The Invention of the Computer

It has taken many years, inventors, inventions, contributing, and hard work to achieve today's modern computer. Although there were many inventors who contributed to the making, the very first working computer was invented in 1936 in Germany by a man named Konrad Zuse. It was later reinvented in 1941, named Z3, which solved some of the issues that the original invention had and it was actually functional. The first model was named Z1 and it was the first program-controlled computer. It did not work very well, and broke down continuously. Also, because of its massive size (it was the size of a large room,) was hard to work and control. In 1945, Konrad Zuse brought to life another version called Plankalkuel, the first higher level programming language. In 1946, the first startup company was created by Zuse called The Zuse-Ingenieurburo Hopfurau. In 1950, he leased the Z4, (the world's first commercial computer,) and people quickly were interested. In the United States, around the same time, scientists were working to develop a computer of their own, and it also quickly grew popular. From the year 1936 until now, inventors are still working and will continue to work to improve and invent more "important" things to add onto the computer.

The invention of the computer has changed the ways of technology for the whole entire world. It has changed in ways both good and bad and creates many different kinds of issues. But, it also has numerous good things about it and is extremely important in today's society. It is more powerful than anyone realizes, and all of that power can lead to destruction, but also production. Some may argue that computers should not be allowed to evolve any more than they already have. Others argue that technology is essential in today's society and it should keep evolving and getting better. But, people have been able to live for thousands of years and seemed to be doing just fine without it. It is also the same for many other countries who have just been introduced to these new technologies. Even though the invention of the computer is supposed to be used for good things, there is such a wide variation of things you can look up on the Internet now. And those things, if used by the wrong kind of people, can be used to do harm to anyone or anything. An example of that would be online chatting sites. Predators go on those and are able to talk to kids, which can and have resulted in harm being done to the kids. Since computers have evolved so quickly overtime and continue to get smarter and smarter, imagine twenty years from now. Computers twenty years from now will probably be numerous times smarter than they are right now. And with that intelligence and more possibilities, brings more ways for harm to be done. There are of course positive assets of the computer. In today's society it is essential in our lives because almost everything we do now revolves around it. Businesses, schools, and households each have a computer because it is part of every one's daily lives. But how did it get to that point, where everyone relies on a computer for every little thing? Commercials and soliciting are probably the main cause. They tell you that you need to have something, but you can function quite well without it. And every person is capable of doing a lot of things that a computer does for you. But doing those things on your own takes time, and people are very impatient nowadays. So, computers are essential in today's and future societies. Even though there are many problems that can arise because of them, there are more good things than bad that come out of computers. 635

The Non-Aggression Pact

In the year of 1939, just a couple of days before World War II actually started, Adolf Hitler and The Soviet Union made a pact never to attack each other or cause any problems for ten years. This pact, named by Hitler is called the Non-Aggression Pact. But, not surprisingly, it lasted only for two years. This pact was a way both for Hitler and The Soviets to defeat more countries and therefore gain more power. But, it was supposed to be something like a peace treaty between the two countries. Little did The Soviets know that Germany is Germany and they would do anything to get more power. Without this pact even being creatd, TheNazi's probably would never have lasted as long as they did. The first agreement stated that the Soviet Union gave food products and materials to Germany, while Germany gave them products like machinery that could aide them in the war. Another agreement that was made was the Soviets were not allowed to join a possible WWII. Because of that, Germany gave them The Baltic States and Poland was to be divided between them. Everything between The Soviet Union and Germany seemed to be going good and under control, until June 22, 1941. The Germans were suposedly planning a surprise attack on The Soviets from the very beginning and on that day, it actually happened. Since The Soviets were so surprised because Hitler was actually breaking the pact that he himself set up, they weren't prepared to fight against a powerful Germany and surrendered quickly. This attack shook the world and made them realize that they were in another war. The Non-Aggression Pact was Hitler's creative strategy to not only gain more power, but to take over the world.

Some people may argue that Hitler attacking the Soviet Union when they had a pact lead to the Nazi's ending. They think this because attacking one of their closest allies not only gained them more enemies, but made the world think badly of them. Even though they controlled most of Europe at the time, there are so many other countries who were starting to realize what was going on. They realized that Hitler was trying to take over the world and they felt the need to step in and help. With their help and all of the enemies that Germany had, they evetually did get defeated. Another argument that has been discussed is whether The Non-Aggression Pact actually helped Germany and The Soviet Union. In Germany's case, it did help them gain control of more countries, but in doing so created more enemies. In the Soviet Union's case, it really didn't help them at all. To Germany, The Non-Aggression Pact was fake and use to gai more power only. Germany didn't care about the Soviet Union; they were faking the whole thing. But, since The Soviets did not know about that until they were surprise attacked, they benefited, or they thought they did by getting half of Poland. But when they were attacked, they no longer had Poland. So, in the long run The Non-Aggression Pact did not help The Soviet Union what so ever. 533