Bruno

=My name is Bruno Keith Pirihi,I am 10 years old my, and my birthday is september the 15 .My favorite sport is soccer, I play for Oratia united in 11th grade our home grounds are Parrs park. The school subjects I like are maths,spelling,science and writing. Another one of my hobbies is scootering, I got a scooter at christmas and have nearly changed all the parts on it.My Dad and Mum take me to skate parks all over the city where I practice all my tricks. I have two little sisters, one is 4 and the other is only 1 month old and a step brother who is 9 and he scooters too.=
 * =pHello,=

//Hey Bruno! Thanks for your interesting post. Look forward to hearing more from you. **Ms H**// //**my story:**// =**//One time a group of friends were chill-en their names are: Cody,Bob,Andy and last and least Ruby, two girls two boys. They went to the same intermediate. One time they were playing out-side of andy's house in front of a big forest "I WONDER WERE THAT LEADS TO" Bob yells, "yea' says Ruby and Cody at the same time, lets go on a adventure, Andy didn't like that idea, "fine but before it gets dark"said Andy.//**= =**//So they walked through the slimy muddy yucky forest and they got to the end so they opened the last big leaf and there was a big old mansion. So they went closer and closer, regreting every step they took. They could hear the laughing of a old man, having an evil laugh, but it stopped, so they kept going more confidently and entered the mansion then the laughing started again. Then Andy said to himself I'm going, he tried to back out but bob wouldn't let him. "Hey let me go" whispers Andy, "I want to go". "NO! you need to be strong" says Bob. Cody and Ruby had no fear and walked up the creaky stairs, creak crack conk. Silently the laughing got louder as they walked up the stairs and they entered the room where they thought it was coming from, they closed there eyes and opened them and nothing was there, then they thought GHOST! they ran down the stairs as fast as they could yelling "RUN!" "GHOST!" the ghost was running after them, they got outside and ran through the woods//** **//they got back to Andy's house and ran, the ghost was still behind them they ran out of the house and the ghost got tired and they kept running so the house was haunted forever .......................... TO BE CONTINUED//**=

=**//They all went to Bob's house and told his mum, they also rang andy's mum at work and said that the house was haunted so Andy's Mum called the cops and the cops didn't go because it was too dangerous, no one ever went there again...//**=

= = =**//This is my homework://**=
 * //the order of the planets://**
 * //SUN, MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN, URANUS AND NEPTUNE//**

=**//The colors://**= Hi Bruno, thank you for your homework effort - looks like you've done a bit of research there! Your story is coming along nicely, but we need to work on paragraphing and punctuating direct speech correctly. Ms H
 * **//sun is bright red and orange *mercury *jupiter *pluto//**
 * **//mercury is half red *venus *saturn *Ceres//**
 * **//venus is white and brown *earth *uranus *Eris//**
 * **//earth is blue, white, brown and green *mars *neptune *Haumea//**
 * //* mars is yellow and light brown *Make-make//**
 * //*jupiter is brown, white, blue and green//**
 * **//saturn is yellow with a yellow brim around it//**
 * **//uranus is baby blue in the middle and darker around the outside//**
 * **//neptune is dark blue//**

= HOMEWORK = =wanted =

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|| ||   || || ** 1950 ** || **Hideo Yamachito:** The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.

**Alan Turing:** Alan Turing publishes his paper Computing Machinery and Intelligence which helps create the Turing Test. || || ** 1951 ** || **LEO:** T. Raymond Thompson and John Simmons develop the first business computer, the Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) at Lyons Co. **UNIVAC:** UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer I) was introduced - the first commercial computer made in the United States and designed principally by John Presper Eckert & John W. Mauchly **EDVAC**: The EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer) begins performing basic tasks. Unlike the ENIAC, it was binary rather than decimal

|| || ** 1953 ** || The IBM 701 becomes available and a total of 19 are sold to the scientific community. || || ** 1954 ** || **John Backus & IBM:** John Backus & IBM develop the FORTRAN Computer Programming Language || || ** 1955 ** || Bell Labs introduces its first transistor computer. || || ** 1956 ** || Optical fiber was invented by Basil Hirschowitz, C. Wilbur Peters, and Lawrence E. Curtiss || || ** 19 ** **57** || Sputnik I and Sputnik II: Sputnik I and Sputnik II are launched by the Russians || || ** 1958 ** || **ARPA** (Advanced Research Projects Agency) and NASA is formed **Silicon chip:** The first integrated circuit, or silicon chip, is produced by the US Jack Kilby & Robert Noyce

|| || ** 1959 ** || **Paul Baran:** Paul Baran theorises on the "survivability of communication systems under nuclear attack", digital technology and symbiosis between humans and machines || || ** 1960 ** || **COBOL:** The Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL) programming language is invented. || || ** 1961 ** || **Unimate:** General Motors puts the first industrial robot, Unimate, to work in a New Jersey factory. || || ** 1962 ** || **The first computer game:** The first computer game Spacewar Computer Game invented BY Steve Russell & MIT || || ** 1963 ** || **The Computer Mouse:** Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (nicknamed the mouse because the tail came out the end)

