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- 851: Contrasting the Two Forms of Mail
- ... attached to messages, though the messages and files themselves are not damaged in any way. Yet, the old method of mail has even more problems. First, since humans deliver the envelopes, error is not uncommon. Letters have been delivered to the wrong address on numerous occasions, or lost all together. Not to mention, criminals and dishonest postal workers have stolen money, packages, and other items. In short, both e-mail and ...
- 852: Censorship and the Internet
- ... Usenet there are many newsgroups which center their conversations on many varied topics. For example, alt.music.beatles would focus the discussion on the Beatles. This would be done through posts or articles almost like letters sent into a large pot where everyone can read and reply. Many controversial newsgroups exist and they are created easily. It is possible to transfer obscene and pornographic material through these newsgroups." This is exactly ...
- 853: The Computer
- ... however, are digital machines whose components have a finite number of states-for example, the 0 or 1, or on or off of bits. These bits can be combined to denote information such as numbers, letters, graphics, and program instructions. Software Software is the data that controls and manipulates computers. For example, when you start the computer the first thing that is it looks for is the operating system, this also ...
- 854: Censor the Internet?
- ... becomes almost impossible. A good example of this is the junk mail that people refer to as spam. These include e-mails advertising products or usenet articles that are open for flames. Flames are heated letters that many times have no meaning behind them. These seem to float around for ages before dying out because they are perfect material for flamewars. Flamewars are long, drawn out and highly heated discussions consisting ...
- 855: Nanotechnology: Immortality Or Total Annihilation?
- ... these questions are answered, nanotech is regarded as silly (Stix 98). But the nanotech optimists are still out there. They contend that the progress made by a team at IBM who was able to write letters and draw pictures atom by atom actually began the birth of nanotech (Darling 49). These same people answer the scientific questions by replying that a breakthrough is not needed, rather the science gained must be ...
- 856: Communication Technology
- ... over the world to design and manufacture new products and buildings. These drafts and designs are compatible all over the world because there is a international standard. Standards are rules that say what symbols and letters can be used on drawings. The American National Standards Institute sets the standards for the U.S. so that any trained professional can follow a design. Technical designs are a big part of everything. There ...
- 857: GPS: The Future of Navigation and Technology
- ... the-shelf radio communications equipment and GPS receivers with specially developed software, DFIRST enables armored units to conduct highly realistic combat practice to improve their battle readiness. Inside the 70-ton Abrams tank, these block letters glow softly on the in-vehicle display screen, informing the crew of Charley 12 that it is now operating in a live distributed bat- tlefield simulation. Departing from traditional training methods in which combat units ...
- 858: Censorship And The Internet
- ... becomes almost impossible. A good example of this is the junk mail that people refer to as spam. These include e-mails ad vertising products, usenet articles that are open for flames. Flames are heated letters that many times have no founding behind them. These seem to float around for ages before dying out because they are perfect material for flamewars. Flamewars are long, drawn out and highly heated discussions consisting ...
- 859: Porn on the Internet
- ... not possess credit cards to purchase them with. Those people who brace pornography on the Internet cannot honestly support the fact that when entering a pornographic site, a child is presented with BIG, BOLD, COLORED LETTERS that practically spell out the words free sex. A child can enter the site, www.pornographymovies.com, and is bombarded with the titles "UNCENSORED Pornography Pictures Web Site" and "We all need hot Pornography pictures ...
- 860: The Electronic Computer
- ... preserved and distributed information. Clockwork mechanisms kept track of times, dates, and the motions of astronomical bodies. Simple mechanical devices helped diplomats and spies to encipher and decipher secret messages. Clockwork-driven robots that wrote letters and played musical instruments entertained the courts of Europe. Element of all of these innovations can be found in modern computer systems. The technology that led most directly to the computer was carrying out arithmetical ...
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