... more general attempt to extend traditional ethics in the face of another challenge of technology, that is, environmental pollution by industrial technology. Until the industrial revolution, the need for a treatise between mankind and the planet was non existent. Therefore, there are no ethical guidelines concerning the environment. For example, the Ten Commandments contain two kinds of prescriptions: those concerned ... reasons. First, among pre-modern peoples respect for nature was a given. The very goal of life was commonly understood as a harmony with the natural world and its orders...

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... more general attempt to extend traditional ethics in the face of another challenge of technology, that is, environmental pollution by industrial technology. Until the industrial revolution, the need for a treatise between mankind and the planet was non existent. Therefore, there are no ethical guidelines concerning the environment. For example, the Ten Commandments contain two kinds of prescriptions: those concerned ... reasons. First, among pre-modern peoples respect for nature was a given. The very goal of life was commonly understood as a harmony with the natural world and its orders...

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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 ... borne. Lifelong learning is also promoted through online learning. For example, the elderlies who didn't have the opportunity to learn during their younger years would find that o...

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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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... 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 ... of visually encrypted mainstream media. Her art is critical of the relationship between the female body and the continuous stream of media images that surround it. In her 1998 52-second conceptual...

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... , cost savings, performance and security as top reasons to deploy it (refer to Appendix D). Linux also reported to rank the highest importance in term of rating and vitality, and only second to MP3 in term of popularity (http://freshmeat.net/stats/rating, June 2003). As for Red Hat, it is the de facto most popular Linux distribution, the first Linux company ... (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 ...

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... , Paramount Pictures, Sony pictures, Warner Brothers, and Universal Pictures. The first reason for this development is that movie trailers are the most watched video material on the web and the second reason is the popularity of Internet file trading software like Kazaa and Morpheus, which people used to download unauthorized copies of movies in large numbers. By this new technology the ... built compatible devices. Already about 3 million U.S. households swap files of movies and TV shows in file-sharing communities online such as Kazaa, according to research from the Yankee Group, which...

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... and the demands of writing for many media."(Garrand, 1996, p 313) Similarly the directors at Centre for Digital Storytelling, concentrates its efforts on storytelling skills first, and the digital part second in order to guarantee that the importance of storytelling possibilities is not overlooked in "the glare of Internet hype (Tosi, 1999)." So what are the new dimensions which digital storytelling ... digital storytelling depends upon the user's - the audience's - sense of narrative intelligence: "how to portray and sustain a character, how to develop a situation to a crisis and resol...

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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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... 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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... follow along as scientists, explorers, and adventurers mount expeditions to earth's most remote areas. Such real-world connections are powerful motivators for students, teachers say. "The kids are learning better," notes Bart Hays, a teacher at Morse High School in San Diego. "I'm constantly reassured every time I put them on the computers. They're so excited, and they get so much done. Their ... ...

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... not listed in the enterprise-wide directories and it is protected by passwords Informal information are stored in a directory on an Intranet server that serve as a repository for white papers, notes and concepts that may be shared with others. Instead of making copies, the interested parties can access the latest information via Web at all time. Application such as Document Manager ... ...

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... , and let the results guide you. Discussion In the course of the article, the authors address a number of elements of critical thinking as they are laid out in the course notes. Assumption is important to how we work with information. In the course of researching, assumptions must be made about the relevance and reliability of the data being collected. The authors ... ...

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... attention to detail of some of the members of this particular board. Now utilising Buhler's model, I can further clarify my use of language in the topic as discussed in the notes on Buhler's model. As Buhler's view is that language is more of a tool, that view becomes very subjective when related against Internet communication, due to the lack of immediate emotion ... ...

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... . These individuals will tell you that security is of paramount importance. The reliance upon the computers and internet based services means that there cannot be any instance of interference from second or third party that could jeopardize the life of a patient in surgery or a nation's air defense system. "There is real fear that a cyber-attack the use of computer power to ... could have their daily briefings altered and through the drawing of incorrect conclusions make recommendations or decisions that can have dire consequences on an entire country. Then there are the second and third...

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... , an terrible act occurred in Littleton, Colorado, an act without clear motive, and an act that downsized anything else on the news from a "Nation In Crisis- typed piece to a fifteen second news brief that came between updates on this greater tragedy, the Columbine incident. Two boys, armed with assorted guns, homemade grenades, and pipe bombs, walked into their school cafeteria and ... a few pieces of information; a study, done by the FBI in 1998, which showed that the violent crime rate for that year fell 7%, bringing it to it's lowest levels since the Second World War. Also overlooked...

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... , together with the near global adoption of the Gregorian calendar between 1875 and 1925. During that period, international standards were also agreed for telegraphy and signaling. The end of the Second World War brought another great expansion of capitalism with the development of multinational companies interested in producing and selling in the domestic markets of nations around the world. The emancipation ... environmentally damaging methods. Is there any alternative to globalization? Pro globalization Supporters of globalization argue that it can be rolled back and point to the peri...

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... a profit before the stock falls back down to its original price. The people, who buy the stock, unknowing of the scheme, become victimized once the price falls. (Internet Fraud) The second type of scheme is "scalping", this scheme is similar to the "pump-and-dump" in that, by creating false personal information the accused are trying decrease the value of a particular ... moment has just obtained the victim's credit card number. This scheme produces two victims; one is the initial website that shipped the product unknowingly on the stolen credit card. The second victim is the customer w...

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... , "to complete a full backup or restoration of a ten terabyte file system in twenty-four hours, the backup application must be able to stream data at a rate of approximately 113 megabytes/second for twenty-four hours, to or from local tape drives. With current tape technology, in order to stream data at 113 megabytes ... /second it would require about fifteen tape devices" (Sun, 8). However, if the backup and restore window is only six hours, the company would have to deploy sixty tape drives to complete a ... in speed has been made possible by servers that are saving data to Advanced T...

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... were very slow using vacuum tubes instead of today's silicone chips. Today's computers use very sophisticated chips and are extremely fast processors that can process billions of numbers in a split second. Just about every company in the world uses some kind of computer to get the work done quicker and more efficiently. For example, the car industry uses computers to build ... lines instead of phone lines (Time, September 23, 1996). For example, the speeds of the fist dial up modems were 9600 kilobits per second and now the speeds of some cable lines are over 10 megabits per second whic...

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... of the aisle Senator Ernest Hollings introduced legislation mandating a uniform five-percent tax on all remote sales- (Internet Taxation "2000, page 2). The second solution is proposed by Senator Byron Borgan that "online sellers be required to collect and remit use taxes at point of sale, and states could join ... and a flat tax rate to deduct from monthly fee. Collecting taxes from credit cards will cause the open account rate to decrease. The second one ignores the role of businesses. Different states may have different tax rates, but online shopping does not occur only in the same ...

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... other external sources. In fact, "some employers experience savings from several hundred dollars per hire to as high as $4,000 to $6,000 for senior professional and management jobs" (Corsini). The second advantage to Internet recruiting is time savings. Many job boards allow employers to search their database for qualified applicants by using specific search criteria. Employers can read resumes and respond ... human resource professionals may be faced with the task of selecting and implementing software to screen and track the increase in applicants received from Internet recruiting ini...

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