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- 2201: Robert Hunter
- ... Cumberland mines, this poem carries strong parallels to the "conventional wisdom" theme. I gotta get down I gotta get down Or I can't work there no more. Lotta poor man make a five-dollar bill/Keep him happy all the time Some other fellow making nothing at all And you can hear him crying 'Can I go buddy Can I go down Take your shift at the mine?' Conventional wisdom ... the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills. Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills... Ran down to the levy but the devil caught me there. Took my twenty dollar bill and vanished in the air... "Dire Wolf" is another poem that speaks of good and evil, although in a much more ironic sense. When I awoke, the Dire Wolf Six hundred pounds of sin Was ...
- 2202: Software Piracy: A Big Crime With Big Consequences
- ... create the goods therein, and thus they should be free to the people." (Laberis) This interpretation is the most common especially among minors. As the quote suggests many believe that major software moguls such as Bill Gates (the owner and founder of Microsoft) already have more money than they need so it is alright to steal from them as 'they do not need the money' or they believe that their single ... Computing Canada) Works Cited "To Copy Or Not To Copy." http://www.spa.org/piracy/okay.htm. October 12, 1996. "Copyright Protection Campaign." http://www.spa.org/piracy/pi_back.htm. October 12, 1996. Laberis, Bill. "A Crime That Pays." Computerworld. 29.2 (1995): 34. Microsoft. "Microsoft Licensing Policies: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions." Microsoft Corporation, 1996. "The Piracy Problem." Computing Canada. 21.12 (1995): 12.
- 2203: 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 ...
- 2204: NATO Airstrikes in Kosovo
- ... grasp his throne tightly. Will NATO drive Milosevic from his position? Ironically it seems Milosevic will still be the president of Yugoslavia as NATO's bombing made him as a hero in some Yugoslavians' eyes. Bill Clinton in his latest address claimed proudly that NATO hadn't lost one serviceman in the Kosovo war. On the other side Yugoslavian forces lost 576 servicemen according to Milosevic's latest address to the ... victory" is too high. The Yugoslavian economy has been destroyed and a large number of refugees from Kosovo are in other countries which is a heavy burden for the international community. Even worse, according to Bill Clinton's latest speech, the US will not provide funds for the reconstruction if Milosevic remain in power. As a result Yugoslavia will suffer the poverty caused by the war. Now the conflicts between two ...
- 2205: The Color Purple - Compared To Macbeth
- ... qualities of being and becoming a woman. Because she could not appreciate being a woman, she was unable to appreciate herself, and therefore had a lack of self confidence. Celie was also not taught her rights, both as a female and as an individual. Thus, she was beaten and never knew she could do anything about it. It is interesting to see how after the character flaws of both King Duncan ... babes , and all unfortunate souls/ That trace [Macduff] live" (I. iv. 152-155). Celie's ignorance in The Color Purple is shown throughout the novel as this main character is even ignorant towards her own rights. Celie does not understand that there are other ways of living life than getting beaten and treated like a child by her own husband. She is ignorant towards the fact that she does not have ...
- 2206: The Color Purple
- ... to do all the cleaning and cooking in the house, but even thought she does not like it she hides it from her stepfather and never complains because she doesn't think she has the rights to argue against him. For example she says, "I don't never git used to it but I can't say nothing"(2) Her stepfather forces her to do everything in the house because she ... was a low-down dog,. . . it was time to leave and enter into Creation"(207). She felt free. Respect from Sofia, Harpo, and even Mr._____ shocked and rattled Celie's mind. Standing up for her rights destroyed an aura of weakness and pushed her ahead to redeem a dormant spirit. Celie over comes the transition of being a slave to an individual. It was as if Celie was reborn as a ...
- 2207: Thomas Jefferson Biography
- ... express his ideas. It is well known that he wrote the Declaration of Independence, but he also wrote many other documents dealing with the colonial protest of British rule. (3) A Summary View of the Rights of British America was a pamphlet denying right of Parliament to rule over the colonies. Jefferson proved to be an able writer of laws and resolutions because he was very concise and straight the point ... voice his own opinions of what the principles of the nation should be. Most of Jefferson’s values were expressed in his draft of the Declaration of Independence. It stated his belief in the natural rights of man and his faith in the people’s ability to govern themselves. (5) Jefferson believed himself to be a person who was doing what was morally right, not for the fame that would accompany ...
- 2208: The Computer Revolution
- ... The Macintosh made such an impact on the computer industry that IBM and Microsoft joined forces to produce the MS-DOS system. The MS-DOS system was the basis of the Windows program, which made Bill Gates the multi- billionaire that he is. With windows and the Apple system, the modem which had been around for several years, could be used for its full potential. Instead of linking one computer to ... computers will play an even more important role in our lives. Computers will link the citizens of this country with the government, some day making it possible for the citizens to directly vote on each bill that is up for vote. This will make America the first true democracy since the Greeks.
- 2209: The Root Of Western Civilization
- ... for the foot soldier, spears, swords, and shields. The ordinary people had served in these armies which gained them an input for the government. The men in Athens were free citizens and had many political rights. Most of the citizens there, however, were immigrants. Some immigrants were given limited rights. Most of the time a slave would work of their citizenship for nobles. This kept the social order by their financial status. The Greek gods portrayed the ideal man which would be intelligent, skillful and ...
- 2210: The Awakening
- ... Daily Picayune was the first newspaper to be edited by a woman and to become a well-known American paper (Culley 121). During the 1890s this paper helped a number of women’s causes. Their rights grew because of several women’s rights groups such as the Portia Club and the Era Club which helped provide more opportunities for women. Eventually they won the right to vote on issues such local taxation and they voice on political matters ...
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