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Online journalism assignment

Question

1.What are internet cookies.

2. Explain the Advantages and disadvantages of cookies.

Answer

Cookies are generally a file present on the hard drive that stores information related to sessions on the browser ( Mostly in the form of text documents). Such information include remembering username and password, server settings and other commonly used surfing habits. Most often these information will be uesd by the websites to understand their visitors better . Whenever a user browsers the same page, they will be interacted based on their surfing history. With all the benefits, cookies does contain many drawback as well.

The Advantages of Cookies

User Friendly: Cookies are extremely user friendly. The client can choose what they need to do with cookies. All the browsers come with settings to clear history including the cookies. Manually users could find the cookies text files stored in the hard drive. Users can choose to edit and delete them.
Availability: Cookies can also set to be made available for a longer period of time. Once the cookies are stored on the user’s hard drive, it will be available as long as the user deletes them manually. Even if the server fails, information can be retrieved from the cookies.
Convenience: Besides websites, cookies can also remember information related to forms. So each time the user visits the site, the address form will be filled automatically. However, cookies will not remember confidential information such as credit card info.
Marketing: Most companies, especially, e-commerce sites tends to use cookies to target products to their customers. Information such as search term, keywords and geographical locations are gathered for their marketing campaign. Even social networking sites like Facebook use cookies to show relevant ads.
Configurations: Cookies can also be configured as per the requirement. For an example, it can be made to expire once the user closes the browser tab or set to exist only for a specific period of time.
Server Requirement: All the data related to cookies are stored on the hard drive without the use of server resources. No extra load or weight is added to the server. Therefore, less burden is placed on them which makes cookies easier to implement.

The Disadvantages of Cookies

Browser Impacts: Cookies are not restricted based on internet usage. Whenever a user surfs the web, more and more cookies will be accumulated. Unless the user deletes them, these cookies will be a part of the hard drive space. This eventually slows down or lags the browser.
Security Risk: Since cookies are stored in the hard drive as text files, it posses some serious security risks. Any intruder can easily open these files and view the information. And also, not all the sites that collect information from cookies are legitimate. Some of them can be malicious that uses cookies for the purpose of hacking.
Size Limitations: Size limitations also exist on cookies. They cannot store large amount of information. Most cookies are able to store information only up to 4kb. Browsers too pose restrictions when it comes to number of cookies. Except internet explorer, all other browsers only allow up to 20 cookies for a single website.
Privacy Concerns: Apart from security, privacy is another concern for users in cookies. Whenever the user browses the internet, the cookie enabled sites will be recording all the online activities. Most users are unaware that such information are stored on their hard drive. As a result, this information can be accessed by any third parties including government agencies and businesses.
Manual Disabling: Browsers also comes with the option to disable cookies. Users who are highly security conscious could simply disable them. Even some browsers disable cookies automatically if the security level is set to high. Therefore, web applications will not work without cookies.
Encoding Information: Both encrypting and decrypting cookies is a difficult process since it requires additional coding. Due to the time involved in the encoding process, the application’s performance will be affected.

Easy hair care tips

Wash your scalp properly: It is very important to wash your scalp properly and frequently as due to high humidity levels, we sweat more during monsoon season. This will not just help in cleaning the scalp and keeping it dust and debris free, but will also avoid further damage to the hair.

A hair conditioner is a must: To fight against monsoon frizziness, the best method is to apply a good conditioner each time you wash your hair. But make sure not to apply conditioner on your scalp but only on the strands of hair. This provides a shine to your hair and prevents them from breakage. Another important point is to choose a conditioner as per your hair type. Like, if you have dry hair, choose a conditioner that will restock your hair with essential substitutes needed by them.

Avoid using hairdryer and hair styling: Ideally, it is always good to let your hair dry naturally. If due to some reason, you are using a hairdryer, don’t over dry as this will hamper your hair badly and leave them frizzy and damaged. Another advice that will help you maintain healthy hair is avoid hair procedures like perming or straightening as they may harm your hair adversely and make matters worse.

Use a wide-toothed comb: Dump all your round and flat hair brushes and instead use a wide-toothed comb in the monsoon season to allow less breakage and damage to hair. Also, try not to tie your hair too tightly as this may lead to hair breakage, dandruff and fungal infections. Instead go for lose hair styles or just let your hair open.

Cover you crown: Love your hair? Then cover your crown ladies to protect your hair by avoiding stepping out when it’s raining-even if you are armed with an umbrella. Make sure to wash your hair thoroughly with a mild cleanser and use a conditioner thereafter, in case your hair gets wet in the rain.

Hair cut: Keep your hair trimmed and short during the season and avoid any hair cut that requires a lot of styling.

Stay hydrated: Drink ample amount of water and other liquids like coconut water and fruit juices as this will help your hair stay healthy and strengthen them from within during the monsoon season.

What’s on my desk

I spend more and more time at my desk these days, doing everything from preparing the family taxes to working on this blog. Because of this, my workspace is constantly changing. Holding the clutter at bay is challenging, so I prefer to keep nearby only a few quality items that serve multiple purposes over a stockpile of things I might never need.

My daily planner

My planner is one of those simple ring binder journals you can pick up from any stationery supplies store. White paper. No ruled lines to cage my venturesome handwriting and doodling. I’m an obsessive note-taker and fill pages to the margins with to do lists, rough sketches, and ideas for blog posts. I usually go through one planner every month.

Staying Organized

Who me? Organized? My husband might tell you otherwise, but I do find it hard to keep track of our weekly schedule. You know: school, swimming, grocery shopping, tidying up, paying bills, remembering appointments and so on. Fortunately, in our house we all pitch in. No one person does everything. But we do have a little secret that helps our day run more smoothly.

Travel Tips

There are millions of tips out there on how to fly with kids, what to bring on camping vacations, which suitcase to buy, where to go and what to see in just about every corner on Earth. What I want to share today is something a little different – something that we discovered last summer during a family hike in the Appalachians.