... a cyber-community, which in effect appears to live in the 'online' space of the Internet unlike that of the physical space presented by reality (Allan 2000. Sv "Cybersocieties"). As Beniger notes: "Cyberspace does not merely consist of material objects (such as the computer, modem or telephone line) but also has two major non-material components: relationships among the individuals and the ... what it is capable of and why it is that it fringes on changing the world, in a revolutionary way. McCarthy identifies six areas where Artificial Intelligence is applied today: computer game playi...

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... other by playing online. Excluding the internet however, it is questionable whether players of video games are sharing a common experience when they play the game separately. It is possible to discuss in great detail the events of a video game with a friend you have never played with because the experience was identical to you both. The question is if this is then a form ... role-playing games (MMORPGs) such as Runescape provide a common gaming experience to millions of users throughout the globe. It is arguable that the users are receiving the same message, i.e., the game is mass commun...

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... either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users "or 39% of all American adults "have done at least one of eight civic or political activities with social media. The use of social media is becoming a feature of political and ... either social networking sites like Facebook or Twitter and a new survey by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project finds that 66% of those social media users "or 39% of all American adults "have done at least one of...

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... gaming works and how it is connected will be explained in detail along with an explanation on what is needed to bring a game online. Also discussed, will be upcoming video game titles to support online game play as well as a comprehensive look at the next generation systems. I will give insight on the marketing strategies of the big ... -name game developers and show how online game play is involved. Video gaming in general has grown over time and with the addition of online playability, it will continue to progress. Terminology Used ... to evaluate and explain the affect that the Intern...

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... the enemy of ignorance with some tough legislation. Despite a statement made by Andrew Kantor's, senior editor of Internet World, that pornography represents less than one percent of the Internet (Lloyd 39), The Internet has a serious image problem with regards to pornography. It is generally accepted that pornography has psychological effects on the behavior of people. Last year, a University of Michigan student ... impossible to regulate the net because of the global nature of this communications device, It would mean monitoring every phone call into the Internet which is impossible t...

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... songs/year) / (3.6 billion units/year * 10 songs/unit) + 1.095 billion songs per year = 2.93% Hence, Internet piracy constitutes about 2.93% of industry output $38.5 billion / (1-.0293) = $39.66 billion Retail value of sales = $38.5 billion $39.66 billion - $38.5 billion = $1.16 billion Thus, industry loses $1.16 billion in operating income due to piracy d) ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES Delivering on CD • Standard playability in ... ...

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... to a physical classroom in a campus or a school. There are various types of applications designed for online learning and these applications are normally used to download educational contents such as lecture notes or tutorial questions. In this digital world, online learning is open for everyone especially for those who are doing it alongside work or other social responsibility. However, the concern raised ... for the students to read the lecture materials is longer than listening to the delivery of words from the teachers in the classroom. A person tends to go back over the notes if he...

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... to purchase products at MAXIMA hyper-grocery stores for no less than 43 Litas (1 US dollar = 3.50 Litas) to be eligible to enter into the game translated every Monday on the most popular TV channel to win many prizes and luxury five-room apartment in the centre of Vilnius, capital of Lithuania. ... placed an advertisement on television, radio, and spread its message in all popular newspapers as well as circulated advertising leaflets with the rules of the game near each cash register, and provided every cashier with specially designed coupons, which are given to the consumer as the amou...

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... hoped by such an investment. The authors believe this is because companies are not investing enough time or money to train their employees to use these new tools. The article notes that a study by Coopers and Lybrand claim, "companies spend less than 2% of their technology budgets on training". The authors than note several companies that have experienced problems in their training ... for new technologies. Instron Corp., for example, had spent millions of dollars in new computers and software but still uses ledger books for its record keeping. The article also notes a Bureau of Labor S...

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... most popular form of big business directed towards children and young adolescents. Playing a large role in the attraction of media entertainment has been the use of violence on television, video game systems, the music world, and the Internet. However, there has been a growing consensus that the continuum of media violence exposure to our domestic and cultural environment has lead to ... and reward the child for the more violent acts committed. Children are able to rehearse violent behaviors repeatedly and subconsciously hinder their ability to discard the negative teachings the video ...

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... by Habermas. I have felt that in the course of this scrutiny it would be appropriate to rely almost exclusively on sources available from the Internet (as well as my lecture notes). Habermas sees the public sphere as the essential vehicle for the furtherment of democracy. In his approach he combines the liberal view of democracy (i.e. to keep the state in check ... speech situation' - in other words a generally observed set of rules governing debate - must exist in the public sphere. These rules are as follows (as laid out in his Discourse Ethics: Notes on Philosophical Justification, q...

