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- 21801: MMX Technology
- ... technology is more than an industry buzz word and is currently available in some well rounded, mid-priced system packages that are obtainable for most home users to take advantage of. MMX technology is Intel's most recent processor enhancement, but what is it? How does it work? What does it mean as far as performance improvements? MMX technology is the first new chip architecture from Intel in ten years. From ... card with a set of Altec Lansing ACS-410 speakers to supply the sound. The P55C-200 FPC re! ceived much better than average results for Service-and-Reliability, according to PC Magazine. Gateway 2000's P55C-200 FPC, with its high-flying performance and excellent multimedia hardware along with great family software make it a fabulous addition to any home or home-office. The Packard Bell NEC Platinum 2240 is a 200 MHz-MMX-enhanced Pentium system that includes a built in TV tuner, quick-access multimedia buttons on the front panel, and an excellent family- oriented software shell. The Platinum 2240's basic hardware includes 32 MB of EDO RAM which is upgradable to 128 MB, a 256 KB pipeline burst cache, a 3.2 GB hard disk drive, a 16x variable speed CD- ROM drive, ...
- 21802: Oedipus Rex
- ... of the story. Three major sources that produce this healthy confusion are the prophecy of Teiresias, and the arrival of the messenger from Corinth, and the character of Oedipus himself. The arrival of the town’s seer, Teiresias congers up a strong sense of anxiety. The reader, along with Oedipus, awaits the words of this blind prophet since he could very well hold the key to unlocking the plague’s mystery. Unwillingly and out of frustration from Oedipus, Teiresias says, “I charge you, then, abide by the proclamation you have made: from this day forth never speak again to these men or me; You yourself ... disturbed and worried about the fate of Oedipus. The news from the messenger of Corinth seems to bring with it good fortune for Oedipus as well as closure for the reader. All along the king’s fear was that “the oracle may come true.” By announcing the death of King Polybos, the messenger causes Oedipus to question the validity of the oracle. “Polybos has packed the oracles off with him ...
- 21803: Bruce Lee
- ... the age of only thirty-two. Through this short yet unbelievably incredible life, Bruce Lee still proves to be an excellent role model due to his discipline,determination, and self-improvement. One of Bruce Lee’s best characteristics was his discipline. During Bruce’s teenage years he was a member of a street gang that simply went looking for fights. However, through martial arts Bruce developed discipline and was soon able to control himself. Bruce’s discipline is easily seen in this quote about problems that occurred on the set of Enter the Dragon. "Another problem was that the martial arts extras- most of whom were members of the Chinese ...
- 21804: The Society Is Flawed
- ... into a law for all, a will, whose essential character and direction are determined by the economical conditions of existence of your class"(27). With this in mind, some perspective on the society of Marx’s time is vital. Karl Heinrich Marx, a German economist, philosopher, and revolutionist, was born May 5, 1818 in Trier Germany, to Jewish parents. Faced with anti-Semitism, they converted to Christianity, partly to preserve Heinrich’s, Karl’s father, a Jewish lawyer, job in the Prussian state. Karl, himself, was baptized in the evangelical church Georg Hegel (1770-1831) was the dominant intellectual influence throughout Germany and the university when young Marx ...
- 21805: An Analysis of the Novel Candide by Voltaire
- ... but that is the basis of satire. The conclusions arrived at by Voltaire are valid. He does not have excessive prejudice and his conclusions cannot be invalid because they are thoughts of personal opinion. Voltaire's ideas do not completely follow others'. He is one of the only writers that stepped out and confronted major philisophical issues even if they were hidden within humor. Voltaire's novel Candide is a book about all of people problems during the time period in which it was written. Voltaire wrote the book in order to confront these problems in a humorous way so to ... several other medievil books do. The ideas brought about in the book are important ideas of the time that needed to be discussed. Voltaire created a satirical masterpeice in Candide. This book adds to people's general knowledge of medievil man's problems and the distorted philisophical ideas of the times. Voltaire presents some major ideas in his novel Candide. Through satire he proves that this is not the best ...
