41. State whether each of the following payments is a tax. Explain your answers. a. To incorporate his business‚ Alex pays the state of Texas a $2‚000 incorporation fee. The incorporation fee is not a tax. Alex receives a direct benefit from the payment of the fee - the privilege of operating his business as a corporation b. The city paves a road and assesses each property owner on the road $4‚000 for his or her share of the cost. The payment of the assessment is not a tax. The assessment
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Over the last half century the pace of change in the life of human beings has increased beyond our wildest expectations. This has been driven by technological and scientific breakthroughs that are changing the whole way we view the world on an almost daily basis. This means that change is not always a personal option‚ but an inescapable fact of life‚ and we need to constantly adapt to keep pace with it. Those people who believe they have achieved some security by doing the same‚ familiar things
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Computer Security Risk for Home Users BUIS 260 11/7/2011 BUIS 260 November 6‚ 2012 Computer Security Risk for Home Users This history of computers started long before it emerges in the 20th century. Computer was a man made device that acts as string from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines formed a major academic ground and the basis that became a worldwide phenomenon. It is true that any great invention that is created to solve human
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(Points : 5) Where the operator makes connections. Where all ISDN capabilities begin. Where calls from subscribers are routed. To connect the ADSL lines. Question 2. 2. (TCO2) Like many softPBX systems‚ Asterisk refers to each leg of a voice call as a ____. (Points : 5) Loop SIP setup line Channel Ping Question 3. 3. (TCO3) Known as ’connectionless networking’‚ this protocol employs a method where IP datagram are sent over a network using
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Hello my name isn Anifowose. Well‚ you will surely be reading mostly from this blog on how to prevent your pc from attacks and how to protect your data and valuable information from malicious attacks. An attack is any attempt to expose‚ disable‚ steal‚ destroy or make an unauthorized use of an asset or gain unauthorized access. Attack comes in different form‚ from friendly to serious. let me quickly mention popular types of attack we have around; Eavesdropping‚ Data Modification‚ Identity Spoofing
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USER INTERFACE DESIGN COMP 1650 Understanding of UID standards and principles and designing A CROWDSOURCING MEDICAL APPLICATION NOVEMBER 12‚ 2014 SAIDEEP RAJ CHHETRI Student No: 0008114285 Programme: BSc (Hons) Computing Centre: East London College University of Greenwich Contents 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................ 4 2. Literature Review .....................................
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Technology Justification of Evaluation Approach (user testing) User testing‚ this is the process whereby users carry out the intended task efficiently (time)‚ effectively (number of errors and completion rate) and satisfactory. It can either remotely‚ in the lab and automated. User testing has always been a great way of improving and optimizing user’s experience and increase business performance. The user testing is always needed‚ to check if the user interface is easy to understand‚ use and find
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In this report the service users I am going to be focused on is disabled people and how Ealing promotes diversity. The legislation that relates to disabled people is the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. This act makes it unlawful to discriminate against disabled people. This legislation is designed to: * Make sure that people who have a disability get their medical needs * Makes sure that service providers access for disabled people by making reasonable adjustments * Ensure the rights
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What a computer is When asked what a computer is‚ most people would describe a box on their desk at home. A computer can actually take a variety of shapes‚ sizes and forms. It is easiest to define a computer in terms of what it can do. A computer does the following four tasks: 1. A computer accepts input. 2. A computer processes the input in some way. 3. A computer produces output. 4. A computer stores data. We will now explain each of these tasks in greater detail. 1. Accepting input An
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COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN’S REVIEW QUESTIONS From “Computer Organization and Architecture” book‚ by W. Stallings - 8th edition - Pearson PAGE 15 - CHAPTER 1 / INTRODUCTION Review Questions 1.1. What‚ in general terms‚ is the distinction between computer organization and computer architecture? Computer organization is how devices is implemented. Computer architecture is those atributes visible to the programer. Computer architecture refers to those attributes of a system visible
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