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2061: Odyssey Threeby Arthur C. ClarkeISBN 0246133236 (0-246-13323-6)
Hardcover, Grafton Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '2061: Odyssey Three'Book summary:Arthur C. Clark, creator of one of the world's best-loved science fiction tales, revisits the most famous future ever imagined in this NEW YORK TIMES bestseller, as two expeditions into space become inextricably tangled. Heywood Floyd, survivor of two previous encounters with the mysterious monloiths, must again confront Dave Bowman, HAL, and an alien race that has decided that Mankind is to play a part in the evolution of the galaxy whether it wishes to or not. [via]
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Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0: A Visual Introduction to Digital Imagingby Philip AndrewsISBN 0240519183 (0-240-51918-3)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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Advanced Photoshop Elements for Digital Photographyby Philip AndrewsISBN 024051940X (0-240-51940-X)
Softcover, Focal Pr
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Algorithm Animationby Marc Tolon BrownISBN 0262022788 (0-262-02278-8)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Modelsby Martin FowlerISBN 0201895420 (0-201-89542-0)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models'Book summary:Patterns are higher-order designs that can be reused across projects and types of computer systems. Analysis Patterns: Reusable Object Models defines over 70 patterns, beginning with some from the business world, such as the Party and Accountability patterns, which define the players in organizations and whom they report to. Many of the other patterns are drawn from the health care industry and mainly show patterns of doctor-patient interactions.
The patterns for financial markets will probably be accessible for the majority of readers. Author Martin Fowler defines a Transaction pattern (and related patterns) as well as several patterns for the Accounting of Objects. He moves on to modeling stock markets with Portfolio, Quote, and Scenario patterns, which define how a price for a stock is determined for a given moment. Interestingly, he establishes patterns for Forward Contracts (for derivatives) as well as Options, and so takes on a complicated area in today's financial markets.
Fowler's considerable design experience in these fields is beneficial, as he is able to define each pattern in both text and software engineering diagrams. Only rarely does the author provide implementations of these designs and those that are furnished are done in Smalltalk, which makes this book more suitable for those who have experience in object design. [via]
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The Art Of Computer Programming, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer For The New Millenniumby Not AvailableISBN 0201853922 (0-201-85392-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art Of Computer Programming, Fascicle 1: MMIX -- A RISC Computer For The New Millennium'Book summary:Finally, after a wait of more than thirty-five years, the first part of Volume 4 is at last ready for publication. Check out the boxed set that brings together Volumes 1 - 4A in one elegant case, and offers the purchaser a $50 discount off the price of buying the four volumes individually.
The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-4A Boxed Set, 3/e
ISBN: 0321751043
Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Fascicle 1, The: MMIX -- A RISC Computer for the New Millennium
This multivolume work on the analysis of algorithms has long been recognized as the definitive description of classical computer science. The three complete volumes published to date already comprise a unique and invaluable resource in programming theory and practice. Countless readers have spoken about the profound personal influence of Knuth's writings. Scientists have marveled at the beauty and elegance of his analysis, while practicing programmers have successfully applied his "cookbook" solutions to their day-to-day problems. All have admired Knuth for the breadth, clarity, accuracy, and good humor found in his books.
To begin the fourth and later volumes of the set, and to update parts of the existing three, Knuth has created a series of small books called fascicles, which will be published t regular intervals. Each fascicle will encompass a section or more of wholly new or evised material. Ultimately, the content of these fascicles will be rolled up into the comprehensive, final versions of each volume, and the enormous undertaking that began in 1962 will be complete.
Volume 1, Fascicle 1This first fascicle updates The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 1, Third Edition: Fundamental Algorithms, and ultimately will become part of the fourth edition of that book. Specifically, it provides a programmer's introduction to the long-awaited MMIX, a RISC-based computer that replaces the original MIX, and describes the MMIX assembly language. The fascicle also presents new material on subroutines, coroutines, and interpretive routines.
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Artificial Intelligence: The Very Ideaby John HaugelandISBN 0262081539 (0-262-08153-9)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Beyond the Little Mac Bookby Robin Williams, Steve BrobackISBN 0201886669 (0-201-88666-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Bomb and the Computerby Andrew WilsonISBN 0214667278 (0-214-66727-8)
Hardcover, Barrie & Rockliff, Cresset P.
