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Computer Good Or Bad Essays and Term Papers
Are "Good" Computer Viruses Still A Bad Idea??
Research Associate
Virus Test Center
University of Hamburg
Vogt-Koelln-Str. 30, 22527 Hamburg, Germany
bontchev@fbihh.informatik.uni-hamburg.de [Editor's note: Vesselin's
current email address is bontchev@complex.is]
During the past six years, computer viruses have caused ...
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Computer VirusesIn 1949 the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann, at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey suggested that it was theoretically possible for a computer program to replicate. This theory was later tested in the 1950s at Bell Laboratories when a game called Core Wars ...
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The Computer UndergroundDepartment of Sociology
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
(5 March, 1990)
THE BAUDY WORLD OF THE BYTE BANDIT:
A POSTMODERNIST INTERPRETATION OF THE COMPUTER UNDERGROUND
An earlier version of this paper was presented at the ...
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How Magnets Affect Computer DisksBackGround
One of the most commonly used Computer data storaged mediums is a
Computer Disk or a Floppy. These are used in everyday life, in either our
workplace or at home. These disks have many purposes, such as:
Storing data: Floppies can be used to store software/data for short preiods ...
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The Computer UndergroundNORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL IN PARTIAL
FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
MASTER OF ARTS
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY
BY ...
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Computer CrimeAdvances in telecommunications and in computer technology have brought us to the
information revolution. The rapid advancement of the telephone, cable,
satellite and computer networks, combined with the help of technological
breakthroughs in computer processing speed, and information storage, has ...
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The Electronic ComputerOne of the most important themes in the history of civilization is our ever increasing use of tools to shape and control the world around us. These tools range from the simple hammer and saw of the carpenter to all the complex machine of our modern civilization. We use tools to extend our power. ...
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Computer Crime In The 1990'sWe're being ushered into the digital frontier. It's a cyberland with
incredible promise and untold dangers. Are we prepared ? It's a battle between
modern day computer cops and digital hackers. Essentially just think what is
controlled by computer systems, virtually everything.
By ...
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The Computer Underground.The beginning of the electronic communication revolution that started
with the public use of telephones to the emergence of home computers has
been accompanied by corresponding social problems involving the activities
of so-called "computer hackers," or better referred to as the ...
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Intro To Computer VirusThe computer virus is something that has been around almost as long as the Personal Computer (PC) and certainly since the advent of the affordable home computer, but what exactly is a virus? And how does it affect your PC? Is there any way to prevent your hard drive becoming infected and just ...
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Computer VirusesA virus is a program that copies itself without the knowledge of the computer
user. Typically, a virus spreads from one computer to another by adding itself
to an existing piece of executable code so that it is executed when its host
code is run. If a virus if found, you shouldn't panic or be in ...
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Computer Ethics: A ReviewComputer Ethics by Tom Forester and Perry Morrison is a very interesting book about social problems and ethical dilemmas created by computers. Computer crime may include something as innocent as copying software to using a computer to electronically steal money. The invasion of privacy is also a ...
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Computer PornographyCongress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof or abridging the freedom of speech, or
of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition
the Government for a redress of grievances.(Wallace: 3)
A statement ...
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Computer Integrated ManufacturingThe term manufacturing includes all activities from the perception of a need for a product, through the conception, design and development of the product, production, marketing, and support of the product in use. Every action involved in these activities uses data, whether textual, graphic or ...
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Computer Virus"Traces of the Stealth_c Virus have been found in memory. Reboot to a clean system disk before continuing with this installation…" This was the message staring back at me from one of the computer monitors at my office. Questions raced through my mind. "Stealth_c?" "What's a system disk?" "How am ...
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Email What Is It Good ForRemember those letters you used to write to your grandmother? Oh, who am I kidding, if you are under twenty, chances are you have never even written a letter. A tidal wave has emerged from beneath and grabbed us by a storm. It's called an E-mail. E-mail is a word that has echoed in our society ...
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Big Brother, Little Sister Computer MonitoringComputer Monitoring, Forging Tools for the Future
Computer Monitoring is most often intended to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the workplace, but with good intentions comes the opportunity for abuse by employers and employees alike. An example of both can be found in an article taken ...
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Young People Today Are Developing Bad Habits Because Of The InternetGood morning everyone. Welcome you all to this talk! May I ask you all, how long will you use your phone every week? For me I guess maybe 10 hours a day on average? Don’t use those weird visions to look at me as I am sure that most of young people use their phone more than me. It is the fact that ...
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A Public Relations Proposal For The American Egg Board, 1997
"AN EGG IS ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE" - OSCAR WILDE
Eggs should be avoided because they are high in cholesterol. This is the biggest MYTH that has cracked the good reputation of the egg in the past years. In 1945, the number of eggs consumed per capita each year was 402. Then the news broke - ...
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A Public Relations Proposal For the American Egg Board, 1997
"AN EGG IS ALWAYS AN ADVENTURE" - OSCAR WILDE
Eggs should be avoided because they are high in cholesterol. This is the biggest MYTH that has cracked the good reputation of the egg in the past years. In 1945, the number of eggs consumed per capita each year was 402. ...
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