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- 1371: U.S. Wage Trends
- ... been the preferred media. Because it captures the minds of most Americans, it is the preferred method of persuasion by political figures, multinational corporate advertising, and the upper 2% of the elite, who have an interest in controlling public opinion. Newspapers and radio experienced this same history, but are now somewhat obsolete in the science of changing public opinion. Though I do not suspect television to become completely obsolete within the ... and no need for millions of dollars of equipment. But, in reviewing our history, we find that newspaper; radio and television were once unregulated too. It is easy to see why government has such an interest in regulating the Internet these days. Though public opinion supports regulating sexual material on the Internet, it is just the first step in total regulation, as experienced by every other popular mass media in our ...
- 1372: The History of Walmart
- ... was over leveraged and lacked focus. Kmart was a retailer in distress. Walton could see that, and he knew it was time to seize the moment and go for the jugular. In the sluggish, high-interest-rate economy of the early '80s, Kmart faltered and Wal-Mart ate its proverbial lunch. Employee Satisfaction Sam is notorious for calling his employees, "as did J. C. Penney, 'associates'" instead of clerks or workers ... Few could argue with Adam Smith's statement that "It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest." Those businesses that refuse to look after their own self-interests will not be businesses long enough to have any impact. At the same time, however, there can certainly be regard for a larger purpose ...
- 1373: A Short History On Computers
- ... steam powered and fully automatic, including the printing of the resulting tables, and commanded by a fixed instruction program. Babbage continued to work on it for the next 10 years, but in 1833 he lost interest because he thought he had a better idea -- the construction of what would now be called a general purpose, fully program-controlled, automatic mechanical digital computer. Babbage called this idea an Analytical Engine. The plans ... of 1,000 such digits. The machine was supposed to operate automatically, by steam power, and require only one person there. Babbage's computers were never finished. After Babbage, there was a temporary loss of interest in automatic digital computers. A strong need thus developed for a machine that could rapidly perform many repetitive calculations. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Use of Punched Cards by Hollerith A step towards automated computing was the development of punched ...
- 1374: Web Advertising – Is It Really Worth It?
- ... over a thousand tenants ranging from large corporations such as ABSA to small retailers and service providers. Bruce Cohen, general manager of M-Web interactive, claims that, “The M-Web mall is designed to accelerate interest in online shopping by providing a one-stop shopping environment under one virtual roof.” It is estimated that there is more than five million commercial pages on the Web, more than 100 companies are going ... is the lack of intrusiveness it offers. The persuasive elements of the Internet advertisement usually lie at least a few clicks away from the user’s current location. This could cause the user to lose interest in the product or then be intrigued by another banner. The World Wide Web, can support both consumer marketing and trade marketing objectives. The Web and its importance as a new medium has been recognized ...
- 1375: Machiavellis Ideas Of Government
- ... of storing up good works, so as to enjoy paradise, as the medieval man did, the Renaissance man was interested in all things, enjoyed life, strove for worldly acclaim and wealth, and had a deep interest in classical civilizations. He was born at a time of conflict within Florence, Italy, between the republican leaders and the family of the Medici s, of which the Machiavelli s, especially, had a history of ... better to seem good than to be good. To him, a good ruler is one that is seen as merciful, faithful, humane, frank and religious so long as it does not interfere with his best interest. He sees no purpose in restraining and controlling oneself for the society because the society will not prosper if the ruler does not. Ruthlessness, maliciousness, and deviousness are all hailed as being acceptable, in fact ...
- 1376: How to Start a Billiard Club Business
- ... some of the smaller banks to take some chances they perhaps wouldn't have taken before. Small businesses are often the beneficiaries of those changes. Each year, the Small Business Administration publishes a report that rates commercial banks on their small business lending performance. Contact the SBA for more information. A second solution chosen by many small businesses is to raise the money yourself, such as by taking out a second ... Availability of workforce - Availability of physical plants - Community services and amenities - Cost of physical plant - Location of competitors - Parking facilities - Proximity to markets - Suitability of location for future expansion - Taxes - Traffic flow - Transportation facilities - Transportation rates - Wage scales in the locality Determine Equipment Needs The type of business you operate will in large part dictate what equipment and other fixed assets you'll require to properly run your business. We can ...
- 1377: Book Report For The Odyssey
- ... because this story taught me about some of the social practices of the Greeks. It taught me that men were dominant and women played a submissive role in their society. The themes in the story interest men: war, hunting, and problems of warriors while the things that interest women are left out completely or are dealt with briefly. In the Greek society, women were valued but participated in worldly affairs only with open approval from the men who directed their lives. Penelope, Odysseus ...
- 1378: Bill Gates
- ... and William Henry Gates Jr. His childhood was uneventful and was well raised. He went to Sunday school at the Congregational church and sang in the choir. He was a Boy Scout but never showed interest for either of these activities. Gates was an unusual child who spent long periods in his room in deep thought. He loved science and showed great skill in the area of math. In fact he ... Stephens was amazed at Gates' memory. She commented on how Gates had remembered a 3-page soliloquy for a school play in one reading. He read often, tried to take up the trombone, had no interest in philosophy but rather thought of himself as a "scientist." His science teacher, William Dougall, remembers if the teacher wasn't going fast enough, "Bill always seemed on the verge of saying, 'But that's ...
- 1379: Sir Wilfrid Laurier
- ... worldwide alliance of free and equal nations, and he opposed every attempt to limit Canada's freedom. Laurier's liberal immigration policy brought hundreds of thousands of settlers to the western provinces. He reduced postal rates, promoted the building of railroads needed for national expansion, and appointed a commission to regulate railroad rates. After 15 years in office his government was defeated, presumably on the issue of reciprocal trade with the United States. Laurier believed, however, that his political defeat was caused primarily by opponents in Ontario who ...
- 1380: Atm Network
- ... to provide capacity to transport voice signals, which provides very limited bandwidth and therefore a low maximum rate of data transfer. The noise present in the PSTNs due to poor channel quality lowers information transfer rates, since redundancy in the data is required to perform error checking. Solutions for data communications were developed, including the packet switching transfer mode. With this system, the transmitter splits the data to be transferred into ... requiring less overhead ·S AAL ·Signaling AAL to provide assured transport ·needed because signaling protocols (such as Q.2931) assume messages are always delivered and do not offer retransmission facilities ·Segmentation and Reassembly ·Handles adapting rates and cell jitter · The ATM layer takes the data to be sent and adds the 5 byte header information that assures the cell is sent on the right connection. Also performs routing, traffic management, multiplexing ...
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