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- 1381: The Critical Role Of Informati
- ... plans, budget forecasting, profit planing, and manpower planning. The second is Management Information Systems (MIS). This is a management system and is directed at middle managers in assisting them make decisions on sales management, inventory control, annual budgeting, and capital investment analysis. Another management level system is the Decision Support System (DSS) and is also directed at middle managers. This system is directed for the managers that are crippled by their ... workers. The last system is an operational level system called Transaction Processing Systems (TPS) directed towards operational personnel and supervisors. This system has many uses. The TPS is used for order tracking, order processing, machine control, plant scheduling, material movement control, securities trading, cash management, payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, compensation, Training and development, and employee recordkeeping. There are many examples of how information systems not only benefit the investor but also the customer (19). ...
- 1382: Technology The End Of Mankind
- ... virus that is going to cause every computer in operation to go haywire when the year 2000 comes around. Some of the things will be effected by this are personal computers, ATM’s, air traffic control and street and traffic lights. Even if none of these theories pan out, the hype alone that is being created by the media is predicted to cause enough chaos and pandemonium by itself. In a ... many casualties. Another branch of technology that has caused casualties in the past and is bound to cause many more in the future is weapons. The weapon that has had the most impact is the gun. It has killed millions, not only in wars, but in everyday life as well. In addition, there is the atomic bomb that killed thousands at Hiroshima. More recently there is the nuclear missile that is ...
- 1383: Genetic Faltering
- ... left to much gray area for scientists to “play” in. (Tagliaferro 70) The Asilomar Conference were a gigantic step forward, but they still left the scientists with to much freedom. The government should have taken control of the industry when it had the chance, but it let the chance slip through its fingers. After the Asilomar conferences, there were no major advancements until the early 1990’s. “In the early 1990 ... rights, and what rights the creators have. “While the 13th amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery can be interpreted as supporting all life, and denying who or what ever made them the right to control them” (Goldberg). According to the 13th amendment the creature should have the rights of an American citizen, and the creator would have no control over it. This exception would help total human clones, but what if it was a human-animal chimera? Would it have rights, or would it be an animal? The whole situation is murky, I ...
- 1384: MP3paper
- ... the internet. The most common player for MP3s is a program called Winamp. Winamp can be found at Winamp.com. I personally like this player because it has a digital equalizer, which gives you more control over the sound of the music. This player reads the songs directly off the hard drive so there is no need for a disk, CD, or tape of any kind. This player also has a feature of a playlist where songs can be added or deleted. Which gives another reason to choose MP3s over albums. The easy access and the convenience of being able to control the music you listen to has many record companies worried about the future of the their music business. They have started a movement to maintain their security by developing the SDMI or the Secure Digital Music Initiative (Machrone). This “initiative” is the record companies attempt to control the development of MP3s. Several experts say that it is too late “The Geenie has left the bottle and is not coming back.”(Machrone). This may be due to the several different ways to ...
- 1385: Magic And Science
- ... magic the central principle is misdirection. “It is the means by which the magician casts the psychological spell that makes the deception work and the illusion seem real”. A magician using misdirection is able to control what he would like the audience to see, as well as what they think they saw. Misdirection is a process in which the magician misdirects the audience’s attention away from the path by which ... of a trick (Blackstone, 140). There are basically two different types of misdirection, physical and mental misdirection. A combination of both skills is usually used to achieve a magical effect. “The purpose of misdirection to control the spectator’s attention so that he is looking at the wrong thing at the right time and away from that vulnerable weak point that can expose the working of the trick”. A sudden body ... is going on while the trick is actually performed. The hand will always be quicker then eye (Arieti, 210). Mental misdirection is far more difficult concept than physical misdirection. “Its effectiveness depends not on direct control of the spectator, but on a surreptitious derailing of his logical train of thought”. Magicians believe that a very good trick must have a surprise ending. It is true that good magic tricks have ...
