is this the end...

With much deliberation and research done on the internet, i am finding it impossible to put Linux on my ipod. Forever it will be a tool to the Apple system. according to many sources and comments and hatred by people.

In the 6th edition ipods, or also more commonly known as ipod classic were uploaded with firmware that could only be updated by apple products. This includes the infamous IpoLinux that would Project which allowed older ipods to do things like play videos. I found this out through the project's website.
http://www.ipodlinux.org/wiki/Project_Status

There was also specific how-tos to put wikipedia on the ipod with a special installer package made. It showed the the static dump for Wikipedia (which is done every six months, just to make sure that all of the information isnt lost. there is also a larger file that contains all of the different pictures that are used and where they appear on each page.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-install-wikipedia-on-your-ipod/

If i make any progress trying to accomplish this project i think i would need to become more familar with the coding language of linux and how to use the

The journey to a mobile all-knowing device: a path best through apple and linux

It has been attributed many times in pop media of a all knowing device that is both all knowing and also to be the source of all information ever created. Examples are the Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy in the book with the same name and also the PokeDex in the game Pokemon. Wikipedia is the first step in this direction providing the amount of information that can be available anywhere at limitless amounts. The only problem is the none portable nsture of this application. Outside of the Smartphone industry, which provides a very small version of Wikipedia and you ned access to either a wi-fi or 3g connection, there is no way to access this resource outside the confines of humanity. With the WikiDex, yes I know its a terrible name, there will be no confines, except of battery life.

=>Tentatively I will put linux on the Ipod replacing its already existing GUI and=

=>From there I will put on a program that is able to capture the text of wikipedia and convert it to files.

I will upload the files onto the ipod, find a flashy interface, and viola the WikiDex

Wikipedia wiki-What

Sapere Aude! Thats exactly what the world of wiki and encyclopedia have brought us.

now to open a new chapter of the lovely space on the Internet known as my weblog, which actually pops up as #6 on google when I searched 'deliciousmix' (Hooray metatags!!!!).

Now wikipedia is quite a unique conglomeration of information in the current Internet setting, which I believe is also a moderator in preventing the Internet from becoming a cesspool of pyramid schemes and pornography. Wikipedia is for the people that don't know or haven't done a research paper recently is a free online encyclopedia, with a simple goal of sharing the world's collective knowledge in a mass, forum-like, dialectical archive. All articles have been written by people of various ages, races, languages, educational backgrounds from all corners of the globe, (or at least the corners on a map). Wikipedia can serve as an altas in serving the comntinuum of knowledge letting the power of hypertext, anable the user to set the flow of knowledge to their own liking, if you would like to see a more primiative form of

In this large collection of information, the Wikimedia Foundation, the overseeing despot that contains many people and have conventions just to increase the the power and the usefulness of this tool. Earlier any person could change the text of any article, which in turn brounght about large amounts of cyber-graffiti, useless information that is unpertainent to the subject area, which can include personal or racial attacks, mislabeled facts, or personal, vanity articles, all of which do not contribute to the acceleration or sharpening of knowledge, but rather drop the world into a black dark spiraling pit of entropy. Now a hierarcal system of contributors, verifiers and editors has been created to increase the longetivity of the project and reduce redundancy. All of these people are volunteers and are very open to new helpers that wich to donate their time (and potenially money). And each language has their own metaorganization, that is in charge of their languages' pages, currently English is winning boasting an impressive near 3 million articles, German is coming in a close second with near a milion. Maybe in Czech they do not have as strigent of standards

My goals are to enter this community and document my interactions with the community and how the workload compares to normal clerical work.

Pop Quiz

What is the concept as told by Kraut et al?

A. Metaverse Theology
B. Internet Paradox Theory
C. Gingerbread Houses

Fish Game Raction Paragraph

After playing the Fish game and having the results of the game juxtaposed against the populations of real fisheries made the game more effective. More than a just a game of Monopoly with fish rather than property. As in real life, the competition in humanity has wiped out populations of fish to settle the market demand of the product. Though the game was very simplistic on its basis(only having two available areas for fishing and only one type of boat,) the game still accomplished decisions that firms must make according to the population growth and competition.

State Overview: Maryland

Maryland is a state on the East Coast of the United states that has a population of 5.6 million people and contains about 6.4 percent of the total population of the country. A large portion of the economy is based on the Chesapeake Bay, which is the major harbor for the East portion of the state. On the Eastern Half of the state is: Baltimore, which is the largest city in the state with a population of 628,670, Annapolis, the state’s capital has a population of about 36,178, and Washington DC, the countries capital is bordering the Northeast portion of the state. About one million people live on or around the bay making the health of the bay crucial to the industry of the state. The annual federal spending is about 6.4 Billion.

Maryland as a total land area of 9,773.82 square miles, and has a population density of 541 persons per square mile. It contains about .003 percent of the nations total landmass and has above average population density compared to the national average of 79.5 per square mile.

Of the state’s population about 2.9 million are actively enrolled in the workforce therein. The unemployment level of the state is 12.8 percent with 111,536 citizens, where the national level of unemployment is 8 percent. The mean income per capita is about $25,614 with 9.2 % of the population is under the poverty level. The amount of the population that has high school degrees past the age of 25 is 83.3 percent.






The city of Baltimore is the largest and yet one of the most problematic in Maryland. The decade between 1990 and 2000 the city experienced a loss of 11.3 percent of the population, whereas statewide the population grew by 10.3 percent. Other reasons for this can be attributed to the poor economy in the city compared to the rest of the state. The high school graduation rate is 68.4% and the college graduation rate is only at 19.1 percent. Also the poverty rate is twice as high the rest of the state (22.9 percent compared to 9.2 percent,)and mean income is $16,978.

On the other hand Rockville (population 55,213) is quite different compared to Baltimore. In the two year period between 2001 and 2003 the city's population grew at 16.5% The education standard is higher with a high school graduation rate of 89.1 % and a college graduation rate of 52.4%. The amount of people under the level of poverty is 7.8% and the mean income is 30,518.

National Geograghics view of Mountian top removal

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0603/feature5/index.html

In the article, "When Mountains Move" by John G. Mitchell, the author exposes the atrocities committed by the Energy and Coal Mining industries that have corrupted a picturesque portion of Americana. Mountain top removal, which is the process of using high explosives to boar into a mountain and sifting the debris was first used in the 1970's as a quicker and more efficient way of extracting the bituminous coal from the Appalachian mountains in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. Although this is a major portion of the economy for these rural areas, on the other hand they are causing more harm to the locals than the benefits. Residents describe constant blasting shaking their homes and no stop traffic of convoys overladen with coal, but worse are the floods, sterile landscapes, and lagoons of black slurry as a bi-product of washing the coal.

When the coal companies first used the process of mountaintop removal, it was a method that was able to boost the production of coal in the area and keep money in the economy flowing. However, this caused an initial loss of over 100,00 jobs in the area. Mountaintop removal is bringing more money to the states' economies but it is taking away from the local economy. Another example is when the slurry lagoons have been breeched due to excessive rainfall or poor design. Without accounting for the hundreds of people that have been killed, the runoff of this substance caused miles of stream bed to be ecologically hazardous. All of these instances happened after the Clean Water Act which created the impounds of slurry in the first place. The only real bonus of destroying the mountains is the land available for development after the mine is empty

The externalities raised the production and amount of revenue, but it also caused societies' benefits to be outweighed by the costs. With all of the health hazards, damage to property, and ecological damages to the areas; the process of mountaintop removal is a burden to the Appalachians economies.