Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Current Events: 5/27

Here are the three articles that I chose (that you sent me). There will be a quiz at the start of class on Wednesday and a two paragraph response is due before 1:00 pm. You are not allowed to respond to your own article.

ESPN in 3D courtesy of Mr. Troutman.

What did you do when you were 13? This kid climbed Mt. Everest (thanks, Mr. Shodi)

More google! (Thanks for the great article, Ms. Myers)

8 comments:

Shodi said...

I think ESPN broadcasting in 3d is a pretty cool idea and I would definatley watch it. If I had the money to afford a 3d tv I would love to expirence this.

Espn will definatley be rolling in money after they do this. I think this will start a 3d revolution and a 3d frenzy.

Troutman said...

I believe that the 13 year old kid climbing Mt. Everest is one of the most amazing things I have ever hear. His reasoning behind is brilliant as well, trying to allow kids to believe in anything and fight obesity. He also climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro at the age of 9, that is insane. Talk about stuff to write on a college application.

Google is soon going to be the corruption of the world. It is not long before we see Google and Walmart everywhere we go, just like the movie "Wall-e" the world will slowly fall into a downward spiral. I love Google and believe that it is one of the greatest inventions I have ever seen, but with the progress made in technology, it's time for other companies to make a splash in the technology world.

$hug@ said...

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. Many have tried to climb it and very few have made it. People train their bodies for years and years to achieve this outgoing dream. For a kid to be only thirteen years of age and make it up Mt. Everest is quite an accomplishment!

I get tired just running around for ten minuets. This kid climb 29,028ft above sea level! I could never do that, in my life. He climbed for forty-eight hours at once they said. This goal Jordan set for himself was extremely far fetched, but he concurred it and became the youngest kid to ever climb Mt. Everest.

Shawley said...

I think the entire Youtube copyright issues are getting out of hand. Too many companies are blaming Youtube for the copyright issues when it's the user. Another thing is that the users are spreading publicity of their shows for free.

Mr. Fricklas probably meant what he said in that e-mail. There has to be someone at Viacom who can think logically about this. I've had a Youtube account and I know Youtube does not promote the usage of any company's property, whether it's TV shows like Viacom, or songs like WMG (ESPECIALLY WMG), it's entirely up to the user to put what in a video. If that video violates rules, then Youtube can just do what they do now, remove it.

By the way Mr. Cullen, the link to the 13 year old boy climbing Mt. Everest is broken.

Marissa said...

I think that it is so cool that a 13 year-old kid climbed Mt. Everest. It just blows my mind that someone that young has climbed 6 of the seven highest peaks in the world.

I really hope that more young people follow his example and become more active. This kid just proves that anything is possible if you set your mind to it.

Terek said...

espn is really going over board. I love it but they just opend espn 3. Idk if sportcenter can jump the shark but it seems like you trying to hard to get more viewers when already they have so much

Whos gonna even watch the 3d network? only people with 3d tvs will and i highly dought the quality of the network

danielle said...

I think that the boy climbing Mount Everest is absolutly amazing. I think that is so nice that he is doing this to inspire children to get outside and work out.

This boy will now go down in history because what he decided to do. I wish i could do something like that. I think that it is amazing that he is so young and aware of the obrsity problems in the US.

Perry said...

3-d games will be unreal, I can not wait to wacth a game. This will make the game so much more interesting. I fell 3-d is one thing that is going to take control in the future and every single tv will be 3-d. Just thinking of watching football in 3-d and the players getting hit and the ball flying in the air. Mr. Cullen will def watch sports after in 3-d.