...Computer Disposal Paper On April 15th 2011 Instructor Eileen Broadhurst There are many parts of the computer that can be hazardous to the environment in addition to simply taking up space in landfills. According to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, recycling and reusing electronic equipment reduces the amount of hazardous materials that may enter the environment. Recycling and reuse programs also reduce the quantities of electronic scrap being land filled in the state. (Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, 2007). In this paper I will be talking about the proper ways of disposing computer. Since I was appointed by my boss, I will put together a team to work through the project. First we will determine which computers can be reused. My plans will be Computers that are less than five years old can be donated and reused to save some money on this project. Also at the end of the year the company worker can make some bonus. I will assign one of the team member to go from office to office and tagged all the older systems for recycling so that we can know what systems are going to be reuse or donated. Older computers are often too obsolete to be used in many capacities. Computers that are not internet capable can rarely be reused. Computers that cannot be reused will be sent to a recycling center to be broken down into their component parts and recycled. A computer that is not fully functional can sometimes be donated for educational...
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...Computer Disposal Paper By: Calvin Drager The best way to dispose of these 500 computers is through E-waste recycling and here’s why. E-waste recycling has become one of the fastest-moving industries in the world. Our society has, for the most part, always been aware that certain convenient technologies we use every day also contain some of the most harmful known substances. Cell phones, computers, laptops, CRTs, flat screen TVs, tablets, printers, and monitors have all assisted our society in advancing our wants and needs. As we all know, technology moves faster than the speed of light, and by the time we have the newest gadgets, we are already in the process of wanting something bigger and better. As convenient as these technologies are, let's not forget that most of these gadgets contain harmful substances and should be properly recycled, refurbished, or reused. When these products are placed into landfills, either on purpose or not, we have a huge problem. Recycling electronics prevents the biggest and most prevalent pollutants in our society, which come from mining. Chemicals such as cyanide and sulfuric acid are commonly used in the mining process. When these substances spill, leak, or leach into the ground or water, the ecosystem is heavily affected. Once the chemicals are introduced to our landscape, the cycle of pollution is put into place. Through such common environmental occurrences as erosion and heavy rain, the pollutant chemicals end up in our oceans, streams...
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...My ideal house My ideal house would cost a great many thousands of dollars and therefore, even if I am very successful in life, I do not suppose that I shall possess it for a very long time. However there is no harm in dreaming, especially if the dream provides the driving force to turn fantasy into fact. As I live in Singapore, i would like my ideal house to be situated either on one of the residential estates, right outside the bustle of the city center, or on one of the coast roads so that the cool breezes from the ever beautiful China sea could waft through my windows. Wherever my house was, it would stand in it sown grounds so that I would not, on any side, be over-looked by neighbors. The gardens, with which it would be surrounded would be very beautiful, full of colorful tropical flowers; orchids and canna lilies and with many glowing flowering shrubs such as bougainvillaea and frangipani. There would be tall leafy trees for shade and underneath them, my private swimming bath would be built, where we could relax and swim in the heat of the day. there would be pleasant paths winding through the green grass and comfortable seats where my family and I could rest, when the day's toil was over. The house itself would be built of white stone which is both cool and weather-proof. It would be on two storeys, because I like the habit of sleeping upstairs. It would embody features from both the Eastern and Western worlds. In front of it, I would have a large path with...
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...To the Commanding Officer of NAVSCOLEOD: During my time in NAVSCOLEOD I learned significant things about myself in the past 7 months and the direction I would like my military career to take. In the words of Colin Powell he describes success as, “the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” I believe that this is a main key of completing EOD School. While I was deciding what MOS to choose before I committed to the Army, my recruiter informed me about the EOD program. I did my research on it and I found out it was one of the most difficult schools to get through in the Military and it provided a high sense of comradery within the EOD community itself. This is what I have been looking for in a profession, challenges on a daily basis and a good group of people to work with. I got a gist of what EOD was going to be like at the preliminary course at Fort Lee. After I completed this course I was fully committed to the EOD program and I was sure this is going to be a long term career. Going through NAVSCOLEOD showed me that it wasn’t only the challenges and the difficulty that drawn me to this program but it was the caliber of soldiers this program produced and a possibility of working with them. The students here are held to high standards on a daily basis and are not satisfied with just doing what is just enough. This school has tested me in ways that I have not been tested in the past. Prior to joining the military I was never nervous of taking any...
