Discovery Channel Essays

  • Comparison Of Bellevue: Inside Out And City Of The Sick

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    Bellevue: Inside Out directed by Maryann Deleo and City of the Sick directed by (unknown) both display the “realities” within a mental health institution (one more than the other). However, one of the documentaries display less of the realities in such way that it seems more of an advertisement rather than an informational video. The other documentary, on the other hand, explicitly shows the patients and their struggles within the mental health institution. However, both documentaries may provide

  • A Day In The Life Of A Gnome

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    handily carried it around in her turban. She naturally invited him in for dinner where they ate lots of mosquitoes. After dinner, they watched a cheap imitation of television. They used a big box to put different animals in and called it the Discovery channel. By the end of the day Knob was getting a little weary, so he decided to return home. When he returned form Gnollie his pet snark was there to welocme him home. He welcomed his snark back by feeding it fisheyes or to us humans dog biscuits

  • An Explanation Of Mythbusters

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    This “Mythbusters” episode begins by stating the first myth the team will pursue. It is said to be extraordinarily controversial. You are able to find thousands of pages on the World Wide Web and their personal Mythbusters Discovery fan page. The myth is: If a plane was placed on a conveyor belt, both going the same speed in opposite directions, will the plane be able to takeoff? Majority believe that the plane will stay stationary, but this myth was never tested until the “Mythbusters” crew decided

  • The Power of Ping-Pong Balls

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    mindless searches via the internet and some procrastination, to which I found myself to be in front of the television. While I knew I should be looking for a suitable question, I still sat there watching on. I happened to be flipping through the channels when a commercial for the Mythbusters brought about the question if one can raise a sunken vessel with ping-pong balls, to which I thought, “Why would anyone want to use ping-pong balls to raise a- hey, that could be my question!” It was so hilariously

  • Entertainment Is Not Evil

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    Entertainment holds the attention and interest of an audience; it gives pleasure and delight, it lets people forget about any problems in their lives. Entertainment was specifically designed for the purpose of keeping an audience's attention. Long ago people started with: art, music, wall paintings, and stories. Entertainment has been around for far too long to hold the capacity to ruin such a concept as a society. It at times may portray itself as necessities for life .People thrive upon the happiness

  • The Discovery of Paralititan Stomeri - A Giant Sauropod

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    The Discovery of Paralititan Stomeri - A Giant Sauropod In the scientific article “A giant sauropod dinosaur from an upper Cretaceous mangrove deposit in Egypt,” by Joshua Smith, Matthew Lamanna, Kenneth Lacovara, and Peter Dodson it is indicated that a giant sauropod named Paralititan Stomeri was discovered in a desert area in western Egypt in 2001. The skeleton was dated back to ninety to one hundred million years ago, which is the late Cretaceous period. Paralititan is a sauropod, which is

  • Discovery of the Dinosaur with the Fossilized Heart

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    Discovery of the Dinosaur with the Fossilized Heart Dinosaur fossils are one of the few ways in which scientists can study the history of life on earth millions of years ago. Each new discovery is unique in its own way and provides valuable information about the past. No two finds are exactly identical; therefore, when dinosaur remains are uncovered, the possibility and excitement of new information or even a new species exists. Until the year 2000, no dinosaur has ever been found with a

  • Dell's Successful Use of the Internet as a Selling Channel

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    Dell's Successful Use of the Internet as a Selling Channel Dell are currently the worlds number one PC supplier, a position in the market they took from Compaq in April 2001. In short, the company’s success story is mainly down to their innovative direct business model, which pays particular attention to the selling process where Dell completely bypasses all intermediaries and/or middlemen. This is because Michael Dell believed they add little if no value to the end product, instead just gaining

  • Company Watch - BSkyB

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    introduced satellite television to the UK with four channels. By 1990 sky reached one million homes and merged with British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) to form BSkyB. In 1991 Sky and BSB streamline their channels into five separate channels. Between 1992 and 1993 BSkyB secures exclusive rights to live FA Premier League football coverage and Sky Multi-Channels launch with a package of 14 channels at basic subscription level. In 1994 five more channels are introduced and Sky announces £13 million

  • Bullet Busters

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    then called the cable company to complain and were subsequently taken to court for cable theft. The "Bullet" works by ordering the computer processor within the cable box to lock-up if it is authorized for all channels. Since pirate chips installed in a cable box would authorize all channels, the TV "goes black". HOW THE CABLE COMPANIES CATCH PIRATES There are several methods; here are some of the more popular. The first method is somewhat costly to the cable company, and is used usually only when

