What should be considered as a sufficient environment for working on your computer

Space - There should be sufficient space for the user to move around and be comfortable

Housekeeping - Equipment should be kept clean and required maintenance done

Atmospheric Condition - The room should be at a good temperature and with fresh air

Noise - Both external and internal noise should be kept within reasonable levels

Lighting - Lighting should be sufficient and set up so as not to reflect off the screen

Décor - Should be pleasant and relaxing

Printer location - Away from the user to reduce noise and smell

Health and Wellbeing - Ergonomics for computing.

Questions


Desk Dimensions;
Posture in Chair & Seating Height;

Feet Placement;

Position Of Monitor 

Keyboard & Mouse Relative To User;

Rest Peroids & Exercises.

This is a lot more important than you would've first expected, but is very important if you want to save for back, neck, and every other important bone in your body; in the long run...

• It's best to have your back and your neck in line with your spine at 90 degrees, but restrain yourself from staying in this position for more than 10 minutes, as staying in that same position for a lond period of time, is just as bad as being hunched, to refrain, try having a break, a quick streatch every ten minutes or so.
• The "right" seating height should put your head (eyes) in line with the monitor, and place your wrists/arms at 90 degrees to your back and neck. But to get the best outcome, is to have a specially designed ergonomic chair and keyboard, which automatically does all the work for you, leaving you with a straight back and neck. As for the keyboard, it puts your hands at a natural position.
• Your knees should be at 90 degrees to your feet

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OS App relations. Do they relate? How do they relate?

The user uses the App to talk to the machine.

The app passes on messages to the OS

The OS talks to the hardware and also passes on the messages. "Hey do this, do that" to the outputs. I.e. Printer, mouse, keyboard etc.

The user says "print" to the app(s), thew app(s) says "print" to the app(s) and the printer says "print" to the printer

Printer problems for practical

Paper out - No paper in the paper tray, put paper into tray.
How do I fix it? - Pick up a pile of A4 sheets, and insert into printer tray
Paper jam - Open up printer and feed out paper. (Don't rip)
 How do I fix it? - Basic. Open up the printer, though the back latch on most conventional printers, and slowly and carefully weave you hand though and slide it out. 
Load A4 paper - In a multiple-paper printer (A3,A4 etc.) It needs more A4 paper in the tray.
How do I fix it? -  So easy. Basically the same as No.1. Just find the right place it's supposed to go, and place it in. :)

Printer offline - It is not connected to any computers/wireless (WiFi) devices. It's sleeping...
How do I fix it? - Not too tricky, but just go into file, then print, or command P. and sync with the printer.

Sounds quite simple in this context... Am I right? Hmmmmmm.

Information from myself and party from Mr Wells

-Paddy Foss

How can Video games save the world?

Currently we spend 3 BILLION HOURS a week playing videos games. I heard that, and said. "What?????"
But apparently, if we want to conquor these "real life" problems, like. Poverty, Obesity and hunger. We need to play 21 BILLION HOURS a week!
I can't even manage to play even a few hours a week... :(
It sounds impossible, but according to her research to can easially be achieved?
Why I asked, and you probably do to?
Well, In countries that have easy access to video games. The average 21 year old, has already played upto 10,000 hours of gameplay. That the same ammount of time spent from year 4 - graduation of year 13!!
what this is all getting to, is that, if we can spend this much time gaming, even with school going on at the same time.
she also stated what every gamer tries telling their parents. "I am learning from this!"
But its true! You do learn from playing video games!
Like, problem solving, gain faster reflexes, and learning important life skills. Basically, you can never not achieve something in video games. And i guess it teaches us that nothing is impossible, as long as you keep at it.


information from TED talks

Paddy Foss

Application software

Or Apps for short ;)


Word processing
is the creation of documents using a word processor. It can also refer to advanced shorthand techniques, sometimes used in specialized contexts with a specially modified typewriter. Like Microsoftword or Apple Pages. :)


Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet. Is the virual piece of paper you see and type on on those appliacations


Database
A database is a system intended to organize, store, and retrieve large amounts of data easily.It's what our reports are done on...:O


Desktop publishing
The term "desktop publishing" is commonly used to describe page layout skills. However, the skills and software are not limited to paper and book publishing. Just more "advanced" spreadsheets.


Graphics
are visual presentations on some surface, such as a wall, canvas, computer screen, paper, or stone to brand, inform, illustrate, or entertain. Examples are photographs, drawings, Line Art, graphs, diagrams, typography, numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps, engineering drawings, or other images.


Communication
Social Networking. i.e. Facebook, Myspace.Where you can communicate between one another virually.


Multimedia
Multimedia is usually recorded and played, displayed or accessed by information content processing devices, such as computerized and electronic devices, but can also be part of a live performance. 


Web Browser
A web browser or Internet browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. (www.) i.e. Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.


Infomation from me and Wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com) and my brain.
-Paddy Foss

A link to my Technology Poster

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It's been shortened


Also the QR code especially for iPhone:)

Numero Trese Post.

Hardware vs softwareFirst Acual blog covering any topic or subject

Blogging from abroad.

My first post away from the confinds of school...

My First Blog on Blogger

Hmmm. I'm trying to understand the concept of blogging