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Bugged
Number of Words: 289 / Number of Pages: 2
... Bugging an office is a relatively simple process if one follows
a few basic steps.
First, a person needs to select the bug. There are many different types
of bugs ranging from the infinity bug with which you can listen in on a
telephone conversation from over 200 miles away to an electaronic laser beam
which can pick up the vibrations of a person's voice off a window pane. The
infinity bug sells for $1,000 on the black market and the laser for $895. Both,
however, are illegal.
Second, one needs to know where to plant the bug. A bug can be hidden in a
telphone handset, in ...
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Advancement Of Technology And Science And Its Influence On Science Fiction Novels
Number of Words: 1166 / Number of Pages: 5
... should not be acceptable that has led to science fiction's
increasing popularity over the years. As James explains, "much sf is concerned
with the future and with the possibilities presented by scientific and
technological change" (James 3). Truly, humans exploring and even colonizing
other worlds, the plot of many a science fiction novel, has to many become
inevitable. The successful series of Apollo moon landings in the 1960's and
the knowledge that we already possess the technology to send humans to other
worlds leads many to believe that it is only a matter of time. Even s ...
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Computer Crime
Number of Words: 2231 / Number of Pages: 9
... or
degradation of computer services or denies or causes the denial of computer
services to an authorized user of a computer system.
(e) Misuse of computer system information. A person is guilty of the computer
crime of misuse of computer system information when: (1) As a result of his
accessing or causing to be accessed a computer system, he intentionally makes or
causes to be made an unauthorized display, use, disclosure or copy, in any form,
of data residing in, communicated by or produced by a computer system.
Penalties for committing computer crime range from a class B misdemeanor to a ...
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Will Computers Control Humans In The Future?
Number of Words: 865 / Number of Pages: 4
... to study, they would
only want to be educated by computer tapes. Putting in knowledge would take
less time than reading books and memorizing something that would take almost no
time using a computer in the futuristic world that Asimov describes. Humans
might began to rely on computers and allow them to control themselves by letting
computers educate people. Computers would start teaching humans what computers
tell them without having any choice of creativity. Computers would start to
control humans' lives and make humans become too dependent on the computers.
Another point that is criticiz ...
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The Year 2000 Bug
Number of Words: 1942 / Number of Pages: 8
... and people will be in a lot of trouble. (Also, what happens if the power goes out in a hospital? (Also see “WHAT IS Y2K” later on)
Food is one essential thing that is crucial to survival and many people think that we may need lots of canned and dry goods. As in any crisis situation, some believe that the worst will happen: We will all die, go to war, or the world will explode, etc. Then again, others think that maybe we should be prepared just in case all of our electricity goes out and we have no way to store our goods. Personally, I believe that we have prepared enough to the point where even if ...
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Networks
Number of Words: 3725 / Number of Pages: 14
... money is saved from having to provide
(for example) each user with their own printer. Fewer peripherals also can
translate into lower maintenance costs and lower capital investments on the
system as a whole.
TYPES OF NETWORKS
Networks fall into two categories: Server-Client, and Peer-To-Peer.
Server-Client is often the fastest (and more expensive) of the two
systems. In this setup one computer is designated as the Server, with the
sole purpose of providing access to data, applications, and other resources.
The server is dedicated to serve the other computers on the network.
Usually (bu ...
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DVD VS. DIVX: Consumer Product Investigation
Number of Words: 1440 / Number of Pages: 6
... new format, but it has made a huge impact in
the consumer video market since it's relapse only a year ago. DVD is DVD,
which stands for Digital Video Disc, Digital Versatile Disc, or nothing,
depending on whom you ask, is the next generation of optical disc storage
technology. It's essentially a bigger, faster CD that can hold video as
well as audio and computer data. DVD aims to encompass home entertainment,
computers, and business information with a single digital format,
eventually replacing audio CD, videotape, laserdisc, CD-ROM, and perhaps
even video game cartridges. DVD has widespread suppo ...
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Fast Car Physics
Number of Words: 1557 / Number of Pages: 6
... of a fluid, in gaseous or liquid state, varies inversely with speed or velocity and a slower moving fluid will exert more pressure on and object than the same fluid moving slower (Yager). The goal of car designers is to make the air passing under a car move faster than the air passing over the car. This causes the air passing over the car to create more downforce than the air passing under the car creates upforce creating a force additional to the car’s weight pushing the car to the road. Large amounts of downforce are needed to keep light cars grounded at high speed and keep to cars from slid ...
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Computer Systems Analyst
Number of Words: 1366 / Number of Pages: 5
... hardware and software positions available with companies that wish to
compete with the demand for “networking”. (“Computer Scientists” 95) This leads
me to believe that future employment prospects will be high and of high quality
pay within the next eight to ten years. The past, present, and future have and
will see the computer. Since I have seen the computer, I have enjoyed the
challenges and countless opportunities to gain in life from this machine. From
school projects to games; from the Internet to programming languages; I have and
always will feel like that little kid ...
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Technology Of The Twenty First Century
Number of Words: 591 / Number of Pages: 3
... The Internet was first originally used in 1969 for military purposes but look around today almost every home that has a computer has the Internet. The Internet has came a long way. Everyone has the Internet or has some access to the Internet some how. It serves for many purposes one being for business. Another may be just for enjoyment. The Internet allows people to communicate together at high speeds with their computers. People can go onto chat services and talk to other people around the world. They may also use the Internet to find out about a specific topic. People are linking up more than eve ...
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