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- 821: Dealers Of Lighting, Michael H
- ... more interested in marketable products than in pure science, nearly killed the center before it opened. But Taylor gradually built his team of young computer hotshots, and the innovations flowed: mouse, Ethernet, even the term Personal Computer . By 1973, a team led by Chuck Thacker had created Alto, a computer small enough to fit under a desk. The first program of the so-called Alto displayed an animated graphic as a ... s inability to capitalize upon some of the world s most important technological advancements makes for an interesting enough story, Hiltzik focuses instead on the inventions and the inventors themselves. You can trace the term Personal Computer back to Alan Kay, a visionary who dreamed of a machine small enough to tuck under the arm. Granted, PARC s farsighted principles led to collaborative brilliance even so Hiltzik s claim that the Alto was the world s first personal computer, seams overstated; his strictly technological, mine involving price and marketing. However, in writing the book Hiltzik drew on the recollections of those who participated in the technological revolution of the 1970 s He ...
- 822: An Appreciation Of The Poem Di
- ... look like they rhyme. Which is shown quite regularly through this poem. Free verse also complements the style of the poet 'connecting' with the reader in the way that it seems like the poet is writing directly to the reader. Making it a more 'in touch' and personal poem to subjects that we can relate to. In this case. Having a respect for your Father or your heritage. The poems opening line, in a simple, complete one line statement, conveys the impression of ... he can never be like them. In this, he compares himself to these men. However, the poem ends when he reflects on what he can do-what he as an individual can do, that being writing. He ends this poem with a confident line where he writes: "I'll dig with it." This can be interpreted in the way that their lives are connected between his Father, Grandfather and himself, ...
- 823: Essay Comparing James Joyce To
- James Joyce is considered one of the most unique writers in the 20th Century. After reading Jame's Joyce, "The Dead", it is apparent that Joyce's writing is not only complicated, but the way he tells the story is unique as well. In "The Dead", it is difficult to understand what the beginning scenes represent and it really does not have any ... tells him a story of her ex-lover. It is only this point of the story, at the end of the story, where the story reaches a climax and ends almost abruptly. James Joyce's writing style is evidently different from most writers. After reading "The Dead", it became apparent that Gabriel Conroy from the short story had a few similarities to that of James Joyce. Could it be that the ... that Joyce does not care much for his country. It is clear that both Gabriel Conroy and James Joyce are not fond of their country. James Joyce and Gabriel Conroy are also extremely arrogant. After writing "Finnegan's Wake", Joyce is reported to have said, "Well, that should keep the critics busy for three hundred years." It seems that Joyce felt that his writing would be too difficult for the ...
- 824: Pride And Prejudice - Jane Aus
- ... At fourteen she began to write little plays for home theatricals. She also wrote nonsense story’s to entertain her family. After her father’s retirement they moved to the town of Bath. She was writing First Impression, now called Pride and Prejudice but couldn’t get it published till 1813. Jane led a quiet life and never married. She died in 1817. She has written several novels: Sense and Sensibility ... Bingley when he is given the ball he promised to give. He tells her to wait until at least her sister has recovered from her cold. [Chapter 10] A few days later Mr. Darcy is writing a letter to his sister. He is interrupted by Miss Bingley every few minutes. At least Elizabeth takes part in the conversation. She has a polite quarrel with Darcy and finally he ends his letter ... and Jane leave for London and soon after that Mr. Collins returns. Jane promises Charlotte to visit her in Hunsford in March, with Charlotte’s father and her sister Maria. After the wedding they started writing to each other. Charlotte pretends to be very happy and she praises everything she has and every one she meets. Then Elizabeth receives a letter from Jane. She has visited Caroline and it took ...
- 825: Step-parenting
- ... lives. The lack of these two important factors, choice and control, can lead to problems in a multitude of different areas from behavior to emotional disorders. To help children feel as though they have some personal power, it might help to give them as many choices as possible for different aspects of their lives. Giving children choices like selecting what they want to eat for breakfast, what they want to wear ... be fearful that expressing pleasure in the new home or time spent with a stepparent will be seen as disloyal to the biological parent. Rejection of a stepparent may have nothing to do with the personal characteristics of that person, but may reflect a loyalty struggle going on within the child s mind. . Children and adults need to accept the fact that children can show affection to more than two parental ... a stepfamily is formed, many of the old views, values and rules are dismissed and family members must adjust to a new set of ideas and rules. Children cannot simply wipe away the years of personal development and immediately become different people just because they are now stepchildren in a new family. Children in stepfamilies may even be experiencing a shift in the birth order. In biological families, children have ...
