...Unit 5 Analysis1: Pentium Flaw In June 1994, Intel discovered the floating-point unit flaw in the Pentium microprocessor. Professor Thomas Nicely, a professor of mathematics at the Lynchburg College, had written code to enumerate primes, twin primes, prime triplets, and prime quadruplets. Professor Thomas Nicely noticed some inconsistencies in the calculations on June 13th , 1994 shortly after adding a Pentium system to his group of computers, but was unable to eliminate other possible factors (such as programming errors, motherboard chipsets, etc.) until October 19, 1994. On October 24th, 1994 he reported the flaw he encountered to Intel. According to Professor Thomas Nicely, the person that he contacted at Intel later admitted to Intel being aware of the flaw since May 1994. The flaw was discovered by Intel during testing of the FPU for its new P6 core, which was first used in the Pentium Pro. Professor Thomas Nicely sent an email describing the flaw that he had discovered in the Pentium floating point unit (FPU) to various contacts, requesting reports of testing for the flaw on the 486-DX4s, Pentium and the Pentium clones. The flaw in the Pentium FPU (floating-point unit) was quickly verified by other people around the Internet, and became known as the Pentium FDIV bug (FDIV is the x86 assembly language instruction for floating point division). An example of the flaw was found where the division result returned by the Pentium microprocessor was off by about 61 parts per million...
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...the routines of our everyday lives. From the start of the day, people are waking up to music generated by cell phones, Ipods and televisions. Virtually every business in the world has a website address attached to its title. In every office from “A”ccounting to the local “Z”oo are using some sort of information system to make their services more efficient and effective, which saves time for individual workers per hour. In my business “R” for real estate, we use a information system called the Multiple Listing Services to support our business process. A real estate website called, real estate abc.com describes the multiple listing services as a big property warehouse. When properties are available for sale, they go into the warehouse. Once a property is sold, it is removed from the warehouse. We cannot actually put properties into a warehouse. A multiple listing service is a collection of private databases used by real estate brokers who agree to share their listing agreements with one another to locate ready, willing and able buyers for properties more quickly than they could on their own. The business process in my organization is to pre-qualify a person who wants to become a client and purchase a home. The procedure is to gather personal information and permission from the customer to submit their personal data to our preferred lender for credit verification. If the customer meets the minimum requirement to obtain a mortgage loan, we enter into an exclusive...
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...Analyzing and Developing a Successful Real Estate Information System Plan Jon A. Snyder Park University Management/Computer Information Systems IS 315 Computer Sys Analysis & Design I Annette M. Story February 27, 2012 Abstract Since information systems become more and more important in our today’s society, business firms, organizations, and individuals rely on these systems to manage their daily business and social activities. Hence, it becomes more and more important not only to support the efficient development of such systems but the modification and adaption of once deployed information systems need to be supported, too. Since complex requirements and the technical progress of computer systems lead to a high complexity of computer systems, the use of software models helps to manage system’s complexity and provides a tool for communication and documentation purposes. In particular for web-based information systems, a number of model driven approaches were developed. However, I believe that compared to the user interface layer and the persistency layer, there could be a better support of consistent approaches providing a suitable architecture for the consistent model driven development of business logic from early analysis until system maintenance. Analyzing and Developing a Successful Real Estate Information System Plan System analysis and design consists of four major phases and they are the planning phase, the analysis phase, the design phase and...
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...evening, Jill looks through the lunch orders for the next day and sends purchase orders to suppliers for the food items requested in those lunch orders. A food item on the menu is supplied by one supplier. An employee pays for a lunch when it is delivered to the employee. The payment is recorded and a receipt is given to the employee. At the end of each month, a report that shows the total number of orders for each food item is produced and sent to JillLUNCHES Conceptual Data Model 3. 3. Develop a use case diagram for the following scenario. The Real Estate Multiple Listing Service system supplies information that local real estate agents use to help them sell houses to their customers. During the month, agent list houses for sale (listings) by contracting with homeowners. The agent works for a real estate office, which sends information on the listing to the multiple listing service. Therefore, any agent in the community can...
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...prevent me from reaching my goals. I think it’s wrong to not treat people the way I want to be treated. I believe that having a positive attitude is the key to life, no matter what I go through I try my best to keep a positive attitude. I have experienced times where I have been surrounded by negative minded people. They would try to rub their negative energy off on me while being in contact with them. This is where I start to use the Attitude category from my personal Code of Ethics. I automatically mute out their negative thoughts and energy. I remove myself from their presence and protect my personal thoughts from their negative vibe. I then continue to proceed with my positive energy and associate with other positive people. While writing this I felt strongly in what I personally believe in and what I feel is right from wrong. I felt comfortable expressing my own personal values and listing what I go by on a daily bases. Sometimes I wish that everyone thought like this because I feel like the world would be a better place. Why? Because positivity, motivation, and never giving up is really what’s important to everyday life in my...
