...Technology back in the 70’s wasn’t as useful as it is nowadays. Especially in the 1970’s which was when technology was beginning to evolve. Back then all they had was simple items, unlike what we have now. Today we have smart phones that do fit in your pocket, laptops, tablets, flat screen TV’S, and even better cameras than they had back then. In the 1970’s, Technology was affected by NASA and many other things. One of the big things NASA did in the 1970s was Apollo 13-17 which inspired people to better technology by wanted a more advanced place to live in. The black hole theory was also one of the biggest reasons people started making technology more advanced in order to work the black hole. What they had back then wasn’t all that great....
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...Quotes for Science and Technology: Credits: http://www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/quotes.html The Good? 1. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. ARTHUR C. CLARKE, The Lost Worlds of 2001. (Dutton) 2. Men are only so good as their technical developments allows them to be. GEORGE ORWELL, Inside the Whale and Other Essays, "Charles Dickens," 1940. (Columbia) 3. However far modern science and technics have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson: Nothing is impossible. LEWIS MUMFORD, Technics and Civilization, 1934. (Columbia) 4. Science can amuse and fascinate us all, but it is engineering that changes the world. ISAAC ASIMOV, Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, 1988. (S&S) 5. For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. RICHARD P. FEYNMAN, What Do You Care What Other People Think? (Dutton) Photo of Feynman lecturing, from PhotoNet, CalTech's archive. 6. There are, as we have seen, a number of different modes of technological innovation. Before the seventeenth century inventions (empirical or scientific) were diffused by imitation and adaption while improvement was established by the survival of the fittest. Now, technology has become a complex but consciously directed group of social activities involving a wide range of skills, exemplified by scientific research, managerial...
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...| Generation 1: Years children were raised (1950-1970’s)Georgia | Generation 2: (1970’s-1990’s) Georgia & Florida | Generation 3: Years(1990’s-2010’s my generation) Florida | Parenting Practice 1: Education | Parents in my family thought education was more key than anything, and kids faced discipline if they skipped school or did bad | Education was very important like the previous generations but more kids starting to use sports and activities to help pay for school | Education was important, but sports was just as important because it was the only way some of the kids could afford college | Parenting Practice 2: Extracurricular activities | Kids didn’t really play sports, they did hunting and picking tobacco | Kids played a lot of sports and hung with friends | Extracurricular activities were very important and is was very serious especially football, even some of the parent pushed them harder in sports than school | Parenting Practice 3:Relgion Involvement | Kids had to pray and were not allowed to curse | Kids attended church every week and had to use read the bible everyday | Kids rarely attended church | Parenting Practice 4:Discipline | Kids were whooped and did extra chores | Kids were whopped and not allowed outside | Less whooping more taking away of technology, and not allowing them to go outside | Introduction The “Miller” family has its great share of similarities and differences within 3 generations. We like to define our generations by at...
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... THE ROLES OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY ON THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT ——————————————————— Patience Madigan TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ……………………………………………………………….. 4 THE ROLES OF CULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT 1.1 OVERVIEW ……………………………………………………………… 4 1.2 OBJECTIVE ……………………………………………………………… 4 2. DISCUSSION …………………………………………………………………… 5 2.1 TECHNOLOGICAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY … 5 2.1.1 1950’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.2 1960’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.3 1970’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.4 1980’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.5 1990’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.1.6 2000’s ……………………………………………………………… 5 2.2 CULTURAL FORCES ON ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY …………. 5 2.2.1 1950’s Mass Culture ……………………………………………….. 6 2.2.2 1960’s Counter Culture …………………………………………….. 6 2.2.3 1970’s Punk Culture ………………………………………………... 6 2.2.4 1980’s Heavy Metal and Rap Culture ……………………………… 6 2.2.5 1990’s Grunge and Rave Culture ………………………………...… 6...
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...Introduction When students think of the era of the 1970’s, they picture big hair, disco dance moves, and flashy suits that could blind the eyes. This image has been captured in television shows and movies in which makes the 1970’s the topic of interest. Past all of the glitz and glamour of the 70’s, are events that revolutionized the way the American citizens viewed their country and the world. Some of these events were a bit on the darker more controversial side, while others created the technological world we know today. The dark side of the 70’s experienced a government that was amidst a scandal, faced the legalization of an act that many saw as unethical, and experiments with creating life from a test tube. On the lighter side of...
