Lycos Essays

  • Yahoo Vs. Lycos

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    Vs. Lycos When searching on the Internet, one may find it difficult sometimes to know where to start. With the seemingly limitless amount of information, one should use the resource suitable for the searcher's needs and tastes. Comparing different factors like databases, directory types, strengths and weaknesses of two search engines, such as Yahoo! and Lycos, can provide an advantage to someone looking for a starting block. To start with, one of the oldest search engines on the web, Lycos continues

  • Spam: Junk Email

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    junk email or spam. I was able to think of this topic because of the unbelievable amount of junk email that I was receiving at my America Online email account. In fact, I received so much junk mail that I decided to switch to another account with Lycos. Because I was having so much of a problem with unwanted mail, I figured that there were many more people with this problem. Hence, I decided to do my research project on junk email, otherwise known as “spam”. Similarly, my story involves the main

  • The Debate Over the Idea of Drilling for Oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

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    drilling in the arctic will become one of the most memorable and controversial subjects about the Bush Presidency. Bibliography: BIBLIOGRAPHY Detroit News article: http://detnews.com/2000/politics/0010/01/politics-127682.htm Lycos article on Norton case: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/oct2001/2001L-10-19-06.html ANWR.org http://www.ANWR.org/ New York Times articles: http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/02/politics/02LABO.html http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/12/politics/12ENER.html

  • ADHD and My Family: Searching for a More Scientific Explanation

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    ADHD and My Family: Searching for a More Scientific Explanation My father, like many Asian immigrants, left India to pursue his educational goals in America in order to provide a better life for his family. He arrived in the U.S. with fourteen dollars in his coat pocket, a suitcase in his hands, and a will to succeed. For my father, in a place like America where opportunities were plentiful and where hard work actually paid off there was no excuse not to succeed. The practical translation of

  • Search Engines

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    spiders or robots to search databases of information through the internet which the company hosting the search engine has developed (http://www.cln.org/searching_faqs.html). The most popular search engines are Google, Yahoo, Excite, HotBot, AltaVista, Lycos and LookSmart. There a few essential concepts to understand about search engines. Since they do not search the internet, one might be curious to know how search engines obtain their results for users. When a publisher creates a document that he

  • America Must Lower the Drinking Age

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    start genuinely treating eighteen year-olds like the adults the U.S. constitution says they are (Barnes). The United States entrusts eighteen year-old citizens with ... ... middle of paper ... ...eb. 2000. The Lycos Network. 3 Oct. 2001 http://www.studentadvantage.lycos.com/lycos/article/0,4638,c5-i53-t0-a23235,00.html Engs, Ruth. Forbidden Fruit. Winter 1999. 3 Oct. 2001 http://www.indiana.edu/~engs/articles/fruit.html Ford, Gene. Expert Opinion. 3 Oct. 2001 http://www.2.postdam.edu/alcoholinfo/ExpertOpinion/LowerDrinkAge

  • Bursitis

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    Bursitis Does it hurt to move your arm? Is it tender and radiating pain to your neck and finger tips? Do you have a fever? If you answered yes to two or more of these questions then you may have typical joint injury called bursitis. Bursitis is an inflammation of the bursa that is easily prevented, detected and treated. Bursitis is a common condition that can cause much pain and swelling around an affected bursa. A bursa is a sac between body tissues that move against each other. They are filled

  • How does ICT affect both family and society?

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    to spends hours upon end rewriting documents. A new ICT system would allow the family to have improved communications around the world. The system would be equipped with the Internet and email service providers, such as Microsoft Outlook and Lycos. These facilities would allow the family to communicate with the rest of the world more easily. MSN messenger would be useful to children in the family and would also be convenient for work. The use of email is both quicker and more convenient

  • Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Enrique Iglesias

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    The Canterbury Tales and Enrique Iglesias In Chaucer's epic poem, The Canterbury Tales, you get a real taste of different kinds of people of the Middle Ages. The Canterbury Tales are stories told by different characters to pass the time on the way to their destination. The character of the Squire, who is approximately twenty years old, and the son of a knight, is of average height, strong, agile, can read and write, and likes to impress the ladies by singing and dancing. Enrique Iglesias

  • The American Prohibition of Alcohol in the 1920's

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    and the National Prohibition Act.” http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/wick/wick1.html This site gives a detailed analysis of the National Prohibition Act. “Speakeasy.” http://hotwired.lycos.com/cocktail/links/speakeasy.html: Lycos, 2002. This site gives a quick idea of what a speakeasy was. “Why Prohibition?” http://prohibition.history.ohio‑state.edu/whyprohibition.htm: November, 2002. This site gives a history of the prohibition movement.

