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- 631: Books Online
- ... but even that falls short of the mark. Amazon is without equal. Books, videos, music, drugs, groceries, pet supplies.... the list just keeps on growing, and I guarantee it will continue to grow in a big way." -Paul Larson. For most investors, the first thing that they request when making financial decisions is the company's statistics. When you compare the statistics of the three companies, evidence states that Amazon.com ... Information. #8) Our research has revealed the strengths and advantages of each of the three companies. We believe that Amazon has a strangle hold on the competition for the time being just from being so big. But Barnes & Noble as well as Borders are continuing to pursue strategies that will set them apart from competitors and help them catch Amazon. This will be a tough task but we think it can ... changing online book-selling industry. Commerce Secretary William Dailey estimates commerce will grow about 1.4 trillion dollars by year 2003 or one sixth of the current G.D.P. The online booksellers are very big in commerce and will continue to grow because they have just broken into the online retail business. One analyst Zapman, who is a specialist in e-commerce for CBS Marketplace, says things look pretty ...
- 632: Doublethink In 1984
- ... is not necessary because people should be hired based on their credentials and not what their skin color is. However because of the history of the America discrimination has been and still is a real big problem. Because of this affirmative action appeals to the morals of a lot of people in the country that makes it virtuous to society in the fact that there are minorities in the country and ... deciding if you want to do jury duty or not. So in a country where your freedom is hindered to help determine the freedom of another human being is an example of doublethink. Especially in big cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial they are quarantined and blocked from society. This is exactly what a prisoner in a jail cell is like. America is suppose to be the land of the free, however that freedom is taken away when trying to put someone on trial. This form of doublethink is a big necessity however in society because there is a need for a trial by peers in our society. Unless a new form of trial is going to be instituted jury duty is still going to ...
- 633: Object-Oriented Database Management Systems
- ... development of such systems stems from the need to cover the modeling deficiencies of their predecessors, that is the relational database management systems. They were intended to be used by applications that have to handle big and complex data such as Computer Aided Engineering, Computer Aided Design, and Office Information Systems. The area of the OODBMSs is characterized by three things. First, it lacks a common data model. There is no ... the data model determines the database language of the system, which in turn determines the implementation of the system, we can understand that the differences between the various systems with different data models can be big and substantial. Second is the common theoretical framework. Although there is no standard object-oriented model, most object-oriented database systems that are operational or under development today share a set of fundamental object-oriented ... in order to be used for object-oriented databases. The composite objects cause a lot of trouble and is still an open research issue. * The complexity of the hierarchies of classes created can be so big that the schemas can be handled with difficulty. The object-oriented systems are very much successful in areas where their predecessors failed: * The design of the schema can be done in a very direct ...
- 634: The Princess Bride -x
- ... The less you think, the happier I ll be, The Scilian answered . (Page 83) And later on the same page: the Turk mumbled. people are always thinking that I m so stupid because I m big and strong and sometimes drool a little when I get excited. The reason people think you re so stupid, the Scilian said, is because you are so stupid. It has nothing to do with your ... dies, although it leaves Fezzik in a lot of despair, it is probably the best thing for him. The stopping of Vizzini s verbal attacks allow to build his confidence. I think that the first big confidence building experience for Fezzik is when Inigo begs him for help. From page 224: Fly, Fezzik; this is Inigo begging you-- make a path please! Well, Fezzik had rarely had anyone beg him for anything, least of all Inigo, Fezzik begins to feel needed and this is a big step for him. On page 233, so he smiled and clapped Fezzik on his great shoulder for the good fellow he was. Fezzik is now realizing the progression that Fezzik has made and now ...
- 635: Martin Luther King Jr. 7
- ... King was the leader of the whole act. He wanted to see his people free and have all the rights as anybody else. They took their case to the Nations capital, where he had his big speech, I have a dream. So in two long lasting years, 1965, Linden Johnson signed the civil rights act and the voting acts. All the blacks got their freedom and they all sang, Thank God ... rights took king to Memphis, Tennessee to support striking black garbage workers in spring 1968. When he did that, a sniper assassinated him there on April 4. When the news got out, everybody was angry. Big riots in more than 100 cities in the United States. In 1969, the sniper pleaded guilty and 99 years of prison. There was a big funeral after his death. On his gravestone, they wrote, I am free at last, thank God I am free at last!
