday, May 19, 2008
Internet Search Facilities (Practical 4 & 5)
In Practical 4 & 5, we were told to work on internet search facilities.
Based on my research topic, I need to choose relevant keywords to search for.
The keywords that I chose are: 'Impact', 'Computer', 'Crimes', 'Businesses'.
and I listed variations to my keywords:
'Impact' - Effects
'Computer' -
'Crimes' - Offenses
'Businesses' - Commerce, Industries
Then i came out with the search phrases that included the keywords and variations as identified....
(Impact OR Effects) AND (computer) AND (crime OR offenses) AND ((businesses) OR (commerce) OR (industries))
My search process was recorded in this table below:
I think the search engine and meta engine is more useful as it seems to be providing me with websites that are more related to my search.
I will rank the 3 accordingly like this
- Search Engine
- Very useful, huge size of hits as compared to the other two, results are related to search
- Meta Search Engine
- Useful, results are related to search
- Subject Directory
- Results are not very near to what i want.
The best thing that I learned from this practical is about the Booleans. I really think that enhanced my search a lot!
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9:20 PM
Purposes of Resources (Practical 3)
· Information
· Advocacy
· Business/marketing
· News
· Personal
· Entertainment
I'm supposed to identify 4 websites and give them their purpose of resource chosen from the 6 given above. There you go...
Resource 1: http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Etter.pdf
Purpose of resource : Business/marketing
Reasons : The PDF document is solely talking about computer crimes. It is an article written by Commander Barbara Etter, Director, Australasian Center for Policing Research.
Resource 2: http://www.iee.org/Policy/Areas/it/security/NHTCU_version.pdf
Purpose of resource : Business/marketing
Reasons : The PDF document is basically about risks from computer crimes to small and medium size enterprise. This article is done by http://www.iee.org/. It briefly defines computer crimes and provides the risk of computer crimes to businesses. They also teach you what to do and how to handle computer crimes.
Resource 3: http://www.ilj.org/publications/COMPRPT2.pdf
Purpose of resource : Business/marketing
Reasons : The PDF document solely talks about the research needs for computer crimes. It first talks about what are computer crimes and they go in details about it.
Resource 4: http://www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/sumraini/crimes.html
Purpose of resource : Information
Reasons : The website goes about talking about Ethics, Computer Crimes, Security and Health Issues. It shows how computer crimes can occur in certain ways, profile of computer criminals and their motives behind it. They also cover the different types of computer crimes and the preventive measures.
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9:04 PM
Replies at SAOA Forum
yay.. the replies to my post at the
SAOA forum.
let me paste out what the two good ones say:
- Picture yourself running online business.
Lets say if you're the CEO of eBAY
Then one time out of the blue, one hacker managed to break into the database. All confidential files like credit card, transaction record amd client's identity are lost and wiped out.
How detrimental would that be to the business? Lost of customer's confidence, lost of credibility? You name it.
Another way of thought, think about paypal. Just imagine if one people managed to manipulate a customer's database, e.g. balance manipulation =O
One example(fictional I guess) of the impact can be seen in Die Hard 4 movie =O
Remember that the criminal wanted to crash the stock market and cripple the economy? Just picture it like, suddenly you got a bunch of money floating around which you don't know who it belongs to. - Impact:
Lost of credibility
Lost of Money
Lost of Customers
Lost of sponsors or business partners
i think both of the replies given could vividly aid me in my writing. really thanks a lot for their help.
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8:44 PM
Friday, May 16, 2008
Posted enquiries at SAOA forum
the
SAOA Forum (click to navigate to forum)
i posted up enquiries regarding my topic chosen for the assignment at the SAOA Forum.
Awaiting to see useful replies that will aid me in doing the assignment soon. =D
till then....
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12:12 AM
Thursday, May 15, 2008
The 3 search facilities
In week 3, we were told to do research for the 3 search facilities. They are the:
- Search engine
- Meta search engine
- Subject directory
Now from the results of my researches, i get to really know a lot more on these search facilities than before, and even how to enhance my output. It indeed benefited me a lot.
This is how search engine goes:
Search engine -
A search engine is a tool that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web. It is a program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. Information sought may consist of web pages, images and other types of files.
Basically this is how you use the search engine:
- The searcher types a query into a search engine.
- Search engine software quickly sorts through literally millions of pages in its database to find matches to this query.
- The search engine's results are ranked in order of relevancy.
One fine example of a search engine is: www.google.com
Typically, a search engine works by sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible. Another program, called an indexer, then reads these documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document. Each search engine uses a proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each query.
