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- 961: Development of Computers and Technology
- ... actually means something to a normal computer user. Just in the last few years, computers have undergone major changes. PC users came from using MS-DOS and Windows 3.1, to Windows 95, a whole new operating system. Computer speeds have taken a huge increase as well, in 1995 when a normal computer was a 486 computer running at 33 MHz, to 1997 where a blazing fast Pentium (AKA 586) running ... year as well, being the next CPU from Intel, code named Merced, running at 233 MHz, and up. Another major innovation has been the Internet. This is a massive change to not only the computer world, but to the entire world as well. The Internet has many different facets, ranging from newsgroups, where you can choose almost any topic to discuss with a range of many other people, from university professors, to professionals of the ...
- 962: Radio - Making Waves In America
- Radio: Making Waves in America Radio-wave technology is one of the most important technologies used by man. It has forever changed the United States and the world, and will continue to do so in the future. Radio has been a communications medium, a recreational device, and many other things to us. When British physicist James Clerk Maxwell published his theory of electromagnetic ... the wave modulations), and translates it back into the sensory input originally transmitted. Many of the men who pioneered radio had designs for it. Marconi saw it as the best communication system and envisioned instant world-wide communication through the air. David Sarnoff ( later the head of RCA and NBC) had a vision of Òa radio receiver in every homeÓ in 1916, although the real potential of radio wasnÕt realized until after World War I. Before and during World War I, radio was used primarily to send long distance messages across continents and oceans. Reginald A. Fessenden made the first radio broadcast in the U.S. from ...
- 963: "The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto
- "The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto It was May 25th 1978, Terry Marker was on his usual patrol on campus at the University of Illinois. This earmark package, addressed to an ... The super-computers kept tract of the enormous data base that the FBI had kept on possible suspects. The computers searched criminal records and personal histories of thousands of suspects. When the FBI got a new clue or hunch they would process it through the computers and see what came up and who matched the latest profiles. They have enlisted the sharpest crime-fighting minds. The Unabomb Task force was a ... than 20,000 were phoned in but the Unabomb task force was still left very little evidence. In June of 1995, the Unabomber's manifesto entitled "Industrial Society and its Future" was received by the New York Times and the Washington Post. The letter, that accompanied the 35,000 word document, demanded that national newspapers publish his diatribe against technology. He threatened to send another bomb "with intent to kill" ...
- 964: From Legend To Science The Health Benefits Of Tea
- From Legend to Science: the Health Benefits of Tea Throughout the world, tea and coffee rival each other as mankind's most popular brewed beverages. For thousands of years, however, tea has had one great advantage over coffee: it is believed to have a wide range of ... concludes his chapter on the health benefits of tea by saying, In the last few years, scientists have been unraveling [tea's] disease preventing and therapeutic benefits¡K. The American Chemical Society meeting hold in New York City in August, 1991, had eight papers devoted to tea. (Mulky and Sharma 94) Now, as Sharma points out, scientists are talking about the "dose range" of green and black tea, and are treating ... No3 1999 p. 26 (Korner Journals BF1 P89 T63 Set2) Ericson, Lewis. Black Tea or Green Tea: Maclean¡¦s. Vol110 No43 1997 p. 60 (Korner Journals AP 5 M2) Evans, C. John. Tea in China. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992. (Korner GT 2907 C6 E93 1992) Melton, Marissa. Power of Tea: Component Identified That Inhibits Cancer: U.S. News & World Report. Vol125 No24 1998 p. 58 (Korner Journal JK1 U65) ...
- 965: Computer Graphics
- ... to draw lines of light directly on a cathode ray tube (CRT). The results were simple and primitive. They were a cube, a series of lines, and groups of geometric shapes. This offered an entirely new vision on how computers could be used. In 1964, Sutherland teamed up with Dr. David Evans at the University of Utah to develop the world's first academic computer graphics department. Their goal was to attract only the most gifted students from across the country by creating a unique department that combined hard science with the creative arts. They new they were starting a brand new industry and wanted people who would be able to lead that industry out of its infancy. Out of this unique mix of science and art, a basic understanding ...