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...Individual Organizational Transformation Q&A In this paper, the writer will identify and characterize the roles of incentives, training, and education in promoting innovation in his organization according to the level of achievements within the organization. In the author’s organization, everyone has to be held accountable for their own actions and responsible for their own success and failures. However, because the leadership is so strong and thought of every aspect of the organization, following the simple steps to running a successful organization is a proven system that anyone can do. With that being said, if an individual is great at playing follow the leader, than there will be no reason for a great deal of innovation because all that needs to be done, has been done. The one innovation that is promoted rather well in the author’s organization is the transforming of a civilian into a modern day warrior. This is something that leaders teach, but each individual has to find it in them to know what it takes to motivate them to implement the changes that need to be made from within the person. The leaders, which are the brains of this amazing organization, the commissioned officers and staff non-commissioned officers do most of the focusing on the creation of the innovation in this writer’s organization. The leaders that have been in the trenches and made a substantial amount of success within the organization focus more on managing and sustaining the innovation...
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...Aviation Unit Squadron Panama City, FL Mishap Plan Abstract The relatively small naval aviation squadron called the “AV Unit” is located in Panama City, Florida at the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC). The command has a high visibility from the military, civilian and contractor world alike. As a result, they create an environment where emergency management a priority for each individual at the command. Like every aircraft squadron the Navy has, they have a plan in place to deal with emergencies. This will explore the AV Unit’s capacity to respond to an Aircraft emergency utilizing their “Mishap Plan.” Many potential disasters can strike a test and evaluation squadron that uses Navy helicopters to review the latest advances in mission equipment. This will look at a component of emergency management called the mishap plan including a focus on crash and salvage. This will describe the many interactions and responsibilities for the involved parties. Aircraft emergency management is the ability to prepare, respond, and recuperate from an emergency response situation. The AV Unit uses planning, training, and analysis of known current limitations to provide the highest state of readiness. In turn this will result in preparedness, decrease in loss of life, and the reclamation of expensive equipment. Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City, FL Mishap Plan Maintenance Control is central point of communications at the AV Unit. If there is an aircraft emergency most of the communications...
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...been much needed, while most of the time we take the rest of it for granted. But is the technology that we are taking for granted actually beneficial, or is it actually causing us harm? While these technological advancements have helped us greatly and have made life easier and more entertaining, they have also increased the amount of dangerous pollutants, as well as creating potentially dangerous environmental issues. Since there is a massive amount of technology and the waste that it produces, this paper will only take a look at one primary example, computers and computer monitors. Computer monitors are so similar to televisions, that televisions could also fall into this example as well. The invention of the computer has been very hard to trace. There are so many different kinds of computers, and the earliest machines can be considered as the abacus, the calculator, tablets, and difference machines. The first ‘programmable computer’ was known as the Z1, and was “originally created by Germany's Konrad Zuse in his parents...
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...Magic in the Screen In the age of technology which we currently live, it would be unheard of to come across someone who did not own a television, a computer, and a mobile phone. With all kinds of electronics at our disposal, personal interactions have become less essential. A 2008 study conducted by Ball State University and sequent partners, found the average American spend eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen whether it be a TV, a computer or some other gadget. A paper published in “Biologist” stated in 2007 on a average a person would spend under 2.5 per day participating in face to face interactions. This means that the average person would spend a minimum of triple the amount of time staring at a screen then they would in face to face interaction. In the Poem ‘The Screen’ By Terrence Chiusano, the author provides an example of the memorizing affect screens have on people. The poem explain how during flights the passengers generally ignore the stewardess when she explains emergency procedures, except on one flight the author was on where they instead used a prerecorded version. The recorded version immediately captivated everyone’s attention. The author’s message is clearly stated as well as obviously depicted in his example, ‘the screen is magic’. His language is simple and straight forward as he does not to dress up his message to have it understood. Even in a situation where the information could potentially save the viewers life it is ignored when presented...
