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Specific Task Software Patents
950 wordsSoftware consists of lists of instructions that a computer reads and executes. The tasks done by a computer are largely repetitive; the same chunks of instructions are executed many times. Each chunk performs one specific task and goes by the label algorithm, a method for accomplishing a specific task. In the United States, it is possible to obtain a patent for a software algorithm. One example of a patented software algorithm is the LZW software algorithm. The LZW patent is owned by Unisys. The...
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Edison Invented Light Bulb Inventions
548 wordsThomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. His father was a shingle maker and his mother was a school teacher. When Edison was seven, he moved to Port Huron, Michigan. Edison attended school there. He tended to ask many questions and this would bother his teachers. The teachers told his mother that he was mentally retarded and could never learn. He would not stay focused and was too active to learn. He only attended three months of formal education and the rest of the time ...
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Jim Crow Cash Crop
1,183 words... from hemp (8). Hempseed oil can also be used for lighting, and was at one time, the most popular fuel of choice for this purpose. Futuristic US citizens, such as Henry Ford, envisioned a nation powered by organic, renewal Bio Mass Energy derived from hemp. Its demise was realized as the large monopolies were negotiating their rise to power (8). So how did this gift from God, this plant that served as legal currency become illegal? Why? Many factors came together, which eventually ended up ya...
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Alexander Graham Bell Deaf People
1,321 wordsAlexander Graham bell was a very important man, not only to Canada but to the whole world as well, and it was not an easy road to success. His contributions to the world of communication were unmatched by any one. This essay will be arguing the facts about Bell that have been stated through 3 main topics, which are, Bells contribution to deaf people. Graham Bell made a contribution to the communication world. Finally he ran into many problems while in innovations were occurring. Alexander made a...
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An Introduction To Fiber Optics Technology
1,471 wordsThroughout time, speed and efficiency in the telecommunications industry has progressed at a rapid pace due to fiber optic technology. In 1979, AT& T revolutionized the telecommunications industry by producing a medium for data transmission which used light, called fiber optic cable. This medium created a bandwidth of 44. 736 Mbps and could multiplex 672 trunk circuits onto one fiber (Cole, 2000). However, this invention was only the beginning of a great addition to telecommunications, one t...
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File Format State University
1,050 words... format is relatively old and often creates problems when an attempt is made to print on non-PostScript printers and high-resolution image setters. The PS format also has the problem with gray rectangles appearing when viewed in certain programs. Web graphics are made to transfer information through phone lines as quickly as possible and use the information to display images on the computer screen. Web file formats used for this reason are formats, which are made to display lower resolution, ...
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The Physics Of Scuba Diving Swimming With Fish
1,089 wordsHave you ever wondered what it would be like to swim with the fish and explore the underwater jungle that covers two-thirds of the earth's surface? I have always been interested in water activities; swimming, diving and skiing, and I felt that scuba was for me. My first dive took place while on a family vacation. I came across a dive shop offering introductory dives, which immediately caught my interest. After much convincing (my parents), with my solemn assurance that I would be careful, I was ...
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Number Of Years Reverse Engineer
1,657 wordsThis case study, prepared by Richard C. Scameborn, follows the Diamond Power Specialty Company from its humble beginnings in 1903 to its decline in 1991. The birth of Diamond came with the invention of the hand cranked soot blower. As the years and technology progressed, so did the Diamond soot blower. Along with this main product, Diamond also added several other products to its line, but none had the profitability of the soot blower. Diamond had the market to itself for a number of years, but ...
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Order To Survive Long Term
727 wordsHaving read Robert Eckerts statement expressed in November 18, 2002 Business Week article regarding the new approach to Mattel's management that will lessen Mattel's dependence on licensed properties, implement better quality controls and develop more toys in house I had developed a dual attitude to the corporate philosophy which I am going to express in the following essay. Albeit agreeing with the overall long-term philosophy of Mattel, I still have some reservations. At first the new strategy...
