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This paper goes beyond a simple glance at the immediate results of the 1992 failure of the London Ambulance Service's computer aided dispatch system and explores the sequence of events leading up to the incident in attempt to determine professional responsibility and how the project might have benefited from a more formal specification of the software system.

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Term paper completed for Dr. Meier's CS-384, Operating System Design class.

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Ever since Apple released its UNIX-based Mac OS X operating system in 2001, it has gained popularity as a viable alternative to Windows. Though many have yet to "make the switch" and begin using the operating system, Apple's recent addition of support for the Intel microprocessor architecture is yet another step that pushes people in that direction. Much of the stability and performance for which it is well known can be attributed to the careful selection of key aspects of the operating system's structure. Specifically, a low-level analysis of these core OS X components suggests that the selection of Mach for core kernel behavior plays a fundamental role in the efficiency of the entire operating system.

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Completed for HU-432 - Ethics for Professional Managers and Engineers.

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With the publicity resulting from scandals involving falsification of information by companies such as Arthur Andersen and Enron, the issue of honesty in the workplace has gained attention in recent years. While many would quickly deem the actions of these corporations blatantly and obviously wrong, their own practices in regard to truthfulness betray their true nature and suggest that they, themselves, are not necessarily as guiltless as they would like to believe. This double standard often arises out of an extended practice with dishonest behavior motivated by fear or greed. Regardless, such actions are wrong, are harmful to all…

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SS-415G, German Culture
Assignment: Choose two writings covered in class and discuss how they relate to the following theme: The Preservation of Culture - What/who is a threat and what should be done about it, according to these works? Offer personal commentary on the works you're discussing. How do you feel about what they are saying? Are they totally out of date? Are they unique to German history/culture? Or, are there/have there been similar trends in American or other societies with which you are familiar?

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In his writings about the state, Heinrich von Treitschke claims boldly that the state is "primordial and necessary" and is "no less essential to mankind than speech." While the state plays a crucial role in society, it is not worthy of the high esteem Treitschke claims it deserves.

At first glimpse, Treitschke's beliefs about the state appear to be reasonable. According to Treitschke, "the state is the people, legally united as an independent entity." His use of the word "people" to refer to "a number of families permanently side by side" allows for a broad definition of…