Jonathan Elliott Professor Supinski ENGL101C-13 15 November 2012 Why Linux is better than Windows Linux holds the highest‚ most used operating system when it comes to supercomputers. Although‚ Windows holds that title when it comes to the average desktop computer. “Now‚ not 20 years later‚ well over 90% of the world top 500 supercomputers are running Linux.” (Vaughan-Nichols) All operating systems from UNIX to Mac OSX have their pros and cons. Mac OSX is known more for making multi-media such
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National leaders have numerous tactics on how they think their country will thrive‚ however only a few methods succeed. In William Golding’s classic novel‚ Lord of The Flies‚ Golding compares Ralph’s egalitarian approach to Jack’s prejudiced approach showing that leadership determines whether a society fails or prospers. When the boys all meet for the first time‚ they decide that there needs to be a leader to be in charge of what needs to be done on the island‚ and they vote Ralph as chief. In the
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Good Morning‚ The topic that I have chosen is the debate that Books are better that eBooks‚ Kindles and iProducts to read off. I would like to say that I don’t think that eBooks aren’t a bad thing and that should be banned‚ but that they aren’t the best way of reading. I believe that reading an actual paper book is much more satisfying. Books are things that are usually cherished as something that one can remember events in their life and the lives of others. Books are‚ in many ways‚ different
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which is best. Both soccer and football became famous in the 19th century. And becoming the champions League in most counters‚ FIFA for soccer and NFL for football. Soccer and football are two very different games to enjoy‚ they have more in common than what meets the eye. Soccer and Football have many differences. Soccer is a worldwide sport and most of the countries play this game‚ however‚ football became famous in the USA. Also‚ called American football because it was played in the United
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They can be loving and caring but most of the time they want to be on their own. That doesn’t mean that they don’t care or love you. Even though a cat may show less affection than a dog‚ a cat loves you as much as a dog does. Cats are just as cute and adorable as a dog or just any other animal. Just like dogs‚ cats love to be with their owner and believe it or not they also enjoy a nice belly rub. One thing that some people
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“Jack made a rush and stabbed at Ralph’s chest with his spear. Ralph sensed the position of the weapon from the glimpse he caught of Jack’s arm and put the thrust aside with his own butt. Then he brought the end round and caught Jack a stinger across the ear. The were chest to chest‚ breathing fiercely‚ pushing and glaring.”(196). Two strong types of leadership can lead to devastating outcomes. This is shown in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Ralph and Jack have two very different types of leadership
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million Americans are addicted to alcohol and drugs‚ but only 11 percent of those with an addiction are receiving treatment. The United States sends more people to prison for drug charges than any other country in the world. Out-of-prison rehabilitation and treatment for drug offenders provides better results than imprisonment. Providing treatment outside jail is more cost-effective.It costs about $2‚000 to $7‚000 per person.The average cost of putting someone in the program is $32‚974‚ compared to
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Athens vs Sparta Sparta is a strong wonderful place it is a lot better than you think. The reason is Sparta has a very strong Army and it could take down any other Greek city-state. They also have free rights for women unlike Athens. Sparta as you can tell so far is the better place between them and Sparta. Sparta tries to stay in content for the strongest Army‚ they have better rights for women‚ and they have a great lifestyle. Sparta had the strongest Army too. In fact
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The economic ideology of Capitalism and Communism are so extremely different from one another that it can never be joined or have common factors Out of the two ideologies‚I believe that Capitalism is more effective this is because it has far more advantages over Communism due to the generated economic growth it has on its nations. One of the reasons I believe capitalism is more effective is because without any competition there is no progress .Without competition‚nations stagnate with no opportunities
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because during my freshman year of High School we read The Odyssey. In The Odyssey‚ I felt like they left us hanging. So we finally finished the story. In the Iliad‚ there are two types of warriors‚ Hector‚ and Achilles. I think Hector is more essential than Achilles. Hector is more essential because he is the son of King Priam and the Queen Hecuba. He is also the most essential soldier in the Trojan Army. He lets his soldiers know that “he is there for them”. He fights hard‚ he is strong‚ and he is very
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