9/11…A Turning Point There have been many turning points in American history; however none have had the same effects as September 11‚ 2001‚ and many people relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many civil liberties were taken away‚ security was heightened‚ and there have been numerous effects on Americans. Although the attack happened on American soil‚ it can really be characterized as an attack on civilization itself‚ because people from more than 80 nationalities
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Costs of Mobile Cloud Computing Marco V. Barbera‚ Sokol Kosta‚ Alessandro Mei‚ and Julinda Stefa Department of Computer Science‚ Sapienza University of Rome‚ Italy Email: lastname@di.uniroma1.it Abstract—The cloud seems to be an excellent companion of mobile systems‚ to alleviate battery consumption on smartphones and to backup user’s data on-the-fly. Indeed‚ many recent works focus on frameworks that enable mobile computation offloading to software clones of smartphones on the cloud and on designing
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Intrusion Detection System Framework for Cloud Computing Networks Chi-Chun Lo Institute of Information Management National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu‚ Taiwan cclo@faculty.nctu.edu.tw Chun-Chieh Huang Institute of Information Management National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu‚ Taiwan chuchieh.iim91g@nctu.edu.tw Joy Ku Institute of Information Management National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu‚ Taiwan joyku@iim.nctu.edu.tw Abstract—Cloud computing provides a framework for supporting end
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What is the Difference between Intranet and Extranet? Intranets and extranets are network systems that are used to maximize business productivity. In this case the intranet would be the macro-system and the extranet would be the micro-system. When I think about intranet I think of a business’s personal World Wide Web; although it is not the internet it still has more resources and capabilities than the extranet. One way to look at it is to think on a scale of private and non-private. The intranet
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What is the difference between WAV and MP3? WAV is sound digitally sampled at a fixed rate and word size‚ e.g. 44 kHz 16-bit. The higher the sampling rate‚ the better high notes like cymbals will be reproduced. The highest frequency that can be encoded is half the sampling frequency. MP3 is a lossy compression format that can get up to 20x compression compared to WAV. The bitrate can be variable or fixed. Unless a low quality compression is selected‚ most people cannot tell the difference
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on how victimization of women for a long period of time nourishes the criminal thoughts in their minds. So‚ prolonged victimization increases the risk triple fold that the victim will become offender at some point in her life. According to pathways theories‚ there is not much difference between victimization and offending. Both are two sides of the same coin and cannot be separated from each other. This idea was first launched by the feminists but now in criminal justice system there are numerous evidences
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What is the difference between a Democracy and a Republic? Almost ALL of the social problems in this country are derived from the fact that Americans don’t even know what kind of government they have! If you are like most people‚ you think that the United States is a democracy. If you do‚ then you are wrong! Recite the pledge of allegiance. Notice that it says "...and to the republic for which it stands." Now open your copy of the constitution to Article IV‚ Section 4. (You do have a copy
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What is the difference between the phases of internationalization and of globalization? Internationalization and Globalization are two terms that are often assimilated and sometimes used as synonyms. This is a mistake because these terms have many differences‚ starting with the time they began to occur. Internationalization started as part if the Industrial Revolution between 1870 and 1914‚ whereas globalization is a post 1960’s phenomenon. Other differences between these two terms include their
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world has seen many changes. Some have been beneficial some have taken their turn for the worse‚ but everything must run its course at some point. The seventies there was continued celebration of the first man on the moon. Another milestone was completed in 1973 that being the world trade center in New York. The twin towers stood until the terrorist attack on 9/11 a day from the 2000’s that will never be forgotten. There are many similarities from these two decades‚ but the 70’s would be a more peaceful
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the threat to living things. 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Melting Icebergs As the earth warms‚ the icebergs at the North and South Poles melt‚ making it more difficult for polar bears and other cold-weather species to live. Melting icebergs can raise ice levels‚ endangering the safety of coastal residents. 2. What is the difference between a’smart’ and a’smart’? Wildfires Higher temperatures can cause more wildfires.The
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