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Computers In Society
1564 Words - 6 Pages.... succeeding are making or doing more of what we do, in less time than we do it. End result: Greater profits.
But is this really the way we should be living our lives? We place all of our dependence in machines, which we have developed to take the place of…us, the people who developed them.
During the next few pages, we will examine the effects of computers in our society. Their positive and detrimental effects on people, and the way they operate within a given community.
Thanks to the growth in computer capability and capacity, television and computers are merging into digital streams of sounds, images, and text that make it possible to become absolutely brillia ....
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Voiced Opinion
696 Words - 3 Pages.... sheep in the herd.” They may choose to wear apparel that is, at the least, distinct from the population around them. The freethinking female may choose to embellish a long, black broomstick skirt, with her favorite Marilyn Manson T-shirt, accessorized by her over worn combat boots. She may also choose to wear darker make up to show her beauty in a gothic fashion. An open-minded male may adorn a pair of well-adapted denim jeans with holes in the knees. He might choose to wear an over-sized shirt that is garnished with the name of some eighties band that is of no importance to anyone other than himself.
Unfortunately, individualists are banned from their choice ....
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Pro-Wrestling In The Nineties
1015 Words - 4 Pages.... known as Hulk Hogan. His charisma and basic likeability made people take a liking to his character right away. Hogan was quoted as saying, “I am happy that I can bring the business that I have put my blood, sweat, and tears into straight up to the top of the world” (Hogan) Unfortunately, Vince McMahon, the CEO of the WWF, was involved in a scandal that shocked the world. He was handing out steroids to his employees, in order to make them bigger and more intimidating. This was certainly a blow to the up and coming corporation, although Mr. McMahon was quoted as saying “any publicity is good publicity”, this was definitely the wrong type of publicity he needed. T ....
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Economic Value Added
1959 Words - 8 Pages.... of return, a product of both debt and equity. EVA takes into account all capital invested. Peter Druker says in his Harvard Business Review article, "EVA is based on something we have known for a long time: What we call profits, the money left to service equity, is not profit at all. Until a business returns a profit that is greater than its cost of capital, it operates at a loss. Never mind that it pays taxes if it had a genuine profit. The enterprise still returns less to the economy than it devours in resources….Until then it does not create wealth but destroys it" (Ehrbar 2). EVA is a measure of wealth creation or destruction after all costs are capitalize ....
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Nuclear Weapons: Destructors Or Saviors?
722 Words - 3 Pages.... in a total nuclear holocaust
of both conflicting parties.
Virtually all, who know of the rise in modern-day technology, oppose the
first subheading, dismantling nuclear weapons; but, before stating their
reasoning, we will change our viewpoint to that of the naive (no insult
intended) or too optimistic. Assuming all nations dismantled their nuclear
weapons tomorrow; the world would be peaceful: no more nuclear weapons, no more
eminent destruction, no more bad guys. What? Exactly! How can we eliminate
the evil side of humans, their inherent dark side? This leads to the reason
supporting the maintenance of existing, and the development of future nuclear
weapons. When a n ....
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Hurricanes
594 Words - 3 Pages.... and higher. Heat
energy, released as the water vapor in the air condenses. As it condenses
it drives the upper drafts to heights of 50,000 to 60,000 feet. The cumuli
become towering thunderheads.
From outside the storm area, air moves in over the sea surface to
replace the air soaring upwards in the thunderheads. The air begins
swirling around the storm center, for the same reason that the air swirls
around a tornado center.
As this air swirls in over the sea surface, it soaks up more and more
water vapour. At the storm center, this new supply of water vapor gets
pulled into the thunderhead updrafts, releasing still more energy as the
water vapor condenses. This ....
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We're Screwed
1145 Words - 5 Pages.... The ladies who wore short skirts and spaghetti string tops were not allowed in school. No one in school was able to wear any sport logos on any clothing or even wear any head gears such as: baseball caps, beanies, and even straw hats. I hated these rules. Failing to follow these orders can result in after-school detention, which might even result in school suspension.
The student athletes in school were treated like they were in a military bootcamp. I thought that the school board was out of their mind when I saw my fellow students and some friends as victims in hell. Everything that was said must be done. Here's how it was, in the athletic department of the campus w ....
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Theories Of Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs And Julian Rotter's Locus Reinforecement Control
885 Words - 4 Pages.... is provided, as is my food and drink and sleeping needs, I have privacy in my bedroom for sexual actives. Never really giving it much thought before, all these needs are provided to me everyday.
The second stage is safety needs. This is having a sense of feeling safe and not always having to look over your shoulder. If your not feeling safe at all you may become very insecure about yourself and that can become dangerous. As far as I'm concerned, my environment is a safe place for me. I have a place and a family that has taught me rules and discipline, which will stay with me for the rest of my life. Simple rules of safety whether it be teaching a child to fend for t ....
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