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- 2051: The Bulgarian and Soviet Virus Factories
- ... to his own words. He is currently writing anti--virus programs --- and rather good ones. 2.6) The two guys from Varna. ----------------------------- They are two pupils (V.P. and S.K.) from the Mathematical High School in Varna (a town on the Black Sea). They have developed several viruses and continue to do so, producing more and more sophisticated ones. Furthermore, they intentionally spread their viruses, usually releasing them on the school's computers or in the Technical University in Varna. When asked why they write and release viruses, they reply "because it's so interesting!" The viruses written by them are: MG (5 variants), SHAKE (5 ... by someone who had access to the source of the MURPHY virus. The ENIGMA virus is clearly based on the OLD YANKEE code. There have been reports about infections with these viruses in one Italian school and an Italian virus writer, known as Cracker Jack is a user of Virus eXchange... The damage caused by this BBS alone to the rest of the world is big enough. But this is ...
- 2052: Types of Friends
- ... friends. There are three different kinds of friends in this life. I classify them according to how well I know them and how well they know me. We encounter each of them everyday, whether in school, home, or at the gym. However, we rarely spend much time actually thinking about and classifying these people. First, there are the "pest friends"- general acquaintances. Next, there are "guest friends"- social partners. Lastly, we ... acquaintance. This means that you basically only know their name. You might not even remember what they look like if you go away for a short vacation. Usually, you meet these type of friends in school, at work, on the bus, in the gym, or anywhere else you might be. You normally would not mind having a cup of coffee with them, but if anything else came up, you usually would ... elsewhere. It is also this type of friends who give you the most amount of aggravation. Since most of the time you are placed in a position where you have to act friendly, such as school or work, you would not normally tell an acquaintance when he or she is doing something aggravating, such as tapping the fingers an a table or chewing gum loudly. This is why I call ...
- 2053: Al Capone
- ... Brooklyn, New York. Baptized "Alphonsus Capone," he grew up in a rough neighborhood and was a member of two "kid gangs," the Brooklyn Rippers and the Forty Thieves Juniors. Although he was bright, Capone quit school in the sixth grade at age fourteen. Between scams he was a clerk in a candy store, a pinboy in a bowling alley, and a cutter in a book bindery. He became part of the ... killed were members of Moran's gang; the seventh was an unlucky friend. Moran, probably the real target, was across the street when Capone's men arrived and stayed away when he saw the police uniforms. As usual, Capone had an alibi; he was in Florida during the massacre. Although Capone ordered dozens of deaths and even killed with his own hands, he often treated people fairly and generously. He was ...
- 2054: Babe Ruth 3
- ... very little time with George because they worked long hours. Eventually, his parents felt that they couldn t take care of George, and on June 13, 1902, he was taken to St. Mary s Industrial School for Boys. His custody was also signed over to the Xaverian Brothers, a Catholic Order of Jesuit Missionaries who ran St. Mary s. St. Mary s was both a reformatory and orphanage, which was surrounded ... age of nineteen, the Baltimore Orioles signed Babe to his first professional baseball contract. Because Ruth s parents had signed over custody of him to St. Mary s, he was supposed to remain at the school until he was twenty-one. To go around this, Dunn, the man who signed him, became Ruth s legal guardian. Just five months after being signed by the Baltimore Orioles, Babe Ruth was sold to ... 1921, the couple adopted a baby girl, Dorothy. On January 11, 1929, at the age of 31, Helen died of suffocation in a fire. Dorothy, who was eight at the time was away at boarding school. Babe met and became interested in a young widow, Claire Hodgson. Claire had come to New York from Georgia with her young daughter Julia in 1920 and worked as a model and actress. On ...
- 2055: Rap Music; Its Impact On Society Since Its Birth.
