Pictures that Lie

I selected the picture of the fabled jackalope because it is in one of my favorite songs by Robert Earl Keen. The picture originated as just a picture of two normal jack rabbits. In the altered picture, the rabbits have antlers similar to a deer. It was manipulated to convince people that there are in fact jackalopes running around in south Texas. This picture is only harmful to the imagination of young people. The young mind is much more susceptible to trickery by photography but the picture is harmless.

CLT

Last class we visited the CLT Center. I learned that it is place that exists on the first floor of the library and it is where I would go if i needed to use a computer to create complex photographs, or to have a computer that has video editing software. The computers available in the center are much nicer than the ones offered in the various study lounges throughout campus. I really liked the presentation room. In the future for other classes I will defiantly be using this room. For our class I could use the photograph based computers to help when we get to design. I could use the video editing software to create my own YouTube videos and become the next Internet star. I really like how nice the guy helping us was, and I will be visiting the CLT center at some point in the near future.

I was not in class on Thursday but based on what my classmates said, we were visited by a man named Jason Hardin. He is the manager of access services here at Trinity University and seems to know quite a bit about copyright issues. One thing that really jumps out at me is the issue of file sharing. I will be the first to say that i have "stolen" my fair share of music in my day, but i was ignorant to the rules and regulations regarding that act. I think that the musician should be able to state whether or not he wants the music to be able to be passed around through file sharing. Once we arrived at Trinity we agreed to not partake in stealing music on campus however we can do it off campus. This stance on copyright issues baffles me, but it is what it is and I will not be stealing any more music on campus.

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