- 966: Economic Impact of Canadian Telecommunications Legislation
- ... are more than 15 million telephone lines for a population of nearly 27 million(Dept. of Communications, 1992, p7). It is therefore not surprising that Canadians are among the biggest users of telecommunications in the world. For example, in 1990, Canadians made more than three billion long-distance calls (Dept. of Communications, 1992, p8). Innovations made possible through telecommunications have also contributed significantly to the phenomenal growth of the Canadian telecommunications ... our most important high technology indus! try (Dept. of Communications, 1992, p9-12). Changes are constantly taking place in the telecom industry. These changes are caused by rapid progress in telecommunications technology, growing demand for new services, the globalization of trade and manufacturing operations, and increasing competition worldwide. It is also important to note that the Canadian telecommunications market of $15 billion is small compared to those of our major trading ... billion) and Japan ($65 billion) (Blackwell, 1993, p26). These factors were a mounting source of pressure on the previous regulatory structure of the Canadian telecom system. As regulation was eased in other countries around the world, Canada was beginning to lose its competitiveness. The USA and Britain have made strategic decisions to increase competition in telecommunications services and to modernize their "information infrastructures". Other countries such as Japan, Australia, and ...
- 967: Gogol's The Overcoat: A Whisper of Changey
- Gogol's The Overcoat: A Whisper of Change At first glance of Nikolay Gogol's novel The Overcoat, one would only see a short story about a poor man wishing to survive in a cruel world. However, in looking further into the story, deep symbolism can be found. Gogol lived in Russia during the rise of the communist party, and was a great dissident of communism. He believed the inevitable end of a communist government was total failure. He also criticized the other government of the world for failing to aid Russia in its quest for a better system. Gogol used his creative mind and his writing abilities to speak out against the evils of the Russian government. He used symbolism to ... respected any man who performed his duties without question. Akaky is described in the story as being a quiet, hard-working man. He keeps mostly to himself, having very little to do with the outside world. His entire life centers around his profession. Akaky's life changes only after he buys his new overcoat. The overcoats in the story symbolize different governments. Akaky's original "dressing jacket," is the Russian ...
- 968: Russian Revolution
- ... more broadly, however: as an explosion of social tensions associated with rapid industrialization; as a crisis of political modernization, in terms of the strains placed on traditional institutions by the demands of Westernization and of World War I; and as a social upheaval in the broadest sense, involving a massive, spontaneous expropriation of gentry land by angry peasants, the destruction of traditional social patterns and values, and the struggle for a new, egalitarian society. Looking at the revolutionary process broadly, one must also include the Bolsheviks' fight to keep the world's first "proletarian dictatorship" in power after November, first against the Germans, and then in the civil war against dissident socialists, anti-Bolshevik "White Guards," foreign intervention, and anarchist peasant bands. Finally, one must ...
- 969: Hollywood and Computer Animation
- ... to draw lines of light directly on a cathode ray tube (CRT). The results were simple and primitive. They were a cube, a series of lines, and groups of geometric shapes. This offered an entirely new vision on how computers could be used. In 1964, Sutherland teamed up with Dr. David Evans at the University of Utah to develop the world's first academic computer graphics department. Their goal was to attract only the most gifted students from across the country by creating a unique department that combined hard science with the creative arts. They new they were starting a brand new industry and wanted people who would be able to lead that industry out of its infancy. Out of this unique mix of science and art, a basic understanding ...
- 970: Comparing Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein
- Comparing Adolf Hitler and Saddam Hussein Throughout history, many leaders have came to power, and have caused several changes throughout the world. Two of these leaders are Adolf Hitler, dictator of Germany during World War II, “one of the 20th century’s most powerful dictators, who converted Germany into a fully militarized society,” (Dorpalen, 1), and dictator of Iraq today, Saddam Hussein. Although they have been ruling at two ... high officials and businessmen” (Dorpalen 1). In November 1923, a time of political and economic chaos, he led an uprising known as the Putsch in Munich against the postwar weimenrepub proclaiming himself chancellor of a new authorization regime. Without military support, however, the Putsch collapsed. As leader of the plot, Hitler was sentenced five years imprisonment and served nine months writing his book Mein Kampf (my struggle). “The failure of ...
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