The Roswell Incident The Roswell Incident Could it be that a flying saucer did in fact crash near Roswell, New Mexico in July 1947 and is being covered up by our government' During my research I have found many authors that almost seem dedicated to disproving the alleged flying saucer story. Many indications seem to lean toward that what crashed was in fact of extra-terrestrial orig

Superstition Everyone has at least one superstition that they follow, whether they will admit it or not. Whether it’s from a certain religion, or a legend passed down from their ancestors. It’s in our human nature to come up with something to believe in, however obscure and ridiculous it may be. Many of these superstitions can dramatically affect a person’s life. Looking at the following

UFO Sightings Was that merely a shooting star streaking across the night sky, or was it a glimpse of some sort of alien aircraft' I believe that we are not the only intelligent life forms that exist in this vast universe, and it is my opinion that the earth has been visited by extraterrestrial beings. While many photographs and sightings of flying saucers have been proven to be hoaxe

Lab Report LAB: DETERMINING THE VALUE OF THE UNIVERSAL GAS CONSTANT, R. Objective: The objectives of this lab are to measure the volume, pressure and temperature of a sample of wet butane gas, C4H10 grams. Another objective is the determine the pressure of the dry butane gas by correcting for the partial pressure of water, also to calculate the experimental value of the universal gas

Witchlight Witchlight Written By: Marion Zimmer Bradley The plot of the fictional story, Witchlight, was about Winter Musgrave, a young business woman. In the story Winter is plagued by an adult poltergeist, while she tries to find her forgotten past, after a breakdown left with an acute case of amnesia. Winter unaware of her haunting believes she is crazy. Winter just out of Fall R

Bermuda Triangle BERMUDA : THE SATAN’S RING Introduction: A legendary triangle of Ocean lies between 3 countries upon the Atlantic ocean. The Cities are Bermuda, Puerto Rico and Fort Lauderdale. Ships, people and aeroplanes have been reported mysteriously disappearing off the face of the earth whilst travelling inside this triangle. It soon acquired the name "Devils Trian

Instinct Versus Intelligence Intelligence versus Instinct Is instinct always more important than intelligence' The answer to this question is given in the essay “The Spider and The Wasp” written by Alexander Petrunkevitch. “The two contestants roll over and over on the ground. It is a terrifying sight and the outcome is always the same.” (Petrunkevitch 632) Alexander Petrunkevitch des

UFOs Argument: UFO’s The phenomenon UFO constitutes one of the topics more disputed of our times. Since in 1947 they were sighted for the first time by the civil pilot Kenneth Arnold near the mount Rainer, there are many persons of the entire world that assure to have seen UFO’s. There are people who declare to have seen them during the day, while others speak about the presence of

Who Believes In Fairy Tales Anyway' Once upon a long time ago, our ancient ancestors told their offspring the stories of the time. It was a form of the “news” and bonding. These stories included tales of war, the history of their culture, and religious views and practices. The stories also included romantic tales of great warriors and the fair maidens that they protected from evil whi

Frankenstein Introduction In the eighteenth century, a young man flush with hard-won knowledge about the secrets of life locks himself in his apartment to engage in a gruesome but fascinating task: creating a human being. Months later, pale and emaciated from days spent slaving over stolen body parts, he brings a new life into the world, only to recoil in horror from his monstrous creat

Is The Roswell Incident Really Aliens' The Roswell incident has been a huge controversy for many years. In 1947 an alleged alien space ship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico. People have come to believe several different stories about the incident. Some believe that it was an actual alien invasion and that the United States government tried to cover up the fact that there were aliens. Ot

Supernatural In American Fiction And Soceity “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.”1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes “black night and yawning chasms,”2 then should he not even consider them' Shouldn’t man seek out the s

The Zodiac Language Cultures The Zodiac It is believed that the zodiacal signs originated in Mesopotamia as early as 2000 BC. The Greeks adopted the symbols from the Babylonians and passed them on to the other ancient civilizations. The Egyptians assigned other names and symbols to the zodiacal divisions. The Chinese also adopted the 12-fold division, but called the signs rat, ox, ti

Turn Of The Twentieth Century Technology: Turn of the 20th Century At the turn of the twentieth century, new technology was no longer a privilege, but a necessity for an industrial nation. New things were being invented to make life more convenient and all in all easier for Americans. Initially, these new inventions, such as the car, and new medical technology (the x-ray) were being

Virtual Reality Virtual Reality is considered one of the most exciting technologies today, constantly evolving and improving. According to Eric Drexler, a world known pioneer in this field, VR is "A combination of computer and interface devices (goggles, gloves, etc.) that present a user with the illusion of being in a three dimensional world of computer generated objects." The term ^vir

