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How to Build a Business Rules Engine or Using Arcgis 3d Analyst

2009-12-06T03:08:00.000-08:00

How to Build a Business Rules Engine: Extending Application Functionality Through Engineering

Author: Malcolm Chisholm

[shelving code] Data Management/Programming

Business rules engines can make organizations more agile by allowing them to manage diverse sets of operating rules, such as many different contracts for goods and services with different clients. For example, business rules engines can contain interfaces that allow users to define business rules to add specific functionality to software applications in order to take advantage of particular business arrangements. This enables organizations to overcome the barriers of time, money, and reliability that traditional programming approaches present when trying to include variable business situations within information systems. Rules engines can also speed software implementation, provide increased auditability, and ensure engineering compliance. The capacity to understand and manage business rules outside of the "black box" of program code can improve the overall quality of IT infrastructures.

How to Build a Business Rules Engine is the first book to provide a detailed roadmap, with examples, for building a business rules engine. Written from the author"s 12 years of experience building business rules functionality, this book covers the necessary background and concepts, as well as the specific steps needed to build a rules engine. The book describes not only the components that a rules engine must have, but also the organizational issues that may determine its success after it has been built and implemented.

Features
*The only book that demonstrates how to develop a business rules engine. Covers user requirements, data modeling, repository design, metadata engineering, and more.
*Includes conceptual overview chapterssuitable for management-level readers, including general introduction, business justification, and development and implementation considerations.
*A sample application is used throughout the book to illustrate concepts. The code for the sample application is available online at http://www.bizrulesengines.com.

About the Author
Malcolm Chisholm holds an M.A. from the University of Oxford, and a Ph.D. from the University of Bristol. He has over 20 years of experience in information technology and 12 years building business rules engines. His expertise has allowed him to work in various industries focusing on systems development and data administration. Recently he has worked with the United Nations Development Program and Deloitte and Touche.

Interesting book: How Nations Grow Rich or South Western Accounting with Peachtree Complete 2005

Using ArcGIS 3D Analyst: ArcGIS 9

Author: ESRI Press

ESRI® ArcGIS™ 3D Analyst™ is one of the available extensions to the ArcGIS™ Desktop products— ArcInfo™, ArcEditor™, and ArcView®. ArcGIS 3D Analyst is a three-dimensional visualization and analysis extension that enables you to create surface models from several input data sources. ArcGIS 3D Analyst also adds two specialized three-dimensional viewing applications, ArcScene™ and ArcGlobe that extend the capabilities of ArcGIS Desktop.

You will learn how to:
Make realistic perspective local and world-wide views of images, scenarios, and models, all including true 3D symbols.
Create and visualize three-dimensional surfaces.
Query and analyze surfaces.
Perform visibility analysis.
Determine the surface area and volume of parts of a surface.
Animate local and world-wide three-dimensional images, surfaces, and other scenarios.
Display and view world-wide raster and vector datasets on a globe surface in their true geodetic locations.

Begin by following the quick-start tutorial to get an overview of how to drape an image over a surface and perform the basics with ArcGIS 3D Analyst. If you prefer, jump right in and experiment on your own. When you have questions, you will find concise, step-by-step answers inside, fully illustrated, to help you complete a task.

Writing Testbenches Using Systemverilog or Succeeding in Business Applications with Microsoft Office 2003

2009-12-04T22:57:00.000-08:00

Writing Testbenches Using SystemVerilog

Author: Janick Bergeron

"Writing Testbenches Using SystemVerilog presents many of the functional verification features that were added to the Verilog language as part of SystemVerilog. Interfaces, virtual modports, classes, program blocks, clocking blocks and other SystemVerilog features are introduced within a coherent verification methodology and usage model." Writing Testbenches Using SystemVerilog introduces the reader to all elements of a modern, scalable verification methodology. It is an introduction and prelude to the verification methodology detailed in the Verification Methodology Manual for SystemVerilog.

Succeeding in Business Applications with Microsoft Office 2003: A Problem-S

Author: Karin Bast

Part of the new Succeeding in Business Series, this text prepares students to solve real-life business problems using Microsoft Office 2003 applications.

Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming or Mining the Web

2009-12-03T18:46:00.000-08:00

Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming

Author: Gadi Taubenfeld

Synchronization Algorithms and Concurrent Programming

Gadi Taubenfeld

Synchronization is a fundamental challenge in computer science. It is fast becoming a major performance and design issue for concurrent programming on modern architectures, and for the design of distributed systems. This is the first text to give a complete and coherent view of all aspects of synchronization algorithms.

Computer science students, programmers, system designers and researchers will be able to solve problems and master techniques that go beyond the treatment provided in introductory texts on operating systems, distributed computing and concurrency. Dozens of algorithms are presented and their performance is analyzed according to precise complexity measures.

Highlights of the book include

Ø A wide variety of synchronization problems, algorithms and key concepts covered in detail.

Ø Self-review questions with solutions to check your understanding.

Ø A wealth of end-of-chapter exercises and bibliographic notes.

Ø Over 300 annotated references guiding you through the contemporary research literature.

Ø A companion website provides PowerPoint slides and other teaching and learning aids for students and instructors at pearsoned.co.uk/taubenfeld.

About the author

Gadi Taubenfeld is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel. He is an established authority in the area of concurrentand distributed computing and has published widely in leading journals and conferences. He was the head of the computer science division at Israel’s Open University; member of technical staff at AT&T Bell Laboratories; consultant to AT&T Labs - Research; and a research scientist and lecturer at Yale University. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

New interesting textbook: Cooking for Friends or Taste for Writing

Mining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext Data

Author: Soumen Chakrabarti

Mining the Web: Discovering Knowledge from Hypertext Data is the first book devoted entirely to techniques for producing knowledge from the vast body of unstructured Web data. Building on an initial survey of infrastructural issues—including Web crawling and indexing—Chakrabarti examines low-level machine learning techniques as they relate specifically to the challenges of Web mining. He then devotes the final part of the book to applications that unite infrastructure and analysis to bring machine learning to bear on systematically acquired and stored data. Here the focus is on results: the strengths and weaknesses of these applications, along with their potential as foundations for further progress. From Chakrabarti's work—painstaking, critical, and forward-looking—readers will gain the theoretical and practical understanding they need to contribute to the Web mining effort.

* A comprehensive, critical exploration of statistics-based attempts to make sense of Web Mining.
* Details the special challenges associated with analyzing unstructured and semi-structured data.
* Looks at how classical Information Retrieval techniques have been modified for use with Web data.
* Focuses on today's dominant learning methods: clustering and classification, hyperlink analysis, and supervised and semi-supervised learning.
* Analyzes current applications for resource discovery and social network analysis.
* An excellent way to introduce students to especially vital applications of data mining and machine learning technology.

	Foreword
	Preface
1	Introduction
Pt. I	Infrastructure
2	Crawling the Web
3	Web Search and Information Retrieval
Pt. II	Learning
4	Similarity and Clustering
5	Supervised Learning
6	Semisupervised Learning
Pt. III	Applications
7	Social Network Analysis
8	Resource Discovery
9	The Future of Web Mining
	References
	Index
	About the Author

50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques or Introducing Reason

2009-12-02T14:34:00.000-08:00

50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques

Author: Kevin L Moss

Praise for 50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques

"Applying the lively techniques in this book will make anyone's digital camera a more productive tool."
-Al Francekevich, professional photographer, on the first edition

Your digital camera is an amazing and versatile creative tool, with features and capabilities you probably haven't even explored-until now. Here are step-by-step instructions for 50 hot new techniques that take advantage of all the latest camera features, fully illustrated with stunning color photos taken by the author. No matter what type of digital camera you have, this book will help you create more professional pictures.

Your guide to amazing results with your digital camera
* Select the right shooting mode and change critical settings in seconds
* Use exposure and focal length to get sharper photos
* Shoot fantastic candid, nature, and pet pictures
* Learn the secrets of shooting dramatic skyscapes and urban landscapes
* Plan shots for creative digital manipulation
* Download and print your photos or share them on the Web
* Create a photographic essay or convert color shots to artsyblack-and-white

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Chapter 1: Getting the Most from Your Digital Camera.

Chapter 2: Taking Better Photographs.

Chapter 3: Using Advanced Features.

Chapter 4: Increasing the Quality of Your Photos.

Chapter 5: Taking Pictures of People and Pets.

Chapter 6: Photographing Nature.

Chapter 7: “Scape” Photography.

Chapter 8: Creative and Alternative Photography.

Chapter 9: Displaying and Taking Care of Your Digital Images.

Chapter 10: Becoming a Better Photographer.

Index.

About the Author.

Colophon.

New interesting book: Lighting the Lamp of Wisdom or Recovery from Smoking

Introducing Reason, Vol. 4

Author: Cliff Truesdell

Today's digital audio programs continue to grown and expand both in feature sets and complexity, and Reason, in particular, offers literally limitless possibilities for creating and sequencing digital audio. In this book you'll learn everything you need to know to create music with Reason 4. Starting with necessary information about system requirements and acquiring external hardware for your specific needs, recording engineer and musician Cliff Truesdell will walk you through how to install and configure the program. You'll then find detailed instructions and real-world examples that show you how to use all of the program's included instruments, effects and routing devices, followed by important tips on arranging, mixing, and exporting complete songs. By the time you're through, you'll have the tools and information you need to create your own workflow and be ready to harness the power of Reason 4's resources to make your own original music.

Microsoft Office Excel 2007 Illustrated Introductory or IP Routing Fundamentals

2009-12-01T10:23:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Office Excel 2007-Illustrated Introductory

Author: Elizabeth Eisner Reding

Part of the Illustrated Series, this practical, easy to navigate book provides the essential knowledge of how to use Microsoft Excel 2007 that students need to succeed in both the classroom and beyond.

IP Routing Fundamentals

Author: Mark A Sportack

A comprehensive ntroduction to routing concepts and protocols in IP networks.

Comprehensive review of the operational mechanics of today's leading routing protocols, including IGRP, EIGRP, OSPF, RIP, and RIP-2
Detailed explanation of IP addressing, including classful and classless addresses, subnetting, supernetting, Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR), and Variable Length Subnet Masks (VLSM)
Side-by-side comparisons of various LAN segmentation technologies, including bridges, switches, and routers
Exploration of how routers are used to build wide area networks
Examination of the future of routing, including IPv6, next generation routing protocols, host-based routing, and IP Switching

IP Routing Fundamentals is the definitive introduction to routing in IP networks. This comprehensive guide explores the mechanics of routers, routing protocols, network interfaces, and operating systems.

This reference provides essential background information for network professionals who are deploying and maintaining LANs and WANs, as well as IT managers who are seeking information on how evolving internetworking technology will affect future networks. Part I discusses the many roles routers play in networks, Part II talks about the inner working of routers, Part III works with the operational issues of routing protocols, and Part IV addresses implementation issues that provide practical insight, in addition to a discussion of the future of routing.

Advanced MAC OS X Programming or Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit

2009-11-30T06:11:00.000-08:00

Advanced Mac OS X Programming

Author: Mark Dalrympl

There are several other books on programming for Mac OS X, but none of them comtain explanations of how to leverage the powerful underlying technologies. This book goes down to the real nitty-gritty of multi-threading, interprocess communication, networking, performance tuning, distributed objects, queues, Bonjour, authentication, the keychain, and directory services. The tools are also covered: gcc, gdb, subversion, Shark, and Saturn.

Book review: Beyond Basketball or Buffett

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit

Author: Geetesh Bajaj

THIS BOOK IS NOT AS MUCH ABOUT READING as it is about seeing and doing! That's why we call it a kit. Full-color pages show you exactly how your slides will look as you follow the makeover steps, and all presentations in various stages of the makeover are on the accompanying CD.

Each of the eight makeovers has been carefully chose so it's relevant to anyone who has ever used PowerPoint. And if you just upgraded to PowerPoint 2007, this book gives you a great introduction to the new version of the program, along with ample experience in using all the new features. There's no better way of getting up to speed with PowerPoint 2007.

The Complete Idiots Guide to Digital Video or Pragmatic Version Control

2009-11-29T02:00:00.000-08:00

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Digital Video

Author: Karl Bardosh

Join the digital revolution.

With the availability and affordability of digital movie-making equipment, it's now easier than ever for aspiring filmmakers to create the great movie they've always wanted to make. From information on creating mini-films on a PDA to making low-budget, full-length digital movies, The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Digital Video provides all the information you need to turn your idea into reality.
•A must-read for every film student or novice
•Covers all aspects of production, from casting and directing to light and sound to digital editing
•Includes 8-page, 4-color insert
•Up-to-date recommendations on equipment and software
•Clear, easy-to-follow instructions and guidance, as well as all the practical, artistic, and technical "step-by-step" advice that only an experienced writer/director can offer

Look this: The Fred Factor or Time Bandit

Pragmatic Version Control: Using Subversion - The Pragmatic Starter Kit, Volume I

Author: Mike Mason

This book covers the theory behind version control and how it can help developers become more efficient, work better as a team, and keep on top of software complexity. All projects need version control: it's the lifeblood of any project's infrastructure, yet half of all project teams in the U.S. don't use any version control at all. Many others don't use it well, and end up experiencing time-consuming problems.

Version Control, done well, is your "undo" button for the project: nothing is final, and mistakes are easily rolled back. This book describes Subversion, the latest and hottest Open Source version control system, using a recipe-based approach that will get you up and running quickly—and correctly.

Learn how to use Subversion the right way—he pragmatic way.

