This document summarizes the cultures of four North African countries - Egypt, Morocco, Libya, and Algeria. It covers their histories, religions, marriage customs, foods, dress, treatment of women, and funeral rites. The cultures have been influenced by various civilizations and retain traditions from the Phoenicians, Romans, and Arabs. Islam is the dominant religion across the region. Marriage customs involve engagement ceremonies and celebrations lasting several days. Traditional foods and clothing styles vary between the countries but incorporate local and regional influences.
Computers solving Conflict jonathan hendler 2003hendler
The document discusses using computers to aid in the peaceful resolution of human social conflicts. It proposes using a framework where human experts debate and attempt to resolve conflicts, while computers collect and annotate a database of debates using semantic markup. This system would aim to gain insight into millions of past conflict resolutions and help facilitate communication and information management for future disputes. Key technical foundations proposed include game theory, semantic languages, social network analysis, and multi-agent systems.
The document discusses plans for developing Conflict Resolution Markup Language (CRML) in the second half of 2004. It will establish a standards committee to develop version 1.0 of CRML and a public database to provide access to CRML data and basic tools. The success depends on bridging disciplines, outreach, education, and participation as the semantic web and CRML are new concepts.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was an early security protocol for wireless networks that used RC4 encryption. However, WEP had flaws that allowed hackers to crack keys and decrypt traffic. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) was developed to address WEP's problems by using stronger encryption and protocols. WPA uses session-level security with three phases - discovery, authentication, and a four-way handshake - to securely establish keys between a mobile station, authentication server, and access point.
This document discusses the evolution of desktop computing from tightly coupled locally installed systems to a more flexible model using virtualization and centralized management. Some key points made include:
- Traditionally, desktops consisted of locally installed and managed hardware, operating systems, and applications. This model was costly, with annual maintenance around $3,000-$5,000 per desktop.
- A new model treats the desktop as separate components - user profiles, applications, operating systems, etc. - that can be virtualized and delivered on demand from centralized images.
- This allows different types of desktops to be assembled and delivered based on user needs, such as for task workers, office workers, and mobile workers.
The document discusses BetterLesson's approach to web technology and product development. It describes how the company was motivated to address problems in education, developed a hypothesis and minimum viable product, and leveraged proven open source technologies and cloud computing. It also discusses BetterLesson's focus on knowledge capture, data standardization, and data integration to improve teaching and learning. The summary outlines BetterLesson's goals and technological approach.
Jonathan hendler deri - galway - feb 25 2008hendler
The document discusses the semantic web and addresses some common questions and criticisms about it. It describes the semantic web as a shared graph of all data structures and notes that explaining it can be difficult. Some criticisms of the semantic web are that it is too much work, not ready, or not needed since existing databases already exist. However, the document argues that the semantic web provides opportunities for standardization and interdisciplinary problem solving. It concludes that for the semantic web to succeed, it needs grassroots adoption through smaller collaborative projects that fill user needs before fully conforming to standards.
Comparison between traditional vpn and mpls vpnmmubashirkhan
The document discusses different types of traditional VPNs including overlay VPNs, peer-to-peer VPNs, and MPLS VPNs. Overlay VPNs use virtual circuits to connect sites but have high costs and difficult management. Peer-to-peer VPNs improve on this by exchanging routing information directly with the service provider. MPLS VPNs are considered the new standard as they use MPLS to label and route traffic, solving issues like address overlapping and data leakage while allowing for easy management and lower costs compared to traditional VPNs. The document concludes that MPLS VPN provides a secure and cost-effective solution for connecting company sites worldwide.
This document summarizes the cultures of four North African countries - Egypt, Morocco, Libya, and Algeria. It covers their histories, religions, marriage customs, foods, dress, treatment of women, and funeral rites. The cultures have been influenced by various civilizations and retain traditions from the Phoenicians, Romans, and Arabs. Islam is the dominant religion across the region. Marriage customs involve engagement ceremonies and celebrations lasting several days. Traditional foods and clothing styles vary between the countries but incorporate local and regional influences.
Computers solving Conflict jonathan hendler 2003hendler
The document discusses using computers to aid in the peaceful resolution of human social conflicts. It proposes using a framework where human experts debate and attempt to resolve conflicts, while computers collect and annotate a database of debates using semantic markup. This system would aim to gain insight into millions of past conflict resolutions and help facilitate communication and information management for future disputes. Key technical foundations proposed include game theory, semantic languages, social network analysis, and multi-agent systems.
The document discusses plans for developing Conflict Resolution Markup Language (CRML) in the second half of 2004. It will establish a standards committee to develop version 1.0 of CRML and a public database to provide access to CRML data and basic tools. The success depends on bridging disciplines, outreach, education, and participation as the semantic web and CRML are new concepts.
Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) was an early security protocol for wireless networks that used RC4 encryption. However, WEP had flaws that allowed hackers to crack keys and decrypt traffic. Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) was developed to address WEP's problems by using stronger encryption and protocols. WPA uses session-level security with three phases - discovery, authentication, and a four-way handshake - to securely establish keys between a mobile station, authentication server, and access point.
This document discusses the evolution of desktop computing from tightly coupled locally installed systems to a more flexible model using virtualization and centralized management. Some key points made include:
- Traditionally, desktops consisted of locally installed and managed hardware, operating systems, and applications. This model was costly, with annual maintenance around $3,000-$5,000 per desktop.
- A new model treats the desktop as separate components - user profiles, applications, operating systems, etc. - that can be virtualized and delivered on demand from centralized images.
- This allows different types of desktops to be assembled and delivered based on user needs, such as for task workers, office workers, and mobile workers.
The document discusses BetterLesson's approach to web technology and product development. It describes how the company was motivated to address problems in education, developed a hypothesis and minimum viable product, and leveraged proven open source technologies and cloud computing. It also discusses BetterLesson's focus on knowledge capture, data standardization, and data integration to improve teaching and learning. The summary outlines BetterLesson's goals and technological approach.
Jonathan hendler deri - galway - feb 25 2008hendler
The document discusses the semantic web and addresses some common questions and criticisms about it. It describes the semantic web as a shared graph of all data structures and notes that explaining it can be difficult. Some criticisms of the semantic web are that it is too much work, not ready, or not needed since existing databases already exist. However, the document argues that the semantic web provides opportunities for standardization and interdisciplinary problem solving. It concludes that for the semantic web to succeed, it needs grassroots adoption through smaller collaborative projects that fill user needs before fully conforming to standards.
Comparison between traditional vpn and mpls vpnmmubashirkhan
The document discusses different types of traditional VPNs including overlay VPNs, peer-to-peer VPNs, and MPLS VPNs. Overlay VPNs use virtual circuits to connect sites but have high costs and difficult management. Peer-to-peer VPNs improve on this by exchanging routing information directly with the service provider. MPLS VPNs are considered the new standard as they use MPLS to label and route traffic, solving issues like address overlapping and data leakage while allowing for easy management and lower costs compared to traditional VPNs. The document concludes that MPLS VPN provides a secure and cost-effective solution for connecting company sites worldwide.