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- 11931: How Technology Has Hurt Us
- ... our country and keep freedom it seems to have done the opposite. Drive by shootings are a daily occurence in our big cities. More people are turning the guns on themselves. Kids bring guns to school with them for protection against people who may use a gun on them for retaliation. Politically its divided the nation on whether private citizens should be able to carry guns. Disposable items have caused a ...
- 11932: HDTV
- ... September 1992 NBC's WRC-TV in Washington DC became the first television station in the country to send HDTV signals over the air waves. WRC- TV's general manager then stated, "With advanced digital high-definition television, viewers will experience unmatched picture quality and superior sound resolution." There are many pro's and con's regarding having HDTV as the new standard. Not all broadcasters are interested in HDTV at ...
- 11933: The History of The Airship
- ... antisubmarine warfare. Some countries were also showing an equal interest in airships for civil aviation and advertising purposes. In present day, airships may be observed at any given football game as the "Goodyear Blimp" hovers high above the stadium and transfers live video feed to the viewers at home. In conclusion, ever since man has learned to fly, there have been airships. These seemingly harmless giants can pack an enormous punch ...
- 11934: Development of the Submarine
- ... guidance rockets. The V-1 had a Circular Error Probable (CEP) rating of eight nautical miles. When the rocket reached the area of its target, its engine would be shut off by a timer. The high CEP meant that the missile could detonate anywhere in an eight mile circle around the target. Obviously, this kind of accuracy was unacceptable. With the Loon and the Regulus, this problem was combated by placing ...
- 11935: Satellites
- ... for exhaustion of these gases ends a craft's useful career. Under such stresses, many satellites last 2 years. When death is only a second away, controllers may command the craft to jump into a high orbit, so it will move up away from earth, keeping orbital paths from becoming too cluttered. Others become ensnarled in the gravity web; slowly they are drawn into gravitational that serve as space graveyards. A ...
- 11936: Hackers and Security. What Are the Effects of Data Encryption and Firewalls?
- Hackers and Security. What Are the Effects of Data Encryption and Firewalls? Over the last several years, the computer industry has grown to an all time high of technology and knowledge. With the existence of hackers, swift precautions are being taken. The placement of firewalls and the task of data encryption are becoming a necessary fact of business for those with confidential ...
- 11937: Telecommuting
- ... between a new opportunity or no opportunity, because their spouse does not want to or cannot change employment. If either person could telecommute, the decision would be much easier. Also, telecommuting promotes safety by reducing high way use by people rushing to get to work. There are thousands of traffic-related deaths every year and thousands more people severely injured trying to get to work. In addition there is substantial property ...
- 11938: Wire Pirates
- ... up a computer, a modem and $20 a month in connection fees can have a direct link to the Internet and be subject to break-ins - or launch attacks on others. The internal network of high-technology company may look much like the young Internet - dozens or even hundreds of users, all sharing information freely, making use of data stored on a few file servers, not even caring which workstation they ...
- 11939: Windows NT
- ... MCI both have each built collections of phone lines and routers that crisscross the United States and can carry large amounts of data. There are six companies in the US with large, nationwide networks of high-speed phone lines and routers. These companies include, MCI, Sprint, AGIS, UUNet/AlterNet, ANS, and PSI. They make up what they often call the 'Internet Backbone'. Data packets travelling on a 'backbone' network stay within ...
- 11940: Windows 95 the O/S of the Future
- ... a chip that communicates with Windows 95 to find out where it needs to put itself in the address map. This allows users to have fancy big screen monitors and connect to the Internet with high speed modems. They can also put in faster video cards that use all the nice Windows 95 features, thus making their computing less complicated Windows 95 is set up with novice users in mind. As ...
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