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...approach to improving energy efficiency. The five steps are: Diagnose: energy assessment, virtual 3-D power management, and thermal analytics; Build: plan, build, or update to an energy-efficient data center; Virtualize: IT infrastructures and special-purpose processors; Manage: control with power management software; and Cool: exploit liquid cooling solutions inside and out of the data center. Definition: Green computing is the environmentally responsible and eco-friendly use of computers and their resources. In broader terms, it is also defined as the study of designing, manufacturing/engineering, using and disposing of computing devices in a way that reduces their environmental impact. • Green use: Minimizing the electricity consumption of computers and their peripheral devices and using them in an eco-friendly manner • Green disposal: Re-making an existing computer or appropriately disposing of, or recycling, unwanted electronic equipment • Green design: Designing energy-efficient computers, servers, printers, projectors and other digital devices • Green manufacturing: Minimizing waste during the manufacturing...
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...disproven. With the raw computing power at their disposal effectively doubling every year, hardware and software makers are free to make some interesting contributions to the paperless office. An additional benefit of this technology explosion is a reduction in costs: the more time spent producing these technologies, the more efficiency that can be realized, hence the cost is driven down. Two technologies stand out as being the most influential on the paperless office: storage and optical character recognition (OCR). OCR has improved vastly over the last decade, approaching the point where it is a viable business technology. Storage technology is obviously crucial to the paperless office – after all, every document has to be stored somewhere whether in a file cabinet or a CD-ROM. Here, too, Moore’s law is at work, doubling the amount of storage in the same physical space roughly every two years. A key stumbling block for the truly paperless office has yet to be fully overcome: technology is not infallible. Even the most well-designed computer system will occasionally experience service outages. Paper, on the other hand, is concrete. Paper does not require electricity and is easily shared or copied. There is also a psychological advantage to paper, in that it is a physical object that can’t just “disappear into cyberspace”. Electronic documents, on the other hand, exist only as 1s and 0s in a computer system – a computer system that could fail for many reasons. If the...
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...responsible use of computers and related resources and covers many potential areas of use. This research project was conducted by We Are Big Pharma, Inc. to learn more about green computing technologies and large corporate initiatives. Several green computing areas were researched and our findings are described below: Data center and overall energy efficiency Data centers are huge consumers of energy due to the electrical demands of the hardware components and the cooling systems that are required to maintain the optimal environment for the hardware. Largely because of the high cost of the energy required (estimated at $0.71 per hardware dollar by 2011), many companies are looking for ways to be more energy efficient. IBM expanded a data center in Boulder, Colorado and made the facility 45% more energy efficient than their typical data center. They used their own high-density computing systems with server and storage virtualization in conjunction with energy-efficient power and cooling systems (Brodkin, 2007). Disposal of electronic waste and recycling Electronic waste is a major concern to communities and countries around the world due to the volume of generated waste and the toxic components that may contaminate the ground, water, and impact workers in the waste facilities. Dell is a leader in the electronics recycling and responsible disposal. They have teamed with Goodwill Industries International, Inc. to responsible recycle any brand of unwanted computers or accessories at...
