Wednesday, February 23, 2011

CSI EFFECT


The C.S.I. effect has been a strong topic for the last few years with so many different arguments going on with both sides of the topic. There are many people that believe that the C.S.I. effect is helping criminals by showing them how to get rid of evidence making it harder for a C.S.I. to do his job. They say criminals are learning from these forensic shows that started back in 2000 with C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation and in the last decade has spawned into 13 other shows about investigating crime scenes and showing how they are solved. They are backing this by saying that in 2000 when C.S.I. Crime Scene Investigation came out the percent of rape cases solved was are 46.9 and dropped to 41.3 percent in 2005. Also statements of some rape victims say that the person that raped them made them shower and was with bleach before they left the scene. Then you got people on the other side of the argument saying that statistics show that 90 percent of criminals are uneducated and would learn nothing from these shows. They say that if anything these shows scare the uneducated criminals away from doing the crimes when they see how easily these crimes get solved on television and they believe that its all real and everything they do on the show is how its done so they become to scared to try any crimes. The creators of these shows claim that everything they show on their shows is real techniques when it’s been estimated by a forensic scientist named Thomas Mauriello that 40 percent of the scientific techniques depicted on C.S.I. don’t actually exist. Then you have more people arguing that The techniques that don’t exist on these shows inspire scientists to invent these things and advance crime scene technology like in 2006, IBM worked with the Memphis Police Department and developed new software that can predict crime locations and time frames, an idea that they got from the movie Minority Report that came out in 2002. A lot of inventions have been taken from science fiction movies that came out in the past.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Super Bowl commercials need love too lmao....


I chose for my commercial the Doritos Pug, I thought it was hilarious. The commercial was aimed toward an audience of all ages and was focused more on making the commercial funny than actually trying to sell Doritos. The claim I got from watching this commercial is that it doesn’t matter if you are a human or an animal, if you really want to have some Doritos then nobody can stand in your way. The creators of this commercial supported the claim by showing this tiny pug dog nock down a glass door to get to the Doritos. I guess the warrant in the commercial is that they are assuming that everyone loves Doritos.

The commercial starts out with an average looking guy standing inside his house looking out a glass door while holding a bag of Spicy Doritos. The man then begins to tease the pug dog that is out in the yard by crouching over and waving a chip in front of the window and saying come on boy come and get it. They show the dog running in slow motion toward the door and the man’s girlfriend/wife tells him to stop and not to hurt the dog by making him run into the door. Then they take it out of slow motion as the pug jumps into the glass door and knocks it over on top of the guy and the pug starts eating the chips while the guy is smashed under the door.

I’m not sure how exactly to compare this commercial to the rhetorical triangle but I did my best. So Stephanie if you could let me know how I’m actually supposed to do it I would appreciate it. I didn’t really have time to get a hold of you to ask because I didn’t get home until 10:30 p.m. and had to do this right away.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

POOL IS AWESOME


I’m going to blog this week about why I love to play pool. I guess you can tell the first reason is going to be that I enjoy the game. It’s one of those games where no matter how your health or age change you can always keep getting better at pool as long as you play. It is a great stress reliever, if you’ve had a horrible day and you’re in a bad mood go play some pool and slam the balls around a while and you will start to feel better. The game of pool is a great way to improve your hand eye coordination, as you get better at the game it helps your critical thinking skills by planning 2 to 3 shots ahead before taking your first shot, and it helps your social skills because it is a very social game that you can play with anybody at any time. You meet all kinds of new and unique people when you go out to the bar or pool hall and jump in on a game with someone. I personally play pool leagues on Wednesday and Friday nights and it’s a lot of fun. I met all kinds of new friends over the years and I learned how to be a good sport during healthy competition.

Most people think that pool is just a game for drunk people because it is generally played at bars but that couldn’t be more untrue. Pool is a game that can be played by anyone of pretty much any age, as long as you’re tall enough to see on the table you can learn the game. In pool leagues there is a handicap system that makes it fair for people of all skill levels to play. In 9-ball leagues that I play the handicaps are based on a point system ranging from a handicap of 1 that has to get 14 points to a handicap of 9 that has to get 75 points before that match is won. The points go by the balls you make. The first eight balls are worth one point a piece and the 9-ball is worth two points making ten points per rack. If you make a ball then scratch (the cue ball “white ball” goes in the pocket) the ball you just made is counted in the dead ball column and the point goes to nobody. So if a three handicap “that goes to 25 points” is playing against me “with my handicap of five where I have to get 38 points” and he gets to 25 before I get to 38 then he or she wins that match.

It is a lot of fun to play pool and it is just that much more fun to play leagues. It is a great way to get out of the house for a while and have a great time. I have been playing pool for 11 years now, when I started out playing I hated the game but as I started improving my love for the game formed and has been growing ever since. It is part of my life that I strive to become better at every time I get to the table. The best part is no matter how good you get at pool there is always something new to try or learn. People think you just go out and hit balls into the pockets but there are many different kinds of games in pool, there is 8-ball, 9-ball, trick shots, carom, and snooker to name some of the games. Pool is a game that I thoroughly enjoy and I believe that you will too.