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- 281: Computers and Society
- ... System, which just recently was made obsolete by Windows 95. Bill Gates has now just ventured into the internet and is now tangling with Netscape, the company with the Internet monopoly. Netscape gives away its software for free to people who want the basic version, but a version with all of the bells and whistles can be purchased. Microsoft is hard pressed to win the internet battle, but will take a sizable chunk of Netscape business. Bill Gates will likely keep running the software industry, with his recent purchase of Lotus, a popular spreadsheet, he further cornered the market. Computers are one of the most important items society posses today. The computer will be deeply imbedded in peoples lives ... dependent as video confrencing and working from home become increasingly more feasible, so businesses will break down from large buildings into teams that communicate electronically. Schools may be taught by the best teachers possible and software may replace teachers, but that is highly unlikely. The internet will reach into lives, offering an escape from reality and an information source that is extremely vast. Hopefully society will further embrace the computer ...
- 282: Hacking
- ... Technically-Accurate movie Wargames. You pick a three digit phone prefix in your area and dial every number from 0000 --> 9999 in that prefix, making a note of all the carriers you find. There is software available to do this for nearly every computer in the world, so you don't have to do it by hand. Part Three: I've Found a Computer, Now What? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ This next section is applicable ... allows unlimited tries at hacking in, and keeps no logs of bad attempts. I don't know any default passwords, so just try the common ones from the password database below. Common Accounts: MANAGER BOSS SOFTWARE DEMO PDP8 PDP11 ACCOUNTING VM/CMS- The VM/CMS operating system runs in International Business Machines (IBM) mainframes. When you connect to one of these, you will get message similar to 'VM/370 ONLINE', and ... VMUTIL: VMUTIL VTAM: VTAM NOS- NOS stands for Networking Operating System, and runs on the Cyber computer made by Control Data Corporation. NOS identifies itself quite readily, with a banner of 'WELCOME TO THE NOS SOFTWARE SYSTEM. COPYRIGHT CONTROL DATA 1978,1987'. The first prompt you will get will be FAMILY:. Just hit return here. Then you'll get a USER NAME: prompt. Usernames are typically 7 alpha-numerics characters ...
- 283: Intergrating Technology And Le
- ... clients, they select 15 loyal and hard-working employees and train them for the new jobs and hire. To train the new 15 employees, the company decides to use a combination of video and computer software programs to educate them on communication necessities, details of the job, and computer competencies since most of the 15 employees are skilled laborers. Their new plan worked and because of the risks, 25 new people ... to the employees suggestions via email. The second was to choose training current employees for the new positions rather than hiring new ones. The third was to train the employees by use of video and software programs. Technology played an important part in the success of the operation. Of course, just like mentoring, it is possible to use technology directly with the risk-taking aspect of leadership. For example, a new ... open to new ideas, which ironically, is the ongoing idea of technology. Also, consider that using technology is a risk in itself. No one is sure that purchasing technological devices such as electronic organizers, computers, software, email systems, or video conferencing equipment will be useful for the business. Many times, technology fails humans. It breaks, flounders, communicates incorrectly, and/or people lose things in the computer black hole. Because technology ...
- 284: What is Virtual Reality
- ... two books on the subject: "Artificial Reality" and "Artificial Reality II". At least one commercial system uses this approach, the Mandala system. This system is based on a Commodore Amiga with some added hardware and software. A version of the Mandala is used by the cable TV channel Nickelodeon for a game show (Nick Arcade) to put the contestants into what appears to be a large video game. I.1.3 ... Internet site to support Advanced Distributed Simulation Technology (ADST). The IP address is 137.249.32.17 Administrative Contact: Kevin Mullally 407.382.4580, Technical Contact: Brad Mohning 408.473.4962 I.4. Available VR Software Systems There are currently quite a number of different efforts to develop VR technology. Each of these projects have different goals and approaches to the overall VR technology. Large and small University labs have projects ... Laboratory (HITL) in Seattle and the Japanese NTT project. Many existing and startup companies are also building and selling world building tools (Autodesk, IBM', Sense8, VREAM). There are two major categories for the available VR software: toolkits and authoring systems. Toolkits are programming libraries, generally for C or C++ that provide a set of functions with which a skilled programmer can create VR applications. graphical interfaces for creating worlds without ...
- 285: Computers 2
- ... infamous Silicon Valley to sprout up. This area located in mid-western California has become one of the most well-known areas along with the most profitable (Horowitz 38). Those companies produce the needed computer software, machines, computer chips, and hardware needed by the people. Statistics show that about 1 in every 5 households own at least one computer in their home. By the year 2002 they expect those results to ... 1 in 3 (Stross 58). These reasons along with others are what have made computer businesses become so successful. Computers have opened a whole new way to educate people. A first example is through educational software. Companies like Kaplan develop many programs which help people with all subjects. These programs do not only help with young kids, but for all different ages. They now have software that helps kids study for such tests as the ACT and SAT. These can come in handy and be a great benefit when the test rolls around. Multimedia programs give people the chance to ...
