...H Hoffman Trucking Operating Systems Overview POS 355 January 23, 2012 Hoffman Trucking Operating Systems Overview Hoffman Trucking is using a mix of operating systems based on technology which is at least ten years old. The company started out in Cleveland, Ohio and really started to grow with the acquisition of five other regional trucking companies from 1948 through 1976 and became a national carrier after 1980. The home office’s current operating systems consist of a mainframe system probably running Unix or Linux in the maintenance plant. The users interface with the mainframe through dumb terminals connected to a token ring network. The administrative offices use Novell 5.1 to handle directory services, Lotus Notes to handle e-mail services, Linux is used at the operating system for the web server, A Macintosh computer for marketing, Windows 2000 Workstation, Windows XP Pro and ten machines running Windows 2000 Server. These systems are also running on a token ring network with a Fractional T1 connection to the Internet to allow communications with the other offices. The Missouri office is a mirror image of the home office. The offices in New Jersey and California are also duplicates of each other but are totally different in architecture. The office system are very old as well centering around Microsoft operating systems ranging from Windows 3.1 which is a DOS based operating system to Windows 2000 Server running as the IIS server. Other operating systems...
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...Jack Sisson 11/18/12 Kramer vs. Kramer A film can be interpreted in many ways, and the best interpretations are the ones that talk about what’s underneath each image. That means that the best ways to explain films are to describe what the deeper meaning is of each detail, from the first opening credit to the final end credit. The deeper meanings are combined in order to form themes. There is usually at least one Christian theme in there. The main Christian theme in the film Kramer vs. Kramer is love. Kramer vs. Kramer is a passionate film about a wife who leaves her husband because of how upset she is with their marriage. Fifteen months after the divorce, a legal battle begins to determine who gets to keep their 7-year-old son Billy, which turns into a battle of who believes he loves him more and who should get custody of him. The movie was released in 1979, and was written and directed by Robert Benton. Love is a central theme throughout the movie because of the love that Joanna Kramer, Billy’s mother, and Ted Kramer, Billy’s father, show for each other and for Billy. How much someone cares for another person can sometimes lead him to act without thinking and without the input of that person whom he cares for. This is the case when Joanna leaves Ted in the film Kramer vs. Kramer. Margaret, a friend of both of them, consoles Joanna when she talks about how fed up she is with her husband and that she wants to leave him because she feels so much pain. Joanna shows how much...
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...own familiar circle, and to garner introductions to those who might help us succeed? LinkedIn is an online service that fills this niche. LinkedIn advertises itself as “an interconnected network of experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries and 200 countries. You can find, be introduced to, and collaborate with qualified professionals that you need to work with to accomplish your goals.” As of 2010, LinkedIn had over 60 million members, half of whom were from countries outside the United States, and has executives from all Fortune 500 companies in its ranks. LinkedIn is growing rapidly, with a new member joining approximately every second. Reid Hoffman, a former executive vice president of PayPal, founded LinkedIn in 2002; the service was launched in May 2003. Hoffman remains chairman of the board at LinkedIn, which is based in Mountain View, California, but also has offices in Omaha, New York, and London. His LinkedIn profile is available at http://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman. Joining LinkedIn is free; upgrading to a paid account with additional “tools” is optional. Newcomers to LinkedIn create a profile, listing professional accomplishments. Each newcomer then links trusted colleagues, contacts, and...
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...Stranger Than Fiction: Paper II “Anything worth writing comes inexplicably and without method”? How is this idea evident in the film, particularly as Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman’s characters portray the art of writing/narrative in the film? No one can force something good to happen, nor can they control their fate; it is something manifested from random courses of events. Fate is something inexplicable and is created without a method, therefore, Harold Crick is the perfect example of Eiffel’s quote. His entire life is a metaphor of things that happen that cannot be explained. This is ironic because Harold’s life is a book, written and narrated by Karen Eiffel. “Death and Taxes”, also Harold’s life, was expected to be Eiffel’s most amazing book yet. Harold’s fate and Eiffel’s novel is one and the same thing, therefore her quote relates to Harold’s life and the events that surround it. Taoism is an important ancient religion practiced in China, Japan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Vietnam by about five million people. There’s a principle in Taoism that’s called “Wu Wei”, and translated means: “non-doing” or “non-action”. “Wu Wei 無爲 (Chinese, literally “non-doing”) is an important concept of Taoism and means natural action, or in other words, action that does not involve struggle or excessive effort. Wu wei is the cultivation of a mental state in which our actions are quite effortlessly in alignment with the flow of life. This going with the flow, although it...
