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- 23271: The Y2k Bug
- The Y2K Bug There is a problem confronting today’s society that could change the world as we know it. It is a problem that was initially caused by a lack of technology, but recently by an act of laziness. The problem is known as ... into the computers' hardware and software. These date codes could possibly cause many computers and many items that have computer chips within them to fail at the turn of the century. Back in the 1960’s, when computers were still in their infancy, computer programmers would input the date code by only entering a two digit number (i.e., 60) versus inputting a four digit number (i.e., 1960). The reason ... sheer laziness. They used the two-digit system to cut down on the number of keystrokes needed to complete the programming, which helped them complete their task faster. It was discovered in the late 1980’s that this Y2K bug could cause computer systems to fail when the year 2000 rolled around because computers might fail to recognize that it is the year 2000 versus 1900. The problem is going ...
- 23272: Comparison Of The Illiads Achi
- Two of the main characters in Homer s The Iliad, Achilles and Hector, compare very differently in many ways. Although they were both war heroes, they came from different sides of the battle and fought each other under different beliefs. These two brave ... The reason that Achilles was fighting was to avenge his friend Patroclus death, who was killed by Hector. Hector was not fighting back to authorize the death, but only to defend his and his people s honor. Like this difference, Achilles and Hector also differed in the fact that Achilles was a lot more brutal and cruel than Hector. Achilles had a strong mindset, and could not be won over. He ... this because he did not seem quite as brutal or violent as Achilles, but he was not a sweet, innocent man, either. Hector was also a brutal killer, for he killed Patroclus. The two warrior s strengths and weaknesses differ greatly as well. Achilles weaknesses consisted of friendship that blinded him, extreme brutality, and no forgiveness. Although he won the fight, his attitude eventually brought an end to him. If ...
- 23273: Glass Menagerie
- ... the whole play. Their lives are simple and to the point, and have no where to go. It also seems that the family is cluttered in their small house with no where to go. Tom's only outlet is when he says he is going to the movies, but really goes to the bar and comes home drunk almost every night. he is so confined in his house that he has ... family. Laura is much like the unicorn that sits on her shelf. The unicorn is different from all the other horses in that it has a single horn on its head. The unicorn is Laura's favorite, and is also the first glass piece she made. i think this represents how she looks at herself as an individual. She is set apart by her indiffrence, and cannot change the wayshe looks at herself. She want to feel like she is special, but never gets acceptance from her classmates. In Laura's glass menagerie the unicorn is looked to as special and better than all the rest. This is how she really wants it to be in real life. She wants to be better and stonger ...
- 23274: Romeo and Juliet: Who Was Responsible
- ... responsibly, who will? When the people in authority do not act responsibly, there are always consequences. The death of Romeo and Juliet was the result of people in authority, who were not responsible. Both Romeo’s Juliet’s parents failed to act responsible as people in authority as parents. Parents should always have control over at least some aspects of their children’s lives. Not once do we see Romeo’s parents intervene with any of his decisions, no matter how foolish they were. When Capulet said: “I tell thee what, get thee to church o’ Thursday, ...
- 23275: Suicide
- ... poison rather than be executed for his role in a plot to oust Adolf Hitler from office. In some societies suicide has had social ties. In Japan, for example, the customs and rules of one's class have demanded suicide under certain circumstances. Called seppuku or popularly known as hara-kiri, which means "self-disembowelment" it has long been viewed as an honorable method of taking one's life. It was used by warriors after losing a battle to avoid the dishonor of defeat. Seppuku was also used as a means of capital punishment to spare warriors the disgrace of execution. In India, widows allowed themselves to be burned to death on their husband's funeral pyre, a practice called suttee. At least since the 18th century, suicide has been thought of by some as a romantic type of death. This notion led to the belief that some artistic ...
- 23276: Botany
- ... one that appeals to you. But how should you prepare for your new career in the wonderful world of botany? Well, first you should keep in mind that four years of college and a Bachelor’s degree are the bare essentials for most of the careers aforementioned. If you have these requirements, careers as laboratory technicians or technical assistants in education, industry, government, museums, parks and botanical gardens are all readily available. However, there are great deals of other positions where a Master’s or Doctor’s degree is essential. For most teaching and research positions in universities and colleges, a Ph.D. is vital. For those of you still in high school, its never too early to plan ahead. When ...
- 23277: Michelangelo
- ... arguably one of the most inspired creators in the history of art. As a sculptor, architect, painter, and poet, he had a tremendous influence on his contemporaries and on following Western art in general. Michelangelo s father, a Florentine official named Ludovico Buonarroti with connections to the ruling Medici family, placed his 13-year-old son in the workshop of the painter Domenico Ghirlandaio. After about two years, Michelangelo studied at ... marble Pietà. One of the most famous works of art, the Pietà was probably finished before Michelangelo was 25 years old, and it is the only work he ever signed. The high point of Michelangelo s early style is the gigantic marble statue David which he made between 1501 and 1504, after returning to Florence. David, Michelangelo s most famous sculpture, became the symbol of Florence and originally was placed in the Piazza Della Signoria in front of the Palazzo Vecchio, the Florentine town hall. With this statue Michelangelo proved to his ...
- 23278: Hydroponics Growing Without Soil
- ... coining the word, which translated from Greek, means working water . The famous hanging gardens of Babylon were probably on of the first attempts to grow plants hydroponically. The work of Dr. Greicke in the 1920 s and 1930 s in California, however, is generally considered the basis for nearly all forms of hydroponics. During the 1940 s at Purdue University, Robert B. and Alice P. Withrow developed another hydroponic method. Their process was called Nutriculture. Nutriculture varied from Dr. Gericke s method in that gravel was used as a rooting medium. ...
- 23279: Linguistic Bias
- ... of the society in which it evolved..." (Miller, Swift) Radical feminists cannot eradicate what has taken hundreds of years of conditioning. As anthropologists have taught us, change and evolution are a long term process who's roots begin with extremism. However, incidents such as bra burning at Berkeley during the 1960's did not facilitate the acceptance of woman over night, it was merely the beginning. Gender neutral language demands a reconditioning of society to see words such as "chairman, alderman etc..." not as a malicious attack ... formalities depending on the time in which the material was written. We are even beginning to see people who are scrutinizing the Bible. While many United Church members are singing the praises of their Church's new hymn book, others are attacking it's gender sensitive language. Why do we take it upon ourselves to alter a 2000 year old text simply to satisfy a radical feminist agenda. " Replacing ‘Father' ...
- 23280: Intensional or Accidentall? Similarities between Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing!
- Intensional or Accidentall? Similarities between Romeo And Juliet and Much Ado About Nothing! There are many similarities between Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots ... has a similar but also different approach towards love at the masque. In Much Ado, Count Claudio is not able to gather the courage to court Hero. Instead Don Pedro, who is one of Claudio's very close friends, offers to go and woo Hero for his friend. This point is illustrated by Don Pedro for his great plan to get Claudio and Hero together "Thou wilt be like a lover presently/ And tire the hearer with a book of words. . .. That thou began'st to twist so fine a story? "1 Don Pedro's costume allows him to woo Hero, posing as Claudio. Balcony love scenes are familiar from both plays. The love was disparate in each of Shakespeare's plays. How are these scenes different but also ...
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