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- 971: Cdr
- ... CD’s is called a CD Writer or “Burner.” This unit is not unlike a normal CD drive, the difference being that it has two lasers one invisible, one visible. The invisible, is used for writing data onto the surface of the blank CD. The visible, is for reading information off the CD. The unit itself is currently for use in a computer system only, and therefor must be installed like ... price to drop to the point where they are almost as low as $400. With this decline in price, CD Writers have become more affordable. The acknowledged intent is that people will use it for personal use, mainly to backup data, but this is not always the case, as the ease at which someone can copy a CD and sell it for their own profit has become a major issue. The ... are not specific at all. In America a blank CD has a $10 levy incorporated into the price, this money goes toward record companies and producers, and entitles people to copy CDs for their own personal use. In Australia however, there is no levy so no such rule applies. In the manual of the Philips CDR 870 Compact Disk Recorder it reads: “Important. It is a criminal offence under applicable ...
- 972: Frankenstein 3
- ... assumed that the novel played off of her fears and daily experiences of living in the projects of a major city. Just as it can be seen that Cindy's life and time influenced her writing, many ideals in Mary Shelley's life can be connected with themes in her classic novel Frankenstein. Abandonment, Romanticism, and parenting are all themes that were a part of Mary Shelley's life and highly influential in her writing of Frankenstein. A theme of abandonment by women is exhibited not only in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but in her own life as well. Just after Mary Shelley's birth, her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died ... was her inspiration for her novel Frankenstein, but the true merit of the story is found not in the plot, but in the themes she was able to incorporate. She let her life influence her writing. Mary's past, present, and fears of the future are all illustrated graphically in Frankenstein. The personal touch helps to give Mary depth as a young writer and surely is a sizable reason for ...
- 973: Approach To Edgar Allen Poe’s Writings
- Approach To Edgar Allen Poe’s Writings Through out Edgar Allen Poe’s life, many factors have contributed and influenced his writing style. He lived a difficult life, because he was raised in a dysfunctional household. He was raised by a step father who did not love him, or he dictated his values so much that it ... a better person than his stepfather. He wanted all the memories of him and his ways out of his life. He oppressed the memories and when the subconscious part of his mind is working on writing this motif appears(Schopper). In the case of “The Tell Tale Heart” the captain was the old man/father figure. Guiding the people in the boat closest to the edge of existence, into the maelstrom ... out of West Point for gambling. This was a very addictive form of recreation. He would have this personality trait from a certain element in his childhood. This characteristic is also present in Poe’s writing like the obsessive attitude the narrator has towards many things. For instance in “The Tell Tale Heart” he was obsessed with “the beating of the hideous heart!(Edgar Allen Poe web page)” Or in ...
- 974: Theodore Dreiser
- Theodore Dreiser Theodore Dreiser was born August 27, 1871 in Terre Haute, Indiana. The younger brother of Paul Dresser, a well-known songwriter, Theodore was a famous novelist known for his outstanding American writing of naturalism. He was also a leading figure in a national literary movement that replaced the observance of Victorian notions of propriety with the unflinching presentation of real-life subject matter. Even though a majority ... meet a woman named Sara White and they would get married in 1898. The marriage did not last that long due to his roving affections and resulting infidelities causing their divorce in 1912. Dreiser began writing his first novel, Sister Carrie, in 1899 at the suggestion of a newspaper colleague. Doubleday, Page and Company published the novel the following year, thanks in part to the great enthusiasm of the firm’s ... financial success in his job for nine years until he was forced to resign in 1910 because of a his romantic fascination with an assistant’s daughter. After gaining some hope and confidence in his writing, Dreiser returned to writing fiction. In 1911, he wrote a novel titled Jennie Gerhardt which was a story of a woman who submits sexually to rich and powerful men to help her poverty stricken ...
- 975: Halberstam
- ... anniversary edition in 1993). Now he's paying tribute to some of the top sports reporting ever put on paper. His most recent project was to serve as guest editor of "The Best American Sports Writing of the Century" (Houghton Mifflin), part of an annual series edited by Glenn Stout. This latest installment, published in May, covers the century, an encompassing look at the development of sports writing that parallels the burgeoning popularity of sport in a large part of American consciousness. 'He was such a magical figure' Collections of writings by different authors seem to be growing in popularity. Witness the onslaught ... fast-food culture breeds a growing audience for brevity. MULTIMEDIA Halberstam on Muhammed Ali [165k MPEG-3] or [325k WAV] Halberstam says he believes bite-size offerings are one strength of "The Best American Sports Writing of the Century." "You take a nibble at it and put it down and then come back a couple days later. You don't have to read it all at once," he says. In " ...
