... which might arise including loss of data, loss of privacy, or damage from viruses or malicious code. Ipswich Libraries does not monitor or control the information accessible through the internet and cannot be held responsible for content. Be aware that information, data, programs or materials which may be deemed offensive, controversial or inappropriate are accessible. Parents or guardians are responsible ... for internet resources accessed by their children. Internet users are reminded that the Library is a public space and consideration for fellow Library users, especially children, i...

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... use of photo enhancing software such as Adobe Photoshop, artists have discovered entirely new ways of producing artwork. The convenience of change that software such as Photoshop provides gives speed and efficiency to the artist that was never dreamed possible two decades ago. However, endless possibilities do not always make things easier. Inanna McGraw, an artist from Portland Oregon is easily ... , whether hack or luminary, strives to portray to some degree how things are not by means of imitation through the medium of language. (Pehme, p1) Pehme, who has difficulty imagining himself ...

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... reality have fundamentally altered the way in which we experience art objects? A culture exists when a group of people exhibits cohesion through the sharing of values, language, ritual and icons. Cyberculture is used to refer to the concept of a group, or groups of people achieving cohesion by means of 'the information infrastructure' - which currently means ... . Sv "E-zine"). Question 1b: Artificial intelligence: What role does the development of artificial intelligence play in the current production of culture? Artificial intelligence is "the science and engineering of making intelli...

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... where data is exchanged, so this means that there must be a modem or networking involved for the connection to be a success. Cyber-terrorism The term cyber-terrorism is quite ambiguous and vague and there's no standard definition for it. However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has defined cyber-terrorism as "the premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs ... Act (Title 18, Section 1030 of the Federal Criminal Code). This act was passed into law by Congress in 1986, and has been amended at least five times to touch up the...

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... you not to judge these people too harshly. They have just as much the right to be idiots as the rest of us, and their desires and ideas on how to silence others deserve to be heard. They want to have their opinions about the censorship of Rock Music known, ... upon the viewing of kid's manic appreciation for this new genre. Parents didn't know how to react when their children adopted new clothing styles and slang and hung posters of Chuck Berry on their walls. This new crop of performers, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Little Richard, ... time when many classical composers ...

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... behaviors are frequent, everybody does it'. Sex between unmarried partners is shown 24 times more often than sex between spouses, while sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancy are rarely mentioned. B. Who is directly affected by this issue today? The media affects many children right now as we speak. ... of the frequency of sexual activity in the real world. As a result, television may function as a kind of "super-peer," normalizing these behaviors and, consequently, encouraging them among teenagers. The Internet offers unparalleled access to hard-core pornography with just...

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... the Industrial Revolution. It has just become expedited with the advent of communications technology: the telegraph, the telephone, the computer, easily designed software, LANs and WANs, EDI, and now the Internet and eCommerce . B2B eCommerce does not change the majority of business models developed for intra-business commerce. It simply facilitates the process by offering information more quickly ... , the availability of information to the customer is dangerous to a certain extent. Perfect information implies perfect competition. Perfect competition implies low or non-existent margins,...

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... of it or any specific characteristics; curiosity was the force that began a series of attacks against the projects" computers. Days later these were discovered and generated panic since it wasn't known where it was coming from. Due to a process of masking connections used by hackers, where the intruder access ... it is acceptable to break into systems as long as the hacker does not commit theft or breach confidentiality. Authorities consider these acts less threatening and merely compared them with graffiti artist on the streets (TLC). But again the public is given a bad perspective of wh...

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... was a good technical choice. UNIVAC was an inspiration to many new inventions in technology. It was just the beginning of an ever-growing series of ideas, inventions and theories. Without building and inventing these computer systems, we would not be able to have the amazing things of today like cordless telephone, microwave, remote control, fiber optics, life-like artificial ... Vanguard TV-3, it exploded on the launch pad. Immediately after Vanguard TV-3 failed the United States Defense Department approved funding for another U.S. satellite project, Explorer I. James Van Allen and his ...

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... crisis, but also in cases of software corruption, human error, hardware failure, or in order to recover older versions of a file. Consequently, enterprise consciousness surrounding disasters has significantly risen, and it has become increasingly clear that disasters of unfathomable sizes can occur at any given time. Therefore, companies must be prepared for the worst. These myriad events have launched a high ... most companies conduct it during weekends. Unfortunately, as this strategy implies, the data that has been added or changed during the week remains unprotected. To enable data to...

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... of it or any specific characteristics; curiosity was the force that began a series of attacks against the projects" computers. Days later these were discovered and generated panic since it wasn't known where it was coming from. Due to a process of masking connections used by hackers, where the intruder access ... it is acceptable to break into systems as long as the hacker does not commit theft or breach confidentiality. Authorities consider these acts less threatening and merely compared them with graffiti artist on the streets (TLC). But again the public is given a bad perspective of wh...

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... After Licklider's arrival, the department's contracts were shifted from independent corporations towards academic computer centers. The current computing mode at the time was batch processing, a tedious and ineffective process. Licklider saw that improvements could be made in C3 only through advancing the current state of computing technology. He particularly wanted to move into the age of ... Office (IPTO) (Haffner, 1996). Licklider considered communications an essential element in the future of computing. While at ARPA he convinced his successors, Robert Taylor, Ivan Sutherland, and MI...

