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- 711: Dealers Of Lighting, Michael H
- ... founded a PARC, California. Eventually, that facility, became ground zero of the computer revolution. the dinosaur era of computing, a typical machine filled a large room and was shared by dozens of researchers. Hiltzik credits Robert W. Taylor, who assembled the PARC team, with changing that. A psychologist, rather than an engineer, Taylor s vision of the computer as a communications device proved to be a revolutionary idea. He found his ... on six month commercialization goals. But if you are interested in the real story on PARC, both the extraordinary and the all too ordinary, warts and all, read Fumbling the Future by Douglas Smith and Robert Alexander. Daytona Beach Community College, Max-Devin Silver Work Cited Hiltzik, Michael. Dealers of Lightning. New York: HarperBuisness, 1999 Segaller, Stephen. Nerds 2.0.1. New York: TV Books Inc. 1998
- 712: Nelson Mandela
- ... Africans (Marais 15). Arguing against the ANCs belief in multi-racialism, the PAC believed that there was only on race, the human race. ****In the opening address of the PAC inaugural address, PAC President Robert Sobukwe stated, We aim politically at government of the Africans, by the Africans, for the Africans, with everybody who owes his only loyalty to Afrika and who is prepared to accept the democratic rule of ... groups. To sum it up, we stand for an Africanist Socialist Democracy. Frederikse 76 Rather than using protests to solve political differences, the PAC was quicker to resort to violent measures. On March 21, 1960, Robert Sobukwe initiated widespread anti-pass law demonstrations. People gathered in thousands at the police station where passes were to be destroyed. As the morning wore on, the crowd, which journalists found "perfectly amiable," appeared to ...
- 713: The Forever Moving Land
- ... extensive study in tectonic plates, but there are still unsolved mysteries for one to discover. ENDNOTES 1. Wallace S. Broecker, How to Build a Habitable Planet. (Palisades, New York: Eldigio Press, 1985), p. 147. 2. Robert W. Christopherson, Geosystems. 2nd. ed. (New York: MacMillan College Publishing Company, 1994), p. 341. 3. Ibid., p. 336-337. 4. Wallace S. Broecker, How to Build a Habitable Planet. (Palisades, New York: Eldigio Press, 1985 ... Company, 1991), p. 96. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bird, John M. and Isacks, Bryan, ed., Plate Tectonics. Washington American Geophysical Union, 1972. Broecker, Wallace S. How to Build a Habitable Planet. Palisades, New York: Eldigio Press, 1985. Christopherson, Robert W. Geosystems. 2nd. ed. New York: MacMillan College Publishing Company, 1994. Erickson, Jon Volcanoes and Earthquakes. Blue Ridge Summit: Tab Books Inc., 1988. Smith, Peter J. The Earth. New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1986. Sullivan ...
- 714: Brazil 2
- ... needed to be sustained, and it was-at least until the global system could be inoculated against the potential impact of a Brazilian crash and President Cardoso was safely reelected. Time magazine put Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin, and Lawrence Summers on its January 27, 1999 cover, proclaiming these "Three Marketeers" as the men who "had saved the world." Perhaps the editors meant Wall Street. Certainly the U.S. edition of Time ... value. But once again, no one wanted to look too closely in the interests of reestablishing "confidence," much less talk about it. The reality was that the old figures were shot. U.S. Treasury secretary Robert Rubin had said of the bailout package in November, "This should do it." It had not. George Soros told the annual gathering of worthies at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in February 1999 ...
- 715: The Computer Underground.
- ... presumably less well-intentioned) elements of the CU are prevented from causing real harm. A good llustration of this was the penetration of British Telecom's electronic mail system in 1984, by Steven Gold and Robert Schifreen, which resulted in a rude message being left in none other than the Duke of Edinburgh's account! This incident attracted enormous publicity and led directly to improved security arrangements for the whole of ... after cracking Duke's codes. April 29, Lords clear British Hackers. Best, Joel and David F. Luckenbill. 1982. Organizing Deviance. Englewood Cliff, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Bequai, August. 1987. Technocrimes. Lexington, Mass.:Lexington Books. Bickford, Robert. 1988. Personal communication to Gordon Meyer. Chicago Tribune. 1989. "Computer hacker, 18, gets prison for fraud." Feb. 15:2,1. Compuserve Magazine, 1994, Viruses: Gone or just forgotten? Forester, Tom and Morrison, Perry, 1990, Computer ...
