War Heroes

Act in 1986. The Act recognized “the unauthorized access of federal interest computer with the intention to commit fraudulent theft” and the altering of information to inflict “malicious damage” as felony offences (Lilley 2002, 16). During the Gulf War two teenaged Dutch hackers copied information from the Defense Department systems. Although the US General Accounting Office said that the information was unclassified, it was still sensitive and the teenagers tried to sell the information to the Iraqis

As the world becomes more and more reliant on computers the computer hacking industry is greatly rising. With people such as Kevin Mitnick, who is known as a "computer terrorist" (Kjochaiche 1), computerized information isn't safe any more. Kevin is known as "the most high-profiled computer criminal and responsible for more havoc in the computer world today."(1) He considered this a fun and easy task. He got caught and thrown into prison, but once he got out nothing changed. Kevin

The world today is very different from the world our grandparents lived in. There are a lot of advancements in technology that make things obviously different, but there are also many changes in our culture and society that has been affected by technological changes that many people fail to realize. One film that showcases the cultural impact of technology is the movie Hackers, directed by Lain Softley. The film is centered around the latest technology available (in 1995 when the film was released)

Beowulf and Icelandic Sagas                     There are many similarities between the hero of the poem Beowulf and the heroes of the two Icelandic sagas, The Saga of The Volsungs and The Saga of King Hrolf Kraki. The former saga is an Icelandic saga representing oral traditions dating back to the fourth and fifth centuries, when Attila the Hun was fighting on the northern fringes of the Roman Empire; the latter is an Icelandic saga representing 1000 years of oral traditions prior to the

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Persuasive opinion paper God hates fags, Thank god for dead soldiers, Thank god for Hurricane Katrina, Pretty harsh right? These are all common phrases publically protested by a church called the Westboro Baptist church. You would think such comments should be illegal to chant out in public considering that gay marriage is now legal in some states and also that soldiers are out fighting for us, however members of the Westboro Baptist church feel differently. Westboro Baptist church was established

Birdsong & Journey’s End Both Faulks and Sherriff in their realistic portrayals of trench warfare present a new style of hero. These heroes can be related to because of their strengths but also their weaknesses. In order to fully appreciate this, it is important to explore the setting from which these extraordinary men appear. In “Journey’s End” we see Sherriff utilise the very nature of his art form. He does this by making use of his characters physical presence when performing, as a play is essentially

Age of Empires III (AoE III) was released in 2005 as the final installment to Microsoft’s Ensemble Studio’s genre-defining historical real-time strategy (RTS) PC series. The game, like its predecessors, of which the first was released in 1997, focuses on historical events and revolves around two primary game modes: a campaign mode and a skirmish mode. For the most part, although released six years after Age of Empires II (and three years after the spin-off Age of Mythology), gameplay remains the

Two passages that symbolize and mean two different things can contradict each other such as the two passages “Charge of the Light Brigade”, which is about glorifying and noble deaths in a war, and also “Dulce Et Decorum Est", one that is not so noble and proud of deaths in a war. The two passages symbolize and mean two different things. Let’s take, for instance, “Charge of the Light Brigade”, the author uses words in the passage that conveys meaning to being ready. In stanza one he says, “Forward

in their own ways. Charlie and Henry were both sort of…different. They were from two completely different states, Charlie in Minnesota and Henry in Ohio. Henry was one of the more mature ones from the group. Henry was actually legal age to join the war, but Charlie was only a 15-year-old boy trying to provide for his family. Henry got off easy with his injury, Henry was hit upside the head with a gun, while Charley took a bullet. The contrasts of