instructions were entered through the front panel switches of the computer system. On the earliest computers this was completed by changing the wires‚ dials and switches. Later the bits could be entered using paper tapes that looked like ticker tape from a telegraph‚ or punch cards. With these tapes and or cards the machine was told what‚ how and when to do something. To have a flawless program a programmer needed to have a very detailed knowledge of the computer where he or she worked on. A small mistake
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pedestal on Bedloe’s Island as famed landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead supervised the cleanup of the island. The statue was finally dedicated on October 28‚ 1886 with Bartholdi and President Grover Cleveland in attendance. The city’s first ticker tape parade was held for the occasion‚ marking a new tradition in New York City. The statue soon became a symbol for immigrants arriving in New York City at the turn of the 20th century and was named a National Monument in 1924 and New York City landmark
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Dr. J. Danley Budd. It was originally called the “Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company” (hence the ticker symbol “MMM”). The company’s headquarters is located in Maplewood‚ Minnesota. 3M originally provided grinding substances to mining companies; however‚ in 1921‚ 3M launched its first unique product: waterproof sandpaper. And in 1925‚ their next product was introduced: masking tape. 3M has never been the same since that time. Since 1902 3M has expanded its product offerings into virtually
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grandfather who always played the show on our DVD player. The main character is truly a phenomenal human being: He’s a secret agent whose specialty is finagling himself out of the most impossible situations by relying on his creativity and his duct tape to save the day. He had an uncanny ability of taking everyday’s objects from his immediate surroundings and transforming them to solve problems. He could disarm a nuclear warhead using only a safety pin. Basically‚ he’s a universal symbol for resourcefulness
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Neil Armstrong By: Sara Khalil History Assessment Neil Armstrong the first American man who walked on the moon Neil Alden Armstrong was born on August 5‚ 1930. He was born on his grandparents’ farm in Auglaize County. He has a sister named June‚ and a brother‚ Dean. His father was an auditor for the State of Ohio‚ he lived in several communities like: Warren‚ Ravenna‚ Jefferson‚ Upper Sandusky and St. Mary’s before the family decided to live in Wapakoneta. At age 15‚ he took flying
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Pitcher‚ confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell‚ broker‚ allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer. With a snappy "Good-morning‚ Pitcher‚" Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it‚ and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him. The young lady had been Maxwell’s stenographer
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to tackle population and we chose road over rail. No wonder we’re now working to ninety…or more.” Anja pictures alarm bells ringing in a secret building in Canberra somewhere and the words guilt by association rolling underneath on an imaginary ticker tape. She politely kicks this silly man and with her head draws his gaze towards the CCTV cameras above. He may be bit of an absent minded science nerd but he is not totally naive to the modern paranoia. “Oh‚ meta-data. I get it‚” he says. Her horror
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Amelia Earhart: A Woman with a Strong Heart In 1932‚ Amelia Earhart became the first woman and second person to fly solo across the Atlantic (Amelia). Amelia’s success not only as an aviator but as a writer and activist encouraged women in their fight for equality in the United States. Amelia set numerous aviation records that led her to be one of the first female celebrities known for her success rather than her beauty. Her fight for women’s suffrage and her formation of the Ninety Nines‚ a women’s
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COMMENTARY: Poems I?d read over on any rainy day by Nikki Rivera Gomez / MindaNews Monday‚ 02 July 2007 23:01 It was the 1950s—the decade when a pompous West‚ emerging victorious from a world war that killed over 57 million people‚ was beginning to prance and preen like a peacock. Almost overnight‚ the US economy boomed with those big-finned Chryslers‚ Fords‚ and Buicks. Holiday Inn began its worldwide chain‚ as did the now ubiquitous McDonalds. I was barely a year old when Elvis‚ James
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Amy Johnson Amy Johnson was born in Hull on 1st July 1903‚ the daughter of John William Johnson‚ from the family firm of Andrew Johnson‚ Knutson and Company‚ fish merchants. She was also the grand-daughter of successful mill-owner William Hodge who was Mayor of Hull in 1860. When she was eighteen she began a relationship with a Swiss businessman‚ Hans Arregger‚ who was living in Hull. Amy had hoped they would marry‚ but the relationship broke down and Hans married another woman‚ but he kept Amy’s
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