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- 4011: ... exhistance the Declaration of Independence. He also bought a huge amount of land from Napolean, known as the Lousiana Purchase for 15 Million dollars, what a deal! Napolean definately needed money to finance his little war, tsk tsk. A real thinker in the enlightenment also. Washington Irving, named after George Washington was a famous writer who very possibly invented the short story. Irving created such characters as Ichabod Crane and Rip ...
- 4012: William Henry Gates III
- ... at Microsoft, and plays an important role in the technical development of new products. A significant portion of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in contact with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail. Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission is to continually advance and improve software technology and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company ... of the Icos Corporation and is a shareholder in Darwin Molecular, a subsidiary of British-based Chiroscience. He also founded Corbis Corporation, which is developing one of the largest resources of visual information in the world—a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography from public and private collections around the globe. Gates also has invested with cellular telephone pioneer Craig McCaw in Teledesic, a company that is working on an ... worlds richest human being. Myths and legends about this youthful success story abound; he has already published an autobiography which, along with a critical biography of Gates, is being read by people all over the world. He is, in short, a super-famous man. Gates rear-echelon e-mail activities have been reprinted not only in America and Europe, but even, in translation, in Japanese newspapers. Gates has been known ...
- 4013: Virtualism In Architecture
- ... of Virtualism in Architecture. This division was between whether VR was used FOR architecture (VR used as a tool to aid in architectural design). Or whether it was used AS architecture (architectural design within the world of VR). Therefore this paper will be divided into two sections, each discussing the two different ideas with the aim of applying a necessary critical perspective. Firstly, what is virtual architecture and how does it ... area of contention is that revolving around VR as architecture. It takes the concept of VR and architecture one step further. Beyond VR being seen merely as a tool for creating architecture in the real world, it is itself able to be created in cyberspace. Thus architectures new application is in building virtual worlds. Dace Campbell, belongs to the Cyberculturalist school of thought which seeks to raise levels of communications to ... of tailoring the theories of architecture to the needs of VR. He envisages the future of VR as instead of using standard web addresses he proposes the user navigate around and interact with the computerized world as we would our own physical one. For example a street scene could be the interface for email usage with houses representing individual email addresses. MUD s (Multi User Dungeons) and MOO s (MUD ...
- 4014: Vegitarianism - A Hidden Persp
- Vegetarianism- A Hidden Perspective Americans eat more meat per person in the world, and the world is suffering because of this. The truth is that many global problems, like hunger, or rainforest destruction can easily be solved if Americans cut down their meat consumption. If you eat meat, you have something ... in the form of cancer or other illnesses. For some reason, Meat eaters have five times the risk of cancer compared to Vegetarians. American meat eaters have the highest risk of cancer infection in the world. Countries that eat a less meat-centered diet have a much lower cancer risk than the U.S. Animals that are raised for slaughter are kept in extremely unhealthy surroundings. Pigs, for example, are ...
- 4015: Lucas: King of Film
- Lucas: King of Film Whether it be through his epic Star Wars saga, or through the exalted special effects crew he pioneered, Industrial Light and Magic, he continues to amaze audiences world wide. His name in synonymous with famous directors/producers in the world. His impacts reach out in more fields than just film. He has created companies that produce award winning video games, toy companies produce action figures designed after characters from his movies, many books by many authors based on his original film stories, and countless other wings of Lucas' reign exist in today's world. Since his youth, George Lucas has experienced many influences, which in turn push him to make the greatest contributions to the film industry which leave an ever increasing impact on film today and the ...
- 4016: Urban Transportation Alternati
- ... combustion engine and motorised transportation which enable them to go faster as well as further. Trains, planes, automobiles, space vehicles and many variations of each of these bring human beings to every corner of the world and beyond. However, motorised transportation is not only used in long distance travel, most automobile transportation takes place within urban and suburban centres. As the rate of urbanisation increased over the last century, so did the use of automobiles. Now there are more than 540 million automobiles on the roads of the world with most of these being in the developed countries 1 . Unfortunately cars cause problems, especially when there are many cars in one area such as an urban centre. These problems include, air pollution, noise pollution ... public transportation. An understanding of the current social and environmental problems in regards to cars must be achieved before feasible solutions can be offered. Cars have become a common luxury in modern cities throughout the world. Being a vehicle of convenience and status, improving economies have made it possible for families to own 2 or more cars. Within cities many people view owning a car as essential. With busy modern ...
- 4017: ... exhistance the Declaration of Independence. He also bought a huge amount of land from Napolean, known as the Lousiana Purchase for 15 Million dollars, what a deal! Napolean definately needed money to finance his little war, tsk tsk. A real thinker in the enlightenment also. Washington Irving, named after George Washington was a famous writer who very possibly invented the short story. Irving created such characters as Ichabod Crane and Rip ...
- 4018: ... to have normal relationships with them but cannot seize it. They go out to look for it elsewhere instead. Which makes the audience feel sympathizing towards them. They are identity-seeking teenagers alienated from the world by their parents. Jim, Judy and John a.k.a. Plato is searching for understanding, companionship, and a sense of belonging. Jim is confused about his family as to who should be the man of ...
- 4019: The Future Looks Bright For Ja
- The Future Looks Bright for Japan Over the past 40 years nuclear energy has gone from being the energy source of the future to the energy source that everyone fears. The world has faced 20 plus nuclear accidents since testing began in the 1950 s (www.hempwine.com). Three of the four most disastrous nuclear accidents have occurred in the past twenty years. Theoretically, nuclear fission(1 ... plant opened everyone s eyes to the extreme dangers and potentially catastrophic consequences of nuclear accidents. Years of destruction and suffering occurred from the nuclear fallout at Chernobyl. It is the worst nuclear accident the world has ever experienced. People and governments around the world are concerned that another serious accident is only a matter of time. At any moment another nuclear power plant could kill thousands. Chernobyl was a result of a reactor design that was not properly ...
- 4020: A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin
- A Short Biography Of Benjamin Franklin When one takes a look at the world in which he currently lives, he sees it as being normal since it is so slow in changing. When an historian looks at the present, he sees the effects of many events and many profound people. Benjamin Franklin is one of these people. His participation in so many different fields changed the world immensely. He was a noted politician as well as respected scholar. He was an important inventor and scientist. Particularly interesting is his impact on the scientific world. Benjamin Franklin was a modest man who had had many jobs in his lifetime. This may help explain his large array of inventions and new methods of working various jobs. He did everything from ...
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