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World War Ii Vacuum Tubes
1,137 wordsSince the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, people wanted and needed an easier way of calculating and measuring. Through the dreams of Charles Babbage, the computer was born. These new machines could do any regular math more than twice as fast as any human. Sadly, these ideas were not appreciated until almost one hundred years later. In the 1950 's, the idea of computers was brought up again. This is when people finally started crediting Babbage's work. The technology available now made it...
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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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Internet Service Providers Age Of 18
1,847 wordsAlthough the U. S. created the Internet in the 1960 s as a communications tool for the military, it was not until after the government opened it to the public in the late 1980 s that the Internet became a unique communications phenomenon. Nobody could predict the speed by which people all over the world grabbed onto this new form of technological communication. In 1995, there were an estimated 56 million Internet users worldwide; by 1999, this figure is expected to rise to 200 million. This trem...
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Bin Laden Terrorist Group
1,339 wordsTerrorism is becoming more and more of a threat to Americans both at home and abroad. International terrorism happens when terrorism occurs out of our country. An example of an International terrorist is Osama bin Laden. Laden is the worlds most dangerous terrorist. Laden shows genocidal tendency by killing Americans through-out the world from the bombings of the World Trade Center to the embassy bombings in Africa. The African blasts killed more than 250 people. The FBI has been tracking him fo...
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Haymarket Square Bad Things
340 wordsHaymarket Square Riot, confrontation upon police and protesters that took place on May 4, 1886, in Haymarket Square in Chicago. A strike was in progress at the McCormick reaper works in Chicago, and on the day before several men where shot by the police in a riot at the plant. A meeting was called at Haymarket Square on May 4 as protest against police violence by a group of mostly German-born anarchist workers living in Chicago. The police started to try to disperse the meeting, and then a bomb ...
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000 000 People Adolf Hitler
821 wordsAdolf Hitler was the ruler of Germany from the time he became Chancellor till the day he took his own life. He was known to everyone as a monster and a leech on society who tried to have his fifteen minutes of fame. He established a brutal totalitarian regime under the National Socialism, or better known as the Nazi party. He thirst for the top was to much at times he would ignore advice, send more troops to get slaughtered, and he tried so hard to make Germany not a superpower but thee superpow...
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Pack Of Cars Barren Wasteland Max
738 wordsOnly a few slow moving tumbleweeds occupied the desert terrain. The endless plain of dust and hot dry dirt seemed to have no occupants, it was as if the ground hadn't been walked over for years. Suddenly, the seemingly endless silence was broken by a gradual fade into a chaotic rumbling. The sound grew more ferocious and eventually became unbearably loud. Just then in the distance behind a cliff, a cloud of dust appeared and out of it raced seven cars racing at insane speeds. It looked as if the...
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Atomic Bomb Los Alamos
863 wordsRichard Philip Feynman was born in New York City on May 11 th 1918 to a middle class family that lived on the Southern tip of Manhattan. He grew up in a household where both of his parents poured into him their best qualities. His mother, Lucille, instilled in Richard a powerful sense of humor, which would be essential in forming his magnetic personality and eccentric lecturing style. His father, Melville, decided before Richard was born that if he were a boy, he would grow up to be a scientist,...
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Causes Morality And Demise Of American Civil Defense
1,627 wordsAn Examination of the Causes, Morality, and Demise of American Civil Defense While there are conflicting and overlapping reasons as to why civil defense became an important issue in America in the 1950 s and 1960 s, the fact remains that Americans became obsessed with civil protection and the threat of thermonuclear war. This took the form of general preparation for an attack, such as the construction of bomb shelters, stockpiling of food supplies, perfecting emergency drills in schools and home...
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Divided Into Four East And The West
1,554 wordsThe Cold war can be considered as one of the longest wars in history, it involved the two super powers of the time the USA and the USSR. (West and East). Both of these countries were governed under two very different ideologies, the USA had a democratic capitalist system while the USSR was a one-party communist state. The communist ideology is based on the idea that the rights of individual people are less important then the rights of society as a whole. On the other hand the USA capitalist ideo...
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Civil Rights Movement Rock N Roll
1,220 wordsThe United States began to change drastically in the 50 s. Many people began coming out to stand up to old ways of life. This started the wheel turning for the civil rights movement. Some people though were swept up in a hysteria of accusations caused by the tension of the Cold War. Many were accused as being traitors for their beliefs. Americans also became swept up in social conformity causing a new American Dream to take shape. During the 50 s, America experienced many new changes in its way ...