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... hypotheses. Perkins and Perkins refer to this overvaluation as the "Internet Bubble". The reasons for overvaluation seem to come from the active participants in the stock market and the Internet game. These players include day traders, venture capitalists, investment bankers, and large institutional investors. All of these groups pump up valuations via their actions. Venture capitalists are quick to take companies ... an effort to augment the strength of the firms in their portfolio. Often that stable of firms is referred to as a keiretsu . Investment banks are generally willing to play ...

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... Myspace. The standard deviation from this result is 1.33 with a skewness of .12. The amount of time the respondents logged in daily was primarily more than once per day at 39.07%. Once a day is 20.47%, few times a week is 18.60%, few times a month is 10.70%, and those who logged in less than a few times a month totaled at ... ...

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... some do not. Stanley Kauffmann in his report, "Pornography and Censorship," states, "I"m not convinced that a young person without sexual experience and some maturity of judgment can see pornography as pornography-(39). Kauffmann is trying to interpret that children, if they see pornography, do not realize that it is a bad or immoral thing unless they have had contact with sexual conduct before ... ...

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... "an enormous used book store with volumes stacked on shelves and tables and overflowing onto the floor, and a continuous stream of new books being added helter-skelter to the piles."(39) Efforts to manage this information explosion have led to the creation of computer programs to scan and sort such material. "Smart" instruments that analyze data even as it is being ... ...

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... make a deposit at almost any casino in cyberspace with the use of a credit card, and be gambling within minutes. The only choice the gambler would have to make is what game is to be played, and how much is to be wagered. Addiction to gambling online is so prominent that casinos in cyberspace with their alluring video ... game interfaced have been labeled the "crack cocaine of gambling."" Additionally, the nature of Internet gambling makes addiction more likely as a result of where the gambling is taking place. Prior to ... ...

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... "an enormous used book store with volumes stacked on shelves and tables and overflowing onto the floor, and a continuous stream of new books being added helter-skelter to the piles."(39) Efforts to manage this information explosion have led to the creation of computer programs to scan and sort such material. "Smart" instruments that analyze data even as it is being ... ...

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... someone who meets in real life with someone that they originally met online is less inclined to lie to someone online about personal information. Of all of the individuals surveyed, 39.71% stated that they had lied about personal information online and 44.12% of individuals stated that they had met an individual from the internet in real life. Of those ... ...

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... rights over it. This has caused considerable difficulties for many. Consider creators of 3D games with proprietary graphic engines who have broadcast their work online during the construction phases of a game. In satisfying the online gaming community's demands for constant updates by supplying constant feedback via newsgroups and their websites, id Software have compromised their chances of obtaining a patent on their ... that it is now possible to watch TV, listen to radio stations, pay credit card and electricity bills, type up a report, chat with a friend in another country, play an...

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... activity, where location no longer matters. Education is always present, just in time, when and where needed, throughout the life. So too with entertainment, health, news and information, sport, and game. We have come into the 21st century already. The more technology develops, the more we can get something that we could not imagine what would have happened in the past ... longer matters (but time zone does). Education can be always present, just in time, when and where needed, throughout life. So too with entertainment, health, news and information, sport, and game. All of them should ...

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... of the phone line, they are missing out on interaction with the people that are around them. In "Pearls before Breakfast: Joshua Bell on the Subway", Gene Weingarten notes that although one of the best musicians in the world was playing violin for free from the Metro at the L'Enfant Plaza station, most people didn't notice him because they ... ...

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... corporate giants are all harnessing the power of the Internet. For many businesses the Internet is becoming integral to their operations. Imagine the ability to send and receive data: messages, notes, letters, documents, pictures, video, sound- just about any form of communication, as effortlessly as making a phone call. It is easy to understand why the Internet is rapidly becoming the corporate ... ...

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... , and they're in great demand around the world. They could be the bow of the ship leading a wonderful American economic resurgence in global markets." Time Warner CEO Gerald Levin notes that in the post-Cold War era, America's power and prestige may ultimately depend less on being a military superpower than on being an information and entertainment superpower. But the times ... ...

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... in psychological well-being. After stating this theoretical finding the article lists the cost of the project ($1.5 million) and the organizations who sponsored it (many being technology companies). The article notes that both these organizations and the research team were shocked by the findings, because the Internet has been viewed by many as having actively social uses. Harmon goes on to ... ...

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... (Red Hat Certified Engineer) has been gaining ground as well. • Benchmarking efforts with various hardware vendors such as IBM, Dell, HP and software vendors such as Oracle and Lotus Notes to further convince IT industry on Red Hat ability to deliver high-end capabilities. Some industry-standard benchmarks Red Hat used are TPC (www.tpc.org), SPECjAppServer2001 (www.specbench.org ... ...

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