This is the screenshot of what i got when i hit
" (Impact OR Effects) AND (computer) AND (crime OR offenses) AND ((businesses) OR (commerce) OR (industries)) " into the search column in google.com
Next to go,
Meta search engine-
Meta search engines are search engine tools that pass queries on to many other search engines and/or directories and then summarize all the results in one handy interface.
One useful example is
www.metacrawler.com/
This is the screenshot of what i got when i hit
" (Impact OR Effects) AND (computer) AND (crime OR offenses) AND ((businesses) OR (commerce) OR (industries)) " into the search column in metacrawler.com
Subject directory-
Basically how a search directory works is to organize Web sites by subject, and is usually maintained by humans instead of software. The searcher looks at sites organized in a series of categories and menus. Web directories are usually much smaller than search engines' databases, since the sites are looked at by human eyes instead of by spiders.
- The searcher types a query into the Web directory, or searches the Web directory's indexed categories.
- The Web directory matches the searcher's query with relevant data from its index.
One example is
http://dir.yahoo.com/ This is the screen shot of what i got when i hit
" (Impact OR Effects) AND (computer) AND (crime OR offenses) AND ((businesses) OR (commerce) OR (industries)) "
The most useful thing I learned is using the OR and ADD. They really produce more useful results when I use them!
another hit by agnes
11:28 PM
Thursday, May 8, 2008
The $500 budget shopping spree!
Time to update about the $500 shopping spree!
To be awarded $500 for a shopping spree, what i will get will probably be as follows:
Price: $268SIGNATURE STRIPE TOTE
Inside zip pocket
Multi-function pockets
Ring to clip an accessory or keyfob
Outside front pocket with snap closure
Zip-top closure
Signature jacquard fabric with fabric stripe detail and leather trim
Fabric lining
19 1/4” straps
8 1/2” drop
Price: $148
3X5 SIGNATURE AGENDA
Spiral-bound address book Spiral-bound 2008 week-on-two pages planning diary beginning September 2007 Coordinating metallic lacquer pen with penloop Signature jacquard fabric with leather trim Tab closure with snap closure Fabric lining 3 (L) x 5 (H)
Price: $42
HAMPTONS SIGNATURE MINI SKINNY
Outside credit/business card pocket Zip-top closure 1 1/4" attached split keyring Signature jacquard fabric with leather trim Signature lining 4 1/4 (L) x 3 (H) Perfectly sized to hold an iPod® Nano
Price: $38
New PERFUME PRINT PICTURE FRAME
Double mylar mini frame with tab closure Coach fragrance print fabric with patent leather trim 1 1/4” nickel keyring 2 (L) x 2 1/2 (H)That totals up to SGD $496! what a
sumptuous and fruitful shopping spree.
i actually do have online shopping habits and through these experiences, i frequent websites like
eBay, or
online shopping in singapore.
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1:03 AM
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
E-learning on Internet and Advocacy
Hellos.
this is what i just did for Tut 1 and Tut 2 s' activity 1 in the discussion forum. Due to the e-learnings, all these have to be done at home.
(click to enlarge =D)
Basically the two main topics are about how internet has enriched my academic life and the need for "Advocacy" websites.
Actually internet has really played a very huge and important role in my life now. Be it for entertainment or academic wise. When doing projects, i will always turn to Internet as my first choice, unless i am not able to find any reliable resources, then i would turn to library.
I think facts from books are always too stale and not wide and enriching enough as compared to Internet. Internet saves me from heavy hassles and is only a click away from solutions.
The other topic that I came across was on advocacy websites. The meaning that I've got when hit Advocacy on yahoo.com was "Advocacy is the act of arguing on behalf of a particular issue, idea, person or animal." Its actually the first time i see this word, and after researching on the Internet, i understand quite a lot from it. People from different parts of the world, who has either agreements or disagreements, will come together to a certain website to debate and finally come to a conclusion. I think it is a need for these websites' existence. It enlightens one and gives and widens one's point of view from different angles. It also serves as an influence to one another to come to an agreement.
Thats all folks for the first entry on e-learning. (:
another hit by agnes
11:30 PM
Friday, May 2, 2008
First Post About Myself =D
Hello Earthlings and fellow UIR Classmates.
My name is Agnes. my surname is Er. yay, so there goes how
agneser originated.
Currently in 3rd year Diploma in IT. I love to be creative and yearns to be creative.
Frank is my second name. but Paul is not my first name.
my favorite cartoon character has got to Mario.
Websites that i often hit are as follows:
TP Ole - http://ole-bb.tp.edu.sg/ (hahahaha. its true!)
Online Shoppings! - http://community.livejournal.com/_spreee
More updates will be done for the coming lab sessions.
Daryl, honestly speaking, you are really annoying. =p
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12:34 PM
