|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 461 - 470 of 1468 matching essays
- 461: Software Piracy and it's Effects
- ... underground bulletin boards ( BBS ) that contain pirate software. A user who logs on to one of these BBS can download Full version of Pirate Software provided one too can give something in return. On the Internet there are binary Newsgroup such as alt.binaries.warez, WWW pages and FTP sites that also contain Pirate Software. On the Newsgroup the Files are send upon request from anonymous users. As a result people who have access to the Internet can retrieve these Software Program free of charge. The person posting the Pirate software could be from a countries that has no copyright laws. These methods used in Software Piracy are hard to stop because of the fact it is done on the Internet and between individual form different counties. Buying one legitimate copy of a Software package and then offering it over an internal network so that it can be accessed by more than one individual at ...
- 462: Books And Technology Is The Future Of Printed Books In Jeopa
- ... own minds to accomplish certain tasks. Our minds are not going to grow if we depend on a machine to think for us. Yes, there is a plethora of information available to us on the Internet, but is anyone applying it to everyday life? Maybe so, but there is nothing like researching your interests through your own motivation. It is not hard to go to the library and read through books ... experience of reading a hand-held book feeds into thinking about it." (Lauerman). I feel that nothing can replace the experience of reading a book of a respective interest. You can find information on the Internet, but this process is almost too easy in the sense that you can read only specific areas of a subject without exploring all areas of that particular subject. It is hard to have an objective mindset if that is the way you research. Although millions of people surf the Internet and gain information, they are not really processing it in their minds. An author states, "Inhabitants of digital culture watch text and graphics scrolling down and streaming across computer monitors. But they don't ...
- 463: History of Computers
- ... link and communicate with other computers. The United States government initially designed and utilized these type of computers in the 1960's in order to better the national response to nuclear threats and attacks. The Internet developed as a direct result of this communication system. In the 1990's, there were literally thousands of these communication computers scattered all over the world and they served as the communication traffic managers for the entire Internet. One source stated it best concerning the volume of Internet computers by revealing, "... the number of hosts on the Internet began an explosive growth. By 1988 there were over 50,000 hosts. A year later, there were three times that many" (Campbell-Kelly and ...
- 464: Health
- Edgar Allen Poe Who is Edgar Allen Poe? He was a 19th century American writer born to Elizabeth ( betty ) Arnold Hopkins and David Poe. (Internet source) Poe was an well-educated individual. He would attend a private school in London and then an academy in Richmond. Later being accepted to the University of Virginia, this however would not work out ... His story MS. Found in a Bottle was considered to be the one of the world s first science fiction stories, he won both the $50 prize and acclaim for its 24-year-old author. (Internet source) He would then work at several different editorials, none of which really worked out for him. His dream though would be to own a magazine or paper of his own. He would come close ... Edgar Allen Poe? Through his lifetime many different misfortunes and disasters would strike him. All of these would shape him and his writing to what we now associate as the father of modern diabolic fiction. (Internet source) The first of the tragedies to plague him would be the abandonment by his father. He would grow never knowing who his real father was. His father had left his family when Edgar ...
- 465: Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X
- ... poor social conditions that blacks lived in on the whites. "His past ghetto life prepared him to reject non-violence and integration and to accept a strong separatist philosophy as the basis for black survival," (Internet, Malcolm X anniversary). He even believed at one time that whites were agents of the devil. As a result, "Malcolm X recommended a separatist and nationalist strategy for black survival," (pg. 57, Malcolm X: The ... his listeners to hatred of white America. Malcolm X used direct and to the point language which could be understood by all levels of society. "He had mastery in language and could project his ideas," (Internet, Remember Malcolm X) This creativity in language helped build the Black Muslim Movement in the United States. In his "Definition of a Revolution" speech, delivered in November 1963, Malcolm X openly justifies violence as a ... mountain shall be made low, the rough places shall be made plain, and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the glory of the lord shall be revealed, and all shall see it together," ( Internet, Martin Luther King s I Have a Dream speech) Unlike Malcolm X, King does not incite his followers to riot and hate, but encourages his followers to remember that all people are God s ...
