Porn On The Internet
.... vulgarity. Sites that contain pornography can be linked to with ease. These sites can be seen whether or not the child is purposely or mistakenly connecting to them. This is why mothers should act immediately if they do not want their children to be exposed to demeaning pictures of complete nudity and explicit sex. They need to monitor Internet use for their children by purchasing and installing a program that filters out pornography.
Surprisingly, there is an unlimited amount of pornography on th .....
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The Internet
.... by just supplying a credit card number (Gorman 30).
The Internet can help with a lot of problems. For parents, the Internet can be extremely helpful. At certain websites, such as http://www.stlmoms.com, parents can get help about child illnesses, breast-feeding, pregnancy, childcare, or any other parenting problem that may arise (Licklider C1). Another thing that is very helpful is that if something were to go wrong with a computer, chat rooms area available that have many people in them to help fi .....
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A Quantum Computer
.... would have to walk through the building, opening doors one at a time to find the briefcase, an ordinary computer has to make it way through long strings of 1’s and 0’s until it arrives at the answer. But what if instead of having to search by yourself, you could instantly create as many copies of yourself as there were rooms in the building all the copies could simultaneously peek in all the offices, and the one that finds the briefcase becomes the real you, the rest just disappear. – (David Freeman, d .....
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The Year 2000 Computer Problem
.... Since there are only 2 physical spaces for the year in this date format, after '99', the only logical choice is to reset the number to '00'.
The year 2000 problem is unlike any other problem in modern history for several reasons. William Adams points out some of the most important ones. "Time is running out- the Year 2000 is inevitable! The problem will occur simultaneously worldwide, time zones withstanding. It affects all languages and platforms, hardware & software. The demand for solutions wi .....
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Facing Reality
.... States is no more distant from catastrophe than the Germans, for he states that Americans experience of war in the past has created an attitude of "it can't happen here" to grow.
Weizenbaum tries to say the military is not an evil or technology is not evil because it has been adopted by the military, but we are becoming increasingly militarized. I think he states this in an effort not to make direct negative statements towards the government in fear of the possibility of prosecution. Although the .....
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Assistive Technology
.... new technology. These benefits include a greater diversity in employment opportunities and an inclusion in the educational, social and recreational activities available on the "information highway".
Researchers and educators today recognize four types of technology: the technology of teaching, medical technology, instructional technology, and assistive technology (Blackhurst & Cross, 1993):
· The technology of teaching includes systematically
designed procedures and strategies that are applied in .....
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The Computer Revolution
.... computing had the potential of larger cost savings in both those employed and what they did with their time. Menial, repetitive tasks could easily be carried out by computers with no loss of efficiency of effectiveness however long the tasks took. The only problem was the expense of the machines. This was solved by the introduction of large Scale Integration (LSI), newly invented components and improving manufacturing techniques, which made the devices in these machines cheaper to build. Due to these a .....
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Internet And Censorship
.... expression, censoring the Internet would hurt many people. Since the Internet is an international community, we must view it as pertaining to other countries; not just the United States. Not all countries have the privilege of living in a democracy and under the Bill of Rights. As a result, the Internet as brought newfound freedom to most people who are oppressed by tyrannical governments, or those that disagree with governments but are not allowed to express it. People in these countries can now be e .....
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Limitations On Robotic Technology
.... and better are the keys for words that society yearns for. The technological age is in full force and robots are in the main stream of this tidal wave.
In the movie, Terminator, robots take over the world in their future. Are movies like these foretelling the future of mankind? Some Swiss scientists say that the end may be close (Kelly 1). An autonomous robot that learns from its environment sparked all of this "Armageddon" talk (Kelly 1). The robot learned not to bump into a barrier without any .....
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Cryptography
.... My hobby is hacking. Before rushing to judge my character, it is important to first understand what a hacker does and what a cracker does. A hacker likes to work with computers and tries hard to figure out how they work. A Cracker has malicious intent, a hacker may or may not intend to commit an act of fraud. It is possible to be a hacker and a cracker at the same time. Crackers like to break into systems for the pure joy of destroying. Some hackers have decided to help system administrators either make t .....
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The Internet
.... and retrieve information more easily. The WWW basically is a tool for exploring or surfing the Internet. The WWW is an attempt to organize the Internet so you can find information easier moving threw document to document. Why do I need to know this? Well now that I got threw all the techno-babble, let's get down to it. If you know how to utilize the Net, in just five minutes you could trade information and comments with millions of people all over the world, get a fast answer to any question imaginable o .....
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Digital Cameras
.... which would make up the price difference over the life of the camera. Last, since it doesn’t cost anything to take a photograph picture with a digital camera, and most models let you view and erase pictures on the spot, you save money buy getting rid of those unwanted pictures before they are processed.
For example: you could take a picture from 5 different angles, select the best one, and delete the rest.
Digital cameras all come with built-in memory that stores the photos you take until you can .....
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Accounting Information Systems In A Changing Environment
.... from a manual to a computerised accounting information system is a necessity if one is to be successful.
The purpose of this report is to enable Mr Johnson, the Managing Director of Halycon Limited to make an informed decision about whether to move to a computerised accounting system. We shall discuss the changing business environment and it’s impact on accounting information systems; computerised accounting systems and their cost; and the advantages of a computerised system.
2. The Changing Busines .....
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Netscape’s Gecko: The Next-Generation Layout Engine
.... Gecko features an intrinsic support for HTML 4.0, CSS1 and partially for CSS2, Resource Description framework, and even a full Document Object Model level-1 implementation. Gecko also supports both HTML and XML documents. Gecko has been developed entirely under the Open source model at Mozilla.org. Developers are free advantage of the Gecko source code. The Open Source approach is used to encourage developers and anyone else for that matter to contribute their own strategies. The Article incorpor .....
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The History And Development Of Computers
.... place moved one notch and so on. The drawback to the Pascaline, of course, was its limitation to addition.
In 1694, a German mathematician named Gottfried Wilhem von Leibniz, improved the Pascaline by creating a machine that could also multiply. Leibniz's mechanical multiplier worked by a system of gears and dials. By studying Pascal's original notes and drawings, Leibniz was able to refine his machine. It wasn't until 1820 that mechanical calculators gained widespread use. Charles Xavier Tho .....
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