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- 3061: African-American Troops in the Civil War: The 54th Massachusetts
- ... appointed colonel of the Fifty-fourth in February 1863 by Massachusetts governor John A. Andrew. As one of the first black units organized in the northern states, the Fifty-fourth was the object of great interest and curiosity, and its performance would be considered an important indication of the possibilities surrounding the use of blacks in combat. The regiment was composed primarily of free blacks from throughout the north, particularly Massachusetts ...
- 3062: CIA Covert Operations: Panama and Nicaragua
- ... Nicholas Barletta, as the presidential candidate for the military controlled Democratic Revolutionary Party(PRD). The U.S. feared that, if elected, Barletta and his anti-military platform would bring instability to Panama. The U.S. interest was to ensure that a new Panamanian president would continue to cooperate with U.S. efforts to overthrow the Sandinista government in Nicaragua and to defeat the insurgency in El Salvador. Noriega, a long-time ...
- 3063: Military Technology
- ... mission\\'s targets. At the same time, the specially trained military section of Electronic Warfare is constantly trying to hack into the enemy\\'s communication system both to capture and decrypt any messages of any interest and to jam their frequencies to prevent their internal communication. The section of Electronic Warfare can also hack into the enemy\\'s civil computer system to steal information or create disorder by for example shutting ...
- 3064: Technology And The Stock Market
- ... of their capital-raising activities and their shareholder services. Institutions get enhanced information flow from the trading floor, using new wireless technologies, as to pre-opening situations, depth of market, and indications of buy/sell interest by other large traders. Also supported are the fair, orderly, and deeply liquid markets which institutions require in order to allocate the funds they have under management whether placing orders in size for individual stocks ...
- 3065: The Steam Engine
- ... first type of cars, and was used for other road paving machines. If the first car was not powered by a steam engine, there is slim to none chance that people would have had an interest in these cars and started to experiment with them. And because of that, we would not have the same extraordinary means of car transportation as we do today. For the road paving machines, the steam ...
- 3066: Superconductors
- ... While researching properties of materials at absolute zero, this man found out that certain materials lost its resistance to the flow of electrons. For years to come, his discovery was at the head of theoretical interest. The only problem though, was that people at that time could not even think of a way to produce such a temperature, to allow materials to be superconductors at all times. This all changed in ...
- 3067: Internet Site Evaluations
- ... and finding neutral information lead to the third criterion when reviewing websites, point of view. The Internet is such a diverse resource that many people post up their own views and biases on topics of interest to them. When analyzing the bias of a website, there are, once again, a variety of factors which one must consider before beginning to use or understand a resource's full potential. To begin, one ...
- 3068: Computers Not The Greatest Invention Of The 20 Th Century
- ... Pioneers in this field were Commodore, Radio Shack and Apple Computers. In the early 1980's, arcade video games such as Pac Man and home video game systems such as the Atari 2600 ignited consumer interest for more sophisticated, programmable home computers. In 1981, IBM introduced its personal computer (PC) for use in the home, office and schools. The 1980's saw an expansion in computer use in all three arenas ...
- 3069: Computer Simulations
- ... wind direction and speed, temperature, relative humidity, altimeter setting, and solar and lunar light data. These weather elements must be allowed to range from tropical to arctic regions, to vary over the geographic area of interest, and to change as often as hourly. In addition, wind direction and speed and temperature in a vertical profile up to 70,000 feet must be allowed to impact Nuclear Biological and Chemical NBC) weapons ...
- 3070: Computer Crime 2
- ... crime with five keystrokes" on the computer. He could: (1) change credit records and bank balances; (2) get free limousines, airplane flights, hotel rooms, and meals "without anyone being billed"; (3) change utility and rent rates; (4) distribute computer software programs free to all on the Internet; and (5) easily obtain insider trading information. Though prison was "no fun," Lee admitted that he would certainly be tempted to do it all ...
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