How do you know if you need to seek permission to use something (i.e. a copyrighted image or slogan)

Here is a list of reasons why you would need to seek permission from the original owner:

If you intend to use the material for commercial purposes, you must seek permission from the original owner if that material is copyrighted or is a registered trademark

Or if you want to use the material repeatedly- for example if you are writing a book and you want to include a specific image several times, once again you need to seek the permission to use it from it's original owner

Trademark...What is it?

Nowadays we regularly see the letters "TM" in text, but what does TM (Trademark) actually mean? A trademark is something that a company/business creates for their products or things associated with their company or products. Trademarking their product means that no other businesses have the right to copy the name/design of their trademark and, if they do the company with the official product have the right to take the other company to court. Some common examples of Trademark being used are with Coke or Diet Coke, these are both products created and owned by the Coca-Cola Company and, because they are Trademarked, the names cannot be copied. Companies can also trademark things such as logos or slogans, for example the Nike tick, or swoosh, is trademarked by Nike meaning that no other companies can copy that logo.
The TM logo isn't actually used that frequently, we normally see the letter R encased in a circle (see below) which means that the product or logo's trademark has been officially registered.

Facebook timeline

Recently Facebook introduced a new feature to their social networking site: called Facebook timeline. This feature turns what used to be someone's 'wall' to a timeline, it gathers all the information from your profile and puts it onto your timeline. Facebook timeline has had mixed reactions among the critics, some are saying that it is a great way to look at what you did years ago and what you used to be interested in, however other critics say that the layout is much to complicated for some people and although reasonably easy to navigate, can be confusing. Facebook also allows you to add life events to your timeline, for example, first driving lesson or graduated from high school, it then adds these events to specific dates on your timeline so you can see what you did and when. Personally, I think that the new layout is actually quite good as, for me, it is easy to navigate and use.

My Future Presentation about Rowan Atkinson

So... I'm going to do my presentation on the actor, comedian but unfortunately not singer-songwriter: Rowan Atkinson. Rowan Atkinson is known for his acting as Edmund Blackadder in Blackadder and Mr. Bean in, well, uh Mr. Bean. So, I will keep you informed about my presentation later.
 

Why Wales will win the Rugby World Cup

Being an avid Welsh rugby fan, I was over the moon when Wales knocked out Ireland in the World Cup quarter-finals thanks to an inspiring match from the Welsh team, who put in %110 in order to beat Ireland convincingly to earn their place in the Semi-finals. I was also absolutely delighted when England put in a poor performance against France the next day, and lost 19-12, therefore ending their chances of winning or coming anywhere close to winning the World Cup. 

And so, here are my valid reasons why Wales will win The Rugby World Cup 2011. These reasons come from a website which i personally find extremely good, it is a welsh rugby blog, which is, obviously about welsh rugby!

For any of you who wish to view that website- click on this link:    http://welshrugbyblog.co.uk/ for a brilliant website all about welsh rugby!

5 Reasons Wales Will Win the Rugby World Cup

• We’ve worked out that everyone has worked out our tactics.  It may have taken a few years but it seems we could well have more than just the one plan going into a game.  This should shock a few teams.
• Talent. I may have said that there are better teams than us but I don’t think that there is a gulf in talent.  The likes of Adam Jones, Gethin, Bradley Davies, Warburton, Jamie Roberts and Shane are hugely talented – as are others that I couldn’t be bothered to type out due to my being lazy.
• Give it to Shane.  We may have a plan B now (we hope), but if all else fails the ‘give it to Shane’ plan still has a remarkably high success rate.
• Someone opened the fly half factory again.  Stephen Jones is a Welsh legend as far as I am concerned, but Hook is starting to look like a 10 again and Priestland took to the international stage with aplomb.  Add in youngsters like Tovey and Biggar who couldn’t even make the squad and it seems someone remembered how to make outside halves again.
• Tight 5.  The loss of Rees is a big blow, but even without him we will finally have a worthwhile tight 5 on the field.  Gethin,  Jones, AWJ and Bradley are a match for most teams…and with the impressive Sam Warburton backing them up we could well do some real damage up front…even against physical teams like the Bokkes.  Look what Adam was doing to the much vaunted Argentine scrum.

5 More Reasons Wales Will Win the Rugby World Cup

• It is being played in a country that has rugby as a national sport, a lot of rain and a huge amount of sheep.  If it wasn’t for the long flight and the mullets some of our players might not even have noticed they left Wales.
• George North! The wikipedia entry may now have been edited by some heathens but we all know that George North! (yes, the exclamation mark is an important part of his name) was created in a volcano and has the power of the Gods.  He went back in time to father both Chuck Norris and Shane Williams, and is so strong he could actually spot Andrew Sheridan (who I am reliably informed, by some mad English people, can bench press planets).  He could win the RWC by himself, whilst eating a Dorset Naga.
• We’re World Champions we won it at 7s remember?  It’s about as relevant as the English win in 03 and they’re still clinging to that, so why can’t we.
• The Kiwis will choke.  And so will the Saffers, and the Aussies.  The French will implode and the English are as threatening as a balloon in a pin factory.
• Because we’ve got the greatest Haka response in history.  No not the awesome standing there one (whichyou can see here).  Instead I have an inside source telling me that we will be doing this one…

Other People’s Views

So what do other teams think will allow them to win the RWC?

South Africa

Well the other, other Green and Gold (the Springbok version), think that it is because

• Their conservative game plan suits the RWC
• Their game plan suits the weather
• Their 50% RWC winning record counts for something
• Experience (they have amongst the oldest squads – Ireland has THE oldest one btw)
• Their strength in depth coming off the bench

But they forget that they are up against George North! in the pool stages.

