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- 6421: Computers That Mimic The Human Mind
- ... mental states. In the future, computers will be able to do anything the human mind is capable of thus proving Eliminative Materialism to be a sound solution to the mind-body problem. Most of the day the human mind is taking in information, analyzing it, storing it accordingly, and recalling past knowledge to solve problems logically. This is similar to the life of any computer. Humans gain information through the senses ... through the senses. The robot stated out as a baby, that is no code to base decisions on. Rodney Brooks, the developer, is concentrating on eye-hand coordination and face recognition and hoping that one day it will use the information to make discoveries of it’ own(Smith). Doug Lenat is trying to teach a computer common sense in hope that the computer will “reason” on its own(Smith). He is ...
- 6422: Gps
- ... are no longer needed as much. But since all this is so expensive, our memories, paper maps, globes won't become extinct, in fact they will be here forever. Technology is getting more complicated every day, and our lives are getting easier every day, creating less stress and more time. Navigation systems in cars, planes, boats etc. are a good way to prove it, and its all done by science.
- 6423: Creative Writing: A Dream Come True
- ... her, didn't they notice her beauty? I knew exactly where to sit. As I sat next to her, she smiled and introduced herself. I was really surprised. I knew that it was my lucky day. "Hi". She said, "I'm Lisa. What's your name?. "Um...I...am Jack" I mumbled. "I haven't seen you catching this bus before". There were so many things I wanted to ask her ... to him. From his facial expression I knew that he didn't believe me. He said that he couldn't put up with me any more, and fired me. I really was having a bad day. I lost my wallet containing $160, got a $100 fine for catching a train without a ticket and lastly lost my job. All thanks to that bitch Lisa.
- 6424: The Man Who Mistook His Wife F
- ... her nurses to put her food slightly out of reach and leave the room on occasions. Sacks hope that due to the hunger, she would reach out for the food and use her hands. One day impatient and hungry she grabbed a bagel, fed herself and began her life as a motor individual . As time past, Madeline found delight in her new world of shapes. This interest led to an unknown ... most interesting story was about a sailor that accidentally cut off his index finger. For forty years he thought he would poke himself in the eye whenever he moved his hand to his face. One day he lost the feeling in his entire hand including his phantom finger and his problem was cured (Sacks 66-67). Up to 70 percent of amputees confirmed that they still feel or still thought a ...
- 6425: The Evolution of Apple - January 1976 to May 1995
- ... old and Jobs 21 years old, had a vision. "Computers aren’t for nerds anymore," they announced. "Computers are going to be the bicycle of the mind. Low cost computers for everyone." From the first day on the founders of Apple kept their vision intact, and they spoke it at every turn. They only hired people into the company that had the same visions as they did. In early 1976 Wozniak ... and Jobs finish work on a preassembled computer circuit board. It has no Product keyboard, case, sound or graphics. They call it the Apple I. They form the Apple Computer Company on April Fool’s Day and sold the Apple I board for $666.66 at the Home brew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. In 1977 the Apple II is available to the general public. Fully assembled and pretested, it ...
- 6426: Othello - Compared To Twelfth Night
- "She loved me for the dangers I had pass'd, and I loved her that she did pity them" (Othello, I.iii 166-167). William Shakespeare’s tragedy "Othello," is pervaded by a dominant theme, one of love. Othello, the Moor of Venice falls madly ... a court hearing, Desdemona confesses her love for Othello and Barbanzio is forced to let her go. "I am hitherto your daughter: but here's my husband, and so much duty as my mother show'd to you, preferring you before her father, so much I challenge that I may profess due to the Moor my lord" (Othello, I.iii 184-188) As the course of events shift, Othello and Desdemona ...
- 6427: Auschwitz
- ... camps and of course the death camps. The camp that stands out in everybody’s mind has got to be Auschwitz. Out of the 6.8 million killed there were 6000 killed at Auschwitz a day. What some people may not know is that Auschwitz was actually three camps fused into one. The most potent and efficient way of mass murder was the gas chamber. That is if you lasted the ... separated into three groups. One group went to the gas chambers within a few hours; these people were sent to the Birkenau camp, where more than 20,000 people could be gassed and cremated each day. At Birkenau, the Nazis used a cyanide gas called Zyklon-B, which was manufactured by a pest-control company. A second group of prisoners were used as slave labor at industrial factories for such companies ...
- 6428: Animals In The Eyes of The Dragon
- ... strong-willed, over-confident, Anduan Husky who may have been the ôgreatest tracking dog that ever lived.ö This dog sums up the meaning of a manÆs best friend. Frisky, who can track a three-day-old scent in the middle winter, is the reason the story takes place as it does. Just as arson dogs help pinpoint the location of substances used to start fires, Frisky uses her keen sense ... a major secret of the castle. Flagg, being the magician he is, knows most secrets of the castle (No one, not even he, know all of them) (King 81). Flagg, after Thomas has a bad day at a luncheon with his father, shows the secrets to Thomas, for he has a feeling it may lead to mischief. This turns out to be true. The secret is this: After one is led ...
- 6429: AZTECS
- ... not stop Cortes because he thought Cortes was Quetzalcoatl, the god of civilization and learning. An Aztec legend said that Quetzalcoatl was driven away by a rival god and was headed across sea to present day Mexico. Quetzalcoatls return was said to be the year Ceacatl on the Aztec Calendar which is the same as 1519. Due to the legend, Montezuma II thought Cortes was Quetzalcoatl when he invaded the Aztec ... Aztecs surrendered when Cortes invaded again. The Spaniards wiped out all the temples and all other traces of Aztec civilization. They destroyed Tenochtitlan and built Mexico City on top of it(Aztec Empire History). Present day Aztecs live in the vicinity of Mexico City and there are well over one million of them. They are the largest aboriginal group in Mexico and their religion is a mix of Aztec and Roman ...
- 6430: Ethan Frome: Failure
- ... and her cousin needed a place to stay, they took her in to help around the house. Ethan took an immediate propensity to her cousin, Mattie, because she brought a bright light upon his dismal day. He seemed to have found someone that cared for him, was always happy and could share his youth, unlike his sickly wife who always nagged him. He longed to be with Mattie, however he had ... house. She told him without any discussion that Mattie had to go. Ethan could not find the words to make her alter her decision. His wife also decided that Mattie had to leave the next day itself and Ethan could not do anything about it. It was stated in the book that his wife had the upper hand in the house by the line "Now she [his wife] had mastered him ...
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