Mountain State University Summer 2010 Semester English Assignment for week 5.

Essay assignment.

Sunday Dress and a Polar Bear

by Michael Stratton

The 21^st century is plagued with men who wear dresses and woman that wrestle polar bears. Although it may sound biased to say such a thing, in all actuality, I am simply stating the facts.

The statement “woman that wrestles polar bears”, simply implies that the woman of today can easily do some of the jobs previously dominated by men. In the essay ...

Mountain State University Introduction to Business Discussion Assignment

Discussion – Managerial Leading Styles

Our assignment was to describe the different managerial leadership styles and
indicated the pros and cons of each style. Discuss different scenarios in which
one style might be more appropriate than others. Give at least one scenario for
each leadership style.

Autocratic, Free-rein, and Particpative
by Michael Stratton

Leadership styles can be classified into 3 types including autocratic,
free-rein, and participative.

Autocratic -
Managers retain full authority for decision making ...

Mountain State University Summer 2010 Semester English Journal Checkpoint Assignment for week 5.

Essay assignment.

Software Company CEO

The CEO of a successful software company is guaranteed an extremely lucrative pay scale. The time and effort to become the CEO of a successful software company is great, and the time and effort involved in continuing any success is greater yet.

Many of the world’s greatest CEO’s were software programmers before they became business executives, some even who dropped out of college. Although billionaires Bill ...

Mountain State University Summer 2010 Semester English Assignment for week 3.

The readings by Klagsbrun and Lott rely on anecdotes, or brief stories, to portray a family member. Write an essay (2-3 paragraphs) in which you use two or three brief anecdotes to characterize one of your family members (Moseley & Harris, p. 136).

Honey Bees & Human Hair

Horror and laughter are emotions that are rarely shared. Bee nests and human hair serve a common purpose, as they both meet the needs ...

Mountain State University Systems Architecture Discussion Assignment

Discussion Compiled and Interpreted Programs

Our assignment was to compare and contrast the execution of compiled programs to interpreted programs in terms of CPU and memory utilization.

Compiled Program
For most programming languages, there are four source code instruction types:
1. Data Declarations
Defines the name and data type of one or more program variables. When a compiler reads a data declaration, it allocates memory to store data item. The amount of ...

Week 1 Introduction to Computers

Discussion Assignment:
Perform an Internet search to learn more about operating systems. Compare Vista to XP and research Max OS X. Share what you have learned with the rest of the class, especially any good informative links.

Windows XP, Vista, & 7 Comparisons

 This article is going to offer a technical comparison between Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7. The advances in today’s technology happen at an extremely fast rate. The book we are studying from ...

Mountain State University Java Assignment

3.30 (Palindromes)

Write an application that reads in a five digit integer and determines whether it’s a palindrome. If the number is not five digits long, display an error message and allow the user to enter a new value.

Java Palindrome Source Code

import java.util.Scanner; //initialize scanner

public class palindrome // defines class name
{

public static void main( String[] args )
{
// Scanner = new Scanner( System.in );
Scanner input = new Scanner( System.in );

int digit; // enter 5 ...

Mountain State University Online Computer Science Program

I have been accepted into Mountain State Universities Online Computer Science Program! This is a dream come true, to attend college. It is also a delusion turned into reality, for me to study as an undergraduate in the field of computer science.

If I accomplish the little bit of success that I have, it only proves that good works & faith is a proven method for success for anyone! You can take all ...

Mountain State University Java Assignment

3.20 (Salary Calculator)

Develop a Java application that determines the gross pay for each of three employees. The company pays straight time for the first 40 hours worked by each employee and time and a half for all hours worked in excess of 40. You are given a list of the employees, their number of hours worked last week and their hourly rates. Your program should input this information for each employee, then determine and display the ...

Java – Pythagorean Triples

Mountain State University Java Assisgnment

Java How to Program: Exercise 4.21 page 165

4.21 (Pythagorean Triples)
4.21 (Pythagorean Triples – Source Code)

/*
Pythagorean Triple
A right triangle can have sides whose lengths are all integers.
The set of three integer values for the lengths of the sides of a right triangle
is called a Pythagorean Triple. The lengths of three sides must satisfy the relationship that the sum of the
squares of two of the sides is equal to ...