.... if any, is more important in shaping intelligence is a source of fierce disagreement. It seems apparent that those who posses higher levels of intelligence are accorded a certain amount of privilege. Therefore where intelligence comes from is essential in determining the validity of endowing privilege on those who posses it. Is it the case that the very definition of intelligence is socially constructed in order to maintain the existing social inequalities? Is it the case that social inequalities are merely a reflection of the variance in intelligence? Do social inequalities reduce the oppressed ability to develop intelligenc .....

.... glass rod device to be used as a surgical lamp. In the 1920's, Englishmen John Logie Baird and American Clarence W. Hansell patented the idea of using arrays of transparent rods to transmit images for television and facsimiles respectively. In 1930, German medical student, Heinrich Lamm was the first person to assemble a bundle of optical fibers to carry an image. Lamm's goal was to look inside inaccessible parts of the body, during his experiments he reported transmitting the image of a light bulb. However the image was of poor quality. His effort to file a patent was denied because of Hansell's British patent. In 1954, .....

.... the nerds were satisfied, but that wasn¹t enough. In order to catapult the PC in to a big-time product, Apple needed to make it marketable to the average Joe. This was made possible by Visical, the home spread sheet. The Apple II was now a true-blue product. In order to compete with Apple¹s success, IBM needed something to set its product apart from the others. So they developed a process called ³open architecture.² Open architecture meant buying all the components separately, piecing them together, and then slapping the IBM name on it. It was quite effective. Now all IBM needed was software. Enter Bill Gates. Gat .....

.... it was very difficult to communicate with people who were a long distance away. But since its invention, the telephone has allowed us to contact just about anybody with just the push of a few buttons. It has indeed revolutionized communication. Without , there would in essence be no phone lines. Therefore, fax machines would be non-existent and the Internet wouldn’t even be a thought. The world that we would live in would be entirely unlike the one we have come to know. Businesses would operate differently and people who would usually be “surfing on the net” would have to hang ten and surf some waves instead. .....

.... An adaptable structure can be "recycled" many times over the course of its useful life. If specific technical issues prevent use of the building for a new function, then the materials used in its construction are designed to facilitate ease of recycling and reprocessing of materials. Buildings consume a variety of materials in their construction. Green design reduces the dependence on resource intensive products and materials. Today, there are an increasing number of products available made from efficient, earth-friendly, or recycled materials. In a green building, consideration is also given to the construction process itself .....

.... in the United States. Each of these children receives instruction that is specially designed: to meet the child's unique needs (that result from having a disability); and to help the child learn the information and skills that other children are learning (“Questions often asked by Parents about Special Education Services,” 1999). It’s time that more consideration is given to exceptional students who have disabilities and/or medical conditions that prevent them from performing to society’s standards. We must educate every one of these individuals and use any and all resources that are available to help them to grow to be .....

.... understanding other people. There is still prejudice today. Many hate groups like the KKK are still around today, and many new ones have come into being. In the past when our country was just starting to be formed, there were prejudices just because people were different. Over 100 years later, people haven't changed much, and there is still prejudice, making one wonder if we have become civilized yet. Technically we have become civilized. We can now travel across the country in a few hours or send someone an e-mail. Most people think that becoming civilized is just creating new inventions than there were in the past, maki .....

.... hate material be removed from the net. Some Internet Service Providers are already starting to block access to sites they see as harboring extreme material. Why is this happening? Have we all lost the ability to reason for ourselves? People are quite capable of making up their own minds about what they read or see on the net. Freedom of speech is often misunderstood to be a gift to crackpots, racists, or demagogues. But the truth is the opposite. The people who are really empowered by free speech are not the speakers but the audience. Free speech puts a premium on the decision-making ability of each of us to weigh up all t .....

.... brew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. In 1977 the Apple II is available to the general public. Fully assembled and pretested, it includes 4K of standard memory, and comes equipped with two game paddles and a demo cassette. The price is $1,298. Customers use their own TV set as a monitor and store programs on audio cassette recorders. Compare this price with computers today. The price about the same, but the computer has changed tremendously. In 1979 Apple II+ is introduced, available with 48K of memory and a new auto-start ROM for easier startup and screen editing for $1,195. Apple II Pascal is also released. In 1980 .....

.... could never be destroyed by nuclear war. Since then, universities have used it and it has evolved into what it is today. It is a library that contains mail, stories, news advertising, and just about everything else. "In a sense, freenets are a literacy movement for computer mediated communication today, as public libraries were to reading for an earlier generation." Now that the term "the net" is understood lets look at some sections of the net. An online magazine is a computer that lets users access it through the net. This computer stores one or more magazines which users can read. "PC magazine and other magazines are avai .....