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- 9221: Internet Inventions
- ... way of sending information to any internet location. Once an e-mail is sent, it arrives at its destination almost instantly. This provides people with a way to communicate with people anywhere in the world quickly without the costs of other forms of communicating such as telephone calls or postage for letters. The savings to be gained from e-mail were enough of an inducement for many businesses to ... access to internet features. Many online services such as America Online and Prodigy offer e-mail software and internet connections which work in an almost identical way, however, the cost is more expensive. The World Wide Web (WWW) and USENET Newsgroups are amongother internet offerings which have changed the way people communicate with each other. The WWW can be compared to a electronic bulletin board where information consisting o fanything ... down for an amount of time. Another problem is the addicting factorassociated with most online services. One can become attached toan online service as they are thrilled they can meet people al lover the world. Much spare time can be used e-mailing and surfing the net creating a lack of real human interaction for such an individual. Though this may not be a big concern for most ...
- 9222: Assisted Suicide Or Euthanasia
- ... abuse (REED A9). The word Euthanasia originated from the Greek language: eu means “good” and thanatos means “death”. The term euthanasia normally means that the person who wishes to commit suicide must initiate the act (WORLD BOOK). However, some people define euthanasia to include both voluntary and involuntary termination of life. Euthanasia has many meanings so it is important to differentiate among the vaguely related terms. These meanings of terms were ... never come to a consensus. Bibliography BIBLIOGRAPHY Dobson, James. “Dr. Dobson’s Study.” Focus on the Family. 1998. 17p. Online. Internet. 17 JAN. 1998. Available http://www.family.org/docstudy/newsletters/ a0000580. Html. “Death.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 “Euthanasia.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1990 Halpern, A.L. and A.M. Freedman. Letter. New York Times. 2 NOV. 1997: n. pag. Lundberg M.D. George D. Views of Assisted Suicide from Several Nations. 1997. New York: ...
- 9223: Integration Of UMTS And B-ISDN: Is It Possible Or Desirable?
- ... third generation of mobile networks, is presently being specified as part of the European RACE technology initiative. The aim of UMTS is to implement terminal mobility and personal mobility within its systems, providing a single world mobile standard. Outside Europe, UMTS is now known as International Mobile Telecommunications 2000 (IMT2000), which replaces its previous name of Future Public Land Mobile Telecommunication System (FPLMTS). [BUIT95] UMTS is envisaged as providing the infrastructure needed to support a wide range of multimedia digital services, or teleservices [CHEU94], requiring channel bit- rates of less than the UMTS upper ceiling of 2 Mbits/second, as allocated to it in the World Administrative Radio Conference (WARC) '92 bands. UMTS must also support the traditional mobile services presently offered by separate networks, including cordless, cellular, paging, wireless local loop, and satellite services. [BUIT95] Mobile teleservices requiring higher bit ... from the existing Global System for Mobile telecommunication. (GSM, formerly standing for Group Special Mobil during early French-led specification, is now taken as meaning Global System for Mobile communications by the non-French-speaking world.) GSM is currently being introduced on the European market. This option has the advantage of using already-existing mobile infrastructure with a ready and captive market, but at the expense of limiting channel bit- ...
- 9224: Identity Theft
- Identity Theft Boo! Are you scared? You should be, you see I'm a ghost and everyday I tap in to the information cyber world. And everyday I have access to you. Worse yet I could be you. According to the secret service approximatly one half a billion dollars is lost every year to identity theft online. What people don't seem to realize is that the internet world is just like any other community. so it's safe to assume the cyberworld would act as any natural community would with entrapranaurs, vast corperations, little guys selling warez, doctors visiting patients in their cyber offices, church organazations, and cyber crime as well as cyber criminals.With so many new users signing on everyday the cyber world has become a tourast trap so to speak where nameless faceless conartists work the crowds. Ghosts.Anybody can fall victem to a ghost. Nobody is really truely safe because our personal information is distrubted ...
