... it is the de facto most popular Linux distribution, the first Linux company to go IPO on Nasdaq and preferred by 68.7% of US Linux users, according to IDC research (Kenwood, July 2001). Founded in 1994 by Bob Young (now served as chairman) and Marc Ewing, it has received numerous ... Linus Torvalds leading the Linux Kernel development (Kenwood, C.,July 2001). Torvalds basically controlled quite tightly on what goes into the kernel and what does not. Currently the latest kernel is version 2.4.21 Lack of "ownership", bias toward power user, dependent on leader. There are lots of Linux appl...

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... great opportunity for patient teaching and wellness promotion exists in these areas. Because the demographic population tends to be in a lower socioeconomic class than suburban or urban areas, patient education and health promotion is essential. For nurses who are interested in the teaching and educating aspects of nursing, rural communities ... greatly improve the overall wellness of these communities. Another issue that needs to be taken into consideration is the lack of health insurance in these communities. Lower average incomes imply a diminished ability of rural populations to affo...

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... - both potential history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives ... : We bank online, we shop online, we work online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, d...

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... , the broadcasting industries have a few significant transformations. The broadcasting radio industry expanded rapidly in 1920s until the born of television service in 1936. However, the born of broadcasting television service did not influence broadcasting radio industry very much. In fact, the real challenger of broadcasting industries is Internet, which was growth rapidly in these two decades. This essay is mainly divided into two main sections, firstly ... grow dramatically to global network. According to Flew, T, after the birth of WWW and mosaic, the annual growth rate of hosted In...

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... benefits of industry scale and innovation that it could not achieve it if tried to do everything itself (Hutley et al, 2003). In addition, instituting new management methods that empower employees and place less emphasis on efficiency and more on creativity and innovation enables Cisco to be more efficient, and much more effective at reacting quickly to competitive and technological change (Dessler ... August 7, 2002 press release, Cisco Systems announced the shipment of its one-millionth IP telephone in less than two years. During August of 2000 to July 2002, Cisco increased its IP tele...

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... indecency and is the communications director for Enough is Enough, a Virginia-based anti-pornography organization. She supported the Communications Decency Act (CDA), a law that was passed in 1996 to ban the transmission of obscene or indecent material on the Internet. A number of civil rights and computer groups challenged the constitutionality of the provisions of the CDA under First Amendment grounds ... in Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, the first Supreme Court case about the freedom of speech on the Internet. The group of 20 plaintiffs that challenged the law included the Am...

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... by a private firm. It also allowed for a low cost of entry reducing barriers to for private users to enter in the industry. This was monitored through bringing together researchers, government officials, and emerging business researchers to maintain consistent standards on the Internet. ARPA again showed its influence by coercively requiring companies to maintain open coding standards, as was the case ... with BBN when J.C.R. Licklider threatened to hold up funds to BBN if they did not cooperate in publishing its IMP computer routers" computer code. (56) By ensuring ... government train...

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... of normal family association, " As parents grow old and find themselves in a nursing home, they had better take a modem with them; emails are sure to follow. As time allows." I believe that the effects of technology on our society are even more serious than the parenting issues described by Etzioni ... . We are witnessing the slow regression of our society to one in which interpersonal and social skills and values are becoming seemingly more and more ... half of the total population of American adults reported being obese. This number represent an increase of about 30% in the last 20 y...

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... of the first amendment, but the filtering software that is available filters solely on key words and not content, which limits the amount of educational research a person can do. I don't believe every computer needs to be filtered in order to keep minors from being exposed to obscene material. In Loudon County Va., Patrons sued because the filtering software the library was using wouldn ... of the libraries mission to maintain its patron's first amendment rights. The American Library association has developed a code of ethics in which the ground rules have been laid for if and when ethi...

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... books or lectures - might influence my opinion about it. So it would be very true to say that my views on Academic Writing are still in the process of developing. The reason of this is simple: although I had some experience of writing in English before, it is certainly not enough to be able to form any stable and clear conception about as absolutely ... regarded as sufficient. We used to write only simple narratives or descriptions at our English lessons. Almost every year in September I was supposed to describe my summer holidays and in May - my holiday plans. From time to time I wrote...

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... the way we interpret free speech. A variety of different arguments have been put forward about this issue, especially, the issues of decency and morality. In this essay, I will consider arguments for having the right to free speech on the internet and point to some of the problems with these views. I will then state why laws which prohibit people from using their first ... internet to meet this need. By trying to do so, our First Amendment rights are being violated. The Communications Decency Act is an organization currently fighting for restrictions on internet content. However, in a d...

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... to know their publics' opinions about them. What people think and why they have such opinions are important in helping management establish corporate and client policies and practices (World book Encyclopedia, 2003). Public relation uses many research methods to obtain information. Researchers gather information on the many problems and opportunities facing a company, its industry, and the business community. They may also gauge ... evolution and changes of our society. Public relations have been dramatically transformed during the past decade into a profession with vast impact on socie...

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... themselves do not own one. People who own a bank account often have a bankcard, which is used in cash point machines. All of their bank details are kept on a computer system if this computer was to fail the bank would have all of the information kept on a back up system. If the bank did not have a back up system all of the stakeholders of ... would have problems the bank would lose all of the information on the members and employees of the bank. The members of the bank would not have access to the money that they have in the bank, as the bank would not know how much money each individua...

