week 4

lecture summary
this weeks lecture was about the :
•Internet vs Web
•Historical perspective of the Web
•Defining the WWW
•Web Protocols
•Web Browsers/Interface

Tutorial

my expectation
The tutorial this week taught me to recognize different web based resources to tell if they are authentic and to tell if the information given is fake.

My expectation of the following web sites before viewing themare:

the web site http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/ is possibly a website about a club for Scottish men called haggish hunt i think it is not authentic because why would you want to hunt sheep intestines



the website http://www.molossia.org/ is possibly a website about information on molossia. the domain name org possibly means it is a organisation that it would be more authentic then the previous web address i also think the web site could be authentic because it sounds like a realistic domain name



the web site http://www.martinlutherking.org/ is possibly a organisation about martin Luther king but i do not think this web site would not be authentic because it is a org instead of edu or ac which is more likely to be authentic



my results after reviewing the websites are:

The web site http://www.haggishunt.scotsman.com/ is not authentic because;

1. Firstly the pictures of HAGGIS are not real you can tell it is a fake animal by the photo shop editing of the supposed HAGGIS by putting platypus's head and feet with some other sort of animal.
2. The second thing wrong with this website is the web cameras, they are not active live feeds they are just still pictures.
3. The third thing i noticed was the home page is haggisclopedia, in this there is information about the haggis. It states that haggis are not aquatic animals, if they are not aquatic then why does the haggis have a platypus's head and feet?; it also states that a haggis fur is waterproof but not showerproof. If the fur is waterproof then it would clearly be showerproof
4. The fourth thing i noticed about this website was it has no author or claim of ownership meaning anybody could have made the website.

The website http://www.molossia.org/ is not authentic because;

1. Republic of Molossia is an imaginary place which does not exists
2. The history of Republic of Molossia is very little and is hard to believe.
3. If there is a place call Republic of Molossia, they should if have a government (.gov) website rather then a non profit website (.org)
4. In the front page, it said teacher click here, which mean this website is for tutorial reference
5. In the photo album, the photos are mostly model toys, especially the Rail Road

The website http://www.martinlutherking.org/

gave me a first impression of the author criticising martin Luther king because he only talked about the negative aspect of what he has done. Also their was some unfounded accusation about him e.g woman bashing, racist est. The website is an org instead of a edu which means the facts presented on the page don't have to be correct.

After I research Martin Luther King, I can tell that he is a hero because he obtained the same equal right for black as for white, through organised protest and rallies. I think the website is a poor example of how a website can mislead you to believe false information.

Readings

Week Four: Reading 1 - A Brief History of the Internet

(http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html)

This website was about history of the World-wide Web, it about the changing since 60’s till 1996. It basically about World-wide Web took off from Arrant to they developed World-wide Web to Internet. In time change, even when you are on the net, you can still be talking on the phone and its speed is improved better and faster quality.

Week Four: Reading 2 - History of the World-wide Web

http://www.isoc.org/internet/history/brief.shtml#Origins

This website is about the history of the Internet since the 60’s until 1994. The websites contents are Inventions and innovations of Internet, How they got from ARPANET to World Wide Web (WWW), The History of Electronic Mail and what they came from, Search Engines and history of how they search quality information and Basic Net Data.