Brandon Locklear NT1110 Monday Research Paper: Pentium Flaw In 1994 there was a major flap in the media about Intel’s Pentium microprocessor chip. The Pentium microprocessor is the CPU for what were the widest selling personal computers. Unlike previous CPUs that Intel made‚ the 486Dx and Pentium chips included a floating point unit (FPU). Previous Intel CPUs did all their arithmetic using integers; and Pentium chips have these instructions built into the chip‚ in their FPUs. This made them much
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Claudius struck me as the most interesting character in the play besides Hamlet. He was very into getting what he wanted which was to be the king. Claudius is a very decisive man. No matter what had to be done‚ he wanted to achieve his goal‚ even if that meant killing his own brother. That takes a lot of will and a person very selfish to accomplish such feet. Along with his ability to deceive people with his charm‚ he is very good with his language. It seems like he could con any of the other
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king‚ Claudius. Questions have been raised because he does not kill the king after Hamlet’s first encounter with the ghost. The ghost had warned Hamlet that Claudius had murdered his father. As a result‚ there have been four theories that have been developed which try to discover the reasoning behind Hamlet’s procrastination. The average person would have murdered King Claudius immediately after the encounter with the ghost. However‚ it takes Hamlet almost the whole play to murder Claudius. The first
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Democracy like any “great experiment” is undoubtedly bound to have flaws‚ Tocqueville highlights these flaws he noticed on his nine-month trip to the United States. The reason Tocqueville chose to focus on the United States‚ in particular‚ is because its “development has been the most peaceful and the most complete‚” therefore‚ his observations allowed him to see “the image of democracy itself‚ with its inclinations‚ its character‚ its prejudices‚ and its passions.” The United States served as a reference
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the earth has flaws. Even the Greek gods‚ who seemed impeccable to those around them‚ had weaknesses. Some would say that Achilles was one of the most important people in Greek Mythology. Many people considered Achilles a hero. He was brave‚ strong‚ and victorious‚ yet he was not perfect. He fought gallantly to protect the ones whom he loved. Even though a person may seem perfect sometimes‚ it is safe to say that no one is flawless. Every hero has a hamartia. A hamartia is a fatal flaw that eventually
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2. What will I need to learn more about or research further regarding the topic/issue I have chosen? The first thing I need to learn about is what socialism represents and its ideals. I also need to research articles and journals pointing out the flaws of socialism. Lastly‚ I will need to research arguments in favor of socialism so that I can get a balanced view of both sides. 3. The audience for my paper is a group of my peers. What will my audience know or not know about this topic/issue? I
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Kevin Flecker NT-1110 4/26/2014 Pentium Flaw The Pentium FDIV bug was a bug in the Intel P5 Pentium floating point unit (FPU). Because of the bug‚ the processor would return incorrect results for many calculations used in math and science. Intel blamed the problem on a few missing entries in the lookup table used by the company. The error was discovered by Professor Thomas R. Nicely at Lynchburg College‚ Virginia‚ USA. The error was rarely encountered by users (Byte magazine estimated that
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(PARAGRAPH 2) Prince Hamlet’s character portrays as someone who wants revenge for his father’s death but fears what may happen after he receives his vengeance. He is known for having a quick temper‚ but also a loving heart in turn which meant he isn’t one to be naturally revengeful. In the beginning of the play Horatio notifies Hamlet of Marcellus and Bernardo’s sighting claiming that they have encountered “a figure like his father” the last past two nights that did not speak to them when they addressed
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In the play‚ “Othello”‚ Shakespeare writes not only about the love between men and women‚ but exposes the character traits and flaws that are particularly vulnerable to the smooth talking of the archetypal devil or villain‚ Iago. Throughout the play we see and hear how the manipulation of character traits that we all possess can play out in all sorts of relationships. With each character‚ Shakespeare explores the possible outcomes for any person if he or she were to ‘feed’ that part of themselves
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The main character‚ Hamlet‚ is motivated by the revenge against King Claudius‚ his father’s murderer. This plot against Claudius is blazed forward by the ghost of King Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s father. Leading to the turning point of the play‚ we see how the revenge drives Hamlet to commit atrocity in order to fulfil his father’s quest. What is revenge? Or more importantly what revenge does Hamlet seek to take out on Claudius? Well‚ Hamlet’s approach is an eye for an eye‚ the life of Claudius for the life
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