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- 1271: Melissa Virus
- ... and colleagues. Once opened, the virus immediately reads the user's e-mail address book and sends an infected message to the first 50 entries. Although the virus apparently causes no permanent damage to a computer, its clogging affects were far-reaching. All new Microsoft Word documents created on an infected computer will contain the virus, too. Our own computer lab has posted a warning stating if a you receive a mail docoument the says, "Here is that document you asked for ... don't show it to anyone else" with a winking smiley face ...
- 1272: Lizzie Borden
- ... next thirty-five minutes, the authorities were on the scene (Meganet, 1998). Miss Emma Borden, who had been visiting a friend in Fairhaven, returned home Thursday evening, after being summoned by the news of the crime. Emma had the perfect alibi, any idea of her being the murderer was definetly out of the picture (Kent, 51). The morning after the tragedy Lizzie and Emma put out a reward for $5,000 ... for blood and they found nothing. The absence of blood so soon after the murder weighed heavily in her favor during the investigation. A spotless appearance would be almost impossible if she did commit the crime. According to Mrs. Churchill, "I stood in front of her, rubbing both her hands and fanning her, and I did not see any blood on her hands or on her face, nor any disarrangement of ... several theories that were thought of to possibly explain how Lizzie Borden could have done it. One of the most popular theories is that Lizzie committed the murders in the nude. By undressing before each crime and sponging down afterwards, Lizzie could have gotten away with murder without any signs giving her away. If Lizzie did do the killings, would she have taken the chance at being seen, naked? The ...
- 1273: Gun Control
- ... the American tradition as protection and a means of hunting or sport. As we near the end of the 20th century the use of guns has changed significantly. Because of fast and steady increase in crime and the fight for the right to own a hand gun, the introduction of legislation for gun control, to try to reduce the crime in the United States, has been a hotly debated issue in recent years. Although many people feel that gun control violates the right of the people, given in the second amendment "the right to bear ... an estimated 400 homicides including guns. In addition gun control has been seen as necessary because of the violence by criminals using guns. Gun control is wrapped in a series of social issues such as crime and drugs. Guns have become closely linked to drugs and murder in the public mind. Drug dealing and high tech weaponry have escalated the warfare in cities between long established loosely knit gangs. Predominantly ...
- 1274: DVD VS. DIVX: Consumer Product Investigation
- ... Digital Versatile Disc, or nothing, depending on whom you ask, is the next generation of optical disc storage technology. It's essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold video as well as audio and computer data. DVD aims to encompass home entertainment, computers, and business information with a single digital format, eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and perhaps even video game cartridges. DVD has widespread support from all major electronics companies, all major computer hardware companies, and about half of the major movie and music studios, which is unprecedented and says much for its chances of success. Some of the benefits of DVD are an individual DVD can store ... DVD players. DIVX discs are serialized (with a barcode in the standard Burst Cutting Area) and in addition to normal DVD copy protection they employ watermarking and triple DES encryption (three 56-bit keys). No computer support of DIVX has been announced, and in any case special decryption hardware would be required since DES is too complex for realtime software decoding. Because of the DES encryption, DIVX technology may not ...
- 1275: The Death Penalty: The Deterrent
- ... time with these heartless and arrogant people? Murderers should not be allowed to walk the streets after being found guilty of such violent crimes. "To protect the innocent and transfer the fear and burden of crime to the criminal element where it belongs, we must demand that capital punishment be imposed when justified and expanded to cover terrible crimes in addition to murder" (Lee 163). Ever since executions have existed, there ... gas chamber execution this year in the United States (USA Executions). Being only a month and a half into the year, and already having ten executions, this tells us that there is a lot of crime in today's society. Law enforcement officials are protecting our nation to the best of their ability; therefore, it is our duty to see that justice is served. Deterrence is a strategy that our justice ... crimes this maniac has committed, is there any hope that again, one day, this "man" could be a "model citizen" again? No! Rehabilitation is supposed to make fundamental changes in an individuals behavior. With our crime level at its highest peak in years, criminals feel they have the upper hand. Humans with the capability of committing such crimes do not anticipate being caught or they believe that they will not ...
