Advantages: Permanent disc labelling
Disadvantages: Monochrome and media is hard to find

...LG Super Multi DVD Rewriter GSA-E60N These days most new PCs come supplied with a built-in DVD writer, indeed the last PC I bought more than a year ago provided one in the standard price. So with a perfectly good writer already in my tower case why do I need this rather blocky external one taking up space on my desk? Well this writer comes with the nifty bonus of being a LightScribe drive, a permanent disc labelling system that provides a high quality finishing touch to my home made DVDs, but more of that later. Why do you need a DVD writer? Storing data is the obvious answer. And with 4.7GB available on standard DVDs (8.5GB on dual layer) you can pack a lot of data on each disc. This makes them essential tools for backing up those memory hungry and irreplaceable photos and videos. They can also be used for creating DVDs that can... Read review

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Advantages: Excellent acting and alternative viewpoint
Disadvantages:

...to scribe these passages, the Vatican become concerned for the stability of the church and attempt to silence her. The portrayal of the Vatican shows it to be quite a sinister, powerful and influencial organisation, and it is not often portrayed in this light. The acting is excellent, with the wounds suffered being shown in a haunting manor rather than being horrifically brutal. The story is not totally original, but the viewpoint certainly is. This film made me really think about my own faith, and has left a lasting impression on me. A definite must.... Read review

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Advantages: Scholarly, foundational
Disadvantages: -

...Anthony J. Saldarini is a professor in the department of theology at Boston College. A prolific author, he is also an interesting and engaging speaker. I had the privilege of attending one of his lectures at a Biblical Archaeology Society seminar in Florida a few years ago (in conjunction with the AAR/SBL convention), and since have done my best to follow all of his writing. It is as interesting, accessible, scholarly and thorough as was his presentation. This volume, 'Pharisees, Scribes and Sadducees in Palestinian Society: A Sociological Approach', is actually a re-issue from 1988. The first edition had considerable impact in the field, and this reissue makes that work generally accessible and affordable for the 'average' reader (and poor, struggling student!) interested in Scroll scholarship. James VanderKam, another noted scholar... Read review

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Advantages: PRICE - SPECIFICATION
Disadvantages: CUSTOMER SERVICE

...gives the impression that a single 2048MB chip would be fitted. The CD / DVD writer is specified as a 'Light scribe' unit in the order. The one supplied did not support this feature. The standard features quotation states that the CD\DVD drives are all of a matched brand. To me this means they are all produced by the same manufacturer. In the PC I have received one drive is made by Sony and the other by Liteon! The standard features quotation states that 'Nero CD/DVD creator' software is supplied with all DVD writers. This was not included with the PC I received. The standard features quotation also states that each PC is fitted with a parallel port as standard. Mine didn't have one of these either. After discovering the above problems I spoke to PC specialist who promised to send me a parallel port card and a replacement DVD drive... Read review

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Advantages: -
Disadvantages: -

...them congratulate your vision and the policy you impose Let your orators voice and choir fill the morning air to drown out the sounds of discontent with sound bites light and fair let minstrels stike our funeral march play it in an upbeat key to mask the mourning of the masses for the way it ought to be If everytime we tell a lie a little fairy dies they must be building death camps in the garden Let your scribes and your biographers pen your every waking thought and record with cold precission every diatribe and retort let the ink upon the pages translate your wish to our command inflict your will upon the people the length and breadth of every land Lies,damned lies and statistics keep us firmly in our place in a game of art and illusion we`re losing the human race the blues and reds of government have left us all marooned propaganda... Read review

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Advantages: Very fast and efficient, easy setup
Disadvantages: 160 Gb not enough i feel

...This is an excellent all-round computer that can be used for more than just business use. This is because its equipped with the latest Intel Core 2 Duo laptop processor that allows you to carry out your tasks quickly and efficiently. The 160 GB hard drive is a handy aid in achieving this and i would personally require more as i have a lot of games and songs to store, but then thats what a portable hard drive is for! Look and feel The 15.4 inch screen comes in two different styles, the anti-glare or HP Brightview displays. BrightView improves the brightness, contrast and clarity of your notebook's screen. The notebook itself is a stylish black machine that weighs only 2.49 kg to make it operate effectively as a wireless machine. The optional DVD+/-RW SuperMulti DL LightScribe drive makes your storage media stand-out with custom... Read review

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Advantages: See op
Disadvantages: See op

...Have read quite a few poems here on Ciao, and some of them have been truly excellent. These ones, aren't. I had to go Home Needed a Break Could this be the End Was this my F8? Then I felt my Caps Lock No Control, couldn't walk No chance of Escape I was just a keyboard. ************************************************************ There's this guy who sits in the subway I see him when I walk to work He's dressed in rotten old clothes His hands covered in dirt. Sometimes he looks up at me I guess with a solemn frown To be honest I really don't know You see, I never look down. If I look at him, I'll see him And whilst this may sound strange I really don't want to say "No" When he begs for a little spare change. So hurriedly I pass him by Pretend that he's not there Soon I'll be out of that subway Back into the light, fresh air... Read review

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Advantages: Reliable, well built, works easily.
Disadvantages: Not a speed demon

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Advantages: Great casting and direction. Involving story.
Disadvantages: It won't win over any Cage haters.

...Director: Ridley Scott Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman Story: Con-artists Roy and Frank regularly cheat the ‘old, fat and lonely’ out of their life savings, while awaiting the day they can cash in the score of a lifetime. Only problem is that Roy is an obsessive-compulsive who can’t face the outside world without medication and has also just discovered that he has a 14 year old daughter... Co-written by Oceans Eleven Scribe Ted Griffin, Matchstick Men could’ve easily been just another heist movie. It certainly retains the dynamics: the big score, the sharp dialogue, the swinging soundtrack etc. However MM has its own tricks up its sleeve. Director Ridley Scott has moulded deep... Read review

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Advantages: I write Occult Fiction
Disadvantages: not for the feint of heart ;)

...granted Care with Fear. This lamp of love is too graceful, Too strong. The seals of our deserves this pen scribes I writhe, Writhing in contempt But still I would repent, Turn away, For this care be now my guide. In lay I put care, solidarity of safe judges. In lay I put care, all pain of this earth. In lay I put care, null the pain which I buy And take me to where I need to be, Bathe me in the work of a longing sea, Take me now, Come forsake me? Chained to life by angel women, shine! Of the light which shall purify Trust, afraid to see you run, The sixth seal is Greed in Lust A magik coming in thrusts Divine! 3. The fifth seal's porpoise is to be a dolphin. In lay I put care, Creation in numb fibres. In lay I put care, The cross of wisest sages. In lay I put care, Sacrilege senses And should my pureness become me... Read review

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