With this book, you can:

Keep all project assets safe—not just source code—and never run the risk of losing a great idea Know how to undo bad decisions—even directories and symlinks are versioned Learn how to share code safely, and work in parallel for maximum efficiency Install Subversion and organize, administer and backup your repository· Share code over a network with Apache, svnserve, or ssh Create and manage releases, code branches, merges and bug fixes Manage 3rd party code safely Now there's no excuse not to use professional-grade version control.

Slashdot.org

Whether you're new to version control in general or just Subversion itself, this book is highly recommended. Clear, concise and crammed full of useful, important and dare I say, pragmatic, advice and information. An excellent book in its own right and a worthy addition to the Starter Kit Series.

1	Introduction	1
2	What is version control?	9
3	Getting started with subversion	27
4	How to ...	51
5	Accessing a repository	55
6	Common subversion commands	63
7	Organizing your repository	101
8	Using tags and branches	105
9	Creating a project	123
10	Third-party code	137
A	Install, network, secure, and administer	147
B	Migrating to subversion	169
C	Third-party subversion tools	173
D	Command summary and recipes	183
E	Other resources	199

Modeling Derivatives in C or Digital Photography Pocket Guide

2009-11-27T21:46:00.000-08:00

Modeling Derivatives in C++ (+CD)

Author: Justin London

This book is the definitive and most comprehensive guide to modeling derivatives in C++ today. Providing readers with not only the theory and math behind the models, as well as the fundamental concepts of financial engineering, but also actual robust object-oriented C++ code, this is a practical introduction to the most important derivative models used in practice today, including equity (standard and exotics including barrier, lookback, and Asian) and fixed income (bonds, caps, swaptions, swaps, credit) derivatives. The book provides complete C++ implementations for many of the most important derivatives and interest rate pricing models used on Wall Street including Hull-White, BDT, CIR, HJM, and LIBOR Market Model. London illustrates the practical and efficient implementations of these models in real-world situations and discusses the mathematical underpinnings and derivation of the models in a detailed yet accessible manner illustrated by many examples with numerical data as well as real market data. A companion CD contains quantitative libraries, tools, applications, and resources that will be of value to those doing quantitative programming and analysis in C++. Filled with practical advice and helpful tools, Modeling Derivatives in C++ will help readers succeed in understanding and implementing C++ when modeling all types of derivatives.

Book review: Healing Cuisine of China or Finding Your Way to Say Goodbye

Digital Photography Pocket Guide

Author: Derrick Story

Now that digital photography has reached mass consumption,the third edition of this bestselling pocket guide will findan even larger audience than its predecessors. AuthorDerrick Story expands on the basic photography techniquesthat he introduced in earlier editions, including anexplanation of the camera components and what they do, andtips for choosing the right settings. When users ask, "Howcan I get that picture?", they'll simply pull this handyphoto mentor out of their camera bag, backpack, or backpocket and find the answer quickly.

In color and fully illustrated, our updated DigitalPhotography Pocket Guide covers everything from how to shootsports action, close ups and night shots, to dealing withimage resolution, memory cards, ways to transfer images,archiving, and making QuickTime movies. Topics in theguide's three main sections ("Digital Camera Components","Standard Camera Functions", and "How Do I?") are labeled Ato Z for quick reference. If readers prefer, they can usethe comprehensive index or table of contents to find theinformation they need. There's even a section ofeasy-to-read reference tables for quick look-up of whitebalance settings, exposure compensation, camera modeexplanations, and much more. This is the ideal quickreference for people who aspire to take the kind of picturesthey've always imagined.

NUnit Pocket Reference or Mathematics for Electrical Engineering and Computing

2009-11-26T17:35:00.000-08:00

NUnit Pocket Reference

Author: William Hamilton

Few .NET developers have the luxury of unlimited codetesting once their application is complete, and rushing through the testing process is both problematic and stressful. The open source NUnit framework provides an excellent and efficient way to test and improve .NET code as it's written, saving hundreds of QA hours and headaches.

NUnit is one of the most mature and widely-used .NET open source projects even Microsoft uses it internally. NUnit is a unit-testing framework for all .Net languages. Written entirely in C#, NUnit takes advantage of many .NET language features, such as custom attributes and other reflection related capabilities. It automates unit testing and reduces the effort required to frequently test code while developing it. NUint is invaluable for .NET developers in test-driven development under agile methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) as well as for developers who use for unit testing for software quality assurance. Unfortunately, some of those valuable hours saved by using NUnit can be wasted trying to master this powerful but under-documented framework

Proof that good things come in small packages, the NUnit Pocket Reference is a complete reference to NUnit, filling in the blanks left by the existing documentation and online discussion. It offers developers everything they need to know to install, configure, and use NUnit; the NUnit user interface; and a reference to the NUnit framework classes in a slim but well-organized package. This handy little book even offers practical, real world NUnit examples. And with the NUnit Pocket Reference, IT managers will know to expect when they implement unit testing in their projects. It is the only book you'll need on this popular and practical new open source framework.

	Introduction	1
	Unit Testing	3
	Testing Software	3
	What Is Unit Testing and Where Did It Come from?	7
	Test-Driven Development	9
	Test Harness	10
	Unit Test Design and Development Overview	10
	Best Practices for Unit Testing	11
	What Is NUnit?	12
	How Does NUnit Work?	12
	Setting Up NUnit	13
	Prerequisites	13
	Programming Languages	14
	Getting NUnit	14
	Installing NUnit	14
	Configuring NUnit	16
	Manual Installation	17
	Navigating the Source Code	18
	Unit Testing with NUnit	18
	Creating a Test	21
	Running a Test	25
	Assertions	26
	Other Testing Elements	31
	Test Runner GUI	38
	User Interface	38
	NUnit Projects	49
	Running Tests	58
	Running the Test Runner GUI from the Command Line	64
	Test Runner Console	66
	Debugging with NUnit	70
	Testing with Mock Objects	73
	Compatibility	74
	Using NUnit 2.1 Tests with NUnit 2.2	74
	Using NUnit 2.0 Tests with NUnit 2.2	74
	Upgrading from NUnit 1.x to 2.2	75
	Changes from NUnit 2.1 to 2.2	76
	Changes from NUnit 2.0 to 2.1	77
	Extending NUnit	79
	Integrating NUnit with Visual Studio .NET	79
	NUnit Addln for Visual Studio .NET	79
	VSNUnit	82
	NUnitAsp	83
	NCover	83
	NAnt	84
	Nantpad	84
	Index	85

Mathematics For Electrical Engineering And Computing

Author: Mary Attenborough

Mathematics for Electrical Engineering and Computing embraces many applications of modern mathematics, such as Boolean Algebra and Sets and Functions, and also teaches both discrete and continuous systems - particularly vital for Digital Signal Processing (DSP). In addition, as most modern engineers are required to study software, material suitable for Software Engineering - set theory, predicate and prepositional calculus, language and graph theory - is fully integrated into the book.

Excessive technical detail and language are avoided, recognising that the real requirement for practising engineers is the need to understand the applications of mathematics in everyday engineering contexts. Emphasis is given to an appreciation of the fundamental concepts behind the mathematics, for problem solving and undertaking critical analysis of results, whether using a calculator or a computer.

The text is backed up by numerous exercises and worked examples throughout, firmly rooted in engineering practice, ensuring that all mathematical theory introduced is directly relevant to real-world engineering. The book includes introductions to advanced topics such as Fourier analysis, vector calculus and random processes, also making this a suitable introductory text for second year undergraduates of electrical, electronic and computer engineering, undertaking engineering mathematics courses.

The book is supported by a comprehensive website, featuring:
• plotXpose software (for equation solving, and drawing graphs of simple functions, their derivatives, integrals and Fourier transforms)
• over 60 pages of "Background Mathematics" reinforcing introductory material forrevision purposes in advance of your first year course
• problems and projects (linking directly to the software)
• a complete worked solutions manual (password protected)

Dr. Attenborough is a former Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering at South Bank University. She is currently Technical Director of The Webbery - Internet development company, Co. Donegal, Ireland.

A Dictionary of Computing or Network Analysis and Troubleshooting

2009-11-25T13:23:00.000-08:00

A Dictionary of Computing

Author: John Daintith

In the quickly changing world of computing, staying current is essential. The Dictionary of Computing has been fully revised by a team of computer specialists, making it the most up-to-date and authoritative guide to computing on the market today. With expanded coverage of networking and databases, addition of biographical entries, and feature spreads on key topics, e.g. XML, it is a comprehensive reference work containing over 6,500 entries that is as useful for home and office users as it is indispensable for students of computing. New recommended web links for many entries, via the Dictionary of Computing companion website, provide valuable further information and updates. The Dictionary offers wide coverage of computer terms in industry, school, work, education, and the home, including the Internet, multimedia, networks and databases, and security. Terms are defined in a clear and concise manner with helpful examples where relevant. This dictionary is suitable for anyone who uses computers, and is an ideal not only for students of computing but for those studying the related fields of IT, mathematics, physics, media communications, electronic engineering, and natural sciences.

Credits     vi
Preface     vii
Guide to the Dictionary     viii
A Dictionary of Computing     1
Computer Graphics (Feature)     100
The Anatomy of an Internet Address (Feature)     260
Object-oriented Programming (Feature)     350
Quantum Computing (Feature)     416
SQL (Feature)     484
XML (Feature)     564
Appendices
Generic Domain Names     573
Country-Code Domain Names     574
File Extensions     577
Character Set     580
Greek Alphabet     581
Chronology     582
Useful Web Sites     584

New interesting textbook: Healing the Hidden Self or Balanced Healing

Network Analysis and Troubleshooting

Author: J Scott Scott Haugdahl

This comprehensive handbook provides the latest protocol information and troubleshooting strategies to help you keep your network running at peak performance. Network Analysis and Troubleshooting features proven network analysis techniques and experience-based strategies for isolating and solving network problems. This useful guide cuts to the chase by focusing on the most pertinent protocol packet formats you need to know to troubleshoot and optimize networks.

Network Analysis and Troubleshooting uses a proven "bottom-up" troubleshooting methodology that examines in detail each network layer—physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, and application—revealing the problems and solutions specific to each layer. This book also discusses the role of the protocol analyzer to measure and baseline throughput and latency, identify bottlenecks, and determine server and client response times. Numerous practical tips, diagrams, case studies, and trace file snapshots illustrate important concepts and techniques.

You will find essential information on such topics as:

Wiring and cable testing issues
Transmission encoding techniques
Dissecting the IEEE 48-bit MAC address
The impact of different types of broadcast traffic
Operational details and analysis considerations for switches
Ethernet and Token Ring operational details and analysis
The IEEE 802.2 LLC protocol (explored in full)
Datagrams and routing
IP specifics, including addressing, subnets, and the role of ICMP
IPX operation and analysis
UDP, TCP, SPX, and SPX II protocol analysis
How different protocols find resources via NetBIOS, SAP, and DNS
Logon sequencing for various protocol stacks
DHCP, SMB, NCP, NFS, FTP, HTTP, and NT Browse protocol analysis and troubleshooting
Baselining throughput and latency, including understanding the "latency wedge"

The CD-ROM provides Request for Comments (RFCs) in both hypertext and original formats, Internet Drafts, a computing and networking dictionary, Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs, also known as network adapter vendor IDs), an IP Subnet Calculator, a protocol encapsulation chart, and more. The CD-ROM also includes a full-text search engine for all of the CD contents, including the RFCs.

Booknews

Haugdahl's company provides resources for network analysis. Here he offers protocol information and troubleshooting strategies to help administrators keep networks running at peak performance. He has a bottom-up methodology that examines in detail each network layer<-- >physical, data link, network, transport, session, presentation, and application<-->to reveal problems and solutions specific to each layer. The CD-ROM contains Internet standards documents, selected shareware and freeware, a dictionary, and other tools. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Interactive Distance Learning in PreK 12 Settings or Pro Office 2007 Development with VSTO

2009-02-22T14:15:00.000-08:00

Interactive Distance Learning in PreK-12 Settings: A Handbook of Possibilities

Author: Jan M Yates

This practical book shows how to integrate elements of distance learning into PreK-12 settings. With emphasis on Internet-based delivery formats, Yates presents the latest research and proven techniques for creating effective distance-learning opportunities that enhance student achievement.

School Library Journal

Interactive distance learning technology includes any technology that brings outside learning resources into the classroom. They can be delayed-time (audiopage, video, CD-ROM, etc.) or real-time communication sources (online chats, audioconference, virtual-learning areas, etc.). In this thorough overview, Yates has included useful information for teachers and librarians new to their use and veterans. Although the emphasis is on Web-based sources, others may also be applied. The author encourages readers to start small by introducing these resources into existing lessons as enrichment. Chapters detailing the background, models, and applications of interactive distance learning are included as are discussions of supporting technologies and evaluating activities. Since Internet addresses do change, additional descriptive information is provided so sites can be found more easily if moved. References are provided at the end of each section.-Jessica Foster, Fairfax County Public Schools, VA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
1	An Introduction to the Use of Interactive Distance Learning Technologies	1
2	Background of Interactive Distance Learning Technologies	13
3	Models of Interactive Distance Learning Activities	55
4	Interactive Distance Learning Settings	101
5	Interactive Distance Learning Technology Applications	117
6	Support for Interactive Distance Learning Activities	177
7	Evaluation of Interactive Distance Learning Activities	229
	Afterword	265
	Index	267

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Pro Office 2007 Development with VSTO

Author: Ty Anderson

Experienced author Ty Anderson cuts to the chase in explaining how professional Microsoft Office 2007 solution developers get the job done. Ty is a professional Microsoft application developer working each and every day with the VSTO technology, and his real–world experience will teach you exactly what you need to know to excel in your professional development career.