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...Von Neumann was a founding figure in computer science.[49] Von Neumann's hydrogen bomb work was played out in the realm of computing, where he and Stanislaw Ulam developed simulations on von Neumann's digital computers for the hydrodynamic computations. During this time he contributed to the development of the Monte Carlo method, which allowed solutions to complicated problems to be approximated using random numbers. He was also involved in the design of the later IAS machine. Because using lists of "truly" random numbers was extremely slow, von Neumann developed a form of making pseudorandom numbers, using the middle-square method. Though this method has been criticized as crude, von Neumann was aware of this: he justified it as being faster than any other method at his disposal, and also noted that when it went awry it did so obviously, unlike methods which could be subtly incorrect. While consulting for the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania on the EDVAC project, von Neumann wrote an incomplete First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC. The paper, whose public distribution nullified the patent claims of EDVAC designers J. Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, described a computer architecture in which the data and the program are both stored in the computer's memory in the same address space.[50] John von Neumann also consulted for the ENIAC project, when ENIAC was being modified to contain a stored program. Since the modified ENIAC was...
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...Database Concepts David Emersion DBM380 6/29/2015 Wade Fergus Database Concepts In an age when information is power, each business in the market place must make use of every tool at its disposal. Efficiency is the hallmark of any successful business. For a business to be efficient it must be the master of managing its own information. Time is money, and using an ineffective information management system is simply money down the drain. Quick access to accurate information is crucial to an organization’s success. Fortunately, businesses have a powerful weapon at their disposal – databases. Database Systems Every organization from small non-profit teams up to huge corporations supporting millions of customers must keep records of different types of data. These data can vary from inventory prices, to payroll, to medical records, and everything in between. The common challenges that these organizations face is keeping the data accurate, relatively easy to use, and secure. The solution to this problem is to use a database that fits the needs of the organization. A database is a system that houses data and metadata. Metadata is the information about the data and includes “information such as the name of each data element, the type of values (numeric, dates, or text) stored on each data element, and whether the data element can be left empty” (Coronel, Morris, & Rob, 2013, p. 7). A database system collectively...
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...reality. Talking, thinking, responsive computers and tiny personal communication devices, for example, just seemed like science fiction. Now they are not only a reality, but they are an indispensable part of everyday life. I can hardly imagine the developments in technology that my children will experience. Thinking of the future and trends in technology, at this time I believe there is almost no limit to what humans are capable of creating. Technology developments happen faster and faster each day. This is especially true for computers, both personal and business and industry based models. My first computer was Commodore 64 and it was a neat thing to have but it didn’t do much. After I joined the Navy, I worked with an aircraft guidance radar system that was powered by a UNIVAC computer. In fact the Navy somehow kept that system running well past the year 2000. Now, we have progressed well past these dinosaurs. Computer developments are the wave of the future, and development in that respect will shape events worldwide. Moore’s Law, formulated in 1965, predicts that the number of components in an integrated circuit chip will double every 18 months (Shahan, 2013). Considering the power of computers today, if Moore’s Law continues to hold true, the developments in computing power will produce computers that are exponentially more powerful than today’s computers (Moore’s Law, n.d.). Considering this, I believe that in the future, computers will become thinking machines that...
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...The Impact of Technology on the Education Industry by I. Wiggan September 27, 2011. Technology is the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things (Britannica Encyclopedia, 2001). According to the oxford dictionary; education is the process of training a person’s mind so that they can acquire knowledge. The combination of education and technology has been considered the main key to human progress. Education feeds technology, which in turn forms the basis for education (Fodje, 2006). The acquiring of knowledge allowed man to develop technological aid to make life easier. To date this same technology has impacted on the education industry in Jamaica. Technology has made a mark on Jamaica over the years; it is the fuel that drives Jamaica’s education industry at every level. Jamaica’s education model has four levels through which an individual can access or receive a formal education: Early Childhood Education; Primary Education; Secondary Education and Tertiary Education. At each stage of learning, technology has made a mark on students’ educational pursuits. At the Elementary stage of education, children between the ages of 2 – 6 years old are taught using audio visual aids. These are referred to as educational software; examples leapfrog and ‘my baby can read.’ These technological tools allow children to respond to audio and visual educational material. These mechanisms are tailored to gain the attention of children so that they learn prescribed...
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