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- 1351: Gps
- ... buy it. But not everyone can afford cars like those, so you can buy computers to install into your car, these are also very expensive, but probably more preferred for those who just want the computer inside their car. But there's also another option, however, less convenient; laptops are being used by millions of people everyday, so with a CD-ROM drive and a GPS antenna, you can hook up ... to get lost, and it's definetly easier to find your way around if you do get lost. When get in your car, all you have to do is type in your destination and the computer will show you where your destination is, aswell as how to get there and the easiest and fastest way to get there. These systems are being used to make everything more convenient, easier, safer, and ... or travelling at an impossible speed, the chance of that point being you is 0 unless you are out in space, which you usually aren't, so that point can be easily eliminated by the computer. But with cars, scientists and mechanics are working together to try and find an even easier way to get around, they're called "Smart Cars". Smart cars are basically regular looking cars that have ...
- 1352: The Runaway Jury
- ... going to wear the next day. Fitch knew he had to investigate Nicholas deeper. He hired Doyle, a private eye, to search Nicholas apartment. He found nothing of interest and couldn t get into Nicholas computer. It had a sophisticated security system. When Nicholas came home he went directly to his computer. What Doyle didn t know is that Nicholas had surveillance cameras hidden throughout his apt. and now the tape, which was on the computer, with him breaking and entering, was there for Nicholas to use to get what he wanted. Meanwhile, Nicholas was getting the jurors trust. They started to look to him for information and advice. He ...
- 1353: Teen Drinking
- ... juvenile hall. This may jeopardize which will screw up many opportunities for them in the future. On every job application there is a little box that asks if you have ever been convicted of a crime; if you committed this crime under the influence alcohol, that would mean that alcohol has ruined your chance of getting the job. A person would have a lot higher probability of committing a crime under the influence because alcohol slows down one’s reaction time and distorts judgment. This also leaves you vulnerable to questionable situations such as being an accomplice in a crime if the entire group ...
- 1354: Making Utilities for MS-DOS
- ... a licensed version of MS-DOS). And this should be so, because these systems are very well written. The people who designed them are perhaps the best software engineers in the world. But making a computer platform that is a de facto standard should imply a good deal of responsibility before the developers who make applications for that platform. In particular, proper documentation is essential for such a platform. Not providing ... internal structures are extremely version-dependent. Each new major MS-DOS version up to 4.00 introduced a significant change to these structures. Applications using them will always be unportable and suffer compatibility problems. Every computer science textbook would teach you not to mingle with operating system internals. That's exactly why these internal structures are undocumented. This bring another question, "Why does Microsoft rely on these structures in its own ... some MS-DOS modules and include files and .OBJ files made from some other modules. Let's summarize what we've seen so far. MS-DOS, like any other operating system, has internal structures. Every computer science textbook would teach you not to rely on an operating system's internals. In MS-DOS, the internal structures are undocumented. Microsoft's own utilities do rely on them. By reverse engineering these ...
- 1355: Capital Punishment: Injustice of Society
- ... is substantially lower than 50 years ago. This decline creates a situation in which the death penalty ceases to be a deterrent when the populace begins to think that one can get away with a crime and go unpunished. Also, the less that the death sentence is used, the more it becomes unusual, thus coming in conflict with the eighth amendment. This is essentially a paradox, in which the less the death penalty is used, the less society can legally use it. The end result is a punishment that ceases to deter any crime at all. The key part of the death penalty is that it involves death -- something which is rather permanent for humans, due to the concept of mortality. This creates a major problem when “…there continue ... hour, there is not much incentive for a lawyer to spend a great deal of time representing a capital defendant. When you compare this to the prosecution, “…aided by the police, other law enforcement agencies, crime labs, state mental hospitals, various other scientific resources, prosecutors …experienced in successfully handling capital cases, compulsory process, and grand juries…”(Tabak 37), the defense that the court appointed counsel can offer is puny. If, ...
- 1356: The Real Plague
- ... again, it shows Tarrou¡¦s belief clearly. Before looking at Tarrou¡¦s perceptions on how the "poor owl"(252) was handled, one should see that Tarrou completely agrees that this man is guilty of whatever crime he had committed. He has confessed to the crime, and is, unequivocally, guilty. In spite of this fact, Tarrou does not believe the man should receive his death sentence. The certainty of the man¡¦s innocence of a crime is irrelevant to Tarrou¡¦s decision that the man deserves death. Regardless of the outrage of the crime the "poor owl"(252) may have committed, Tarrou believes he unjustified his punishment. There is no ...
- 1357: The Black Cat
- ... the beginning of the story when the narrator writes, But to-morrow I die, and today I would unburthen my soul (Poe 1). This tells readers that they are about to find out what horrible crime the narrator has committed in order to be in such a situation. Womack writes: Poe s pronounced use of foreshadowing leads the reader from one event to the next ( one night, one morning, on the ... he killed Pluto. The gallows on the breast of the second cat also play a part in foreshadowing because they implicate to the reader that the narrator will be hung in the future for the crime of killing his wife. Prinsky states that foreshadowing is used in the crime scene, a cellar, which reminds readers of the name of the first black cat and foreshadows the narrators descent into the darkness of irrationality, of evil, and the forces of the unconscious mind (234). ...
- 1358: Short Story Analysis Of Edgar
- ... cat. The wife, trying to save the life of the cat, catches hold of the axe. Then entirely out of his mind, the narrator plants the axe in her skull. To avoid detection in his crime, he bricks his wife into a cellar wall. But the luckless narrator accidentally bricks the cat into the wall as well. After searching for the dreaded cat, the narrator concludes that the beast has "in ... of a candle and exchanges it for the candle at his benefactor's bedside. Of course the benefactor suffocates; the evidence burns away; the taper is disposed of. The scheme is a success, as the crime goes undetected. For a number of years the narrator enjoys his good fortune. But he begins to mutter to himself, "I am safe," and finally, "I am safe--I am safe--if I be not ... narrator feels the pangs of suffocation, as if it were he who is now being poisoned. Finally, completely dominated by his perverse spirit, the narrator rushes madly through the heavily populated avenues to confess his crime to the authorities. He relates all that is needed to convict him of his crime, then falls "prostrate in a swoon." (275) Those whom Poe satirizes in "Never Bet the Devil Your Head: A ...
- 1359: 1984: Political Statement Against Totalitarianism
- ... Allies lost in World War II . The government in this novel gives no freedoms to its citizens. They live in fear because they are afraid of having bad thoughts about the government of Oceania, a crime punishable by death. This is the gem in Orwell's collection of novels against totalitarianism. This paper will show how George Orwell wrote 1984 as a political statement against totalitarianism. 1984 is about life in ... His dissatisfaction increases to a point where he rebels against the government in small ways. Winston's first act of rebellion is buying and writing in a diary. This act is known as a thought crime and is punishable by death. A thought crime is any bad thought against the government of Oceania. Winston commits many thought crimes and becomes paranoid about being caught, which he knows is inevitable (Greenblast 113). He becomes paranoid because he is followed ...
- 1360: The Information Super Highway
- The Information Super Highway A small boy climbs onto his chair and starts his computer as if it were his gateway to a New World. The computer is up and running and the boy carefully moves his mouse around as if it were attached to his hand. He clicks on a highlighted link and a naked woman appears on his screen. The ... few pictures of nice furry squirrels. However, as one scrolls down you see many links to hacking and cracking information. A friendly page of animals can lead one to see how to bring down many computer systems and how to cause mass destruction in the electronic world. How can one stop this information when it is registered under the domain name of a friendly rodent? It is obvious that the ...
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