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...Problem & Exercise Chapter 8 3. A report is meant for reading and information, so if a report is not properly put together then these things can happen: * listed with no page numbers then they can be shuffled and get out of order * putting the headings of the columns on every page (if not it is information overload & you will lose you place) * having incorrect information/data * missing one of the who, what, when, or where (software error) * data errors The consequences to these errors are: * the wrong decisions can be made * the data can given or received can be wrong * the outputs are wrong If the analyst can notice most of the errors as he is working on them so that it may be corrected then this can help keep the project of the report going without too many complications. Prototyping is very helpful when working on reports because the analyst is able to structure and refine the report before it is viewed by the mass majority without the consequences of errors. 4. The date does not specify when the report was generated; it does not give a revision date or code for any prior report versions, does not provide any meaningful information, there is not any page number listed, the spacing of the report information does not seem to be in place. This report is done poorly and is not clear on its intended purpose. ABC Company Page: 1 of 1 Detail Employee Information Today: 02-Jan-08 Employee Number: 12345 Name:...
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...Firefly Girl issue. He came out with the idea to create another bigger issue for the public to think about and over power the bad publicity caused by the sex scandal. "Change the story, change the lead" is his motto, so he decides to manufacture a small, cost-effective war against Albania, which he euphemistically refers to as a pageant. Why he choose Albania of all the countries in the world because the name sounds sinister and no one in the United States knows anything about the country. Hence it will be easier for them to formulate a story about it that people will surely believe eventually. For the plan to manifest, Winifred Ames and Conrad Bream flew to Los Angeles to seek the help of a top Hollywood producer Stanley Motts (Dustin Hoffman) whom they needed to succeed in their task. They...
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...The Hollywood film Rain Man is about the Autistic disorder Savant syndrome. In Rain Man, Raymond Babbitt (played by Dustin Hoffman) has Savant Syndrome and his brother Charlie Babbitt (played by Tom Cruise) finds out about Raymond being his brother and that he is good with numbers so Charlie decides to use his brother to make money. Over the course of the time that Charlie and Raymond are together, they become closer and Charlie is not just using Raymond for money. Hollywood portrays Savant syndrome accurately compared to what the APA says about Savant. Savant is a unique form of autism that has its own special skills, which set Savant apart from all other forms of autism. The most common skills found in savant patients are splinter skills. Some of the most common behaviors associated with splinter skills are memorization of music, sports, trivia, maps and historical facts. There are two other forms of savant, talented savants and prodigious savant. Talented savant is when a patient is very talented in one given field such as math. The word Autism can be define in many ways, but according to one definition, “Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized be impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before three years-old. Dustin Hoffman's role in the movie Rain Man does fit the description of autistic persons. In the movie Rain Man, the things that affected For example, when Raymond heard...
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...father died. Charlie and Susanna goes to Ohio to bury Charlie's father. After the burial function he met up with his fathers lawyer to discuss his inheritance. Charlie being distinct from his dad since the age of 16 was informed that he would only get his dad’s car Buick Roadmaster and Rose bushes. When Charlie heard his he got angry and wanted to find out who was entitled for his dad’s three million dollars. While on the process of finding who was unnamed person who was entitled for the three million dollars, he found out that he has a older brother and his parents kept that a secret from Charlie. He found out that he has an autistic older brother who lives in a mental institution. Charlie kidnaps his brother Raymond played by Dustin Hoffman, and tries to bring him to Los Angeles. At first Charlie was angry that no one told him about Raymond. Charlie did not understand what it means to be autistic. So, on the way to Los Angeles he got angry at Raymond for being scared of airplanes and having to watch television shows on specific times. On the journey to Los Angeles Charlie realized that Raymond was the Rain Man Charlie always dreamed about. Charlie constantly got phone calls from Los Angeles that no one was buying his cars and customers want their down payments back. Charlie realized then that he can use Raymond’s autism as a way to gamble and count cards in Las Vegas. Both of them went to Vegas and...
