... hospitals, and food delivery will also be jeopardized. This does not mean that all of these will experience problems, or even that a majority will. But without question, some will. The extent of that "some" is largely unknown. Water treatment facilities, food & farming, defense, transportation, hospitals & emergency service, power, banking, law enforcement, communications, fuel, and government are all things in question. Experts have testified before banking subcommittees that any major firm that has not already completed its assessment can not hope to become Y2K compliant by January 1, 2000. None of the utilities that were surveyed were assured after making inquir ...
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... computer”(p.436). In effect, these machines are supposed to imitate the things a human being can do. For example, a computer learns how to receive, analyze and store information. These abilities are based on those of a human, the computer only generates information, without the authority to change the process in which it functions. The computer is only following instructions that “make it possible for a sequence of operations to be repeated over and over again until some condition is fulfilled, but in doing so to obey, not to fresh instructions on each repetition, but the same ones over and over again”(p.438). He then asserts that digital computers can be b ...
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... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 THE HISTORY OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Virtual Reality in the Past . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Virtual Reality in the Present. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Virtual Reality in the Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 THE SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF VIRTUAL REALITY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New Rules of Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Adverse Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 REFERENCES ...
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... the NTSC signal. This signal has proved to be a durable way of transmitting information for 50 years. But with today's technology, a new standard has been in the works, HDTV. In September 1992 NBC's WRC-TV in Washington DC became the first television station in the country to send HDTV signals over the air waves. WRC- TV's general manager then stated, "With advanced digital high-definition television, viewers will experience unmatched picture quality and superior sound resolution." There are many pro's and con's regarding having HDTV as the new standard. Not all broadcasters are interested in HDTV at all. During the transitional period, broadcasters will ...
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... effects. This paper will analyze the various aspects to the year 2000 problem, classical and software solutions to the problem, and present the author's ideas on how a systematic approach to the "millennia virus" can prevent doomsday from becoming a reality for many information technology managers and their corporations. What, specifically, _is_ this "millennia virus" to begin with? There has been much talk about it, and most people know it has something to do with the date formats and how they are processed by the computer. How it is affecting that processing is what the key to implementing a solution is. There are several forms the "bug" will metamorphose into. ...
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... to Internetwork. Resons of security made Internetwork anarchistic.It wasen`t supose to be any cental computer wich controlled Internetwork and the computertrafic was supose to direct it self so if a thought road suddenly wasen`t accessible the trafic should find a new way by it self. Because of this the enemy couldent in war strike out Intenetwork by bombing individual servers and main computers. In the end of the 1970`s was almost all american Universities and majority connected to it so called protocol TCP/IP wich to day is the main glue in Internet. In 1985 Internet had grovn to the wolds gratest network and more and more organisation o ...
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... field. First and foremost is the fact that computer software is a very important educational tool. Students in high schools experience computers for the first time through games and other software. These help develop the ability to make quick and concrete decisions. The next step requires them to think more seriously about the machines. Secondary students learn the first steps in computer programming by creating simple programs. Here, the assistance of useful software is necessary. The computer software has many uses in the real world and is found virtually everywhere. The new generation of very fast computers introduces us to a new type of software. M ...
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... work inside you computer turn off the power and disconnect the equipment form the power source. Before you touch anything inside the computer, touch and unpainted metal surface such as the power supply. This will help to discharge any static electricity that could damage internal components. Now you should periodically, defragment your hard disk. Defragmenting your hard disk reorganizes files so they are in contiguous clusters and makes disk operations faster. Defragmentation programs have been known to damage files so make sure your disk is backed up first. A good thing to do now would be to protect your system from computer viruses. Computer viruses are pr ...
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... of a guest computer is if someone brought a laptop and connected it for a short while to download or access data. To find the answer to the question, simply count the desktop computers that will be connected and how many guest computers you expect to be connected at one time. The second mathematical problem that occurs is best solved using an algebraic equation. Let x=the amount of desktop computers that will always be connected, y=the amount of guest computers that you expect to be connected at one time. So, the equation is: x+y+1. The one added on the end of the equation is another guest file just to make sure you don't fall short. So, this tells you how man ...
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... work with and is very timesaving. With computer technology changing at such fast pace, many businesses try to keep up by upgrading computer system constantly in order to stay competitive. In the example of Advance Management; the computer equipment they have is quite advances. For example, they own 3 computers of which one is solely for accounting purposes. The system includes a CPU Pentium II with 300 MHz microprocessor, a 64 MB SD Ram on board, a 56 K modem, a 32´CD-ROM, and also a 4.3 GB Hard Disk. This high quality equipment has bought recently and they have already contributed a lot in improving the business' operation by making better works done more quic ...
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