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C Programming Faqs: Frequently Asked Questionsby Steve SummitISBN 0201845199 (0-201-84519-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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C# Web Development for Asp. Netby Jose MojicaISBN 0201882604 (0-201-88260-4)
Softcover, Peachpit Press
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Casting Your Net: A Student's Guide to Research on the Internetby H. Eric BranscombISBN 0205322727 (0-205-32272-7)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Chatby Nan McCarthyISBN 0201886685 (0-201-88668-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chat'Book summary:CHAT is the story of two people who "meet" online while cruising one of the world's largest online information services. Bev, a tough-minded book editor who has been logging online for several years, cautiously begins corresponding with Maximilian, a flamboyant and restless copywriter who strikes up a conversation with her after seeing her messages in the Writer's Forum. Bev and Max's relationship gradually becomes more intense as the story unfolds entirely through their email messages to one another.This book will appeal to Internet veterans who may have developed their own "virtual relationships," as well as to the millions of people who are fascinated by the goings-on in the world's new online community, but who haven't yet experienced it themselves. CHAT offers readers the irresistable opportunity to eavesdrop on Bev and Max's increasingly intriguing conversations as she becomes less inhibited and he grows more and more facinated by her. [via]
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Cocoa Recipes for Mac OS Xby Bill CheesemanISBN 0201878011 (0-201-87801-1)
Softcover, Peachpit Press
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Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communitiesby Amy Jo KimISBN 0201874849 (0-201-87484-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Community Building on the Web: Secret Strategies for Successful Online Communities'Book summary:There's been a marked shift in the philosophy of developing successful Web sites. The technologies (HTML, JavaScript, JavaServer Pages) no longer occupy center stage. Rather, functional objectives and the communities that grow up around them seem to be the main ingredient in Web site success. In her carefully reasoned and well-written Community Building on the Web, Amy Jo Kim explains why communities form and grow. More importantly, she shows (with references to many examples) how you can make your site a catalyst for community growth--and profit in the process. From marketing schemes like Amazon.com's Associates program to The Motley Fool's system of rating members' bulletin-board postings, this book covers all the popular strategies for bringing people in and retaining them.
Nine core strategies form the foundation of Kim's recommendations for site builders, serving as the organizational backbone of this book. The strategies generally make sense, and they seem to apply to all kinds of communities, cyber and otherwise. (One advocates the establishment of regular events around which community life can organize itself.) Some parts of Kim's message may seem like common sense, but such a coherent discussion of what defines a community and how it can be made to thrive is still helpful.
Read this book to help crystallize your thinking about community building, and to review strategies that work for real sites already. --David Wall
Topics covered: Strategies for designing Web sites around the needs of particular groups of people, attracting those people to your site, and motivating them to return frequently. Community identification, member profiling, community leadership, and organization (of information, time, and relationships) all receive ample coverage. [via]
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Computer Age: A Twenty Year Viewby Joel Moses, Michael L. DertouzosISBN 0262040557 (0-262-04055-7)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas in Computingby Tom Forester, Perry MorrisonISBN 0262061643 (0-262-06164-3)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Computers and Information Systems 1994 1995by HutchinsonISBN 0256145954 (0-256-14595-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Computers in Business Managementby O'BrienISBN 0256032114 (0-256-03211-4)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill
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Computers in the Human Context: Information Technology, Productivity, and Peopleby Tom ForesterISBN 0262061244 (0-262-06124-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Cyberspace Textuality: Computer Technology and Literary Theoryby Marie-Laure RyanISBN 0253212421 (0-253-21242-1)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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Data Models: A Semantic Approach for Database Systemsby Sheldon A. BorkinISBN 026202151X (0-262-02151-X)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Design Rules: The Power of Modularityby Kim B. Clark, Carliss Y. BaldwinISBN 0262024667 (0-262-02466-7)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Digital Librariesby William Y. ArmsISBN 0262011808 (0-262-01180-8)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Digital Mantras: The Languages of Abstract and Virtual Worldsby Steven R. HoltzmanISBN 0262082284 (0-262-08228-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Discrete Mathematicsby Washburn, Thomas Marlowe, Charles T. RyanISBN 0201883368 (0-201-88336-8)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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Dreamweaver Mx: For Windows and Macintoshby J. Tarin TowersISBN 0201844451 (0-201-84445-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Economics of Computersby William F. SharpeISBN 0231032668 (0-231-03266-8)
Hardcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Artsby Richard A. LanhamISBN 0226468852 (0-226-46885-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts'Book summary:The personal computer has revolutionized communication, and digitized text has introduced a radically new medium of expression. Interactive, volatile, mixing word and image, the electronic word challenges our assumptions about the shape of culture itself.[via]
This highly acclaimed collection of Richard Lanham's witty, provocative, and engaging essays surveys the effects of electronic text on the arts and letters. Lanham explores how electronic text fulfills the expressive agenda of twentieth-century visual art and music, revolutionizes the curriculum, democratizes the instruments of art, and poses anew the cultural accountability of humanism itself.
