thin-slicing in order to persuade readers that intuitive judgment is developed by experience, training, and knowledge. Gladwell adopts an informative tone for teens, adults, and teachers. Gladwell makes a few main points and uses a few main characters to help his audience understand his main points better. Gladwell began his book by using the story of how the Getty…
Picture yourself enjoying your summer by going to an amusement park, and after waiting endless hours in line, it's finally your turn to ride the roller coaster.Going up the roller coaster tension and stress controls your body, but in just a few seconds , as you go down the roller coaster you will feel happy. Bipolar disorder which is the fourth most important cause of worldwide disability in 15-45 year-olds (Clinical review) feels exactly the same way as roller coaster ride would feel. Bipolar…
otherwise known as popular culture trends, are usually thought to originate independently without correlation. Could there be a pattern behind these epidemics? Gladwell, a New York Times staff writer, answers this question in his 2000 book, The Tipping Point. In this book, Gladwell discusses several social epidemics, including the sudden popularity of the Hush Puppy shoe, and why crime rates in New York city dropped by 60% in only 5 years. He then analyzes them and determines what factors all…
Internet architecture is basically a huge network of thousands of networks communicating using a common protocol. The Internet sends a transmission to a host computer that sends it on to another computer that is connected to the host computers network. If the receiving computer is not connected to the host computers network, the host computer sends it on to another computer that can then send it to the receiving computer. It is not unusual for the message to pass through several routers before…
subject of reference is none other than the internet, an innovation that according to the BBC (2012) has revolutionized our entire lives s a species. Although most of us encounter its use from day to day, according to The Internet Society (2014), defining what exactly entails the internet is not as simple a matter as it appears. The Internet Society (2014) continues to assert that this is perhaps due to the fact that unlike any other technology, the internet is whatever we make of it;…
What is net neutrality? Net neutrality is the principle that people should be able to access to the internet without restrictions. The company in which you get your internet through, also known as ISP, is not able to discriminate against you for the websites and services you access. Having net neutrality also allows every website to work at the same, average speed provided by your ISP. People have been able to use net neutrality for a long time and depend on it every time they go online. There…
Everyone in this room uses the internet, probably daily, but many of you may not realise a threat which could harm the way our internet works, net neutrality intends to protect us consumers from the threats. Net Neutrality is often mistaken to be related to censorship, or other seemingly unethical act, that's just a small part, the idea of Net Neutrality is, in a nutshell, that all data carried over the internet should be treated equally. This means that any organisation, government or corporate…
Today people use Internet to watch and listen their preferred TV and radio programs live, watch movies, read a newspaper or books, and one more big advantage, for some of them, is the opportunity to work remotely, without having to be physically present at the workplace. The development of the Internet was accompanied by a phenomenon of the explosion of social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. Thanks to them, people can always be in touch with their friends or to find those that have…
BLUETOOTH TECHNOLOGY Introduction As with time, our need becomes our necessity. And it is said that, Necessity is father of all Invention. With time we need wireless technology that can replace cables such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth. Bluetooth is also cable replacement technology that can connect different computer devices with a short-range wireless radio connection. It has wide areas of applications. Some of it’s features is • Low Complex Architechture, • Power Consumption is low • Less Price •…
are in a currency crisis or heading into a currency crisis. The article mentions that Brazil’s currency hit a 12-year low recently, and currencies in Southeast Asia are at levels experienced in the last financial crisis in the late 1990’s. The exchange rates in Mexico and South Africa are at the lowest levels ever compared to the dollar (CNN Money, 2015). According to the article, a large-scale currency crisis could be a significant impact to the global economy, including the United States.…