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An Insight Into Virtual Reality
<view this essay>.... that used television screens and half-silvered mirrors, so that the
environment was visible through the TV displays. It was not yet designed
to provide a surrounding environment. It was not until the mid '80's that
virtual reality systems were becoming more defined. The AMES contract
started in 1985, came up with the first glove in February 1986. The glove
is made of thin Lycra and is fitted with 15 sensors that monitor finger
flexion, extension, hand position and orientation. Connected to a computer
through fiber optic cables. Sensor inputs enable the computer to generate
an on screen image of the hand that follows the operator's hand movements.
The .....
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Windows 95 Beats Mac
<view this essay>.... the issuer of compatibility
between the large number of different hardware setups available in the PC world.
Is a particular board going to work with my PC? With Windows 95, these problems
were alleviated with plug and play technology. With plug and play compatible
boards, the computer detects and configures the new board automatically. The
operating system may recognize some hardware components on older PCs. Mac userw
will claim that they always had the convenicnce of a plug and play system, ubt
the difference shows in teh flexibility of the two systems.
Another set of arguments Mac users use in favor of their sysstems over PCs is in
multimedia and networ .....
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Warfare Technology
<view this essay>.... warfare crucial to the allied victory in World War II.
The advancements to weaponry in America during the 1930’s to 1940’s greatly influenced the tides of battle for the allies. The firearms of the time were becoming faster, increased accuracy, and more lethal. The M-1 Carbine was the standard semi-automatic rifle for all American troops and was later fitted to be fully automatic. The bazooka, invented in 1941 by American scientists, was first used in the invasion of North Africa in war and proved to be excellent anti-tank warfare. It was also during this time that bullets were upgraded from the pinfire type to the rimfire type. The rimfire type proved to .....
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Creating WebPages By Using HTML
<view this essay>.... Every HTML document does require certain tags in order for it to work. All the basic tags work in pairs. You give a beginning tag, and then you must give an ending tag. The only difference between the beginning tag and the ending tag is that a slash must be used with the ending tag. All tags must be surrounded by angle blankets. With the knowledge of the tags and proper combination of the tags, you can create a web page, as you desire.
Now let's start creating a web page. The very first thing you need to put into your HTML document is a tag, it identifies the entire document as an HTML document. The next thing you will do is to create a head .....
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Online Censorship
<view this essay>.... Can the Internet be censored, and who, if anyone should be liable for the content on the Internet? Government censorship of the Internet in my opinion would not only be wrong, it would be virtually impossible.
On the Internet, neither governments nor publishers have control over information, and information is no longer tied to physical objects. In this ‘age of information,’ information and ideas can no longer be stopped at the physical territorial borders. We must also examine the meaning of the concept to “seek and receive” and to “impart” information. National restrictions on speech have a direct and negative impact on the ability of Internet .....
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Usage Of The Internet
<view this essay>.... p. S4)
Additionally, according to Nielsen, the number of users who have
gone online looking for product information grew from 19% in 1995
to 39% today. Still, only 15% of Internet users have actually
purchased products online, indicating that the business value of
the Internet is in promoting products, not in sales. (Associated
Press, March 13, 1997)
According to survey results released by DeWitt Media in
February 1997, almost two-thirds of all marketers have advertised
on the Internet. 54% of those surveyed plan to increase their
online advertising budgets in 1997. (Online Marketing Growing
Strong, January 21, 1997) In addition, Adver .....
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A Detail Look Into The Internet And Where It Is Headed!
<view this essay>.... in 1876, and then in 1895 Gugllielmo Marconi invented the wireless telegraph, which eventually made transatlantic communications possible’(Strate 1).
It was not long until technology had another breakthrough and the radio was invented in 1906. The radio soon replaced the newspaper as the mass media conductor of choice in the North American society. ‘The radio had an enormous impact on society. News from across the country could be received shortly after it occurred. Citizens no longer had to wait for the copy of the morning paper to hit the newsstands’(Bergeen 3). The television was invented on the heels of radio. ‘In 1920 the first primitive TV’s were born .....
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Computer Crime: A Increasing Problem
<view this essay>.... the right to freedom of expression and privacy?
INFORMATION CONTROL IN THE DIGITIZED WORLD
In the past decade, computer technology has expanded at an incredibly fast rate,
and the information stored on these computers has been increasing even faster.
The amount of money, military intelligence, and personal information stored on
computers has increased far beyond expectations. Governments, the military, and
the economy could not operate without the use of computers. Banks transfer
trillions of dollars every day over inter-linking networks, and more than one
billion pieces of electronic mail are passed through the world's networks daily.
It is the age of .....
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