- 826: The Black Cat
- ... By beginning the story with the phrase, For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither solicit belief, the narrator makes several things quite explicit: that he is writing rather than speaking , that the story, although hard to believe, is true and that he doesn t expect any one to believe him (Poe 1). He also makes it clear that what he will describe ... that took place which he calls an ordinary succession of very natural causes and effects (Poe 1). When the narrator declares this, he causes the reader to believe quite the opposite of what he is writing, which in fact is that the narrator of the story is crazy and causes us to question if the story is in fact the truth. By telling the story from the first person point of ... about her and maybe he, himself, want us not to think much about her. The point of view of the story can best be described when Womack implies what we get out of it by writing, Once again, the reader is invited to delve into the inner workings of the dark side of the mind (5). This statement shows how from the first person point of view the reader is ...
- 827: Small Business Setup
- ... competitive bidding market the lowest reasonable bid most often get the contract. Promoting is the art of selling and can be accomplished in a number of different ways, such as advertising, brochures, direct mailings, and personal contacts. Your decision on the best way to promote your construction company will depend on the type of contract you are competing for and your market. In the construction business competing for the jobs in ... notes of explanation D. Deviation Analysis H. Historical Financial Reports for Existing Business 1. Balance sheets for past three years 2. Income statements for past three years 3. Tax returns Section Three: Supporting Documents A. Personal resume B. Personal balance sheets C. Cost of living budget D. Credit reports E. Letters of reference F. Job descriptions G. Letters of intent H. Copies of leases, contracts, legal documents To summarize there are three key ...
- 828: Security 2
- ... safe and nobody can steal it from the memory of the computer? Physical hazard is one of the causes of destroying the data in the computer. For example, send a flood of coffee toward a personal computer. The hard disk of the computer could be endangered by the flood of coffee. Besides, human caretaker of computer system can cause as much as harm as any physical hazard. For example, a cashier ... built up a voice signature and make allowances for an individual's characteristic variations. The theory of voice verification is very simple. It is using the characteristics of a voice: its acoustic strength. To isolate personal characteristics within these fluctuations, the computer breaks the sound into its component frequencies and analyzes how they are distributed. If someone wants to steal some information from your computer, the person needs to have a ... and useful of a computer security system. In 19th century, computer become more and more important and helpful. You can input a large amount of information or data in a small memory chip of a personal computer. The hard disk of a computer system is liked a bank. It contained a lot of costly material. Such as your diary, the financial situation of a trading company or some secret military ...
- 829: Writers Block
- ... said that writer s block is the inability to write because of a loss in creative thought about a given subject. It is entirely possible that this term can be attributed to other aspects of writing and life in general; it is this area I will explore. Virginia Woolf explains the angel in her house as the pure spirit that would come between her and her paper when writing reviews about men. You are writing about a book that has been written by a man. Be sympathetic, be tender, flatter, deceive, use all these arts of our sex. She was able to slay this angel because of a trust ...
- 830: The Scarlet Letter: The False Qualities of Life
- ... can no longer play the role they have chosen for themselves" (Bookshelf 95). From Hollywood movie stars to professional athletes, people have and will continue to lead false lives, under the public spotlight, concealing their personal travails. In literature, the preceding statement has held true numerous times, in works such as Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. Minister and respected citizen, Arthur Dimmesdale, was perceived as an upstanding member of the community who preached the word of the heavenly Father. But before the public, he was only camouflaging his dark, hidden secret, which was the sole cause of his sufferings. Hawthorne successfully portrayed the personal agonies one would suffer by cowardly holding secrets within oneself. In the Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne set out to show the consequences of leading a double life. Arthur Dimmesdale, to the people of Boston, was a ... To support Hawthorne, critic Seymour Gross stated, "Dimmesdale must struggle to make himself a fit receptacle for God's grace before his "A" can be purged" (338). Dimmesdale himself gave us a glimpse into his personal sufferings, by asking the Lord to ease the hell in which he lived daily. He begged God for his help and forgiveness by staring skyward at the heavens and saying, "O Thou to whom ...
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