Nintendo Wii

The Nintendo Wii in my opinion, is a very good product which caters for all ages including OAP's. The hand held devices are simple to use in games, one known as "The Nunchuck" - mainly useful in boxing, this game being included normally in the package you receive with the Nintendo Wii, and the other is simply called "The Wii Remote"- which is needed in all games. Nearly all games are active, for example, "Mario Party 8", in this game you can use the Wii remote to twist, turn, lasso and row your way through 6 all new game boards and dozens of mini-games. you can play with up to 4 players at once, so you can challenge your friends. Now Nintendo Wii's are going for at least £300 although i don't think i would pay this amount, we were lucky enough to get one at the price range of £180. I would recommend this to teenagers as it keeps them active not like the PSP or Xbox 360. I would give this product from Nintendo 8/10.

Old school gaming.

Tetris is one of the most popular old school games which is still played by many people everyday. I believe tetris is not just a game but can help improve life skills. I believe tetris helps improve spatial awareness as you have to be able to position different shapes on a grip and slot them into an appropriate gap which the shape fits in to. I also believe that you have to be a quick thinker and be able to think in advance to be good at the game and complete each of the levels. I feel tetris is very user friendly. It is easy to use and suitable for all age groups. Tetris doesn't involve violence like some modern games, I feel this makes tetris environmentally friendly.

psp is better than DS

there is alot of competition in the handheld gameing devicesyou can buy the nintendo DS, Playstation portable and the gameboy. the PSP is alot better than th DS because it has a much better memory a bigger screen and alot better graphics there are also alot of extras you can do on the ds such as the PSP can go on the internet and you can also watch movies there is also more games avalible for the PSP

this makes the PSP the ultimate gameing experiance

Police storing DNA of innocent people

Did you know that anyone suspected of being involved in a crime has their DNA recorded, but when they become eliminated from the investigation, (eg they can prove they were somewhere else) the DNA record is retained on a computer database which is growing very fast. The DNA of these people is then checked against old cases and has resulted in some old murders and rapes being solved - great. But if you are close to an incident when out in Wimborne or Verwood you could be on record for life. The DNA records include under 18s and there is currently no way to demand that your record is removed.

Innocent until proved guilty?

Apple iPod v MP3 player

Can we use the blog to measure opinion on this issue? Please add a comment to give your reasons for buying the iPod or a more generic MP3 player, and also please comment on your satisfaction or otherwise with the player. Generally it seems iPods are sold on "expensive but the best and easiest to use", but there have been some complaints about them and some MP3 players are even more than iPods.

My point of view: I have a Matsui MP3 player which was about £26. A student asked what I got with it compared to an iPod - answer "a lot of change" . Of course MP3 players can be more expensive with more storage and better quality. The interface is not clever - you flick through all the tracks to find what you want.

I have tried an iPod and the circle selector interface is very clever, but I don't play much music on the move so I don't think it's worthwhile paying lots extra if I don't use it very often.

I am planning to get a gadet to link to my record player so that I can convert all my vinyl favourites and play them in the car.

A link you could check is at:

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/electronics/mp3-players/

ATM POWERPOINT

ATM powerpoint

Real time

this is my presentation

My presntation is actually based upon the use of electronic slot machines, these are designed to take the place of mechanical lever machines, unfortunately i havent actually posted an image of it on this page, woops.

IT Presentation

Presentation on Real-Time Processing / Traffic Lights

Pressurized Nuclear Reactor (PNR)

This slide gives details how a pressurized nuclear reactor works.

System Diagram

This is a system diagram. It shows how a business, like amazon, takes and an order from a customer and then processes it so that they recieve the item that they ordered.

The Sales order process looks like this;

1. Customer places order with Sale Department

2. Credit Check with account Department

3. Sales Department create a sales order including picking/packing list

4. Goes to warehouse with pick order

5. Warehouse update order

6. Order goes from warehouse to distribution for packing and distributing to customers.

7. Order goes to customer

8. Account department produce and send invoice

9. Customer makes payment account department

10. Accounts send receipt to customer

Screenshot of slideshow

RTP Project: Show your work!

this is a post +1

Presentation

Cant open my presentation atm so this will hav to do.

YEAR 13 RESULTS

These are now logged on line apart from the DB Unit results which have been posted on paper - everyone passed that Unit.

There are only 4 students with work still to do to pass - these should be passed by the deadline 29 June.

Obviously congratulations are in order for everyone who has stayed through the course in our first cohort and especially the 2 who gained Certificates instead of Awards through masses of extra work. As you know the Data Protection Act prevents me naming those individuals.

Presentation feedback

Real-time process presentations will involve delivering your own and giving helpful comments back on all other presentations. We will be using the feedback forms which are available here

Real-Time Processing Presentation

Keep working on the presentations. There is a wide range of real-time processing examples you could choose.

Remember the important point is that you must be able to explain the concepts in your chosen example. It must describe fully the process involved. So being selective with your research is key.

Further details can be found from Real-time processes

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