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is developed to standardize data exchange among computers. || || ** 1964 ** || **Word processor:** IBM introduces the first word processor **BASIC:** John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz develop Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Language (BASIC)

|| || ** 1965 ** || **Hypertext**: Andries van Dam and Ted Nelson coin the term "hypertext" || || ** 1967 ** || **Floppy Disk:** IBM creates the first floppy disk || || ** 1969 ** || **Seymour Cray:** Seymour Cray develops the CDC 7600, the first supercomputer **Gary Starkweather:** Gary Starkweather invents the laser printer whilst working with Xerox **ARPANET:** The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET ) this network was the first building blocks to what the internet is today but originally with the intention of creating a computer network that could withstand any type of disaster. || || ** 1970 ** || **RAM:** Intel introduces the world's first available dynamic RAM ( random-access memory) chip and the first microprocessor, the Intel 4004. || || ** 1971 ** || **E-mail:** E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson **Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ):** Liquid Crystal Display ( LCD ) was invented by James Fergason **Pocket calculator:** Pocket calculator was invented by Sharp Corporation **Floppy Disk:** Floppy Disk was invented by David Noble with IBM - Nicknamed the "Floppy" for its flexibility.

|| || ** 1972 ** || **First Video Game:** Atari releases Pong, the first commercial video game **The CD:** The compact disc is invented in the United States.

|| || ** 1973 ** || **Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs:** Robert Metcalfe creates the Ethernet, a local-area network (LAN) protocol **Personal computer:** The minicomputer Xerox Alto (1973) was a landmark step in the development of personal computers **Gateways:** Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn develop gateway routing computers to negotiate between the various national networks

|| || ** 1974 ** || **SQL:** IBM develops SEQUEL (Structured English Query Language ) now known as SQL **WYSIWYG:** Charles Simonyi coins the term WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) to describe the ability of being able to display a file or document exactly how it is going to be printed or viewed

|| || ** 1975 ** || **Portable computers:** Altair produces the first portable computer **Microsoft Corporation:** The Microsoft Corporation was founded April 4, 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800

|| || ** 1976 ** || **Apple:** Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs || || ** 1977 ** || Apple Computer’s Apple II, the first personal computer with color graphics, is demonstrated **MODEM:** Ward Christensen writes the programme "MODEM" allowing two microcomputers to exchange files with each other over a phone line

|| || ** 1978 ** || **Magnetic tape:** The first magnetic tape is developed in the US || || ** 1979 ** || Over half a million computers are in use in the United States. || || ** 1980 ** || **Paul Allen and Bill Gates:** IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. They buy the rights to a simple operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template to develop DOS. || || ** 1981 ** || **Microsoft:** MS-DOS Computer Operating System increases its success || || ** 1982 ** || **WordPerfect:** WordPerfect Corporation introduces WordPerfect 1.0 a word processing program **Commodore 64:** The Commodore 64 becomes the best-selling computer of all time.

**SMTP:** SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is introduced

|| || ** 1983 ** || More than 10 million computers are in use in the United States **Domain Name System (DNS):** Domain Name System (DNS) pioneered by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partridge. Seven 'top-level' domain names are initially introduced: edu, com, gov, mil, net, org and int. **Windows:** Microsoft Windows introduced eliminating the need for a user to have to type each command, like MS-DOS, by using a mouse to navigate through drop-down menus, tabs and icons

|| || ** 1984 ** || **Apple Macintosh:** Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface **Cyberspace:** William Gibson coins the word cyberspace when he publishes Neuromancer

|| || ** 1985 ** || **Paul Brainard:** Paul Brainard introduces Pagemaker for the Macintosh creating the desktop publishing field.

**Nintendo:** The Nintendo Entertainment System makes its debut. || || ** 1986 ** || More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States. || || ** 1987 ** || Microsoft introduces Microsoft Works **Perl:** Larry Wall introduces Perl 1.0 || || ** 1988 ** || Over 45 million PCs are in use in the United States. || || ** 1990 ** || **The Internet, World Wide Web & Tim Berners-Lee:** Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau propose a 'hypertext' system starting the modern Internet Microsoft and IBM stop working together to develop operating systems

|| || ** 1991 ** || **The World Wide Web:** The World Wide Web is launched to the public on August 6, 1991 || || ** 1993 ** || At the beginning of the year only 50 World Wide Web servers are known to exist || || ** 1994 ** || The World Wide Web Consortium is founded by Tim Berners-Lee to help with the development of common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web **YAHOO:** YAHOO is created in April, 1994.

|| || ** 1995 ** || **Java**: Java is introduced **Amazon**: Amazon.com is founded by Jeff Bezos **EBay**: EBay is founded by Pierre Omidyar **Hotmail**: Hotmail is started by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia.

|| || ** 1996 ** || **WebTV**: WebTV is introduced || || ** 1997 ** || Altavista introduces its free online translator Babel Fish

Microsoft acquires Hotmail || || ** 1998 ** || **Google**: Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page on September 7, 1998 **PayPal** is founded by Peter Thiel and Max Levchin

|| || ** 2001 ** || **Xbox**: Bill Gates introduces the Xbox on January 7th 2001. || || ** 2002 ** || Approximately 1 billion PCs been sold PayPal is acquired by eBay

|| || ** 2005 ** || September 12: eBay acquires Skype || || ** 2006 ** || **Skype** announces that it has over 100 million registered users ||