reflection #5

So this week, our Technology project was on Critical Analysis of information, basically checking to make sure that the information you are getting from the internet is true and correct. I did mine over the website http://www.dhmo.org/. I’d suggest before finishing my reading my blog, you should check out this website, before reading the rest of it. Most of the information is veritably correct so you can trust it.

I did the steps that the program requires, checked the domain name, and this one is pretty standard with DHMO being a not necessarily common name for this chemical substance, but when it’s referred to as Dihydrogen monoxide, this is an acceptable term.

Most of the time .org is safe because it is based on a organization. The website itself looked, decent you can tell it was designed a while ago, and there is a single ad space for amazon.com on the website, So not too shady. Another finding that is positive is that it is the first result in the searches for Google, yahoo and excite. So it is fairly commonly used. While I cannot see that it who owns it Tom Way owns the copy right, the fact someone went through the trouble to copyright it is a good thing.

Now that the analysis is over, I can spill the beans. I found this website hilarious. Based on my experience as a research chemist in high school and undergrad, I recognized DHMO as another term for H2O. So all the things I read about were hilarious, because it’s all true, it just isn’t exactly as advertised. Obviously steam can burn you and if inhaled water can be dangerous. One thing I am desperate to know is if like it mentions on the site if the church of Scientology actually refuted the they use DHMO on a regular basis, because that is funny.