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- 2191: Computer Networking
- ... DCT components are DPCM (subtracted from Internet in the Classroom The Internet is a network of millions of computers worldwide, connected together. It is an elaborate source of education, information, entertainment, and communication. Recently, President Bill Clinton expressed an idea to put the Internet into every classroom in America by the year 2000[4]. Considering the magnitude of this problem, and the costs involved, it is not realistically possible to set ... idea, but do we really need it? Considering that all major and most minor colleges offer a wide range of Internet services, it is not necessary to have that same service in our public schools. Bill Clinton's idea of putting Internet service into every classroom in America by the year 2000 is not realistically possible. When you look into the facts, it is obvious that this plan has not been ...
- 2192: The Millennium Bug
- ... 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 companys 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 ...
- 2193: Owens Valley Aquaduct
- ... plan for the Los Angeles Water Company to overtake the Owens River. Lippincott's efforts for the Reclamation Service resulted in the public lands of the valley to be set aside for future development; no rights to the land were secured. Then Eaton strategically bought land options- the land that would be needed for construction of an aqueduct. Ultimately, through the combination of normal land purchases and bribery, the city had secured a substantial amount of land and water rights to dismantle the Owens Valley project of the Reclamation Service. The purchase of land introduced a scheme that Eaton had conjured up driven by his greed. By planning to mix public service with private gain ...
- 2194: Occupational Hazards
- ... of support form the Legal system. He feels there are not enough laws made to protect him as a worker. Fortunately things are changing for the better, as the Employees get more aware of their rights. Employees are now granted basic rights such as - Right to refuse to work in a place only if he considers it to be unsafe; Right to participate in the Workplace Health and Safety activities; Right to be informed about, actual and ...
- 2195: All About the Internet
- ... Companies manufacture software for this purpose, which must be installed on ones hard drive for Internet access. An example of a program like this would be Netscape Navigator, or Web Crawler. That company would then bill the user through the mail. Another way to have easy access to the Internet is through most online services, for example, the ones previously mentioned in this paper. This way, the user is provided with all of the services which an online company offers, plus the Internet, for one monthly bill from the online service. Endless amounts of software can be downloaded from the Internet, given there is enough disk space to store the programs. Programs have feautures such as download manager, (from AOL) which help ...
- 2196: Brown Vs Edu
- ... not bring about total integration of blacks in the schools, it resulted in efforts by many school systems to remove the imbalance by busing students. The Court's decision had far reaching effects, influencing civil rights legislation and the civil rights movement of the 1960's.
- 2197: Software Piracy
- ... British Parliament (which passed a similar law, The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, in 1988), and adds significant additional protection against unauthorized copying of personal computer software. In addition, the copyright holder may grant additional rights at the time the personal computer software is acquired. For example, many applications are sold in LAN (local area network) versions that allow a software package to be placed on a LAN for access by multiple users. Additionally, permission is given under special license agreement to make multiple copies for use throughout a large organization. But unless these rights are specifically granted, U.S. law prohibits a user from making duplicate copies of software except to ensure one working copy and one archival copy. Without authorization from the copyright owner, Title 18 of U ...
- 2198: Rosa Parks
- Rosa Parks Rosa Louise Parks was a civil rights leader born in Tuskegee, Alabama. In 1955 she was arrested for violating segregation laws when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger. This resulted in a boycott of the bus ... have a special program called Pathways to Freedom, for young people age 11-18. Children in the program travel across the country tracing the Underground Railroad, visiting the scenes of critical events in the civil rights movement and learning aspects of America's history. Among her accomplishments include NAACP's Spingarn Medal and the Martin Luther King Jr. Award. She truly is a great role model for todays African Americans.
- 2199: Video Games: The High Tech Threat to Our Younger Generation
- ... video game(Browning 691). During a recent (1993) congressional hearing Senator Herbert Kohl announced that if the video game industry does not monitor its contents, congress will. Kohl and other senators are co-sponsoring a bill that facilitates and gives one year ultimatum to the videogame industry to create a set of standards that likely include industry wide ratings. The latest development during March 4 1994 is that because of the ... toys may be forced to post warnings to the extend the general public to be informed about the playthings that can increase "anger and violence" in children. The state of Hawaii have been passed a bill which would require the stores to place signs on shelves in stating : "Warning. Think before you buy. This is a war toy. Playing with it increases anger and violence in children. Is this what you ...
- 2200: IMF, World Bank And Africa
- ... quota and even surpass it providing that it agrees to certain governments budget deficits, the correction of an overvalued currency, and the encouragement of export production. These policies become increasingly strict as more Special Drawing Rights (as they are called) are requested. These conditions, when implemented, are called structural adjustment programs. Since these programs seriously infringe upon the sovereignty of the borrowing nation, the IMF is usually turned to as a ... Factor of stability or Unrest?. The World Today. 1987 Lawrence, Peter .ed. World Recession & The Food Crises In Africa. London, 1986 Mittleman, James H. and Donald Will. The International Monetary Fund, State Autonomy and Human Rights. Africa Today. 1987 Nowzad, Bahram .ed. The Macroeconomics Effects of Fund-Supported Adjustment Programs. International Monetary Fund Staff. Washington D.C. 1990 Prendergast, John. Blood Money for Sudan: The World Bank and the IMF to ...
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