Papers on Computers & Technology
The Arrival Of Email
Words: 439 - Pages: 2.... communication methods of the Information
Age, organizational managers are finding that E-mail archives and files are
telling sources of information about an organization's policies and actions.
In the antitrust case against Microsoft "E-mail messages dashed off years
ago by the Microsoft Corp. chairman and his top lieutenants now figure
prominently as digital "smoking guns" . . . Trustbusters say electronic
messages, perhaps more than any paper document, could help them prove that
Microsoft sought to crush competitors and monopolize access to the
Internet." However, Microsoft is not alone. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.
recently agreed .....
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America Online To Unveil Flat Fee For Internet Access
Words: 278 - Pages: 2.... access.to a flat-fee rate of $19.95 per month.
After the changed in price (decrease), the Supply curve
"S" will shift to "S1". An increase in Supply curve will
increase (Quantity) people using America Online and decrease
Price.
America Online has announced a change to their price plan for internet
access. before they charged a rate of $19.95 for only 20 hours of internet
access. One of the many reasons is that it could help the service against
Internet competitors, by doing this "Keith Benjamin says there may be some
short-term negative impact on margins." Negative impa .....
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Virtual Reality Technology And Society
Words: 1638 - Pages: 6.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Computers and Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
THE HISTORY OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Virtual Reality in the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Virtual Reality in the Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Virtual Reality in the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
New Rules of Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Adverse Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CONCLUSION .....
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Cable Modems And ADSL
Words: 1447 - Pages: 6.... anyway. Internet server speeds, network delays, and personal computer limitations will hold usable rates at or below 2 Mbps for some time. ADSL offers higher security and reliability profiles. Both technologies are at about the same state of maturity and integration. Cable modems may offer a less expensive network solution because of its shared architecture, but that differential is more than offset by infrastructure costs required to upgrade existing networks.
The largest advantage of ADSL, and it is a significant one, is the number of telephone lines already installed that can support ADSL, or prospectively available with network upgr .....
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DNA Technology
Words: 427 - Pages: 2.... and problems such as sickle cell anemia and Down Syndrome may become obsolete.
The trickiest part of is trying to regulate it. Writing restrictions proves difficult. For example, if the law states that may only be used for ethical and positive purposes what may be ethical and positive to one may not be to another. So, specific restrictions must be made on the uses; such as, it must only be used on a life threatening disease or life altering problem. However, even these restrictions could be used to ones discretion, obstacles such as these are problematic and must be dealt with carefully and monitored closely.
Human cloning is a m .....
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The POSitouch System
Words: 209 - Pages: 1.... During there search they found systems but none meeting
there total needs. That is why the Fullers created the company, (R.D.C)
Restaurant Data Concepts. RDC keeps developing better and more efficient
equipment to be used in the food service industry.
Overall, I feel that POSitouch is well worth the initial expense. It
should be looked at as an investment, saving time, and money in all areas needing
tight controls. This management tool has been shown to cut labor, and food costs in
many food service establishments, not to mention the speed of the system, which
could easily increase turnover. There is one important key that .....
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Censorship
Words: 1192 - Pages: 5.... that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. In no way does violate the first amendment. prevents broadcasters from infringing on the rights of the viewers. has really been limited to obscenity and gratuitous violence or nudity because people in the media have policed themselves pretty harshly. The most prominent law established due to is the Children’s Television Act of 1990. It was established .....
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Ethics In Cyberspace
Words: 940 - Pages: 4.... avoid harm to others
3) be honest and trustworthy
4) be fair and take action not to discriminate
5) honor property rights including copyrights and patents
6) give proper credit for intellectual property
7) respect the privacy of others
8) honor confidentiality.
The very nature of electronic communication raises new moral issues.
Individuals and organizations should be proactive in examining these concerns
and developing policies which protect liabilities. Issues which need to be
addressed include: privacy of mail, personal identities, access and control of
the network, pornographic or unwanted messages, .....
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The History Of Corvettes
Words: 2978 - Pages: 11.... chief engineer Ed Cole, and Harry Barr started to work on a all new Chevrolet V-8 engine. During a test run, the prototype fiberglass-bodied Chevrolet full sized convertible accidentally rolled. Since the body survived with minimal damage, they decided to keep the fiberglass for the body material for the upcoming Corvette. The year was almost over when they had to decide what name to give the new Chevrolet. The Chevrolet EX-122 is named the Corvette after a fast type of Royal Navy warship, by Myron Scott. He was an employee of Cambell-Ewald, Chevrolet's advertising agency. Strong consideration had been given to naming the car .....
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Natural Language Processing
Words: 1914 - Pages: 7.... Syntax is the grammatical structure. Semantics is the literal meaning.
Pragmatics is world knowledge, knowledge of the context, and a model of the
sender. When syntax, semantics, and pragmatics are applied, accurate Natural
Language Processing will exist.
Alan Turing predicted of NLP in 1950 (Daniel Crevier, 1994, page 9):
"I believe that in about fifty years' time it will be possible to
program computers .... to make them play the imitation game so well that an
average interrogator will not have more than 70 per cent chance of making the
right identification after five minutes of questioning."
But in 1950, the current computer tec .....
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