The Pirates of Silicon Valley opens with the creation of the 1984 commercial for Apple Computer‚ which introduced the first Macintosh. Steve Jobs (Noah Wyle) is speaking with director Ridley Scott (J. G. Hertzler)‚ trying to convey his idea that "We’re creating a completely new consciousness." Scott‚ however‚ is more concerned at the moment with the technical aspects of the commercial. The film then flashes forward to 1997 as Jobs‚ who has returned to Apple‚ is announcing a new deal with Microsoft at
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Ultimately‚ what was most important to Alaric was feeding his people. His people were in desperate need of land and food and “At last it was felt that the famine could be borne” (Bradley 92). Therefore‚ Alaric decided the best course of action would be to raid Rome itself. On August 24‚ 410 Alaric began his siege on the city of Rome. Jerome writes in Letter CXXVII (To principia)‚ "My voice sticks in my throat; and‚
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Many pirate books popularize the belief that pirates wear eyepatches and make people walk the plank. While some of these beliefs are true‚ many are not what real pirates do. Pirate novels romanticized the idea of pirates by making them seem that pirate booty is always gold and jewels‚ making people walk the plank and that there were no women pirates. Firstly‚ pirate booty is not always gold and jewels. Sometimes‚ pirates don’t even bury their loot. While their earnings can be riches and gold‚ most
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Tobin Bushart CULF 3331 The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell Report by Tobin Bushart General Themes: While reading The Big Oyster I was able to gather a general theme of what Kurlansky was trying to do‚ and before I give a brief summary of the book I would like to give a short layout of what I think the author was trying to accomplish when writing this book. First off I think the idea was to give a history of Oysters in New York City‚ but while doing do Kurlansky seemed to try and give
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The Viking period began in AD 793 with a raid on the monastery of Lindisfarne by pirates from Scandinavia. In the following centuries their swift sailing ships enabled them to attack the undefended coastal and river ports‚ towns and monasteries of western Europe and beyond in the search for wealth‚ slaves‚ and new lands to settle. The name Viking is generally applied to the Scandinavian peoples from the late eighth century until around AD 1100. They lived in a number of small kingdoms‚ but as their
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Oyster Train Card LONDON Brief history: The Oyster card was set up under a Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract between TfL and TranSys‚ a consortium of suppliers that included EDS and Cubic Transportation Systems (responsible for day-to-day management) and Fujitsu and WS Atkins (shareholders with no active involvement). The £100 million contract was signed in 1998 for a term of 17 years until 2015 at a total cost of £1.1 billion. In August 2008‚ TfL decided to exercise a break option in the
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Rozell Final Paper April 14‚ 2013 The Pirates of Colonial American Got Taken Down by Religion ------------------------------------------------- During the eighteenth century‚ piracy began ruling the waters surrounding the American colonies. For many people piracy adds an exciting thrill to maritime history with its adventure‚ romanticism‚ mysteriousness‚ and its alluring nature. However‚ piracy is just the practice of a pirate: these pirates conducted robbery or illegal violence at sea;
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After watching the movie Pirates of The Caribbean: The Curse of The Black Pearl‚ the audience may realize that the film has a lot more depth than meets the eye. At first glance‚ the movie seems to be a typical pirate/hero story‚ but after closer inspection‚ the viewer can see that the story closely follows the classic hero’s journey‚ or the monomyth. Pirates of The Caribbean also has several characteristics of Romanticism strewn about in the movie. Starting off‚ the film does stray a bit from the
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Hickey’s essay “Pirates and Farmers” as well as Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation”. The essay will also touch on the question of how I am perceived by others versus how I perceive myself. According to Dave Hickey‚ in the world‚ there are only two kinds of people: Pirates and Farmers. Pirates are a plundering and boundary-defying individualists while farmers tend to build fences and create territories. He goes ahead to say that pirates may not even know that they are pirates‚ but farmers can
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Pirate Bay and Copyright Infringement Introduction: Copyright infringement is a violation of the creators’ works in art‚ science‚ and invention. Copyright infringement by definition is the un-authorization or the non-prohibited use of works covered by copyright laws. The infringement violates the copyright owner’s exclusive rights for the work. This includes the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work‚ or to make derivative works from such original works. Illegal distribution of
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