Are you barcoded?

Advantages: very gripping!
Disadvantages: Rubbish ending

...To Start off with, I started to enjoy this book. It drawed me in and made me read it intensely! I will not tell you the problem I have with it just yet! The start ************ The starting of a book always set's the scene. We are following a girl called Kayla Reed in America. The First Chapter, we are in with her and the principal talking. And then somewhere along the line we find out she has no dad and she has to look after her mom, who's in one terrible state! She has no job therefore Kayla's just about keeping the bills together. Then Amber Thorn jumps in showing off her new TATTOO called the Barcode tattoo. And she explains why you can't keep a card and use it... What does Kayla do? ******************************* Well I can't really tell you that except the barcode Tattoo freaks her out! Does she get it or not? Well...

Jonni_boi 29.08.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Barcode Tattoo - Suzanne Weyn

A Scanner Darkly

Advantages: Good Special Effects
Disadvantages: Not many

..."A Scanner Darkly" is based on the novel by Philip K Dick. Richard Linklater's film stars Keanu Reeves as undercover narcotics policeman; Bob Arctor. This is an interesting film but it didn't really move me deeply. There was some good acting but the story line was simply not exceptional. On deep reflection it is not a film that I would recommend. But if you want to watch it do so at your own risk. 1 hour forty mins Rating (15) The Product details The Actors: Rory Cochrane, Robert Downey Jr., Mitch Baker, Keanu Reeves, Sean Allen (II) Directors: Richard Linklater Format: PAL, Widescreen Language English Region: Region 2 ( DVD formats.) Aspect Ratio: Wide Screen:1 Number of discs: 1 Classification: 15 Studio: Warner Home Video DVD Release Date: 22 Jan 2007 Run Time: 120 minutes...

Nazuku 13.12.2007 (21.12.2007) · Read review
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Scannerz

Advantages: Fast, Efficient, Saves paper work & Easy to use
Disadvantages: You may not really need this gadget

...This review has been moved to Member Advice Category. Please read and rate there as this will soon be permanently removed by Ciao. Many thanks to the members of Ciao for pointing out this was an unsuitable category and for letting me know how to have this changed. Since my opinion about the Belkin USB Hub I have been asked by a great many Ciao members what barcode scanning is, how it works and what I use it for. With these questions in mind, I have decided to write this opinion to cover the various equipment I use. I will not dwell as usual on the technical stuff as you already know I myself don?t understand half of it anyway. Instead I prefer to cover the basics and the various applications they have. I will start by explaining why I have bar coding apparatus. I run my own business on the internet. I also use various...

jacqui_1 22.01.2004 (28.01.2004) · Read review
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Review of Wasp Barcode Technologies Barcode scanner

Great Scanner

Advantages: good quality scanning
Disadvantages: software is rubbish, can take for ever to scan an image

...I bought myself this to scan various things (old photos, documents and some sheet music) and this does the job pretty well. It was a bit on the expensive side but I needed something that would give me good quality and I could trust that it would work well so I went for HP as they are well known for good quality products. TECHNICAL INFORMATION It can scan at up to 4,800 dpi (dots per inch) It has 96 bit colour It has a 216x311mm scanning screen Connects by USB It is 303x508x108mm (wxdxh) It weighs 5.2 kg So it can give you very good quality, it gets a lot of colours, it's got a decent sized scanning screen, it's pretty big and it's not a light weight utility. There is nothing in there to put me off though because I still bought it. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT Scanners have been dying out because they are getting beaten by...

dbirse 11.03.2007 (11.04.2007) · Read review
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Review of HP ScanJet G4050 Photo Scanner

Lending a Hand

Advantages: Great characters, story telling and funny
Disadvantages: None too many

...Imagine a young man on his way to a less than thirty second event - the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age... This is the doorway by which we meet Patrick Wallingford, John Irving's character in the book, firth published in 2001. Those of you who do not know, Mr Irving is the best-selling American author. Born in New Hampshire in 1942, John Winslow Irving is the author of more than ten novels, among them The Cider House Rules, The World According to Garp and A Widow for one Year. Irving is married to Janet and they have three sons. He lives in Toronto and in southern Vermont. I have been reading his works on and off for a long time now and never cease to be enthralled by his prose, narrative and general story-telling. His work is funny and moving, putting people in sometimes bizarre situations...