Virtual Reality Virtual reality as of recent, while still extremely new, has become the topic of many opposing viewpoints. It has caught the eye of the general public for several reasons. Perhaps, this is mainly because of all the possibilities which virtual reality creates. Note that the possibilities are not pre- determined as either good or bad, mainly because there are many d

Washing Machines Before washing machines were invented people removed dirt from their clothes by pounding them on rocks and washing them clean in the streams. Sand was used as a malleable cleaning stone for the clothes. Soap was eventually found at a place in Rome called Sapo Hill. People found ashes containing the fat of animals to have great cleaning powers. The first washing "machi

What Is RAM' Definition of Ram RAM is considered "random access" because you can access any memory cell directly if you know the row and column that intersect at that cell. The opposite of RAM is serial access memory (SAM). SAM stores data as a series of memory cells that can only be accessed sequentially (like a cassette tape). If the data is not in the current location, each memory ce

Worldwide Illegal Copying Of Domestic And International Software In 1993 worldwide illegal copying of domestic and international software cost $12.5 billion to the software industry, with a loss of $2.2 billion in the United States alone. Estimates show that over 40 percent of U.S. software company revenues are generated overseas, yet nearly 85 percent of the software industry's piracy l

Winamp Skins Step One Create a new folder in C:/Program Files/Winamp/Skins, and call it something you'll remember, such as My Winamp Skin Rocks. Then unzip the contents of the Winamp base skin into that folder. You'll find 27 files ending in .cur, 15 files ending in .bmp, and three files ending in .txt. Step Two Click the curvy Menu symbol at the very top left of Winamp, then click S

Windows 2000 Server Versus Novell NetWare 5.1 My comparison between Operating Systems is going to be non-other than, Microsoft Windows 2000 and Novell NetWare 5.1. I figure that this is going to beat to death from other people in the class so I thought that I would take it one step further by actually comparing the two things that are very similar between the two operating systems and t

Windows NT VS Linux WINDOWS NT ADVANTAGES Windows NT offers a number of significant strengths that are not well known in the UNIX world. Ease of use Windows NT 4.0 uses the same familiar interface as Windows 95. The interface is the same, whatever the hardware or processor type ñ an important benefit in heterogeneous environments. Windows NT tools are designed to ease the management

Antitrust - Microsoft The Anti-Trust Case Against Microsoft Since 1990, a battle has raged in United States courts between the United States government and the Microsoft Corporation out of Redmond, Washington, headed by Bill Gates. What basically the entire lawsuit boils down to is money. The federal government maintains that Microsoft's monopolistic practices are harmful to United St

Antonin Scalia: Supreme Court Justice Born on March 11, 1936 in Trenton, New Jersey, Antonin Scalia was the only child of Eugene and Catherine Scalia. His father was an Italian immigrant who worked as a professor and his mother, an Italian-American, taught school. Scalia attended public school in Queens, NY where he adopted the name “Nino” (Smith, 1993). He later enrolled in St. Fran

Adam Learned and thoughtful, John Adams was more remarkable as a political philosopher than as a politician. "People and nations are forged in the fires of adversity," he said, doubtless thinking of his own as well as the American experience. Adams was born in

ADSL Modems ADSL Modems Does the humble telephone lines play a major role in shaping the third millennium' Can a mere pair of thin copper wires twisted around each other transmit Internet data reliably and securely at blazing fast speed, making it possible to view high-quality moving images, sound and vast amounts of data on your personal computer screen or telev

Aerodynamics Aerodynamics is the branch of dynamics that deals with the motion of air and other gaseous fluids and with the forces acting on bodies in motion relative to such fluids. The Latin word for aero means air, and the Latin word for dynamics means power. Steady aerodynamics this term is used to describe situations where there is no rapid change in properties over time. For examp

Agency Intranet “Intranets are everywhere. In a recent Forrester Research Inc. survey of executives at 50 Fortune 1000 companies, 96 percent of those polled were either building or already using internal Web sites. Only 4 percent had no plans to invest in intranet technology. Other surveys indicate that 65 percent to 90 percent of America's biggest corporations expect to implement intran

AIDS The issue of HIV/AIDS has been a developing concern since the early 1980’s. It is an issue that has sparked fear in everyone, but “society” has narrowed it down to certain people who can contract the AIDS virus. The typical “AIDS” victim is not an IV drug user or a practicing homosexual; they are African Americans, and minority women. AIDS is spread in many ways, such as having unpr

Airport There is no doubt that it's hard to overestimate all the importance of proper functioning of a contemporary airport, no matter whether it is a local airport or an international one. Any person who has ever used the services of aircraft companies and had an opportunity to observe common procedures and processes that usually occur inside and outside the terminals while waiting for