Pro Office 2007 Development with VSTO takes you far beyond traditional VBA programming, showing you how to transform Microsoft Office 2007 into a complete enterprise application development platform. By the end of the book, you will be creating your own powerful, customized Office Business Applications (OBAs), using the techniques Ty has taught you throughout. The author demonstrates how to leverage all aspects of the Microsoft Office application platform (covering Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Visio, and InfoPath) so you can create OBAs that increase information worker productivity, unlock business data stored in documents, reduce end–user training costs, increase developer productivity, and reduce IT operations costs.

This book takes you beyond the basics of VSTO with expert topics such as automation with the Office Application object models and includes detailed examples throughout.

What you’ll learn

Understand and leverage Microsoft Office Application object models.

Build Microsoft Office application–level add–ins.

Create and publish document–level add–ins.

Integrate external data into Office applications and documents.

Integrate SharePoint data with Office.

Buildworkflows.

Perform deployments of your solutions and manage delivery of updates.

Who is this book for

This book is for Professional Microsoft Office application developers (and those aspiring to be so) who are interested in creating enterprise applications on the solid base of Microsoft Office 2007. The complexity of the examples assumes an intermediate–to–advanced level of experience with Microsoft .NET. Proficient VBA developers wishing to take their skills to the next level will also benefit by this book.

About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book, and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard–won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.

Absolute Beginners Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 or Cryptography

2009-02-21T10:04:00.000-08:00

Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2

Author: Lisa Le

New to Photoshop Elements? Learn everything you need to know to make your pictures perfect with the Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2. The book covers all aspects of the software (including the new features "borrowed" from the new Photoshop 7), offering you quick and easy explanations on controlling the software for the results you want. Photoshop Elements provides easy access to powerful editing tools and connects users to online output services as well as options for Web and print output. Absolute Beginner's Guide to Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 shows the beginning user how to maximize all these features and more.

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Cryptography: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions Series)

Author: Fred C Piper

This book is a clear and informative introduction to cryptography and data protection--subjects of considerable social and political importance. It explains what algorithms do, how they are used, the risks associated with using them, and why governments should be concerned. Important areas are highlighted, such as Stream Ciphers, block ciphers, public key algorithms, digital signatures, and applications such as e-commerce. This book highlights the explosive impact of cryptography on modern society, with, for example, the evolution of the internet and the introduction of more sophisticated banking methods.

Internet Protect Your Kids or Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection

2009-02-20T05:52:00.000-08:00

Internet Protect Your Kids: Keep Your Children Safe from the Dark Side of Modern Technology

Author: Stephen Arterburn

Kids are under the influence of the Internet. It's "their" place." They live on it-leaving their parents scrambling for answers about what to do with My Space.com, pornographic websites, instant messaging, blogs . . . and how to shield their children from online sexual predators. Best-selling author of Every Man's Battle, Stephen Arterburn, and Roger Marsh, who co-hosts the nationally syndicated Homeword radio program, have teamed up to equip parents with easy lessons on how to monitor their kids' activity online, plus the practical answers they need to teach kids the realities of the Internet."There isn't a parent in America who doesn't need this book, and I can't think of two more qualified people to help parents teach their children to be web wise kids." From the foreword by Jim Burns, PhD., President, Homeword.

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Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP)

Author: Joseph Davies

Get the official resource for deploying, administering, and troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 networking and Network Access Protection (NAP) technologies, direct from the experts who know the technologies best. This definitive resource from award-winning Microsoft® networking author Joseph Davies and Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) author Tony Northrup also offers expert insights direct from the Windows Server Networking team at Microsoft. You get detailed information about all major networking and network security services, including the all-new Network Access Protection (NAP), authentication infrastructure, IPv4 and IPv6, remote access, virtual private networks, IP security, quality of service, scalable networking, wireless infrastructure and security, DNS, DHCP, Windows® Firewall, and more. You also get a companion DVD with a fully searchable eBook version of the book, plus eBook samples from Understanding IPv6 2nd Edition, Windows Server 2008 TCP/IP Protocols and Services, and TCP/IP Fundamentals. This official Microsoft resource delivers what every Windows administrator needs to master Windows Server 2008 networking.

Key Book Benefits:

• Delivers in-depth technical guidance for administering, Windows Server 2008 networking and NAP technologies
• Features definitive product information from the experts, with additional insights from the Windows Server team at Microsoft and field consultants
• Provides the detailed information that every Windows administrator needs about NAP, IPv4 and IPv6, remote access, virtual private networks, IP security, DNS, DHCP, Windows Firewall, and more
• Includes a DVD with a fully searchable eBook ofall seven volumes, plus bonus eBook samples from three additional networking books

Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots or C Programming in Easy Steps

2009-02-19T01:40:00.000-08:00

Creating Cool MINDSTORMS NXT Robots

Author: Daniele Benedettelli

Build and program MINDSTORM NXT robots with Daniele Benedettelli, one of the world’s most respected NXT robot builders. He shows you how to build and program them from scratch, starting with the simplest robots and progressing in difficulty to a total of seven award–winning robots! You can download all the code, along with low–resolution videos that show how your robot works when it’s finished. You don’t need to be a programmer to develop these cool robots because all the code is provided, but advanced developers will enjoy seeing the secrets of Benedettelli’s code and techniques revealed.
What you’ll learn

How to create award–winning robots from scratch to final programming.
How to build each robot and which materials to use.
Why certain features have specific designs.
How to program your robot–all code is available for free download.
Inspiration and tips and tricks on robotics, a particularly valuable resource for teachers and students.

Who is this book for?

Anyone interested in building robots or seeing how it is done. Programmers interested in learning how robots are programmed.
Related Titles

Competitive MINDSTORMS: A Complete Guide to Robotic Sumo using LEGO MINDSTORMS
Squeak: Learn Programming with Robots
Robot Building for Beginners
The Definitive Guide to Building Java Robots
Intermediate Robot Building
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT: The Mayan Adventure
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT-G Programming Guide
The Robosapien Companion: Tips, Tricks, and Hacks
ExtremeMINDSTORMS: An Advanced Guide to LEGO MINDSTORMS
Advanced NXT: The Da Vinci Inventions Book

About the Author     xi
About the Technical Reviewer     xiii
Acknowledgments     xv
Introduction     xxvii
Look, Mom! No Wheels!
Building Biped Robots     3
LEGO Bipedal Walking: The State of the Art     3
Interlacing Legs Bipeds     3
Jerky COG Shifting Bipeds     5
Smooth COG Shifting Bipeds     9
Summary     10
Quasimodo     11
Applying What You Learned     12
Introducing NXT Technology     15
Meeting the NXT-G Software     17
Connecting the NXT for the First Time     17
Programming Quasimodo Using NXT-G     20
The Shortest Program in the Book     22
Building Your Belfry Hunchback     25
Summary     45
Finite State Machines     47
Finite State Machines in Brief     47
Saturating Counter     49
FSM General Implementation     55
Decision Tables     56
Summary     58
NXT AT-ST     59
Design Thoughts     60
Programming the AT-ST     62
Building Your Personal AT-ST     71
Summary     141
Omni-Biped     143
History of a Biped     144
Single-Tasking vs. Multitasking     145
Writing a Single-Task Program     149
Using Hysteresis     154
Writing a Multitask Program     158
Building Instructions     163
Summary     201
NXT Turtle     203
Quadruped Walking     204
Introducing the Turtle     206
Programming the Turtle     207
Simple Program     207
Line Following     214
Autonomous Behavior Simulation     217
Building Your Pet     233
Design Thoughts     277
Summary     278
Back on Wheels
Mine Sweeper     281
Getting More Actions from a Single Motor     282
The Double Scanner     286
Programming the Mine Sweeper     286
Building the Mine Sweeper     299
Mines Building Instructions     341
Summary     344
JohnNXT Is Alive!     347
Johnnicle: My LEGO Johnny 5 Chronicle     347
JohnNXT Features     354
Sensors and Actuators     354
JohnNXT's Behavior and Menu     356
JohnNXT User Guide     357
Turning It On     357
Autonomous Behavior     358
JohnNXT's Menu     358
Programming JohnNXT     360
Panoramic View of the JohnNXT Software     360
High Speed Communication Library     361
Slave Program     362
Master Program     366
Sound Counting FSM     370
JohnNXT Programming Guide     374
Moving the Treads     376
Moving the Head     376
Playing Sounds     376
Moving the Slave NXT Motors     377
Building JohnNXT     378
Summary     516
Need Input! Building a Remote Control Device     517
The Remote Control Design     517
Bluetooth Autoconnection Library     518
R/C: A Program for Every Need     520
Simple R/C Programs     520
Advanced Program     534
Remote Control Template Programs     542
Sender Program Template     543
Receiver Program Template     544
Building the Remote Control     552
Summary     565
Introduction to BricxCC and NXC Programming     567
Getting Connected with BricxCC     568
Ready to Go     574
BricxCC Menu     575
BricxCC Tools     576
Summary     577
Index     579

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C++ Programming in Easy Steps

Author: Mike McGrath

C++ Programming In Easy Steps shows the reader how to program in C++, both on Windows platforms and on Unix-based platforms, such as Linux. It contains separate chapters on the major features of C++, plus complete example programs that illustrate each aspect.
Each chapter builds the reader's knowledge of C++. By the end of this book, the reader will have gained a sound understanding of the C++ language and be able to write C++ programs and compile them into executable files.
C++ Programming In Easy Steps is a great value and has an easy-to-follow style that will be useful to anyone who wants to begin programming in C++-programmers, students, and those who just need a fundamental understanding of object oriented programming.

Mac OS X or EM Modeling of Antennas and RF Components for Wireless Communication Systems

2009-02-17T21:29:00.000-08:00

Mac OS X: Little Black Book

Author: Gene Steinberg

Written by a noted Mac expert and author of the Windows 2000 Mac Support Little Black Book (Coriolis, 1-57610-388-9). Designed for all user levels, this book covers the new features of Mac OS X including emphasis on major changes from previous versions of the Mac OS. Features proactive coverage of setup and preventative maintenance, especially for new users or those migrating from older Mac OS versions. Uses a logical, sequential approach with concise overviews and questions then immediate solutions; includes step-by-step instructions, troubleshooting, informative sidebars, plus a quick reference card. Covers Mac-savvy applications, using older Mac programs under Mac OS X, font management, and backup techniques.

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EM Modeling of Antennas and RF Components for Wireless Communication Systems

Author: Frank Gustrau

The book focuses on the practical aspects of computational electrodynamics. A short review of electromagnetic field theory and an illustrative introduction to basic concepts of numerical methods provide the mathematical and physical background. The main part the book guides the reader step-by-step through the modelling process: from the initial "what question shall the model answer?", through the setting up of a computer model by creating geometry, boundary conditions, sources, âЂ¦, to post processing, validation, and optimization. A number of antenna and filter examples demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of different numerical methods. So the book provides a realistic view on the capabilities and limits of state-of-the-art 3D-field simulators and on how to apply this knowledge efficiently to EM analysis and designing of RF applications in modern communication systems.

Service Oriented Architectures in Telecommunications or Windows 2000 API SuperBible

2009-02-16T17:17:00.000-08:00

Service-Oriented Architectures in Telecommunications

Author: CRC Press

Service-oriented architecture (SOA) uses services as the baseline for developing new architectures and applications, as networks are built specifically to satisfy service requirements. Most services are currently handled over different networks, but newer services will soon require cross-network support. Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution: Toward Converged Network Services outlines the challenges of providing crossover services and the new architectures and protocols that will enable convergence between circuit- and packet-switched networks. Taking a standards-based approach to converged services, this book lays a foundation for SOA in telecommunications. The authors begin by outlining the development of Internet telephony, focusing on how to use the respective benefits of the traditional public switched telephone network (PSTN) and the Internet to create and implement more value-added services. These two eminent specialists first examine services that originate in the Internet and take advantage of PSTN services, and then explore how discrete events on the PSTN can be used as an impetus to creating services on the Internet. They conclude with a discussion on how this convergence creates smart spaces in the telecoms domain. Including eight valuable appendices that will aid in the implementation of converged services, Architecting the Telecommunication Evolution is the first book of its kind to offer a survey as well as a practical roadmap to integrating modern networks to achieve better performance and new functionality.

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Windows 2000 API SuperBible

Author: Richard J Simon

Following in the tradition of the Win 95 and Win32 NT SuperBibles, this book is a comprehensive reference for all of the APIs needed by the Windows programmer. It is arranged topically with related functions presented in the same chapter. Using relevant examples that are complete and appropriate to the task at hand, the user will be able to see clearly the most effective usage for each function. The user-friendly organization of the book will save programmers valuable time, and negate the need to sift through vendor supplied documentation with is spotty and disorganized.

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Intended for programmers developing applications, this reference organizes and clarifies the Win32 APIs that are supported by both Windows 2000 and Windows 98, with descriptions of each function, detailed parameter descriptions, and examples for most functions that are concise and show the functionality. Each chapter covers a group of related functions, such as creating windows, message processing, memory management, the graphics device interface, and palettes and color matching. The CD-ROM contains examples, code samples, and evaluation versions of third-party software. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Introduction.
1. Windows 2000 Programming.
User Interface Features. Minimum Requirements. Style Guide.
Windows. Menus. Input and Controls. Visual Design. System Integration.

