Plato’s classic The Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed
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Newspaper versus Online Media: The challenges and struggles in contemporary world With the development of science and technology‚ online media gradually replace the traditional media. In some country‚ people never read news from print media‚ they read news from internet; but in some country‚ people still using the traditional way which is read news from newspaper. Although newspaper appears to be extinct‚ but each country has their own traditions‚ the future of newspaper is still depend of the
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High School Versus College A good education is an important part of one’s life. To achieve a good education‚ one should attend both high school and college. Although some people think high school has a lot in common with college‚ I find them to be very different. After graduating from high school I enrolled into college and noticed that there are many differences between them. A few of these differences include the attitude and responsibilities of the teachers and students and the amount of work
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A Critical Look at the Effects of Open Versus Closed Innovation In the Innovative Firms of the Twenty-first Century June 17‚ 2010 Abstract In today’s fast paced business world‚ which innovation method should companies adopt‚ open or closed innovation? In this paper we will explore the methods of closed and open innovation. Then we will explore the pros and cons of both innovation methods and discuss which method works better in the business world of the twenty-first century. After
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Compare and Contrast the Inductive and Deductive Research Paradigm/Approaches When underlying assumptions and intellectual structure are built upon research‚ observation‚ or development in a field of inquiry a paradigm is created. The way we perceive the world around us or the way facts and theories are established are generated in different ways. Knowledge is constantly being produced‚ based on assumptions or reasoning. One might see a story in the news of a shark in Southern California that attacks
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Dr. Rietveld LDRS 102 Comp. II 18 March 2013 Homeschooling can give a more positive‚ direct‚ focused education than public schools. Public schools are better in other ways like social interaction. Homeschool Versus Public School Public school is a place where children are able to gain an education and form social bonds with other children and their teachers. Public school offers students access to qualified teachers who are equipped to answer most questions and deal with a great many situations
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Apple versus Google: No comparison Am I the only one who gets annoyed by the never-ending doomsday articles that profile Apple as "struggling" to maintain its market share‚ and doomed to lose a "bitter battle" to Google’s Android? Has it ever occurred to anyone that it’s like comparing the proverbial Apples - no pun intended - to Oranges? Or rather‚ it’s like comparing a Rolls Royce to a Toyota. Unlike Google‚ which makes Android openly available to a whole host of handset manufacturers (most
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Essay : Stage Performances Versus Movie Stage performances is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture‚ speech‚ song‚ music or dance while movie is a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. Compared between stage performances
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Discipline versus Child Abuse Tiara Loving February 2‚ 2011 Criminal Justice 100 Homework Assignment #1 Is there such a thing as too much discipline? How far can a person go with discipline before it turns into child abuse? How do a person know if they are performing child abuse? These are the three main questions that raise a debate when the subjects discipline and child abuse are put in one sentence. What some people might call discipline others may say is child abuse. Gaining the knowledge
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7 Reasons Why McDonald’s Crushes Burger King Year After Year After Year by Marcus Sheridan I love talking about food. And I love talking about business. Even better‚ most of the people that read this blog share these same passions and so today I’m going to deviate a little from the norm and have a little fun analyzing two household names that we’ve all grown up experiencing quite a bit of:McDonald’s and Burger King. The other day‚ as I was standing at a gas station I looked out to see a McDonald’s
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