- 466: Princess Diana 2
- ... working as a part time kindergarten teacher at the Young England School in Pimlico. On top of that, she also was a part time nanny who spent her time looking after a small child ( Diana Internet). On February 24, 1981 the engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana was announced (Delano 36). The couple later was married at St. Paul s Cathedral in London on July 29, 1981. The wedding ceremony ... Diana was the first English woman in three hundred years to marry an heir to the British throne. Diana wore a silk dress designed by the Emanuels, which trailed a twenty-five foot train ( Diana Internet). A year later June 21, 1982 Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis was born at St. Mary s Hospital. Two years later Charles and Diana s second child, Harry Charles Albert David was born on Sept ... the nation on Sunday August 31 1997. Princess Diana and her new found companion Mr. Dodi Fayed were both killed in a horrible car accident at the Place del Alma underpass in Central Paris ( Diana Internet). This was a shock and tragedy to everyone. This beautiful fairy tale princess was now dead. On Saturday September 6, 1997, Diana s funeral service was held at her family estate at Althorp. She ...
- 467: Coputers In Modern Society
- ... at high rates of speed. One such microprocessor is the Intel Pentium chip that is the fastest commercial microprocessor on the market. In addition to internal speed and to allow faster hook- up to the Internet, faster telephone lines, most notably the fiber optic lines, have been added, for an extra charge, to transfer data about 4 times faster than conventional phone lines (about 28,000 bits per second has been ... processors. With the use of word processors on a computer comes the use of spell check which is only offered on a few typewriters. The most growing part of the computer-oriented world is the Internet. It allows users to send electronic mail (E-mail), faster and more conveniently than conventional, or "snail" mail. In addition to text sent, the user may opt to send a program or picture attached to the letter. In addition to electronic mail, the Internet is also used to give information on almost any topics. It is a tool now common in college research because it offers millions of sources and there is no limit to finding information. It ...
- 468: Computers Related To Turf Grass Industries
- ... the day. Hopefully technology can produce an environmental friendly machine, while not putting the oil industry in a bind, " And also keep the governments hands out of the cookie jar with new environmental taxes"!!!!!! The Internet has become a very important tool to the people in the turfgrass industry. At any given time a golf course superintendent can log onto various company's home pages to learn something about their product ... on a certain mower model, engine size or anything you need to know. It will list a price and even the shipping and handling and the salesman's commission. Perhaps the best part about the Internet, is all the turfgrass related information that is at your fingertips.(Beard 120) One can access the three dominating turfgrass schools in just seconds.(Beard 122) Those three schools would be Texas A@M, Mississippi ... tips on what chemicals will best control the problem, and how much to spray. If that's not enough they give tips on employee management, and possible job opportunities with the college. How can the Internet and computer technology possibly make my future job any easier, I might ask. Well that is an easy question to answer. Toro, Rainbird, and Flowtronics PSI, have found a way to make water management ...
- 469: Battle Royal
- ... will it eliminate competition for scarce resources. Affirmative action programs can only ensure that every one has a fair chance at what is available. Works cited “ Affirmative action.” History of Affirmative Action. Online. Norview Lib. Internet March 22,1999. “ Affirmative Action.” What is Affirmative Action. Online. Norview Lib. Internet March 22, 1999. Greenberg, David. “ Affirmative Action. “ Beltway Watch. Online. Norview Lib. Internet. March 22, 1999. Holhut, Randolph. The Hottest of the Hot Button: Racism and Affirmative Action. Online. Norview Lib. Internet. 1996. March 22, 1999.
- 470: Computers In Education
- ... and use different fonts. In some classrooms the teachers use computers to compound what they teach. Computers can be used as projectors, to run programs, or simply to print out information quickly. Use of the internet is also now part of the modern classroom. There are many tutorial programs available. They are excellent in helping students hone their skills at home. These programs are for the most part affordable and have a wide range of topics. Many young children start using these even before entering school so that they are more prepared when they enter. Internet access is arguably the best form of computer innovations. Students and teachers alike can use the internet to do research. Researching on the internet is easy and enables one to access many things that they could not with conventional means. Furthermore teachers and students can use it to communicate or to ...
Search results 461 - 470 of 1468 matching essays
|
