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- 2641: Internet Security 2
- ... really familiar with networks can bust through a firewall. This is why any thing important should be kept in separate folders with their own passwords or kept in an offline source. Although I found many great cases of Internet crimes I have found the following quite interesting. There was a case in 1993 in which investigators in New York City found that three city Employees had found a flaw in city ... research into security issues on networks, the Internet being one colossal network. These companies specialize in security software for Internet servers. They hire hackers to program and test their software. Although they go through such great attempts at security we are lacking that one great breakthrough that sends us into the next millennium with confidence of our security. The last and what some people consider to be the worst of the security problem is computer viruses. Computer viruses have ...
- 2642: William Faulkner
- ... promoted to the third grade, skipping the second grade, he was asked by his teacher what he wanted to be when he grew up. He replied, "I want to be a writer just like my great granddaddy"(Minter 18). Faulkner took interest in poetry around 1910, but no one in Oxford, Mississippi, could tell him hat to do with his poems. Faulkner, who was very talkative, would always entertain Estelle Oldham ... In his speech he read from his last novel called "The Reivers, which became, with in a few days of publication, a national best seller"(Volpe 13). Shortly there after, on July 6, 1962, the great author died of a heart attack. Faulkner was known for his realistic novels and true-to-life short stores. From 1926 to 1962, Faulkner published nineteen novels and more than seventy- five short stories. Most ... and short stories are supposed to not only tell a story, but also convey messages about the society of that time period (Volpe 31-32). Faulkner's greatness as an artist is due to a great extent to what might be called his stereoscopic vision, his ability to deal with the specific and the universal simultaneously, to make the real symbolic without sacrificing reality. He is unquestionably the greatest of ...
- 2643: Uncle Tom's Cabin: An Analysis
- ... and their baby daughter. The reunited family moves to France, where George attends the university, and then to Africa, where he believes he can do the most good for his people. This story had a great impact on it's readers and it went on to play a sizeable role in our nation's politics. On the 29th of June, 1852, Henry Clay died. In that month the two great political parties, in their national conventions, had accepted as a finality all the compromise measures of 1850, and the last hours of the Kentucky statesman were brightened by the thought that his efforts had secured ... publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. “Was this only an “ event,” the advent of a new force in politics; was the book merely an abolition pamphlet, or was it a novel, one of the few great masterpieces of fiction that the world has produced?”(Wilson 24). The compromise of 1850 satisfied neither the North nor the South. The admission of California as a free state was regarded by Calhoun as ...
- 2644: Russia
- ... of the elimination of classes, of guaranteed employment , "The creation of a comprehensive social security and welfare system for all citizens that would end the misery of workers once and for all. This is a great ideal, but in practice it proved to be unpractical. Russia has been in a power struggle for much of the 20th century and the economy has struggled as as result. Recently, Russia has tried to ... after Lenin died in 1925. Stalin controlled the bulk of all the political power and with that he started a ruthless campaign of removing all opposition to the Communist rule. During this period called the "Great Purge" Stalin systemically executed anyone who stood in his path. Millions of people were arrested and either harassed or killed. Stalin then decided to concentrate on improving military strength and building on improving the Soviet ... to meet a quota by the end of the harvest and then have the state subsidize all of the production. This system, aptly named collectivization, reprimanded all of the average worker's liberties and created great suffering during the Stalin regime. After the death of Stalin in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist party. Stalin's death marked the end of supreme power for the head of ...
- 2645: Appeasement And Its Role In Th
- ... he had secured «peace in our time». This treaty is known as the Munich Pact. The agreement was formulated and signed by Germany, Italy, France, and Britain at Munich, Germany. It secured the acceptance by Great Britain and France of the demand by Hitler that the German-speaking Sudetenland, was to be ceded to Germany, which it bordered. In a series of negotiations that began in August 1938, cession of the Sudetenland to Germany had already been agreed upon in principle by the participants in the pact. Great Britain and France, desperate to avoid further war, had accepted Hitler's demands in return for his promise not to claim any other European territory. Chamberlain believed that the concessions he had made to Germany ... s trustworthiness. For many Western nations the Munich Pact became the symbol of appeasement. The Munich Pact came to be seen as a symbol of the dangers of appeasement, and of the subsequent humiliation of Great Britain. The British and French policy of appeasement—the concession to demands of the Nazi state in order to avoid war—ended with Hitler's invasion of Poland. Chamberlain recognised the failure of his ...
