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- 281: Computer Mediated Evnvironment
- CHOICE IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS Abstract In the last several years, the increased diffusion of computer and telecommunications technologies in businesses and homes has produced new ways for organizations to connect with their customers. These computer mediated environments (CMEs) such as the World Wide Web raise new research questions. In this paper, we examine the potential research issues associated with CMEs in five areas: (1) decision processes, (2) advertising and ...
- 282: Computer Literacy
- Computer Literacy For over fifty years, beginning with the famous ENIAC, a revolution has been taking place in the United States and the world. The personal computer has changed the way many people think and live. With its amazing versatility, it has found its way into every area of life, and knowing how to operate it is a requirement for today's ... the time to learn about computers often do not even know what to do once one has been turned on, and this problem should be corrected. That is why all high schools must make a computer literacy course a requirement for graduation. Although a computer course would take away two or three periods of a high school student's weekly schedule, it will be well worth it in the real ...
- 283: Crime And Punishment - Style
- ... the basis of the characters actions alone-- be considered evil or immoral. Explain both how and why the presentation of the character makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. In Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment, the character of Raskolnikov is one who may be considered evil or immoral for his actions, however his portrayal by the author is one that instills sympathy in the reader for the character due to his motives and personal, internal consequences he suffers for his crime of murder. There is considerable evidence supporting the view that Raskolnikov wants his theory surrounding the murder to be proven wrong, to get caught, and to be punished. This tells the reader that deep down ... and able to stamp out the weak and detrimental people in society for the common good, is one that is obviously skewed. This prompts Raskolnikov to doubt his reasoning for and consequent execution of the crime. He knows that his theory is wrong, but he has been created by the society in which he lives, which allows him to conjure up wild fantasies and delusions of grandeur. The sympathy Dostoyevsky ...
- 284: History of the Internet
- ... formulation was a direct result of the panic caused by the Russian launching of Sputnik and policies contrived by a non-military personal. The direct result of which led to the creation of the first computer network in 1963 called the ARPANET. Joseph Licklider (projects chairperson for ARPA) first proposed a distributed network computer system in 1960. His proposal was to time-share the computer through use of multiple linked terminals. It was a matter of economics that this technology took hold so well. The idea of having blocks of time allocated to individual users for the computer resulted ...
- 285: Dell
- ... people to answer phone calls you need only 30 to run the web page. The web page has also helped Dell increase sales because consumers only need to log onto the Internet and order a computer with the exact specifications which they require. As of December 31st 1999 Dell was selling 14 million dollars worth of software and equipment a day over their various web pages. Dell has become a more cost efficient seller of computers because with the reduced cost of paying customer service they are able to lower the costs of the computer and still make the same profit. The web page also makes money for Dell, which in turn lets them subsidize their expenditures because they also sell products for competitive companies and are able to take a premium of the sale. The online internet sales allows Dell to follow the order patterns of their customers and use that information to know where they can mass produce a certain computer prototype and be able to sell the computer and since that computer has been mass produced Dell will make a bigger profit. By selling computers over the Internet Dell has been able to become ...
- 286: Detectives
- A detective is a police officer, whose duty is to detect criminals, by in-depth investigation of cases. When attempting to solve a crime, detectives conduct a criminal investigation that seeks all the facts about a crime to help determine the truth: what happened and who is responsible. This involves making a preliminary and final investigation. A detective s task is to gather, organize, and use information about social behavior. To effectively ... departmental effort. An investigation relies on the assistance of other individuals and agencies, as well as major assistance coming from the public in obtaining information. A patrol officer is first on the scene of a crime, so detectives become dependent on the prior work of the patrol officer in their preliminary investigation. Patrol officers make an initial decision concerning whether an incident has sufficient grounds to report it. An investigation ...
- 287: Juvenile Crime and Prevention
- Juvenile Crime and Prevention A traditional role of state government has been to ensure statewide standardization of juvenile crime prevention programming so that those at one end of the State can find the same services to meet needs as those at the other end. Even those who are frustrated by the uneven nature of community programs, however, are not suggesting that the State should target juvenile crime by mandating a specific array of services and programs. Top-down enforcement of solutions that would meet the diversity of needs throughout the State strike many as a concept that is impossible, too authoritarian ...
- 288: Community-Based Policing: Law Enforcement For The Twentieth Century
- ... enforcement philosophy are: A. Community partnership. B. Problem solving. III. The reaction of police to change. IV. The future of C.B.P. A. A first step in C.B.P. B. Measuring success. C. Crime prevention. V. Conclusion. INTRODUCTION TO COMMUNITY-BASED POLICING. "In Philadelphia, a pulsating tavern juke box that has caused irate neighbors to log 500 Police calls in six months, was moved away from a common wall ... to encourage a professional aura of impartiality. All these policies along with the use of automobiles, telephones, and other technological advances helped distance the Police more. The calls for service increased as urban population and crime awareness increased, making the police almost totally reactive. The introduction of computers only encouraged that false idea of "quick" reactive response and a statistical view toward measuring success in policing(rather than analyzing the local ... was going wrong, many studies and experiments were sponsored. One of them, the "KANSAS STUDY" proved that, no matter how many police officers are devoted to random patrolling, there is no effect on the actual crime rate. (Bureau of justice asst. pg. 13-65) The government had recognized the problems of crime fighting and the problems of Police - Community relations, as far back as 1967.The Presidents Commission on Law ...
- 289: A Look Into The Computer Virus
- A Look Into The Computer Virus Engineering 201.02 Most of us swap disks with friends and browse the Net looking for downloads. Rarely do we ever consider that we are also exchanging files with anyone and everyone who has ever handled them in the past. If that sounds like a warning about social diseases, it might as well be. Computer viruses are every bit as insidious and destructive, and come in a vast variety of strains. A computer virus tears up your hard drive and brings down your network. However, computer viruses are almost always curable diagnosed, and cures for new strains are usually just a matter of days, not months or ...
- 290: Computer Viruses
- Computer Viruses A computer virus is an illegal and potentially damaging computer program designed to infect other software by attaching itself to any software it contacts. In many cases, virus programs are designed to damage computer systems maliciously by destroying of corrupting data. If the infected ...
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