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- 2941: Experiencing Cyberspace
- ... most cases, I would say that they are well worth their price. I don't have five hour conversations using them, but I can let people know what I want to tell them in a short amount of time, which I find extremely handy. Before the ease of world-wide portable phones, there was a different breed of digital communication devices: beepers. Beepers, or pagers as they are commonly called, go ... who is disturbing me. Still on topic of communication, I cannot forget to mention television. It is a huge form of communication today, more so than ever before. Although televisions have changed dramatically in a short amount of time, TVs communicate several different messages. Everyone watches television at some point in time, and when they do, they are most likely interacting with a digital TV. I watch television for relaxation, or ...
- 2942: Society and The Role That Computers Play In USA
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy, M. B. Zuckerman. My ... of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2943: The Computer Underground.
- ... thousands, or tens of thousands of hackers. (NBC-TV, 1988) The media's obsession with the computer underground, that is generally labeled as hacking, focuses almost entirely upon the morality of their actions. Since media stories are taken from the accounts of the police, security personnel, and members of the computer underground who have been caught, each of whom have different perspectives and 20 definitions of their own, the media's ... computer underground, both Parker and Bequai have testified before Congress, on behalf of the computer security industry, on the "danger" of computer hackers. Unfortunately, their "expert" testimony was largely based on information culled from newspaper stories, the objectiveness of which has been seriously questioned (Hollinger and Lanza-Kaduce 1988 p.105). Computer security specialists, on the other hand, are often quick to identify the CU as criminals. Similarly, some reject the ...
- 2944: Smart House
- ... maintain an active life. A smart house system can make such tasks easier by automating them. Lights and appliances can be turned on automatically without the user having to do it manually. For people with short term memory problem, a smart house can remind them to turn off the stove or even turn the stove off by itself. The SMART HOUSE System is initially programmed by a trained technician who configures ... maintain an active life. A smart house system can make such tasks easier by automating them. Lights and appliances can be turned on automatically without the user having to do it manually. For people with short term memory problem, a smart house can remind them to turn off the stove or even turn the stove off by itself. The SMART HOUSE System is initially programmed by a trained technician who configures ...
- 2945: Organic Molecules Challenge
- ... But 16 megabytes may be near the end of the road. As bits get smaller and loser together, "crosstalk" between them tends to degrade their performance. If the components were pushed any closer they would short circuit. Physical limits have triumphed over engineering. That is when chemistry will have its day. Carbon, the element common to all forms of life, will become the element of computers too. "That is when we ... megabytes of data. One drawback to this system is that the bacteriorhodopsin's two states are only stable at liquid nitrogen temperatures, -192ĄC. But Birge does not see this as anything more than a short term problem. "We're now using genetic engineering to modify the protein part of the molecule so that it will stabilize the two states at room temperature," he said. "Based in outstanding work, we don ...
- 2946: Modems
- Modems Modems are used to connect two computers over a phone line. Modem is short for Modulator Demodulator. It's a device that converts data from digital computer signals to analog signals that can be sent over a phone line. This is called modulation. The analog signals are then converted ... along in my family minivan, you'll certainly beat me on an open stretch of road. But if we're both stuck in a traffic jam, you'll move just as slowly as me. In short, any modem will sometimes operate below its rated speed. According to the vice president of a major 33.6Kbps modem company, you can expect a full 33.6Kbps connection about one out of 10 tries ...
- 2947: Journalism on the Internet
- ... with no centre. That way it could never be destroyed by nuclear war. Since then, universities have used it and it has evolved into what it is today. It is a library that contains mail, stories, news advertising, and just about everything else. "In a sense, freenets are a literacy movement for computer mediated communication today, as public libraries were to reading for an earlier generation." Now that the term "the ... act. The information has always been available, but only lately has it become this easy to get. Adult forums and web pages have created a stir in the government. There are explicit pictures, novels, catalog, stories, mail, and even child porn on the net. The government has set out to stop the child porn but allowed the other adult material to pass by. It would be improper for a young child ...
- 2948: What is Virtual Reality
- ... the XY translation of a cursor, but its Z dimension and rotations in all three directions. The Global Devices 6D Controller is one such 6D joystick It looks like a racket ball mounted on a short stick. You can pull and twist the ball in addition to the left/right & forward/back of a normal joystick. Other 3D and 6D mice, joystick and force balls are available from Logitech, Mouse System ... VPL (holders of the patent) made several DataGloves, mostly using fiber optic sensors for finger bends and magnetic trackers for overall position. Mattel manufactured the PowerGlove for use with the Nintendo game system, for a short time. This device is easily adapted to interface to a personal computer. It provides some limited hand location and finger position data using strain gauges for finger bends and ultrasonic position sensors. The gloves are ...
- 2949: How Technology Effects Modern America
- ... L. Mishel, Research Director of Welfare Reform Network. In view of these facts, I wonder if these trends are good or bad for society. The danger of the information age is that while in the short run it may be cheaper to replace workers with technology, in the long run it is potentially self-destructive because there will not be enough purchasing power to grow the economy, M. B. Zuckerman. My ... of our country's political process, in a technologically advanced world. Voting & Poisoned Political Process in The U.S. The advance of mass communication is natural in a technologically advanced society. In our country's short history, we have seen the development of the printing press, the radio, the television, and now the Internet; all of these, able to reach millions of people. Equally natural, is the poisoning and corruption of ...
- 2950: Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave
- ... high school level often influence their athletes to take up playing basketball in their high school career. Dying friends often compel people to conduct research and dedicate their lives to the study of medicine. Galapas' short stint with Merlin turns Merlin's life around in the novel, The Crystal Cave by Mary Stewart. From the beginning, Galapas was an influential figure in young Merlin's life. Galapas is an old man ... He becomes older, grizzled looking, and wiser in the cave and soon becomes a mirror image of Galapas. Thus, Galapas still has a great impact on Merlin's life even after his death. Therefore, Galapas' short time with young Merlin took at firm grasp on his life and helped shape it even beyond the grave. At an early age, Merlin is introduced to the fine arts and sciences and magic. Later ...
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