When I was younger, I coded and created projects because it was fun. Once I started going to college, it became a chore; a job that I didn’t want to do. Everything had to be perfect. I needed to get the perfect grade. Coding was no longer enjoyable, and I started to lose interest. I … Read more
In 1996, a 19-year-old man was arrested, and charged with murder. Although, the man claimed he was innocent, he was convicted of the crime, and sentenced to 25 years in prison. In 2006, after serving ten years of his sentence, a man came forward with an incredible story; that he, in fact, was the person … Read more
This article will discuss working with sets. A set is a well-defined collection of distinct objects. The objects of a set are called elements. A set is well-defined, if it can be easily understood, whether or not, a given object, is an element of that set. Some sets do not have any elements. These sets … Read more
Can a monkey own a technology copyright? This image, provided by PETA, is a court exhibit in a case that states the photographer should be granted copyrights to the image, and therefore, receive monetary damages, because the photograph was used on the cover of a wildlife book. The catch? The photographer is a macaque monkey … Read more
The central processing unit, more commonly referred to as the processor, is the brain behind the computer. There are three primary components that make up the central processing unit (CPU). These components carry out the instructions that allow the computer to function. Arithmetic Logic Unit The Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) contains all of the electrical … Read more
The following is a listing of real numbers. Natural 1, 2, 3, 4, … Whole 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, … Integers … -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, … Rational Any number that can be written in the form of p/q, where p and q are integers and q ≠ 0. … Read more
Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies has become a very popular novel since its first publication in 1954. The novel has been translated into 26 different languages and become a standard in English readings in both high schools and colleges. But what is the reason for this popularity? Why does Lord of the Flies stand out so much from … Read more
Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies is an exceptional novel which has had several different influencing factors on current culture. The novel forces the reader to take a closer look into the human culture, where all social boundaries and rules have been removed. What story does this novel have to tell, and how has it affected modern … Read more
History of the Lord of the Flies Lord of the Flies, a brilliant novel of a group of schoolboys marooned on an uninhabited island after an attempt to escape wartime events, via an airplane evacuation. Soon after their plane crashes on the island the boys are driven to segregate their selves into two groups. The first group, which … Read more
Today’s cities are designed for vehicles, not for people. Modern cities have an overwhelming presence of cars, and parking lots, and contain very few parks. Some cities don’t even have adequate sidewalks, or bike lanes, and lack the basics of public transportation. Modern cities are also a lot larger and have more people than they’ve … Read more
Oil is the world’s leading source of energy. In 1900, the world produced 150 million barrels of oil, a number that jumped dramatically to 28 billion barrels by the year 2000. In the twentieth century, oil was readily available, and therefore very cheap. This expanding supply of cheap oil caused an explosion in the growth … Read more
I used to think that marketing was just a push to sell products to everyone by spamming them with advertisements, and other sales pitches. However, marketing is much more than that. A producer shouldn’t be trying to sell a product or service after it has been developed. They should only be developing goods that they’ve … Read more
The Suicide Island logic puzzle takes place on an island, upon which a tribe resides. The residents either have blue eyes, or brown eyes. Yet, it is taboo to talk about eye color in any way. Thus, one resident can see the eye colors of all other residents but has no way of discovering his … Read more
List the sum of all numbers between 7,777 and 70,000, where the numbers are divisible by 7. Identification of the problem The crux of this problem is to break the larger numbers down into smaller sets, or groups, so that we can try and identify some type of pattern to work with. In order to … Read more
Mr. & Mrs. Anbouba recently attended a party, at which, there were three other couples. Various handshakes took place. No one shook hands with their spouse. No one shook his, or her, own hand. No one shook hands with the same person twice. At the end of the evening, Mrs. Anbouba asked the seven other … Read more
Locked away, covered in code, compiling this, compiling that, hacking this, whoops, shouldn’t say that! Scary isn’t it? You just never know, who’s watching you now, shaxor, time to go, on the move, one more time, got to stay ahead. This game we play, this game they play, behind the board, amazing now, scanning this, … Read more