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- 2881: Reasons For Prosocial Behaviou
- ... altruism, or even the negative-state relief hypothesis. According to Doctor Jeffrey Kahn (1998), "trading the health or welfare of one person for another runs counter to our basic societal beliefs about justice and the rights of individuals". Williams' situation arose from different circumstances and demonstrates a grand example of an "average" man demonstrating prosocial behaviour. References Alcock, J. E., et al. (1998). A Textbook of Social Psychology, Scarborough, Ontario:Prentice ...
- 2882: Privatisation Of Telstra
- ... promised that Telstra will remain in majority public ownership until an inquiry be conducted (independent of both Telstra and the Government). When, and only when a set of service requirements (included in the Telstra Sale Bill) has been "ticked off" by the inquiry would the process begin to sell any of the 51% remaining in public ownership. "The object of Privatisation is a deregulation which allows the famous hand of the ...
- 2883: Privacy On The Internet
- ... the Internet they deserve. EPIC (Electronic Privacy Information Center), a advocacy group that has been fighting the Clinton Administration for tougher online consumer protection laws, and other privacy protection agencies have formed to protect the rights and privileges of the Internet user. With the U.S. Government, EPIC has had to step in and help small companies and Internet users with their own privacy problems, hackers getting into their systems and ...
- 2884: Night Rider
- ... my computer. The next evening was like most other evenings with the exception of the awkward messages left on my newest of toys. Our friends left their thought to be amusing messages and the frustrated bill collectors left their pleas for a possible call back. Answering machines gave birth to a favorite excuse for delaying payment of bills second only to the check is in the mail. We were all watching ...
- 2885: My Lai: The Event, The Trial,
- ... of 1965; that was probably the biggest mistake the United States of America have made in its 200 plus years of existence. As a result, the country's concern turned towards, next to the civil rights movement, the war in Vietnam, mostly in favor of it, but some against it. For the first time ever, America saw daily reports, footage, broadcasts on television of the "reality" of the war. The images ...
- 2886: Money And Information
- ... They are criminals, plain and simple." The 1960s saw the beginning triumph of computers, and in many Western countries it was realized that the collection, storage, transmission and connecting of personal data endangers the personality rights of citizens. Orwellian visions and the mistrust of the revolting youth of the late sixties inspired the discussion about the dangers of the "Big Brother". However, today the old paradigm of the computer as an ...
- 2887: Microsoft The Company
- Microsoft: THE COMPANY The thought of forming a company which supplies its customers with software, was a great idea--especially coming from a college dropout. Bill Gates, along with high-school friend Paul Allen, formed a software company in 1975. From the beginning, Microsoft had a tremendous potential to become a very successful corporation. Beginning with a revenue of sixteen thousand ...
- 2888: Milestones In Communication Mi
- ... and his supporters concerning Bell's right to the key patents. Interestingly enough, Bell's financial backer and father-in-law, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, initially dismissed the telephone as a curiosity, offering to sell the rights to the telephone to Western Union for $100,000. (Western Union wasn't interested either.) Perhaps Hubbard was influenced by a quotation attributed to Rutherford B. Hayes, nineteenth president of the United States, who said ...
- 2889: Learned Optimisim
- ... child's desire was to march on the streets of Birmingham rather than play. Her mother answered "no baby, no, you may not go," obviously because of the brutal treatment Negroes received for demanding their rights. The little girl insisted on being part of the march, and no harm would come to her, but mother dears' love and faith in God sent her to church. From the beginning of sit ins ...
- 2890: Linux Against Microsoft Window
- ... think that there are a lot viruses for windows that can harm all of your system, we can understand how Linux is secure.Linux is a stable operating system that never fails like Windows.When Bill Gates presented the Windows 98, an error message appeared on the screen that says you must shutdown your computer. In Linux, there are not error messages like that. You can kill a process that is ...
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