William Safire’s “The Threat of National ID” Comprehension 1. According to Safire most people are willing to give up their privacy “in return for greater safety. That’s why we gladly suffer the pat – downs and ‘wanding’ at airports”. Such precautions contribute to our peach of mind. He believes that law enforcement officials are already taking advantage of this situation. He says that Police are “unconcerned with the sanctity of an individual’s home” and developed “heat sensors to let them
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again become a safe haven from which terrorists can train and plan attacks on Australia and our allies. Eg.
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Internet & Email Threats Definition of a Computer Virus A program that infects a computer by attaching itself to another program‚ and propagating itself when that program is executed. A computer can become infected by files downloaded over a network‚ or by the installation of new software or floppy disks that are infected with viruses as well as email attachments. Some viruses are only pranks‚ and perform harmless actions like displaying a screen with a joke message on it. Others can destroy
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Earthquakes in Australia Australia is a very lucky country that suffers very few earthquakes or volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes are caused by converging plates (usually subducting)‚ and there a 4 different types of waves in two categories; firstly there is Body waves which are broken into primary and secondary waves (these travel through the earth) Surface waves travel through only the crust and are called Love and Rayleigh. These Waves (the earthquakes) are measured by a seismograph/ a device that
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Democracy and Communism Governments are a group of people who run a country‚ state or city. The government keeps order in that country and has a police force to keep that order. They make laws that the citizens must follow and if they do not then there is a justice system that may fine them‚ take them to court and they’re guilty‚ take them to jail. There are many types of governments around the world and they lead their country in many different ways. Democracy and communism are just two of many
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World War I‚ which then led to the Russian revolutions that ended the tsar-led government and introduced communism. Thus‚ Karl Marx accurately predicted the failure of capitalism that would lead to communism in Russia. In The Communist Manifesto‚ Karl Marx argued that communism would come into being thanks to a disaster caused by capitalism and a lower class taking over the government in response. The backbone of Marx’s theories was the idea of the bourgeoisie and proletariat
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What are the main aspects of communism? In a communist society‚ everyone is of the same social class‚ every member of the community is provided with health care‚ every member of the society is able to work‚ and everyone has common ownership of property. Communism is a system of government where all economic and social activity is controlled by a totalitarian state‚ founded by Karl Marx‚ with the main goal of having equality. Communism has its pros and cons‚ but i would say that the cons outweigh
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as damaged as lost DVDs might be eliminated. More people have higher purchasing power since more are buying high-price durable goods like big-screen HDTV. Hence‚ it created opportunity for Netflix to offer VOD to this market segment. Threats for Netflix Video streaming technologies had evolved drastically over the years to the recent VOD. Netflix knows‚ it is just a matter of time that VOD will become the public most commonly way of viewing media‚ but the unknown is that when
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In the book‚ Animal Farm‚ George Orwell depicts communism as a negative political and economic structure‚ at the same time‚ he realizes that there are positives that come along with communism. One of these positives is that everyone is treated equally and no one receives any special attention or reward. Orwell displays this on the “Animal Farm” when every animal is treated equally regardless of how much work they do or how smart they are. One example of this is the cat on the farm. The cat does very
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The Cold War was a power struggle between communism and capitalism. It was fought mainly between The U.S. and The USSR not long after WWII. There was no actual fighting during this war‚ it was a war of political beliefs and in which violence was not employed‚ hence giving the name‚ The Cold war. The U.S. believed in capitalist economy‚ which was an economy in which property and businesses are owned by individuals. In contrast‚ The USSR believed in communism‚ which was a government in which ownership
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