Wikipedia Edit: Glen Haven Elementary School

Glen Haven Elementary School is where I attended elementary school and is located very close to my house. I was dissapointed to see that it did not have a wikipedia entry, so I took the liberty of creating one. You can see what I wrote here

Stiuqxela

I just thought I'd mention stiuqxela again during my random musings. The EUFA league champion semifinals were on this week, and they were very entertaining to watch. I had not been into soccer until the world cup this past year, but it is really growing on me. I still don't like it as much as the NFL or NBA though. Speaking of the NBA, the first round of the playoffs are taking place this week also. I hope that the Golden State Warriors pull it out over the Dallas Mavericks. Dirk is an overated player so I hope he loses. I personally am a fan of the Wizards, but once Arenas and Butler went down, I knew their season was over.

Wikipedia Edit: Sligo Middle School

Sligo Middle School (SMS) is where I attended middle school quite a while ago. It has a very scant wikipedia entry, so I am aiming to improve it bit by bit. In this edit I noted the school hours, the school mascot, and some of the schools core values. You can check out my edit here.

Longevity Gene

While browsing slashdot this afternoon, I came cross an article that described a gene found in worms that increases life longevity up to 50%. They say there is a very similiar genes in humans, which may somebday be able to be activiated by doctors. I take this news with mixed feelings. One the one hand, it would be great to be able to live a longer, healthier, more prosperous life. But on the other hand, the length of human lives is increasing dramatically already, so much so that the economy is having trouble supporting the elderly, who no longer can contribute to the well being of a nation.

Katie's Amazon Post

I agree with Katie that this is an interesting issue, regarding Amazon.com offering different prices to different customers. This sort of price discrimination may help the website, but I was lead to believe that this is not only unethical, but in some cases illegal. Since the original complain was made, I have heard that Amazon is no longer participating in this price discrimination, and I hope that is true. You can read Katies post by going here.

Digg

I thought the discussion about Digg.com today in class was very interesting. Their website is really quite revolutionary and will hopefully continue to develop as they hope it will. However, the part I found the most interesting was about the possible copyright infringement issue that they are involved in. I thought that this was very similiar to the Viacom vs. Google lawsuit. With both these large sites running into potential legal problems, it is obvious that new laws must be written or old laws clarified to establish what these sites can and cannot do. Right now the governing bodies are lagging in solving these issues and I think they should start to take an active stance in doing so.

Wikipedia Edit

Today I created a Wikipedia page for my high school swim club, Aqua Hoya Swim Club. Prior to my creation there was no such page for this club, so hopefully this will help them to get some recognition and expand their base. You can check out my edit here.