- 286: Marketplace For System Analyst
- ... and the need for specialists to use their knowledge and skills in a problem solving capacity will be a major factor in the rising demand for systems analysts.2 Falling prices of computer hardware and software should continue to induce more businesses to expand computerized operations and integrate new technologies. In order to maintain a competitive edge and operate more cost effectively, firms will continue to demand computer professionals who are ... is also expected to create demand for computer scientists, computer engineers, and systems analysts knowledgeable about network, data and communications security. System analysts perform many services including customized computer programming services and applications and systems software design; the design, development, and production of prepackaged computer software; systems integration, networking, and reengineering services; data processing and preparation services; information retrieval services including on-line data bases and Internet services; on-site computer facilities management; the development and management of data bases; ...
- 287: Microsoft The Company
- Microsoft: THE COMPANY The thought of forming a company which supplies its customers with software, was a great idea--especially coming from a college dropout. Bill Gates, along with high-school friend Paul Allen, formed a software company in 1975. From the beginning, Microsoft had a tremendous potential to become a very successful corporation. Beginning with a revenue of sixteen thousand dollars, and three employees, Microsoft developed into a huge "money making ... monopoly 2-4). As far as the money goes, Microsoft is making a lot of it. Microsoft's profits in 1998, which neared four billion dollars, exceeded 40% of the profits from the ten largest software companies (Cusumano and Selby iv). Beginning with BASIC, moving into one of Microsoft's most popular programs MS-DOS (Microsoft Disk Operating System), and going through many steps before getting to Windows, Microsoft has ...
- 288: The Millennium Bug
- ... year. January 1, 2000 would be stored as 01/01/00. But the computer will interpret this as January 1, 1900- not 2000" (de Jager 1). The '19' is "hard-coded" into computer hardware and software. Since there are only 2 physical spaces for the year in this date format, after '99', the only logical choice is to reset the number to '00'. The year 2000 problem is unlike any other ... William Adams points out some of the most important ones. "Time is running out- the Year 2000 is inevitable! The problem will occur simultaneously worldwide, time zones withstanding. It affects all languages and platforms, hardware & software. The demand for solutions will exceed the supply. Survivors will survive big, losers will lose big. There is no 'silver bullet' that is going to fix things" (Adams 2). "It is too big and too ... be between $1.50 and $2.00 (Conner 1). It is not uncommon for a single company to have 100,000,000 lines of code (de Jager 6). Capers Jones, an expert who has studied software costs for over ten years, estimates total worldwide costs to be $1,635,000,000,000 (One-trillion, 635 billion dollars) (Jones 58). To put this number into perspective, if five people were to ...
- 289: Communism
- ... if he approved of the actions of the leaders of the communist countries. V. Works Cited "Anne". Personal interview. 19 Nov. 1997. "Communism." Aol Research @ Learn. America Online Nov. 19, 1997. "Communism." Bookshelf 1994. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1994. "Communism." Encarta. Computer Software. Microsoft, 1995. "Communism." Grollier Encyclopedia. Computer software. Gorllier Electronic Publishing, 1993. "Communism." Grollier Online. World Wide Web: http://www.grollier.com/ (November 19, 1997) Rexroth, Kennith. Communism: From origins to the 20th century. New York: Copyright by Kennith Rexroth, 1974. "Sudo." ...
- 290: Intergrating Technology And Le
- ... clients, they select 15 loyal and hard-working employees and train them for the new jobs and hire. To train the new 15 employees, the company decides to use a combination of video and computer software programs to educate them on communication necessities, details of the job, and computer competencies since most of the 15 employees are skilled laborers. Their new plan worked and because of the risks, 25 new people ... to the employees suggestions via email. The second was to choose training current employees for the new positions rather than hiring new ones. The third was to train the employees by use of video and software programs. Technology played an important part in the success of the operation. Of course, just like mentoring, it is possible to use technology directly with the risk-taking aspect of leadership. For example, a new ... open to new ideas, which ironically, is the ongoing idea of technology. Also, consider that using technology is a risk in itself. No one is sure that purchasing technological devices such as electronic organizers, computers, software, email systems, or video conferencing equipment will be useful for the business. Many times, technology fails humans. It breaks, flounders, communicates incorrectly, and/or people lose things in the computer black hole. Because technology ...
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