Timothy Lee Murphy William Smith Com 202 6 July 2008 Binary Code The first known occurrence of the binary numeral system is around the 8th century BC. It was created by the ancient Indian writer Pingala. He came across this as a method to describe prosody. This type of numeration system is a descendant of the Old Kingdom’s Eye of the Horus. A full set of eight trigrams and sixty four hexagrams‚ which are analog to the three bit and six bit binary numerals‚ are known to the
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The Code of the Streets IN THIS ESSAY IN URBAN ANTHROPOLOGY A SOCIAL SCIENTIST TAKES US INSIDE A WORLD MOST OF US ONLY GLIMPSE IN GRISLY HEADLINES—"TEEN KILLED IN DRIVE BY SHOOTING"—TO SHOW US HOW A DESPERATE SEARCH FOR RESPECT GOVERNS SOCIAL RELATIONS AMONG MANY AFRICAN-AMERICAN YOUNG MEN By Elijah Anderson Of all the problems besetting the poor inner-city black community‚ none is more pressing than that of interpersonal violence and aggression. It wreaks havoc daily with the lives of community
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multilinguals tend to switch languages within the sameutterance. This phenomenon is referred to as code-switching. Eyamba Bokamba‚ a professor of Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois defines code-switching as‚ ’ [...] themixing of words‚ phrases and sentences from two distinct grammatical (sub) systems across sentence boundaries within the same speech event’ (Bokamba‚ 1989). Code-switching is then one phenomenon that results from bilingualism and multilingualism. Sociolinguists
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Code of Ethics A code of ethics is a set of standards for professional behavior. Ethical codes are guidelines that are designed to set out acceptable behaviors for members of a particular group‚ association‚ or profession (Code of Ethics‚ n.d.). Many organizations govern themselves with a code of ethics‚ especially when they handle sensitive issues such as healthcare. Ultimately‚ a code of ethics serves as the written word declaring how professionals think of themselves‚ individually and collectively
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medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct‚ if you were a knight; you were expected to follow these rules. But not all knights in the seventeenth century followed these rules honestly or courageously. Some knights dishonored the code‚ putting their pride above the people they were supposed to serve. If there were dishonest knights in the contemporary times‚ chivalry in the modern world is indefinitely dead. Generations of dishonesty of corrupted knights from the contemporary times
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"Code-Switching" Growing up on the out skirts of Philadelphia and a father with a sensitive job‚ requiring him to pack up and move in a moment ’s notice‚ my family moved in excess of two dozen times. This in itself took an enormous toll on the well-being of the family. Every time another move came about‚ came with it new challenges‚ social challenges that instigated change within myself. Constantly torn between friends‚ family and school life‚ I had evolved to be a routine that I came to learn in
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institution with dress code is more appropriate and sophisticated then without; no more headaches. Imagine going through the hassle of trying to figure out what to wear every day‚ dress code would minimize or even vanish those time consuming worries. People wouldn’t have to worry about who looks better and who doesn’t‚ because everyone looks similar. Dress code may seem ancient to others‚ but when enforced it can be beneficial to many. Following this further‚ if a worker has dress code at their institution
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The Justinian Code came about when emperor Justinian‚ or Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus‚ decided to codify existing Roman Law‚ as well as add some of his own. This code had a great effect on the law of the land‚ and remains as the foundation of law in many western nations to this day. Despite it’s effects not being immediate‚ Justinians administrative genius helped to bring stability to the inconsistent law he inherited from Rome. In 529 A.D. Tribonian‚ Justinian’s legal minister‚ led a group
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Morse Code was designed by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. It uses short and long pulses - tones or lights - to represent letters and numbers. Probably the most well known Morse Code Message is the one made up of three short pulses‚ then three long pulses‚ then three short pulses again. Or "dot dot dot‚ dash dash dash‚ dot dot dot." This message means "S O S" (S = "..." and O is "---")‚ the distress signal. Officially‚ the short and long pulses are called "dits" and "dahs"‚ but we like to call them
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Nokia Code of Conduct Nokia Code of Conduct Dear Colleague‚ Nokia products touch the lives of billions of people‚ from every corner of the earth‚ from every type of culture‚ from every age and background‚ every day. In fact‚ we made it our mission to get a mobile phone into the hands of everyone‚ because we believe technology should be a powerful force for societal advancement. By connecting people to mobile products and services‚ we can help people improve their lives no matter what
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