- 976: Francesco Petrarch
- ... or witless, and returning to your barbaric realm . . . thou are in truth the King of Bohemia and nothing more.\\' While in Milan, Petrarch was treated with the outmost respect from citizens, as this show him writing to one of his friends. ‘And if I go abroad, either for the sake of exercise or to call or on my \\"Dominum\\" there is a silent turning of eyes and bowing to my right and left, and I move on.\\' He also spent his time writing numerous letters and books sending them back and forth from his two dearest friends Nelli and Boccaccio as well as other men. From what has been gathered over time many of these letters that were ... then be refused her sighs\\' Petrarch, when hearing of her death wrote one of his finest works Triumph of Death. According to critics: ‘poetry is to be found only in the most intense and sorrow personal moments, such as the episode of Laura\\'s death.\\' Throughout the poem he not only writes of Laura but of Popes and emperor that have fallen. Writing how they have no profit left and ...
- 977: Computer Crime
- ... explorer. For the game player hacker, hacking is a sport that involves the identification and defeat of software, systems, and copyright protections. Vandals are hateful, angry hackers that strike harshly, randomly, and without any apparent personal gain other then knowledge, responsibility, and credit for such acts. Finally, addicts are your stereotypical nerdy individuals that are literally addicted to computer technology and hacking its self like an addict to drugs. Due to ... crime due to a lack of power or control in their real lives. These people then turn to the electronic realm as an alternative to the real world so they can over come feelings of personal inferiority by challenging machines. These people develop self worth and acknowledgment for their criminal actions from the peers of their subculture. Bequai (1987) research found that these people refer to themselves as cyber punks and ... K. Stern and Acting Special Agent in Charge Michael T. Johnston of the U.S. Secret Service, in March of 1997, in two separate accessions, the defendant deployed a series of commands from the his personal computer at home. These virus like commands made a necessary telephone company computer shut down and in turn killed telephone communications to the Worcester airport. This caused vital services to the FAA control tower ...
- 978: Prince William
- Prince William In this essay, Prince William will be discussed based on information obtained through research on him and his family including general and personal information on him, his schooling and the important influences in his life. Prince William Arthur Phillip Louis Windsor is one of the most known people in the world – despite the fact that he is only sixteen. This essay contains general information on Prince William, personal information, Prince Williams’s education and his life story – obtained from various magazine articles throughout his life. General information will include who Prince William is, where he was born, different forms of his name, and what other monarchists he is related to and how he is related to them. For personal information, Prince William’s physical description, his "likes and dislikes," and his personality will be discussed. His childhood schools will be mentioned and a description of Eton College will be included. The public can ...
- 979: Social Topics In American Lite
- ... their literature free of war, and they wrote about the westward movement. The civil war authors told of the sorrows society felt during the Civil War. Before, during, and after the Civil War writers were writing about the society of the westward movement. A famous westward movement author was Mark Twain. Twain wrote mostly stories pertaining to life on the Mississippi River. One of his most famous novels, Adventures of Huckleberry ... a struggle for his life with the hostile nature. The social topic London is addressing not only has to do with the man but also with how nature is affecting the man. Naturalists changed from writing strictly on society to writing about society and how the surroundings affect society. Modern poetry incripts all views of writing. In modern poetry one can find transcendentalist views entangled with realist perspectives. Many modern poets used symbolism to get ...
- 980: The Works of Clive Staples Lewis
- ... 1930's while Lewis, played by Anthony Hopkins, is teaching at an Oxford college and living as a bachelor. Then one day he receives a letter from a poetess, Joy Gresham whom he had been writing to for quite some time. The letter told him that Joy was coming to visit England and wished for her and her son, Douglas Gresham to see Lewis. Actually she was escaping her abusive husband ... also considered marriage before Joy when he became a close friend with English poetess Ruth Pitter (“John West,” How Hollywood Reinvented C.S. Lewis in the film Shadowlands. Online.). C. S. Lewis actually began his writing career at the age of six. He invented an imaginary world called Animal-Land or as we know it today, Boxen (Lindskoog 7). As Lewis grew up, he and his brother were raised in a ... when it was published in 1936. The Allegory of Love was set as the standard for work on medieval literature and the tradition of courtly love (C.S. Lewis 305). In 1939, he published The Personal Heresy and Rehabilitations, "a work whose title characterized much of Lewis's work, as he attempted to bring the fading critical reputation of authors he revered back into balance" (“Dr. Bruce L Edwards,” C. ...
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