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...Course: Information Technology Date: 04/02/11 A Brief History of the computer. The history of computers starts out about 2000 years ago, at the birth of the abacus, a wooden rack holding two horizontal wires with beads strung on them. When these beads are moved around, according to programming rules memorized by the user, all regular arithmetic problems can be done. Another important invention around the same time was the Astrolabe, used for navigation. Blaise Pascal is usually credited for building the first digital computer in 1642. It added numbers entered with dials and was made to help his father, a tax collector. In 1671, Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz invented a computer that was built in 1694. It could add, and, after changing some things around, multiply. Leibniz invented a special stepped gear mechanism for introducing the addend digits, and this is still being used. The prototypes made by Pascal and Leibniz were not used in many places, and considered weird until a little more than a century later, when Thomas of Colmar (A.K.A. Charles Xavier Thomas) created the first successful mechanical calculator that could add, subtract, multiply, and divide. A lot of improved desktop calculators by many inventors followed, so that by about 1890, the range of improvements included: * Accumulation of partial results * Storage and automatic reentry of past results (A memory function) * Printing of the results The trend during the 1970′s was, to some extent...
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...played in the present time would have no meaning to the people playing it. For instance, a young jazz musician playing Charles Mingus' song "Fables of Faubus" (which was about the wrong doings of governor Faubus) would have no meaning to the musician because he/she never lived that era. As for new, recent music, the artist plays what he/she feels in respect to the present. For instance, Herbie Hancock's new album came out about a month ago called "Possibilities". This album was called his "all-star project" (Downbeat; Pg 38) because it featured new artists like John Mayer, Christina Aguilera, and Paul Simon. The album depicts a movement of music in how a new form of jazz, soul, and pop our recent era has developed. The decade of the 1960’s, also known as "The Sixties", are known for it’s popular culture and revolution in social norms about clothing, music, drugs, dress, formalities and schooling. Conservatives refer to...
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...patent inventor, Clarence Birds Eye. Birds Eye is the industry pioneer of frozen food. Birds Eye dominated the frozen food market in the 1950's and 1960's. They accounted for over 60% of frozen food sales in the UK. They served exclusively to over 40,000 retail outlets and among other outlets served; they accounted for over 75% of their frozen food sales. Problem Summary Birds Eye was losing its market share and profitability during the 1970's and 1980's due to increased competition in the frozen foods market. In 1978 their market share of 60% declined to 29%. Private label competitors had gained over 21% of the frozen food market. The increase of stiff competition drove prices down and lowered profitability for Birds Eye. A huge factor in loss of profitability and market stronghold was their internal strategy. The company’s vertical integration strategy worked for in the beginning to initially strengthen their brand, but lost its performance during the 1970's and 1980's. Due to the rising costs of producing frozen foods in the 1970's, and increasing market competition, the company needed to shift to a more horizontal strategic approach. Analysis Value Chain Birds Eye value chain was the chain of activates that it was operated on. The chain of activities gave them more value to its service and its products until early late 1960’s. The primary activities for Birds Eye were inbound logistics, operations, outbound logistics, marketing...
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...IT414 - Principles of Information Security Sherwin R. Pineda Introduction to Information Security Do not figure on opponents not attacking; worry about your own lack of preparation. Learning Outcomes 嗗Define information security 嗗Recount the history of computer security, and explain how it evolved into information security 嗗Define key terms and critical concepts of information security Introduction 嗗The History of Information Security –The 1960 –The 1970 to 80 –The 1990 –2000 to present The History of Information Security The need for computer security — that is, the need to secure physical locations, hardware, and software from threats arose during World War II when the first mainframes, developed to aid computations for communication code breaking were put to use The History of Information Security 嗗 Multiple levels of security were implemented to protect these mainframes and maintain the integrity of their data. 嗗 Access to sensitive military locations was controlled by means of badges, keys, and the facial recognition of authorized personnel by security guards. 嗗 The growing need to maintain national security eventually led to more complex and more technologically sophisticated computer security safeguards. The History of Information Security During these early years, information security was a straightforward process composed predominantly of physical security and simple document classification schemes. The primary threats to security were physical...
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...Using evidence from the syllabus of your subject area at a pre-tertiary level of education in Ghana, discuss the dominant curriculum orientation(s) underlying the instructional programme. Introduction Science education has always been a part of the Ghanaian (and Sub-Saharan) culture. Modern education in Ghana came with the advent of European missionary and mercantile enterprises, and has largely become the vehicle for social upward mobility. Education in general, and science education, for that matter, is serious issues for all Ghanaians. Curriculum orientations are beliefs about what a school curriculum should achieve and how teaching, learning and assessment should occur (Eisner, 1970). The most fundamental concern of schooling is curriculum (Ornstein, 1982). These prepositions have led me to have an in depth study by evaluating the Ghanaian Basic School Science Curriculum from both the primary to the Junior High School levels trying to find out the various and dominant curriculum orientation(s) underlying the teaching and learning process of Integrated Science in schools. The Ghanaian Basic School Science Curriculum and Delivery The Ghanaian integrated science curriculum follows the “spiral approach,” treating the same themes at different times and in greater depths within each educational level. The curriculum is the modern replacement of what used to be called “nature study.” This is a generalist, survey course, which exposes the child to the universe. At this level...
