An Evaluation of the Educational Objectives of Urbandale High School

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How To Understand The Debate Over Presentism And Eternalism

Presentism is the view that, with the possible exception of things outside of time, everything that exists, exists at the present time. It is contrasted with eternalism, the view that everything which ever did exist or ever will exist, exists. Some philosophers argue that presentism and eternalism are not really substantive, opposed metaphysical theses. I consider some attempts in the literature to rebut this skeptical position, and argue that they are unsatisfactory. Then I make my own case for the conclusion that presentism and eternalism are substantive metaphysical theses by drawing a distinction between two ways of talking about what exists with respect to a time, and imagining a hypothetical analogous debate about the nature of space

Computer Security Breaches A Threat To Credit Sales

Business security has progressed from the wooden cash box to the cash register and now the nightmare of the computer. Control has progressively slipped from the control of the instrument operator to a little understood collection of networked instruments. This evolution of difficulty has created numerous protection problems for the business operator. Not only does the cash and other payment means need collection and protection, but now the payment instrument itself has fallen under the responsibility of the vendor. Business owners are as much at risk from cyber security as from physical security. Thieves don’t have to rush the store with guns blazing to steal money in fact they don’t have to steal money from the store at all. Information and data are the sources of new gold. The information collected from customers’ credit cards contains enough data to secure riches for any enterprising evil doer. In addition to normal data growth, regulatory compliance (Sarbanes/Oxley (SOX), SEC17a, HIPAA, Patriot Act, Freedom of Information etc.) is contributing exponentially to data growth, as more records are generated; more regulations are created in more industries. This creates a big fat target as much a target as any “old west” bank, and businesses are responsible for the protection and security of customers’ data