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Sherman Antitrust Act Market Power
965 wordsTying: Right or Wrong If we discuss the important tying case between Eastman Kodak Co. V. image Technical Services, Inc. , 112 S. Ct. 2072 (1992), the decree prohibited not only tying, i. e. , conditioning sales of film on the purchase of photo-finishing, but also bundling, i. e. , offering film with or without photofinishing, or the use of coupons. In terminating the decree, the court eliminated the ban on tying as well as on bundling. Court has terminated an anti monopoly decree over the gover...
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Played An Important Frena Bbs
2,711 wordsCurrent copyright Copyright Copyright Current copyright and patent laws are inappropriate for computer software; their Imposition slows down software development and reduces competition. From the first computer as we know them, the ENIAC, computer software has become more and more important. From thousands of bytes on miles of paper to millions of bytes on a thin piece of tin foil sandwiched between two pieces of plastic, software has played an important part in the world. Computers have most li...
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Hydrogen Peroxide Chemical Imbalance
1,140 wordsThe music vibrates throughout your body. Everything you perceive or imagine pulsates in unison to form the collective conscience. Every thought, feeling, and your existence as a whole become euphoric and connected. You love and understand everything as never before. Why does this have to end after a few hours? Why can it not be real? This is your body on MDMA (Ecstasy). Also known as Adam, E, and the love drug, Ecstasy has almost become synonymous with thoughts of druggie teenagers dancing at al...
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Marijuana Smoke Marijuana Causes
2,396 words8 Ganja Sean P. Silverman 8 December 1999 Ganja Long recognized as one of Gods greatest gifts to mankind, Ganja truly can heal the earth. Unknown to many today, cannabis hemp was used worldwide in paper, fiber, lamp oil and nautical applications throughout the 19 th century, constituting possibly the largest agricultural and industrial businesses in America (Here 83). In the early part of the 1800 s cannabis was the number one medicine in the US (83). It held that spot tightly, until it was nudg...
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Gas Masks Street Corner
505 wordsGarret Augustus Morgan was born on March 4, 1877. He was the seventh of eleven children born to the Morgan family in Paris, Kentucky. As a young boy Morgan was very creative. Morgan taught himself after he left school. After he dropped out of fifth grade, he left home at the age of fourteen for Cleveland. Despite no formal education Morgan became a very successful man. He has created many inventions that have improved the lives of everyone. His inventions range from hair products, to gas masks, ...
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Miles Per Hour Seat Belts
2,158 wordsThe making of automobiles started in the year 1770. In 1770 a man named Nicholas Joseph Cung not from France built a large steam-driven vehicle. The vehicle didn? t last long because the vehicle could only be driven for 12 to 15 minutes before running out of steam and the vehicle was too heavy and had poor balance and made it difficult to steer. Nothing more had been done until in the 1784. In 1784 James Watt made a patent on a steam carriage, but nothing became of it. Then in 1785 John Fitch in...
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Ambrose Cutting Ambrotypes James Ambrose Cutting Ambrotypes Process
356 wordsJames Ambrose Cutting Ambrotypes James Ambrose Cutting Ambrotypes were a direct positive process effect achieved on glass coated with light-sensitive collodion, backed with black paint, paper or even black velvet... It is also known as a collodion positive. They are often confused with Daguerreotypes because they were often housed in dag cases and confused with Tintypes because the images look very similar... The process was invented by Frederick Scott Archer and Peter Fry in 1851, but was paten...
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Number Of Years Reverse Engineer
1,685 wordsManaging the Transition from Maturity to Decline: Diamond Power Corporation This case study, prepared by Richard C. Scameborn, follows the Diamond Power Specialty Company from its humble beginnings in 1903 to its decline in 1991. The birth of Diamond came with the invention of the hand cranked soot blower. As the years and technology progressed, so did the Diamond soot blower. Along with this main product, Diamond also added several other products to its line, but none had the profitability of t...
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Radioactive Waste Nuclear Waste
557 wordsAs we enter the new millenium, the disposal of nuclear waste is a very important factor we must consider for the future generations. Nuclear energy is a very important and dominant as a source of heat energy. It is used to produce steam to drive turbines that generate electricity. Every nuclear plant has its own design, but they each generate heat from nuclear reactors and use this heat to produce steam. The main problem with nuclear energy, however, is the storage and disposal of the waste from...
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