PIPA and SOPA

Today I will be educating you on PIPA and SOPA. First of all, PIPA stands for protect IP act and SOPA stands for stop online piracy act. Piracy is the illegal downloading, selling, or streaming of TV shows that have been created by other people. PIPA and SOPA are two bills that have been stopped for now, but the battle hasn’t been won yet.

page. Thousands of other websites proceeded to do the same thing to raise awareness.SOPA is an act where the government wants to be able to censor certain websites and what you see on them. Many websites did not agree with what this right is doing. Wikipedia and Google showed their discomfort by “blacking out” their

A lot of people weren’t very happy because of how they were getting tricked. The person that created the bill tried to trick Congress by wording it in a tricky way. They used a lot of giant words that kind of went around in a loop. They used that in a giant stack of paper in tiny print where they place in normal print something that Congress would want to help. They basically tried to hide it from the Congress.

Many people at home also disagree with these bills because they could shut down websites that they enjoy using such as YouTube. YouTube would be shut down because many people post TV shows and series on there, which is illegal. However, not everybody uses YouTube to watch TV episodes off of channels they don’t have. Some people us YouTube to watch skits, gaming videos, or for information on the modern world. There is nothing wrong with what these people are doing so they think that just the videos or anything in this category should be taken down. Which brings us to another controversial topic.

Another of the things that this bill was going to take down is pirate bay. Pirate Bay is a website that is based in Sweden and is a place where you can illegally download movies, shows, music, and much more. One of the main places they steal from was Hollywood. When Hollywood tried to protest the Pirate Bay they said that it wasn’t illegal in Sweden. Which brings us to another controversial topic.

Many people like the fact that piracy should be stopped through projects like PIPA and SOPA but they think it has too much power. They think that only the things posted related to piracy should be shut down and not the whole entire websites. Some people make a lot of money by making videos off of websites where you can post videos such as YouTube. So the people that use it for their own hobbies or for money think that this bill has too much power but agree with how they want to stop the piracy that is going on. People also think that this is too powerful because they want to be able to shut down it on the Internet from everywhere in the world. Overall, this is a very controversial subject and could go either.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sopa-pipa-what-you-need-to-know/

http://www.searchenginejournal.com/still-not-clear-on-sopa-pipa-infographic-wsimple-explanations/39016/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2012/01/18/what-are-sopa-and-pipa-and-why-all-the-fuss/

Mac vs Windows

                               

              

Today I will be showing you the pros and cons of getting Windows or Macs.  Windows and Mac are both excellent devices and you can’t go wrong with either. It really just depends on what you are using it for. Here are some facts about each.

Apple has excellent battery life and they seem to get smaller and lighter every year. On the other hand, Android/Windows devices keep getting bigger and bigger and become less and less portable. On Macs they contain fewer viruses. Windows seems to get viruses easier and contain more viruses. The Mac comes with many different apps that come with the computer. On IPhoto, which is one of the apps that comes with the computer, you can have the computer recognize peoples’ faces. The Mac’s system settings are very organized and easy to use. When you first turn on your computer, it doesn’t load up your screen with a bunch of junk that you don’t really even care to see. The Mac also has many simple gestures you can do on the track pad to do many different things. On Mac, you can sync it up with your Apple phone much easier than you can with Windows and PC. The IPhone also weighs 2.57 oz. less than the Nokia phone. Apple phones have a word flow system where it predicts what word you want to say next. Although Mac has many advantages, Windows may have the upper hand in some categories.

Windows is a great operating system that you can use for many different things. Windows is a better system to game on than iOS. Windows also is good for customization. Windows also has a lot more software that you can use and download than iOs. On top of that, on Windows you can create and customize songs better than you could on iOS. iOS is, in addition really expensive for the stuff you get. The Nokia (a windows phone) has a much better camera than IPhones. The Nokia has 41 megapixels on the rear camera compared to the 8 megapixels that the IPhone 5s has. On windows phones you start out with a certain amount of GB and you can buy upgrades to that to get more space. On the Nokia phone, you can charge wirelessly unlike the IPhone. The windows phone has come up with a voice assistant, Cortana. Although Apple also has a voice assistant (Siri), Cortana can do many things Siri cannot do. Cortana has a notebook feature where she can keep track of things about you such as places to eat, hobbies, family, and relationship status. If you want to take something out of Cortana’s notebook all you have to do is simply tell her.

With Mac and Windows, you can’t go wrong with either one of them. If you need to know which one you need to buy just look at what you are going to mainly use your computer or phone for. Macs and Windows are both great systems to use and can be used for many different ways.

Sources:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409680,00.asp

http://www.itpro.co.uk/desktop-software/21624/os-x-vs-windows-8-reasons-to-switch-to-mac

http://apcmag.com/15_reasons_macs_are_still_better_than_windows.htm