- 9225: Compare And Contrast
- ... lived it to its fullest. They used illegal drugs and listened to rock and roll music. With their different beliefs and practices they bewildered America's traditional middle class. Concerned primarily in protesting the Vietnam War and civil rights they made a huge impact on America and the world. Even today the effects of the Hippie movement are still felt. They made huge advantages and set examples for the youth of today for years to come. Word Count: 961
- 9226: History of Computers
- History of Computers ENG 121 The volume and use of computers in the world are so great, they have become difficult to ignore anymore. Computers appear to us in so many ways that many times, we fail to see them as they actually are. People associated with a computer ... the national response to nuclear threats and attacks. The Internet developed as a direct result of this communication system. In the 1990's, there were literally thousands of these communication computers scattered all over the world and they served as the communication traffic managers for the entire Internet. One source stated it best concerning the volume of Internet computers by revealing, "... the number of hosts on the Internet began an explosive ... just to name a few. They are also a great form of enjoyment as many games have been developed to play on these types of computers. These computers are the most numerous types in the world due to there relatively small cost and size. The internal workings and mechanics of personal computers primarily consisted of a central processing unit, a keyboard, a video monitor and possibly a printer unit. The ...
- 9227: Israfel By Poe, An Analysis
- ... oweing to us in that we are an outlet for his song on this earth. We allow for his creativity to be expressed, not just in heaven or the spiritual plain, but in the physical world as well. That way all of God's creatures may experience the beauty of his song and not dwell on the troubles of everyday life. It is a oneness with Israfel that Poe is hoping ... forty through fifty deal with Poe's bafflement over Israfel and his own inward struggle. He remarks of the perfectness of his muse's existence and the glorys of paradise before commenting on our on world, calling it " a world of sweets and sours." We have the good and the bad and must deal with it in a physical nature and not in a song. Poe then refers to flowers as just flowers, possibly ...
- 9228: Legalization Of Marijuana
- ... none of them are against the actual research that should be done. Also, many of these opponents are scared of the legalization of marijuana for senseless reasons. Richard Brookhiser wrote an article in US News & World Report arguing for the legalization of marijuana, but he cites reasons that opponents of medical marijuana generally use. One argument is that “marijuana has not been thoroughly tested,”(Lost 9). This is because the National ... dreadful since actual research on marijuana would be done. Another argument that Brookhiser alludes to is “that by legalizing marijuana in one area, we will be setting a bad example to society engaged in a war on drugs,”(Lost 9). It has been said that millions have tried marijuana, at least once, and “found that it was pleasurable and not particularly addictive,” (Morganthau 20). Therefore marijuana is not considered a hard ...
- 9229: The First Generation of Computers
- The First Generation of Computers The first generation of computers, beginning around the end of World War 2, and continuing until around the year 1957, included computers that used vacuum tubes, drum memories, and programming in machine code. Computers at that time where mammoth machines that did not have the power our ...
- 9230: Computer Viruses: Infection Vectors, and Feasibility of Complete Protection
- ... has. And the rate of infection is rising monthly. This has caused a wide spread interest in viruses and what can be done to protect the data now entrusted to the computer systems throughout the world. A virus can gain access to a computer system via any one of four vectors: 1. Disk usage: in this case, infected files contained on a diskette (including, on occasion, diskettes supplied by software manufacturers ... operation of any computer system. Even disregarding the fourth infection vector, it can be seen that the only way to completely protect a computer system is to isolate it from all contact with the outside world. This would include the user programming all of the necessary code to operate the system, as even commercial products have been known to be shipped already infected with viruses. In conclusion, because a virus can ... virus can infect a computer. A. Disk exchange and use. B. Local Area Network. C. Telecommunications also known as Wide Area Network. D. Spontaneous Generation. III. Summarize threat, and alternatives. A. Must isolate from outside world. B. Must write own programs. C. Propose alternative of damage control. Sources Cited Burger, Ralf. Computer Viruses and Data Protection. Grand Rapids: Abacus, 1991. Fites, Philip, Peter Johnston, and Martin Kratz. The Computer Virus ...
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