OOOOOOOh pretty colours!!!

There has been an amazing discovery if you right click and press save instead of print screening the scrpts column it just copies the script not the whole thing. This was a fun one although I thought I had to edit the butterfly sprite and change it myself ut it's quick and easy. All I did was go to the control section and press the orange icon that says when space key pressed although you can choose any key (right). Then I went to Looks and press the change colour effect by 25. AND....
OOOOOh pretty colours!!!

Angry Ghost Happy Ghost

I looked at the first tutorial and it seemed pretty simple. I watched some videos on youtube of how to use scratch as well. The first things I did was insert a ghost sprite. I wanted to make the ghost lokk angry as well but there was no angry ghost sprite so I edited the costume and drew some angry eybrows. I then inserted a background that I learnt from the videos that I watched. I then said when clicked in control, forever. Sitched to costume number 1 in looks, wait 1 second, flip 90 degrees in sensing. Then I switched to costume 2, wait 1 second and turn 90 degrees. It keeps you laughing.

The 7th Window

These are some of the questions we had to answer on the new Windows 7. By the way these answers were written on "PAPER" (which sir told us we would never use) and put onto the blog later on.



1.)What versions is Windows 7 available in?

There are 6 versions

-Home premium-Professional-Ultimate-OEM-Enterprise and Startup



2.)Describe some of the features of the new task bar.

-You can mouse over one program and all the windows associated with it will appear

-You can hover over a program for full size and click on it to bring to front

-There are large easy to see icons

-You can have 2 windows to fill the desktop size

-Big Button size for easier click, click, clicking away. This is very helpful for people who have touch screens



3.)What are jump lists and how are they useful?

Jump lists are where you right click or left click and drag any program icon that is on the ask bar to see a list of files that you've used lately in that certain program. It is useful as it helps make recently opened and used files easier to get to.



4.)How can one quickly size 2 windows to fill the desktop side by side?

All you do is drag one task thataway(left side of screen) and another to the other thataway(rught side of screen). They will automatically resize to haplf of your screen each. If you drag it away from the edge it will return to normal size.



5.)Research the 9 multi touch gestures that Windows 7 uses.



These gestures can be used for people who have windows 7 and are touch or non touch screen users.



Tap and Double Tap-clicking and double clicking

Panning with Inertia- scrolling, moving the pae up or down with your fingers, sometimes it has a little bounce at the end to tell you it's the bottom of the page

Selection /Drag- like a mouse drag and selection but moving your fingers across the screen. It is used to drag icons around the desktop, move windows and select text.

Press and Tap with second finger- like right clicking but using your second finger

Zoom-like the Ctrl key+Scrolll wheel. You pinch 2 fingers together or apart to zoom in or out of a document. Useful for reading things on a small laptop. Works in applictaions that support mouse wheel zooming.

Rotate-touch 2 spots on a digital photo and twist to rotate it. Move 2 fingers in a different direction or one finger can pivot around another. Applications need to add code to support this.

2 Finger Tap-tapping with 2 fingers zooms in around the middle of where you tapped. It can also restore to the default zoom. It is really useful for zooming in on hyperlinks. Applications need to add code to support this.

Press and Hold- same as right click. Press doen on the screen and release after the animation has appeared. Same as press and tap.

Flicks-flicking left or right to go forward or backward in a browser and other applications. It works in applications that support back and forward.

6.) What is XP mode. What users would find this feature most useful?
XP mode is used to run older programs and is useful for prople who work with 10 thousand million documents and needs to find them faster. It makes longer snippets, so searching for them is easier. It gives you more information and highlights the snippet more clearly.

7.)What feature related to removable drives has Windows 7 removed in a bid to increase security.
When you plug your USB or hard drive in it doesn't run them automatically anymore so there is less infections.

8.) What are the minimum hardware requirements for Windows 7.
1GHz processor, 1 or 2GB RAM, 16-20GB of free space on your hard drive and a directX 9 graphics device.

9.) What observations does the article offer regarding performanc for Windows 7?
-Sometimes it is the slowest out of Windows XP and Vista
-It is the fastest to shutdown
-Windows 7 RTM ties with XP for Itunes encoding
-Slower than XP and Vista for booting up cold by a bit more than 1 second
-Feels faster when loading programs, opening the control panel, dragging icons, files and folders around than XP

Why doesn't this thing do what I want it to DO?

Algorithm- A form of solving a problem with a set of steps that you have to follow. The steps must be certain and accurate as well as having a clear stopping point. E.g. making a cake where you follow the procedure

Pseudocode-A computer program that needs to be converted to a code so that the computer can understand it before it can be used. It does this by using certain steps and stopping points(algorithm)

Machine language-A code that is built into the hardware of a computer. It is a system of instructions or data that the CPU performs and there is no need for translating it before using it.

High level computer language- It is more resourceful and capable of doing more things than the machine language, hence the high. They are considered high level becuase they are closer to human languages and further from machine. It is a type of computer programming language that isn't limited by the type of computer or the one specific job that needs to be done. It is more easily understood.

Flow chart- Also called a flow sheet that is a detailed diagram or chart of the operations through which material passes.

The beginning and ending or terminator symbols of a flowchart are lozenges, ovals or rounded rectangles. They normally have some sort of indication inside it telling you it's the start or the end.

Decisions are questions or branches in the process. They are represented as a diamond.

The process symbol is a rectangle. it is an operation action or step.

This is a flow chart of how an air conditioner works. It's not perfect because it doesn't have an end but it's pretty good.