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- 2181: Microsoft
- Microsoft Microsoft was founded in 1975 by two smart and unique individuals, Bill Gates and Paul Allen. These two life-long friends had a single vision - Microsoft computer software in every home in America. (Microsoft Homepage, Personal Computer, April 12th, 1999) This dream has long since become a ... wrestle with the Department of Justice, which Microsoft has been pounded severely by the government. . (Pc World Homepage, February 25th, 1999) Now, let us take closer look at Microsoft employee status. Under the leadership of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, they converted a small company with less than 15 employees in 1978 to a company with 29,159 employees in 1998 worldwide. (Hoover, 1997) Furthermore, the employment head count is 29 ...
- 2182: Hedda Gabler By Ibsen
- ... the background of Hedda s manipulations. The late nineteenth century was a time for change for the women of the world. The women s suffrage movement brought forth the concept of the importance woman s rights (Women s 1). Regarded by many as a feminist play, Hedda Gabler investigates the consequences of excessive feminism (Mazer 1). Hedda Gabler is portrayed as an extremely strong-willed woman. During the times in which this play is set, numerous women s rights and suffrage movements were occurring across the world. It can be inferred that Hedda s assertive attitude is characteristic of the time period. To Hedda, it is preposterous that she would have to be under ...
- 2183: Free Music: Why Not?
- ... to seventy-five percent of the government mandated minimum publishing royalty amount of 7.1 cents on the dollar (Major Label 27). When a record goes out of print, the artist does not get the rights to it, nor are they allowed to re-record the songs with another label until many years after the end of the contract (The Internet Debacle). All of this shows that if the artist’s ... musicians. Instead of welcoming this means of unbridled exposure, the music industry and several of its artists have attempted to destroy it through legislation and copy protection. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, DMCA, gives unprecedented rights to copyright owners. Representative Rick Boucher of Virginia thinks this will lead to a pay-per-use policy as opposed to the current fair use legislation (97). The DMCA also makes it a criminal offense ...
- 2184: The Year 2000 Problem
- ... solutions will exceed the supply. Survivors will survive big, losers will lose big. There is no ‘silver bullet’ that is going to fix things” (Adams 2). “It is too big and too overwhelming even for [Bill Gates and] Microsoft” (Widder 3). Separate, any one of these points makes Y2K, a common abbreviation for the year 2000 problem, an addition to the obstacle. Combined, they form what seems more like a hideous ... flow of information throughout the world is to bring it to a virtual standstill” (Widder 3). The potential of the problem in everyday life is alarming. Imagine making a loan payment in 1999 for a bill that is due in 2000. The company’s computers could interpret the ‘00’ as 1900 and you would then be charged with 99 years of late fees (Moffitt & Sandler 48). If the year 2000 problem ...
- 2185: MS Vs DOJ
- ... reliable and of good quality. The success of Microsoft’s operating system hasn’t been used to cause a monopoly in the browser marker, but to increase the quality of their software. A statement from Bill Gates on the 7th of December stating “ I am proud of the work our people have done to bring the benefits of the Internet to consumers, and I am confident that the courts ultimately will ... believe that Microsoft still has the best potential for society and the software industry, because of the standardized quality, intelligent business practices, and false claims that try and corrupt Microsoft. I also believe in what Bill Gates said in an article that they show their customers and business partners that the Internet is at the core of everything done at Microsoft. Also how the Internet was the wave of the future ...
- 2186: Against Federal Censorship of the Internet
- ... of the Internet I am against federal censorship of the Internet computer network system. I believe Internet censorship is absurd and unconstitutional. First, Federal censorship of the Internet is a breach of the First Amendment rights for those users residing in the United States. Second, any law-advocating censorship of the Internet is too broad and unenforceable on this global information media. The Communications Decency Act of 1996 was signed by ... 26, 1997, the Court upheld the lower court's ruling and struck down the decency act. The Supreme Court stated that the act was not only vague but that it unconstitutionally restricted the free speech rights of adults. An estimated of 40% of Internet material originates from foreign countries, where the US's Decency Act would not apply. Governments should not have the power to determine what sort of material is ...
- 2187: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... instead it was aimed at restoring Japan's prestige. During the 1920's, Japan appeared to be developing a democratic and peaceful government. It had a quasi-democratic governmental body, the Diet,Footnote3 and voting rights were extended to all male citizens.Footnote4 Yet, underneath this seemingly placid surface, lurked momentous problems that lead to the Showa Restoration. The transition that Japan made from its parliamentary government of the 1920's ... holdings continued to expand as the western powers were forced to focus on the war raging in Europe. During the period 1912-1926, the government continued on its democratic course. In 1925, Japan extended voting rights to all men and the growth of the merchant class continued.Footnote15 But these democratic trends, hid the fact that it was only the urban elite's who were benefiting from the growing industrialization. The ...
- 2188: Media Control
- ... portray the world around us, and has the potential to cause paranoia. These are problems caused by filter one. When a large company owns a paper or television station it creates a conflict of interest. Bill Kovatch, who has won numerous Pulitzer prizes as editor of the Atlanta Journal and Constitution, resigned under pressure after the paper ran a series of stories about Coca Cola's misdeeds. One of the Cox ... shots from the early eighties are a perfect example of relying a official sources. In May 1995 congress voted to overhaul the laws for virtually every sector of the communications industry. Not long after the bill passed mergers that before were not legal began to happen. Disney and ABC merged to form one of the large conglomerates in the world. Together they now control over $16 billion in annual revenue. CBS ...
- 2189: Taming Of The Shrew
- ... that showed a different side of women, he didn’t write about women needing to be saved, if he did think that then he would have written a play specifically on these issues. Women’s rights activists shouldn’t fret about this play, mainly because Shakespeare not only referred to Kate as a Shrew, but he also referred to Petruchio as being a shrew, while linking Kate (a shrew) to another ... that showed a different side of women, he didn’t write about women needing to be saved, if he did think that then he would have written a play specifically on these issues. Women’s rights activists shouldn’t fret about this play, mainly because Shakespeare not only referred to Kate as a Shrew, but he also referred to Petruchio as being a shrew, while linking Kate (a shrew) to another ...
- 2190: Rocky Marciano
- ... his fearlessness with a much more experienced boxer.... But, he most appreciated their expressions of astonishment at the damage he had inflicted when he stung Lester with couple of wild 'windmill-style' uppercuts and overhand rights." As soon as Rocky got back to Ft. Lewis, he cut out smoking and beer, and went on a crash diet in preparation for entering a triple elimination series for the AAU championships in Portland ... skill in 'fending off' and 'picking off' some of the punches of relatively tall and longer armed opponents, giving him split second opportunities to work his way in with his powerful jabs, uppercuts, and overhand rights. Rocky's inside workouts took place at the Brockton YMCA where Allie placed great emphasis on having Rocky tread water as long as he could while throwing underwater punches. To this day, many spectators recall ...
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