Epinions Recent Reviews for charlesmao

NAEL Overview

Tue, 8 May 2001 00:08:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - The Norton Anthology of English Literature (NAEL) is well composed to serve its purpose to create, as its intended, a guided sampling for beginners to English literature. The NAEL is divided into two volumes, both with almost complete emphasis on poetry;...

101 Years Ago

Fri, 12 May 2000 15:49:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - In the 1890’s, amidst the infancy of various equality movements challenging a senile Victorian tradition, Kate Chopin specifically attacks the gender inequality hardship of women via her novel, The Awakening.

Chopin employs direct statements...

Deceivingly Mimetic

Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:01:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - Pulp Fiction has a cult-like following for one reason;

Comedy and Violence juxtaposition.

The production is masterminded by Quentin Tarantino. The characters supremely acted to create a humorous title within a deadly context; gangster...

Microsoft Windows NT: WorkHorse NT

Fri, 7 Apr 2000 15:04:28 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - Windows NT 4.0 SP6 is the latest iteration of WinNT, perhaps the last before WinNT 64 sets in, or maybe not. The future outlook of NT remains skeptical, the distant past was skeptical, though its present is stable?

On the upper end, flavors of...

Blue Steel

Mon, 27 Mar 2000 16:29:52 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - The technical terms offer the simple spec of 2.4 GHZ... So on and so on.

The reality is simple.

People who buys this phone goes for its looks.

The sleeky LCD. The flashy-lighted buttons. The industrial-designed curved body, for...

Avid Sumatra: Softimage|XSI

Sat, 18 Mar 2000 21:25:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - That's it, its called XSI.

After the debut of Softimage|Creative Environment over ten years ago, Softimage is on the right path again. A true animator's tool.

Non-Linear Animation (just visit www.softimage.com to see the animation...

AIR | FACTOR

Fri, 4 Feb 2000 23:31:15 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - Sennheiser is a respected company for making Professional Audio Products. From Shotgun Microphone to Wireless Headphone, the HD 600 fits right in the middle; Sennheiser is the expert in this field.

The headphone is about $350 and its not...

Itanium, Sledgehammer, the Skinny

Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:45:41 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - ITANIUM

Itanium is Merced, 64-Bit, EPIC (parellel processing, higher amount of data processed per cycle).

Its for Servers and Workstations. Xeon was just a precursor to Itanium in an economical sense.

On the hardware side, the...

Creative Labs 3D Blaster Annihilator: GeForce2 - Spring Refresh

Mon, 31 Jan 2000 18:25:21 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - The time for GeForce2 to debut is approaching. The improvements are consist of the following.

-64MB of RAM (DDR/SDRAM versions possibly)

-160MHZ GPU vs. 120MHZ of GeForce

-2x Texturing pipeline (No perf. loss on displaying 2...

Avid Softimage 3D: Softimage | Sumatra | Decision

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:24:49 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - What is the future of Softimage?

Sumatra.

What is it?

Its the New Paradigm of 3D Animation/Matter/Modeling.

Its SI's answer to Maya and Houdini.

How is it different?

Non-Linear Animation (e.g. deformational...

z50, Now a $250 STEAL?

Thu, 27 Jan 2000 20:04:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author charlesmao - IBM's ThinkPad is a prestigious name in the fierce and often expensive Notebook market. PDAs are completely different animals. They are small, compact, and most of all, cheap.

IBM z50 WorkPad are not CHEAP! At least initially. It retails...