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- 1831: New eye tracking techniques improve realism of aircraft simulators
- ... training aircraft pilots under simulated conditions, but to be effective the simulation must be convicingly realistic. At present, the training facilities use large domes and gimballed projectors, or an array of video screens, to display computer-generated images. But these installations are very expensive and image resolution is low. Further, it would take an enormous amount of addi to improve image quality significantly throughout the whole viewed scene. However, based on the visual properties of the eye, realism can be obtained by providing a high-resolution 'area of interest' insert within a large, low-resolution field of view. If the image-generating computer 'knows' where the pilot's fixation is, it mage there. The technology to make this possible was developed by a research team headed by Professor Richard Frecker and Professor Moshe Eizenman. The work was carried ...
- 1832: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... have criminalized explicitly the a ct of assisted suicide . Physician-assisted suicide is generally recognized as illegal under the parameters of homicide, however it is very difficult to meet all of the elements of the crime and conviction subsequently becomes nearly impossible. The fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has not reviewed a physician-assisted suicide case, which would create precedent, constitutes a dilemma for the state courts in that ... Since, suicide is not a homicide, then an assisted suicide cannot be deemed a homicide. At the time of the appellate courts hearing of the Campbell appeal, there was no other codified law expressing what crime an assisted suicide would fall under and the homicide charges were dismissed. Anti-active euthanasia proponents feel that it is the duty of physicians to help and heal patients as opposed to hastening their exit ...
- 1833: What is Euthanasia?
- ... involved, and his or her response been taken into account. The physician's response will vary depending on the circumstances, of course, but they should advise their patients that a rational suicide is not a crime. It is best to inform the doctor and hear his or her response. For example, the patient might be mistaken. Perhaps the diagnosis has been misheard or misunderstood. Patients raising this subject were met with ... are important to an acceptance of rational suicide. The person must have made plans to die that do not involve others in criminal liability or leave them with guilty feelings. Assistance in suicide is a crime in most places, although the laws are gradually changing, and very few cases ever come before the courts. The only well-known instance of a lawsuit concerning this is the doctor-assisted suicide of Dr ...
- 1834: Argument Against Euthanasia
- ... the prostate, injected an overdose of Morphine and Thiopental, causing his father's death within seconds. The court charged the practitioner as guilty of murder because 'the law is clear that it nonetheless constitutes the crime of murder, even if all that an accused had done is to hasten the death of a human being who was due to die in any event'. In spite of this charge, the court simply ... ill this right do so out of a sense of high morality. Don't they see that, in denying the gravely ill and suffering the right to release themselves from pain, they commit the greatest crime? The period of suffering can be shortened. If you have ever been in a terminal cancer ward, It's grim but enlightening. Anyone who's been there can know how much people can suffer before ...
- 1835: Internet Relationships
- ... they are truley isolated from the world and that they do not know anyone so they meet people the easiest way they know how, online. How hard is it to go and turn on your computer, wait 30 secongs to log on and talk chatting away. Some people are so shy that meeting people offline seems too frightning. They find the non face to face encounter more appealing because they do ... or "weirdo" due to their thick glasses or high pitched voice find that no one online knows anything about you. You can create a whole new persona in a matter of minutes. A 120 pound computer programmer can talk about how he likes to dunk a basketball and since no one knows what he looks like or knows his past they have to take what he says at face value, or ...
- 1836: The Micmac V.S. The Iroquois
- ... be reformed, they were put to death. Treason was just as bad and punishable the same as witchcraft. The clan mother can remove a chief for violating sacred trust of his people and committed a crime. Small offenses were punishable by ostracism. Iroquois also believed offenses brought evil, such as drought, famine, or other scourge upon entire community. The planting festival was used for all to confess any transgressions that could ... be reformed, they were put to death. Treason was just as bad and punishable the same as witchcraft. The clan mother can remove a chief for violating sacred trust of his people and committed a crime. Small offenses were punishable by ostracism. Iroquois also believed offenses brought evil, such as drought, famine, or other scourge upon entire community. The planting festival was used for all to confess any transgressions that could ...
- 1837: Mob Involvement With Prohibition
- ... It had also created a booming new industry, and created a new way of life for many people. Unfortunately, none of these things were good things. The new business opportunities were all in the organized crime realm. With the banning of alcohol they saw an incredible boom in business. No longer did they have to rely on robbery, brothels and cons. There was a whole new business out there and it ... bath tub gin" and "moonshine" went down. Speakeasies and gangs all died down. In a whole, I think the whole prohibition idea was a flop. All it did was raise the use of alcohol, produced crime, and killed a lot of people. But, on the other hand it made a lot, of I’m not going to say deserving people, but a lot of very poor people a lot of money ...
- 1838: The Case for Euthanasia: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide be Legalized?
- ... states have criminalized explicitly the act of assisted suicide . Physician-assisted suicide is generally recognized as illegal under the parameters of homicide, however it is very difficult to meet all of the elements of the crime and conviction subsequently becomes nearly impossible. The fact that the U.S. Supreme Court has not reviewed a physician-assisted suicide case, which would create precedent, constitutes a dilemma for the state courts in that ... Since, suicide is not a homicide, then an assisted suicide cannot be deemed a homicide. At the time of the appellate courts hearing of the Campbell appeal, there was no other codified law expressing what crime an assisted suicide would fall under and the homicide charges were dismissed. Anti-active euthanasia proponents feel that it is the duty of physicians to help and heal patients as opposed to hastening their exit ...
- 1839: Voice Recognition Software
- ... vocabulary voice recognition system is the Dragon NaturallySpeaking system. Dragon gives you fast performance with high accuracy. You can compose e-mail messages, create reports, draft letters, and edit proposals by just speaking to your computer. This software can used by almost anyone. This program accepts speech of 160 words per minute at a high 90% range. Training time for Dragon Software takes about twenty to forty minutes to train the ... ViaVoice doesn't allow for hands free editing.The good points far out weigh the bad ones. Speech recognition has come a long way in the past couple of years and the technology of the computer understanding you is still way off, but we're getting closer.
- 1840: Euthanasia
- ... world needs everyone1s power and contribution. It1s the power and energy of the elderly, and the strength and will of the ill, that give the world life. The light has become very dim with the crime and corruption in today1s world, we can1t afford to throw lives away because some think they1re meaningless. If we continue to accept the merciless killings and suicides of the helpless but powerful, the light will ... lead their life but there is no dignity gained by committing suicide. Secondly, just because something is considered to be sinful by the Bible or in any other religion, doesn1t mean it should be a crime. We live in a democracy where the people, of all religions, make the laws. They shouldn't be based on any religion or religious book. But we1re not talking about the sin of suicide, where ...
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