- 1386: Alternative Medicine
- ... pain associated with the injury in widely differing manners. It is also important to consider how each form of treatment personally affects the individual. Obviously, the less invasive the treatment, the quicker the recovery. Pain control is another serious consideration. Simply resting may be adequate in some instances but if a serious injury exists, the long term result may be negative. Surgery generally generates substantial pain which requires pain control medication which, in some instances, can become addictive. In contrast, acupuncture causes very little, if any, discomfort and may provide a long term solution. “Acupuncture is most often used to treat pain, and is also ... went on to say: “Three hypotheses were tested. People seek out these alternatives because (1) they are dissatisfied in some way with conventional treatment; (2) they see alternative treatments as offering more personal autonomy and control over health care decisions; and (3) the alternatives are seen as more compatible with the patient’s values, worldview, or beliefs regarding the nature and meaning of health and wellness. Additional predictor variables explored ...
- 1387: Meth Labs
- ... is the Life or Meth Campaign. This campaign includes TV public service announcements, anti-methamphetamine posters, media kits, school counselor kits, chambers of commerce kits, and teen editor press kits. Another step taken to help control the problem is the Methamphetamine Control Act of 1996. Because there are no quantity limitations or uniform reporting requirements for iodine and red phosphorous, the chemicals needed to manufacture methamphetamines, law enforcement's ability to trace these chemicals is severely handicapped. The Control Act of 1996 establishes new controls over key chemicals and strengthens criminal penalties for possession and distribution of these chemicals. (http://www.senate.gov/~feinstein/meth1.html) As rural communities struggle just to survive, ...
- 1388: Linux 2
- ... line and scripting interface will perhaps soon emerge as a major selling point for advanced users. Windows and Macintosh treat all users alike, irrespective of skill level, and do not allow users to acquire more control over their machines with increasing experience. UNIX and LINUX systems, on the other hand, "scale" extremely well with experience, rewarding advanced users with dramatically greater productivity. Therefore, the argument that LINUX has no friendly interface ... box . In addition, all of the source code for the LINUX system, including the kernel, device drivers, libraries, user programs, and development tools, is freely distributable. Other specific internal features of LINUX include POSIX job control (used by shells like csh and bash), pseudoterminals (pty devices), and support for dynamically loadable national or customized keyboard drivers. LINUX supports virtual consoles that let you switch between login sessions on the same system ... is relatively expensive, not many LINUX users own it. However, binaries statically linked with Motif routines can be freely distributed. Networking LINUX supports two primary UNIX networking protocols: TCP/IP and UUCP. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the networking paradigm which allows systems all over the world to communicate on a single network, the Internet. With LINUX, TCP/IP, and a connection to the Internet, you can ...
- 1389: International Space Station
- ... because NASA was to be the main supplier of the International Space Station, building all the crew habitation modules, an emergency crew return vehicle, four out of the six sets of solar arrays, the main control module, the thermal control panels, and other small structures. NASA undertook most of the construction of the station due to the fact that the United States has superior technology, a better and more advanced space program than any other ... supporters, it began to take shape. Russia is the second largest supplier other than NASA, supplying many vital modules; the first was the Russian Functional Cargo Block (FGB). This module will be used for navigation, control, power, life support systems, and for crew living. It was scheduled to be launch in July along with the US Node 1, becoming the first pieces in orbit. Japan became next in line with ...
- 1390: Human Genome Project 2
- ... s children to the nth generation. This not only would go against the promise the pioneers had made, but also, as biophysicist Gregory Stock said, life would enter a new phase, one which we seize control of our own evolution. There was obviously great hesitation as to whether or not gene therapy should be used in a way that could be detrimental to our evolution, but with the confined use towards ... of making this happen is the ethical issue of only the rich being able to create a perfect society, then the poor will be even more outcast. All of a sudden we will have complete control over every characteristic of our children. If we want them to be tall, smart, attractive, and have an intriguing personality, it will be possible. There will be no more children struck with handicaps. Again, it ... from Watson and Crick in 1953 to the very near future, the advances and discoveries of science have taken us from a very controlled and uninformed society to a futuristic Sci-Fi dominance where we control our evolution. Will the hesitation caused by ethical views be able to hold back a chaotic future? Biotechnological advances have taken us from the question of, Where do we begin? to the ever haunting ...
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