Hard Drives Hard drives have been around longer than you think. In 1956‚ I. B. M. had invented a disk storage unit that was very large but did not store a lot of data. It was twenty-four inches in diameter and could hold only five megabytes‚ which is the equivalent to three and one half floppy disks. Originally called “fixed disks” later became known as “hard disks” opposed to floppy disks. In 1973‚ I. B. M. released a hard drive that could hold seventeen and one half megabytes. In 1980 Seagate
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People are not binary machines but cognitive organisms‚ so a plethora of reasons exist for why people persist to drink and drive. Two prevalent observations exist. For teenagers‚ the fear of calling one’s parents for a ride due to drinking is greater than driving home drunk. My friends and I are designated drivers‚ and prevent as many people we possibly can from driving drunk‚ but I am fully aware of students who have. But another reason‚ universal in all ages‚ is the absence of facts in ones’
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Magnetohydrodynamic drive In concept‚ MHD is attractive because it offers a propulsion system that requires no moving parts. It works on a principle similar to that of an electric motor or generator; that is‚ passing an electrical current through a magnetic field creates a force. In an MHD propulsion system‚ a magnetic field is created within the hull‚ and sea water is used to conduct the electric current‚ as shown in the illustrations accompanying this story. The underlying principle is known
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Introduction Electrical drives Motion control is required in large number of industrial and domestic applications like transportation systems‚ rolling mills‚ paper machines‚ textile mills‚ machine tools ‚ fans pumps ‚ robots‚ washing machine etc.. system employed for motion control are called drives and employ any of the prime movers such as diesel or petrol engines gas or steam engines hydraulic motors and electric motors for supplying mechanical energy for motion control. Drives employing electric
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McClelland identified three key motivating drives that work for everyone. He named these key drives as: * The Need for Achievement * The Need for Affiliation * The Need for Power He also identified how these needs each vary in strength between different people. Everyone‚ says McClelland‚ is motivated by all of these‚ but to motivate individuals‚ the manager needs to consider what the primary drivers in each case are. Achievement How to recognise the Achievement Motive in a person
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I agree with the statement ‘People should not persuade others to join their religion’ because it’s the persons choice. Everyone has the right to choose what religion they want‚ or don’t want‚ based on their own reasons and feelings and no one should try and influence them into choosing one religion that they may not actually believe in but have been persuaded by others that it is the best religion to choose. Traditional Christian Missionaries would most likely disagree with what the statement says
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asthmatics exhale? During exhalation‚ the pressure increases which causes the bronchioles to constrict which makes it harder to exhale. The pressure decreases during inhalation‚ which relieves the bronchioles making is easier to breathe. The Long Drive Part 2 – That night 1. Do you think that this episode is simply a bad asthmatic attack? No 2. What could have brought on this episode? The cat usually slept on the bed she slept on. The cat’s fur and dander caused her to become even
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Learning to Drive The sun was just rising as I followed my father outside. I had no idea what was so important that I needed to be awake at the crack of dawn‚ but he sure was excited about it. When I looked down the driveway I couldn’t believe my eyes. There sat a brand new Audi A6. I sprinted over to it and ran my hands over the glassy smooth hood. “Jordan‚ you earned this car‚” my father said. “You’ve been busting your ass off in school and around the house‚ and your mother and I want
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A USB flash drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integratedUniversal Serial Bus (USB) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable‚ and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g.[1] As of September 2011 drives of 256 gigabytes (GB) are available‚[2] Storage capacities as large as 2 terabytesare planned‚ with steady improvements in size and price per capacity expected.[3] Some allow up to 100‚000 write/erase cycles‚ depending
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Using Language to Persuade – ‘Bans Will Protect Your Unruly Little Darlings’ Jo Thornely. The recent news of Drummoyne Public School’s ban on handstands has led to much criticism of parents being overprotective of their children. In her article‚ ‘Bans will protect your unruly little darlings’ (featured in the daily Telegraph‚ August 29‚ 2012)‚ Jo Thornely argues that Parents are too safety conscious of their children and are breathing down schools’ backs in order to keep their children safe. Thornely
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