Eric S. Raymond Essays

  • Hackers Hacking & Code Crackers?

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    popularized by Steven Levy in his famous book “Hackers: Heroes of Computer Revolution.” When he said hacker, he meant brilliant, constructive programmer who led the way to the computer revolution. If I still don't acknowledge the courtesies of hackers, Eric S. Raymond reminds me what the hackers have done for us: "Hackers built the Internet. Hackers made the UNIX operating system what it is today. Hackers run Usenet. Hackers make the World Wide Web work. If you are part of this culture, if you have contributed

  • The Effects of Homeschooling on Academics and Socialization

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    Intro As one of the fastest growing trends in modern education and with more members than ever before, it is no wonder that homeschooling has received recent media coverage (Swartout-Corbeil; Saba and Gattis 1, National Household Education Surveys Program 1). However, many people are unsure about the reality of homeschooling (Saba and Gattis XI). Some of its critics show concerns over its claimed negative effects on a child’s ability to socialize with other children, while some were doubtful of

  • Cyber Hacking and Types of Hackers

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    Ed (2001). CIW Security Professional. New York, NY: Wiley. p. 638. ISBN 0-7645-4822-0. Moore, Robert (2006). Cybercrime: Investigating High-Technology Computer Crime (1st ed.). Cincinnati, Ohio: Anderson Publishing. ISBN 978-1-59345-303-9. Chabrow, Eric (February 25, 2012). "7 Levels of Hackers: Applying An Ancient Chinese Lesson: Know Your Enemies". GovInfo Security. Retrieved February 27, 2012. Blomquist, Brian (May 29, 1999). "FBI's Web Site Socked as Hackers Target Feds". New York Post. "The Hacker's

  • Hackers: Heroes or Villains?

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    September 2013. 5 September 2013. Honan, Mat. How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking. 6 August 2012. 12 December 2013. Messamore, W. E. Anonymous Group Cleans Public Park in Constructive "Protest". 9 July 2012. 12 December 2013. Raymond, Eric S. How to Become a Hacker. 25 September 2013. 12 December 2013. Stuart, Hunter. Syrian Electronic Army Denies Being Hacked By Anonymous. 09 September 2013. 12 September 2013. Thomas, Shawna and Becky Bratu. Anonymous' 'Million Mask March' Protests

  • Martin Luther King Assassination

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    Martin Luther King Assassination (word count for research paper includes 1,400 word outline) It was a glorious April 4th evening as Martin Luther King and hundreds of followers were gathering for a civil rights march. Many cheered on as the civil rights leader graciously out step on the second floor balcony of the Motel Lorraine. Roaring cheers rose from the crowd rose up as Martin Luther King stand there waving his arm with his heart warming smile waiting for the uprising taper off so he can

  • Applying Author Intent and Influence to James O’Barr’s The Crow

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    Applying Author Intent and Influence to James O’Barr’s The Crow “Around, around the sun we go, The moon goes ‘round the earth . . . We do not die of death, We die of vertigo!” - from The Crow by James O’Barr The question of whether or not an author can claim that his or her work is original has been in debate for many years now. This, compounded with the question of whether or not an author can adequately understand or express his or her own work or if the interpretation and understanding

  • Senator Joseph McCarthy and Communism

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    returning home, McCarthy beat Robert M. Follette Jr. for the Republican senatorial nomination. After winning for the nomination, McCarthy went on to win the actual position for Senator against the Democratic candidate Howard McMurray in 1946 (“Joseph Raymond McCarthy”). Going an uneventful four years, the major attention came on February 9, 1950 when the Senator gave the Lincoln Day address in Wheeling, Virginia. Through this speech, McCarthy claimed to have the names of over 200 State Department employees

  • The Significance of the Battle of Midway

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    Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott. p. 1072. Buell, Thomas B. (1987). The Quiet Warrior: a Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 518. ISBN 0-87021-562-0. Cressman, Robert J.; et al. (1990). "A Glorious page in our history", Adm. Chester Nimitz, 1942: the Battle of Midway, 4–6 June 1942. Missoula, Mont.: Pictorial Histories Pub. Co.ISBN 0-929521-40-4. Dull, Paul S. (1978). A Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy (1941–1945). US Naval Institute Press. Evans

  • Man the Hunter Revisited

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    ancient man who was primitive and weak, modern researchers have built off of the man the hunter thesis and now debate the motivations for men to hunt. While our human ancestors may not have been the strong, bloodthirsty, killers once imagined by Raymond Dart, new studies conducted by modern anthropologists have revived this famous, yet once discarded theory. The authors who contributed to the Man the Hunter text (1968) concluded, “to assert th... ... middle of paper ... ... from a more balanced

  • Different Learning Styles

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    Different Learning Styles Introduction What is learning? According to the thesaurus in the Eric database, learning is the “process of acquiring knowledge, attitudes, or skills from study, instruction, or experience” (Eric/Thesaurus database, 2001). A learning style is described as “a set of factors, behaviors and attitudes that facilitate learning for and individual in a given situation” (Reiff, 1992, p.7). There are many different ways that children learn. The purpose of this paper is to

  • History Of Columbia Broadcasting Company (CBS)

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    Broadcasting Company or “CBS” in layman’s terms was founded in 1927 as a radio network under the “United Independent Broadcasters” name, which was a radio-broadcasting network. The name was changed to CBS in 1928, which was the same year that William S. Paley, the son of a cigar making tycoon, took over control of CBS with his fathers financial support. Paley took over CBS for $400,000 and inherited a network that consisted of 22 affiliates and 16 employees. Although he had little technical knowledge

  • The Adversarial System

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    are attempts to compensate for ... ... middle of paper ... ...istopher Allen. Practical Guide to Evidence.4th.ed (2008) Routledge Cavendish. Jonathan Doak & Claire McGourlay. Criminal Evidence in Context.2nd.ed (2009) Routledge-Cavendish. Raymond Emson. Evidence. 4th.ed. (2008) Palgrave Macmillan Andrew L.Choo. Evidence 2nd.ed. (2009). Oxford University Press. J R Spencer. Hearsay Evidence in Criminal Proceedings. (2008) Hart Publishing. Adrian Keane. The Modern Law Of Evidence.6th

  • The Importance of Localism and Non-Profit College Radio

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    still a throwback to the days where people listened to radio for the pure thrill of the music. Very little has been written on college radio in particular, although a lot of literature exists on non-profit radio as a whole. Only since the mid 1980’s has college radio sprung into the spotlight as an important medium. Pour through any campus library and you will find many books on how to start your own radio station but little on the culture that has arisen from it. The most definitive source on college

  • The United Nations Resolution Needed for Private Military Contractors

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    use of these warriors for hire. Next we will look at these groups themselves, what sort of work they do. Finally we will look at why their work is so controversial. To fully understand the PMC issue... ... middle of paper ... ...ary contractor (Raymond, 2011).” The case was fought for the defense started out by saying that the contractors were exempt from the “laws of war”. When it was determined that these cases could not be considered as “combat” the defense coined a new term, “battlefield preemption”

  • Clear Channel and the Cultural and Socio-Political Ramifications of Media Consolidation

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    Clear Channel and the Cultural and Socio-Political Ramifications of Media Consolidation I.INTRODUCTION In 1996, Congress passed the Telecommunications Act thereby lifting restrictions on media ownership that had been in place for over sixty years (Moyers 2003; Bagdikian 2000: xviii). It was now possible for a single media company to own not just two radio stations in any given local market, but eight. On the national level, there was no longer any limit on the number of stations a company could