Paul Allen co-founded the Microsoft Corporation with Bill Gates (1955- ) ‚ adapting existing programming languages such as BASIC‚ which was originally written for mainframe computers‚ into software suitable for personal computers. Such innovations enabled the software industry to become established and expand as a viable business‚ strengthening the American economy and creating new groups of computer entrepreneurs and users. As personal computers became more affordable and accessible during the 1980s
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Critique of Artificial Intelligence Journalist John Markoff wrote the article “Computer Wins On ‘Jeopardy!’: Trivial‚ It’s Not”. He discusses how the super computer “Watson” defeated the all time champion of “Jeopardy!” Ken Jennings. The author‚ throughout the article‚ agrees that the supercomputer “Watson” was a fair match against Ken Jennings. I disagree with Markoff for multiple reasons. This was in no way a fair match because the computer had a remarkable ability to answer questions at
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Data mining and OLAP are the most common Business Intelligence technologies. The term Business Intelligence refers to computer based methods to identify and extract useful information from business data. Online Analytical Processing commonly known as OLAP provides summary data and generates rich calculations. OLAP is a class of systems that provide answers to multidimensional queries. OLAP is typically used in business reporting for sales‚ marketing and various such domains. OLAP enables the users
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Pierre Bourdieu’s theoritical contribution to contemporary debates and the long-term history of anthropological thought: Practice theory since its development by Bourdieu has become a fundemental tool used by anthropologists to examine other societal structures. The theory provides a new anthropological lens in which to examine why a society has developed in a particular way. Due to practice theory being developed as a response to past anthropologcal texts in which Bourdieu critiqued for being to
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Paul Revere Paul Revere was born on Jan. 1‚ 1735 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. His parents were Paul Revere (Apollos Rivoire) and Deborah Revere. Paul Revere’s only sibling was Deborah. As a boy‚ Paul Revere went to an “Infant School” until he was 7 or 8. Then he changed schools and went to “North Writing” (an all boy school). When he was 15 his father died and he had to take care of the family. He took over the family business as a gold and silversmith. For extra money he took the job of a
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Paul McCartney was born June 18‚ 1942‚ in Liverpool‚ England. His work with the Beatles in the 1960s helped lift popular music from its origins in the entertainment business and transform it into a creative‚ highly commercial art form. He is also one of the most popular solo performers of all time in terms of both sales of his recordings and attendance at his concerts. Paul McCartney began his lifelong love affair with music at an early age. Although he took formal music lessons as a boy‚ the future
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Paediatrics is the medical science related to the diagnosis and treatment of childhood illness. One of the illness such as Pierre Robin Syndrome (PRS) also called Pierre Robin Complex or Sequence was identified by Pierre Robin a French stomatologist in 1923. That is a facial difference condition with a very small lower jaw (micrognathia or retrognathia) (Figure 1)‚ a normal size of tongue but in the setting of a very small jaw that the tongue looks large tends to fall a downward or backward-positioned
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“Few prime ministers have provoked such strong public reactions as Paul Keating”. David Day. Keating’s left-wing political beliefs stemmed from his pro-Labor‚ Catholic‚ working-class family background. Having left school at 15 after completing his Leaving Certificate‚ Keating went to work‚ studied electrical engineering at night‚ and joined his father in supporting the Labor party. Through his political interests‚ Keating met former controversial state Labor party leader‚ Jack Lang who took
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organs in the body‚ but the brain is affected most by drug use. The brain is complex and communicates via nuerons and nerve cells to command the body. The brain ensures the body performs the necessary functions for survial. Drugs can compromise the brain’s ability to properly communicate to the organs in the body. Drugs affect communication and a person’s behavior. The following presentation will provide an explanation as to how drugs affect the brain The brain is a network made up of nuerons
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Gary B. Fogel “The search process of a PSO algorithm should be a process A New Era: Neural Netwoks Society Becomes Computational Intelligence Society At its meeting in Savannah‚ Georgia on February 14th‚ the IEEE Technical Activities Board voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Neural Networks Society’s motion to change its name to the COMPUTATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SOCIETY. To become official‚ the name needs to be approved by the Board of Directors which is expected to meet on June 20‚ 2004. As many
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