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History Around The Russian Launch Of Sputnik
1,051 words... omen. Who, in the case of Sputnik, reacted to a lesser degree like the rest of the public, but still with a feeling of urgency and impending doom. Some saw these events only as a sign of the eventual rule of the Russian Empire, while at the same time others met it with great political opportunism. Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, a future advocate of government stated that unless our defense policies are promptly changed, the Soviets will move from Superiority to supremacy. If that happ...
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Means Of Physical Surrender Unconditionally Japan
604 wordsNo man has the right to seek values from others by means of physical forces, no man or group has the right to initiate the use of physical force against others, however men have the right to use force in self-defense and against those who initiate its use. Claims philosopher Ayn Rand. The Japanese were seeking values (land, natural resources etc. ) by means of physical force, and therefore, according to this philosophy which I whole heartily agree with, any method the United States government us...
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Adolf Hitler Mackenzie King
1,048 wordsHistorical Time Line 1910 Prime Minister Wilfred Laurier? s Naval Bill to create a small Canadian Navy is passed. The Montreal Canadians play their first hockey game. The first man-made fibre, rayon, is introduced in the North American market. Author Stephen Leacock publishes Literary Lapses. Toronto had 376, 588 citizens. 1911 Robert Borden becomes Canada? s new PM. Canada? s population is 7, 204, 838. 1912 Ontario government restricts the use of French in Ontario schools. The Manitoba, Ontario...
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Treaty Of Versailles Changed The World
325 wordsMein Kampf! Adolf Hitler would say. Adolf Hitler should be the Person Of the Century. Hitler has changed the world. He caused technology to evolve. Adolf was the most ruthless killer ever. Adolf Hitler is the scariest person to ever live. The world was changed by Hitler. Hitler tore up the Treaty of Versailles because he was restricted to a limited amount of war supplies and soldiers. He killed almost 7, 000, 000 Jews because they might contaminate German blood. Adolf Hitler violated the Treaty ...
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Naturally Occurring Hydrogen Occurring Hydrogen One
478 wordsHydrogen is the Hydrogen Hydrogen Hydrogen is the first element that can be found on the periodic table. It has only one electron and one energy level. Having only one proton and one electron causes it to be very light in weight. The British scientist Henry Cavendish is given credit with discovering hydrogen in 1766, but studies show that German-Swiss alchemist Paracelsus in the 16 th had handled it first. It gets its name from the words hud Xr, meaning water, and german, meaning generate, thus ...
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Truth And Justice Adam
1,704 wordsHeroes are not always credited for their honesty and righteousness. This is the view towards society that Robert Cormier exhibits in the novel? ? I am the Cheese? ? , where the individual is punished for standing up to himself. In this society, the non-valiant are rewarded for their ignorance and compliance, narrated through the characters of Grey and Whipper. Moreover, Robert Cormier portrays this society to be void of truth and justice. This is seen through exploring the innocence behind Adam?...
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Search Engines Infoseek Research
468 wordsInfoseek. com, the fastest way to find what your looking for. The solution to the common problem I know what I want but I don t know where to find it! The search engine that aids you in tasks ranging from buying a car to making a bomb. It is a great web tool that if you know how to use it, it will act as your own private investigator. Infoseek. com located on the World Wide Web, gives you a new angle on how to go about research. In all actuality it utterly replaces the need of going to the libra...
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U S Embassies Afghanistan And Sudan Terrorism
645 wordsIs it Terrorism to Attack Terrorists? Terrorism is politically motivated violence intended to intimidate and terrify. When U. S. embassies were bombed in Kenya and Tanzania, Washington decided to retaliate. On Aug. 20, 1998, the U. S. launched military strikes at what they believed were terrorist-related bases in Afghanistan and Sudan. They believed these groups played a key role in the embassy bombings. Some believe that retaliation and a show of force are acts of self-defence that will eventua...
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Johnny Got His Gun Didnt Dare Joe
740 wordsJohnny Got His Gun War in its self is a tragedy. Experiencing the tragedies of war has a life long impact on ones life. In the novel Johnny got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, Joe Bonham is a victim of war and he is forever changed physical, mentally and spiritual. Through Joe it is evident that the price we pay for war is much to high. All people in life have some sort of basic function. Weather it be a paraplegic who lives alone, goes to work, has some sort of social life, and is a member of a wheel...
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