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- 1191: Fractal Geometry
- ... surface of moving water, the jagged edges of mountains, ferns, tree trunks, and canyons. They can be used to model the growth of cities, detail medical procedures and parts of the human body, create amazing computer graphics, and compress digital images. Fractals are about us, and our existence, and they are present in every mathematical law that governs the universe. Thus, fractal geometry can be applied to a diverse palette of ... it's fractal dimension. Some of the best applications of fractals in modern technology are digital image compression and virtual reality rendering. First of all, the beauty of fractals makes them a key element in computer graphics, adding flare to simple text, and texture to plain backgrounds. In 1987 a mathematician named Michael F. Barnsley created a computer program called the Fractal Transform, which detected fractal codes in real-world images, such as pictures which have been scanned and converted into a digital format. This spawned fractal image compression, which is used ...
- 1192: Technology is Changing Education
- ... the students of today. Today's networking technologies provide a valuable opportunity to the practice of learning techniques. Educators are discovering that computers and multi-based educational tools are facilitating learning and enhancing social interaction. Computer based telecommunications can offer enormous instructional opportunities, but educators will need to adapt current lesson plan to incorporate this new medium into all the classrooms. The only problem is that some of today's schools ... has come to be essential to stay in business. Therefore, education must also use technology to improve the educational process instead of simply applying it to existing structures. School systems often consider acquiring an enterprise computer network, but justify its purchase by applying it to routine administrative tasks, or take period by period attendance. Although these tasks are important, they only represent a small part of what technology can do for ... teachers to many students and even in remote areas. Video conferencing allows groups to communicate with each other. Desktop video conferencing promises to bring student together from geographic and cultural distances face to face via computer. Students in New York City will be able to learn about a Chinese culture, not only through books, but also from Chinese students. Not only will the teacher talk to the students but the ...
- 1193: Pre-paid Calling Cards
- ... toll free telephone number printed on the card. To use a prepaid phone card, the person wishing to make a call dials the card issuer's toll free number. This call is connected to a computer operated by or for the card issuer. The computer contains accounts identified by PINs. Each computer account contains a specific dollar amount of credit that can be used to pay for calls made through the card issuer's telephone service. After the caller dials a valid PIN, the caller can ...
- 1194: Poverty -
- Poverty has stuck many people across the world. Many people have died because of the lack of food, clothing, and money. Poverty has raised the rate of crime due to the lack of essential items they need for survival. It also has caused hunger across the world. Lastly, poverty has caused much death due to the lack of medicine and unsanitary living conditions ... bridges. Because of this there is much overcrowding in the major cities. With most of the poverty population living there this makes it easier to spread disease and other things. Poverty produces a very high crime rate. For their survival they have gone to many extremes. Such as attempting to rob banks, supermarkets, etc. It has also forced people to drop to lower levels in humanity by. By stealing and killing ... safe place for them to live and grow up. A solution for the problem about poor living spaces is that the government needs to help people by providing shelters and homes for the poor. The crime rate has been increasing because of the low amount of police in the streets. The cities need to increase the amount of police and have a zero tolerance towards people who steal and kill. ...
- 1195: Computers in Schools
- ... decade hardly remember them at all. In the 1970s computers became smaller and less expensive, but the schools still did not use them much throughout most of the decade. By the end of the seventies, computer use in the schools started to increase. Students began to have hands-on experience. In less than a decade, computer use progressed from programming classes for a few of the better students, to literacy classes for all students, to the integration of computers and technology into the curriculum. Computers are not only used for educating, in the last 5-10 years, many homes have started to use computers for practical uses that even computer illiterates can understand. Many People have discovered that they can make banners for every day events, while other more advanced users can program their own games. Students have been using their Word Processors to ...
- 1196: Drug Abuse
- ... people value several things, some of which are freedom, expanding and taking care of our families and our financial security. We, the people, take such things for granted. We also discourage some behavior, such as crime, laziness and use of illegal drugs. Drug abuse is one of the most discouraged behaviors in our country. Use of illegal drugs is harmful to the user and all those with whom the user comes ... all, hurts the user. Drug users are parasites, feeding off society's money, taxes and insurance. Every type of insurance goes up because of drug abuse, including auto, health and homeowners. Worst of all, the crime rate will sky rocket if we let this behavior continue. Illegal drugs and their abusers are a plague to society for many different reasons.. Drugs have very harmful effects on the user and the people ... under the influence. Drug users commit property crimes, such as robbing a house or a store. Drug users also commit personal crimes, like mugging, armed robbery and even murder. Drug use, itself, can be a crime. It makes innocent citizens scared to walk out of their own homes, in their own neighborhoods. Drug abuse is a plague to society. Drug abuse drains society's resources by requiring that taxes be ...
- 1197: Personal Computers
- In the 1990s the personal computer revolution turned into the social computer revolution. The thrill of having sophisticated computer power on your desktop turned out to be just the beginning, once your machine could connect to everyone else's via telephone lines. There is a global computer the size of humanity taking shape. ...
- 1198: When Society Kills
- ... an individual for 40 years. The average cost of a capital trial in Florida is $3.2 million. Myths and Facts Deterrence Scientific studies have consistently failed to demonstrate that executions deter people from committing crime. The respected Thorsten Sellin studies of the United States in 1962, 1967 and 1980 concluded that the death penalty was not a deterrent. Innocence Studies show that in this century, at least 400 innocent people ... or receiving the death penalty, i.e., those who murdered whites were more likely to be sentenced to death than those who murdered blacks." Randomness, Politics, quality of legal counsel and the jurisdiction where a crime is committed are more often the determining factors in a death penalty case than the facts of the crime itself. The death penalty is a lethal lottery: of the 22,000 homicides committed every year 300 people are sentenced to death. Alternatives California judges have the option of sentencing convicted capital murderers to ...
- 1199: Gun Control
- ... It was viewed as a safe way to get guns off the street. It was, however, considered an unsuccessful action. The guns recovered were not considered to be those that were being used in violent crime (the weapons the incentive was aimed at). Only 317 weapons were recovered. I personally was surprised that >entrapment= wasn=t called on this one (Silvers C11). The past few actions were relatively unopposed by the ... anyone who was loitering. Through some effort of anti-gun control campaigns and petitions, the bills were vetoed (Spielman C1). Although the ban of guns and gun related items will indeed help to lower violent crime, it can also lead to an increase. If a criminal with an illegally attained firearm goes and attempts a violent crime, with the reassurance of his own health because the person he intended to injure would not be able to defend themselves...Then the crime would more likely be more violent. By taking guns away ...
- 1200: Technology in Improving Education Standards
- ... expanded the way in which information can be delivered to the students of today. Today's networking technologies provide a valuable opportunity to practice new learning techniques. Educators are discovering that computers are facilitating learning. Computer based communications, or Telecommunications, can offer many educational opportunities; therefore, educators will need to adapt current teaching methods to incorporate this new media into the classroom. Computers have made a fundamental impact in most industries, providing a competitive advantage that has come to be essential to many businesses. Therefore, schools must also use technology to improve the educational process. School systems often consider purchasing a computer network, and justify its purchase by applying it to routine administrative tasks, such as attendance records and grading. While these tasks are very important, they only show a small part of what technology can do ... video links between teachers and students in remote areas. Video conferencing allows groups to communicate with each other. Desktop video conferencing promises to bring students together from geographic and cultural distances, face to face via computer. Not only will the teacher talk to the students, but the students will be able to interact with each other. This will make students more interested and fascinated with learning. Not only does the ...
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