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...and decision making is the process to find the truth. An important aspect of thinking is the process that relies on the ability to coordinate and structure our ideas so that they make sense. Training our mind to use the critical thinking process gives people a better understanding of the information. This paper will discuss the three different thinking styles. It will also compare and contrast logical style, persuasive style, and creative style. Critical thinking will be applied to the decision making process by using work environment examples. The logical style of thinking is a complex process in which reasoning is used to come to a conclusion. This style involves a sequence of steps or thoughts used to solve a problem. According to Kirby and Goodpaster (2007), along with creative thought, inductive and deductive logic comprise the bedrock and substance of all our thinking. Using the two major elements of logical thinking, deductive and inductive reasoning, solutions can be tested with tried and true methods. This style is very distinct and follows a more structured and analytical path using proven methods in order to reach the conclusions. When comparing logical thinking to the creative and persuasive styles of thinking, all three require detailed processes to reach conclusions. With the creative style, the conclusions are inspired by the ideas that can be gathered using metaphors, brainstorming and starbursting. While the persuasive style of thinking can incorporate biases...
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...Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. |Stages of Critical Thinking |How to Move to the Next Stage |Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | |EXAMPLE: |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of| | |that affect my thinking. |my thinking. | |The Unreflective Thinker | | | |The Challenged Thinker |Pledge to attain a way to change ones |Not having an open mind toward changes of | | |thinking pattern. |an individual’s thinking process. Thinking | | | |that they are always correct. | |The Beginning Thinker |Taking note to faults as to how an |Avoiding red flags. Not recognizing when | | |individual thinks. Take control of how they|the individual is in the “know it all | | ...
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...SSG McEllen throughout this cycle I have had to pull you to the side to discuss your behavior. You attitude has completely changed over the last two months. On several occasions I have had to talk to you about respecting your peers and the NCO support channel. You continuously bring to my attention SSG Arreola's short comings, as a peer you are supposed to bring those up amongst yourselves. As leaders we are supposed to be able to build teams and trust. SSG McEllen, on several other occasions you have become disrespectful to be and students. You belittled a student in class for falling asleep, I spoke to you about in my office. You also became very disrespectful to me in the field in front of SSG Cullison and SSG Arreoal. This time it was...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. |Stages of Critical Thinking |How to Move to the Next Stage |Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | |EXAMPLE: | | | | |Examine my thinking to identify problems |Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of| |The Unreflective Thinker |that affect my thinking. |my thinking | | | | | |The Challenged Thinker |Determine the role of thinking in my life |Taking control of thinking across multiple | | |and problems coming from poor thinking. |domains of my life. | | | |Recognize the importance of developing as a| |The Beginning Thinker |Establish habits needed in order to take |thinker, finding ways to develop, and ...
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...have read David J Schwartz’s ‘The Magic of Thinking Big’, you would have realised that you always wanted to be ‘big’ but never thought and acted seriously on the lines. It is all thinking and putting your thoughts into action with the zeal of a warrior in a battle field. Somewhere in your mind, there has to be a reminder that tells you when you feel you are ‘down’ that nothing is impossible provided you promise yourself that you can and will. Schwatrz tells you of a case study of young job aspirants: “The thing I understand is why should young people these days be so ultra-conservative, so narrow in their view of the future? Every day there are more signs of expanding opportunities.” And yet, they hardly go beyond the ordinary and the easily-possible bid. What is wrong? Is it our education system or our culture; or the rot of the system we live in that stands in our way of thinking big? Maybe, all put together. But a winner brushes aside these factors. Schwartz says the greatest human weakness is self-deprecation – selling oneself short. We think small and hence remain small. We see on the other side a picture opposite of what it actually is. In other words, we are living in a self-deceiving world all the time. We assume we can’t and hence we can’t and remain failures in life. When philosophers tell you to ‘Know thyself’, you are quick in listing your faults, shortcomings and inadequacies. That makes you feel ’small’ and incompetent for any challenging job. One must always...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix A Stages of Critical Thinking Complete the matrix by identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. |Stages of Critical Thinking |How to Move to the Next Stage |Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage | |The Unreflective Thinker |Become aware of my thinking and what may |Not thinking that there is nothing wrong. | | |affect it. | | |The Challenged Thinker |Assess the challenges that may happen, when|Not facing the challenges that may arise in| | |problems come. |thinking. | |The Beginning Thinker |Become aware of my problems in my thinking.|Not recognizing the problems in thinking. | |The Practicing Thinker |Being able to be to recognize everything in|Not believing that I need to improve my way| | |my life and being able to scrutinize. |of thinking in many domains of my life. | |The Advanced Thinker |Knowing to notice and correct my thinking |Not improving on thinking habits, failing | ...
