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Privacy On The Internet
Number of Words: 1587 / Number of Pages: 6
... surfing around, would you want every site that you have visited to know who you are and almost every thing about you? No. That is why Intel had to disable their serial number feature in the new Pentium III. With this feature, each site on the Internet that you have visited could use this number to look you up and see who you are and almost every thing about you. Before released Intel told the U.S. Senate that they had disabled this function on every chip, but when these chips where out on the market for a while, programming companies found a way to go back in and enable this function without th ...
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Appleton Police Department
Number of Words: 1098 / Number of Pages: 4
... supportive and professional environment that encourages innovative problem solving to enhance the quality of life in our communities.
Commitments
They have a few commitments to professionalism, community, to progress and to its employees.
Their professional commitment is as they are professional police officers they all adhere to the ethical standards of their profession and to place their concerns for the welfare of their community and the citizens of the town above their own personal concerns while doing their police services. They all go by the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics. ...
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Mp3 Argument
Number of Words: 1304 / Number of Pages: 5
... technological terms, but a brief
explanation is necessary in order to understand arguments surrounding the issue. MP3 is a
new way to save, copy, and play audio files on a computer. The audio files are near
CD-quality and take up very little space on a computer’s hard drive. Previously,
high-quality audio files were saved on a computer in WAV format, which takes up much
more hard drive space than MP3. For example, a three-minute WAV file would use about
30 megabytes of disk space. But in MP3 format, the same song would use only two
megabytes, leaving much more hard drive space available ...
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The Tobacco Industry: Liable F
Number of Words: 1112 / Number of Pages: 5
... warning labels on the side of their products, informing consumers of the dangers of the consumption of their product. Well, if people know about the effects, wouldn't a case be deemed frivolous in court? How is their case heard?
There are two reasons for this: states are suing in place of citizens, and the tobacco companies allegedly lied about the effects of smoking. Currently, there is a huge, multi-plaintiff, multi-state suit against a large consortium of tobacco companies. Companies such as R. J. Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, Ligget & Meyers, and Phillip Morris Inc. are all under fire by over 39 s ...
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Abolishing Grades
Number of Words: 944 / Number of Pages: 4
... generally focused on getting an "A," so they usually don't think about learning, rather they constantly render on the "A." Many candidates' acceptance are based on their academic and test standards and nothing more. Grades are thought to be the most accurate way to judge individuals and schools provide testing and grades that are utilized by institutes of higher learning and also by potential employers. These institutions tend to accurately judge someone based solely on a system that encourages memorization and underhanded tactics instead of learning for the sake of benefiting oneself and one's f ...
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Until All The Men Are Back
Number of Words: 1213 / Number of Pages: 5
... armed forces, which the United States government needs to reciprocate. Within the context of this oath are phrases such as “I am prepared to give my life in [my country’s] defense.” There are sworn words such as “I will never forget that I am an American and dedicated to the principles which made my country free.” The men and women falling under the aforementioned titles of POW, MIA or KIA (b.n.r.) need the same commitment shown them as the sheep in the scriptural quote above. The shepherd, the people of the United States, should commit to finding the lost and bring the ...
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How TV Impacts Teens
Number of Words: 801 / Number of Pages: 3
... So what are teenagers going to think? They will think that if they drink beer they will have as much as the teens in the commercial. As a result of adolescents
drinking there will be violence.
Where do teens learn the concept of violence? Where else but TV. There is definitely way too much violence on television. For example on cable networks such as HBO or Showtime, there are shows that are built around violence. Shows such as OZ. This show is about prisoners who fight and kill for the sake of fighting and killing. These kinds of shows cause teens to be violent. Teens see only one way of dealing wit ...
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Incineration, Is It Really Wor
Number of Words: 680 / Number of Pages: 3
... The keyword there is possible. No matter what filters are applied there is still a significant amount of Carbon Dioxide and other harmful gases such as furons and dioxins being released. This makes an incinerator equivalent to a giant bonfire that burns 24hours a day, 7 days a week. This isnt good for our atmosphere, carbon dioxide can act as a greenhouse gas. We are trying not to have the icecaps melt, not encourage it. If incineration became widespread the environmental results could be devastating. We have 6 billion people living on this earth and if everyone of those peoples garbage was burned i ...
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Fire Or Ice? How Will The World End?
Number of Words: 656 / Number of Pages: 3
... is a larger concentration involved in the 2010-2020 range.
For one, the majority of psychics claim they cannot see past 2012 in the
future. Also, the Mayan calendar, recently revered as a major clue holder,
ends on December 21st, 2012. The Mayans believe time on earth will roll
over into "fourth dimensional time" in 2013, following the end of
civilization. Another interesting point involving this time frame centers
around the ozone hole. Between the years 2010-2020, the hole is expected
to be at its most dangerous levels. This could in turn be the cause, but
there are more connections to be made ...
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Roswell
Number of Words: 826 / Number of Pages: 4
... in
1947, was an alien space craft and not a weather balloon.
Leading up to the 'Roswell Incident' UFOs were spotted all over New Mexico
and the mid-western coast line. On July 1 of 1947, an Unidentified Flying
Object appeared on the radar screens of surrounding airforce bases. People
also saw these objects in the skies that night and the next. On July 4 -
Independence Day - radar screens showed an object pulsate then explode.
Some archaeologists in the area were watching the sky and saw the aerial
display as did a large number of the people living in the town. The
archaeologists set out the next morni ...
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