The Therac 25 A case study in safety failure • Radiation therapy machine • “The most serious computer-related accidents to date” • People were killed • Reference: Nancy Leveson and Clark Turner‚ “The Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents”‚ Computer‚ 26‚ 7 (July 1993) pp 18-41. Therac 25 Background • Medical linear accelerator developed by Atomic Energy of Canada‚ Ltd. in mid-1970s • Delivers 25 MeV photons or electrons of various energies • Controlled by PDP-11 minicomputer • Software
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Question : 1. Discuss the statement of Lord Acton that “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”. Give an example to argue your answer. (more or less 500 words) 2. How does media coverage of communal conflict in Indonesia recently influence your views on power and how power may be used to attain political objectives? Give example for your answer. (more or less 1000 words) Answer : 1. “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power tends to corrupt absolutely”
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What combination of factors resulted in rapid US industrial growth in the late 1800’s? In the late 1800’s the US overtook Great Britain as the world’s largest source of manufactured goods Abundant natural resources o The US was its own source of the raw materials necessary for industrialization o Coal‚ iron ore‚ copper‚ lead‚ timber‚ and oil Abundant labor supply o High immigration between 1865 & 1900 o
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Short Story Outline Title: The Mark of the Beast Author: Rudyard Kipling Setting: Colonial India during the late nineteenth century‚ New Year’s Eve Character(s): Fleete (main character)‚ Kipling (author‚ narrator)‚ Strickland (friend) Point of View: Narrator Central Conflict the protagonist is facing: He got drunk and desecrated the temple of Hanuman the Monkey God by putting out a cigar on the ape’s forehead. A Leper Priest (a “Silver Man”) then bites Fleete on the breast‚ and he is warned
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Political Cartoons Shawn Palmer University of Phoenix Political cartoons have been with us from the 16th century to today‚ changing social agendas and shaping public opinion about political office holders. The creator of each cartoon makes each one represent his or hers opinion about what would be currently happening at that time. This paper will show you the start of political cartoons and the role played by political cartoons in setting social agendas also it will show how they are used today
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:::25 WAYS TO ENTER JANNAH::: 1. Whoever meets Allah without ascribing anything to Him will enter Jannah.[Bukhari] 2. Whoever believes (has Imaan) in Allah and His Messenger (sal Allahu alayhi wa sallam)‚ and establishes the prayer and fasts the month of Ramadan‚ it is incumbent upon Allah that He enters him in Jannah. [Bukhari] 3. Whoever builds a masjid seeking by it the Pleasure of Allah‚ Allah will build for him a similar place in Jannah. [Bukhari] 4. Whoever prays the two cool prayers
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The Internet was introduced to the world not too long ago. However‚ since it’s introduction‚ it has since grown at an amazing rate. People now source the Internet for information‚ research‚ and recently‚ even shopping. Faster modem speeds have caused more people to rely on the Internet as information can be found at an amazing speed. In today’s business world‚ it has now become essential for a company to have Internet access. There are very few businesses today that do not have their own websites
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Why Britain Won The Battle Of Britain. Britain won the Battle of Britain for many reasons there was a few main reasons as to how they won. i think that one of these main reasons where because they had a really bad leader and he didn’t know how to handle modern technology. He didn’t understand how the modern planes worked he put them in groups this made it a lot easier for the people to attack where if he had placed them seperatly it would of been harder for the British to attack‚ This therefore
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Book One: The Lost Hero The Heroes of Olympus‚ Book Two: The Son of Neptune ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to Seán Hemingway‚ curator of Greek and Roman antiquities at the Metropolitan Museum of Art‚ New York‚ for helping me follow the Mark of Athena to its source. Copyright © 2012 by Rick Riordan All rights reserved. Published by Disney • Hyperion Books‚ an imprint of Disney Book Group. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means‚ electronic
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Discuss the theme of power in the novel “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. Power is the ability to do something or act in a particular way. “Power corrupts‚ but absolute power corrupts absolutely”-and this is proved in Orwell’s short novel. The statement means that mostly people who acquire power eventually use it for personal purposes. At first they might try to focus their power on things that can help to make the lives of others better‚ but unfortunately if this power is unlimited‚ they start
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