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...performance over time. Feedback loops signify the impact that performance will ultimately have on conduct ad structure (and thus in turn on performance again), and the impact that industry conduct has on structure. It also hypothesizes that external shocks, such as changes in technology or government regulation, alter industry structure, and in turn conduct and performance, over time. SCP Model Industry External shocks Producers S tructure C onduct P erformance Feedback Industry structure is determined by the economics of demand and supply in the industry, as well as by “ industry chain economics” which represents the , inherent bargaining of customers, producers, and suppliers in the industry, and the sources of this power (e.g., vertical or information market failures). Conduct is characterized by strategic decision competitors in the industry make given industry structure and performance. Examples include marketing, capacity, vertical integration, operations, and management control decisions. Performance may be measured on numerous axes, including financial performance, technological progress, and job creation. There are three main drivers of external shocks to the industry: technology breakthroughs, changes in government...
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...Jaws, The Sting, and The Exorcist. What do all three of these films have in common except the fact that they were meant to frighten and entertain? The answer is that they were all made during the 1970's. During the 70's period America was going through two World Wars, a drastic change in the economy and technology department. These advancements into the upcoming "digital age" sparked new movies, iconic actors/actresses, as well as refurbished the old fashioned special effects, which helped ease the growing tension on American minds, leaving them with less worries and more time with their families. Films and Theatre were also affected by the exponential growth and the leaps made in the advancement of technology. First off, The History of the 1970's were riddled with famous scandals, economic inflation, and the ending of major...
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...Nike Case Analysis Nike is a world's leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel. The company was founded in 1964, when it was selling shoes to athletes. It grow rapidly through the 1970’s, and expanded its product lines to produce footwear in the categories of running, training, basketball, casual shoes, and kids shoes. As the bloom faded from the domestic athletic footwear market, the company entered active apparel market in 1978. Nike made a series of strategic decisions in 1970’s and early 1980’s, which made it one of the most successful sportswear and equipment suppliers in the world. The Company’s strategic goal was to maximize its profit in a long run. It was successful because it was able to identify, develop and match its resources and its capability by taking the following strategies: Marketing Strategy Branding Strategy: Nike managed to establish its brand name by attracting top athletes for promotional campaigns. Nike viewed the footwear market as a pyramid, with a small peak -serious athletes, and a broad base – the millions of Americans who wore athletic footwear casually, and believed that by maintaining a strong position at the top, it would extend its presence downward. This was very crucial to Nike’s success. So Nike spent 3% of its revenues on promotion including contracts with professional players and coaches, agreements with amateur athletes and teams, sponsorship of numerous prominent sporting events and the underwriting of a world-class...
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...standards. In the 1970's, the technology industry was evolving to target a "limited" set of business/consumer pain points and a "larger" set of unknown potential needs. In order to tap the potential market and grow exponentially, the industry required significant and radical investment from various dimensions including design, processor, operating system, application programs, external storage media etc IBM assured its success by embarking on the Open Standards, and got the industry to participate with the PC.They chose multiple partners but focused on the best-of-breed by collaborating with Intel ( 8085 v/s Motorola and Zilog ), Microsoft (PC/MS-DOS v/s CP/M-86 and p-System), Tacmar (Adaptor Cards) to drive the PC adoption. The IBM Technical Reference Manual (TRM) contained complete schematics for the system and adapters, assembly code listings for the ROM BIOS, and descriptions of all the I/O functions on the system board. Unlike IBMs strategy, Apple’s approach with the Macintosh was not an open system and was very tightly controlled, stands in contrast to the IBM PC approach. IBM PC had many more hardware and software offerings, and changed a lot of peoples’ lives. It enabled computing to be done closer to an individual Second, there is always the role of "Timing" in the success of any radically innovoative idea that requires the support of the ecosystem in the respective industry. Apple's Iphone has an incredible design but counts on various technology companies (Telecommunication...
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...nation, should not go to Mars. Some of the key points of his argument against going to Mars stressed that the financial cost would be too high, it would require several new spacecraft and ground habitats, and several new technologies that currently do not exist. He also was concerned about the budget cuts that have already stripped the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) to a shell of what the space program used to be. He also stressed that we are still in an armed conflict that has put a strain on our nation, economically and emotionally. Richard's points are solid and very good. I agree with him mostly. However, I feel that for most of the points he states is actual the reason we should go to Mars. In the 1960's and early 1970's America was in heavily entrenched in the Vietnam War, the American people were divided, with a large potion severely frustrated with their government. The nation was also still suffering from racism, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr, President Kennedy and his brother Robert Kennedy. The Nation needed a positive focal point, a beacon to turn to remind them that even in those dark times there was something in their nation to rally behind, and lift their spirits. NASA became that beacon. The 1960's and 1970's saw the space program reach arguably, the height of success by landing a man on the moon several times. By successfully landing men on the moon, the American space program inspired millions of young minds to aspire...
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