- ... how books enabled them to become "kings of rock." On another occasion, group member Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels said, "Little kids like to follow me around the neighborhood. I tell them to stay in school. Then I give them money to get something in the deli." Run-D.M.C. is one of the numerous rap combos advising kids to keep off drugs. Doug E. Fresh and Grandmaster Flash have ... with their 1989 debut Three Feet High & Rising, an almost psychedelic sampling and editing of a wildly eclectic pool of sources that would do Frank Zappa proud. Their humorous and cheerful vibe inspired a mini-school of "Afrocentric" acts most notably the Jungle Brothers and A Tribe Called Quest. Arrested Development, Digable Planets, and Digital Underground also pursued playful, heavily jazz- and funk-oriented paths to immense success and high critical ... of rap greatly outweighs the negative. And its positive messages seem to be spreading. The number of new rappers that grows everyday will bring about new forms of rap and constant changes on the old school versions of the music. With these new versions and variations comes new fans and renewed faith from old fans. Regardless of how many rap artists land in jail or end up dead, this music ...
- 2056: Interracial Children
- ... the starting point where biracial children begin to feel excluded from others. They are looked down at because of preconceived notions other children have learned from their adult peers. From there it goes to high school and so on, only getting worse. As a result the social activities of biracial children are limited because of the way others feel about them. For example many times there is refusal of white parents ... mother of many biracial children, "racism is a sickness in people that is taught" (Davis 7). Which would explain why so many children feel the same as their parents. When my sister began junior high school, she encountered many problems with most of her teachers and the with the administration. They were constantly watching her, picking at every flaw. Her friends consisted of White and Hispanic children. When they all got in trouble her White friends were let go with a slight punishment. The rest, including my sister, always received more punishment. She is now entering High school and still encountering the same problems. I went to the same schools and never had any problems. The only difference is that my sister looks more Hispanic than I do and all my friends ...
- 2057: Creative Writing: Hackers Manifesto
- ... eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him? I am a hacker, enter my world... Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me... Damn underachiever. They're all alike. I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms. Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..." Damn kid ... from them again... I know you all... Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike... You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that ...
- 2058: Personal Writing: My Room
- ... filled with friends, schoolwork, and family. Each of these categories falls into different groups. The mind categories fall into their own groups, and the room bunches fall into the mind groups. For instance, I have school friends, and out of school friends. There are also school papers, and note and letters from your friends. This is because my mind makes my room. Even though my walls cannot speak, if they were able to, they would tell you many secrets and ...
- 2059: Violence In Television Programs
- ... per week watching television. ( Hodge, 1986 ) As a result they express what they have learned through their behavior and many times duplicating what they see on the screen. This behavior is often seen in the school yard while observing young boys interacting with one another. We are able to see them play fighting and when asked who they are trying to imitate, they often respond with the words " Power Rangers" . Many ... of TV Programs contain violence. It has also been examined that extensive viewing of television by children causes greater aggressiveness. Sometimes watching a single violent program can increase aggressiveness. This can be seen in the school yard during playtime or recess when the children fight over who gets to use the swings. Rather than sharing, the encounter often leads to pushing and shoving until somebody gets their way. Without even knowing ... Aletha Huston-Stein and her colleagues (Stein & Friedrich, 1972), assessed the effects of viewing either violent or prosocial nonviolent television programming. In this study, about one hundred preschool aged children enrolled in a special nursery school at Pennsylvania State University were divided into three groups and were assigned to watch a particular diet of programming. The children watched either a diet of Batman and Superman cartoons, a diet of Mister ...
- 2060: Personal Writing: Myself and Tennis
- ... I am not the only one that some people call crazy. After an hour of drills, sprints, running, and laughing everyone races back to their cars to try to get home and then get to school on time. We all have hands like ice sickles, are hungry as a horse, have feet like ice, and our noses look like Rudolf. I rush home take a three second shower eat my usual pop tart on the way to school and some how manage to plop down in my first period seat just as the tardy bell rings. I have somehow learned to like the crack of the dawn bone chilling morning practices and sometimes ... language. Needless to say I did not take to well to my first lesson. Soon I fell in love with the game and can be found playing almost every day even in the morning before school. I have gained a lot from tennis. It has taught me a lot about myself others, and how to put the two together. It has taught me that you have to put in before ...
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