2. The Win32 API.
Advantages of Win32. Sample Program.

3. Creating Windows.
Creating the Main Window. Creating Windows Using Existing Classes. Messages When Creating Windows. Creating Windows Function Descriptions.

4. Windows Support Functions.
Window Class Data. Attaching Data to a Window. Changing the Appearance of Windows. Windows Support Function Descriptions.

5. Message Processing.
Message Flow.
Processing Messages. Sources of Messages. Reentrant Functions.
Message Hook Functions. Message-Processing Function Descriptions.

6. Menus.
Main Menus and Pop-up Menus.
Building Menus in the Resource File. Adding a Menu to the Application's Window. Changing Menus. Menu Messages.
Menu Support Function Descriptions.

7. Resources.
The Resource Script File.
String Tables. Custom Resources.
Resource Function Descriptions.

8. Dialog Boxes.
Types of Dialog Boxes. The Dialog Box Keyboard Interface. Dynamic Dialog Boxes. Dialog Template Statement Descriptions. Dialog Box Control Statements. Dialog BoxFunction Descriptions.

9. User Input Functions.
Mouse Messages. Keyboard Messages. Virtual Keys. User Input Function Descriptions.

10. Scrollbars.
Scrollbar Basics. Scrollbar Position and Range. Scrollbar Messages. Scrollbar Function Descriptions.

11. Memory Management.
Memory Architecture. Global Memory. Virtual Memory. Heaps. Memory Management Function Descriptions.

12. The Graphics Device Interface.
The Device Context. Selecting Objects into a Device Context. Private Device Contexts. Origins and Extents. GDI Function Descriptions.

13. Bitmaps, Icons, and Metafiles.
Bitmaps.
Using DDB Bitmaps. Using DIB Bitmaps.
Icons.
Using Icons. Creating Icons at Runtime. Metafiles. Creating and Playing a Metafile. Metafiles in a Disk File.
Bitmap, Icon, and Metafile Function Descriptions.

14. Printing and Text Output.
Printer Support. Printer Information. Text Characteristics. Printing and Text Output Function Descriptions.

15. Painting and Drawing.
Pens, Brushes, and Other Logical Tools. Specifying an Area for Drawing. Invalidation, Clipping, and the WM_PAINT Message. Painting and Drawing Function Descriptions.

16. Palettes and Color Matching.
Hardware Palettes. Color Palettes in Windows. The Logical Palette. Image Color Matching. Color Spaces. Color Profiles. Palettes and Color Matching Function Descriptions.

17. I/O with Files.
Creating and Opening Files. Reading and Writing. Sharing Data with File Mapping. File I/O Function Descriptions.

18. The Clipboard - 1073.
Clipboard Formats. Windows Management of Clipboard Data. Delayed Rendering of Clipboard Data. CF_OWNERDISPLAY Format. Using Private Clipboard Formats. Clipboard Viewers. Clipboard Function Descriptions.

19. The Registry.
The Registry Architecture. Placing Data in the Registry. The Windows Registry Structure. Registry Function Descriptions.

20. Initialization Files.
Initialization File Structure. Accessing Initialization Files. Mapping Private INI Files. Initialization File Function Descriptions.

21. System Information.
Process Environment Information. Local Time and System Time. Locale and Language Support. System Information Function Descriptions.

22. String Manipulation and Character Sets.
Windows Character Set Translations. Locales. String Manipulation and Character Set Function Descriptions.

23. Atoms.
Working with Atom Tables. Using Global Atoms for Data Exchange. Integer Atoms. Atom Function Descriptions.

24. Timers.
Using Timers. Windows Time. Performance Monitor Counters. Timer Function Descriptions.

25. Processes, Threads, and Fibers.
Creating Processes and Threads. Fibers. Synchronization Objects. Protecting Nonreentrant Code of a Process. Process, Thread, and Fiber Function Descriptions.

26. Error and Exception Processing.
Writing Exception Handlers and Filters. Win32 API for Exception Handling. Error and Exception Processing Function Descriptions.

27. Multiple-Document Interface (MDI).
Creating an MDI Application. The MDI Frame Window. The MDI Child Window. Menus in MDI Applications. MDI Function and Message Descriptions.

28. Interfacing with Help Files.
Providing User Access to the Help File. Providing Context-Sensitive Help. Using Training Card Help. Help Files Function and Message Descriptions.

29. File Decompression and Installation.
File Installation Overview. Installing the Proper Version. The Version Resource. File Decompression. File Decompression and Installation Function Descriptions.

30. Dynamic Link Libraries.
Loadtime Dynamic Linking. Runtime Dynamic Linking. Creating Dynamic Link Libraries. Accessing Data Within a DLL. Using the DLL Notification Entry Point. Dynamic Link Libraries Function Descriptions.

Index.

Rick Steves Germany and Scandinavia DVD 2000 2007 or Beginning Game Graphics

2009-02-13T09:13:00.000-08:00

Rick Steves' Germany and Scandinavia DVD 2000-2007

Author: Rick Steves

This is the only DVD that includes all seven half-hour “Rick Steves’ Europe” TV shows on Germany and Scandinavia, produced from 2000 to 2007: Munich and the Foothills of the Alps; Germany’s Romantic Rhine and Rothenburg; Germany’s Black Forest and Cologne; Berlin—Resilient, Reunited and Reborn; Copenhagen and Aero; Oslo, Bergen and the Fjords; and Stockholm and Helsinki. The running time is three hours and 30 minutes. Filmed on location by America's most popular travel guidebook writer, Rick Steves' DVDs offer one great escape after another, from Europe's most thrilling cities to its charming, little-known villages. These DVDs are of the highest broadcast quality (NTSC format, all region compatible), with closed-captioning. Each DVD is packaged in a durable Amaray case with on-location cover photos and complete program details.

Beginning Game Graphics

Author: Harry Evry

Welcome to the exciting world of the video game artist. "Beginning Game Graphics" is your guide on a step-by-step path, beginning with the most basic modeling techniques and wrapping up with advanced workflows used by professional game artists. It provides powerful and easy-to-use tools to get you started, and it covers many of the methods, philosophies, and proven techniques that can improve your game demos and help separate you from the crowd in the rapidly growing interactive entertainment industry. Whether you are a video game enthusiast, an artist breaking into the world of video games, or a game programmer ready to model your own characters and sets, this book is the ideal introduction to 3D modeling for video games.

Comparing Designing and Deploying VPNs or AppleScript for Dummies

2009-02-12T05:01:00.000-08:00

Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs

Author: Mark Lewis

A detailed guide for deploying PPTP, L2TPv2, L2TPv3, MPLS Layer-3, AToM, VPLS, and IPSec virtual private networks

Brings together all the major VPN technologies, detailing the technologies, their applications, and configurations
Provides review questions and configuration labs to help readers synthesize their understanding of these technologies
Easy comparison of VPN technologies. Readers can clearly discern advantages and disadvantage of the respective VPN types discussed in the book

The cost savings associated with VPNs is tremendous. VPNs enable users in remote offices or locations to enjoy the same level of productivity as those who are in the same physical location of the central network. However, with so many flavors of VPNs available, companies and providers are often hard pressed to identify the VPN solutions that are most appropriate for their particular network design and service needs. Comparing, Designing, and Deploying VPNs will bring together many of the most popular VPN technologies for convenient reference. The book examines the operation, application, and configuration of Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP), Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol version 2 (L2TPv2), Layer-2 Tunneling Protocol version 3 (L2TPv3), MPLS Layer-3, Any Transport over MPLS (AToM), and Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) virtual private networks. For the first time, engineers and network architects will be able to use one book to learn the purpose, functionality, and configuration of the various flavors of major VPNs.

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AppleScript for Dummies (For Dummies Series)

Author: Tom Trinko

Spending a little time with this book can save lots of time on the computer!

AppleScript is object-oriented programming language used to write script files to automate tasks and customize applications for the Mac. AppleScript can automate much of what you do with your Mac computer, saving time and helping you be more productive. Businesses and individuals frequently use it for:

• Batch processing

• File conversion and manipulation

• Performing tasks at specified times

• Transferring information between databases and other applications

• Creating automated workflows by linking the actions of multiple applications to perform a series of related tasks

Written by Tom Trinko, a Mac man since 1984,and author of articles for MacTutor and MacTech Journal, AppleScript For Dummies, 2^nd Edition covers everything from the basics to more advanced stuff, with information on:

• Finding and installing AppleScript

• Using AppleScript to automate tasks in programs such as Word, Excel, FileMaker Pro, and the Mac OS Finder

• Arranging applications to work together to accomplish complex tasks

• Controlling applications that aren’t even scriptable

• Taking advantage of tools that make composing AppleScript programs easy and fun

• Finding additional AppleScript information on the Internet and elsewhere

With this book, you’ll discover how to script Internet activities, iLife applications, and more. Then, instead of letting your computer and/or software dictate howyou do things (and often, how you have to do them over and over and over), you take charge! You’ll agree —this book is MacNificent!

Pt. I	Getting started	9
Ch. 1	A cannonball dive into the scripting pool	11
Ch. 2	AppleScript basics without stomach acid	25
Ch. 3	Writing a script without ink	33
Pt. II	All you ever needed to know about AppleScript you learned in part II	59
Ch. 4	Values : different types of information	61
Ch. 5	Variables : data cupboards	75
Ch. 6	Operators : math without mistakes	81
Ch. 7	References : being picky about data	91
Ch. 8	Commands : ordering AppleScript around	109
Ch. 9	I/O (I owe) without credit cards	143
Ch. 10	If : letting your computer make decisions so you can blame it later	159
Ch. 11	Repeat : going in circles for fun and profit	175
Ch. 12	Try : dealing with problems without crashing	185
Ch. 13	Handlers : organizing your script	193
Ch. 14	Properties : storing data for awhile	203
Ch. 15	Deploying scripts : cool ways to access scripts	219
Ch. 16	Autonomous scripts : working unsupervised	227
Ch. 17	Taking charge of applications	241
Ch. 18	Debugging : fixing problems without DDT	259
Ch. 19	Scripting additions : taking AppleScript to new heights	277
Ch. 20	Script objects : recycling scripts for a healthy environment	279
Ch. 21	Miscellaneous advanced stuff	291
Pt. III	How to control the world - or at least some common programs	295
Ch. 22	Finder/system tricks without touching the mouse	297
Ch. 23	Business applications and Microsoft Office 2004	309
Ch. 24	Layout and graphics applications	321
Ch. 25	Scripting the Web	329
Ch. 26	Scripting iLife	341
Ch. 27	GUI scripting	351
Pt. IV	The part of tens	355
Ch. 28	More than ten scriptable applications	357
Ch. 29	More than ten scripting resources	363

SOCOM Navy Seals Tactical Strike Official Strategy Guide or Introduction to Automata Theory Languages and Computation

2009-02-11T00:50:00.000-08:00

SOCOM Navy Seals Tactical Strike Official Strategy Guide

Author: Brady Games

Evaluate. Plan. Execute.

Take what you think you know of special operations team tactics, and get ready for an all new level of play. This guide takes you through the most technical addition to the SOCOM franchise yet!

Tactical Walkthrough

Perfect your strategies to tackle the missions and escape from every encounter unscathed.

Complete Every Objective

Find all the Bonus Objectives to get the most out of your gameplay experience.

Discover Every Upgrade

Get every upgrade to provide your fireteams with the best weapons, skills, and gear available!

Uncover the Secret Items

Complete your collection by finding all the secret items!

Multiplayer Coverage

Dominate real live opponents all over the nation by mastering the tactics and strategy in the exclusive Ad-Hoc and Infrastructure modes!

Platform: PlayStation Portable

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale in North America only.

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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation

Author: John E Hopcroft

This classic book on formal languages, automata theory, and computational complexity has been updated to present theoretical concepts in a concise and straightforward manner with the increase of hands-on, practical applications. This new edition comes with Gradiance, an online assessment tool developed for computer science.

Gradiance is the most advanced online assessment tool developed for the computer science discipline. With its innovative underlying technology, Gradiance turns basic homework assignments and programming labs into an interactive learning experience for students. By using a series of “root questions” and hints, it not only tests a student’s capability, but actually simulates a one-on-one teacher-student tutorial that allows for the student to more easily learn the material. Through the programming labs, instructors are capable of testing, tracking, and honing their students’ skills, both in terms of syntax and semantics, with an unprecedented level of assessment never before offered.

THE SECRET TO GETTING LISTED AT THE TOP OF SEARCH ENGINES or Adobe Acrobat 8 How Tos

2009-02-09T20:38:00.000-08:00

THE SECRET TO GETTING LISTED AT THE TOP OF SEARCH ENGINES

Author: Alexandra Saieh

The Secret to Getting Listed at the Top of Search Engines is written for the business owner, free from excess technical jargon. It will instruct you, step by step, in optimizing your web site to achieve top listings in the search engines- at no extra cost to you.

