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- 4441: Internet And Internet Security
- The Internet is an awesome way of contact and a great source of information that is becoming a lot more popular for people who are interested in, and have the time to surf the ‘information superhighway’. The major problem with this much information being reachable to ... The government gives citizens the privilege of using the Internet, but it has never given them the right to use it. The government seems to think that the makers of the constitution planned & plotted at great length to make certain that the corrupt pornographer and the pervert has to be free to practice their hunt in the company of childrenon a multi-million user network that is paid for by taxpayers ...
- 4442: F117 Nighthawk Stealth Fighter
- ... What makes the Nighthawk so stealthy are Radar Absorbent Materials or RAMs for short. The primary RAM for the Nighthawk is Dow Chemical’s Fibaloy.(Jones, 1989, p.45+77) Fibaloy is black and has great radar-energy absorbency.(Jones, 1989, p.45) Fibaloy is made by inserting glass fibers into plastic. (Jones, 1989, p.45) Another RAM is Reinforced Carbon Fiber. Reinforced Carbon Fiber absorbs and diminishes radar-energy. It ... strike in the daytime, though. They did very well in operation "DESERT STORM" due to its mission success rate. Conclusion I think that the Nighthawk is a truly magnificent technological marvel. Lockheed has made a great aircraft that I think will influence battles to come. This aircraft probably has a long future ahead of it. References “Department of the Air Force: Fact Sheet: F-117A Nighthawk.” http://www.af.mil/news ...
- 4443: Computers 2
- ... pay a certain amount to be advertised forever on the net. People can also notice the changes of advertising on the T.V., also. Not until the last few years have people noticed that a great deal of the commercials on T.V. are computer-related. These two combined have made the advertising businesses boom. Not only just on the T.V., but also on the net. Another area affected is ... not only help with young kids, but for all different ages. They now have software that helps kids study for such tests as the ACT and SAT. These can come in handy and be a great benefit when the test rolls around. Multimedia programs give people the chance to have a whole set of encyclopedias, almanacs, maps, dictionaries, and other informational tools (Stross 62). Computers have also allowed many mathematical equations ...
- 4444: Computer Mouse
- ... the movements created by the mouse. Clicking the mouse button will allow for certain programs or operations to happen. Douglas C. Engelbart is the first person to develop the original computer mouse. He completed a great deal of different studies in regard to human interpretation with the computer. Englebart completed a study of augmentation, which he defines as using technology to assist the intellect. The computer mouse came out of Engelbart ... with its own processor which will allow for it to produce the sensations required. The computer mouse has come a long way from what is used to be. Douglas Engelbart invention has allowed for a great deal of innovation in the computer industry. All of the computers created today are using the computer mouse as standard equipment. The computer mouse makes it easier for the user to interact with the computer ...
- 4445: Battle Of Computer Bytes
- ... it was the PC. Now it is a much different show. With the release of Windows 95 and the dynamics of the hardware market have changed the equation. On the other hand, Apple has made great price reductions on many of their computers last October. You can now buy a reasonably equipped Power Macintosh at about the same price as a PC that has about the same things. This makes the competition much harder. Windows 3.x have been great improvements over the earlier versions of Windows, and of course over DOS, but it still didn't compete against the ease of use on a Mac. The Windows 95 interface is much better than Windows ...
- 4446: An Overview Of Hacking
- ... Caryl, par. 7) Russian hackers do not tamper with systems in Russia, because the Police take swift and vicious revenge for such actions. But other countries systems are another matter, because of the promise of great gain and potentially little risk of being caught. (Caryl, par. 8) Even though the theft of money is a growing problem, there are other things for hackers to steal. For instance, hospitals have very elaborate ... without incurring long distance charges. Combating hackers is a very expensive process. It is estimated that in 1997 a total of $6.3 billion dollars will be spent on computer security. (Lohr, par. 1) A great deal of this will go to protect against computer viruses. A computer virus is a very small program that can clone itself at will, over disks and phone lines, and usually causes some devastating impact ...
- 4447: Prescribed Burning
- ... attains pinnacle and peak status on the "back row" of the grandstand, leaves forests and their fuels behind, then plummets to the Nevada desert below. The southern and central parts of the range are a great place to experiment with prescribed fire, because predictable westerly winds from the Pacific will eventually lead most forest fires to solid, fireproof granite - your ultimate firebreak, with few towns or ranches in harm's way ... potential impediment to prescribed burning in the U.S., where the Clean Air Act is in place. No matter that turn-of-the-century surveyors recorded days of paddling canoes through heavy smoke in the Great Lakes region, or that Oregon Trail journals are replete with entries about smoke and haze - in both cases probably the result of a combination of lightning- and Indian-ignited fires. In other words, much of ...
- 4448: The Jovian Planets
- ... theory is that the jet stream at the belt-zone boundaries are linked to circulation patterns deep in the liquid interior" (Seeds, 520) One of the most prominent features in Jupiter’s atmosphere is the Great Red Spot or GRS. The GRS is an oval about 12000 by 25000 km. At first sight the GRS is similar to a hurricane on earth but with infrared observations and by observing the direction ... the rings look bright. The particles found in Jupiter’s rings are believed to be the remains of a moon that moved in too close to the Roche limit and was torn apart. Like a great king with many followers, Jupiter also has an extremely large amount of satellites orbiting around it. Jupiter’s satellites can be divided into two groups. The smaller moons are merely captured asteroids but the larger ...
- 4449: The Critical Role Of Informati
- ... fields now account for 75 percent of the American gross national product (GNP), and nearly 70 percent of the labor force (7). In a knowledge and information based economy, information technology and systems take on great importance. For instance, information technology constitutes for more than 70 percent of the invested capital in service industries like finance, insurance, and real estate. This means that managers’ decisions about information technology will be the ... the quality of information systems serving them. Management decisions about information technology are critically important to the survival of a firm. Consider also that the growing power of information technology makes possible new services of great economic value. Consider that credit cards, overnight package delivery, and worldwide reservation systems are examples of services that are based on new information technologies. Information systems have many uses. They not only help you track ...
- 4450: Ecology Assignment
- ... forever. Fossil fuels will run out eventually, natural gas will run out also and so will timber and forest. Because of this, these resources must be used sparingly. Alternate energy sources and recycling are a great way to do this. We must be aware that we are not the only ones on this planet and we must set aside some for the other animals of this world. 12. Brief definitions of ... if thjis is a fact the sea level will rise by 50 centimetres, and obviously more Global Warming will follow with the sea level to rise more. The possible consequences of Global Warming are so great, the world's top scientists have urged immediate action and have called for international cooperation on the problem.
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