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- 2851: Freedom of Speech on the Internet
- ... religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”(1st Amendment). Therefore it would be unconstitutional for any sort of government sponsored public censorship to occur on the Internet and affiliated services. The Internet is a powerful tool that can help a variety of people and citizens of this country and ... and our society. Parents must teach their children to filter out and/or help filter out immoral and offensive material, for this is the job of a parent, not the government. Taking away one of the United States’ most valued rights will never be the answer, but hopefully with the help and support of the Internet community, parents, and Congress, ...
- 2852: Computer Technology
- ... not have come about except for the development of the computer. Different types and sizes of computers find uses throughout society in the storage and handling of data, from secret government files to banking transactions to private household accounts. Research and development in the computer world moves simultaneously along two-paths hardware designs and software innovations work in each are alternately ... opened a new era in manufacturing and consumer product development. Programs help people plan complex production schedules, keep track of inventories and accounts, run automated assembly lines and control robots. Government agencies are the largest users of mainframes and super computers. The United States Department of Defense uses computers for hundreds of tasks, including research, breaking codes, interpreting data from spy ... be system analyst, programmers and operators. Computer security specialists will be in great demand to help protect the integrity of the huge information banks being developed by business and the government. Programmers write the software that transforms a machine into a personal tool. Applications programmers write commercial programs to be used by businesses, in science centers and in the home. ...
- 2853: The History and Development of Computers
- ... reduce errors. Hollerith brought his punch card reader into the business world, founding Tabulating Machine Company in 1896, later to become International Business Machines (IBM) in 1924. Both business and government used punch cards for data processing until the 1960's. In the ensuing years, several engineers made other significant advances. Vannevar Bush, developed a calculator for solving differential equations in ... of data. The machines were costly and tended to be too powerful. Throughout the early 1960's, there were a number of commercially successful computers used in business, universities, and government from companies such as Burroughs, Honeywell, IBM, and others. These second generation computers contained transistors in place of vacuum tubes. They also contained all the components we associate with the ... and automobiles with electronic fuel injection incorporated microprocessors. Such condensed power allowed everyday people to fit a computer's power. They were no longer developed exclusively for large business or government contracts. By the mid-1970's, computer manufacturers sought to bring computers to general consumers. These minicomputers came complete with software packages that offered even non-technical users an ...
- 2854: Hacking
- ... boards, no matter how k-rad they seem. If you don't know the sysop, leave a note telling some trustworthy people that will validate you. VI. Do not hack government computers. Yes, there are government systems that are safe to hack, but they are few and far between. And the government has inifitely more time and resources to track you down than a company who has to make a profit and justify expenses. VII. Don't use codes unless there ...
- 2855: The History of The Internet
- ... than 300% more faster than a regular modem traveling at 28.8kbps. Each of these types of networks connected to the Internet through their own dedicated node. There is no government regulating the Internet, it is anarchy in its greatest form. The Internet's "anarchy" may seem strange, but it makes a certain deep and basic sense. It's rather like ... ideas. People on the Internet feel the same way about their institution. It's an institution that resists institutionalization. The Internet belongs to everyone and no one (Sterling 4). Our government and many others are attempting to regulate material on the Internet. The Telecommunications Act that passed about a year ago which included the Communication decency act (CDA), put a few ... sends the request over the www to find Microsoft's web server. The .com section specifies that this is a commercial site; other suffixes include .edu (education), .mil (military), .gov (government) , and .net (external network). When the user accesses Microsoft's site they can explorer Microsoft's computer by clicking on hyperlinks which are links to other pages. When viewing ...
- 2856: The Internet
- ... thousand networks in more than one-hundred countries worldwide. However, it all started with one network. In the early 1960's the Cold War was escalating and the United States Government was faced with a problem. How could the country communicate after a nuclear war? The Pentagon's Advanced Research Projects Agency, ARPA, had a solution. They would create a non ... information, or commercial advertisement. The World Wide Web is the fastest growing Internet resource. The Internet has dramatically changed from its original purpose. It was formed by the United States government for exclusive use of government officials and the military to communicate after a nuclear war. Today, the Internet is used globally for a variety of purposes. People can send their friends an electronic "hello." ...
- 2857: Censorship on the Internet
- ... such as Germany, have considered taking measures against the U.S. and other companies or individuals that have created or distributed offensive material on the Internet. If the United States government really wanted to censor the net, there is only one solution - shut down all network links of other countries. But of course that would mean no Internet access for the ... against democratic spirit, it opposes the right of free speech and is a breach of the First Amendment. Do you remember Salman Rushdie and his book The Satanic Verses? Iranian government announced a death threat to kill Rushdie and his publishers because his book speaks against Islam. No one wants that to happen again. If you are one of the Internet ... superhighway. After President Clinton signed the 1996 Telecommunication Act, lots of net users reacted in outrage. Although the Federal court in Philadelphia and New York have overturned that Act, The government has appealed the ruling and the case has been referred to the U.S. Supreme Court. Since censorship is an international issue, people have different judgment and censorship works ...
- 2858: Computer Scientist/Programmer
- ... Large numbers of programmers can also be found working for firms that provide engineering, management services, and manufacturers of computer and office equipment, financial institution, insurance companies, educational institutions, and government agencies. A growing number of computer programmers are employed on a temporary basis, by contract, or as independent consultants as companies need an experts touch with their newer programming languages ... leader positions in a company may earn up to $55,000, so a few years of experience can make a big difference in a programmer's salary. In the federal government, the starting salary for programmers with a college degrees or some training experience was about $19,500 a year. When making a job choice and salary has a great deal to do with it, a fede ral government-programming job would not be a good choice. In Hal's legacy: Computer programming for Years to Come. The author states "Computer programmer employment is expected to grow faster ...
- 2859: The Computer Underground
- ... proliferation of home computers has been accompanied by a corresponding social problem involving the activities of so-called "computer hackers." "Hackers" are computer aficionados who "break in" to corporate and government computer systems using their home computer and a telephone modem. The prevalence of the problem has been dramatized by the media and enforcement agents, and evidenced by the rise of ... Hackers, and the "danger" that they present in our computer dependent society, have often received attention from the legal community and the media. Since 1980, every state and the federal government has criminalized "theft by browsing" of computerized information (Hollinger and Lanza-Kaduce, 1988, pp.101- 102). In the media, hackers have been portrayed as maladjusted losers, forming "high-tech street ... published to date. Activist Times, Incorporated (ATI): Unlike the other electronically distributed publications, ATI does not limit itself to strictly computer/telephone news. Articles normally include commentary on world and government events, and other "general interest" topics. ATI issues are generally small and consist of articles written by a core group of four to seven people. Unlike the publications discussed ...
- 2860: Computer Simulation
- ... action, and plan and issue new orders in a timely manner, all while using their organizational equipment and procedures. d. Logistical support for WARSIM 2000 will be based on a government- owned contractor-supported system. The government will own necessary hardware, have all proprietary rights to the developmental hardware and software components, and full license rights to the non-developmental software components of WARSIM 2000. Contracted logistical support will provide for the maintenance of government-owned computer hardware at all times. e. The acquisition and development strategy for WARSIM 2000 must abide by several constraints. (1) The WARSIM 2000 acquisition must build upon the ...
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