· achieve top listings
· gain visibility
· maintain your top listings

Gain access to the exact strategy used by the author's SEO company. YOU WILL LEARN:

Exactly which web page in your site you need to devote more time to and why

What you need to research about your competition

How to generate the best keywords for your web site

Where you must include your keywords

How to avoid getting penalized by the search engines

How to maintain your top listing

What you can expect from search engines in the future

*Only ethical methods are recommended

Adobe Acrobat 8 How-Tos: 125 Essential Techniques

Author: Donna L Baker

Increase your productivity with Acrobat, one technique at a time.
Now that PDF has become the ubiquitous electronic document format, it’s important to recognize that there’s much more to Adobe Acrobat than just managing your documents and improving workflow. With this powerful tool, you can now communicate with new commenting tools, collaborate with individuals and teams, automate forms, provide additional security, use redactive tools, and accom-plish tasks for greater productivity and efficiency. But with all this power, how do you bring your Acrobat skills up to speed quickly? Never fear, Acrobat expert Donna L. Baker has picked out the most integral techniques for accomplishing nearly any office communication task. You’ll be expanding your PDF skills in no time in this focused, handy guide. Here are just some of the things you’ll learn to do:

Conduct searches quickly by building an index and attaching it to files
Merge multiple files into a single PDF document and create a custom cover
Create comments in PDF documents, start a review, and work with comments
Use new form tools in Acrobat 8 for drawing fields, tracking responses, and creating a form automatically
Set up an online meeting in Acrobat Connect• Add movies and 3D content, and create interactive presentations
Assign levels of security and passwords to documents using new hashing algorithm support in Acrobat 8

Getting Started     1
How Can Acrobat Help You?     2
Getting Around the Interface     4
Helping Yourself     6
Tidying the Toolbox     8
See What You Want to See     10
What Do You Prefer?     12
Organizing, Searching, and Cataloging     15
Getting Organized     16
Conducting Searches     18
Advanced Search Techniques     21
Building and Applying an Index     23
Archiving Outlook Messages     25
Producing a PDF Document     27
Creating PDF Files from Source Programs     28
Printing with the Adobe PDF Printer     30
Using PDFMaker in Word     32
Merging and Exporting PDF Documents from Word     36
Producing PDF Files in Excel, Access, and Project     38
Generating PDF Documents in PowerPoint and Publisher     40
Making PDF Documents from Web Pages     42
Creating PDF Files in Distiller and Acrobat     43
Working with Acrobat Distiller     44
Choosing PDF Conversion Options     46
Starting a PDF File from a Blank Page     49
Creating a PDF from a File in Acrobat     51
Merging Multiple Files into a Single PDF Document     52
Creating a PDF Package     55
Creating a PDF from Web Pages in Acrobat     57
Creating a PDF from a Scan in Acrobat     59
The Art of Scanning     61
Creating a PDF from a Clipboard Image     63
Attaching Source Files to a PDF     65
Managing Attached Files     67
Saving and Exporting     69
Finding Information About Your Document     70
Using the Examine PDF Process     72
Optimizing Your PDF Documents     75
Deciding What Your Reader Sees First     78
Exporting PDF Documents in Other Formats     80
Saving a PDF in Text or Code Formats     82
Saving a PDF As an Image     84
Exporting All the Images in a Document     85
Using a Batch Sequence     86
Watching Folders     89
Printing and Using Standards     91
Choosing Print Settings     92
Print Troubleshooting     94
Choosing and Using Fonts     96
Introduction to Print Production     99
Testing a Document with a Preflight Profile     101
Fixing Print and File Issues Automatically      103
Creating and Using a Printing Droplet     105
Enhancing PDF Accessibility     107
Navigating a Document     108
Using the Accessibility Wizard     110
Controlling the Reading Path in a Document     112
Tagging a Document     114
Reporting on a Document     116
Producing Accessible Forms     118
Touching Up Reading Order     120
Transforming Document Pages     123
Deleting and Inserting Pages     124
Extracting and Replacing Content     126
Managing Content Visually     128
Cropping and Resizing Pages     129
Adding Page Numbers     131
Inserting Headers and Footers     133
Applying Bates Numbering     135
Adding Watermarks and Backgrounds     137
Touching Up and Modifying a PDF Document     139
Selecting and Editing Text in a PDF Document or Table     140
Modifying Text Attributes     142
Object TouchUps     145
Reusing Images     147
Round-Trip Image Editing     149
Creating Editable Text from an Image PDF     151
Redacting Content     153
Commenting in a PDF Document     155
Adding Sticky Notes and Highlights     156
Setting Commenting Preferences     158
Working with Text Edit Comments     160
Using the Stamp Tools     163
Managing Your Stamp Collection     165
Drawing and Marking Up Shapes in Acrobat     167
Reviewing and Collaboration     169
Starting an E-Mail Review     170
Using a Shared Review     173
Tracking a Review     175
Working with the Comments List     177
Orgarnizing Comments in the Comments List     179
Exporting Comments to a Word Document (Windows)     181
Migrating Comments     183
Setting Comment Status and Creating Summaries     186
Using Drawings and Layers in PDF Files     189
Using Grids and Guides for Assistance     190
Measuring Objects     192
Generating PDF Files Using the AutoCAD PDFMaker     194
Converting Layered Visio Documents     196
Using Data Embedded in a Document     199
Working with a Layered Document     200
Bookmarking a Layered Document     202
Creating Forms and Buttons     205
Using Forms Tools and Views      206
Configuring Form Fields     209
Creating a Form Automatically     211
Letting the Form Wizard Guide You     213
Distributing and Tracking a Form     215
Handling Form Data     217
Drawing a Multi-state Button     219
Editing Actions     221
Activating Menu Items     222
Converting Program Actions to PDF Actions     223
Creating Batches of Buttons     225
Controlling Navigation Using Links and Bookmarks     227
Linking Content in a Document     228
Specifying a Link's Destination     230
Creating Bookmarks in a Source Document     232
Adding Bookmarks in Acrobat     234
Organizing and Modifying Bookmarks     236
Customizing Bookmarks     238
Working with Multimedia     241
Meeting Online Using Acrobat Connect     242
Using Media in Documents     245
Adding Movies to a Document     247
Tweaking a Media File     250
Controlling the Action     252
Working with 3D Models     253
Making Your Document Responsive     255
Creating a Full-Screen Presentation     257
Using Digital Editions     259
Making Your Documents Secure     261
Using Security Levels and Passwords for a Document     262
Creating a Self-Signed Digital ID     265
Certifying a Document     268
Signing a Document     270
Using a Static Document Version     272
Sharing and Importing Digital IDs     274
Creating and Managing Security Policies     275
Using Security Envelopes     277
Security Troubleshooting Tidbits     279
Index     281

Group Policy Fundamentals Security and Troubleshooting or Microsoft Windows Server 2008

2009-02-08T16:27:00.000-08:00

Group Policy Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting

Author: Jeremy Moskowitz

Revised and updated to include Windows Server 2008 and Vista, this book examines how Group Policy monitors and regulates users and a network's computers
Focuses on employing the various Group Policy settings, managing Group Policy with Management Console, troubleshooting Group Policy settings, and implementing network security with Group Policy
Discusses administering Group Policy with Microsoft's advanced Group Policy management tool and scripting Group Policy Management Console operations
Includes ready-to-use scripts that can be used to automate routine administration tasks

Microsoft Windows Server 2008: A Beginner's Guide

Author: Marty Matthews

Get up and running on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 with ease

This fully revised, step-by-step guide covers all the essential aspects of deploying and administering Windows Server 2008, the latest version of the world's most popular server software. You will learn to migrate from previous versions and take advantage of the new and improved features, including the new Windows Deployment Services, Network Access Protection, Automated System Recovery v2, and much more.

The Rough Guide to Blogging or Mac OS X Leopard On Demand On Demand Series

2009-02-07T12:15:00.000-08:00

The Rough Guide to Blogging

Author: Jonathan Yang

The Rough Guide to Blogging is the ultimate reference for all things weblog. It takes you into the blogosphere, from blogging's early history and where it is today, to the future of blogs and their social and cultural impact. This book will help you to discover the greatest blogs on the web and to understand newsreaders and RSS. Whether you want to start your own blog or contribute to an existing one, this guide will teach you everything you'll need to know. Chapters include: Creating a Blog, Blog Design, Advanced Blogging, Audio and Video, Podcasting, Blogging for Money, Corporate Blogging plus much, much more. Whether you're an experienced blogger or just getting started, this is the right book for you.

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Mac OS X Leopard On Demand [On Demand Series]

Author: Steve Johnson

Mac OS X Leopard On Demand

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD RATHER BE SHOWN HOW THAN TOLD HOW

SEE HOW TO

• Master the Mac OS X Leopard user interface, file management, and applications

• Manage and share your schedule with iCal

• Use Microsoft Windows along with Leopard using Boot Camp

• Manage and play digital music with iTunes and iPod

• Chat online instantly with iChat

• Explorer the Internet with Safari and send e-mail with Mail

• Customize and fine-tune Mac OS X Leopard

• Set up multiple users and maintain security

• Find and use keyboard shortcuts to save time

• Get a Front Row seat to play DVDs and other media

• Keep your files up to date and backed up with Time Machine

• Find everything you need with Spotlight

On the Web

This book uses real world examples to give you a context in which to perform a task. This book also includes workshops to help you put together individual tasks into projects. The Mac OS X Leopard example files that you need for project tasks are available at perspection.com.

Perspection has written and produced books on a variety of computer software, including Adobe Flash CS3 and 8, Adobe Photoshop CS3 and CS2, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista and XP, Microsoft Expression Web, and Mac OS X Panther. Perspection was founded in 1991, and is committed to providing information and training to help people use software more effectively. Perspection has written more than 80 computer books, and sold more than 5 million copies.

An Introduction to Parallel Computing or Pro SQL Server 2005 Service Broker

2009-02-06T08:04:00.000-08:00

An Introduction to Parallel Computing

Author: Ananth Grama

Introduction to Parallel Computing, Second Edition

Ananth Grama

Anshul Gupta

George Karypis

Vipin Kumar

Increasingly, parallel processing is being seen as the only cost-effective method for the fast solution of computationally large and data-intensive problems. The emergence of inexpensive parallel computers such as commodity desktop multiprocessors and clusters of workstations or PCs has made such parallel methods generally applicable, as have software standards for portable parallel programming. This sets the stage for substantial growth in parallel software.

Data-intensive applications such as transaction processing and information retrieval, data mining and analysis and multimedia services have provided a new challenge for the modern generation of parallel platforms. Emerging areas such as computational biology and nanotechnology have implications for algorithms and systems development, while changes in architectures, programming models and applications have implications for how parallel platforms are made available to users in the form of grid-based services.

This book takes into account these new developments as well as covering the more traditional problems addressed by parallel computers. Where possible it employs an architecture-independent view of the underlying platforms and designs algorithms for an abstract model. Message Passing Interface (MPI), POSIX threads and OpenMP have been selected as programming models and the evolving application mix of parallel computing is reflected in various examples throughout the book.

* Provides a complete end-to-end source on almost every aspect of parallel computing (architectures,programming paradigms, algorithms and standards).

* Covers both traditional computer science algorithms (sorting, searching, graph, and dynamic programming algorithms) as well as scientific computing algorithms (matrix computations, FFT).

* Covers MPI, Pthreads and OpenMP, the three most widely used standards for writing portable parallel programs.

* The modular nature of the text makes it suitable for a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate level courses including parallel computing, parallel programming, design and analysis of parallel algorithms and high performance computing.

Ananth Grama is Associate Professor of Computer Sciences at Purdue University, working on various aspects of parallel and distributed systems and applications.

Anshul Gupta is a member of the research staff at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. His research areas are parallel algorithms and scientific computing.

George Karypis is Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota, working on parallel algorithm design, graph partitioning, data mining, and bioinformatics.

Vipin Kumar is Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and the Director of the Army High Performance Computing Research Center at the University of Minnesota. His research interests are in the areas of high performance computing, parallel algorithms for scientific computing problems and data mining.

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Pro SQL Server 2005 Service Broker

Author: Klaus Aschenbrenner

Rich with practical examples, Pro SQL Server 2005 Service Broker is the most complete and incisive book on this important new technology, an invaluable resource for all serious database and web developers. Focused on best practices, it explains in detail how Service Broker supports and enhances database and web applications.

