Color Schemes (Way over DUE!!!)

I decided to surf and find JROTC pages that i would like to emulate for my final project. Upon searching these numerous sites I found just about every different color concept that we talked about in class:

Monochromatic  – http://www.geocities.com/pentagon/2149/

This site hurt my eyes very one dimensional with colors that do not necessarily compliment each other. Not my cup of tea.

Compimentary – http://www.lackeyafjrotc.com/

I really liked this site, Blue is my favorite color and if I can I want to use a lot of what this web page offers. The colors are easy on the eyes and very simple.

Analogous also  Monochromatic – http://www.pa022.com/

This would lead me to know that this is an Air Force site, okay use of colors but not really complimentary of each other . All the planes make me think of being in the Air, thus Air Force.

Triad Color Scheme – http://www.santa.com/

Okay not a JROTC site however lots of color, pleasant but not really eye catching.

Okay this next web page is just God Awful, Pink with military hardware in the background. I am going to go out on a limb here but I would be willing to bet it was designed with a slight female influence.

http://www.dsdk12.net/~afjrotc/index.html

All in all a lot of the pages that looked professional used very minimal color schemes. A good thing to note for me and to keep in mind.

YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN JROTC TOO LONG ….

YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN IN ROTC TOO LONG WHEN….
 You polish your Nikes.
 You look forward to PT.
 You sing “Jodies” in the shower.
 You wear your uniform to church.
 You square corners going to class.
 You get insurance for your uniform.
 You “square” your meals in the cafeteria.
 You call your girlfriend by her last name.
 You start putting everything in acronyms.
 You tell your girlfriend’s mother “Yes, Sir.”
 You shave your head to look like the Sarge.
 You ask teachers if you can go to the latrine.
 You repeat the Colonel’s jokes to your friends.
 You shout “At Ease!” to your annoying brother.
 You keep calling your math class to “Attention.”
 You start using 2200 in reference to your curfew.
 You make yourself do pushups when you tell a lie.
 You jump to attention when your alarm clock rings.
 You get “in step” with friends walking down the hall.
 You constantly check your gig line, even in civilian clothes.
 You burn a copy of the Air Force Song to your favorite CD.
 You hum “When Johnny Comes Marching Home,” in the halls.
 You stand at parade rest when other teachers call you to their desk.
 You wear a bracelet that bears the initials WWSCD (What Would Sargent Corbett
Do).
 You set aside a certain portion of your allowance to pay for the flight
caps you keep losing.
 And finally, when reading this list you realize, “Hey, I’M ALL that
and more!”
Author unknown…

Copy Rights and the Internet

What a real source of pain this can be to anyone who uses the Internet, especially if they plan to use an item in a presentation. Lord knows I am guilty during one of my classes learning how to use and make an imovie I chose to make a piece on the pledge of allegiance. Having grown up in Indiana. Red Skelton was a huge inspiration to me. Not only in his comedy but also in his very stoic portrayal about the pledge of allegiance when he was in grade school.

Now his voice has been recorded for all of posterity to listen to  and yes I used his message in my imovie presentation along with dozens of images from all over the web. Was this illegal? Most assuradely I probably broke copyright laws unknown to me or because I just chose to ignore them. The presentation turned out to be awesome and something i hava used in class for numerous presentations to my incoming freshman/first year cadets. Unbeknown to them they were viewing an illegal program and yet here they were learning about our country, there heritage and what it meant to good old Red about our and his flag.

This is silly, I was not making any money off of any of the “STOLEN” property however should any of the photographers or the relatives of Mr. Skelton they have every right to make me remove my program and destroy it.

Is there an easy answer to this? Not that I see, our old concepts of a piece of art that is physical and can be touched does not apply to our date bits information highway. Making a hand painted copy of the Mona Lisa and then advertising it as the original may get you many laughs from the sophisticated art connoisseur,  however the trying to pass this off as an original work of art would get you thrown in jail. In this case though you were committing fraud and trying to make a buck. Is this the same though for someone who writes a story about the Mona Lisa and uses a web obtained picture, sells advertising space on there web site and is making a buck from there story, but is also using a forged copy of the picture, even though they are not trying to sell a forged copy of the picture. I am sure the legal system would frown upon there use of the photo, but did they intend to sell the copy?

My poor feeble mind and gray matter hurts just thinking about this. New rules and boundaries definetly have to be applied to  the information highway and this huge new tool to access mass amounts of information and data.

As for me, I will continue to use all and any available information to teach my cadets and hopefully do not turn myself into a felon in the process.