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- 6121: Existentialism
- ... We all have gone through different experiences, each which has affected our way of thinking about everything either completely changing our lives or simply looking at something in a new light. As we go by day by day, we see a new hope for meaning. Meaning is what leads our lives. It is like a drug to some of us, and to others, a mere item that is with us for life. Those ...
- 6122: History of Computers
- History of Computers Abstract This project explains the history of computers, starting from Howard Aiken’s Harvard Mark I to present day time. Although I have not gone over all of the models in my report, I have chosen those which I feel have had the greatest effect on the computer world. I will show how in ... S. District Court, it declared the ABC was the first computing device that was all electric and utilized the binary numbering system, regenerative memory, and digital arithmetic circuitry. These features are still found in modern day computers. In 1951 a machine called the Electronic Discrete Variable Computer, or EDVAC, entered the computer world. This machine was the creation of Von Neumann, Eckert, and Von Neumann then decided to go to Princeton ...
- 6123: Judges
- ... his address: "When a man dies, all he leaves behind is his reputation and his good name." Court was adjourned for two and a half hours. The jury retired to make its decision the next day. One person asked the judge what the decision would be. He responded that they might give the plaintiff something, maybe twenty five thousand dollars, no more, because he was libelled and because W5 didn't really seem to have cost the company any appreciable loss of business. The next day, the jury handed the court clerk its decision, on two pieces of paper, which was handed to the judge. The judge studied it for a moment, and was tempted to tell the counsel how many ...
- 6124: Hurricanes
- ... equator. Most hurricanes appear in late summer or early fall, when sea temperatures are at their highest. The warm waters heats the air above it, and the updrafts of warm, moist air begin to rise. Day after day the fluffy cumuli form atop the updrafts. But the cloud tops rarely rise higher than about 6,000 feet. At that height in the tropics, there is usually a layer of warm, dry air that ...
- 6125: Zinn's A People's History of The United States of America
- ... Americans first came into contact; the Arawak natives came out to greet the whites, and the whites were only interested in finding the gold. From the Bahamas, Columbus sailed to Cuba and Hispañola, the present-day home of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. One-hundred fifteen years later and 1,500 miles to the north, the colony of Jamestown was founded by a group of English settlers led by John Smith ... you read [Bartolomé de] Las Casas... is conquest, slavery, death. When we read history books given to the children in the United States, it all starts with heroic adventure -- there is no bloodshed -- and Columbus Day is a celebration" (7). He goes on to vituperate historian Samuel Eliot Morison for his brief and buried mention of Columbus's genocide of the natives. This is one of the most heinous crimes a ...
- 6126: George Lucas Biography And Wor
- ... to cars. When he reached driving age, his father gave him a nice, small, “safe” car. However, passionate about cars and racing, Lucas revved up his engine and turned it into a hot rod. Each day following, he went cruising around town, drag racing often. However, this passion led him to a drastic change in his life. It ultimately led him to success. Lucas was in a car crash in 1962 ... fact he is quiet and reserved. Usually, I have a fear of being the center of attention and hide in the background. However, that is probably the only similarity between us. I hope that one day I can be as successful as he is with his career and gain his great amount of initiative and determination to get where I am going in life. Work Cited 1) Pollock, Dale. Skywalking: The ...
- 6127: The Making Of The Cat
- ... so to speak) to do something about it. Hard parts evolved, most noticeably shells, and the Paleozoic era began. The first things to evolve shells were, not surprisingly, mollusks. They shared the oceans of their day with a grand assortment of cepha- lopods (head-footed creatures, such as squid and octopi), arthropods (jointed-footed creatures, such as lobsters), annelids (worms), and echinoderms (spiny-skinned creatures, such as starfish). All of these ... t get their motors turning over on a cold morning. They solved this problem through solar power. By evolving huge fins on their backs, they could position themselves broadside to the sun on a cold day and absorb large quantities of solar energy. Once they were warm enough, they could then face to- wards or away from the sun. One can see several drawbacks to this scheme: cloudy days, strong winds ...
- 6128: Trapped Inside the TV
- ... an activity that was spread throughout all of America. “Every man was close to what [printed matter] talked about. Everyone could speak the same language”(Amusing Ourselves to Death, pg. 34). Americans in the Colonial day immersed themselves in reading. In order to comprehend the scattered symbols that lie on the page, one must posses something of great importance, an imagination, and a desire to reflect. The written word has context ... yadda was used in the show, and is now used by sitcom watchers everywhere. Television commercials have profoundly influenced American habits and thoughts. “Got Milk?” “Obey your thirst!” and many more slogans bombard us every day and try to get us to purchase their product. Most of the time they succeed. Education has even headed toward the TV with popular children’s shows like “Sesame Street”, and “Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.” People ...
- 6129: Beowulf
- ... hell on earth, and every time Herot sang and danced with pleasure and joy; Grendel lurked in the marshes with anger. Lines 2-4 explain his anger, "…In the darkness, growled in pain, impatient/ As day after day the music rang/ Loud in that hall…" The epic poem suggests that the population of Herot lived in happiness, and Grendel waited until his time came. Furthermore, as Grendel lived in his hell on earth ...
- 6130: Engines 2
- Engines Engines are found all around our very day lives. They are found in our cars, trucks, vans and motorcycles. Almost all vehicles run on the basic combustion engine. An internal- combustion engine is any type of machine that gets mechanical energy from the ... stroke every other stroke of the piston instead of every four strokes. The efficiency of such engines is less then that of four stroke engines. Even though engines are a great help in our every day life they pose a danger to our environment. In 1985, the discovery of an "ozone hole" over Antarctica brought attention on the idea that humans can have a big impact on our environment. Our vehicles ...
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