Foreword     xiii
About the Author     xv
About the Technical Reviewer     xvii
Acknowledgments     xix
Introduction     xxi
The Service Broker Programming Model
Fundamentals of Message-Based Processing     3
Message Concepts     4
Message Anatomy     4
Messaging in Daily Life     5
Why Messaging?     5
Asynchronous Message Processing     6
Deferred Message Processing     6
Fault Tolerance     7
Distributed Systems     7
Messaging Problems     8
Performance     8
Queue Reader Management     9
Transaction Management     10
Message Sequencing and Correlation     10
Maintenance     11
Messaging Architectures     12
SOA     12
SODA     12
Available Messaging Technologies     13
MSMQ     13
Queued Components     14
BizTalk Server     14
XML Web Services     14
WCF     14
Summary     15
Introduction to Service Broker     17
Conversations     17
Dialogs     17
Dialog Lifetime     18
Conversation Groups     19
Message Sequencing     20
Reliable Delivery     20
Error Handling     21
Anatomy of a Service     21
Message Types     23
Contracts     23
Queues     24
Service Programs     25
Routes     25
Security     25
Transport Security     25
Dialog Security     26
Message Processing     27
Performance     29
Benefits     30
Summary     30
Service Broker in Action     31
Defining Service Broker Applications     31
Message Types     32
Contracts     36
Queue     39
Service     41
Sending Messages     45
Retrieving and Processing Messages     51
Retrieving Messages     53
Processing Messages     55
Error Handling     59
Error Handling in Service Programs     59
Poison-Message Handling     63
Ending Conversations with Errors     66
Summary     68
Service Broker Activation     69
Activation Basics     69
Startup Strategies     70
When Is Activation Needed?     71
Internal Activation     72
Controlling Message Throughput     79
Stored-Procedure Signing     82
Calling a Stored Procedure in Another Database     90
Using a Single Stored Procedure to Process Many Queues     94
External Activation     97
Parallel Activation     112
Troubleshooting Activation     117
When the Activated Stored Procedure Doesn't Run     117
When Messages Remain on the Queue     117
Summary     118
Service Broker with Managed Code     119
The Managed Assembly     119
Architecture and Design of the Managed Assembly     123
Building a Managed Service Broker Client     129
Building a Managed Service Program     133
Derive Your Service Class     134
Implement an Entry Point     134
Implement Message Type Handling     136
Deploy the Assembly     136
Register the Managed Stored Procedure      138
Configure the Service Broker Activation     139
Using the Service Program     139
A Practical Example     142
Summary     150
Locking and Transaction Management     151
Conversation Groups and Locks     151
State Handling     158
Get Conversation Group     159
The Receive Loop with State Handling     160
State Handling with a Managed Stored Procedure     164
A Practical Example     170
Compensation Logic with Service Broker     198
Transaction Management     204
Basic Receive Loop     204
Measuring Performance     205
Batched Commits     208
Cursor-Based Processing     210
Set-Based Processing     213
Binary Payload     216
Summary     219
Distributed Service Broker Applications     221
Communication     221
Service Broker Protocols     222
Sending a Message     222
Routing     224
Routing Algorithm     225
Managing Routes     226
Distributed Applications     228
The Application     228
Setting Up Routes     229
Establishing a Communication Channel     232
Setting Up Security     236
Summary     249
Advanced Service Broker Programming
Advanced Distributed Service Broker Programming     253
Transport Security     253
Local Route     254
Transport Route     255
Dialog Security     257
Service Broker Security Protocol     257
Configuration     259
Encryption     268
Transport Encryption     269
Dialog Encryption     270
Recommendation     271
Transport Protocol     271
Setting Up Tracing     271
The Captured Service Broker Message     273
Replaying Service Broker Messages     276
Replacing Certificates     276
Transport Security     276
Dialog Security     277
Service Listing Manager     277
Exporting a Service Listing     279
Importing a Service Listing     281
Summary     284
Service-Oriented Database Architecture     285
Service-Oriented Database Architecture     285
SOA     286
Reasons for SODA Architectures     287
Requirements for a SODA Service Provider     288
Data in SODA     288
Outside Data     289
Inside Data     290
SODA Features in SQL Server 2005     292
XML Support     292
Native Web Services     295
SQLCLR     307
Query Notifications     316
Summary     327
Real-World Application Scenarios     329
Asynchronous Triggers     329
Defining the Problem     330
Implementing the Trigger     331
Creating the Service Broker Infrastructure     333
Writing the Service Program     334
Batch Frameworks     337
Creating the Service Broker Infrastructure     338
The Implementation of the Batch Framework     339
Extending the Batch Framework     345
Publish-Subscribe Frameworks     348
Defining the Infrastructure     349
Applying Publisher Logic     351
Publishing Information     356
Priority-Based Message Processing     358
Implementing Priority-Based Messaging     358
Reliable Web Service Requests      371
Service Broker Infrastructure     372
Implementation of the Web Proxy     376
Using the Web Proxy in a Smart Client     388
Summary     393
High Availability and Scalability     395
Database Mirroring     395
Implementation Details     396
Setting Up Database Mirroring     397
Using Service Broker with Database Mirroring     402
Load Balancing     404
Service Deployment     405
Initiator Configuration     406
Message Forwarding     408
Reliable Delivery     408
Security     408
Network Topology Abstraction     409
Centralized Routing Instance     410
Work Distribution     410
Using Message Forwarding     411
Monitoring Message Forwarding     415
Configuration Notice Service     416
Implementing Dynamic Routing     417
Implementing the Configuration Notice Service     417
Summary     422
Administration     423
SQL Profiler     423
Using SQL Profiler     425
System Monitor     428
SQL Server Management Objects      432
Creating Service Broker Objects     434
Retrieving Information     435
Summary     436
Index     437

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2003 Comprehensive Second Edi or Excel

2009-02-05T03:52:00.000-08:00

New Perspectives on Microsoft Office Access 2003, Comprehensive, Second Edi

Author: Joseph Adamski

Part of the New Perspectives series, this text offers a case-based, problem-solving approach and innovative technology to make learning Microsoft Access 2003 skills both meaningful and memorable for students.

Managing Your Files Using Common Features of Microsoft Office 2003
Tutorial 1: Introduction to Microsoft Access 2003
Tutorial 2: Creating and Maintaining a Database
Tutorial 3: Querying a Database
Tutorial 4: Creating Forms and Reports
Tutorial 5: Enhancing a Table's Design, and Creating Advanced Queries
Tutorial 6: Creating Custom Forms
Tutorial 7: Creating Custom Reports
Tutorial 8: Integrating Access with the Web and with Other Programs
Tutorial 9: Using Action Queries and Defining Table Relationships
Tutorial 10: Automating Tasks with Macros
Tutorial 11: Using and Writing Visual Basic for Applications Code
Tutorial 12: Managing and Securing a Database Additional Cases
Appendix: Relational Databases and Database Design

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Excel: The Missing Manual

Author: Matthew MacDonald

Whether you are an Excel neophyte, a sophisticate who knows the program inside out, or an intermediate-level plodder eager to hone your skills, Excel: The Missing Manual is sure to become your go-to resource for all things Excel. Covering all the features of Excel 2002 and 2003, Excel: The Missing Manual is an easy-to-read, thorough and downright enjoyable guide to one of the world's most popular, (and annoyingly complicated!) computer programs.

Never a candidate for "the most user-friendly of Microsoft programs," Excel demands study, practice and dedication to gain even a working knowledge of the basics. Excel 2003 is probably even tougher to use than any previous version of Excel. However, despite its fairly steep learning curve, this marvelously rich program enables users of every stripe to turn data into information using tools to analyze, communicate, and share knowledge. Excel can help you to collaborate effectively, and protect and control access to your work. Power users can take advantage of industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to connect to business processes.

To unleash the power of the program and mine the full potential of their database talents, users need an authorative and friendly resource. None is more authoritative or friendlier than Excel: The Missing Manual. Not only does the book provide exhaustive coverage of the basics, it provides numerous tips and tricks, as well as advanced data analysis, programming and Web interface knowledge that pros can adopt for their latest project. Neophytes will find everything they need to create professional spreadsheets and become confident users.

Excel: The Missing Manual covers: worksheet basics, formulas and functions, organizing worksheets, charts and graphics, advanced data analysis, sharing data with the rest of the world, and programming.

If you buy just one book about using Excel, this has GOT to be it. This book has all you need to help you excel at Excel.

The Computer Music Tutorial or Designing Sociable Robots

2009-02-03T23:40:00.000-08:00

The Computer Music Tutorial

Author: Curtis Roads

The Computer Music Tutorial is a comprehensive text and reference that covers all aspects of computer music, including digital audio, synthesis techniques, signal processing, musical input devices, performance software, editing systems, algorithmic composition, MIDI, synthesizer architecture, system interconnection, and psychoacoustics. A special effort has been made to impart an appreciation for the rich history behind current activities in the field.

Profusely illustrated and exhaustively referenced and cross-referenced, The Computer Music Tutorial provides a step-by-step introduction to the entire field of computer music techniques. Written for nontechnical as well as technical readers, it uses hundreds of charts, diagrams, screen images, and photographs as well as clear explanations to present basic concepts and terms. Mathematical notation and program code examples are used only when absolutely necessary. Explanations are not tied to any specific software or hardware.

Curtis Roads has served as editor-in-chief of Computer Music Journal for more than a decade and is a recognized authority in the field. The material in this book was compiled and refined over a period of several years of teaching in classes at Harvard University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Naples, IRCAM, Les Ateliers UPIC, and in seminars and workshops in North America, Europe, and Asia.

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A listing of 40,000 abbreviations in common usage, their meaning, and how to use them. The abbreviations and acronyms include Latin, French, and German translations from areas as diverse as science, technology, law, business, politics, and music. The appendices include: Roman numerals, the Greek alphabet; and symbols for algebra, geometry, chemistry, botany, astronomy, and the zodiac. Distributed by Sterling Publishing Co. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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Designing Sociable Robots

Author: Cynthia L Breazeal

Cynthia Breazeal here presents her vision of the sociable robot of the future, a synthetic creature and not merely a sophisticated tool. A sociable robot will be able to understand us, to communicate and interact with us, to learn from us and grow with us. It will be socially intelligent in a humanlike way. Eventually sociable robots will assist us in our daily lives, as collaborators and companions. Because the most successful sociable robots will share our social characteristics, the effort to make sociable robots is also a means for exploring human social intelligence and even what it means to be human.

Breazeal defines the key components of social intelligence for these machines and offers a framework and set of design issues for their realization. Much of the book focuses on a nascent sociable robot she designed named Kismet. Breazeal offers a concrete implementation for Kismet, incorporating insights from the scientific study of animals and people, as well as from artistic disciplines such as classical animation. This blending of science, engineering, and art creates a lifelike quality that encourages people to treat Kismet as a social creature rather than just a machine. The book includes a CD-ROM that shows Kismet in action.

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Sources
1	The Vision of Sociable Robots	1
2	Robot in Society: A Question of Interface	15
3	Insights from Developmental Psychology	27
4	Designing Sociable Robots	39
5	The Physical Robot	51
6	The Vision System	61
7	The Auditory System	81
8	The Motivation System	105
9	The Behavior System	127
10	Facial Animation and Expression	157
11	Expressive Vocalization System	185
12	Social Constraints on Animate Vision	211
13	Grand Challenges of Building Sociable Robots	229
	References	243
	Index	253

Definitive Guide to Spring Web Flow or Microsation V8 for AutoCAD Users

2009-02-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

Definitive Guide to Spring Web Flow

Author: Erwin Vervaet

Spring Web Flow is an exciting open source framework for developing Java web applications. The framework improves productivity by addressing three major pain–points facing web application developers: user interface navigation control, state management, and modularity.

The Definitive Guide to Spring Web Flow covers Spring Web Flow in detail by explaining its motivation and feature set, as well as providing practical guidance for using the framework to develop web applications successfully in a number of environments.

What you’ll learn

How to get started with Spring Web Flow

Leveraging Spring Web Flow’s powerful features

Extending the framework to take it beyond its out–of–the–box feature set

Best practices and real–world use cases

Insights into the design and implementation of the framework

Who is this book for?

This book is for Java–based web developers looking to build web applications using Spring Web platform. It is also for those looking to integrate other Java web frameworks and applications with Spring.

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Microsation V8 for AutoCAD Users

Author: Jeanne Aarhus

This new text assists the student who has learned the AutoCAD product and now needs to make the transition from that environment to the MicroStation design format. Conversely, the text can be used to transition from MicroStation to AutoCAD. Each chapter presents a quick summary of a specific feature in AutoCAD, followed by the related feature in MicroStation. The student who must work with both products will find this text to be a solid basis for understanding how "the other side" thinks. Translating data between the two products, cross training, and other issues are discussed thoroughly.

Beginning C 2005 Databases or Open Source

2009-02-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

Beginning C# 2005 Databases

Author: Karli Watson

• Providing beginners with the basics of databases, database design, and SQL programming, this book shows novice programmers how to use C# and ADO.NET to manipulate data in databases

• Includes hands-on examples, helpful tips, and real-world scenarios on accessing data from Windows applications, ASP.NET applications, and Web Services

• The SQL provider for accessing SQL Server databases, ADO.NET, and the new .NET 2.0 features

• Covers the fundamentals of accessing and manipulating data while giving a solid understanding of relational database design

• Topics covered include modifying data, custom data binding, working with disconnected data, and much more

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Open Source: Technology and Policy

Author: Fadi P Deek

The open source movement is a worldwide effort to promote an open style of software development more aligned with the accepted intellectual style of science than the proprietary modes of invention that have been characteristic of modern business. The idea is to keep the scientific advances created by software development openly available for everyone to use, understand, and improve.The very process of open source creation is highly transparent. This book addresses prominent projects in the open source movement, along with its enabling technologies, social characteristics, legal issues, business venues, and public and educational roles.

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xi
Introduction     1
Why Open Source     2
Preview     11
Open Source - Internet Applications, Platforms, and Technologies
Open Source Internet Application Projects     21
The WWW and the Apache Web Server     23
The Browsers     37
Fetchmail     50
The Dual License Business Model     61
The P's in LAMP     70
BitTorrent     77
BIND     78
The Open Source Platform     80
Operating Systems     81
Windowing Systems and Desktops     99
GIMP     111
Technologies Underlying Open Source Development     119
Overview of CVS     120
CVS Commands     124
Other Version Control Systems     143
Open Source Software Development Hosting Facilities and Directories     151
Social, Psychological, Legal, and Economic Aspects of Open Source
Demographics, Sociology, and Psychology of Open Source Development     159
Scale of Open Source Development     160
Demographics and Statistical Profile of Participants     162
Motivation of Participants     164
Group Size and Communication     166
Social Psychology and Open Source     168
Cognitive Psychology and Open Source     181
Group Problem Solving and Productivity     190
Process Gains and Losses in Groups     197
The Collaborative Medium     206
Legal Issues in Open Source     222
Copyrights     223
Patents     228
Contracts and Licenses     232
Proprietary Licenses and Trade Secrets     236
OSI - The Open Source Initiative     243
The GPL and Related Issues     250
The Economics of Open Source     265
Standard Economic Effects     266
Open Source Business Models     272
Open Source and Commoditization     281
Economic Motivations for Participation     285
Free Software: The Movement, the Public Sector, and the Future
The GNU Project     297
The GNU Project     297
The Free Software Foundation     302
Open Source in the Public Sector     309
Open Source in Government and Globally     310
Open Source in Education     316
The Future of the Open Source Movement     325
Glossary     336
Subject Index     351
Author Index     366

In Code or Internet Information Services IIS 70 Administrators Pocket Consultant

2009-01-31T11:03:00.000-08:00

In Code: A Mathematical Journey

Author: Sarah Flannery

In January 1999, Sarah Flannery, a sports-loving teenager from Blarney in County Cork, Ireland was awarded Ireland's Young Scientist of the Year for her extraordinary research and discoveries in Internet cryptography. The following day, her story began appearing in Irish papers and soon after was splashed across the front page of the London Times, complete with a photo of Sarah and a caption calling her "brilliant." Just 16, she was a mathematician with an international reputation.