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...Rain Man Introduction: The disorder that showed in the film Rain Man is called, Savant Syndrome. This is a disorder that describes a person who has mentally developmental disabilities, and is thought to be of abnormal of below average intelligence, IQ usually between 50-70. However, they have some remarkable and profound abilities that considered far in excess of normal. Various behaviors associated with Savant Syndrome: 1. Most of the Savant Syndrome patients have prodigious memory that is only focused in a particular area; they exhibit exceptional memory but have difficulty to use it. 2. Children with savant syndrome may be able to memorize extensive amounts of data in such areas as sports statistics, population figures, and historical or biographical data. 3. People with the syndrome are obsessive preoccupations with trivia, license plate numbers, maps, or obscure items. 4. Some of the patients have startling and outstanding skills with little or no previous training, these skills are usually found in one or more five major areas: art, musical ability, calendar calculation, mathematics and spatial skills. 5. People with Savant syndrome were considered to have low IQ. 6. Approximately 50 per cent of persons with savant syndrome have autistic disorder. Treatment/Programs for Savant Syndrome patients: The treatment for Savant syndrome is the same with treatment used to cure Autism. The skills of the Savant may also be used as a tool to treat...
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...able to handle more information than other students. Giving these students shorter reading assignments could do nothing but harm the student’s development. It is important to get a feel for what the student can do, much like Charlie did. Finally, it is good to know how they may react to socializing with others. If a student goes to touch a student with autism bad things could happen. Also, if the students don’t understand how an autistic student functions then they could frustrated themselves. Teachers need to make sure everyone is aware of the student’s strengths and weaknesses. There were a questions that this film created for me especially when it came to Raymond’s disability. For example, I wonder what it was like for Dustin Hoffman to learn the role of Raymond in this story. I have heard that in order for people to act in movies that have to become the character they are trying to replicate. They have don’t just act like their character, they have to become their character. Therefore he must have had to do a ton of research on autism and how autistic people act. Knowing this I would ask him what was the training like to create this movie? My second question would be about the mental health institution and what these places are like in real life. From watching the film, it appeared that this place was for adults who have a mental disorder, and can’t function in society. I am sure this is similar to real life, but I would want to know exactly what these places...
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...willing/able to do whatever is necessary to deliver his product- this even includes paying off EPA officials, if necessary. Charlie is unrelenting in his quest to accomplish his goal. When he finds out that his long estranged father has passed away, he is expecting to inherent a portion of his late father’s $3 million dollar estate; only to uncover that he has an autistic brother who has received all of the inheritance money from their late father, the irony is almost too much for Charlie. This is pure genius from a storytelling perspective as it helps to humanize Charlie. As important as the storytelling is, this film would never have reached it’s level of achievement without the powerful and stirring acting by Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. ACTING As stated in the introduction, I assert that the powerful and unpredictable acting exhibited by namely Tom Cruise, was essential in the development of the emotional arc for his character....