- 1276: Windows 95 Beats Mac
- Windows 95 Beats Mac Over the years, there has been much argument over which computer platform to buy. The two contenders in theis competions have been the PC , with its Windows environment and the Macintosh. Now, with the successful release of Windows 95 for the PC, this has been the ... setups available in the PC world. Is a particular board going to work with my PC? With Windows 95, these problems were alleviated with plug and play technology. With plug and play compatible boards, the computer detects and configures the new board automatically. The operating system may recognize some hardware components on older PCs. Mac userw will claim that they always had the convenicnce of a plug and play system, ubt ... the network is included with the system. They cited that for the PC users and Pc users hate the fact that they need to stick a card in their computers to communicate with any other computer. With Windows 95, the Mac network gloaters are silenced. Windows 95 included built-in network support. Any network will work properly. The Mac users also claim their systems have speech, telephony, and voice recognition, ...
- 1277: Bonnie And Clyde
- ... arsenal of firearms. Clyde loved and named his guns, and regarded them as tokens of his power. At the age of sixteen, Clyde dropped out of school to work at Proctor and Gamble. Clyde’s crime streak started with helping his brother steal a small flock of turkeys and transporting them to Dallas to sell for Christmas money. Dallas officers saw the back seat full of live fowl, and pulled them ... job at Proctor and gamble and began burglarizing small businesses in Dallas, Lufkin, and Hillsboro, Texas. Although Clyde was introduced into the gang by his brother, he soon became accepted and became the leader. Their crime spree started with stealing a couple of cars and burglarizing a few houses. After a burglary in Denton, all of Clyde’s gang was caught, all except for Clyde who took off on foot and ... so he could be moved to a hospital. While in the hospital Clyde received parole, and returned home. After Clyde returned home he got a job, then once again quit, returning to a life of crime. He joined with his accomplices and went on robbing. One night a robbery turned wrong. As they were robbing the place, a gun went off in the pocket of one of Clyde’s accomplices ...
- 1278: Virtual Reality - What it is and How it Works
- ... physical, chemical, and entertainment uses among other things. In order to create this alternate reality, however, you need to find ways to create the illusion of reality with a piece of machinery known as the computer. This is done with several computer-user interfaces used to simulate the senses. Among these, are stereoscopic glasses to make the simulated world look real, a 3D auditory display to give depth to sound, sensor lined gloves to simulate tactile feedback ... without the worry of hurting any human life. However, this sort of practice may have it's limitations because of the fact that it is only a virtual world. As well, at this time, the computer-user interfaces are not well enough developed and it is estimated that it will take 5 to 10 years to develop this technology. In Japan, a company called Matsushita Electric World Ltd. is using ...
- 1279: Hammurabi
- ... historians believe them to be: family, labor, personal property, real estate, trade and business. Many think the codes were too strict and the punishments too harsh. Hammurabi just believed that the punishment should fit the crime and that the strong should not dominate the weak. Many of today’s forms of government have traces of the same principles that Hammurabi used. Today’s laws are written down (of course), put into their respective categories, known by all the people, and obeyed by the courts. One example of a Hammurabi principle is that of a crime with a death sentence. When a person was tried for the death penalty, the trial was in front of a bench of judges, much like the juries of our government. The Hammurabi laws do seem ... the builder shall be put to death. Law 14 states that if a man has stolen a child, he shall be put to death. 3 states that if a man accuses another man of a crime, and the accuser cannot prove that the crime was commited by the accused, the accuser shall be put to death. (I guess you couldn’t accuse someone unless you had loads of proof and ...
- 1280: Censorship Online
- ... after nearly two decades in clandestine. Armed with their odd netspeak, mouses, glowing monitors, and immediate access to a world of information, both serious and amateur Hackers alike have at last come out of the computer lab and into mainstream pop culture. Since I despise pleading ignorant about anything, I chose to read Mr. McDonalds article because of its minutia concerning the future of the more amusing aspect of computing: the game. This article is relevant because whether we like it or not, the PC (personal computer) is only going to grow in popularity and use, and the best weapon against the abuse of this new gee-whiz technology is to be educated about it. It is simply amazing how far gaming ... display much more complex games than anything by Nintendo or Sega. Some problems with this, however, are the enormous cost of s descent system and software and the technology that moves at lightning speed. The computer you buy tomorrow will not be able to handle any of the new software two years from now. Owners must not only keep up with the new trends but must also be well aware ...
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