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- 741: Computer Crime
- ... of the computer community; people with a deep understanding of how their computers work, and can do things with them that seem "magical". "Crackers" are the real-world analogues of the "console cowboys" of cyberpunk fiction; they break in to other people's computer systems, without their permission, for illicit gain or simply for the pleasure of exercising their skill. "Phreaks" are those who do a similar thing with the telephone ...
- 742: Can Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence
- Can Computers Think? The Case For and Against Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence has been the subject of many bad "80's" movies and countless science fiction novels. But what happens when we seriously consider the question of computers that think. Is it possible for computers to have complex thoughts, and even emotions, like homo sapien? This paper will seek to answer ...
- 743: Virtual Reality Technology and Society
- ... any three- dimensional reality implemented with stereo viewing goggles and "data" gloves. Inspiration On another level, outside of actual research and development atmospheres, a third term was coined by William Gibson, a popular cyberpunk science-fiction writer of the '80s (Churbuck 1990, 154). He used the term cyberspace in his book Neuromancer in 1984 to refer to a single virtual reality that could be experienced simultaneously by people worldwide: "Cyberspace. A ...
- 744: The Computer Underground
- ... the humor and technical orientation of computer underground participants. A review of handles used by phreakers, hackers, and pirates finds that they fall into three broad categories: figures from literature, films, and entertainment (often science fiction); names that play upon computers and related technologies; and nouns/descriptive names. (See Appendix A for fictional examples of each.) After providing a user name and entering a ____________________ 16 The data suggest that, on the ...
- 745: A Look Into The Computer Virus
- ... computer to crash. Sometimes written in separate "segments," a worm is introduced secretly into a host system either for "fun" or with intent to damage or destroy information. The term Worm' comes from a science-fiction (Microsoft Encarta 1996). Some viruses destroy programs on computers although, the better virii do not. Most virus authors incorporate code that specifically destroys data after the virus determines certain criteria have been met, that is ...
- 746: Hollywood and Computer Animation
- ... were hopelessly underdeveloped. Fortunately for the visual arts, the evolution of both brains and brawn of computer graphics did not take eons to develop. It has, instead, taken only three decades to move from science fiction to current technological trends. With computers out of the stone age, we have moved into the leading edge of the silicon era. Imagine sitting at a computer without any visual feedback on a monitor. There ...
- 747: History of The Internet
- ... people who would send their messages via e-mail to a group address, and also receive messages. This could be done twenty-four hours a day. Interestingly, the first group's topic was called Science Fiction Lovers. As ARPANET became larger, a more sophisticated and standard protocol was needed. The protocol would have to link users from other small networks to ARPANET, the main network. The standard protocol invented in 1977 ...
- 748: Romanticism in Jude the Obscure
- ... often branded a "pessimist") and his criticism of society, especially in its treatment of women, always drew criticism, and after the reception of Jude (which, by the way, is a bleak novel!), he stopped writing fiction and turned entirely to poetry, with his first volume published in 1898. Hardy lived a long life (1840-1928), so he practically had two careers: one as a novelist, another as a poet. Hardy's ...
- 749: The Catcher In The Rye
- The Catcher In The Rye The catcher in the rye is a work of fiction and a tragic comedy. In the book, the main character, Holden Caultfield, tells us a story about what happened during his Christmas vacation. Holden is a sixteen-year-old boy who has flunked out of ...
- 750: A Heritage Denied
- ... her heritage conveys one message: Dee trivializes the importance of her family heritage and consequently fails to appreciate anything it may have to offer her. Work Cited Walker, Alice. Everyday Use. Literature: An introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. Eds. X.J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. 7th ed. New York: Longman, 1999. 71-78.
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