Computer Hacking............ Everything gets lost

23/01/07

Today we were supposed to research an article about "Computer Hacking" and things related to it. The article that I found is called Defend Your (Virtual) Home by Pat Regnier and Jeanne Sahadi.

This article talks about how people hack your computer and ways to prevent it from happening.

Ways of preventing people from hacking your computer:

1) The "Administrator" account is the only account which you can do anything in. All of the other accounts only let you do some things. To do the other things you need the administrator's permission. So it will be best if you do all your work on another account and only use the administrator account only to install stuff and fix other accounts.

2) Have good passwords is another way to prevent hacking. Make your passwords really hard to guess. Keep your passwords really long, should be both numbers and letters, and don't make it a name. To check how strong your password is you can go to microsoft.com/protect. But don't keep your password that complicated because then it will make you hard to remember the password yourself. Whatever you do do not write the password down some where. Don't keep the same password all of your accounts. Keep different passwords.

3) Every time you visit a website a program in your internet records it. The sites that are recorded can be found when you click on history on the top of your Internet window. In the new versions of Internet Explorer and Firefox you can clear the history.

Many people get viruses on the computer when they are downloading games, music, or videos. It a computer gets a virus it destroys the computer. It does it really fast.

My computer got a virus about three weeks ago. So we had to format the computer to get rid of it. But after the computer was formatted it became way slower than it used to be. Hackers are all around the world. So you have to be careful!

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Microsoft Excel test......................Oh my god! Am I ready?

22/01/07

Today we had the Microsoft Excel test! In my opinion this test was easier the ones that we had so far. Hopefully I'll get a perfect score. God only knows. The test had very basic questions which we reviewed thousand times. The only thing we did today was the test. Great big BYE to all my anonymous readers. Wait a minute, it's MONDAY! There's still 4 more days left till the weekend. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Talking on the phone! Yay!!!!...........Watch out all of you out there........ You're next!!! Always pick up when I call........ OR ELSE

19/01/07

Today we learned about V.O.I.P. What exactly is that? Well, V.O.I.P stands for "Voice Over Internet Protocol" It is used to talk to a person from a computer.

This is how it works:

When you dial through V.O.I.P it first connects to a computer in the local area of the person that you're calling to. Then that computer connects to a local phone line. This allows you to talk to that person. Skype is one of the programs which you can use to call someone that way. Calling through Skype is way cheaper than calling long distance over the phone. For Skype you just have to pay $15 a year. Now how cheap is that?

That's pretty much what we did today. Ms.Griffiths said that we have a test on Excel on Monday. I have 2 days to get ready for that test. I already know most of the stuff. I just need to review everything. Good luck for me on the test.

Jobs, Works, ALREADY?????

17/01/07

Today we worked on our budgets. In the beginning, Mr. Case showed us a budget of a person that is the same age as us. It was sad. I would never get of the house right now after seeing that budget.

The job I choose is Psychiatrist. After taxes and total expenses, I would save about $5,121 each month. That's really good. This mini project was helpful because we got a chance a think ahead about the future.

Some of the other jobs that my friends choose are computer animators, cardiologist, bank robber, etc. That's mostly what we did the whole class.

Le Papillion.......... munch, munch, munch

16/01/07

Today me and my academic class was on a field trip. We went to downtown Toronto for a French field trip. It was to a French style restaurant called "Le Papillion Restaurant" I had fun and up to me and food was GREAT!

Since Mr. Case was on the field trip with us, I thought that the other people in the class wouldn't do anything new but they actually did. Ms. Griffiths said that the class was asked to make a budget in Excel.

First we were supposed to go to the internet and find the salary of an occupation that we would like to have. Then we had to calculate the expenses (ex. rent, entertainment, food, etc) and minus that from our salary and see how much we save each month. We were also supposed to calculate the tax for our salary.

The job I choose is Psychiatrist. After taxes and total expenses, I save about $5,121 each month. That's really good. This mini project was helpful because we got a chance a think ahead about the future.

Powerpoint........... Again and Again

15/01/07

Today we learned how to insert charts into Powerpoint. Well, there are two ways to do this. The geeky way and the lazy way. The lazy way would be just copying the chart and pasting it to Powerpoint. But the bad thing about that is if you make any changes in the numbers then you have to do the chart that you pasted in Powerpoint all over again. So today we are going to look at the "geeky way" This is a good way because if you make any changes in the data and those changes will be made on the chart on Powerpoint too! Cool!!!!

Inserting a chart into Powerpoint:

1. Type in your data
2. Highlight the data that you have typed
3. Go to insert
4. Scroll down and click on Chart
5. Select your favourite type of graph
6. Before pressing finish click on "As New Sheet"
7. Press finish
8. Now your chart should appear on a different sheet
9. Save it
10. Open up the Powerpoint document
11. Go to insert
12. Scroll down and click on Object
13. Click on "Create from file"
14. Browse and find your file
15. Click on "Link to file"
16. Press o.k

Now the chart that you have saved on Excel should appear on the Powerpoint screen. It might be a long process but it's worth it. After this Mr. Case told us to make a chart and insert it into Powerpoint and see if it works. Mine worked. Yahoo!!!!!!!!!

Graphs.................. Going back to Gr.2! YAHOO!!!!!!!!!!!

10/01/07

Today, we learned how to make charts in Excel. I learned how to make actual graphs in grade 2 but grade 6 is when I learned it in Excel. So this lesson was just a review for me.

To make a chart you have to:

* Type in your data/information first
** Highlight the data you have typed then go to Insert and press on Chart
*** Choose you favourite type of graph
**** Fill in all of the information that it's asking you
*****After you have finished filling out all of the information click on finish

After learning about charts we were supposed to pick a topic of our choice and make a chart in Excel. My topic is "Who is most likely to be kidnapped by aliens" That's pretty much how the class went!

Not to fear! Microsoft Excel is here!

08/01/06

A big HEY to all of the anonymous people who's reading my blog. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!! Even though it's kind of a late wish! I haven't made any New Year resolutions. I'm already great.

Today we learned about Microsoft Excel. It was pretty cool. It was cooler than any of the other Microsoft Office programs. First we were given a lesson, followed by a mini assignment. Down below you can see some things we learned today.

In Excel there are 3 different sheets. Those three sheets made together is called a book. If three sheets is not enough and you want to add another sheet you can go to Insert and select worksheet.

Each of the box that's on the sheet is called a cell. Each cell has it's own name (ex. B6)

There are three different kinds of information which you can put into a cell. They are..........

Text String: can be either writing or a number

Formula: something used to figure out the answer (* it has to start with =) (ex. =3+5)

Value: Something you can do math to

Mr. Case said that these are some terms that are going to be on the test.

Interesting Info.

* Each of the cells are like calculators, you put in the formula and it will give you the answer

** Even if you change one tiny number it will change your whole document, so it's good to have a dummy document

Like always we were given a mini project after the short lesson. It's not actually a project though. We had to make a chart with our real term one marks. Have a great day!