Monday, February 19, 2007

week4:Introduction of interesting web sites.

week4 : Introduction of Interesting web sites!


No.1 http://www.yahoo.com/

As you know, this site is very famous searching site and I'm sure we students use it a lot.
We can search anything that needed for homework or assignments , for example, the article of news or information. Or, We can also look hot entertainment news or interviews for famous persons like actress and singers. Also, we can use it as a community, which we can search friends who like same thing or people who can solve problems.

No.2 http://www.recipesource.com/

About 1 year ago, I moved to Tokyo to enter this collage, and start living by myself. Then I started cooking, and I found great joy for cooking. Now, I live with my boyfriend, and cooking became more interesting because I can feel that I want to improve my cooking skill more and more. So, I use this web site a lot. This web site is really useful. it's divided for 2 parts: "Ethnic cuisines by region" and "Recipes by type of dish". The "Ethnic cuisines by region" part include African &Middle East, Asia& Pacific Ocean, Europe, and so on. So, I can search the very meals which I exactly want to know. The "Recipes by type of dish" is also useful in another way. If I want to cook another light meal, I can directly go into the "Salad &Stuff" or "Soup" parts, and soon I can find fine choices. I recommend this sites for all people who has interested in cooking.

No.3 http://www.amazon.com/

When I want to buy something which is not in market near to my house, or When I feel tired to go and search something to buy, I use this sites. I can search any kind of stuff like CDs, DVDs, books, and ipods , and order them by just 1 click. I don't have to walk around in a big department store to search something I need to buy. I don't have to ask a staff if there is the book which I've searched in a book store. It save your time and emotions. Also, just looking the fine materials is enough interesting!

Monday, February 12, 2007

week3:what's the social engineering?

week3 : What's the "social engineering?"


The deffinition of "social engineering" is that
an outside hacker’s use of mental tricks on legitimate users of a computer system, in order to obtain information he needs to gain access to the system or that getting needed information (for example, a password) from a person rather than breaking into a system. Social engineering can be any and all of these things, depending upon where we sit.
In other words, engineering is generally a hacker’s clever manipulation of the natural human tendency to trust. The hacker’s goal is to get information that will allow him/her to gain unauthorized access to a system which has value and the information that resides on that system.
Before I red the word on the assignment's page, I had never heard the word "social engineering". So, I researched the word, and was really surprised. I had an image that hacker is very clever person, but I thought so again though I know they're doing not good things. They are not only good at using machines and information, but also good at handling or controlling people's mind! But I think it is smart way to try to get through minds ; not through systems if hacker want to do it. it's because the technique will get higher and higher, and stronger and stronger. So it will be difficult more and more to get through systems. However, the mind won't change or get stronger so much because human keep having week points in mind which not depend on the progress of technology.
I don't think I can, but I'd like to know how to do it someday because I might understand human's mind more if I could understand the method!

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

what do you know about Mac?

week2 : What do you know about Mac?

The thing I remember when I hear the word "Mac" is the mark of an apple.
I feel embarrassed, but I don't know any other information's about Mac. I have just some images for Mac computers.
In my favorite detective novels, a very beautiful and rich girl appears. She's heroine, and have special ability in the field of Mathematics. So, she goes to high level university, and her major is engineering. Then, she uses the Mac computers a lot in her university. she seems to use them for drawing some graphs , shapes, and simulation. So, I have the image that Mac is widely used in scientific or mathematical fields. In fact, I've heard that Mac is very good for calculation.
In addition, I heard the Mac is strong for virse. Windows can easily effected by any virus, but Mac seems not to be injured by them so much.
As you know, I have only very little information about Mac, so I want to learn about it more. And, I heard Mac's appearance is very cute, so I want to see it and try it if I could.