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- 1421: Loophole Or A Conspiracy?
- ... loophole, then we are in great danger because everything you can imagine is stored in the computers and large databases. This article just proves my point on Microsoft's power to influence and danger our personal everyday lives. Did you know that there is a secret imbedded program called " The Hall Of Tortured Souls"? Yes, there is that secret program imbedded in the Microsoft's Excel 95. This program was written ... their programs, the question of what other secretly imbedded programs are their in the other Microsoft's software. What can these secret program do? This scares me as I write this paper because I am writing with Microsoft's Word program. Can somebody be reading what I am writing or hacking through my system as I write? It looks like we all have to wait until they come up with a fix patch program to address these security issues. In the mean time, ...
- 1422: Propaganda in the Online Free Speech Campaign
- ... name, address, and other information so that it can be sent to the headquarters of an organization. When compared to the traditional process of walking into a traditional storefront, talking with a human, and then writing out your membership information on paper, this new electronic method is superior. A person can become an online free speech supporter at 2am while sitting in his or her underwear and eating leftovers while sitting ... first sees the EFF's opening page is to join the EFF, the Blue Ribbon Campaign, or both.. Joining the Blue Ribbon Campaign is simple, and basically involves just giving them a small amount of personal information and then copying one of several blue ribbon icons to be used on your web site. There are many, many different blue ribbons available of all different sizes and compositions, but they all revolve ... of dates that is easy to access, without having to search all over the site for things. Also, the information here is available for download so that it can be put into a person's personal time management software on his or her own computer. This gives the EFF an indirect link to remind you where to go and when. Job openings provides information about applying to the EFF for ...
- 1423: A Comparison of Hamlet and McMurphy in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- ... another striking resemblance is the aptitude of these two characters. A consequential parallel between them is also their use of this intellect to set and trap the other characters. McMurphy does this with interest in personal gain, as he often maneuvers the other patients into betting against him when unbeknownst to them, the odds are in McMurphy's favor: "He let the odds stack up, and sucked them in deeper and deeper till he had five to one on a sure thing from every man of them, some of them betting up to twenty dollars." Hamlet as well manipulates for personal gain, though his is not monetary. He plots to fulfill he need for absolute certainty; his, is a plot for information. Certainly, the best example of this, is the influence Hamlet uses on the play ... or an obnoxious young man. That a modern story such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest can be so precisely related to an unquestionable tragedy, proves that modern fictionists are indeed capable of writing this form of literature. The success of this novel as a play and as a film also attests to this. It seems that characters such as R.P.McMurphy are suitable to audiences in ...
- 1424: Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell
- Animal Farm: Communism Through The Eyes of George Orwell Throughout history, writers have written about many different subjects based on their personal experiences. George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Blair. He is one of the most famous political satirists of the twentieth century. He was born in Bengal, India in 1903 to an English Civil ... the fact that he spent many years living with Communists in northern Great Britain (a small number of people started to follow Communism in northern Great Britain when it started in Russia). George Orwell's writing was affected greatly by his personal beliefs about Socialism, Communism, Fascism, and Totalitarianism, and by the revolts, wars, and revolutions going on in Europe and Russia at the time of his writings. George Orwell was a Socialist2 himself, and he ...
- 1425: The Future Of The Race
- ... his assumption that altruism flowed automatically from higher education. The Best Men had not become the best men. He lamented that the Talented Tenth had mostly produced self-indulgent egotists who turned their training toward personal advancement. Meanwhile, Du Bois had been learning to respect the masses from reading Marx. Nonetheless, he still cherished a hope that a new, self-sacrificing Talented Tenth of internationally minded men still men would ally ... humanity intact. Now he feels lucky to be the servant with eleven talents, wondering only occasionally why he is still here and flourishing and his heroes are not. West s essay, at odds with this personal warmth and engagement, is downright gloomy. His title Black Strivings in a Twilight Civilization owes as much to the French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritains 1939 Twilight of Civilization as to Du Bois s concern with ... theodicy, weak allegory, and superficial symbolism." Tainted by patriarchy, his ideal of the Talented Tenth s mission now requires complete reformulation. Du Bois also failed intellectually by not engaging Russian pre-Revolutionary thinkers and the writing of Central European Jews between the two world wars. Tolstoy, Chekhov and Kafka new better than to place their faith in Enlightenment or Victorian values. They resisted the temptation of optimism. Despite all his ...
