articles‚ maps‚ news coverage‚ quotes‚ statistics‚ etc. make research a lot easier‚ let alone how computers have made the writing process itself more efficient. I remember my college days when term papers were painstakingly produced on my old Olympia typewriter – and you had to retype the whole paper if you decided to move a single paragraph. Another major change in our culture was when computers became portable and started running on batteries. Today I work on a laptop‚ but my iPhone is my ‘pocket’ computer
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We took the board and small triangular shape out of the game box‚ the triangle had a small hole in the middle of it. The board had a bunch of letters like a typewriter and a distinct “yes”‚ ”no” and “goodbye” on it. There was instructions on what to say and how to contact a spirit; It is hard to remember what we had said to connect with the spirit. We had said something along the lines of “If anyone is here with
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In the essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas Carr. Carr speaks on how over the last decade his focus and ability to concentrate has been declining due to the fact that he has a plethora of knowledge available to him on his smartphone or computer‚ thus he is not able to focus on a task at hand for as long as he could before the age of information. Carr claims that his mind is changing for the worse and backs his evidence with first hand accounts of respected scholars who also share the same
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and has positive impacts the productivity. As mentioned before‚ people relied on writing for recording data/information in the past. It was a time consuming process and required another series of work for data retrieval. Even the invention of typewriter has alleviated the pains of inputting data by writing‚ higher risk of human errors were still unavoidable. Moreover‚ sharing of information could only be made by sending hard copy‚ e.g. via mailing. Even the invention of telegram has improved
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again everything from the piece of chalk to the closed-circuit television of instruction are the direct or indirect results of scientific progress. Learning is therefore easier. And clerical work is made far more speedy and efficient by the office typewriter‚ quite apart from the hundreds of different machines which relieve the manual worker of so much slow and monotonous toil in the factories. The first and the major advantage is that medical science is very progressive and vastly available. Without
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Although she writes under the pen name "J. K. Rowling" her name when her first Harry Potter book was published was simply "Joanne Rowling". Her publisher Bloomsbury feared that the target audience of young boys might be reluctant to buy books written by a female author‚ and requested that she use two initials‚ rather than reveal her first name. Born on 31 July 1965 in Yate‚ Gloucestershire‚ England She attended St Michael’s Primary School. Her headmaster‚ Alfred Dunn‚ has been suggested as
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On the contrary‚ though‚ I was left here‚ sitting on her desk‚ and‚ like I said‚ I keep expecting‚ that one day‚ she will walk through that door again‚ with a vast smile on her face‚ ready to start a new chapter. Now I’m just an aged‚ forgotten typewriter‚ sitting in the corner‚ and I’m still
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Morales‚ Mahaize A. July 01‚ 2013 MY FIRST ENCOUNTER AT RBCI CABUAO‚ SINAIT BRANCH This is the first day of our On the Job Training as a requirement of our Financial Management Program. Everybody has been excited because this is what we are waiting for‚ to apply our knowledge in real life situation for us to become a successful and employed individual someday. On-the-job training (OJT) is one of the best training methods because it is planned‚ organized‚ and conducted at
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assignments shall not be graded. Answer all questions. Each answer carries 5 points 1. During the 1990s‚ technological advance reduced the cost of computer chips. How do you think this affected the market for computers? For computer software? For typewriters? Please draw a separate diagram to show the effects of this phenomenon on each market. **************** 2. Suppose that in the year 2005 the number of births is temporarily high. How does this baby boom affect the price of baby-sitting services
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get away from the cruel comments and treatments she was receiving from the other children in her grade‚ but the revelation that she could be more struck her. "Until then‚ when I thought of writers‚ what first came to mind was Mom‚ hunched over her typewriter‚ clattering away on her novels and plays and philosophies of life and occasionally receiving a personalized rejection letter. But a newspaper reporter‚ instead of holing up in isolation‚ was in touch with the rest of the world. What the reporter
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