Monday, September 27, 2010
Know Thyself
I am good with DNA/RNA, Cell Structure, and Tech, but I'm not too good with which the actions of each phase of Mitosis, and which order they go in.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Mitosis
Mitosis, the duplication of cells through splitting, is important because for single-cell organisms like bacteria, it's the only way for them to reproduce. It's also important for growth, as cells do not increase in size for a multi celled organism to grow; instead they split. The chromosomes duplicate, and each new cell gets half of the double amount, or the original amount, of chromosomes.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Comparison of the Five Major Browsers
Chrome
A browser developed by Google, built for speed, and based off the open-source project Chromium.
Pros: Executes JS, renders CSS, and caches pages faster than any of the other browsers. Extensions install instantly. Includes Developer Tools, which allow editing of HTML on pages.
Cons: Loads pages about 110 ms slower than Firefox. Extensions do not have as many permission.
Firefox
Open-Source browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
Pros: More extensions, and they have more control over the browser. Loads pages 110ms faster than Chrome.
Cons: To install extensions or themes, a browser restart is required. To edit HTML, you need to install Firebug.
Internet Explorer
Browser developed by Microsoft
Pros: Installed on Windows by default
Cons: No extensions, it’s the slowest browser, it breaks some CSS, it does not even support the latest version of CSS, it does not work with HTML5, and for me it constantly freezes on start-up. Also it uses ActiveX which is very vurnable to security attacks.
Safari
Browser developed by Apple, and is the Macintosh counterpart for Internet Explorer, but there is a version for Windows too.
Pros: Uses the WebKit engine, like Chrome. Cross-platform (except for linux). Has a debug menu like Chrome.
Cons: Images don’t have a context menu, tabs don’t have favicons, and no extensions.
Opera
An internet suite developed by Opera Software, that not only includes a browser, but a bittorent client, an email client, an IRC client, and a contact manager.
Pros: An Internet Suite, not a browser, containing lots of tools to use the web.
Cons: No extensions.
What I hope to learn in Digital Immersion.
In digital immersion, I am looking forward to learning biology, chemistry, and electricity.
I am nervous about trying to use LaTeX instead of a WYSIWYG editor such as Word, which will allow me to create better looking documents.
I know how to program using C#, a bit of Lua, some PHP and JS, and I'm trying to learn Java.
I am nervous about trying to use LaTeX instead of a WYSIWYG editor such as Word, which will allow me to create better looking documents.
I know how to program using C#, a bit of Lua, some PHP and JS, and I'm trying to learn Java.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
What I hope to learn in Digital Immersion.
In digital immersion, I am looking forward to learning biochemistry, chemistry, and electricity.
I am nervous about trying to use LaTeX instead of a WYSIWYG editor such as Word, which will allow me to create better looking documents.
I know how to program using C#, a bit of Lua, some PHP and JS, and I'm trying to learn Java.
I am nervous about trying to use LaTeX instead of a WYSIWYG editor such as Word, which will allow me to create better looking documents.
I know how to program using C#, a bit of Lua, some PHP and JS, and I'm trying to learn Java.
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