- 1426: Benjamin Franklin
- ... boy, Franklin liked to write his name in a fancy manner. But one day an old man who was visiting them saw the elaborate signature and remarked, "What fool wrote this?" After that, Ben started writing his name in a plain style. At age 10 Ben helped his father in his shop cutting candlewicks and filling molds. He spent much of his time reading and also became a fantastic swimmer. This ... navigation, and grammar. He loved a set of papers by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele called the "Spectator" and would read the essays it contained and rewrite them in his own style. He found his writing style by comparing the original essay and his and finding the mistakes. Franklin loved to read. When he was 16, he tried to save money to buy more books by only eating vegetables to cut ... stove, among other things. What made his achievements during these years even more remarkable was the fact that Franklin had no formal education in the sciences. He relied purely on his powers of observation, his personal intellect and curiosity. With a good sense of humor, he had many friends including those who specialized in science. From letters and conversations with these scientists, Franklin gained insight and ideas for his experiments. ...
- 1427: Loves Music, Loves to Dance: Summary
- ... Then I'll stop(p.1). Charley is a psycho killer in the novel Loves Music, Loves to Dance by Mary Higgens Clark. This novel is about two girls, Darcy and Erin, who are answering personal ads because their friend is doing a story about people who place and answer ads. Erin goes on one particular date with a man who calls himself Charles North. Erin is found dead two days ... she was found she was wearing one of her own shoes and an unmatched ballroom dancing shoe. The FBI figures out that there is a serial killer and they urge everyone not to answer the personal ads. Despite what everyone says, Darcy keeps answering, these ads in hope that she will find Erin's killer. Darcy goes on many dates and the one person she would never suspect. While at his ... Darcy is on a date with Michael Nash, otherwise known as Charles North. She starts to get very nervous because he is acting extremely strange, so she decides to walk around a little at his writing cabin. Darcy goes to sit back down on the couch and steps on something almost completely covered by the fringe on the rug. Ignoring it, she sits down and begins shaking uncontrollably. While shaking ...
- 1428: David Copperfield: A Novel of Hypocrisy, Sexual Degradation, Selfish Exploitation, and Fraud
- ... Copperfield in the question are all very true in their own respect. This is basically because Dickens chose to write about life and in life all these terms apply. By the time that Dickens began writing David Copperfield he was already a profound author with great popularity. I believe he wanted to portray life as best he could, he wanted to show what life was to him: and what better way than a biography closely related to Dickens himself. We could call it a 'Novel of personal memory' but we have to keep in mind the full original title: 'The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of David Copperfield, the Younger, of Bluderstone Rookery. (Which he never meant to published on any account.) This complete title strongly suggests that this is one man's story ...
- 1429: Assisted Suicide
- ... cases it is impossible for the patient to do so. In ancient times, euthanasia was encountered often. However, suicide was condemned. During the sixteenth century, some people began to see it as more of a personal choice. It eventually became decriminalized, but assisted suicide and euthanasia are still crimes in most countries.3 The introduction of powerful analgesics caused a rise in the interest in the "right to die" movement. It ... so. A doctor must determine the patient has less than six months to live. A second doctor must decide that they are mentally competent and not suffering from depression. The patient must request it in writing with two witnesses, and then 48 hours before the doctor delivers the prescription the request must be repeated orally.1 It must be a voluntary act. However, those jugements are left to the physician. So ... and picketed outside a Supreme Court building.12 The emotions of the rights issue has been compared to that of abortion. Both of these issues dig into whether we have the right to choose such personal issues. People can feel very strongly about the issues of mercy killing, whether they oppose or support it. The lack of laws cause people to avoid prosecution for assisting in a suicide. Kevorkian has ...
- 1430: Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man": A Review
- ... his repressed beliefs, and to a new life of freedom. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a literary work that has many distinct aspects involved in it. The stylistic method of writing that Joyce uses is perhaps the most notable of them. Not once in the novel are quotation marks used, making it difficult to judge where dialogue begins and ends. This very fact, however, lends itself ... time frame of the story, as well as the simple determination of Stephen's age, is difficult to grasp during certain instances. Joyce may have utilized this to allow the reader to bring a more personal approach to the reading and understanding of the work. This, too, is a fascinating aspect of the novel. Many critics believe that Portrait is an autobiographical piece of fiction. Many similarities exist between the lives ... novel was an obvious work of great literary skill. The mastery with which it was written, and the questions it turns up in the reader's own mind, affirm the classic nature of Joyce's writing. The times at which the story line is difficult to follow are more than compensated for by the deep meaning of this portrayal. The life of Stephen represents the life of Joyce, and all ...
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