Borg 28.04.2003 (22.09.2009) · Read review
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A Scanner Darkly

Advantages: Very Stylistic, gerat soundtrack
Disadvantages: difficult to follow

...Having read Philip K Dicks book, A Scanner Darkly, I was eagerly awaiting the film adaptation. Upon hearing that George Clooney had optioned it no less, and that Richard Linklater was down to direct it I was kind of ecstatic. I have a lot of respect for George Clooney, following his efforts to turn out less main stream Hollywood films, in favour of thought provoking and interesting films. So when I heard that Keanu Reeves had go the lead role as Bob Arctor, my heart sank. To be fair to Reeves, his last couple of films have been stinkers. Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions were not bad down to his acting, more to the clunky direction of the Wachowski Brothers. But the lead character for A Scanner Darkly, in my opinion would always have needed someone who had a half decent range, and not someone who cam across as a bit of an airhead...

Lloyd1979 26.01.2007 · Read review
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Review of A Scanner Darkly (DVD)

King of all hand held scanners

Advantages: Very good general coverage
Disadvantages: No computer control

...This scanner is a great scanner. It covers all bands, HF, USB, LSB AM, VHF and UHF. The scanner comes complete with a mains adaptor/charger as one unit, ear piece, Rechargable batteries, strap, belt clip and car adaptor (plug in to the car lighter socket). Also a BNC Aerial plus a dodgy manual. The manual does cover everything but it is a japanese to english translation so does require patience. Once the batteries are loaded and the aerial connected follow the manual for basic operating procedures. It has an impressive memory capacity 1000 channels grouped into 10 banks of 100 channels, these can be scanned as seperate banks or as a continuous scan. It also has one priority channel which can be switched on or off, when on it is scanned every few seconds. The reception is great with the standard whip aerial,I have...

swordfish1966 29.08.2004 · Read review
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Review of Yupiteru MVT-7100 Multiband Scanner

Barcode Scanner That Works

Advantages: Extremely User Friendly
Disadvantages: The "BEEP" when you confirm a scan

...This Symbol SPT 1550 is the best scanner around in an area flooded with similar products.This device is extremely lightweight compared to its competitors and ease of use is second to none.The scanner itself allows you to read barcode labels with extreme ease some scanners on the market ensure you have to be right next to the barcode for it to register but with the Symbol SPT 1550 it allows you to scan from a distance and scan hard to reach barcodes.The product also has touch screen GUI making it extremely user friendly the further you venture into the menus and sub menus you can never get lost due to the aptly named home icon.In terms of memory for this device i once scanned 1200 items in an initial audit i was doing and it had no problems in terms of slowing up....

Dexter2102 25.09.2007 · Read review
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Review of Symbol SPT 1550

A Scanner Darkly

Advantages: Interesting depiction of future drug use and relationships
Disadvantages: Slightly dated dialogue, introverted like all Phillip K. Dick

...'A Scanner Darkly' is sci-fi, to be sure, and it's good sci-fi, no doubt about it- it gels together fantastic concepts and well thought out ideas with the mores and values of modern society, creating a fairly seamless blend of present and future. But mostly, it's about drugs. And that is partly why I would recommend it. The writing is classic Dick- snappy, looping dialogue, themes of paranoia, conspiracy and shifting interpersonal relationships. But the autobiographical element of the novel is what is most interesting, and that is largely centered around drug use. Despite a final epilogue where Dick laments the effects of drug abuse on himself and his circle, the writing is remarkably even handed during the novel itself. The side affects of 'Substance D' are the real driving force of the novel and its effects on the drug users...

earthbound23 19.06.2008 · Read review
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Review of A Scanner Darkly - Philip K. Dick

Hands up!

Advantages: kills 99.99% of bacteria
Disadvantages: none

...I?m not a fan of antibacterial staff in the kitchen, bathroom and everywhere but since I have little kids I have to take care of their health. When we go out to do the shopping I don?t get them out of the pushchair so we don?t use the hand hygiene gel but after playing in the playground I always clean their hands with the antibacterial gel. Package ------------- The Cuticura Hand Hygiene Gel comes in a transparent plastic bottle. Its size is perfect I can put it in my pocket or in my bag. I have a lot of them and I always have at least one with me. The bottle contains 100 ml transparent gel. The plastic bottle is recyclable and it doesn?t break if you let it fall (my sons tested it lol). It is available also in larger bottle of 250 ml. The transparent bottle is very practical because you can see how much gel remained in it. The cap...

D_i_a_n_e 03.11.2009 · Read review
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