  • The Impact Of ICT On My Life

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    My Personal Use Of ICT At Home ------------------------------ Digital TV ========== At home I have ntl digital, I use this for my personal use when I am at home I use it for watching the TV channels that I enjoy watching, which include trouble music channels and the basic channels 1,2,3,4,5. First, digital will offer advanced teletext services and programme guides. You choose the page and it appears, this is really good because if there isn't any thing on the TV you can send an

  • Structure Of The Lost Honour O

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    has to be done e.g. the rerouting of the channels since there is something the reader has to know that happened before and the story or the channel cannot continue on it's current path. In the end, the metaphor is used very effectively and the reader can see why it was necessary to think of all the information as just one puddle getting bigger and bigger. Of course the narrator makes it very clear that he does not want blood flowing through these channels since the blood as nothing to do with big

  • Too Much Information?

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    some people question whether the problem really is one of overload. One source of the problem is actually the multiplicity of communication channels. Unlike earlier eras, such as when printing presses replaced manuscript copying, new technologies are not replacing older ones but are adding to the host of media choices (Davidson 1996). With these multiple channels the information flow is now simultaneous and multidirectional. However, most traditional information management practices are too linear and

  • Hacking satellite cards

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    ability to unlock all of the channels, based on the saying "All for one, and One for all!" from the "3 Musketeers," (which came from the old days of hacking cable boxes where all channels were viewable through one channel). Anyway, "3M" now is just a generic term for a card that has all channels open and no stealth or write protection. In stealth scripts, the "3M" code refers to the actual part of the code that enables the video.All scripts that open all of the channels are 3M's, however most people

  • The Invention and Evolution of Television

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    the early ‘40s. Like every invention the Television’s popularity started off slow. At the end of World War Two about 8,000 households owned a television. At this point in time televisions were all black and white, small, and had no more than a few channels to choose from. The programming consisted of entertainment and there was little focus on news. One of the main reasons for this was that with the technology they were not able to broadcast up to date news programs. In 1962 Telstar was launched

  • Blue's Clues Analysis

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    Created in 1996, Blue’s Clues told the story of a puppy named Blue and her owner Steve as they explored the world around them. Done completely in computer animation, aside from the live-action host, Blue’s Clues ran for 8 years before a puppet-based sequel was created (IMDB). Designed for Nickelodeon’s preschool block, Nick Jr., the show aimed to change the way young children watched and learned from television. Each 30 minute long episode followed the same general formula. The show would open with

  • The Pros and Cons of Television

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    rectangular box on my wall that is going to project its beautiful florescent light. When I sit on my couch and watch television I become consumed in all the ridiculous nonsense, propaganda, infomercials, and sounds which differ each time I click the channel button on my remote control. I become so engulfed in the television that I am in a zombie like state and totally negligent to what is happening in my surrounding environment. By watching television you are able to obtain ample amounts of valuable

  • Conduit Metaphor

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    aspect of conduit metaphor that is discussed includes communication on the World Wide Web. Conduit metaphor is a metaphor that describes communication between two mediums. Conduit metaphor proposes that ideas are objects and are transferred via a channel. Although it has its own limitations, it is very important in our society, today. Let us begin by discussing how conduit metaphor's discoverer, Michael Reddy, defined it. According to Reddy "our major metaphor for communication can be derived from

  • Robert Mondavi Corporation

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    7. “Open markets” 6. RECOMMENDATIONS…………………………….…………….24-27 6.1. Positive cash flows 6.2. Backward integration 6.3. Expanding to new geographic areas 6.4. Exploring new channels 6.5. Openings to extend quality and image to niche market 6.6. Further mix channels of export strategies 6.7. Clever advertising 7. CONCLUSION………………………………………………………...28 8. LIST OF REFERENCES…………………………………………..…28 1.

  • Alicia Zakon’s Poem, Remote Control

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    poem. Zakon uses symbols to question a woman why she lets her boyfriend, or possibly husband, treat her the way he does. Zakon asks why she lets him control her, ultimately stating he has the remote control to her life. She says that he "Change your channels because he can't stand your show", meaning he tells her how to act when he does not like her attitude. The line "Hypnotize you until the screen turns blue", representing the man putting the woman into a trance so to speak, so she says exactly what