Persuading us with uncommon grace and power that the move from book to screen gives cause for optimism, not despair, Lanham proclaims that "electronic expression has come not to destroy the Western arts but to fulfill them."
The Electronic Word is also available as a Chicago Expanded Book for your Macintosh®. This hypertext edition allows readers to move freely through the text, marking "pages," annotating passages, searching words and phrases, and immediately accessing annotations, which have been enhanced for this edition. In a special prefatory essay, Lanham introduces the features of this electronic edition and gives a vividly applied critique of this dynamic new edition.More editions of The Electronic Word: Democracy, Technology, and the Arts:
The End of Patience: Cautionary Notes on the Information Revolutionby David ShenkISBN 0253336341 (0-253-33634-1)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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A Few Good Men from Univacby David E. LundstromISBN 0262121204 (0-262-12120-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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The Focal Easy Guide To Flash MX 2004: For New Users And Professionalsby Birgitta HoseaISBN 0240519590 (0-240-51959-0)
Softcover, Elsevier Science Ltd
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Foundations of Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems, and Knowledge Engineeringby Nikola K. KasabovISBN 0262112124 (0-262-11212-4)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Freehand 5.5 for Macintosh: Visual Quickstart Guideby Sandee CohenISBN 020188447X (0-201-88447-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Future of Softwareby Derek LeebaertISBN 0262121840 (0-262-12184-0)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Genetic Programming II : Automatic Discovery of Reusable Programsby John R. KozaISBN 0262111896 (0-262-11189-6)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Genetic Programming: On the Programming of Computers by Means of Natural Selectionby John R. KozaISBN 0262111705 (0-262-11170-5)
Hardcover, Bradford Books
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Graphics for Engineers: Autocad Release 13by James H. EarleISBN 0201846012 (0-201-84601-2)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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A Guide to the SQL Standard: A User's Guide to the Standard Database Language SQLby C.J. Date, Hugh DarwenISBN 0201964260 (0-201-96426-0)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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History of Programming Languages-IIby History of Programming Languages Conference 1993 Cambridge, Mass.), Thomas J. Bergin, Richard G. GibsonISBN 0201895021 (0-201-89502-1)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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How to Build a Mind: Toward Machines With Imaginationby Igor AleksanderISBN 0231120133 (0-231-12013-3)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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Information Designby Robert E. JacobsonISBN 026210069X (0-262-10069-X)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Information design is the newest of the design disciplines. As a sign of our times, when the crafting of messages and meaning is so central to our lives, information design is not only importantit is essential. Contemporary information designers seek to edify more than to persuade, to exchange more than to foist upon. With ever more powerful technologies of communication, we have learned that the issuer of designed information is as likely as the intended recipient to be changed by it, for better or worse.
The contributors to this book are both cautionary and hopeful as they offer visions of how information design can be practiced diligently and ethically, for the benefit of information consumers as well as producers. They present various methods that seem to work, such as sense-making and way-finding. They make recommendations and serve as guides to a still young but extraordinarily pervasiveand persuasivefield.