Ireland

They think they will win it because

• They were pathetic in the Warm Ups.  Honestly, that looks like the reasoning.
• They’re the oldest team there (maybe we should buy them a pipe and slippers)
• They were rubbish last world cup (hang on, is their thinking really “because we’re old and rubbish”)
• They have Sean O’Brien
• They have a lot of Irish living out there

So to sum up – the Irish think they will win it because they are old and pathetic!

Australia

• X-factor.  Simon Cowell is coaching them, or maybe they read Graham Henry’s book by the same name.  Or apparently they have some players who can do something with the ball, liking to pretend they are Shane.
• Game plan.  Well they say game plan but actually talk about defending well with some good forwards.  Seems they want to be English?
• Timing.  They are on a good run of form timing wise.  Actually got nothing to say to that, it’s a good point.
• Fearless.  they’re not scared of any team.  They haven’t met George North! Yet though
• They’re the good guys.  Until they lose and we hear them complain about how everyone else cheated, we need to change the rules, the drop goals need less points, we should be more like rugby league, etc, etc.  Sorry, no team with John o’Neill as a CEO can be called the good guys.

To summarise:  they want to be Shane, they want to be English, they want to be the good guys.  To be fair though they are actually looking pretty good.

New Zealand

Like us they chose 10 reasons rather than 5, but unlike us I think they were serious.

• Dan Carter.  They claim he is the best player in the world.  They are wrong, he is 2nd best (providing we don’t allow George North! to count due to being too awesome)
• Richie McCaw.  They claim he is 2nd best.  They are wrong, he is better than Carter.  Though I think I may be supporting their point here.
• They lost to the Aussies.  Hang on, isn’t this the same reasoning the Irish came up with?  If they claim experience we know they’re just copying
• Eden Park.  They win there a lot.  Then again they don’t win the in the RWC a lot, let’s see which tradition wins
• It’s at home.  See the point above.  Couldn’t manage 10 reasons apparently, so cheated and put up a ‘ditto’.  Should have expected that from a team that has Richie McCaw at 7.
• Losing.  They lost more than they usually do already this season.  So another reason based on they are not as good as usual.  I get lost with some of this reasoning.
• Experience.  There it is, same as the Irish.  They’re experienced at failing, so they’re going to win it this time.
• Experience.  ANOTHER ditto!  They’ve got rid of some blokes who are good and brought in some guys that are good.  Interesting logic, but ok.
• Competition for the jersey.  Fair enough, they do have impressive strength in depth.
• They’re due a win.  If it is done on a rota system shouldn’t Wales be ahead of them?

So the logic?  They have some good players, they’re home, and they have lost more than usual.  Interesting

England

They can’t possibly this time can they?  They made the final by being crap last time out, they’re presumably trying to emulate that.

• Monstrous scrum.  Seriously?  It’s pretty good but my money would be on Adam to teach them a lesson here.  Again.
• Nous.  They point out that they managed to do well with Farrell at 10.  So apparently being rubbish and making the final in 07 is relevant.  So to is the World Cup 7s win for us then
• Jonny.  Oh come on, the English can’t go 5 minutes without praising St Jonny of Wilkinson, you didn’t think they could manage 5 points without him could they?  Actually 5 points might be two more than they will manage to score at once.
• Route to the final.  Having been blessed with a very easy group (sorry, Group of Death as their coaches claimed), they think having to ;just’ beat France and the Aussies will be easy.  No English arrogance here then.
• Weather.  10 man rugby will suit them apparently.  Never mind that they no longer have that good a pack.

So, these are the reasons from the welsh blog for why Wales will win the World Cup, and I completely agree with all of them, and that is why I think Wales will win the Rugby World Cup 2011!!!!

How to hypnotize YOURSELF: For Dummies.

One of my recent posts was teaching you guys how to hypnotize (sort of) other people. But now, I am posting a few videos that will help you hypnotize yourself and mess up your eyes, in a good way though :D.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyHP4h7MgVI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu3VpGRvnYg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBL4hRoqRWY

There are also many other weird eye tricks on youtube that can hypnotize you, and it just takes a couple of seconds to find them, so have fun and keep hypnotizing!

The history of the Web Browser

The first ever web browser was invented in 1991 by a British man named Tim Berners-Lee. He named this browser the WorldWideWeb and it allowed computer users worldwide to access many different websites letting them do different things. Tim Berners-Lee came up with the original idea whilst working at CERN and, using an original idea of his, called hypertext and adding that to a recent invention of his, he was able to create the first web browser: The WorldWide Web. The idea became a reality in 1991 when he created the web browser in the CERN facilities in Geneva, Switzerland, and the first ever web page was posted on the 6th of August 1991 and the web address was named http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html and this directed the user to a website about Tim Berner-Lee's new invention. The world wide web    
           Tim Berners-Lee
  
    The first ever website


Although the WorldWideWeb was a great invention and completely changed the world of technology, it wasn't the first commercially successful web browser as many people were not familiar with the new technology and weren't sure how to use it or what it was used for. But, over time, the understanding for the web browser increased and when Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina teamed up to create a new web browser, the understanding of the technology was more advanced so more people used it because they knew what to do with it, this made it the first commercially successful web browser. Marc Andreessen's web browser was called Mosaic which was originally designed for Unix's x Window system called xmosaic, but it was later programmed to work with Windows and Macintosh. Mosaic was first developed and released in December 1992 and version 1.0 (released after versions 0.1-0.9) was released in April 1993, and version 2.0 was compatible with Windows and Macintosh in December 1993. There were also other web browsers being invented in around the same period, such as Cello, Erwise and MidasWWW but they were nothing compared to Mosaic, which was much more popular than all it's competitors. Many sources also say that "Mosaic was the web browser which led to the internet boom of the 1990's"


The homepage of the Mosaic web page                          Marc Andreessen