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             A web browser is not a robot because they are mostly operated by a human and does not automatically retrieve reference document. Web robots are sometimes referred to as Web Wanderers, Web Crawlers, or Spiders. Point 5 (Push Technology) discusses this further.
             3. Digital Divide:.
             Digital divide is a very big problem in the world, but especially in South Africa. It is Information rich VS information poor. Digital divide is not only caused by the lack of technology but the lack of computer and information literacy. To help the illiterate people push technology and web robots are used.
             4. Web Robots.
             Because the size of the Web increased beyond expectations, it became clear that manual browsing through a big amount of hypertext structures would no longer be possible.
             Web robots are implemented as a single software system that retrieves information form remote sites using standard Web protocols.
             5. Freely Available Filtering Systems.
             SIFT .
             The Stanford Information Filtering Tool includes two selective dissemination services, one for computer science technical reports and one for USENET news articles. The source code is also available.
             Firefly .
             A collaborative filtering service for music and movies. .
             InfoScan .
             A program, which filters email and USENET News and includes document visualization features. .
             InfoTicker .
             A web-watching robot with filtering functionality.
             NewsSieve .
             A USENET News filtering system. .
             iAgent .
             A beta copy of an adaptive web filtering agent.
             WiseWire .
             Empirical Media's filtering service that delivers webpages, newswire articles, and netnews. .
             BORGES .
             A USENET News filtering system using.
             RAMA .
             A Unix based USENET news filtering.
             Browse .
             An X windows neural network based USENET news filtering system.
             NewsClip .
             A unix programming language designed for filtering USENET News that is capable of binary filtering when used with any newsreader. When used with STRN, the Scoring Threaded version of the unix ReadNews (RN) program, ranking articles in order of likely relevance is also possible.


Essays Related to SDI

1. Financial Analysis and Forecasting – Sweet Dreams Incorporated

SDI's financial problems began with the recession of the early 1990's. ... Being the least liquid asset, increased inventory of SDI is one of the reasons in SDI's solvency problem. ... This shows SDI has about the right amount of fixed assets as compared to other firms in the industry. SDI is using its fixed assets effectively as compared to the industry. ... The SDI faced a slow increase of sales in the period of 1993-1995, which was insufficient for SDI's planned asset expansion. ...

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2. Reagan and Gorbachev

In another one of Reagan's attempts to gain strength over the communists he announced the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI). SDI was a revolutionary new defense program that had never before been seen. ... SDI suggested that the United States could be defended without earthly sacrifice and bloodshed. SDI provided the nation with a feeling of security. ... Reagan and Gorbachev discussed issues such as SDI and the reduction of nuclear weapons. ...

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3. Reagan and the Cold War

After the catastrophe at Geneva, Reagan held back his feelings about SDI and tried to show that some progress could be made. ... Reagan's hatred of Communism was immensely strong, but the one point that kept him from achieving his goal was SDI, or Star Wars as some called it. ... SDI was a good plan, but he was so adamant about keeping it that it almost cost him his relationship with Gorbachev. The Soviet leader finally gave in on SDI, as he never thought it would work, which proved to be right, even though the United States was spending so much money on it. ...

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  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

4. Rhetoric And Ethics

Things were supported on the level of why they (government) chose to have an argument on the SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) and to direct the money to research areas. ... Morally, they argued that the money would be rerouted to be used by the SDI and other government forces for research, to gain knowledge. ...

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  • Approx Pages: 3
  • Grade Level: High School

5. Cold War

In the 1980's, as the Soviet Union continued its economic free for all, Ronald Reagan announced his Security Defense Initiative (SDI). Although too few people took Reagan's plan seriously, the Soviet Union took SDI, as it was famously abbreviated, to heart. ...

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6. The Cold War

The Cold War was an extremely long war that last from 1945 until 1990. It did not clearly start until 1945, but strained relations remained between the United States and the Soviet Union since 1917. The ending of WWII and the struggle between Communism and Capitalism, led to this unique war. This unparalleled war was between the Capitalist countries, including the United States, or the Eastern bloc and the Communist countries, including the Soviet Union, also referred to as the Western bloc. It was a unique war because it was not exactly declared war of battles, advances, and retreats. ...

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  • Grade Level: High School

7. Was Ronald Reagan a Great President

Was Ronald Reagan a Great President Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States, was the oldest person to serve as president. President Reagan emerged on the national political scene in 1965 when he made a speech supporting United States Senator Barry Goldwater from Arizona. Reagan'...

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8. Cold War & American Defense Spending

The Soviet Union Lost the Cold War, but American Defense Spending did not Defeat it. A critical analysis of the Soviet Economy's effect on the end of the Cold War Introduction The end of the Cold War is heralded as one of the defining moments of the 1980s. For all it grew to represent in its existence, its end was certainly a celebrated and monumental event. The Cold War commanded both Russian and American foreign policy for several years, as well as the minds of both countries' leaders. As nuclear power became increasingly used, both governments began to fear one another &qu...

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  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

9. Ronald Regan A Man in his Time

A Ronald Reagan Timeline 1911, February 6 Ronald Wilson Reagan Was born in Tampico, Illinois 1912 Acquired nickname of Dutch 1928 Graduated from Dixon high school 1932 Graduated Eureka College 1932 Hired as a Sportscaster for a radio station WOC in Davenport, Iowa 1937 Traveled to Southern CA to report on Chicago Cubs spring training 1937 Put under contract to Warner Brothers 1940, January 25 Married Jane Wyman 1941 Daughter, Maureen Elizabeth Born 1942 Joined the US Air Force 1945 Discharged from Air Force as a Captain 1945 Adopted Michael Edward 1947 - 1952...

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