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- 3351: The Evolution of Apple - January 1976 to May 1995
- ... and database applications all in one, is introduced and will soon become the worlds best selling software. In February of 1985 Jobs and Wozniak receive National Technology Medal from President Reagan at the White House. The ImageWriter II, HD-20 hard disk and Apple Personal Modem were also introduced this year. In January of 1987 Apple introduced a new desktop communications products including the AppleShare file server software and AppleTalk ...
- 3352: Robotics
- ... act of walking on two legs is very hard for computer-controlled mechanical systems to duplicate. In fact, the most stable walker made, is a six-legged system. A true android would also have to house or be linked to the computer-equivalent of a human brain. Despite some claims made for the future development of artificial intelligence, computers are likely to remain calculating machines without the ability to think or ...
- 3353: Private Cable TV
- ... used by a standard TV-set. In the beginning (80s) this technology needed huge and expensive dishes and was only used to transmit signals to cable-networks. Newer technology is often cheaper than connecting a house to a cable-network. In east-Germany the German PTT (Telekom) is competing with their cable-network against the cheap satellite- dishes. The most tranceiver-signals on DBS-Astra are booked by British (NBC- Super ...
- 3354: Modems
- ... over regular phone lines. ISDN has a couple of advantages. It uses the same pair wire found in regular phone lines, so the phone company won't necessarily have to run new wires into your house or business. A single physical ISDN line offers two 64Kbps phone lines called channels that can be used for voice and data. Unfortunately, ISDN isn't cheap. Installation fees can run a couple hundred dollars ...
- 3355: Is Your Information Safe?
- Is Your Information Safe? He doesn't wear a stocking mask over his face, and he doesn't break a window to get into your house. He doesn't hold a gun to your head, nor does he ransack your personal possessions. Just the same he's a thief. Although this thief is one you'll not only never see, but ...
- 3356: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... that this societal evolution is beneficial to all of us. Back in 1970, a high school diploma could still be a ticket to the middle income bracket, a nice car in the driveway and a house in the suburbs. Today all it gets is a clunker parked on the street, and a dingy apartment in a low rent building, says Time Magazine (Jan 30, 1995 issue). However, in 1970, our government ...
- 3357: The Public Broadcasting System: Digital Technology and HDTV
- ... line. Oct. 26, 1998. Kane, Margaret. "Untitled Document". HDTV: Will Viewers Bite? (1998). On- line. ZDNN. Apr. 11, 1998. Jarvik, Laurence. PBS: Behind the Screen. Prima Publishing: Rocklin. (1997). . Negroponte, Nicholas. Being Digital. Toronto: Random House. (1995). Statement of Principles for Digital Transmission. Oct. 26, 1998.
- 3358: Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer
- ... Tom and his urge to fit in with society's restrictions. Twain shows a direct contrast in their relationship near the end of the novel when they meet up by accident at Aunt Sally's house and try to rescue Jim. Through the process of getting him free, Twain shows the reader Tom's strive to be like the books he has read by making everything extra difficult. This contrasts to ...
- 3359: The Jilting of Granny Weatherall by Katherine Anne Porter
- ... her head . . .. The second one is when the final sign she has been waiting for from Jesus never appears. For a second time there was no sign. Again no bridegroom and the priest in the house . . . She stretched herself with a deep breath and blew out the light. If I would have read the story first, I would have been able to understand the movie, instead of it being confusing. Not ...
- 3360: Silas Marner
- ... want the public to know about it because it will ruin his reputation. Because Godfrey has decided to abandoned his wife and child, the mother dies, but the child soon finds her way to the house of Silas Marner due to a bright light shining from his cottage. The child lives with Silas until she is about 18 when Godfrey decides to reveal his secret marriage and his secret child. He ...
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