
Following are actual quotes from past papers.
- "The case of Dean Rogan of Saginaw, Michigan is a good example of how the
National Crime Information Center has faults. Rogan was arrested at gun
point five times because his wallet was stolen a few years back. It was
not until Rogan had sued the city of Los Angeles, that his name was removed
from the database."
- "In the psychological domain, before the age of computers had arrived, our
society was plagued by stress, fatigue, illness, and physical overexertion
derived from the fact that man himself was the single most important
factors in the production process."
- "The picture had no intention of being put into a magazine."
- "As far as people are concerned that those who use forms of
computer-mediated communication religiously will lose the ability to
socially interact with other people is completely unfounded."
- "The way one's interior make-up is does not always guarantee that they are
singular in this genetic make-up."
- "DNA is the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid, the genetic material
that essentially is the make-up of human tissue or men's semen."
- "The results of the [DNA} tests are presented in bar code form. When the
laboratory results come in, the computer images the results in a sort of
bar code, then the results are compared with the human eye."
- "One problem that has arose deals with those people who disagree with any
type of governmental control. These people feel that their rights, which
are provided by the first amendment are imposed upon when censorship comes
into the picture. On the other hand, there are those individuals that are
negatively affected by the Internet. They feel that illicit crimes such as
child pornography, hate crimes, and other touchy subjects should be removed
off of the Internet."
- "An individual's personal rights end where another's begin."
- "At present time the internet is too wily a beast for even the F.C.C. to
control."
- "People today not only live longer, but they are also less subject to the
constant threat of sudden and uncontrollable death and disability."
- "The main issue that drives government to want to police cyberpace is
pornography. These days, sex is everywhere -- in books, magazines, films,
television, music videos and in some bus-stop perfume ads."
- "Why is federal regulation unconstitutional? well the first amendment
clearly states that '...blah...blah... congress shall not abridge the
freedom of speech, or of the press... blah...'"
- "The internet, of course, is more than a place to find pictures of people
having sex with dogs."
- "With today's technology, one can rob a bank from the privacy of your own
home."
- "Whether Internet Communication should be subject to federal regulation is an
extremely controversial topic, of which there would be either no privacy
with regulation or that privacy would be upheld by no regulation, but
because of the computer age there really is no privacy; therefore, the
government should regulate the Internet to get a grip on severe criminal
activity."
- "The thought of match making as a consequence to genetic screening tends to
support the position that individual choice is now secondary to medical
concern. The choice of one's life mate is certainly the most basic liberty
under our pursuit of happiness constitutional promise but the avoidance of
a deadly disease needs treatment with some propriety."
- "The uncertainty that results from these intrusive tests gives credence to
the proponents of anti-genetic testing."
- "I believe that regulations and systems are already being implemented to
responsibly control the flow of data to protect us from an Orwellian "1994"
scenario."
- "Through logical and step-by-step procedures, the huma brain is trying to be
matched by testing the limitations of men and technology."
- "At latest estimates, the internet is composed of approximately 4 million
host computers, each of which are serving anywhere between 1 and 2 million
users."
- "The Senate has thrown a huge monkey on the everyone's back who has become
use to a situation where information can be exchange freely throught the
internet without the undue hindrance of censorship."
- "Ever since the criminals moved into the internet, familiar crimes such as
obscenity, have occurred, but in recent timed this problem has gotten much
deeper. For instance, there have been a growing number of reports of
software theft, sabotage of computer systems, uncensored pornography, and
opinionated articles such as a suggestion that the Holocaust never
occurred, written by Ernst Zundel. This dark side of the interner is a
legal way for crimes to occur."
- "In a random survey of one hundred internet users at the University of
Florida, forty-eight students felt that the internet should be federally
regulated, and fifty-two felt that it should not. This concludes that this
is a very controversial topic and each side has strong evidence to prove
its case."
- "There have been many reports of people who switch their sexual gender when
they log on to the computer. In fact it is now an understood rule of thumb
that any sexually aggressive female, quite possibly, is a male."
- "First amendment rights, or the violation of them, is an issue older than
the constitution itself."
- "But the biggest challenges of all that the internet faces today is, the
availability of pornographic and indecent materials on-line and criminals
using these materials as a tool to rape and molest several of our children."
- "Flaming happens when electronic mail is being used and people may leave
startling blunt messages, which results in name calling or epithets."
- "DNA testing is very scientific and it is accepted by many experts and
criminal laboratories world wide."
- "A computer is a work of many hard years of researched technology, but all
the research in the world is not going to make a technological device
became in any way humanly."
- "The whole idea of the future is that we are going to have wild and crazy
things being developed like flying cars and telephones where you can see
the person you are talking to, but to think that you are going to get a
device to feel the things a human feels is ridiculous."
- "The idea of copyright and patents are ingrained in the our modern society a
you society becomed more technology advance these fundamental ideas must be
constantly redefined to fit the emerging technology."
- "The Internet, which was discovered during the Civil War..."
- "It is not illegal to outlaw them." (referring to computer viruses)
- "People strive off personal communication."
- "Money should not be a concern to those who go on living every day
without laying a minute of thought aside for the current deficit."
- "According to Katie Baxter, a student at Tulane University and a
user of the Internet..." (citing a telephone interview with an
authority on e-mail)
- "Computers have improved our lives in another way; they allow us
to take the work home."
- "Under the right of Freedom of Speech, citizens are legally
permitted the God given right to express one's self through
language."
- "Due to all the new technologies available in today's workplace,
time pressures and deadlines are no longer an issue for most
employees."
- "This in effect will erase the generation gap and leave society
on a course headed toward the future."
- "The 'information superhighway' may not have all the things we as a
society may need right now but, it will have things to keep us
amused until we get here. It is clear that the 'information
superhighway' will revolutionize the way we watch television."
- "In the business world, decisions must be made often on short
notice, or immediately following a transaction. Thus, data must
be processed within [a] billionth of a second while reports must be
printed in a matter of minutes."
- "In fact, we should take a brief moment out of our time and thank
the scientists, engineers, programmers, and everyone else who has
a hand in computer techology for bringing us to this new stage of
economy."
- "Computers will continue to revolutionize the way we see and do
things, but rest assured, they are all for the better."
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