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White Collar Crimes U S News World Report
1,567 wordsAs much as $ 40 billion are lost every year due to flourishing computer crimes. In 1993 alone, Internet, the world wide system of computer networks, was swindled out of approximately $ 2 billion, and about $ 50 million were stolen from various companies such as GTE Corp. , AT&T, Bell Atlantic and MCI (Meyer and Underwood 45). Ironically these same organizations have been collaborating with software manufacturers for an expanded software production (Cook 53). Multinational corporations and intern...
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Y 2 K 2 K Problem
768 words"The Y 2 K problem is the electronic equivalent of the El Nio and there will be nasty surprises around the globe. " -- John Have, Dep. Secretary of Defense When I was in the first grade, my elementary school invested in several computers and started Introduction to Computers classes. I remember playing math games and drawing with art programs, in awe of, and slightly intimidated by the beastly piece of technology in front of me. I had little idea of how it worked, and even less of an idea of wha...
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Phone Company Internet Connection
1,005 wordsAchieving a reliable Internet connection as close to 56 K as possible is something every Internet user strives to achieve. However, due to line conditions and phone companies, the dream of every surfer is shattered into something reminiscent of 5 year old 33. 6 technology. The general rule of thumb is that to obtain speeds greater than 33. 6, one must live within 2 - 3 miles of the telephone company's switch box. The further out, the more degraded the connection speed becomes. Connections speeds...
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Control Panel Windows 95
1,345 words... ex, V. 34, and V. 90. 8) Additional call progress filter added to improve dial tone detection in China. 1) Added support for generating reporting functions for #UD commands. 1) Adjusted transmit levels of modulation modes. 1) Fixed a bug that caused Windows Explorer errors in previous builds. 2) Added #UD command support to modem. 3) Added Data/Fax code base to Combined Data/Fax/Speakerphone and Data/Fax/TAM code bases. All builds now use the same Vx D's. However, the install is still differ...
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Year 2000 Problem Y 2 K
1,265 wordsArgument for the statement "The Year 2000 bug will have such extensive repercussions that families and individuals should begin planning now for the imminent chaos. " The Ticking Bomb Introduction A serious problem called the "Millennium Bug", and also known as the "Year 2000 Problem" and "Y 2 K", is bringing a new century celebration into a daunting nightmare. In the 1860 s and 1970 s, when computer systems were first built, the computer hardware, especially information storage space, was at a ...
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Marry His Mother Kill His Father
1,442 wordsThe Appropriateness of Oedipus's Punishment According to Encarta Encyclopedia, appropriateness is defined as being suited to a particular condition. This definition can be applied to a situation in a literary masterpiece, Oedipus the King. In Oedipus the King, a major question arises: Does the punishment befit the crime? Many critics agree that Oedipus's punishment is just because he ruined an entire nation. However, others say that fate is uncontrollable and therefore he was not responsible for...
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Word Association Questions Incorrect Answers To Word Association Experiment
439 wordsMilgrams study of obedience looked at the question of if and to what degree people will follow authority over their own morales or preference. Yale students were asked to hypothesize what might be the outcome of this kind of experiment, given the specifics of the methods and procedures. Their response was that a total of 3 % at the very most would inflict pain to victims of the experiment at a certain level of pain (named Very Strong Shock). The way the procedure was set up was that some would b...
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Ball Bearings Cm
1,060 wordsSC 1: Investigating Terminal Velocity When an object falls through a fluid it accelerates until it reaches its terminal velocity. At this speed the forces acting on it are balanced. My task is to investigate the factors that affect the terminal velocity of a falling object. I am going to investigate how mass affects the terminal velocity. I think that as the mass of the ball bearing increases so does the weight of the ball bearing, which requires more friction to balance the ball bearing's weigh...
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Literature And Human Behaviour
1,238 wordster> Compare and evaluate the ways in which literature on the one hand, and the human sciences on the other may help us to know and understand human behaviour. Literature has been a major part of human culture throughout human existence. It has always been used as a way of defining how humans interact with each other. Literature is defined as the writings of a period, language, or country. If ancient times are also to be considered, then myths, legends, and theatre, which passed down l...
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Test Tube Water Bath
622 wordsPurpose: To investigate the effect of temperature on the fermentation of glucose by bakers yeast. Hypothesis: If to separate tubes of 20 % glucose solution with 1 mil of yeast is added to battery jars filled with 20 and 38 c water then the warmer one will cause the yeast to ferment at a quicker rate. Materials: - 2 test tubes (100 mm. Long x 11 mm. I. D. ) - 2 ones-hole stoppers (size 00 w/ 3 mm. Hole) -Glucose -Bakers yeast suspension -Balance -Molding clay -Submersible test tube racks -Pins -M...
