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The Future Of Security
<view this essay>.... contain one’s available monetary amount, photograph, retina scan, and public record.
Accounts will be credited automatically on the person’s designated payday by the company’s accountant. Deposits other than paychecks can be made at any financial institution as long as the creditor has the account number.
Purchases will be made by debiting the account upon comparing the customer’s retina scan with the one in the database of the account owner and making sure the funds are available to cover the entire purchase. If the purchase is approved the account will be debited in real-time. Transactions can be denied for lack of funds, retina scans not matching, th .....
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Windows 95 Or NT
<view this essay>.... operating system. In doing
so they have created two of the most debated systems available to the general
public in this day and age. However, in doing so each one of these operating
systems has there good side and there bad side.
Windows NT 3.51 was originally created for business use, but has ended
up being more widely available for the average PC user in ones home. Windows 95
was developed for the sole purpose as an alternative to Windows NT. But has
ended up in the work place more then the home. Windows 95 carries an average
price of ninety-five dollars in stores. Which makes it an expensive system
worth the money. On the other hand Windows NT 3.51 .....
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Bridge Structures
<view this essay>.... bridges appear to have been the most common type known to the ancients, although according to the tradition a brick-arch bridge was built about 1800 BC in Babylon. Other forms, such as simple suspension and cantilever bridges, are known to have been used in ancient India, China, and Tibet. Pontoon bridges were used in the military expeditions of the Persian monarchs Darius I and Xerxes I.
The Romans built many timber-trestle bridges. Surviving roman bridges, however usually have a level road supported on one or more semicircular stone arches. One of the most famous bridges would be The Pont du Gard at Nimes, France. It has three tiers of arches rising 15 .....
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Computer Simulations
<view this essay>.... training environment. In conjunction with other services' simulations, WARSIM 2000 will provide a complete operational environment with scenarios drawn from the entire operational continuum to support Army, joint and coalition force training distributed across the globe. a. The WARSIM 2000 simulation system will use a computer-based simulation and associated hardware to support the training of unit commanders and their battle staffs from battalion through theater-level as well as to support training events in educational institutions. Designed and built using modern computer technology, modern software engineering techniques, and validated algorithms and databa .....
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ISDN Vs. Cable Modems
<view this essay>.... Services Digital Network (ISDN), and cable television
networks upgraded to pass bi-directional digital traffic (Cable Modems). It
analyzes the potential of each enhancement to deliver Internet access to
residential users. It validates the hypothesis that upgraded cable networks can
deliver residential Internet access more cost-effectively, while offering a
broader range of services.
The research for this report consisted of case studies of two commercial
deployments of residential Internet access, each introduced in the spring of
1994:
· Continental Cablevision and Performance Systems International (PSI)
jointly developed PSICable, an Internet access .....
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Computers, I Don't Like Computers. So Why Can't I Get A Job?
<view this essay>.... been more succceptable to computers and would therefore have
more experience with them thus having more of a chance of getting a high paying
job. However computers are getting easier to operate as we speak. William Gates
said that microsoft's key role of Windows 95 was to make the operating system
easier for the average person to operate. My grandma is a key example, she was
born way before there was any PC's or networked offices. She remembers the big
punchcard monsters that she would have to insert cards into to give it
instructions. But my point is that she was not exposed to a computer as everyday
life. Now she is really behind so to speak in the computing .....
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Bulletproof Vests
<view this essay>.... free movement by the wearer while affording him adequate
protection against fragments from artillery shells, mortar shells, and
anti-aircraft shells. They could not stop armor piercing bullets however.
In the 1960's new types of vests were developed whose plates were
made of composite layers of steel or a very hard ceramic, boron carbide.
However, the discovery that numerous layers of nylon fabric could dissipate
the energy of the bullet revolutionized the use of modern body armor.
The function of steel or hard plastic armor is to be impervious to
a bullet. The function of ceramic armor is to slow the bullet abruptly by
the hardne .....
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Government Intervention Of The Internet
<view this essay>.... this network is key to
the future of the knowledge society. At present, this net is the epitome of the
first amendment: free speech. It is a place where people can speak their mind
without being reprimanded for what they say, or how they choose to say it. The
key to the world-wide success of the Internet is its protection of free speech,
not only in America, but in other countries where free speech is not protected
by a constitution. To be found on the Internet is a huge collection of obscene
graphics, Anarchists' cookbooks and countless other things that offend some
people. With over 30 million Internet users in the U.S. alone (only 3 million of .....
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