CMAT 100.152 October 2‚ 2012 Evaluation of Randy Pausch’s Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams Randy Pausch was a computer science professor who taught at Carnegie Mellon University. On September 18‚ 2007‚ a few months before he lost his battle with cancer‚ Pausch delivered a speech entitled Last Lecture: Achieving Your Childhood Dreams to an audience of around four hundred people. One can appropriately evaluate the effectiveness of Pausch’s last presentation by examining the seven
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battle with cancer‚ but his legacy lives on through his achievements and in the countless number of students who were fortunate to learn from such an extraordinary individual. Dr. Randy Pausch was a widely respected professor from the University of Carnegie Mellon. He co-founded the entertainment technology center in 1999 and he spearheaded the creation of the Alice Project‚ a program that aids in the learning of computer science academics. Dr. Pausch has received numerous accolades from his work
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I. Summary One of the main points brought up is how income inequality is getting worse and worse. The Koch brothers were raised in a rich discriminating household. Their father owned the oil empire‚ putting 100 billion dollars in the Koch brother’s pockets making them rich oil barons. In general‚ the Koch brother’s want to buy America by paying others to listen to them and bribing council members with money for a total of at least 400 million dollars. From 2010 to 2014‚ the Koch brother’s spent
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A railroad tycoon‚ owner of a shipping empire and self made multimillionaire‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt helped to create a large railroad system and turn it into the big industry that it was in the 19th century and what it is now. He also did the same thing with the shipping industry. Vanderbilt changed the industries of America by introducing a way of transportation of people and goods that is effective and quicker than anything that has been created before. Seen as a Robber Baron‚ Cornelius Vanderbilt
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In the talk given by Randy Pausch‚ Achieving Your Childhood Dreams‚ Pausch gave some of his personal insights on life. He began his presentation by addressing the “awkward elephant” in the room‚ explaining that he had liver cancer and was expecting to live three to six months. Pausch quickly establishes that this is not something that he wishes pity for‚ but rather‚ conveys his attitude that these were the cards that have been dealt to him and he simply has to make the best of what he has left. During
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Michael D. Smith‚ Professor of Information Technology and Marketing‚ Carnegie Mellon University‚ spoke about piracy in the digital book realm. He was at the Digital Book World conference today in New York‚ and mentioned during his session that piracy is mainly an economic problem. He went on to elaborate that there were four main myths in the publishing industry and from the public at large. “Myth 1‚ piracy doesn’t harm sales. Myth 2‚ you can’t compete with free. Myth 3‚ anti-piracy regulation
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other guidelines‚ policies‚ procedures‚ and practices. These security policies can also be applied in the public and private sectors. Another source of a web site on recommended security practices is the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) at Carnegie Mellon University. 4. What is a gold standard in information security practices? Where can you find published criteria for it? It is a model level of
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Juan Martinez Problem Exist * Although cell phones can help to maximize time usage for business owners‚ texting while driving is detrimental‚ the government should pass a law to limit their usage and protect people on the road. The cause of accidents * The majority of the population owns a cellphone which they make use of in their daily lives. * Elizabeth Wasserman‚ member of CQ staff‚ in her article “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger” asserts that although there are many distractions
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engineer‚ businessman and the current executive chairman of Google. From 2001 to 2011‚ he served as the chief executive of Google.Additionally‚ Schmidt was a member on the board of directors for Apple Inc. and sat on the boards of trustees for both Carnegie Mellon University and Princeton University.Along with Mike Lesk‚ Schmidt co-authored the lex analysis software program for the Unix computer operating system. After ten years as CEO of Google‚ Eric Schmidt stepped down last year‚ relinquishing
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macros unless you are completely confident and aware of the source. Any unsigned macros are automatically disabled. Any macros that are unknown or downloaded‚ the Microsoft security system will think it has a virus. A security service ran by Carnegie Mellon in 1999 alerted Microsoft Office of a major security oversight. It was found from a macros virus people were using in Microsoft. “Since the 1999 incident Microsoft has made provisions to lower the risk of anymore problems. So needless to say
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