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- 791: Privacy And Anonymity And Information Network Technologies
- ... what we have come to know as the 'information age'. With the advent of new technologies; particularly that of the Internet this information can be sold and exchanged quite easily. Before the use of widespread computer technologies, our personal information had no real value beyond its immediate transaction. When data and information was provided by a citizen or consumer it had no secondary reuse. However, due to advances in technology and ... elctronically pinpointing an individual or checking up of personal backgrounds by following electronic trails of information. There has become a realm where immediate on-line personal data is available to anyone with the simplest personal computer system. The implications on idividual privacy are great; we hve become completely transparent to anyone who wants to take a little time to investigate one's background. What becomes a more important question is what ... North American policy makers to fashion sufficient protections for privacy rights in the wake of technology's expanding capablitites. He asserts that privacy has been consistently eclipsed by other values such as economic efficency and crime control as well as technological progress. This becomes the central argument when discussing privacy, anonymity and technolgoy in the wake of an emerging invasion of personal rights and freedoms. Legislative policies have not focused ...
- 792: Ancient Rome
- ... the name Caesar and mean ruler. Today some three-fourths of the countries are Republic, styled after the Romans. The Romans are probably the most influential people of all-time. Works Cited Actium, Battle of. Computer Software. Encarta Encyclopedia, 1996 ed. Adcock, F. E. Roman Political Ideas and Practice. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 1959. Asimov, Isaac. The Roman Republic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. Burrell, Roy. The Romans. Oxford: Oxford University, 1991. Caesar. Computer Software. Encarta Encyclopedia, 1996 ed. Caesar, Gaius Julius. Computer Software. Encarta Encyclopedia, 1996 ed. Gibson, Elke. Personal Interview. 19 March 1997. Nardo, Don. The Roman Republic. San Diego: Lucent, 1994. "The Reforms of Diocletian and Constantine." CIS: Research and Education (16 March 1997). ...
- 793: The Catcher in the Rye: Now and Then
- ... discussed in many books and novels. This was a new step that Salinger took in this novel, that had not been mentioned a considerable amount previously in literature. Another big change in society is the crime rate. Here again, the difference in the forties and fifties and present day is rather large. Today, one in six teenagers knows or knew someone who has been shot. In the early fifties the migration of the lower class from the rural areas to the urban cities was just beginning. As this happened, the crime rate rose dramatically.(Holzman) Today crime is a part of everyday life. Whether it is first hand or just seen on television. Forty years ago, towns were places where you could sleep with your doors unlocked. That feeling of security ...
- 794: Effect Of Film On History (1920s-1940s)
- ... Changes and Conquerors pointed the finger towards those how wanted to make a quick buck and made the rest of the nation suffer for us. In Conquerorsf case, the blame was placed on organized crime and all of the underhand political play that went along with it. Another school of thought, depicted in such films as The World Gone Mad and Washington Merry-Go-Round pointed the finger towards machines ... a normal politician and his election to be president until he is involved in a car accident which changes him. The new president then proclaims himself dictator and through radical actions, such as gathering all crime bosses on Governorfs Island and shooting them to eliminate the nation's crime problem, saves America from the certain doom that plagued it. By offering these gremediesh movie studios were challenging their audiences to think about what was going on at the time and have a ...
- 795: Direct Mail Marketing
- ... change, however, when we look inside our mailboxes, pick-up our telephone, and even check our e-mail. We often ponder how marketers know that we have a pet snake, own a certain kind of computer, or even wear 90 s clothing. That is because every time we purchase products such as: electronics, computer software, and other products; direct mail advertising is in the air. Every time we send in warranty cards and registration forms back to the manufacturer; as consumers we are often unaware that we are sending ... the decision support system (DSS). This particular system is a computerized procedure that permits the marketing manager to interact with data and use various methods of analysis to incorporate, examine, and characterize information. These useful computer-based systems are then organized, stored, and updated in another computer in what is known as a database. This is perhaps the center for all direct-marketers, because it has allows them to narrow ...