- 716: We Are Not Alone
- ... will close this paper on a quote from Ecclesiastes I:9 "there is no new thing under the sun", and that includes intelligent life. Works Cited Ecclesiastes. Holy Bible. Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1976. Gould, Robert. Oddities. New York: Bell PC, 1965. Jackson, Robert. UFO's: Sightings of Strange Phenomena in the Skies. New Jersey: Chartwell Books, 1995 Michel, Aime'. "Strange lights over Grenada." Fate Magazine. Aug. 1957. 29-32 Montgomery, Ruth. Aliens Among Us. New York: G.P ...
- 717: A Man For All Seasons,by Rober
- In Robert Bolt's Play, A Man For All Seasons, we are presented with a historical character of inexorable integrity, Sir Thomas More. More is drawn unwillingly into a situation where he must choose between expediency or ... the issue was simple (though remembering the outcome it can hardly have been easy). (Bolt xiii) More did not choose martyrdom, but simply to remain true to his religious beliefs, at any cost. BIBLIOGRAPHY Bolt, Robert. A Man For All Seasons. Toronto: Irwin, 1963. Coles Editorial Board, ed. A Man For All Seasons: Notes. Toronto: Coles, 1994. Hodges, John C., et al. Harbrace College Handbook For Canadian Writers. 4th ed. Toronto ...
- 718: Regulating The Internet: Who's In Charge
- ... potential the internet is surrounded by questions of its usage. The intemet was named the global village by McLuhan and Fiore in 1968, but recently the internet has been more properly renamed the global metropolis. Robert Fortner defines the internet as a place where people from all different cultures and backgrounds come together to share ideas and information. "Communication in a metropolis also reflects the ethnic, racial, and sexual inequalities that ... These are readily available, many at no cost on the internet. This allows us, as users to regulate what enters our home. References 1.Harissam, Linda Global Networks 1993 Mass. Institute of Technology 2.Fortner, Robert International Communication 1993 Wadsworth, Inc. Belmont Calif 3.Senate Select Committee on Community Standards 4.Robbins, Daniel Documents on Bondage Web Page 5.Cavazos, Edward and Morin, Gavino Cyberspace and the Law 1994 Mass. Institute ...
- 719: Organic Molecules Challenge
- ... were on the right track. "We have a long way to go before carbon-based electronics replace silicon-based electronics, but we can see now that we hope to revolutionize computer design and performance," said Robert R. Birge, a professor of chemistry, Carnegie- Mellon University, Pittsburgh. "Now it's only a matter of time, hard work, and some luck before molecular electronics start having a noticeable impact." Molecular electronics is so ... It came as no big surprise. Nor did it when they came out with a 16-megabyte chip. Chip designers have been cramming more transistors into less space since Jack Kilby at Texas Instruments and Robert Noyce at Fairchild Semiconductor first showed how to put multitudes on electronic components on a slab of silicon. But 16 megabytes may be near the end of the road. As bits get smaller and loser ...
- 720: President Gerald Ford
- ... Reagan or Good 'ole Abe Lincoln, but he did raise the spirits and sights of many millions of Americans for the Good. Bibliography 1. Prodigy "Ford, Gerald" Grolier Encyclopedia 1992, pp. 1-3 2. Hartmann, Robert T. Palace Politics New York - Robert T. Hartmann Press 1980 3. Carter, Douglas "Power in Washington" Newsweek, November 21, 1966 pp. 29 4. Bumann, Joan and Patterson, John 40 President's Facts Ohio, Willowsip Press 1981
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