Contributors: Elizabeth Andersen, Judy Anderson, Simon Birrell, Mike Cooley, Brenda Dervin, Jim Gasperini, Yvonne M. Hansen, Steve Holtzman, Robert E. Horn, Robert Jacobson, John Krygier, Sheryl Macy, Romedi Passini, Jef Raskin, Chandler Screven, Nathan Shedroff, Hal Thwaites, Roger Whitehouse. [via]More editions of Information Design:
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An Introduction to Data Structuresby John BeidlerISBN 0205077110 (0-205-07711-0)
Hardcover, Allyn and Bacon
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Introduction To Machine Learningby Ethem AlpaydinISBN 0262012111 (0-262-01211-1)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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An Introduction to Neural Networksby James A. AndersonISBN 0262011441 (0-262-01144-1)
Hardcover, Bradford Books
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An Introduction To Object-Oriented Programming With Javaby C. Thomas WuISBN 0256254621 (0-256-25462-1)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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An Introduction to Teaching Composition in an Electronic Environmentby Eric Hoffman, Carol ScheidenhelmISBN 0205297153 (0-205-29715-3)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation And Transform Industriesby Richard Schmalensee, David S. Evans, Andrei HagiuISBN 0262050854 (0-262-05085-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Java Software Solutions for Ap Computer Scienceby John Lewis, William Loftus, Cara CockingISBN 0201882590 (0-201-88259-0)
Hardcover, Pearson
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The Laws of Cool: Knowledge Work and the Culture of Informationby Alan LiuISBN 0226486990 (0-226-48699-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Informationby B. A. HubermanISBN 0262083035 (0-262-08303-5)
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Management Information Systems: Solving Business Problems With Information Technologyby David L. Anderson, Gerald V. PostISBN 0256179565 (0-256-17956-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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The Midi Manual: A Practical Guide to Midi in the Project Studioby David Miles HuberISBN 0240803302 (0-240-80330-2)
Softcover, Focal Pr
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Minimalism Beyond the Nurnberg Funnelby John M. Carroll, Society for Technical CommunicationISBN 026203249X (0-262-03249-X)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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The Mit Guide to Teaching Web Site Designby Edward Barrett, Suzana Lisanti, Deborah A. LevinsonISBN 0262025000 (0-262-02500-0)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Modern Recording Techniquesby Robert E. Runstein, David Miles HuberISBN 0240803086 (0-240-80308-6)
Softcover, Butterworth-Heinemann
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Mooniversity: A Student's Guide to Online Learning Environmentsby Cynthia Haynes, Jan Rune HolmevikISBN 0205271146 (0-205-27114-6)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Paint Shop Pro 8: The Guide to Creating Professional Imagesby Robin NicholsISBN 0240516982 (0-240-51698-2)
Softcover, Focal Pr
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Pattern Languages of Program Design 2by James O. Coplien, John M. Vlissides, Norman L. KerthISBN 0201895277 (0-201-89527-7)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Photoshop 3 Wow! Book: Tips, Tricks, & Techniques for Adobe Photoshop 3by Linnea Dayton, Jack DavisISBN 0201883708 (0-201-88370-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Photoshop 7.0 A to Z: The Essential Visual Reference Guideby Peter BarghISBN 0240519124 (0-240-51912-4)
Softcover, Focal Pr
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Photoshop Cs: Essential Skills A guide to Creative Image Editingby Mark Galer, Philip AndrewsISBN 0240519515 (0-240-51951-5)
Softcover, Focal Pr
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A Practical Guide to Linuxby Mark G. SobellISBN 0201895498 (0-201-89549-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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A Practical Guide to Solarisby Mark G. SobellISBN 020189548X (0-201-89548-X)
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A broad range of topics, from creating passwords and working with files to shell programs, are covered in this thick volume. However, each one is given the same highly effective treatment of illustrative screen shots and commands, which should prevent readers from getting too lost in the OS. There are also warnings and tips about specific functions and utilities, such as the which and whereis that are used to help located commands and files, throughout the chapters.
