http://www.filemb.net A place for everything. Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:21:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Water Wars: Bottling Up the Worlds Supply of H20 In Water Wars, Joshua Ortega discusses the issue of bottled water usage as having a negative impact on the consumer, environment and economy. The consumer would be affected because bottled water is often far less sanitary than tap water. Plastic used to ... http://www.filemb.net/2009/02/water-wars-bottling-up-the-worlds-supply-of-h20/ The article Shipping Green considers the issue of international shipping of goods as it relates to Co2 emissions and the environment. The article argues that the primary reason that global supply chains are so popular is because fuel used for international shipping is untaxed. The idea behind global supply chains ... http://www.filemb.net/2009/02/shipping-green/ Pursuing happiness is what every person in this world works towards. The article Wealth and Happiness attempts to identify some of the elements of society that are linked to the overall levels of happiness in that society. The article explains that the traditional assumption is that wealth correlates directly with ... http://www.filemb.net/2008/12/wealth-vs-happiness/ Children of Men: A complex story told through simple editing Alfonso Cuaron’s film Children of Men utilizes an unusual editing style to immerse the viewer in the world of the film and create a sense of reality that would ordinarily not exist in a traditional Hollywood movie. Long takes, and more ... http://www.filemb.net/2008/12/children-of-men-2006-editing-technique-analysis/ Memento: A story dependant on plot Through careful organization of story elements, the film Memento successfully helps the viewer to connect and sympathize with the main character, Leonard, who is suffering from an unusual memory condition that the viewer would not ordinarily be able to relate with. By seeing the story ... http://www.filemb.net/2008/10/memento-2000-plot-structure-analysis/ Thanks to an official patch from Blizzard, it is now possible to play Starcraft and Warcraft III without a CD!  To play Warcraft III without a CD all you need to do is connect to battle.net and download the latest patch file. After that's finished you will no longer need the ... http://www.filemb.net/2008/06/play-starcraft-or-warcraft-3-without-a-cd/ If you've heard of stamps.com then chances are that you've also heard of their great risk free trial that includes a bit of free postage, shipping supplies, and a $50 scale. So is it actually free? Yes, but there's a sneaky catch... Two months ago I signed up for a ... http://www.filemb.net/2008/05/stampscom-free-trial-is-it-worth-it/   This essay was written by Ben Cole. Martin Luther and his 95 theses generated enormous controversy during the time of the Reformation. His idea of salvation through faith was vastly different from the view of the Catholic Church which started a great deal of dispute which would eventually become the cause ... http://www.filemb.net/2007/12/martin-luthers-95-theses/ So you're typing in a word document and everything you type seems to run right over the text in front of it -- that is, instead of inserting more letters like you're used to the computer erases an existing letter for every new letter you type. This is called "Overtype" ... http://www.filemb.net/2007/11/disable-typing-over-text-in-front-of-the-cursor/ I came across an interesting article today -- apparently it's possible to recover data from a dead hard drive by freezing it.  The article explains that the process of freezing the hard drive causes the metal to shrink and be able to function for a short period of time.  The ... http://www.filemb.net/2007/11/recover-hard-drive-data-by-freezing/