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... of techno-ethical analysis with a wider public. From Medical to Biomedical Ethics One reasonable way to begin is with a review of some recent developments in biomedical, environmental, and computer ethics and relating them to the real-world problems facing society. From its earliest history, medicine was associated with the acceptance of special moral obligations by those who attempted to assist ... Physicians are no longer concerned only with treatments that help patients to recover a natural state of health. Instead, expanding abilities allow doctors to preserve physical life disconne...

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... , became a social phenomenon that will not soon be forgotten. It completely has changed the way people listen to music by expanding the selections and allowing the consumer to sample artists that they might otherwise never have heard of. There is also another new form of interactive entertainment in the ... a similar crisis in the 1980's. The introduction of cassette tapes attracted many new consumers to the music industry, but also brought about piracy and home taping and mixing. The aim of the cassette was to reach people in their car, where many people spend several hours a day. The c...

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... on technology, extending beyond one institution. In such a model the best higher education faculty member in kindergarten education in a state or region might well, through distance education and electronic communication, teach every prospective kindergarten teacher in the areas a course on early childhood learning modalities. The benefit, of course, is that future teachers learn from the best ... of our communities? Returning students are greatly influenced by three factors: the direct economic benefit of going to college, length of training to completion of a credential, and convenience...

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... of chapter 121 apply when a cable company or anyone else provides communications services, section 211. Electronic Surveillance. To Title III's predicate offense list, the Act adds cybercrime (18 U.S.C. 1030) and several terrorists crimes, sections 201, 202. A second cybercrime initiative, section 217, permits law enforcement officials tointercept the communications of an intruder within a protected computer system (i.e.,a system used by the ... PATRIOT Act. The lawsuit covers some of the information the Justice Department recently withheld from the House Judiciary Committee. The litiga...

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... . One of the main feature of XML is the ability to assemble a single document from many sources such as word processor files, database queries, graphics, and video clips. Like relational databases utilize SQL as a query language. XML also has several query languages. All of the previous occupational requirements have been software oriented. But in networking, knowledge of both software (networking technologies ... or web developers, also called web designers, are responsible for day-to-day site design and creation (Bureau of Labor Statistics). There are many aspects web design and mainte...

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... . Many businesses have been formed or expanded to target this market. In seeking this business opportunity, there are many international legal dimensions to consider including contract formation practices and requirements; consumer protection including privacy and local language requirements; and protection of databases and other information on web sites. International Legal Rules The internet, by its very nature, is borderless. This is a big plus for communications ... of liability provisions for public policy reasons. The proposed contract must be in the local language under these laws...

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... the population going online once with the previous month (Dec. 2002). The UK saw a 15% increase in the number of people going online. The English language is the number one language for websites to have their material. However, the Japanese and Chinese languages are in second and third places respectively. This shows that the Asian market is becoming more prominent on the global stage ... and more people in the Asian market place are going online and using the Internet more frequently. This shows that more Asian companies are becoming part of the ... increase our ability to communicate...

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... has an average level of information suitable for all kinds of society. It has no specific intended audience and appeals to public as a whole. There is no usage of emotive language and no contradictions in the information presented. The site also has no extreme viewpoints. The domain of this site ... However the entire site is now tied together graphically on the first three levels. This means the home page (level 1), program and foundation menus and resource pages (level 2) and the introduction page describing each program or foundation (level 3) is designed in a standard format. From lev...

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... web filtering agent. WiseWire Empirical Media's filtering service that delivers webpages, newswire articles, and netnews. BORGES A USENET News filtering system using. RAMA A Unix based USENET news filtering. Browse An X windows neural network based USENET news filtering system. NewsClip A unix programming language designed for filtering USENET News that is capable of binary filtering when used with any ... a replacement for Procmail. Maildrop can optionally read instructions from a file on how to filter incoming mail, and, based upon the instructions, deliver mail to alternate mailboxes...

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... absorbed Batman's heroic acts in his system. Comics are also written in informal and sometimes vulgar language, which the reader may find amusing and "cool- to use. Therefore, since the reader believes the comics, he or she tends to shape his or her attitude as a character in the comic ¼violent and vulgar actions. Once, a girl, who actually believed in Superman, jumped off the Grand ... least censored of the masses, should have certain simple and specific regulations set upon it. Television programs should be censored based on content, the time it will be aired, and the people that wil...

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... web filtering agent. WiseWire Empirical Media's filtering service that delivers webpages, newswire articles, and netnews. BORGES A USENET News filtering system using. RAMA A Unix based USENET news filtering. Browse An X windows neural network based USENET news filtering system. NewsClip A unix programming language designed for filtering USENET News that is capable of binary filtering when used with any ... a replacement for Procmail. Maildrop can optionally read instructions from a file on how to filter incoming mail, and, based upon the instructions, deliver mail to alternate mailboxes...

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... like many other dynamics of today's world is a mix of both positives and negatives. It has reshaped the way communicate. Not just from the transition of email from letters, but our language, how business is conducted, how many nations infrastructures are managed and powered as well as today's modern military's train and fight. It can be said that a larger portion of the industrial world ... would be crippled and society placed at a standstill if the internet was managed to be shut down ... culture feels that the official government influence is not welcomed or desired. This culture ext...

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... network. Servers also provide connections to shared peripherals such as printers. Setting up one computer as a server prevents you from having to outfit every networked computer with extensive storage capability and duplicate costly peripherals. The computers that connect to the server are called clients. 2. A network interface on each computer (the device that lets the computer talk to the network; ... of the same functions as a NIC in a wired network, preparing data for transmission over the connecting media. 3. A connection medium; usually a wire or cable, but wireless communication ...

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