.... images, which allows for use with telephones, computers, and televisions. A strand of glass is thinner than a human hair, yet inch by inch is stronger than steel. The future of fiber optics is very promising due to the simple fact of how much information they can carry. Two single fiber optics lines carry the equivalent of 24,000 telephone calls at one time. With the introduction of fiber optics into our daily lives, it will greatly improve the quality and speed of the information we receive. With the growth of television and telephone traffic, bandwidth has become a large issue that is seemingly solved with the advent of fiber. Fiber Optics has .....

.... the French scientist Pascal invented a calculator made of wheels and cogs. The concept of the modern computer was first outlined in 1833 by the British mathematician Charles Babbage. His design of an analytical engine contained all of the necessary components of a modern computer: input devices, a memory, a control unit, and output devices. Most of the actions of the analytical engine were to be done through the use of punched cards. Even though Babbage worked on the analytical engine for nearly 40 years, he never actually made a working machine. In 1889 Herman Hollerith, an American inventor, patented a calculating machine that counted, collated .....

.... are less expensive than America Online. Per month for unlimited use they average at around $10 to $15 dollars as opposed to AOL's hefty $19.95 a month. AOLers are paying for the appealing menus, graphics and services AOL uses to drive their customers to the internet. These same features can be located anywhere else on the net with the aid of any search device, such as infoseek, yahoo, microsoft network or web- crawler. These sites are no harder to use and they provide lots of helpful menus and information. In Wood's article, he states that he lives in Chicago, and AOL has several different access numbers to try if one is busy. He writes that o .....

.... If a member of ones family had a heart attack, would the above source help in saving their life if a hospital was inaccessible? This would depend on the authenticity and authorship of the source. In any case, using material from an unquestionable source is not a reliable idea. Why? Because the authorship of the source, probably the most important criterion one must use in evaluating the effectiveness of a website, is sometimes debatable. The author of a website can be anyone. It can be ones next door neighbour, someone whom was met last week at a bar or a world renowned open heart surgeon who was on television just three days ago. Before beginni .....

.... when, among other people, Timothy Leary became interested in VR. This has also worried some of the researchers who are trying to create very real applications for medical, space, physical, chemical, and entertainment uses among other things. In order to create this alternate reality, however, you need to find ways to create the illusion of reality with a piece of machinery known as the computer. This is done with several computer-user interfaces used to simulate the senses. Among these, are stereoscopic glasses to make the simulated world look real, a 3D auditory display to give depth to sound, sensor lined gloves to simulate tactile feedback, .....

.... their information systems as up to date as possible in order to achieve or maintain a competitive advantage. However, as this report will show, the move from a manual to a computerised accounting information system is a necessity if one is to be successful. The purpose of this report is to enable Mr Johnson, the Managing Director of Halycon Limited to make an informed decision about whether to move to a computerised accounting system. We shall discuss the changing business environment and it’s impact on accounting information systems; computerised accounting systems and their cost; and the advantages of a computerised system. 2. The Changing Bus .....

.... and IBM LAN which are all copyrighted by The Canadian Copyright Act. The RCMP acted in response to concern from the users who stated that they were not sure whether this software could be distributed electronically. Yves Roy, sergeant of RCMP stated that charges will be laid in early December under paragraph 42 of The Copyright Act. Conviction under this act carries a maximum punishment of a fine of $1 million dollars, and/or 5 years imprisonment. Because newspaper articles are very biased in one point-of- view, it is difficult to look at both sides of this situation. But let us discuss piracy in a more general manner. Software pirac .....

.... feeling that every German citizen lives to close to nuclear weapons storage facilities. And the threat of soviet attacks that they must live with everyday are uncomprehending. He says the United States is no more distant from catastrophe than the Germans, for he states that Americans experience of war in the past has created an attitude of "it can't happen here" to grow. Weizenbaum tries to say the military is not an evil or technology is not evil because it has been adopted by the military, but we are becoming increasingly militarized. I think he states this in an effort not to make direct negative statements towards the government in fear of the .....

.... houses covering whole city blocks. This architectural revolution brought about by the Romans required two innovations: the invention of a new building method called concrete vaulting and the organization of labor and capital on a large scale so that huge projects could be executed quickly after the plans of a single master architect. Roman concrete was a fluid mixture of lime and small stones poured into the hollow centers of walls faced with brick or stone and over curved wooden molds, or forms, to span spaces as vaults. The Mediterranean is an active volcanic region, and a spongy, light, tightly adhering stone called pozzolana was used t .....

.... impossible. On the Internet, neither governments nor publishers have control over information, and information is no longer tied to physical objects. In this ‘age of information,’ information and ideas can no longer be stopped at the physical territorial borders. We must also examine the meaning of the concept to “seek and receive� and to “impart� information. National restrictions on speech have a direct and negative impact on the ability of Internet users around the world to “seek and receive� information and ideas, as well as their right to “impart� information. For example, if citizens of one country are prohibit .....