For greater detail on specific utilities, the book includes a massive section devoted exclusively to the utilities within Solaris. A master list groups them by function, and subsequent discrete sections outline their purpose, the commands needed to use them, and notes on potential pitfalls. Though some may argue that it is impossible to make Unix variants approachable, this text comes about as close as is possible. --Sarah L. Roberts-Witt [via]
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Principles of Data Processing: Concepts, Applications, and Casesby Ralph M. StairISBN 0256024847 (0-256-02484-7)
Hardcover, R.D. Irwin
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Probabilistic Similarity Networksby David HeckermanISBN 0262082063 (0-262-08206-3)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Protocol: How Control Exists After Decentralizationby Alexander R. GallowayISBN 0262072475 (0-262-07247-5)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Psychology and Lifeby Philip G. Zimbardo, Richard J. GerrigISBN 020533511X (0-205-33511-X)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psychology and Life'Book summary:This classic text emphasizes the science of psychology, with a special focus on applying that science to students' daily lives. Psychology and Life continues to provide a rigorous, research-centered survey of the discipline while offering students special features and learning aids that will spark their interest and excite their imaginations. The seventeenth edition, which has been thoroughly updated to reflect the latest cutting-edge research, features a beautiful new design and an updated art program. Psychology and Life is now the sole, premiere text accompanying the Discovering Psychology Telecourse Series. A telecourse faculty guide and student guide to accompany the text are available through Allyn & Bacon [via]
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Public Access to the Internetby Brian Kahin, Harvard Information Infrastructure Project, James KellerISBN 0262112078 (0-262-11207-8)
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Reporting Technical Informationby Elizabeth Tebeaux, Thomas E. Pearsall, Kenneth W. Houp, Janice C. Redish, Sam DraggaISBN 0205272215 (0-205-27221-5)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Reporting Technical Informationby Kenneth W. HoupISBN 020529958X (0-205-29958-X)
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Robot Visionby Berthold K. HornISBN 0262081598 (0-262-08159-8)
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Software Engineeringby Stephen R. SchachISBN 0256129983 (0-256-12998-3)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Software Project Management: Readings and Casesby Chris F. KemererISBN 025618545X (0-256-18545-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Software Reuse: Architecture Process and Organization for Business Successby Ivar Jacobson, Martin Griss, Patrik JonssonISBN 0201924765 (0-201-92476-5)
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Start With a Scan: A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects into High Quality Artby Janet Ashford, John OdamISBN 0201884569 (0-201-88456-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Start With a Scan: A Guide to Transforming Scanned Photos and Objects into High Quality Art'Book summary:The art of mixed media has taken on new meaning in the digital production environment, and the second edition of Start with a Scan guides new artists through the maze of image acquisition, hardware, and software toward the goal of final output. This is not just a book on scanning and creating art, but about the art and science of scanning, editing, and tailoring an image to your needs, too.
Beginning by explaining how scanners work, the different types of scanners that are out there, and why it's important to know how the scanned image will be used, the book quickly digs into the meat and potatoes of editing, altering, tracing, and otherwise changing a scanned image to suit a project.
Arguably the most interesting chapters are "Creating Textures and Backgrounds from Print and Paper" and "Transforming Photos into Graphics." One of the most difficult and time-consuming tasks that a designer faces is finding and creating background elements and graphics. In these two chapters, which probably are worth the cover price alone, Scan explains how to use scanned photos or raw elements (cloth, paper, and so on) to create the element that you need.
Although the book deals with digital tools (e.g., scanners and computers), it hardly could be called a computer graphics book. The goal is teaching how to scan and alter images, and Scan never loses sight of that. The authors deserve a great deal of credit for creating what is an educational and inspirational book on a form of visual art that happens to use computers as tools, instead of a computer book that happens to talk about digital graphics. This is how books of the genre should be written. --Mike Caputo [via]
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Synthetic Worlds - The Business and Culture of Online Gamesby Edward CastronovaISBN 0226096270 (0-226-09627-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Synthetic Worlds: The Business And Culture of Online Games'Book summary:From EverQuest to World of Warcraft, online games have evolved from the exclusive domain of computer geeks into an extraordinarily lucrative staple of the entertainment industry. People of all ages and from all walks of life now spend thousands of hoursand dollarspartaking in this popular new brand of escapism. But the line between fantasy and reality is starting to blur. Players have created virtual societies with governments and economies of their own whose currencies now trade against the dollar on eBay at rates higher than the yen. And the players who inhabit these synthetic worlds are starting to spend more time online than at their day jobs.[via]
In Synthetic Worlds, Edward Castronova offers the first comprehensive look at the online game industry, exploring its implications for business and culture alike. He starts with the players, giving us a revealing look into the everyday lives of the gamersoutlining what they do in their synthetic worlds and why. He then describes the economies inside these worlds to show how they might dramatically affect real world financial systems, from potential disruptions of markets to new business horizons. Ultimately, he explores the long-term social consequences of online games: If players can inhabit worlds that are more alluring and gratifying than reality, then how can the real world ever compete? Will a day ever come when we spend more time in these synthetic worlds than in our own? Or even more startling, will a day ever come when such questions no longer sound alarmist but instead seem obsolete?