In Code is a heartwarming story that will have readers cheering Sarah on. Originally published in England and co-written with her mathematician father, David Flannery, In Code is "a wonderfully moving story . . . about the thrill of the mathematical chase" (Nature) and "a paean to intellectual adventure" (Times Educational Supplement). A memoir in mathematics, it is all about how a girl next door, nurtured by her family, moved from the simple math puzzles that were the staple of dinnertime conversation to prime numbers, the Sieve of Eratosthenes, Fermat's Little Theorem, Googols-- and finally into her breathtaking algorithm. Parallel with each step is a modest girl's own self-discovery--her values, her burning curiosity, the joy of persistence, and, above all, her love for her family.

Nature - John L. Casti

...a book about the thrill of the mathematical chase, and how it is a game that anyone can play.

Irish Independent - John Daly

[In Code] removes much of the fear about that world of numbers that assault most of us who grapple with it.

Irish Post - John Crowley

In Code is also much more than a mathematical treatise, it's also a lesson in the human condition.

Times (London) - Victoria Neumark

Sarah's achievements are an inspiring reminder of the nurturing power of education.

Dublin Sunday Independent - Patricia Deevy

...a tale of an intellectual quest shared by a parent and a child ... a roadmap for living.

Daily Telegraph - Cassandra Jardine

[The Flannerys] succeeded in writing gripping howdunnit....By the end I was half-persuaded that I too could be a cryptologist.

Science News

This innovative text based on anecdotes and stimulating math puzzles... earned Sarah instant celebrity status and respect in the mathematics world.

Publishers Weekly

At 16, Flannery made worldwide headlines as Ireland's 1999 Young Scientist of the Year for her discovery and presentation of the Cayley-Purser algorithm, an innovative encryption system roughly 22 times faster than the worldwide standard RSA algorithm. She declines the "genius" label, and a method for cracking her algorithm has since been discovered, but this only makes the book more interesting and unpredictable. It's more about the journey's adventure than the destination and less about Sarah's specialness than her spirit. The mix is part memoir, part puzzle book and part mathematical exploration, with scattered bits of mathematical lore. (The heaviest math is concentrated into two chapters and the appendices, leaving the remainder easy going for the fainthearted.) The puzzle-solving approach to math cultivated by her father (and coauthor) encourages exploration, an adventurous attitude, attention to concepts more than calculations and sheer enjoyment of taking on a challenge. It's also more egalitarian than proof-based approaches, giving newcomers a more equal footing with old pros, emphasizing the process of discovery and making connections, which is more fundamental than finished proofs. All this is wonderfully illustrated by Flannery's own story of her rapidly developing interest and proficiency in cryptography, as well as by the puzzles she uses to get readers thinking and introduce some basic concepts. Other threads, running from brief descriptions of her grandparents to her father's teaching methods and her relationship to family in the face of a media frenzy, give her story added depth, warmth and humor. 8 pages of b&w photos. (June) Forecast: Workman is hoping to, and should, attract budding young mathematicians with a first printing of 35,000, a $65,000 marketing budget and an eight-city author tour. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Thomas Downey - KLIATT

Many high school students do not enjoy mathematics, based on their experiences with the subject. This book, however, is the story of a young woman, Sarah Flannery, at the other end of the spectrum: very interested in mathematics after many positive experiences with it while growing up. Written with help from her father, the memoir chronicles her early years solving puzzles posed by her father, her experiences competing in national and international science/mathematics fairs, and some of the aftereffects of her successes. It is an engaging story, well told, and is interspersed with discussions of the mathematics of cryptography (as well as some interesting math puzzles and problems in the early chapters). The writing is accessible to high school students, although some of the mathematics of cryptography that is discussed will require dedication and rereading to understand (the most difficult discussions are in appendices). Any student who has competed in a science or math fair can relate to Flannery's anxieties, but she demonstrates that study, thought and preparation can win the day. While the mathematics that she researched goes beyond the typical high school math curriculum, her story is not one of genius but rather of a very interested, motivated and capable young woman. I highly recommend this book for high school libraries. KLIATT Codes: SA-Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2002, Algonquin, 341p., Ages 15 to adult.

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Sarah Flannery, a student at Cambridge University, describes her passion for cryptography and how it led to her invention of an innovative algorithm for encoding data on the internet<-->an invention that caused her to be named European Young Scientist of the year and brought her awards in her native Ireland and in Europe. This book is written for a general audience. The co-author is her father, a mathematician affiliated with Ireland's Cork Institute of Technology. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Kirkus Reviews

A young Irishwoman's account of the mathematical studies that made her Young Scientist of the Year. Flannery, now a first-year student at Cambridge, grew up solving logic puzzles posed by her father, a math teacher (and her collaborator here). In the beginning chapters, she offers the reader a selection of those brainteasers, many of which depend on mathematical reasoning. So when her high school science teacher recruited her to enter Ireland's Young Scientist competition, Sarah's father steered her toward a project with a strong math basis: cryptography, the encoding and decoding of messages. This once-cumbersome process is now handled by sophisticated computer programs based on number theory—especially the factoring of very large numbers. Sarah decided to concentrate on the programming aspect, to give herself hands-on experience with the computer work. But first she had to learn the relevant mathematics. To bring the reader up to speed, the authors step back from Sarah's story to present the mathematical foundations of modern cryptology: prime numbers, factoring, and other arcana of number theory. This section is in many ways the meat of the story, accessible to anyone not totally allergic to equations. As Sarah learned the math, she spotted an alternative to the standard RSA algorithm on which modern cryptology is based, and soon her project turned into an exposition of her new method—which in time won her honors as Young Scientist of the Year not only in Ireland, but in all of Europe. The latter chapters tell of the competitions, her preparation and her bouts of nerves, her genuine surprise at winning, and the sometimes-exasperating aftermath as the mediadiscovered her and turned her (for a while, at least) into a celebrity. A charming story, well worth slogging through the heavy loads of math. First printing of 35,000; $65,000 ad/promo; author tour

	Foreword	vii
	Preface	ix
Part I	Background	1
1	Early Influences	3
2	Early Challenges	8
3	Beginning My First Project	32
Part II	Mathematical Excursions	41
4	Dad's Evening Class	43
5	Of Prime Importance	47
6	The Arithmetic of Cryptography	71
7	Sums with a Difference	113
8	One Way Only	149
9	Public Key Cryptography	164
Part III	Exhibition Time	187
10	Young Scientist '98	189
11	The Birth of a Project	194
12	Young Scientist '99	218
Part IV	After-Math	229
13	Media Blitz	231
14	Around the World and Back	254
	About This Book	269
Appendix A	"Cryptography--A New Algorithm Versus the RSA"	271
Appendix B	Answers to Miscellaneous Questions	297
Appendix C	Euclid's Algorithm	305
Appendix D	The Euler [phis]-function and the Euler-Fermat Theorem	315
	Acknowledgments	320
	Bibliography	323
	Index	325

Look this: Environmental Politics and Policy or The End of the European Era

Internet Information Services IIS 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Author: William R Stanek

Here's the eminently practical, pocket-sized reference for IT and Web professionals working with IIS 7.0. Designed for quick referencing and compulsively readable, this portable guide covers all the basics needed for Web administration fundamentals, Web server administration, essential services administration, and performance, optimization, and maintenance. It's the fast-answers guide that helps users consistently save time and energy as they administer IIS 7.0. Written by an award-winning author of more than two dozen computer books, this guide puts expert administration and troubleshooting advice right at your fingertips. Featuring quick-reference tables, concise lists, and step-by-step instructions, this handy, one-stop guide provides fast, accurate answers on the spot-whether you're at your desk or in the field.

Key Book Benefits:
•Delivers must-know details and procedures for administering, supporting and troubleshooting IIS 7.0, including information for performance optimization
•Features concise tables, easy-to-scan lists, and step-by-step instructions for the answers you need, wherever you need them

Introduction to Color Imaging Science or Evaluating Software Architectures

2009-01-30T06:51:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Color Imaging Science

Author: Hsien Che Le

Color imaging technology has become almost ubiquitous in modern life in the form of monitors, liquid crystal screens, color printers, scanners, and digital cameras. This book is a comprehensive guide to the scientific and engineering principles of color imaging. It covers the physics of light and color, how the eye and physical devices capture color images, how color is measured and calibrated, and how images are processed. It stresses physical principles and includes a wealth of real-world examples. The book will be of value to scientists and engineers in the color imaging industry and, with homework problems, can also be used as a text for graduate courses on color imaging.

Book review: Yoga of the Nine Emotions or Detox Manual

Evaluating Software Architectures: Methods and Case Studies

Author: Paul Clements

Praise for Evaluating Software Architectures

“The architecture of complex software or systems is a collection of hard decisions that are very expensive to change. Successful product development and evolution depend on making the right architectural choices. Can you afford not to identify and not to evaluate these choices? The authors of this book are experts in software architecture and its evaluation. They collected a wealth of ideas and experience in a well-organized and accessible form. If you are involved in the development of complex systems or software, you will find this book an invaluable guide for establishing and improving architecture evaluation practice in your organization.” —Alexander Ran, Principal Scientist of Software Architecture, Nokia

“Software engineers must own this book. It is a well-written guide to the steps for evaluating software architecture. It argues for the inclusion of architecture evaluation and review as a standard part of the software development lifecycle. It introduces some new and innovative methods for analyzing important architecture characteristics, like extensibility, portability, and reliability. I believe these methods will become new engineering cornerstones for creating good software systems.” —Joe Maranzano, AT&T Bell Labs Fellow in Software Architecture (1990), and former head of the Bell Labs Software Technology Center

“Experience and teamwork are the only approaches I know of to deliver products faster, cheaper, and yet to delight your customers. Intheir first book, Software Architecture in Practice, Paul and Rick (and Len Bass) helped me match my experience with theory. Their invaluable approaches and case studies changed my practice and the way I proceed to design systems and software architectures. This second book, with Mark, covers what I will look at before I feel good about an architecture. It is about how I can tap other people's experience to produce an improved outcome, using other people's feedback. I have used many of the concepts explained in this book for my customers' benefit. Using this book, you—architects, developers, and managers—will develop a common language and practice to team up and deliver more successful products.” —Bertrand Salle, lead architect with a major telecommunications company

“If architecture is the foundation of system construction, architectural evaluation is part of the foundation of getting to a ‘good’ architecture. In this book, the authors put their considerable expertise to one of the most pressing issues in systems development today: how to evaluate an architecture prior to system construction to ascertain its feasibility and suitability to the system of interest. The book provides a practical guide to architecture evaluation using three contemporary evaluation methods. It should prove valuable to practitioners and as a basis for the evolution of architectural evaluation as an engineering practice.”
—Rich Hilliard, Chief Technical Officer, ConsentCache, Inc., and technical editor, IEEE Recommended Practice for Architectural Description of Software-Intensive Systems

“Too many systems have performance and other problems caused by an inappropriate architecture. Thus problems are introduced early, but are usually detected too late—when the deadline is near or, even worse, after the problem makes the headlines. Remedies lead to missed schedules, cost overruns, missed market windows, damaged customer relations, and many other difficulties. It is easy to prevent these problems by evaluating the architecture choices early, and selecting an appropriate one.” —Connie U. Smith, Ph.D., principal consultant, Performance Engineering Services Division, L&S Computer Technology, Inc., and coauthor of the new book, Performance Solutions: A Practical Guide to Creating Responsive, Scalable Software

“The ATAM an evaluation method described in this book is the natural quality-gate through which a high-level design should pass before a detail design project is initiated. Why use the ATAM to evaluate an architecture? Mitigation of design risk is a major reason, but more importantly, the ATAM provides an interactive vehicle that can give key development and user stakeholders architectural visibility—visibility that can lead to an important ‘early buy-in.’” —Rich Zebrowski, Software Technology Manager, Motorola, Inc.

“Caterpillar's experience with architecture reviews includes SAAM, ATAM, ARID, and ADR evaluation methods described in this book, the first three in detail. These reviews ensured that the needs of the user community were being met, and they exposed the architecture to others in the organization helping with understanding and organizational buy-in. The SAAM- and ATAM-based evaluations worked well to expose the architecture early in the development cycle to a broad range of people. The ARID- and ADR-based evaluations facilitated the exposure of technical details of the architecture later in the development cycle. As the architect of the pilot project for ARID, I observed that this review even served as an architecture training session before the architecture was fully documented.” —Lee R. DenBraber, former Lead Software Architect, Caterpillar, Inc.

