Evelyn Glennie blog post

What will you remember about her performance? Be specific about the experience.

What i remember most about her performance was how she
performed and how she was very into the music she was playing.
She had many different ways of looking at music
and she played so professionally.

What elements of her performance influenced what the audience heard?

I think she made a point to the audience when she said how
people hear music differently and how someone playing the instrument
hears something different than the person sitting out in the audience because
the person playing has to hear all the unpleasant sounds that
come along with playing an instrument as where the person sitting in the
audience hears a much more pleasant noise.

What did she mean by, "Each person experiences music in their own way"? Think about how you experience music and why everyone doesn't enjoy listening to the same music.

I think that she meant that people take in music differently and not everyone will look at music the same way. Different types of music and instruments will influence people in different ways.

TV on the Go

Watch live TV on any screen, anywhere!

The article that i read was about a new 2010 discovery. The discovery of the TV on the go. This system will only be broadcast in select cities and will soon be transferred to net books and cell phones, making it easier to watch live games and TV shows.This new discovery is a big deal because people wont have to spend $4.00 a minute to watch TV on cell phones anymore. There is said to be a USB that will allow Lap tops to have this feature as well. The only down fall of this new function is that it will be powered by towers that will be paced in selected cities & will cost about $150,000 in each city.

Space and Aviation:

On Thin Ice
What i read about:

In 2005 a satellite was designed to take measurements of the sea, ice, and glaciers. The satellite failed to work, making the original CryoSat satellite crash into the Arctic Ocean. In late February of this year, the space agency will get another chance to launch the satellite. This topic is important because they will be able to identify the temperatures of the polar ice caps, the ocean circulation, and the rising sea levels.

Semester Academic Goals

1)Goal: Ask questions when i don't understand something.

First Step: Make sure i ask a friend and check through my brain book & if im still having trouble, then ask a teacher.

2) Goal: Turn in work o time & complete

First Step: Don't procrastinate. Try my best to finish and make sure i understand it.

3) Goal: Stay focused & on task

First Step: Stay office hours more offten

The Origin of Zero

What strikes you about the article?
The fact that people came up with zero way back then, and to think that it has traveled around the world and is now used in our daily life's.

How do we decide who discovers what?
I don't think anyone is exactly sure about who discovered zero. it was first discovered in Mesopotamia around 3 B.C, but then it kept being discovered in other places as well. It was later found in India in the fifth century A.D where it was then considered a number.

Who really discovered zero? Is it the person who came up with the concept of zero or the person who discovered the actual number?
I think it would be both. Considering the fact that the person who came up with the concept did not come up with the number, but yet the person who came up with the number couldn't have done so, without there already being a concept.

And how did the entire world come to a consensus without an efficient means of communication?
Well the concept as well as the number zero was made my communication. And im guessing thats the same way it got spread throughout the years.

Locker Problem

Red lockers= open
White lockers= closed


Locker Problem

There was a total of 1000 lockers, and only 31 lockers were left open. The way we figured this out was by finding the factors and the perfect squares. If the locker had an odd number of factors, we knew it would end up open. For example, locker number 8’s factors are 1,2,4, and 8. As you see, there is an even amount of factors. There for the locker will end up closed. The pattern for the first ten lockers is, 2 lockers closed then 1 open, 4 lockers closed, then 1 open, 6 lockers closed, and 1open, 8 lockers closed, then 1 open, and 10 lockers closed, and 1 open, and so on. For example, locker number 1,4,9,16,25, and 36, are opened( as seen on the diagram below) This operation was repeated until we reached the last locker.

Order Of Operations

1. 1. (2+8)-6+4
   2. (11+29)-10+5
   3. 16x 12 - 7 +8

What does Math & Physics mean to you?

To me math is a bunch of patterns and formulas. Math is everywhere, and we use it daily. I remember in elementary when math was simply addition, subtraction and multiplication, but now its much more complex, and involves variables and whatnot. Iv learned that all science requires mathematics. Math is everywhere, but no one really knows what math is. Math isn't my best subject, but i have always found is interesting, because of its many different forms, and how people can know so much about it, but yet its still somewhat of a mystery.

What is Physics?
I don't know much about Physics, all i know about Physics is that its the study of matter and energy. Matter is basically everything, so Physics must be everything too. Physics seems like an interesting subject and im really looking forward to learning more about it :)