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Animation
Number of Words: 2257 / Number of Pages: 9
... must hold the
understanding of the techniques used to produce single cells of animation.
Second rule, and one of the most important ones is that, the animator must have
great patience, so that his or her piece of artwork is not rushed, to prevent
the animation from looking choppy and not as smooth as it should look. Finally
what is required from an animator is "it takes commitment and effort to make the
basis of animation come alive with fresh ideas."2 The following is not a rule of
animation, but is often taught to animators around the world. "Animators were
often taught that animation is only ...
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The History Of Electronic Musical Instruments
Number of Words: 2148 / Number of Pages: 8
... years following the first electronic instruments and synthesizers was what was called the “Digital Era”. Employing computers to do operations similar to that of electronic devices required conversion of an electronic signal, called an analogue signal, to a series of 1’s and 0’s that computers use to calculate information, hence the term digital.
Seeming that the computers allowed musicians to arrange synthesized sounds and samples (various snippets of a recording) in a way never before fathomable, it was only a natural reaction for it to expand itself manually.
Soon amateurs and musicians alike, were m ...
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The Evolution Of The Saw
Number of Words: 698 / Number of Pages: 3
... designs were discovered. These new designs allowed for the precision cutting of hardwood, softwood, with the grain, against the grain, and even raked out the unwanted sawdust. These saws differed in the layout of the teeth. Instead of the jawbone patter the teeth were placed in a "left-right-angled" pattern, to rake the sawdust, and were placed at different distances depending on the substance being cut.
As these handsaws progressed and continued to make the job of the wood worker less difficult logger began to take interest in the idea of a saw. This led to the invention of the large two-handled ...
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Against Federal Censorship Of The Internet
Number of Words: 334 / Number of Pages: 2
... restricted the free speech rights of adults.
An estimated of 40% of Internet material originates from foreign countries, where the US's Decency Act would not apply. Governments should not have the power to determine what sort of material is fit or unfit for individuals and their children to access on the Internet. Such power could become an oppressive form of censorship and could be used in an arbitrary manner by local judges and prosecutors to target minority viewpoints.
Federal Internet censorship is absurd and impossible due to the fact that the laws stated by our government, are too vague an ...
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Where Did UNIX Come From And Why Are There Different Versions Of UNIX?
Number of Words: 276 / Number of Pages: 2
... Dennis
Ritchie began to develop their own single-user, multi-tasking small operating
system and they chose the name UNIX. Their initial goal was simply to operate
their DEC PDP machines more effectively. In 1971, UNIX became multi-user and
multi-tasking, but it was still just being developed by a small group of
programmers who were trying to take advantage of the machines they had at hand.
(In other words, this operating system that they were developing did not run on
any machine made by Bell!)
In 1973, Dennis Ritchie rewrote the UNIX operating system in C (a language he
had developed.) And in 1975, ...
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Technology And Progress
Number of Words: 1133 / Number of Pages: 5
... the teasing would consist of things like chasing my dog with the garden hose, or stealing his food and running with it, but one time I took my games too far. For some reason I came in contact with the idea that pain was humorous, maybe from TV, or schoolmates, or even my older siblings. Despite where the idea originated I still was taken with this new form of humor. My dog Barney unfortunately was the recipient of my childish antics. Barney put up with it for the most part but gradually became further and further annoyed as the cruelty became greater. Somehow I believed the greater the pain ...
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The History Of Corvettes
Number of Words: 2978 / Number of Pages: 11
... 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 "Corvair", a name picked from the dictionary.
The debut of the first Corvette was on January 17 of 1953. It was displayed at the GM Motorama show at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. In May the first Corvett ...
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Why Y2K?
Number of Words: 1386 / Number of Pages: 6
... even screw up compliant computers as well.
I know what your thinking: "Its not going to happen, someone is going to make some "wonder program" that will fix all the bugs" Well let me tell you something...There are over 500 programming languages, many in foreign languages. Other programs like BASIC and Cobol, are still being used, and those that know it are either Retired, Senile, or dead! In Some cases, the source code no longer exists, which means the language that some computers still use, cannot be gotten into, and repaired. Lets not forget that there are Millions of lines of Code, that the progra ...
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High And Low Displacement Engines
Number of Words: 369 / Number of Pages: 2
... a 1/4 of a mile. They can also be made to produce as much power as a large engine but the engine life would be reduced due to the stress.
The advantage of small displacement engines is that they are fuel efficiency and weigh less than larger engines. The small displacement engine can also be modified to gain more power but the engine life is also reduced. The larger displacement is stronger and it can handle more modification but it still cannot accelerate as fast as a smaller engine and it consumes a larger amount of fuel.
Both low displacement and high displacement engine has its advantages. An an ...
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Computer Security
Number of Words: 2496 / Number of Pages: 10
... human caretaker of computer system can cause as much as harm as any physical hazard. For example, a cashier in a bank can transfer some money from one of his customer's account to his own account. Nonetheless, the most dangerous thief are not those who work with computer every day, but youthful amateurs who experiment at night --- the hackers.
The term "hacker "may have originated at M.I.T. as students' jargon for classmates who labored nights in the computer lab. In the beginning, hackers are not so dangerous at all. They just stole computer time from the university. However, ...
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