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Roaring Twenties - Sports - Baseball
Basically a shortstop was killed by a ball thrown by the pitcher. It was the fifth inning and Raymond Chapman was up to bat. A fastball ball was thrown by Carl Mais, everyone thought Chapman hit the ball but the ball hit him. He was then rushed to the hospital.
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History of Video Game Consoles
Edd Vanterpool
IT Essay
Technology Timeline Report
History of Video Game Consoles
The Brown Box (1967)
Ralph Baer, a German born television engineer, co workers and himself decided to create the first video game console that was compatible with the standard television set of that time. Basically Bear and his co workers designed 12 games for their system including the game where two squares chase each other on the screen. Hence the name of the game was the Chase Game.
The Odyssey (1972)
Baer and his co worker made a name for themselves by creating the previous system. So they were hired to create another system named the Magnavox Odyssey the first commercial video game console. The system was marketed in the Magnavox TV dealership. The console Featured 12 games, but the console’s popularity was stooped because of two reasons. TV dealers didn’t see the importance of the console. Two there was a rumor that the system is only compatible with the Magnavox TV set.
The Pong (1975)
Noland Bushnell founded Atari in 1972 which had a hit in the arcade. In 1975 he made a home version in Sears’s stores. The most popular game on the Atari is a similar to ping pong.
Atari (1977)
Since a single-console game’s popularity cannot last forever, Bushnell created a cartage based system. It became such a great hit with games like space Invaders, breakout, Missile Command, and Combat just to name a few.
Intellivision (1980)
Mattel introduced the intellivision to counter Atari’s popularity. In the early 80s there was a rivalry named the console wars between Atari and Mattel. The intellivision has slightly better graphics. Both consoles attract third party game developers like Coleco and Activision. The Vectrex another major industry lead in the crash in 1983-1984 which many gaming companies went bankrupt.
NET (1985)
Nintendo, which was at first a Japanese card company, released the Nintendo Entertainment System which is known as Famicom in Japan. Relaters weren’t sure about marketing the product because of the video game crash. In the end NET became the bestselling video game console in video game history.
Game Boy (1989)
Nintendo hit the top charts again with the release of the game boy. It was the first major handheld game console. It featured an 8 bit CPU just like the NET. Because of the release of the game Tetris sales went even higher. The game Boy went through some changes like the game boy pocket in 1996 and Game boy color in 1998.
Playstation (1995)
Made by Sony, this system this was the most popular system in the 32 bit era of video games. Because of its three dimensional game-play it out lasted the other 2 dimensional consoles. With CD ROM technology the price of playstation games dropped dramatically compared to cartage based games.
Nintendo 64 (1996)
This system was the last mass marketing system to operate with cartage based games. The cartage eliminated the need for memory cards. Nintendo lacked the broad range of games unlike the playstation but still remained popular with games like Super Mario 64.
Playstation 2 (2000)
The first 128 bit system but was still compatible with the original play station. It could also be used as a DVD player. It became the most popular 128 bit system.This system marked the rise of high speed internet connection systems.
Xbox (2001)
Microsoft made its first independent system with its release of the Xbox. The company used PC technology which allowed better performance compared with Playstation. One of the Xbox’s greatest hits is halo combat evolved.
Xbox 360 (2005)
Microsoft Xbox 360 was released on November 5th, 2005 A HD Drive drive was later available as an accessory; however, with this accessory's production has been ceased by Microsoft.[4] The Xbox Live service allows the Xbox 360 to connect to the internet via a built-in Ethernet port or a wireless accessory.
Playstation 3 (2006)
Sony PlayStation 3 was released in Japan on November 11, 2006, in North America on November 17, 2006 and in Europe on March 23, 2007. All PlayStation 3s come with a hard drive and are able to play Blu-ray Disc movies and games out of the box. The PlayStation 3 was the first video game console to support HDMI output out of the box, utilizing full 1080p resolution. Up to seven devices (including controllers, with tilt-sensing capabilities) connect to the console using Bluetooth.
Nintendo Wii (2006)
Nintendo Wii was released in North America on November 19, 2006, in Japan on December 2, 2006, in Australia on December 7, 2006, and in Europe on December 8, 2006. It is bundled with Wii Sports and Wii Sports Resort in all regions except for Japan. Unlike the other systems of the seventh generation, the Wii does not support an internal hard drive, but instead uses 512 MB of internal Flash memory and includes support for removable SD card storage.
Cited Sources:
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101050523/console_timeline/
Global Politics Essay
Edd Vanterpool
Global Politics Essay
The Cold War
The Introduction
In this essay I will be writing about the cold war’s technology, military,
economy. In the cold war the two main enemies were The United States and Soviet
Union. The cold war had a powerful influence on technology. The funding for new
weapons went to Nuclear Weapons. The United States in the cold war distributed their
money to between the private sector and the government nonmilitary sector.
Body
The Cold war had a great influence on technology. The money for new weapons was
based on the nuclear realm. Technology helps us become more accurate in delivering
military vehicles with also allows the air force to use smaller war heads. With smaller
war heads the air force could have a variety of things that they can equip to aircraft that
are able to equip nuclear bombers. Our air forces superiority in nuclear weapons makes
up for the soviet’s superiority in conventional weapons.
The term The Cold War was first used by Bernard Baruch (Harry Truman's adviser).The
actual date for the cold war is not know. Historians are still arguing about the actual date
for the start of the cold war. I think the start of the cold war is around 1947 because that
year our president Harry Truman declared an anti-communist policy. A main cause of the
cold war was power between the United States and Soviet Union. With the decline of
Europe the power was mainly shared between United States and Soviet Union. Another
reason why the cold war started was because the United States wanted free trade
throughout the world but the Soviet Union didn't want to open up too western influences.
In the United States people have the right to voice their opinions, elect their
government, and right of the press. However the Soviet Union didn't have those rights.
They didn't have the right of assembly, press and speech. Because of those differences
they United States and Soviet didn't have common ground.
After 1953 the tension between the United States and Soviet Union
decreased because both of the countries had hydrogen bombs which would destroy each
other in war. The destruction of the wall of Berlin showed the world the end of Soviet
domination in Europe. The cold war ended around 1990 with the collapse of the Soviet
Union.
Conclusion
Basically the cold war was a conflict between the United States and Soviet Union.
The United States were for the democrats and Soviet Union for the Communists. The war was
four decades long
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