  • Comparing the Journeys of Hesse's Siddhartha and Gandhi

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    there was to learn from his home and his teachers there. So he found new teachers, the Samanas. Through their teachings, he could only find the higher self by killin... ... middle of paper ... ..."Siddhartha's Journey." 29 October 1995. Online. Lycos. Available at http://www.imsa.edu/~juragaga/Hesse.html. Hesse, Herman. Siddhartha. Dover Publications, 1998. http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/jawaayu/gandhi.html (1 March 2001) http://www.hermann-hesse.com/html/english/e.biographiw.html (1 March

  • Internet Research

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    With the advancement of technology and the exponential increase of Internet use, professionals-academic and business-are relying on electronic resources for information, research, and data. The Internet gives an individual access to a sea of information, data, and knowledge; plus, this vast amount of information is available in a matter of seconds, rather than hours or days. The ease of access, availability, up-to-the-second timeliness, and vastness of online resources is causing many professionals

  • Focus Groups

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    Focus Groups Focus groups are a qualitative form of marketing research that can help a marketer assess consumer needs and feelings in a way that simple questionnaires can not. In a focus group, you bring together a small group to discuss issues and concerns about the features of a product. Participants are usually paid a fee for their time. A marketer can gain valuable information such as gaining a customer’s attitudes and determining advertising persuasiveness. The group is typically run by a

  • Italy in World War II

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    Devin-Adair Company, 1956 2. "Benito Mussolini in Pictures". 3 March 2000. Factual information on Mussolini. http://www.gvn.net/~lowe/mussolini/1.htm 3. See Villari 4. "World War II" (1939-1945) http://infoplease.lycos.com/ipa/A0001288.html 2000 Lycos, Inc. (March 2, 2000) 5. See Villari 6. Deakin, F.W. The Brutal Friendship. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1962. 7. See Deakin 8. See Villari 9. Smith, Denis Mack. "Benito Mussolini" http://gi.grolier.com/wwii.wwii_mussolini

  • MP3

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    INTRODUCTION Two years ago, MP3 was just another audio compression format. Today, it's a Net phenomenon that's at the center of an enormous controversy. That's because MP3 makes it possible for people with an Internet connection to bypass record stores (and cashiers) and download CD-quality music by their favorite artists--for free. MP3 is great for music lovers and cheapskates, who can download funky tunes to their hearts' content without spending a dime; however, it's a nightmare for musicians

  • The Spanish-American War

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    The Spanish-American War During the last years of the nineteenth century, the United States would find itself involved in what John Jay, the American secretary of state, later referred to as a "splendid little war; begun with highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave." From an American standpoint, because there were few negative results, and so many significantly positive consequences, John Jay was correct in calling the

  • Career Management in the 21st Century

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    The Necessity for Career Management in the 21st Century. Many people determine "what they want to be when they grow up" just as soon as they are able to talk, but the truth is, by the time they graduate high school, they change your mind at least five times. When a person first enter high school, their teachers and guidance counselors should explain what classes need to be taken in order to enter college. By the time one reaches their senior year, their career path(s) and a career outline that

  • Things Fall Apart: Okonkwo in the Male Dominant Igbo Society

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    The Igbo people are one of the largest ethnic groups in Africa, they emphasize on personal achievements, and taking titles which means leadership and respect (Ohadike Don C., p. xxvi-xxvii). In the book Things Fall Apart, the main character, Okonkwo is affected by the influences of the Igbo society and vows to become a man of the highest title and to gain respect from all the lands. Okonkwo and his family live in male dominant society where men are superior to women, therefore, Okonkwo thinks he

  • Digital Distribution And Music Industry

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    its free software that allowed users to swap music across the Internet for free using peer-to-peer networks. While Shawn Fanning was attending Northeastern University in Boston, he wanted an easier method of finding music than by searching IRC or Lycos. John Fanning of Hull, Massachusetts, who is Shawn's uncle, struck an agreement which gave Shawn 30% control of the company, with the rest going to his uncle. Napster began to build an office and executive team in San Mateo, California, in September

  • Plagiarism

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    Plagiarism missing works cited Plagiarism is a distinguished sounding word. One would almost think that it sounds like some lofty philosophical ideal named for the great Greek teacher Plagiarus, something to be aspired to. This is not so. Plagiarism is in fact a moral misdemeanor, and an academic felony. By definition, plagiarism is "a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work." Socrates, Plato and Aristotle would have frowned on such a practice