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- 12101: The First Amendment: Sex, Laws, and Cyberspace
- ... the denouement, they pour gasoline on her and say good-bye with a lit match. Baker, a twenty year old sophomore at Michigan college posted this piece to Usenet under his own name. The real world Baker was a quiet kid who played with computers and drew little notice; but on the net he excited, offended, and garnered attention. The last contribution Baker made was January 9, 1995, and again included ... Half baked ideologies, dangerous ideas, and sordid fantasies can be posted, published, and circulated with virtually no restrictions on the Internet. The First Amendment allows this. The government's case against Baker collapsed when real world standards were applied. Without the CDA or equivalent legislation creating different rules for cyberspace, Baker's posting to Usenet was no different than if he had distributed his stories as leaflets on street corners. Judge ...
- 12102: Andrew Carnegie
- Andrew Carnegie Essay written by aliciareagan@neo.tamu.edu A man of Scotland, a distinguished citizen of the United States, and a philanthropist devoted to the betterment of the world around him, Andrew Carnegie became famous at the turn of the twentieth century and became a real life rags to riches story. Born in Dunfermline, Scotland, on November 25, 1835, Andrew Carnegie entered the world in poverty. The son of a hand weaver, Carnegie received his only formal education during the short time between his birth and his move to the United States. When steam machinery for weaving came into ...
- 12103: Mass Media And Public Opinion
- ... instilling a satisfaction in the viewer while subjecting everything to censorship is what occurs. Anything too exposing is usually discovered and denied before it reaches majority of society. An example of this is the Iraqi war. As people watched the goings on in front of their television like a sitcom, the actual reality of the war was a supreme nightmare where the U.S. military were not heroes, nor saviors. Seventy percent of the bombs dropped on Iraq missed their targets and eighty percent killed were civilians. This incident doesn't ...
- 12104: Computer Crime
- ... main goal is usually to receive free telephone service, through the use of such devices as homemade telephone boxes. They are often much more extroverted than their computer equivalents. Phreaks have been known to create world-wide conference calls that run for hours (on someone else's bill, of course). When someone has to drop out, they call up another phreak to join in. Hackers come from a wide variety of ... Hackers, Crackers, and Phreaks: "Hackers" are the "wizards" of the computer community; people with a deep understanding of how their computers work, and can do things with them that seem "magical". "Crackers" are the real-world analogues of the "console cowboys" of cyberpunk fiction; they break in to other people's computer systems, without their permission, for illicit gain or simply for the pleasure of exercising their skill. "Phreaks" are those ...
- 12105: Hitler, Mussolini, And Stalin
- ... grow up to be adults. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin are perfect examples of that notion. Hopefully, in the present and future, we will not have any type of horrifying or barbarous dictators anywhere in the world. The lives of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin show us what kind of effect they had on their countries at the time of their rule. We do not know what kind of terrifying act will show up if these type of men come into power in the world.
- 12106: Computer Programming
- ... a successful computer programmer. Works Cited Florida View 1990: Careers Black & White. Florida Dept. of Education. 1990, occ. #475. Florida View 1991: Careers Black & White. Florida Dept. of Education. 1990, occ. #362. Information Finder by World Book. Chicago .World Book, Inc., 1992. Occupation Outlook Handbook. 1990-91 edition; United States Department of Labor, 1991. Social Issues Resources Series. SIRS Combined Text & Index, 1993 SIRS, Inc. Spring 1993. America Online Database. America Online, Inc. 1995 ...
- 12107: Importance of the Renaissance Period for European Overseas Exploration
- ... for everyone in the group. Throughout the Renaissance, there was a general idea of Humanism. humanism is the belief that people should seek their own guidance and fulfillment in life through gaining knowledge of the world. Many cartographers were inspired by this belief and therefore began to learn more about the world through both navigation and map-making. This Renaissance was important for European overseas exploration in the sense that many advances were made during the Renaissance in the field of ships and off-land navigational devices ...
- 12108: Spelling And Differently - Ana
- ... s writing is shared by the Book Review Digest which stated: "Ms. Munro is a writer of extraordinary richness and texture....Her imagery stuns or wounds. Her sentences stick to the rough surfaces of our world. She has persevered through periods when her writing was unfashionable, and has deepened the channel of realism" (Towers 1285). The title "Differently" reflects Georgia's and Maya's view of the world. Georgia is a traditional woman with basic values. Maya, on the other hand, is a free spirit always looking for adventure and excitement. Georgia envies Maya's wealth and carefree attitude and the fact that ...
- 12109: Government Regulation
- ... company out of business. The objectives of safety and health will better be achieved in the absence of government regulation. Government regulatory agencies have spent billions of dollars and there is little evidence that the world is any better off than it was without the agencies and costly reforms. When reading further ask yourself the question, does the costs or regulation out weigh the benefits, I believe they do not. Regulatory ... bad and not the possible solutions to fix the problem. What happens is Congress passes a reform that they have little thought over and create costly new standards that could make little difference in the world. A good example of this happened during the adoption of the auto emission standards of 1970. When Congress passed a bill with little debate and few people having any idea on what the bill was ...
- 12110: Summary: Lord of the Flies
- ... as the use of violence became more frequent and progressed into an ultimate pinnacle. The violence provided a sense of realism in that the author did not try to hide the factual harshness of the world by covering it with a false softness. The text was very descriptive of the setting and the physical and mental appearance of the protagonists and antagonists. The style of writing being sometimes simple-minded and not fully aware of "the outside world" suited the characters' ages. The book dealt with our true nature as revealed by the freedom from the disciplinary boundaries of modern society. Chapter 1 The description of the lead character in the beginning of ...
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