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- 2991: A Short History On Computers
- ... 50 - 220 cards per minute, each card holding about 80 decimal numbers (characters). At the time, however, punched cards were a huge step forward. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Electronic Digital Computers The start of World War II produced a large need for computer capacity, especially for the military. In 1942, John P. Eckert, John W. Mauchly (left), and their associates at the Moore school of Electrical ... of relay computers. ENIAC used 18,000 vacuum tubes, about 1,800 square feet of floor space, and consumed about 180,000 watts of electrical power. It had punched card I/O, 1 multiplier, 1 divider/square rooter, and 20 adders using decimal ring counters, which served as adders and also as quick-access (.0002 seconds) read-write register storage. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ...
- 2992: Dna 3
- ... people are able to do with or to DNA, as well as the things still in the realm of science fiction. From a variety of applications of knowledge about DNA, I will talk only about three: Cloning, Genetic engineering and DNA Fingerprinting I. Cloning The idea of cloning has been considered since before the discovery of DNA. Cloning may give us insights into what makes us individuals, and how much of our personality ... be virtually impossible to find an intact cell from an extinct dinosaur. However, at New Zealand's University of Otago, scientists are trying to clone the extinct moa, once the world's largest bird. The plan was to take DNA from its leg bone and implant it into a chicken egg to grow. The scientists were then going to breed ...
- 2993: Alternative Fuel Source
- In one year, America will have exhausted 80% of her petroleum reserves. Will we then go to war with the Arabs for the privilege of driving our cars? Will we strip-mine our land for coal and poison the air we breathe to drive our autos an additional 100 years? Will we raze our forests for our energy needs? I certainly hope our country will never come to those conclusions. However, someone must make a conclusion – hopefully toward an alternate fuel source. The fuel source I would propose is biomass fuel derived from hemp. Hemp is the world’s most versatile plant. It actually improves the soil in which it grows, without chemical fertilizers, while ...
- 2994: Alexander the Great
- ... surviving inhabi¬ tants, about 8000 in number, into slavery. Alexander's promptness in crushing the revolt of The¬ bes brought the other Greek states into instant submission. Alexander began his war against Persia in the spring of 334 BC by crossing the Hellespont (now Dardanelles) with an army of 35,000 Macedonian and Greek troops: his chief officers, all Macedonians, included ... Egypt, where he was greeted as a deliverer. By these successes the Nile River, the city of Alexandria, which later became the literacy, scientific, and commercial center of the Greek world. Cyrene, the capital of the ancient North African kingdom of Cyrenaica, gave up to Alexander soon afterward, extending his dominance to Carthaginian territory. In the spring of 331, Alexander made ... pharaohs were believed to be sons of Amon-Ra; and Alexander, the new ruler of Egypt, wanted the god to ac¬ knowledge him as his son. Amon-Ra (Zeus) agreed. I tried doing that the other day and Amon-Ra accepted but I told him that he wasn't good enough for me. So he has cursed me by making ...
- 2995: Frederick Banting
- ... the aim of entering the ministry, but instead he switched to medicine, receiving his MD in 1916. After graduating, he joined the army and served as a medical officer during World War I. He was awarded the Canadian military cross for bravery. After the war, he practiced medicine in London, Ontario, until 1921, when he and Charles Best began their research into ...
- 2996: Malcolm X
- ... however it didn’t take him long to listen to the words of black empowerment, spoken by brother Bains. The black Muslims prediction that in the near future a great war would take place in which whites would be destroyed and black people would rule the world through the power of Allah, their creator. To prepare for this Brother Bains preached, the importance of self-restraint, opposed the use of drugs and alcohol, and organized self-help ... Malcolm’s life. He was a changed man, a man no longer involved with racism although he had a large following he saw an even larger picture. He saw a world where people of all colors and religions could help one another instead of fight one another. His most enduring messages are one of black pride and self-respect, combined ...
- 2997: Dr. Spock
- ... Agnew in the 1960’s who branded him “The father of permissiveness” responsible for a generation of hippies. Spock joined those youths in protests against nuclear technology and the Vietnam war and in 1967 led a march on the Pentagon. He was arrested numerous times for civil disobedience, and even ran for U.S. president as a candidate for the people’s party in 1972. Dr. Spock’s last contribution to this society came out in 1994 in the form of his last book. A Better World For Our Children, which contained recommendations for making America a better and healthier place. This book was published when he was 91 years of age. Spock was quoted as saying “I’ve slowed down a lot .. It took me almost five years to write this book” to the Detroit Free Press. “But I’m still very concerned with the health ...
- 2998: Lord of the Flies; Creating a New Society
- ... children must learn to live in a totally new environment without any adults. Such is the concern when a group of young school boys, who are victims of a nuclear war, are sent away to a deserted island to ensure their safety. The problem that William Golding presents to the readers of LORD OF THE FLIE S is one that suggests ... as a team to survive. With Ralph as their chosen leader the boys face the possibility that all experiences might be meaningless and he long to be back in the world of adults where they feel life was meaningful (Cox, 87). The boys develop a democratic parliamentarian form of government on the island. By signifying a conch shell as the device ... social repression (Rosenfield, 129). These laws and forms of worship in essence will tear apart the boys and all the morals they were ever taught in the so called "civilized world" of adults. Many of the boys are considering the possibility of being rescued, so under Ralph's orders one group of children sets up a signal fire to try ...
- 2999: Frank Sinatra
- ... 24. He got his start singing with Tommy Dorsey’s band in the 1930’s. He then scored his first number one song a little more than a year later, “I’ll Never Smile Again”. Sinatra’s popularity began to rise through airtime as a radio singer during World War II. He soon left Dorsey’s band for a solo career that lead him to several hits and great success in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Young At Heart, All ...
- 3000: Virtual Reality
- ... often required to operate on animals. Because of virtual reality we are able to save money along with animals' lives. We have come a long way in virtual reality since World War II. We have been able to save time, money and many lives, in both medical and flight training. The human race has many new and exciting advancements coming because of virtual reality. I hope that one day this new advancement will not be used in war tactics, rather only be useful for practical purposes.
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