The word Halloween is derived from the term "All Hallows Eve" which occurred on Oct. 31, the end of summer in Northwestern Europe. "All Saints Day," or "All Hallows Day" was the next Day, Nov. 1st. Therefore, Halloween is the eve of All Saints Day. Apparently, the origins of Halloween can be traced back to ancient Ireland and Scotland around the time of Christ. On Oct. 31st, the Celts celebrated the end of summer. This was important because it was when animal herders would move their animals into barns and pens and prepare to ride out the winter. This was also the time of the crop harvests. This annual change of season and lifestyle was marked by a festival called Samhain -- pronounced 'sow-ane' and means 'end of summer.' Sow rhythms with cow.

There was much superstition associated with this time of change including the belief in fairies, and that the spirits of the dead wandered around looking for bodies to inhabit. Since the living did not want to be possessed by spirits, they dressed up in costumes and paraded around the streets making loud noises to confuse and frighten the spirits away. In addition, the new year began for the Celts on Nov. 1. So, the day of Samhain was believed to be a day that was in neither the year past or the year to come. Since it was in between, chaos ruled on that day. Often, people would pull practical jokes on others as a result.

Later, around the 5th century, as the Catholic Church developed and moved into the area, instead of adding a new day to celebrate, it took over the Samhain celebration. Nov. 1st became "All Hallows Eve" where all the saints of the Catholic church were honored. A later custom developed where people would go door-to-door on Nov. 2, requesting small cakes in exchange for the promise of saying prayers for some of the dead relatives of each house. This arose out of the religious belief that the dead were in a state of limbo before they went to heaven or hell and that the prayers of the living could influence the outcome. This may have been the precursor to Trick-or Treat.

I don't like anything about why this lady got prosecuted because all she did was put her songs out for other people to download.Not everyone has money to buy the songs and albums for a dollar a song on itunes so i think it is fair that people steal music on limewire and kazaa because that's the way of hearing the music and if you like it a lot then you will go out and buy the album. I do not think this is fair about what is happening to her they could have at least just warned her before fining her with that much money.

This article is about the Bush admin winning a copyright law on Friday that the recording industry's $222,000 courtroom victory shows that the legal system is working against peer-to-peer pirates.

These cases remind us about strong enforcement and its significance for teh effort to eleiminate piracy. The U.S enable rights holders to protect their intelluctual property. The U.S Coordinator for Intellectual Property Enforcement.

The bush administrarion adopted a expansive view of copy right laws,including writing trade deals. During 005 the president signed into the law the Family Entertainment and Copy right Act.It give some file sharers with additaional penalties.

If the Power went out and the Internet went away and it was like we were living in the 1800's i would be upset and kind of mad. I use technology for everything everyday and i don't know what i would do without it.I would have to start carving into cement to write stuff down and i wouldn't have any communication with my friends other than talking to them.

If it was like the 1800's again it would be horrible for so many reasons.One being that there would be no air conditioners and its so hot in Florida so it would make everything nasty. Everyone would always be sweaty and smelly and people would probably get dehydrated a lot more than they do now. Also it would suck because everyday we all use some kind of technology whether it being the computer,TV,cellphone,etc.. and that would take away from a lot of people.

The last reason why it would be really and if we lost power and it was like the 1800's is that we wouldn't be able to listen to music because if all of our technology was taken away then we wouldn't have Cd's mp3's or anything. That would be the most critical thing to me because i always listen to music and life would be dull and boring without it,I'm sure a lot of people can relate to me with that as well.