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...WISHES The group activity was about listing down ten wishes we would consider if given a chance. From ten, we diminished it to five, and choosing the best three that we want the most. Personally, at first, I have only listed six wishes, I cannot think of what to write. In man’s life, there are so many things that you wish would come true, choosing only ten is hard. In addition, definitely frustrating. It is as if it reminds you of things that would never ever come true, no matter how hard you strive in achieving it. Of course, some of it will come true if you really want to, but as for wishes, there would always be a wish that would remain a wish no matter what and it makes me frustrated. When we were told to choose only three that we will consider the most important, it became easier to pick those three. Probably because we knew what is important and what we really want to if the choices is only five rather that choosing ten. Everyone has a wish for their family and friends, so am I. Most of us wishes for impossible, maybe because there’s nothing to lose in voicing out what you wanted. However, since then, after that activity, I was wondering what’s the difference between the things you want to and the things that you wish to. Obviously, random thoughts only. Overall, what I conclude about the activity was that every person has this greedy side between their selves even if they include to their list of wishes the others sake or the worlds sake. There would always be a...
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...functioning develops, children learn how to process simple thoughts and emotions into more complex reasoning skills. They will also become more experienced, thoughtful, and less impulsive as they mature. Children will experience multiple stages of development and growth until they finally reach adulthood. In the case of the 6 year old mentioned above, the child cannot be held responsible for the crime that was committed because the factors that determine brain development and functioning have not fully matured. Legally, no child under the age of 7 can be held accountable for their actions until all of the biosocial, cognitive, and psychosocial portions of brain and behavioral functioning have fully matured. First of all, the biosocial aspect of development in early childhood relates to brain development and thought processes. A majority of the brain is already present and operational by age 2 (Berger, 2014, p.219), however, the prefrontal cortex of the brain is considered to be the last part to mature. This region of the brain helps with planning, impulsivity, and the coordination of thought. With having an undeveloped prefrontal cortex, children can be impulsive without worrying about their endangerment or the consequences of endangering others (Berger, 2014, p.234). When the prefrontal cortex matures, it reflects how a child will then develop theories and ideas. But, during the early stages of brain development, thoughts,...
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...My first reaction was oh no another test that won’t be accurate. I had no problem answering the questions. This was a surprise I thought it would be more difficult to decide on which answer was best. I wanted the test to be accurate. I would think that the answer could be skewed if my answers weren’t thought out. The Human- metrics Jung typology test scored my types as a 22% extravert, 41%intuitive, (5 feeling and 6% judging. After initially reading that, I really had no idea what to expect from the type description. I can say I was pleasantly surprised at the description of my personality type. The first thing that caught my attention was that I have “tremendous charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage of or grand schemes. Oh my, does that appeal to my sense of shenanigans. It stated that we believe in our dreams and see myself as a helper. We see the big picture and can juggle a number of responsibilities simultaneously. I’m also apt to neglect myself to attend to the needs of others. Colleagues are always welcome in my space. Wow, did this test look into my soul? This is so me it’s scary. Look at the careers for your personality. In the next 150 words explain what career paths may be best for your personality and how knowing your personality type may help in the work force....
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...identifying the six stages of critical thinking, describing how to move from each stage to the next, and listing obstacles you may face as you move to the next stage of critical thinking. Stages of Critical Thinking How to Move to the Next Stage Obstacles to Moving to the Next Stage EXAMPLE: The Unreflective Thinker Examine my thinking to identify problems that affect my thinking. Deceiving myself about the effectiveness of my thinking The Unreflective Thinker I have to identify my think problems to overcome any obstacles in my thinking. Analyzing how effective my thinking is and not think everything is just fine. The Challenged Thinker I have to see my thinking problems and acknowledge them to move forward. I have to accept responsibility for my thinking by discovering my deficiencies in thinking. The Beginning Thinker I am recognizing more problems in my thinking and committing to finding these errors. Avoiding defensiveness, arrogance, and self deception will help to improve my thinking. The Practicing Thinker I have to utilize intellectual perseverance to overcome my thinking deficiencies. I have to analyze my thinking on a day to day basis to see how my thoughts are woven into my everyday life and how it affects me and others. My own arrogance may avoid me to rationally think and face my challenges. The Advanced Thinker I need to develop new habits of thought based on values, be able to recognize areas of inconsistencies and contradictions, empathy, courage...
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