- 2646: Ancient Summerian Mythology
- ... character whose actions are inspiring and or noble. Deeply troubled by the death of his friend Enkidu, Gilgamesh embarks on a quest not for glory but for everlasting life in the flesh. Gilgamesh is a great hero known for defeating Humbaba. Gilgamesh has a restless and arrogant nature. Enkidu was created by the goddess Aruru because of Gilgamesh’s strong arrogance. Enkidu was made to contend with Gilgamesh and absorb his ... hand is so arrogant and naive he doesn’t know Humbaba’s strength. When Gilgamehs was fighting Humbaba, Enkidu died. Gilgamesh is deeply troubled by the death of his companion and friend Enkidu. “Hear me, great ones of Uruk, I weep for Enkidu, my friend. I weep for my brother.” (Wolkstein 144.) The king can’t accept the inevitability of death, and with all the energy of his proud and restless ... knowledge or privileges. Like any serious quest, Gilgamesh’s journey is dangerous because it takes him past the boundaries of the similar world. “He travels to distant places known only in legend, such as the Great Mountains.” (Philip 21.) His appearance, too, becomes less and less civilized as he journeys farther from Uruk. One goddess that the Sumerians adored was the goddess of creation. Her name was Inanna. “Inanna’s ...
- 2647: The Steam Engine
- ... use of the steam engine came in 1776. The steam engine was used to show the Cornish miners how successful it could be in removing the water from the mineshafts. This proved to be of great importance to the Cornish, because one of their biggest problems was the flooding of the mining shafts. (The Penetration of the Industry by Steam Power) The mine owners “worried…that the mines would have to ... to urbanize life to the way we live it today. The steam engine was also used on the farm for several purposes. It was used extensively for deep plowing, cultivating, mole draining and ground clearing. “Great advances were also made in agriculture with the engines enabling greater acreage to come under the plough and production increased by the use of machines to do tasks formerly done by hand or by horses ... These steam engines allowed farmers to grow crops in abundance with minimal manual labor, which was an increase in quantity and quality productions since a machine and not a human was doing the work. Another great contribution of the steam engine was made in the iron/coal industries. Since iron was starting to be produced so rapidly, more coal was needed to keep the steam engines running. Since the coal ...
- 2648: Wilhelm Roentgen
- ... teach there for nine years, until 1888, when he went on to become a professor at the University of Wurzburg in Wurzburg, Germany. By the time Professor Roentgen went to Wurzburg, he was labeled a great scientist and was well respected. Many felt that he was the "great German professor of the Victorian Age." When he moved, he brought his assistant, Ludwig Zehnder with him from Giessen to Wurzburg, just like Professor Kundt did with him. Roentgen has always been an efficient worker ... in the month of December. The awards were to be handed out by the King of Sweden. When Roentgen got word he won the prize in the field of physics he thought it was a great honor, and felt he should receive this in person. In order to get there, Roentgen had to cross the treacherous Baltic Sea, in December, on a small ferryboat. It got tossed around so much ...
- 2649: Walter Whitman
- ... newspapers. His early years seemed to show an active interest in working with the public. Whitman at one time accepted a job with a New Orleans newspaper, and in doing so exposed himself to a great deal of the country. Getting to New Orleans required traveling over the Cumberland Gap and down rivers, of which he later wrote. America seemed to be both his home and inspiration. In "Calamus", part of ... on a Broadway omnibus, side by side with the driver- or with a band of loungers over the open grounds of the country- fond of New York and Brooklyn- fond of the life of the great ferries." Whitman obviously felt a kinship with his country, and later exhibited this in his writings. He also was not a man to follow others. "Self-reliant, with haughty eyes, assuming to himself all the ... Song for Occupations," "To Think of Time," "The Sleepers," "I Sing the Body Electric," "Faces," "Son of the Answerer," "Europe," "A Boston Ballad," "There Was a Child Went Forth," "Who Learns My Lesson Complete," and "Great Are the Myths.". Except for the last poem, all others continued to appear in each successive edition of the same title, as though Whitman was recreating and reliving his works as often as possible. " ...
- 2650: Comparison of Herbert's "Dune" and Asimov's "Foundation Series": Effects of Technology and Belief Systems on the Individual
- Comparison of Herbert's "Dune" and Asimov's "Foundation Series": Effects of Technology and Belief Systems on the Individual Technology and belief have a great deal to do in making a good science fiction novel. Frank Herbert's Dune and Isaac Asimov's Foundation series give excellent examples of this. Belief systems are defined as religious beliefs in a society ... discrimination is not created because of this. Since Arrakis has the only supply of spice in the known universe, spice is a valued commodity that is worth dying for. The people of Arrakis need a great deal of water. Arrakis is the only planet in that particular galaxy which is covered entirely with desert. The effects of technology on the people of Arrakis only goes far as the religion does. In that, any and all values that the people share are reflected upon religion. Because of the great greed that exists between the people, overlords will do anything to achieve their final goal. Killing and stripping family honor are one of the ways to achieve this goal. The people of Foundation are ...
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