- 796: Computers And Internet In Our Life
- ... life. Computers also play an extremely complicated role in one of the things that everybody uses in their everyday lives, cars. To find good job that you would really like, you should have some basic computer knowledge and typing skills. (www.strana.ru) A lot of people nowadays like being lazy because computers can fulfill a lot of work. You can see computers everywhere: in shops, at school, at your bank ... The Internet is one of the greatest things we have ever invented. But it is not as save as it Pystogov 3 may seem. We surf the Internet but we dont see the danger. Computer systems are developing with a big speed. And more and more people appear who dont like quiet way of life. Especially teenagers in the Eastern European countries. They are bored. They want to have a lot of fun. They just go and learn how to do many illegal things. That what Alex Garner says about it: 90s - the dawn of the computer age. The information Super-Highway has been following computers throughout the past few years. Along with the Internet, an emerging group of elite cyber-surfers have turned into computer hackers. Usually these people are ...
- 797: The Enigma Solved
- ... So despite his decision not to go ahead with the murder, when Lady Macbeth accuses her husband of cowardice in making his decision, he succumbs to her, and they continue with their plans for the crime. Why had Macbeth decided against committing violence for the kingship? In a soliloquy in the seventh scene of the first act, he tells us that it is not death in the next world that he fears. Rather, he is afraid that his crime for the kingship will teach others to commit similar crimes when he is king. However, despite Macbeth's apparent indifference to religion and morality, he is really very much involved with both. He gives as further reason against killing Duncan the fact that Duncan is Macbeth's relative and his guest, both of which relationships urge Macbeth against committing the crime. And a final reason for not killing Duncan is that pity should prevent Macbeth from harming the good man and gentle king that Duncan has been. For most Elizabethans these reasons would have implied ...
- 798: Scarlet Letter 2 --
- ... focuses on the moral issue revolving around the virtue of truth and the evil of secret sin. Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale, a man of profound knowledge of religion and a true devotee of God, commits a crime of passion with the young and married Hester Prynne. The Puritan society, which barely tolerates any sin, seeks out Hester Prynne and punishes her by making her wear the scarlet letter "A". Even though, Arthur ... place, and stand there beside thee on thy pedestal of shame, yet better were it so, that to hide a guilty heart through life ' " (73). Dimmesdale preaches that a person is righteous in admitting their crime rather than carrying the guilt around for the rest of his life. Being unprincipled, Dimmesdale does the exact opposite of his own advice. As a minister of the Puritan church, Dimmesdale holds a very high ... carry on the responsibility of being a caring father and a beloved husband, Arthur Dimmesdale feels guilty. This sense of guilt consumes him, furthermore, increasing his anguish when he sees Hester suffering alone for the crime they both perpetrate. The first time Dimmesdale gets up on the scaffold with the rest of his family, he says to Hester, " ' Ye have both been here before, but I was not with you. . .' "( ...
- 799: Evolution 2
- ... is necessary to you. Well I guess we can speak in broad terms that engulf the entire community. If we take computers for example we can think back about twenty of even ten years. The computer was the appliance of the rich or the important. Now not only does almost every building contain at least one computer but we leave incredibly important tasks to the computer. If we concentrate we can see that the computer is in the final period of transition between a luxury and a necessity. Let s take nuero surgery, for examples in 90% of the operations ...
- 800: Bridging Technology And Academe
- ... archives, research institutions, newspaper and journal publications; trailblazer pages; and bibliographic utilities, such as library catalogs. Within these categories, there are resources that are applicable to a variety of sociological specializations, such as Theoretical Sociology, Crime and Criminal Justice, Aging and Health Care, Gender Studies and many more. Every major government agency in the United States has a Web site that provides extensive information about the agency, links to publications, grant ... and the Library of Congress. On-line library catalogs are an excellent bibliographic resource for students; before actually going to a library, searching can be done from a remote site, such as a home personal computer, or a campus computer laboratory. This adds a convenient dimension to library use, particularly for literature reviews and citation analysis. Reference works are also a popular resource on the Web. Full-text, keyword searchable versions of thesauruses and ...
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