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... and Cook, 2001 I believe that cyber privacy and security will no longer be a cause for concern to internet users like me in the future. That day will come when there will be a global authority to formulate guidelines and safeguards on how the internet can be self-regulating. The organization should provide a blend of integrity, value and authority to make global e-business and ... technologies more efficient by facilitating the development of systems that include a variety of approaches in dealing with harmful and illegal content. Private sector leadership (software producers, systems ....

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... use when deciding whether to purchase, repurchase, or recommend you to others." (p8) King also states in his article that successful Internet retailers have one thing in common: they are connected with their customers and have built a values-based relationship with their customers that resonate on an emotional level. He believes that humans have a simple hierarchy of needs that must be met. At ... are successful. The article explains the importance of building a Web strategy that is focused on selling customer process and not products. King ascertains that there are no products currentl...

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... towards a computer-controlled world. It appears that for every media report of a great new advancement in E-Commerce, there are three or four more relating to the closure of an 'E-Company' or the breakdown in security of a major Internet corporation. High profile examples include the report last March on Amazon.com, "Intruders had access to customer credit details for four months at site owned ... e-business tools and is said to provide the most safety to customers and businesses. Click here for a more complex guide to SSL Encryption is currently largely used in conjunction with credit ...

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... for its flexibility and it includes flexibility in syllabus, time and logistics. There are tons of subjects, topics, courses and modules offered online that are provided by various platforms such as universities and websites for learners to choose from. Learners, on the other hand, possesses the freedom ... to choose any platform and sources that interest them to pursue this form of learning. In terms of flexibility of time, learners are able fit in the learning session into their schedule instead ... acquire diversified learning as one of the benefits of online learning. For instance,...

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... analysis, Galloway aims to pick up where Foucault left off (he repeatedly mentioned Foucault and his theories). Contrastingly, Galloway focuses on topics such as the Internet, computers, and protocol. However, the idea of panopticon was not mentioned much in his writing. His understanding of technology moves from common cultural interpretations to the Internet networks. He illustrates these as metaphors to ... controlled the same way technology is controlled if there was a "central 'backbone'" (Galloway 6), which is a protocol. Nonetheless, one still cannot put a finger on Galloway's...

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... 's experiences and finally learn to understand him or her. Storytelling, more importantly, has to power to dispel prejudices and inconsistencies with events and people in history. Therefore, if a person seeks out individuals, who like to tell stories, they will have a more positive view of the value of close ... that helps sustain friendships, history, and society. It is beneficial in many ways to both the story-teller and the audience. Boyett points to the strongest link to happiness and social interaction, when he mentions a study on individuals and their use of the internet. According...

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... government out of Internet regulation. Cyberporn represents a danger to the minds of young children because of the scarring effects of the graphic material and the deviant's in cyberspace who try to hurt little kids. Pornographic images on the Internet contain elements that destroy not only a child's innocence, but also their view of the world. The world would no longer be a land of ... after their children and prevent them from harm and danger including cyberporn. Parents bear an obligation to protect their innocent children from the emotionally disturbing pictures presented on the Int...

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... Newspapers have always been an important and influential way throughout the past two centuries for people to get information going on around the world. Lately though, the amount of subscribers and readers of newspapers have been on the decline. This is especially apparent in the teenage and college-age groups of Americans. Our generation has become one that wants instant gratification - we want ... failed to attract a new generation of readers is the rise of the Internet. Since its major distribution in households and society in general in the mid-1990's, the Internet has become a major...

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... to one of his or her friends. Instead you lean over to give your child a kiss and to your surprise you see a naked girl having sex on your computer screen. One of the more popular controversies in our society today is the issue of pornography. Any child who has use of a computer can mistakenly come across a world of pornographically pictures. Pornography is ... . Parents have been struggling with the fight to keep pornography off their children's computers. There have been many incidents with people being caught with a number of child pornography images on their computers. In one case a ...

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... new social structure whether it's a deviant act or not. Structure of society causes a deviant act, rather than the individual's own involvement in it. Social change that a college student becomes a part of can influence them to participate in a deviant act. Students focus on cultural goals rather than institutional means. Finally the accessibility of the internet and media transferring programs to college students. By taking ... a closer look at these points and Merton's theory on deviance one can become aware of why someone would participate in online music trading. Change in a social ...

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... fulfil instructional goals, point out that the blending of technological and pedagogical advancements has elevated the importance of research on electronic student dialogue, text conferencing, information sharing, and other forms of collaboration. However, various technologies differ in the way and extent to which they facilitate the realisation of constructivist principles. Instructors need to identify the technologies ... problem solvers rather than just fact memorisers. Discussion forums facilitate self-pacing and self-directed learning, promote students' reflection on course conten...

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... storm and then quenched all technologically savvy consumers' thirst for a ground-breaking item. To be specific, in our generation, it's difficult to see a person who isn't holding his smartphone close to his face on the streets, in the subway, and even in classrooms. What I'm saying is that individuals in the twenty- first century have completely assimilated themselves to the smartphone because it is so convenient ... same and became better largely impart to the advent of smartphones. For instance, before the smartphone was introduced to the masses, people had no choice but to turn on t...

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