- 21806: Personal Writing: What I Learned This Semester In English Class
- ... good papers, but received good grades for them. Then, I thought they were good because of the grades I got. Now, I find myself working over twice as hard for half the grade. This isn't a completely bad thing, though. It teaches me that my writing really wasn't very good. What I used to think deserved an "A" I now realize only does deserve a "C." Now I have to take my writing more seriously, and try much harder at producing good output. Also, my goal isn't to write a paper that will get a good grade. Now, my goal is to write better papers. I write to become a better writer. That is, I feel, a very important thing that ...
- 21807: Auguste Rodin
- ... were very few artists who faced the criticism; slander and personal insults during their lifetimes as was given to Rodin likewise there are few artists who have known such personal glory during their carriers. Rodin's sculpture was so powerful and original that those in control of the art world did not understand him in his day. He was refused admittance into the Ecole des Beaux-Arts three times and was ... the official disdain he received he was able to overcome these obstacles placed in his path and emerged on the international scene attracting collectors from around the world to his studio seeking his works. Rodin's youth was spent drawing and sculpting at an early age. He spent much of his time at the Louver where he met Antoine Louis Barye. After his three refusals of admission to the Ecole des ... work, now in marble, was finally admitted. It was in 1875 that Rodin traveled to Italy where he was greatly impressed by the works of Michelangelo whose influence can be seen in many of Rodin's works. Rodin worked in Belgium for several years as a anonymous sculptor where he created his first true masterpiece L'Age d'Airin and exhibited it at the Paris Salon of 1877 where it ...
- 21808: "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay
- "A White Heron" and "The Beast in the Jungle": A Comparison and Contrast Essay Comparing and contrasting Jewett's Sylvy in "A White Heron" with May Bartram of James's "The Beast in the Jungle" proves to be an interesting task. How can two such unlike characters be so alike. Only on close examination do these common threads appear. In the story "A White Heron ... way. Rather, it handled her. The grandmother was most receptive and hospitable. Over the course of the short stay, Sylvy realized many things. The hunter offered money in exchange for help in finding the heron's nest. Not only was his offer tempting and attractive, but a curiosity awakened in her as he was most attractive as well. She was somewhat intrigued and in a fog, taken each moment and ...
- 21809: The Rwanda Refugee Crisis
- The Rwanda Refugee Crisis Rwanda, located in central Africa, suffers from one of the world's most recent refugee crises. The word refugees could be defined in the traditional context, " people who decide to seek asylum out of fear of political, racial, or religious persecution, or who leave their homes because ... into Tanzania and Zaire "3. It took 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandans to die from genocide before the world acknowledged a problem. A question a rises over the competency of the international world's method in detecting problems such as the one in Rwanda. Were we not a little late in helping Rwandans, and as a world in the name of humanitarianism are we doing enough? One of the ... 4. The UNHCR becomes involved in a refugee situation at the request of the United Nations (UN), the consent of the State involved, and the amount of funds available at the time. In refugee crisis's the type of assistance offered by the UNHCR is emergency assistance, care and maintenance, voluntary repatriation, local settlement and resettlement. These forms of aid would help create a lasting solution to the refugee problem. ...
- 21810: Political Allegory In The Book Animal Farm
- ... inspired by one idea. Marx wanted it to be that one class, the working class, and against another class, the rich or higher class. The Revolution was started by men who believed with Karl Marx's theory that the history of the world was the history of a struggle between classes between oppressors and oppressed. This happened in the book "Animal Farm by George Orwell" Orwell uses this example to base ... taken place. The new government was democratic, but "bourgeois." Lenin victoriously headed the radical socialist (Bolshevik) revolution in October of that year. This was immediately followed by four years of bloody civil war: the Revolution's Red Army, organized and led by Leon Trotsky, had to defeat the "Whites" (Russians loyal to the Czar or just hostile to the Communists) and foreign troops, too. At Lenin's death in 1924, there was a struggle between Joseph Stalin and Trotsky for leadership of the Communist Party and thus of the nation. In 1925, Stalin clearly gained the upper hand; in 1927, he ...
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