With more than ten million active players worldwideand with Microsoft and Sony pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into video game developmentonline games have become too big to ignore. Synthetic Worlds spearheads our efforts to come to terms with this virtual reality and its concrete effects.Illuminating. . . . Castronovas analysis of the economics of fun is intriguing. Virtual-world economies are designed to make the resulting game interesting and enjoyable for their inhabitants. Many games follow a rags-to-riches storyline, for example. But how can all the players end up in the top 10%? Simple: the upwardly mobile human players need only be a subset of the world's population. An underclass of computer-controlled 'bot' citizens, meanwhile, stays poor forever. Mr. Castronova explains all this with clarity, wit, and a merciful lack of academic jargon. The Economist
Synthetic Worlds is a surprisingly profound book about the social, political, and economic issues arising from the emergence of vast multiplayer games on the Internet. What Castronova has realized is that these games, where players contribute considerable labor in exchange for things they value, are not merely like real economies, they are real economies, displaying inflation, fraud, Chinese sweatshops, and some surprising in-game innovations. Tim Harford, Chronicle of Higher EducationMore editions of Synthetic Worlds - The Business and Culture of Online Games:
Systems Analysis and Design Methodsby Jeffrey L. Whitten, Lonnie D. Bentley, Kevin C. DittmanISBN 025623826X (0-256-23826-X)
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TCP/IP Protcolsby Behrouz A. ForouzanISBN 025624166X (0-256-24166-X)
Hardcover, McGraw-Hill Education
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Technobabbleby John A. BarryISBN 0262023334 (0-262-02333-4)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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Transmissionby Hari KunzruISBN 0241142687 (0-241-14268-7)
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Turtle Geometry: The Computer As a Medium for Exploring Mathematicsby Harold AbelsonISBN 0262010631 (0-262-01063-1)
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Unix System Programming: A Programmer's Guide to Software Developmentby Keith Haviland, Ben Salama, Dina GrayISBN 0201877589 (0-201-87758-9)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unix System Programming: A Programmer's Guide to Software Development'Book summary:This is a thoroughly revised edition of the best-selling guide to UNIX software development in C for professional programmers and students. The book focuses on the UNIX system call interface, the programming interface between the UNIX Kernel and applications software running in the UNIX environment. The techniques required by systems programmers are developed in depth, illustrated by a wealth of examples.
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Vehicles, Experiments in Synthetic Psychologyby Valentino BraitenbergISBN 0262022087 (0-262-02208-7)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Styleby David Cope, Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 026203283X (0-262-03283-X)
Hardcover, Mit Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style'Book summary:Virtual Music is about artificial creativity. Focusing on the author's Experiments in Musical Intelligence computer music composing program, the author and a distinguished group of experts discuss many of the issues surrounding the program, including artificial intelligence, music cognition, and aesthetics.
The book is divided into four parts. The first part provides a historical background to Experiments in Musical Intelligence, including examples of historical antecedents, followed by an overview of the program by Douglas Hofstadter. The second part follows the composition of an Experiments in Musical Intelligence work, from the creation of a database to the completion of a new work in the style of Mozart. It includes, in sophisticated lay terms, relatively detailed explanations of how each step in the process contributes to the final composition. The third part consists of perspectives and analyses by Jonathan Berger, Daniel Dennett, Bernard Greenberg, Douglas R. Hofstadter, Steve Larson, and Eleanor Selfridge-Field. The fourth part presents the author's responses to these commentaries, as well as his thoughts on the implications of artificial creativity.
The book (and corresponding Web site) includes an appendix providing extended musical examples referred to and discussed in the book, including composers such as Scarlatti, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Puccini, Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Debussy, Bartók, and others. It is also accompanied by a CD containing performances of the music in the text. [via]More editions of Virtual Music: Computer Synthesis of Musical Style:
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Writing for the World Wide Webby Victor J. VitanzaISBN 0205266932 (0-205-26693-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Writing Software Documentation: A Task-Oriented Approachby Sam Dragga, Thomas T. BarkerISBN 0205195768 (0-205-19576-8)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing Software Documentation: A Task-Oriented Approach'Book summary:More and more technology-based organizations are moving towards having an in-house employee write their user documentation. This book provides readers with a step-by-step strategy to writing and describing technical procedures. Designed to support professionals working on a project, this book includes complete programs for readers to work on and a full set of project tracking forms as well as a broad range of examples, including Windows-style pages and screens and award-winning examples from Technical Communication competitions. This is an ideal reference and learning tool for professionals who are required to write user documentation. Part of the Allyn & Bacon Series in Technical Communication, edited by Sam Dragga (Texas Tech University). [via]
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Writing With a Computerby Donald E. Zimmerman, Michael PalmquistISBN 0205274870 (0-205-27487-0)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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