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- 2011: Governement's Bureaucratic Half-Witted Laws
- ... laws that seem useless. In California community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try to stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water. The fine for such a crime is fifty dollars and up to ten days in jail. Once again a government decided it didn't have enough power and thought that it might as well impose a new law to show its ... unshaven in public." Massachusetts has an array of personal suppressors involving its citizens. One such suppressive law states that mourners at a wake may not eat more than three sandwiches. Another law makes snoring a crime unless all bedroom windows are closed and securely locked. If one wants to wear a goatee a special five dollar permit must be purchased to wear a goatee in public. In New York a fine ...
- 2012: Memory, Expanding Your Mind
- ... retain and recall past experiences (Webster's Dictionary 611). It is often thought of as a capacity, such as a cup, that could be full or empty. A more common comparison is one to a computer. Some minds, like computers, can have more "software", being able to save and recall more experiences, information, and memories than others can. And like a computer, minds can be upgraded. This is not done with a simple installation of a chip, but by following a number of small procedures that will enhance and sharpen a memory. By staying active, avoiding boredom ...
- 2013: Capital Punishment: Right or Wrong?
- ... penalty for it. Which brings me to next point, if a potential murderer knows that if he is found guilty of murder, he himself will be killed, then he is less likely to commit the crime. The saying, eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth comes into play here. For example, New York State has a zero tolerance policy for murderers. Since this policy went into effect, the murder rate has been cut in half. This is because the killer knows he himself will be killed if he committs the crime. Also, no one has been put to death in New York State since 1976. This proves that the death penalty can help prevent murders, and kill the murderers. It also proves that just because a ...
- 2014: The Internet
- ... buy a set of encyclopedias, and there is no way to get to a library before the essay is due. There is no hope of getting a passing grade, right? But wait, you have a computer, a modem, and the internet! You are saved! All you have to do is log on the internet, type in a keyword about your topic, and search. Instantly, you can get tons of information about your topic. The internet links people together into a web of networks and shared software using computer terminals and telephone lines or wireless radio connections.The basic internet was formed about 4 or 5 years ago by the United States government with the idea to pass information between themselves rapidly and efficently ...
- 2015: New Age of Technology
- ... to quickly process repair orders, job costing, and management reporting. Some examples of this new technology are the Shark, Pro Spot PR-10, Magna Rack III, and HVLP. The first example, the Shark, is a computer driven measuring system designed to be operated electronically. Shark is not a modified mechanical or laser system. This is a totally new measuring system designed to be computer driven using ultrasound technology. Unlike mechanical or laser systems, the beam does not need to be level or parallel when it is placed under the vehicle The intelligence of the system automatically calibrates its position ...
- 2016: Intranet 2
- ... Intranets didn't exist. Now the market for internal web-servers is rapidly increasing. Intranet technology is beginning to be used all over the world. Intranets present the information in the same way to every computer. By doing this they are doing what computer and software makers have been promising but never actually delivered. Computers, software, and databases are pulled together into a single system that enables users to find information wherever it resides. Intranets are only logically "internal ...
- 2017: How Is Mystery And Suspense Cr
- ... would behave outside these stereotypical images. This is effective in building up mystery because the reader believes in the way in which Doyle describes their characters. When it comes to choosing which character did the crime. The reader does not know what to believe, the past evidence of the persons character or the present evidence, this is a very effective method. At the end of the story, Doyle fuses both together ... evidence points towards Arthur and yet how Holmes is convinced that it was someone else from the beginning. This builds up mystery because the reader does not find out until the end who committed the crime and is left to ponder who did it for the most of the beginning of the story. In the beginning of Charles Augustus Milverton, the author addresses the reader personally The reader will excuse me ...
- 2018: Silas Marner
- ... face the reality of it and share their deepest secrets with everyone. Silas Marner, the main character in this book, has moved to the town Raveloe from Lantern-Yard because he was accused of a crime that he never committed. Silas had strong beliefs in religion and thought all along that God would help him get out of this jam, but he never did. Because God never helped him, he soon ... knows that it is not his fault. At the end of this novel, Silas decides to return to his hometown, Lantern-Yard, and prove to everyone that he was not the theft that committed the crime, but when he returns he finds that the town has vanished and his past is no longer available to the eye. This explains the meaning of the first section of this quote, the past becomes ...
- 2019: To Kill A Mockingbird: Controversial Issues
- ... time, Tom Robinson was the outcast of the society. The novel centers around the trial of Tom Robinson. To the people of Maycomb county, Tom Robinson is just a "sorry nigger," who committed an unthinkable crime. In the novel, Tom represents the black race in American society. He is a victim of racism, which was the major controversy in our culture at the time. Like Boo Radley, Tom Robinson is characterized ... the trial, Tom Robinson is portrayed in this manner because of the racist mentality of the people in Maycomb. Even though there is a sufficient amount of proof which shows he did not commit the crime, Tom is a black man who will be denied justice. Atticus reinforces this idea when he tells Jem, "in our courts, when it's a white man's word against a black man's, the ...
- 2020: Player Piano
- ... Piano, everything is controlled by machines and computers and depends on productivity. The managers and engineers only create new programs for more productive production. Even the rates of production and consumption are calculated by a computer (EPICAC), which is seated in the large Carlsbad cavern system. The EPICAC computer even determines the people's careers and in this way their whole lives. It gives intelligence tests to everyone, and on the basis of their results it sorts people into two categories - suitable for university ...
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