Music has a very strong affect on everyone no matter what types, or how loud their music is. Music has been around for thousands of years and has had some tie to everything that has happened in history, whether the music inspired someone to do something, of that the music was inspired by someone who did something spectacular it was once said "Music can change the world because it can change people"-Bono. With music in almost every aspect of life today it is impossible to argue with those wise words, the music of today is affecting everything about tomorrow.
The greatest thing about music is it can be tailored for any situation, life or death, happy or sad, no matter the situation there is some music fitting. Music that has been tailored for a specific aspect of life can be the best thing to happen "All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it"-Jean Coceau. If Jean is correct that means composers write their music as a "vessel" so to speak that represents an object or a trial that he or she has gone through. If a composer does write music like this then a listener, that is dealing with the same type of trial then that specific listener will have a connection to that music or perhaps that composer.
One of the most amazing powers that music posses is that it can say what words simply do not have to power to explain "If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music"-Gustav Mahler. Music contains a power that no one person can fully understand, the power of relaying a message through the notes of a song.
Monday, February 25, 2013
Thursday, February 7, 2013
CC3: Aarons Law
The "Aaron's Law" that is being named after the hacker who committed suicide in January is being drafted to eliminate prosecutors tools against users that "exceed authorized content." Zoe Lofgren the representative who drafted this bill first got the foo work from Reddit.
Lofgren, from California, believes almost the same as the hacker group Anonymous in the belief that the sentencing commission was attempting to bargain with Aaron Swartz and with him and lessen his sentience and only jail him for only eight years but also held over his head 13 felonies that would have him imprisoned for at least 50 years.
The point of the bill is to lessen the language used against users that "violate" the amount of allotted content. For those Americans that love reading informational texts, and use the .pdf format, that requires them to download their information from web sites that offer .pdf files. Currently the law states, and enforces a limit on the amount of articles, or newspapers you can download. If you happen to exceed this limit it is punishable by up to eight years in prison depending on the terms and conditions of the web site service that is chosen to be used. If this bill were to get passed it would mean that those using mainly .pdf file format could gather as many articles or stories form the web as they pleased.
To me the thought of the law controlling the amount of information you can have is leaning towards a "black Internet" similar to the one in China that limits every aspect of Internet usage. If Lofgren gets her bill passed it would mean a great leap toward a "more free" Internet. Surprisingly the footing for this bill, and its content is not entirely done by the work of politicians Lofgren first posted her idea to Reddit to gather feedback, after an overwhelming amount of positive thoughts she drafted the bill and re-posted her draft asking for more feedback and ideas.
The thought of Zoe Lofgren posting her bill to Reddt(a site that several thousand teenagers use) and allowing them to send feedback, and suggestions is astounding to me. This shows that some politicians realise the importance of the Internet and the effect it has on teenagers and children and the who backwards the society is when during the day they promote education but when night falls they limit the amount of information you can have.
If you decided to download a book about laws that came from a service site like MIT but there .pdf terms stated that you had a limit on the amount of information you could have. Would you be willing to go to jail if you downloaded one to many files about a topic you had interest in would you still do it?
BR1: The Rise of Nine
Pitticus Lore's The Rise of Nine fulfills the action packed thriller series of I am Number Four. This book is a great addition to the series and continues the mystery of the lorien.
The lesson learned from from fictional charters can sometimes be greater than those taught by a actual person. The main charter John is a teacher on his own, he shows the reader many great lessons throughout the book. The main lesson that prevails through him is his love for his friends. This young boy constantly fights for those he loves no matter the odds weather it be the forces of evil or just the twisted hands of fate.
Pittacus lore does a very good job at presenting the creating the characters, and depicting them as real people. The two main characters in this book Number Nine and John(Number Four) have been created with great personalities that the reader can grow attached to. This is one of the best things about this book, there is a connection between the reader and the characters.
This book has a very interesting setting, the characters have the ability to be anywhere in the world, thus giving the book a very dynamic feeling. Most books have a main central time and place for the story, but in this book it can vary from the United States to across the world to India. The setting changes can sometime make the story a little hard to follow, but also gives it a sense of the reader being able to travel along side John and the rest of the Lorien.
The I am Number four series is an action packed series that would entertain most all audiences. The third book itself The Rise of Nine is a perfect example of this, being just as great as the other books it defiantly deserves a read.
The lesson learned from from fictional charters can sometimes be greater than those taught by a actual person. The main charter John is a teacher on his own, he shows the reader many great lessons throughout the book. The main lesson that prevails through him is his love for his friends. This young boy constantly fights for those he loves no matter the odds weather it be the forces of evil or just the twisted hands of fate.
Pittacus lore does a very good job at presenting the creating the characters, and depicting them as real people. The two main characters in this book Number Nine and John(Number Four) have been created with great personalities that the reader can grow attached to. This is one of the best things about this book, there is a connection between the reader and the characters.
This book has a very interesting setting, the characters have the ability to be anywhere in the world, thus giving the book a very dynamic feeling. Most books have a main central time and place for the story, but in this book it can vary from the United States to across the world to India. The setting changes can sometime make the story a little hard to follow, but also gives it a sense of the reader being able to travel along side John and the rest of the Lorien.
The I am Number four series is an action packed series that would entertain most all audiences. The third book itself The Rise of Nine is a perfect example of this, being just as great as the other books it defiantly deserves a read.
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