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...Reid Hoffman founded Linkedin, Inc. a social networking site in 2002 for professionals to network; however, Reid also had prestigious co-founders where on the journey with him. The company was incorporated in Delaware in March 2003 under the name LinkedIn, Ltd. and changed their name to LinkedIn Corporation in January 2005. Dan Nye was hired as CEO, but only stayed there 2 years and Deep Nishar was hired as VP of products, who is a form Google executive. This company client list was very diverse ranging with professionals from over 200 different countries along with executives from every 500 company (money.cnn.com). Hoffman learned the ropes from the best like Apple and Fujuitsu, so that he could launch his company properly. Hoffman actually financed the start-up of his company his self from the sale of his Paypal to eBay. The cornerstone of LinkedIn’s business strategy was to focus on the members first. They provided the majority of their solutions to their members at no cost. With the belief that this approach provides the best way to continue to build a critical mass of members, resulting in beneficial network effects that promote greater utilization of our solutions, higher levels of engagement and increased value for all of our members. Hoffman strategically planned each step to grow LinkedIn, in 2005, he launched 3 streams of revenue ~ job listings, subscriptions, and advertising. In 2011, LinkedIn decided to submit an underwritten IPO as a measure to raise...
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...Rain Man Genre: Comedy Actors/characters: Tom Cruise played the role of Charlie. Dustin Hoffman played the role of Charlie’s brother Raymond. Valeria Golino played the role of Charlie’s girlfriend Susanna. Background/ Setting: this movie is set in some American cities, such as Los Angels, Cincinnati and Las Vegas during 1980s. Plots/ Climax: Charlie was a car dealer in Los Angels. One day when he was on the way to Palm Springs with his girlfriend Susanna for their weekend trip, he received a phone call from his assistant Lenny, who informed him that his estranged father had died. Thus, Charlie had to cancel his trip and went to Cincinnati to attend his father’s funeral. There he learned that he received only a Buick car and several rose bushes according to his father’s will and that an unknown trustee inherited 3 million dollars on behalf of a beneficiary. Through investigation, he knew that the beneficiary was actually his elder brother, whose existence he had never been aware of. In order to get his share of the estate, Charlie took Raymond who had autism away without permission. Charlie intended to start a custody battle to get Raymond's doctor to settle out of court for half of the estate so that the mental institution could maintain custody of Raymond. But during the course of the journey, he got to learn more about his brother. He realized that Raymond was in fact the rain man in his childhood memory who would sing songs for him when he was sad...
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...Rain Man Kaplan University Kellie Butler 11/9/2015 I will be looking for an example of personality. In the movie the Rain Man, I will show how the movie displays personality theories. In my paper, I will explain Charlie Babbitt character played by Tom Cruise in the movie Rain Man. Charlie Babbit is a slick car dealer that lie to get his sale. He finds out in the midst of a car big deal that his father has passed away. Charlie and his father never had a real relationship. The father lawyer informed Charlie Babbit to attend the read of the will. Hoping to seek his benefits that are left to him by his father comes to find out that he has an autistic brother Raymond played by Dustin Hoffman. Which whoever take care of him is the beneficiary of the father’s multimillion-dollar estate and 3 million dollars. Later, in the movie Charlie uses Raymond tot bribe him out of money he feels belong to him comes find that he has grown to love his brother that he has just found. Cognition is the mental process that an individual’s distinctive, enduring ways of dealing with everyday tasks of perception (Friedman, 2013). When using cognition you use processes such as thinking, problem-solving, decision-making, remembering and judging. I believe that Charlie uses cognition when he meets Raymond, and he believes that he is faking his disorder because he doesn’t understand that it’s a biological disorder. The Sensing and iNtuiting are the way we focus our attention and gather information...
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...willing/able to do whatever is necessary to deliver his product- this even includes paying off EPA officials, if necessary. Charlie is unrelenting in his quest to accomplish his goal. When he finds out that his long estranged father has passed away, he is expecting to inherent a portion of his late father’s $3 million dollar estate; only to uncover that he has an autistic brother who has received all of the inheritance money from their late father, the irony is almost too much for Charlie. This is pure genius from a storytelling perspective as it helps to humanize Charlie. As important as the storytelling is, this film would never have reached it’s level of achievement without the powerful and stirring acting by Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman. ACTING As stated in the introduction, I assert that the powerful and unpredictable acting exhibited by namely Tom Cruise, was essential in the development of the emotional arc for his character....
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