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Attention Deficit Disorder Department Of Education
1,248 wordsWe are all created equal, albeit unique; and yet, some of us are different from "everybody else." Adults and children come in all shapes and sizes, with many different characteristics and traits, different abilities and inclinations. Some are smarter than others, some are quick, some are slow, some are left behind. At the age of 5 or 6 children begin their long journey in the world of education. They are taught how to read and write, how to AD/HD, subtract and multiply, some history, grammar, li...
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Air Pressure M N
1,448 wordsVocal Nodules The whole process of voice production involves voice mechanism composed of three sub-systems with independent task and role yet the combination of these functions support and aids each sub-system to make the voice mechanism operational. The three (3) sub-systems are: air pressure system causes the vocal fold to vibrate; vibratory system changes the sound waves to produce voiced sound as well as varies the pitch of sound, and; resonating system changes the sound into a more personal...
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Morally Correct Rich Men
997 wordsI watched Designing Women? Monette? I watched an older sitcom aired on prime time television in the late 80? s, Designing Women about four typical working ladies. One is a bubble-brain beauty pageant champ. Another is a soft touch and is so easily duped, it seems she also has a soft brain. A third falls in and out of love at the drop of a bathrobe and the fourth has a tongue that makes Howard Stern sound like a Boy Scout. Typical is everything these ladies are not, and as regular viewer I can su...
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Accepted Modern Usage Accept Any Usage Kelley
927 wordsIn Mike Kelley's essay entitled, Please Forgive I; Myself Just Isnt Me Today, he makes reference to the use of the term myself. Kelley makes it clear that he does not believe in the use of the term myself in such a way as, Dr. Richards and myself will talk about (As if heard on TV). This sort language is accepted modern usage, but as Kelley reminds us, I refuse to accept any usage that is defined as modern. He believes this sort of language is what leads to other appalling statements like, Hopef...
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Atomic Theory Chemical Reactions
379 wordsAtomic Dalton Theory Dalton s Atomic Theory John Dalton developed the first useful atomic theory of matter around 1803. In the course of his studies on meteorology, Dalton concluded that evaporated water exists in air as an independent gas. Solid bodies cant occupy the same space at the same time, but water and air could. If the water and air were made of discrete particles, evaporation might be viewed as a mixing of water particles with air particles. He performed a series of experiments on mix...
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Face To Face Na Ve
1,065 wordsDescribe And Evaluate Two Explanations Of The Describe And Evaluate Two Explanations Of The Behaviour Of Crowds Describe &# 038; Evaluate Two Explanations of the Behaviour of Crowds When people are alone, their behaviour can be different to when they are part of a crowd, and sometimes this change in behaviour can even lead to violence. When you consider that crowds exist in nearly all walks of life, such as work, sports and general social life, this can become a problem, so why is it that a pers...
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Love For Elizabeth Pride And Prejudice
1,038 wordsEscaping the fog of pride and prejudice The words of the title of Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, shroud the main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy in a fog. The plot of the novel focuses on how Elizabeth and Darcy escape the fog and find each other. Both characters must individually recognize their faults and purge them. At the beginning of the novel, it seems as if the two will never be able to escape the thick fog. The scene at the Netherfield ball makes the marriage of Elizabeth and ...
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Plantation Owner Upper Class
1,048 wordsThesis: Feudalism Feudalism Thesis: Feudalism was a bust because it started a way of putting things into classes and that way of life has continued until today. The reason that classifying things was and still is incorrect is because the guidelines for the classifications might not be pleasing to all those affected by the different levels in society. Feudalism was not just a system that was practiced in Europe, but also in Japan and China while similar organization was followed in Africa and als...
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Colonel Pickering Alfred Doolittle
1,215 wordsIn Act 3 we learned a lot more about the character and philosophy of Alfred Doolittle. He is strangely individualistic personally and very eloquent. He is representative of the social class of the " undeserving poor" , which, means that he is not entitled to receive financial support from the government, since he is physically able to work. He lives only for the moment; from day to day. The money he gets he wastes on intoxicating himself, and he has no intentions of taking any serious ...
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Soap Operas Daytime Talk
987 wordsProfessional wrestling programs are among the most popular shows on television; they often represent six out of the ten top-rated cable shows each week. In addition to boosting ratings, the World Wrestling Federations (WWF) increased emphasis on violence, raw language and sexual suggestion has made it controversial. Even though the televised events the WWF chooses to put on television may be disputed; the broadcasts should still be considered acceptable on television today. Although the WWF is o...
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