- 636: The Computer Underground
- ... remain in circulation. Believe me. Not many have the right to know about %that computer%, or any other delicate telco computers for that matter. Why do you think the fucking New York Times published that big article on hackers screwing around with telco machines? Not only will you get into a lot of trouble by releasing that file on %computer%, you will be making telcos more aware of what is actually ... Bastard | Perfect Asshole | Jedi Knight | Doctor Phreak | The Messiah | King Richard | Lord FAX | Right Wing Fool | Captain Hoga | CNA Office | Bed Bug | Al Crowley | Sir Mac | Sleepy Head | Doc Holiday | Busy Signal | Mean Underwear | Mr. Big Dog | Silicon Student | Cockroach | Robin Williams | Fiber Cables | Primo Bomber | Big Bird | Phone Crasher | The Prisoner | Cross-eyed Mary | Doc Cryptic | Night Lighting | Capt. America | Apple Maniac | No Regrets | Uncle Sam | Fuzzy Sector | Grounded Zero | Thumpr | Cntrl. Alt. Del. | Spit Wad | Little John | Byte Ripper | ...
- 637: Of Mice And Men 3
- ... Lennie is the protagonist of the book even though George is an extremely critical character as well. Lennie Small is described as being a monstrous man with the mind of a child, a shapeless face, big pale eyes, sloping shoulders, and big feet that dragged a bit when he walked, much like a bear. George has taken Lennie under his wing and thus Lennie depends solely on George for everything. Ever since Lennie has been with George ... Slim quietly and gracefully helps to solve whatever problem has arisen. This is why he was loved and endeared by all who knew him. Curley is an arrogant stuck up man with a hatred for big men, such as Lennie. He could be classified as the villain of the book, as he is constantly making life miserable for Lennie and George. He is exactly like his father, who is the ...
- 638: The Bulgarian and Soviet Virus Factories
- ... these viruses in one Italian school and an Italian virus writer, known as Cracker Jack is a user of Virus eXchange... The damage caused by this BBS alone to the rest of the world is big enough. But this is not all. Since possession of "viral knowledge" (i.e., live viruses, virus source code) has always tempted hackers and since the legitimate anti--virus researchers usually exchange such things only between ... unconfirmed yet. - The shortest virus in the IBM PC world --- only 45 bytes long, is the Bulgarian virus MINIMAL-45. It seems possible, however, to shorten it even further --- up to 31 bytes, with a big loss of reliability. 4) Why so many viruses are created in Bulgaria. ============================ =================== Computer viruses are created in all parts of the world, not only in Bulgaria. However, the portion of them that are created in ... another (e.g., a Macintosh). They are usually not able to run even on two different operating systems in one and the same computer. Even a different version of the same operating system might cause big problems to a particular computer virus --- up to preventing it to work. The common personal computers are never assigned important tasks in the army. Therefore, even if a virus infects them, and even if ...
- 639: Dickens As A Motivator Of Soci
- ... of in her workhouse, marries Mr. Bumble for his power, and then abuses him after their marriage on many occasions. All of these characters represent extremes of behavior. The caricaturist drawing a man with a big nose, makes it as big as his foot; that is the convention of his art; and it is the convention of Dickens art. - __________________ . Each of these characters is simple too. nearly every one can be summed up in one sentence ... he is related to in the end. Even in Hadley this kind of thing would be quite unlikely. In London it would be very nearly impossible. Dickens uses the gross exaggerations of facts and the big contrast between good and evil to make it much easier for the reader to see what he is saying about the evils that exist in society. 12Dickens' novel is crafted to appear as a ...
- 640: Marilyn Monroe 2
- ... the care of Norma Jeane. "Grace loved and adored her", recalled one of her co-workers. Grace, telling her..."Don't worry, Norma Jeane. You're going to be a beautiful girl when you get big...an important woman, a movie star." Grace was captivated by Jean Harlow, a superstar of the twenties, and Marilyn would later say..."and so Jean Harlow was my idol." Grace was to marry in 1935 ... her several favorable notices...Alton Cook of the New York World-Telegram and Sun wrote..."a forceful actress, a gifted new star, worthy of all that fantastic press agentry. Her role here is not very big, but she makes it dominant." Monroe's first leading part in a serious feature was to be in "Don't Bother to Knock", also filmed in 1952. Marilyn met Joe DiMaggio in early 1952, she ... a desire to meet this famous star. By February the romance was in full bloom. In 1952 Marilyn began filming "Niagara" with Joseph Cotten...a film that was to establish her stardom. After her next big film, "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", she and Jane Russell signed their names and placed their hands and feet in the wet cement in front of the Chinese Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard...the same place she ...
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