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Platforms
Goods Ideas: Platforms and Conclusion
The Internet is similar to a coral reef in that both are platforms that provide enormous opportunities for the emergence, growth, and development of other ideas or life-forms. Coral reefs are very dense and diversely populated ecosystems that are entirely dependent on the platform of the coral skeletons that make up the physical structure of the reef, just as the internet has become richly and very diversely populated with different ideas, applications, and capabilities all of which are dependent on the communication capabilities and certain fundamental Internet protocols that allow this information to be created and shared. Both the Internet and coral reefs are also, interestingly, built on other platforms -- computer networks and volcanic islands, respectively -- demonstrating the "stacked" nature of many platforms and platform systems that exist in both the natural and man-made worlds.
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McAslan's architectural projects build on their natural environments, demonstrating one use of platforms, but more than this the projects described in the McAslan case study create platforms where the exchange of ideas is more fully and completely supported. The industrial warehouse-located cafeteria that brought people form all parts of a fashion...
These are the social and intellectual platforms that serve as the intangible yet very real and very necessary foundations upon which growth and evolution occurs in human efforts.
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At the same time, coral reefs and the Internet were unplanned and emergent platforms -- the individual coral organisms did not set out to build a rich environment that supports some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, nor was there a consensus formed within the coral community to achieve this purpose; likewise, the Internet was only planned in some of its very first limited applications, and grew in a very unplanned manner into what it has become today. McAslan's buildings, on the other hand, are designed to foster innovation and collaboration, but in a very planned way and with fairly specific goals in minds (i.e. enhancements to specific companies engaged in very specific pursuits). It is likely that these artificial platforms will not be as wildly successful over the long-term, but they make more sense for businesses with limited resources…
Arizona illegal immigrant law a good idea? The Support Our Police force and Safe Neighbourhood Act (enacted as Arizona Senate Bill 1070 and therefore is associated basically as Arizona SB 1070) is really a legal Act within the U.S. Arizona State. This law is currently the widest and most stringent anti-illegal immigration in recent American history (CNN, 2010). This law has acquired considerable local and also global criticism and it
Essay Prompt Introduction: Throughout your life, you have been under the leadership of both effective and ineffective leaders. You have also been part of both effective and ineffective organizations. Those memories (both pleasant and painful) are deeply ingrained in your mind, but you may have never stopped to consider why you loved or hated a particular person�s style or a particular organization�s policies. Well, here is your chance! In this class, we have been examining human
Nations cannot be secure unless they are defended. While civic duty and virtue might compel citizens to want to provide voluntary military service for the good of their country, civic duty may at times need to be compelled through compulsory service. As Simon and Lovrich (2009) point out, the War on Terrorism has propelled the nation into a new environment in which security and defense are top priorities. In such
Online Application1. Math is my strong suit. I enjoy the methods used to solve the problems, knowing that for every problem there is a right way to approach it. You can go back and check your math to see if it�s correct. With other subjects, there is sometimes less certainty. History, for example, allows for multiple interpretations�sometimes to the extent that events or stories remain clouded or shrouded in mystery.
Dropping or Lowering Corporate Taxes This is a paper with two charts concerning corporate taxes. Corporations are taxed under a tax rate structure depending on the income. There has been talk about dropping the corporate tax. This paper will discuss the pros and cons of this. What methods can be used to drop or lower corporate taxes and why? HOW CORPORATE TAXES HELP OUR ECONOMY Where did the corporate income tax begin?
She is helpless and now realizes that she is truly in need of saving. Now, O'Connor seems to be suggesting, she is actually in a position where the Word of God, which actually does promise salvation, may come to her. It speaks of the virtue of humility, which she is now in a position to develop -- not because she realizes it as of yet but because she is