relying on it for essential needs. The Machine Stops is a short story by E.M. Forster that warns us of a possibility of a world that is dominated by a machine. The story is set in the distant future when humans are forced out of the surface of the Earth and depend on a machine housed underneath the surface for their every need; food‚ communication‚ housing etc. In return‚ this dependence has allowed mankind to be controlled by the machine. Finally‚ the machine becomes the law or the religion for most
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one would expect an almost perfect society in a few millennia from today. One man goes into the future with these expectations but is thoroughly disappointed to find a society that has degressed in more than one way. Apart from the lack of technology‚ he discovers there is a grim reality . H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine is about a seemingly utopian world with danger lurking under the surface. The whole story about the future is told by the Time Traveler who claims to have built a Time Machine.
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The United States Postal Service (USPS) has delivered packages and other various mail for more than two centuries. With a significant increase to the USPS‚ however‚ the deficit in income has caused the USPS to shorten delivery days. In light of this‚ the United States Postal Service should not cut back on delivery days‚ but alternatively be reconstructed to meet the needs of Americans. It is important to support the traditions of the USPS by revamping the corporation’s policy‚ image‚ and by implementing
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Credit Paper April 23‚ 2013 Moral Machines – Ethics The future of computing and machinery is changing at such an extremely fast pace that we need to invest in the application of ethics to the world of machines. But there are many problems with programming a machine to act ethically. Ethics are simply emotional expressions and machines can’t have emotion. Computers don’t have the practical wisdom that Aristotle thought we use when applying our virtues. What about the ethics of the lesser ethical
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POT TENDING MACHINE PTM is the crucial equipment of large anode pre-baking workshop. It is used in the environment of high temperature‚ large current‚ strong magnetic field and HF gas. It can perform the following procedures ANODE CHANGE: Anode in the pots is changed at an interval of every 27 days since daily 1.5 cm of the anode gets consumed. A carbon block is usually 55 cm high of which only 40 cm can be used up. The main reason behind the anode consumption is the following electrolytic
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Workplace romantic relationships can do blossom in any social environment. And the very places where we work‚ unconventional it may be‚ is no exception. In fact‚ it has been the venue for those who want to find love. I have witnessed such in the firm that I am with now where such events of dating on the job of my colleagues had been on-going for some time‚ which eventually led most of those involved to long term relationships and marriages with our fellow employees. Upon reflection‚ we are spending about
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Would You Like To Work In An Open-Plan Office? Nowadays an open-plan office is a very popular form of space organisation in companies. Many people believe that this type of offices has many challenges and disadvantages‚ but at the same time there is another point of view. Some of them find an open-plan office convenient and well-organized to work in. On the one hand‚ the main argument for open-plan offices is high productivity. You are not able to pretend that you are working because managers
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Political Machines In the 1800’s the process of industrialization began in the U.S. The creation of many new inventions and the economic structure of this era made this possible. This caused millions of people to migrate to the United States from different country’s in search of better paying jobs‚ and a better living standard. The excessive growth of people in city’s and the diversity between rich and poor in this society were the main benefactors to the rise of political machines. This organization
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Vending Machines in Schools With approximately 17% of children between the ages of 2-19 being obese‚ why are we allowing our schools to provide vending machines that are full of junk food to our children? The fact is‚ schools are terribly underfunded and the vending machines offer them a profit stream they need for their budget. Schools are using the profits from the vending machines for after school activities‚ computer‚ school programs‚ etc. The problem isn’t really the vending machines themselves;
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and machines. These machines due to their advanced artificial intelligence would probably want to control the whole world and to surpass their creators. Is this scenario plausible or is it just a “human fantasy” with a view to selling books and films? On the one hand‚ if we think of all the movies based on the revolution of the machines‚ it seems possible that‚ in the future‚ man will have to wage wars on machines (as in «I‚ Robot»‚ for instance). Indeed‚ we can see how rapidly the machine evolves
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