ELEMENTARY MY DEAR FREUD!
Review of Mortal Mischief - Frank Tallis by
Mauri
Advantages: Good Story, good characters
Disadvantages: Slightly over elaborate descriptions in places
...is a young doctor practising the new science of psychotherapy and is a follower and acquaintance of another contemporary Viennese scientist Sigmund Freud. Lieberman can bring his attention to detail; his logical thought process and his ability to interpret people through their actions and subconscious signals to bear on the case. However despite Liebermann's help the case becomes even more troublesome when another even more brutal murder is committed fuelling popular belief that a demon is at work in the city. Under pressure from the authorities Rheinhardt and Liebermann must crack the case before more deaths ensue.
In many ways this is a routine if enjoyable 'locked room' murder mystery but what makes this stand out from the average is Frank Tallis' evocative recreation of 1900s Vienna and the use of the new science of psychoanalysis practiced...
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18.04.2007
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Cheaper than online dating …
Review of Tally Colour Laser 8008 by
Plymyphil
Advantages: Attractive, quiet, very fast
Disadvantages: Expensive, unreliable, ridiculous pricing structure for consumables that fail
...The Tally 8008 looks stunning. It stands proud in the corner of our ICT Suite offering visitors a tangible sensation of cutting edge reprographics. The best way to admire the machine however is on 'standby' for when you begin to demand of it the Tally 8008 provides a fantastic advert for other printing companies. Fortunately, the Tally came with a five year on site warranty, hence my lead for this review; "Cheaper than online dating …". Our administrator has seen more of the Tally engineer in the last five years than she has of her own husband. Tally field services is stored on the phone's of most of those with the authority to initiate a field call.
So, what makes this machine so unreliable? I wish I knew. As a school potentially we do give the machine heavy use but then it is sold as a workgroup printer and consequently we should...
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07.03.2006
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Great quality - great price
Review of Tally Colour Laser T8006e by
Plymyphil
Advantages: Purchase price, total cost of ownership, quality
Disadvantages: Paper jams
...Thanks in advance for reading this review of the Tally 8006e colour laser printer.
This is the first colour laser printer I have had to use regularly and without spoiling my overview that I will put at the end of the review, I am seriously impressed. The quality is superb and the value for money I believe to be good also.
We purchased our Tally 8006e to replace a Hewlett Packard networked inkjet printer (2500) that was proving unreliable on the network and expensive in ink. A little research showed that the cost per page jumps down quite significantly when using a colour laser printer. To help you fully appreciate this printer I will break down the individual elements that may be of use when purchasing.
COSTS
This printer cost us £649.99. This for a colour laser printer puts it firmly at the budget end of the market...
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08.12.2003
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Ug and Lug go to school
Review of Weird facts - Daft Stories by
tagheur
Advantages: ??
Disadvantages: ??
...The last time we met Ug and Lug, they had just figured out that it might be a good idea to swap furs with the tribe in the next valley in exchange for a few extra spears. Of course now, Ug wants to keep track of just how many spears you get for a fur....
The very simplest form of counting is to make a mark on some surface. In Ug and Lug's time, if you wanted to represent 5 then you made 5 separate marks. The earliest known examples occur on so-called "tally sticks". These are bones found in Africa dating back some 37,000 years. They have 29 orderly notches on them which most probably represent the number of days in a moon cycle, a readily observable occurrence.
The problem with counting with marks is that you can't handle big numbers very well. Imagine representing one thousand. Somewhere along the line, ancient man came up...
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09.10.2002
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Tally Ho
Review of Fox Hunting by
CareBear
Advantages: control of the fox population
Disadvantages: a sensitive, immotive subject that is open to abuse
...for hunting runs from November to March and hunts outside of this time are banned. The huntsman leads the pack off by sounding his horn and the pack then search for the scent of a fox. This is unpredictable and some would say adds to the excitement and unpredictability. Once the scent is picked up the hunt will go in pursuit and the chase will go on until the fox is killed or goes to ground. Digging out of foxes is only allowed with the express permission of the land owner. The pack of dogs will then be re-cast and the process begins again.
Hunting is not the sole preserve of the British. In fact, one can find evidence in support of the fact that the sport came from France and indeed much of the language common to the sport shows French roots (for example “Tally ho!” is thought to be a corruption of the French word “taiaut...
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27.02.2002
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Share internet connection and files easily
Review of Belkin Cable/DSL Gateway Router router by
Maniac1701d
Advantages: Easy to set up, looks after itself.
Disadvantages: Erm...
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With the router, to use the internet you do not need a dedicated server machine. To share files you do unless you don't mind waiting for the other machines to be booted by their users.
You can share printers and other peripherals using this as well to make home networking much easier.
It has a built in firewall to protect your network from intrusions and attacks which is an added bonus.
Now for the technical bits....
Standards:
IEEE 802.3 10Base-T Ethernet (WAN)
IEE 502.3u 100Base-T Fast
Ethernet (LAN)
IEEE 802.3x Flow Control
IEEE 802.1p Prioerity Queue
ANSI/IEEE 802.3 NWay auto-negotiation.
Protocol Supported:
CSMA/CD, TCP, IP, UDP, PPPoE and DHCP (Client and Server)
VPN Support:
PPTP, IPSec pass-through
Managemement is through browser
Maximum number of users is 253
Ports:
4 x 10/1000Base-T autosensing and auto...
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11.09.2005
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Tic Tac To-tally Boring!
Review of Connect Four by
esther4kids
Advantages: Easy to play
Disadvantages: minimally entertaining, small pieces
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21.06.2000
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Tally Ho
Review of Combat Flight Simulator (PC) by
HeyWhat
Advantages: Free to play online
Disadvantages: some lag if played on the zone
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14.07.2000
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Tally Ho
Review of Combat Flight Simulator (PC) by
dannyd
Advantages: Gameplay totally imerses you
Disadvantages: Single missions are poor
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17.02.2001
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Thai-tally Sensational
Review of Walkers Sensations - Thai Sweet Chilli by
katie0
Advantages: Delicious and tasty
Disadvantages: Bags are too small
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16.02.2005
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