BILL GATES 1. Mini Biography Bill Gates is known for his company Microsoft‚ his participation in the computer revolution‚ and for being the youngest self-made billionaire in history. In 1986‚ he launched Microsoft Windows‚ a program that is one of the most used operating systems in the world. Many of today’s adult‚ and perhaps in particular today’s young adults‚ remember the exciting introduction of personal computers using Microsoft software. Childhood William (Bill) H. Gates was born
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created a system consisting of rows of zeros and ones. During this time period‚ Curtis had not yet found a use for this system. Another mathematician and philosopher by the name of George Boole published a paper in 1847 called ’The Mathematical Analysis of Logic’ that describes an algebraic system of logic‚ now known as Boolean algebra. Boole’s system was based on binary‚ a yes-no‚ on-off approach that consisted the three most basic operations: AND‚ OR‚ and NOT. This system was not put into use
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The Babylon Ishtar Gate There are many wonders of the ancient world that have been found by archeologists. Of these treasures found‚ one of the greatest and most beautiful has been the Ishtar Gate of Babylon. Babylon was the capital of a city in Mesopotamia‚ in the current day Iraq.(Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) Babylon was damaged by weather‚ age and wars (the Iraq and USA war) but still archeologists managed to find the gate. (Hirst‚Archeology.about.com) The Ishtar gate was built in the reign
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this weekly thing. I have backspaced these lines for over a hundred times. But‚ this is it. I have finally started something that I wish to continue and be regular at. Writing has always been my favorite hobby. As a kid‚ I would enjoy reading story books from the school library and then try to remember all those stories while writing essays in the exam. However‚ my first real inspiration to write something by myself was when I came across a book called "Wise and Otherwise" by Sudha Murthy. Initially
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Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne - Free Book Summary Previous Page | Table of Contents | Next Page Downloadable / Printable Version LITERARY ELEMENTS SETTING While the narrative begins in London‚ the theme of the novel is such that the settings change continuously. Mr. Phileas Fogg attempts to go around the world in eighty days and so he covers the major points across the globe Paris¸ Suez‚ Bombay‚ Calcutta‚ Singapore‚ Hong-Kong‚ Yokohama‚ San Francisco‚ New York‚ Liverpool
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RHETORICAL ANALYSIS OF STUDENT WRITING INTRODUCTION Today‚ when time becomes more valuable and people have less time in their daily conversation because there are full of tasks around them everyday‚ writing seems to be a useful tool to help people keep contact with each other or manage their time easier. Therefore‚ writing strategies have changed a lot to adapt with the modern writer. People need an appropriate writing which they
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A child safety gate or what is in other words called a baby gate is normally a protective barrier that is designed to prevent small or young children or rather small kids from accessing areas of a home that are highly risky when entering. These baby gates are meant for young children who are aged 6-24 months. The areas that are out of bounds for the young children include the kitchens and stairways. They are normally constructed of wood‚ plastic or metal and these can be expanded so as to fit a wide
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family.[3][4] Gates is one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the personal computer revolution. He is widely respected for his foresight and ambition.[5][6] He is also frequently criticized as having built Microsoft through unfair or unlawful business practices. Since amassing his fortune‚ Gates has pursued a number of philanthropic endeavors‚ donating large amounts of money to various charitable organizations and scientific research programs through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ founded
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Writing Assignment #1 - Formal Analysis of a Painting. Find the art that you want to write about in an online museumclick on the link below to find a list of museums- choose a "Notable Art Museum" (at bottom of web page) not a gallery. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_museum Directions: Choose one work that particularly engages you. Take time to look at the work in detail; make a simple sketch of the work. Ask yourself: "How does the piece ‘work’? What is the artist doing? Why do I have a
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Bill Gates William Henry Gates the Third or also known as Bill Gates is the co-founder of the huge Microsoft Corporation. This billionaire was born in Seattle on the 28th of October 1955 and grew up there with his two sisters‚ Kristi and Libby. His father‚ William Henry Gates Senior was a prominent Seattle lawyer‚ and his mother‚ Mary Maxwell Gates was a schoolteacher at the University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. His great-grandfather was a state legislator
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