"The best way to appreciete the metris and consequences of being digital is to reflect on the diffrence between bits and atoms" (p:11)says Negroponte. A bit is the smallest part of the information and composed of 0 and 1. To digitize any information it needs to be writen in 1 and 0. ...

Geoffrey GravesMG3700 Mid Term Exam 4/24/2000Part I1.) In order to produce an upwards swing in revenue, Toy World must track its customer's buying trends with more accuracy and more detail. The Point of Sale system that they are currently working from can be improved and made to reduce af...

Internet, its effects in our lives and the future of the Internet: The Internet is, quite literally, a network of networks. It is comprised of ten thousands of interconnected networks spanning the globe. The computers that form the Internet range from huge mainframes in research establishments to mo...

During the last decade, a growing number of research projects both in academia and industry embarked on the development of life-like agents as a new metaphor for highly personalized human-machine communication. Due to advances in computer graphics, the realization of visually appealing agents, eithe...

THE COMPUTER HARDWARE INDUSTRY Executive Summary: The computer industry is capital intensive and technologically driven and can be divided into three main segments; the supercomputer, mainframe, and personal computer. There have been several factors that have impacted the computer indust...

Computer Development from 1970-1990Alienation. Computerization. Employment. Mass-production. These are someof the words associated with the introduction of computers into the work environment,mainly beginning on a large scale basis in 1970 and continuing on to the present day andbeyond. Between...

Computer Development from 1970-1990Alienation. Computerization. Employment. Mass-production. These are someof the words associated with the introduction of computers into the work environment,mainly beginning on a large scale basis in 1970 and continuing on to the present day andbeyond. Between...

I. IntroductionNeal said that he and his friends, who named themselves the "414s" after the Milwaukee area code, did not intend to do any damage and did not realize they were doing anything unethical or illegal. In fact, when asked [at a Congressional subcommittee hearing] at what point he questione...