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Technical Documentation
Essays
GNU/Linux on the IBM ThinkPad 760XL
Details my experiences installing current GNU/Linux software on an older IBM laptop. A work-in-progress.
Technical information regarding the TRS-80 MC-10 microcomputer, a diminutive cousin of the famous TRS-80 Colour Computer.
A National Ban on Smoking in Public Places
Argues that the public smoking bans in effect in various Canadian municipalities should be extended to a nation-wide ban. Written for an introductory course in English composition.
Illustrates the perils of indiscriminate acquisition. Written for an introductory course in English composition.
Canada's Leadership in Broadband Access
Compares Canada's efforts to those of the United States in providing broadband Internet access to citizens. Written for an introductory course in business writing.
Anselm versus Hume on the Existence of God
Discusses two philosophical arguments regarding the existence of God: one by St. Anselm, who concludes that God must exist; and another by David Hume, who concludes that He must not. Written for an introductory course in Philosophy.
Ethics, Society and the Golden Rule
Compares the application of the Golden Rule (do unto others as you would have done unto yourself
) in Mill's utilitarianism and Hobbes' social contract theory. Written for an introductory course in Philosophy.
Written for a course in twentieth-century music history.
Last updated 15 February 2005.
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