“We’ve heard all the management hype about harnessing the innovative creativity of our teams, establishing integrated customer-developer-product teams, and better targeting our systems to meet end user needs. The ATAM techniques described in this book give technical managers, system architects, and engineers proven tools for breaking down the communications barriers that impede our ability to realize these goals. We have successfully integrated the ATAM techniques throughout our lifecycle, including development and maintenance, and have found that they provide the strong technical basis we need to evaluate the many difficult trades required by a system as large as EOSDIS.” —Mike Moore, Deputy Manager, Science Systems Development Office, Earth Observing System Data Information System (EOSDIS) Project, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

“If you know how difficult architecture reviews are, you will be amazed how effective ATAM evaluations can be. For example, an ATAM evaluation we conducted on an important software product line identified a major architectural risk, which we subsequently were able to avoid-a benefit we expect to continue seeing. Moreover, ATAM techniques have enabled us to explain such risks to stakeholders far more clearly than by any other review method.” —Stefan Ferber, Corporate Research, Robert Bosch GmbH

Drawing on clearly identified connections between architecture design decisions and resulting software properties, this book describes systematic methods for evaluating software architectures and applies them to real-life cases. It shows you how such evaluation can substantially reduce risk while adding remarkably little expense and time to the development effort (in most cases, no more than a few days). Evaluating Software Architectures introduces the conceptual background for architecture evaluation and provides a step-by-step guide to the process based on numerous evaluations performed in government and industry.

In particular, the book presents three important evaluation methods:

Architecture Tradeoff Analysis Method (ATAM)
Software Architecture Analysis Method (SAAM)
Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs (ARID)

Detailed case studies demonstrate the value and practical application of these methods to real-world systems, and sidebars throughout the book provide interesting background and hands-on tips from the trenches.

All software engineers should know how to carry out software architecture evaluations. Evaluating Software Architectures is the chance to get up to speed quickly by learning from the experience of others.

What People Are Saying

B Wright
"This book provides a practical guide to architecture evaluation using three contemporary evaluation methods. It should prove valuable to practitioners and as a basis for the evolution of architectural evaluation as an engineering practice."
--Chief Technical Officer, ConsentCache, Inc.

Attilio Maranzano
"Software engineers must own this book."
--Former Head of the AT&T Bell Labs Software Technology Center

Alexander Ran
"Successful product development and evolution depends on making right architectural choices. Can you afford not to identify and not to evaluate these choices?"
--Principal Scientist of Software Architecture, Nokia

Joe Maranzano
"Software engineers must own this book."
--Former Head of the AT&T Bell Labs Software Technology Center

	List of Figures
	List of Tables
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
	Reader's Guide
Ch. 1	What is Software Architecture?	1
Ch. 2	Evaluating a Software Architecture	19
Ch. 3	The ATAM - A Method for Architecture Evaluation	43
Ch. 4	The Battlefield Control System - The First Case Study in Applying the ATAM	87
Ch. 5	Understanding Quality Attributes	109
Ch. 6	A Case Study in Applying the ATAM	127
Ch. 7	Using the SAAM to Evaluate an Example Architecture	211
Ch. 8	ARID - An Evaluation Method for Partial Architectures	241
Ch. 9	Comparing Software Architecture Evaluation Methods	255
Ch. 10	Growing an Architecture Evaluation Capability in Your Organization	275
Ch. 11	Conclusions	287
App. A	An Example Attribute-Based Architectural Style	297
	References	303
	Index	307

Exploring Microsoft Office Access 2007 Volume 1 or Introduction to Security

2009-01-29T02:40:00.000-08:00

Exploring Microsoft Office Access 2007 Volume 1

Author: Robert Grauer

The Exploring series helps students master the "How and Why" of performing tasks in Office to gain a greater understanding of how to use the individual applications together to solve business problems. Exploring titles feature “Perfect pages” where every step of every hands-on exercise as well as every end-of-chapter problem begins on a new page and has its own screen shot to make it easier to follow. Each chapter contains Hands-on Exercises, Capstone Exercises, and Mini-Cases for practicing and reviewing skills acquired. Exploring Microsoft Office Access 2007 Volume 1, 1/e covers the following topics: introduction to Access and databases; relational databases and multi-table queries; customize, analyze, and summarize query data; creating and editing professional, useful reports Ideal for students and individuals seeking comprehensive instruction for Access 2007.

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Access: Finding Your Way through a Database

Section 1: Data and Files Everywhere!
Exploring, Describing, and Navigating Among the Objects in an Access Database
Understanding the Difference Between Working in Storage and Memory
Practicing Good File Management
Backing up, Compacting, and Repairing Access Files
Hands-On Exercises 1 Introduction to Databases

Section 2: Filters, Sorts, and Access Versus Excel
Creating Filters
Sorting Table Data on One or More Fields
Knowing When to Use Access or Excel to Manage Data
Hands-On Exercises 2: Data Manipulation: Filters and Sorts

Section 3: The Relational Database
Using the Relationship Window
Understanding Relational Power
Hands-On Exercises 3: Introduction to Relationships

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 2 - Relational Databases and Multi-Table Queries: Designing Databases and Using

Section 1: Related Data
Table Design, Properties, Views, and Wizards
Designing Data
Creating Tables
Hands-On Exercises 1: Table Design, Properties, Views, and Wizards

Section 2: Multiple Table Database
Understanding Table Relationships
Sharing Data with Excel
Establishing Table Relationships
Hands-on Exercises 2: Imports andRelationships

Section 3: Queries
Creating a Query
Specifying Criteria for Different Data Types
Copying and Running a Query
Using the Query Wizard
Understanding Large Database Differences
Hands-On Exercises 3: Multi-Table Query

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 3 - Customize, Analyze, and Summarize Query Data: Creating and Using Queries to Make Decisions

Section 1: Data Summary and Analysis
Understanding the Order of Precedence
Creating a Calculated Field in a Query
Hands-On Exercises 1: Calculated Query Fields

Section 2: Expression Builder
Creating Expressions with the Expression Builder
Creating and Editing Access Functions
Performing Date Arithmetic
Hands-On Exercises 2: Expression Builder, Functions, and Date Arithmetic

Section 3: Data Aggregates
Creating and Working with Data Aggregates
Hands-On Exercises 3: Data Aggregates

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Chapter 4 - Create, Edit and Perform Calculations in Reports: Creating Professional and Useful Reports
Section 1: Appearance Matter
Planning Reports
Using Different Report Views
Creating and Editing a Report
Hands-On Exercises 1: Introduction to Access Reports

Section 2: The Anatomy of a Report
Identifying Report Elements, Sections and Controls
Adding Grouping Levels Using the Layout View
Adding Fields to a Report
Hands-On Exercises 2: Create, Sort, Edit, Nest and Remove Groups from Reports

Section 3: The Report and Label Wizard
Using the Report Wizard
Hands-On Exercises 3: Report Wizard

Summary
Key Terms
Multiple Choice
Practice Exercises
Mid-Level Exercises
Capstone Exercise
Mini Cases

Interesting book: Systèmes informatiques D'entreprise :une Approche basée sur le Dessin

Introduction to Security: Operations and Management

Author: P J Ortmeier

Introduction to Security, 3e addresses public and private security operations and management all in a single text. The history, threats to, and legal aspects of security are included, as well as global considerations. This edition features unprecedented coverage of budgeting; planning; homeland security; career opportunities and future trends. New case studies have been added to each chapter and numerous examples tackle issues encountered in the field. With a focus on career preparation, this edition can be used as a prep tool for the ASIS International Certified Protection Professional (CPP) exam and introduces readers to 18 of the most popular security sectors.

Cyber Crime Investigations or Sonic the Hedgehog

2009-01-27T22:28:00.000-08:00

Cyber Crime Investigations: Bridging the Gaps Between Security Professionals, Law Enforcement, and Prosecutors

Author: Anthony Reyes

Written by a former NYPD cyber cop, this is the only book available that discusses the hard questions cyber crime investigators are asking.

The book begins with the chapter "What is Cyber Crime?" This introductory chapter describes the most common challenges faced by cyber investigators today. The following chapters discuss the methodologies behind cyber investigations; and frequently encountered pitfalls. Issues relating to cyber crime definitions, the electronic crime scene, computer forensics, and preparing and presenting a cyber crime investigation in court will be examined. Not only will these topics be generally be discussed and explained for the novice, but the hard questions —the questions that have the power to divide this community— will also be examined in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner.

This book will serve as a foundational text for the cyber crime community to begin to move past current difficulties into its next evolution.

* This book has been written by a retired NYPD cyber cop, who has worked many high-profile computer crime cases

* Discusses the complex relationship between the public and private sector with regards to cyber crime

* Provides essential information for IT security professionals and first responders on maintaining chain of evidence

New interesting textbook: El Desarrollo de Potencial a Través de una Variedad Llena de Mandos:Casos en Mando Transaccional y Transformacional

Sonic the Hedgehog

Author: Fletcher Black

Platform: Sony PlayStation 3 and X-Box 360

The Blue Blur is Back!

• Maps of Soleanna's city reveal every side mission and ability enhancement
• Expert strategy for defeating colossal bosses
• Race past Dr. Eggman's robot army with complete mission walkthroughs
• Complete episode guide for each of the hedgehogs: Sonic, Shadow, and newcomer Silver
• Master Silver The Hedgehog's psychic powers

Sonic Boom
Cast, The Hedgehogs, The Villains, The Humans, Supporting Crew

How to Play
Action Stages, Town, Controls, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shadow The Hedgehog, Silver The Hedgehog, Supporting Cast, Amy Rose, Blaze The Cat, E-123 Omega, Knuckles The Echidna, Miles ÒTailsÓ Prower, Rouge The Bat, Stage Features, Environment Objects/Items, Power-Ups

Multiplayer
Tag
Battle

Town Stage
Soleanna City Life, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shadow The Hedgehog, Silver The Hedgehog

Sonic the Hedgehog
The Blue Blur, Wave Ocean, Dusty Desert, White Acropolis, Crisis City, Flame Core, Radical Train, Tropical Jungle, Extra Stage: Wave Ocean, Kingdom Valley, Aquatic Base

Shadow the Hedgehog
Fueled by Anger, Shadow The Hedgehog, White Acropolis, Kingdom Valley
Crisis City, Flame Core, Extra Stage: Tropical Jungle, Radical Train, Aquatic Base, Wave Ocean, Dusty Desert

Silver The Hedgehog
Psychic Hedgehog, Crisis City, Tropical Jungle, Extra Stage: Wave Ocean, Dusty Desert, White Acropolis, Radical Train, Aquatic Base, Kingdom Valley, Flame Core

Last Episode
End of the World, Tails at Crisis City, E-123 Omega at Flame Core, Knuckles The Echidna at Tropical Jungle, Silver The Hedgehog at Dusty Desert, Rouge The Bat at Wave Ocean, Amy Rose at White Acropolis, Shadow The Hedgehog at Kingdom Valley, Boss Battle: Solaris, First Form, Second Form

Enemy Gallery
Monster Menagerie, Dr. Eggman’s Robots, Iblis’s Minions

Gold Medals
Gold Rush, Sonic The Hedgehog, Shadow The Hedgehog, Silver The Hedgehog, Last Episode

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit with CDROM or Professional IIS 7

2009-01-26T18:17:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Security Resource Kit with CDROM

Author: Jesper M Johansson

Get the definitive reference for planning and implementing security features in Windows Server 2008-with expert insights from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Server Security Team at Microsoft. This official Microsoft Resource Kit delivers the in-depth, technical information and tools you need to help protect your Windowsr-based clients, server roles, networks, and Internet services. Leading security experts explain how to plan and implement comprehensive security with special emphasis on new Windows security tools, security objects, security services, user authentication and access control, network security, application security, Windows Firewall, Active Directoryr security, group policy, auditing, and patch management. The kit also provides best practices based on real-world implementations. You also get must-have tools, scripts, templates, and other key job aids, including an eBook of the entire Resource Kit on CD.

Key Book Benefits:
• Definitive technical information and expert insights straight from the Windows Server Security Team and leading Microsoft MVPs • Provides in-depth information that every Windows administrator needs to know about helping protect Windows-based environments • Includes best practices from real-world implementations • CD includes additional job aids, including tools, scripts, and a fully searchable version of the entire Resource Kit book

Book about: Confianza & Traición en el Lugar de trabajo:Edificio de Relaciones Eficaces en Su Organización

Professional IIS 7

Author: Ken Schaefer

This book is a complete reference to IIS7.0---both for developers and administrators. In addition to covering the common administrative tasks, this book will take an in depth look at IIS7.0 extensibility and operations management. This information will be pulled from people running major intranets and web hosting facilities. The book will differentiate itself from other IIS 7.0 books by showing how to:

• Automate administrative tasks.

• Monitor and manage an IIS environment, including MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) and MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager). This information would be useful to systems administrators after they have deployed an IIS solution, by ensuring they are able to stabilize and monitor the environment.

• Debug and troubleshoot IIS. Few people (outside PSS and so forth) have the necessary information on available tools and how to use them effectively.

• Secure the IIS environment--including coverage of authentication protocols, PKI/SSL etc. Most books merely remark that a particular protocol is "secure" (or not secure) without detailing how these protocols work, what their strengths are, and how they can be subverted.

• Extend IIS7.0 through the use of ISAPI filters and HTTPModules.

• Master advanced topics (such as Network Load Balancing/High Availability) that are not covered by other books. Our author team has experience in large scale IIS hosting that few others do.

Electronic Warfare in the Information Age or Digital Photography All in One Desk Reference For Dummies

2009-01-25T14:05:00.000-08:00

Electronic Warfare in the Information Age

Author: D Curtis Schleher

Here's an advanced practitioner's guide to the latest concepts and threats associated with modern electronic warfare (EW). This new book identifies and explains the newest radar and communications threats, and provides EW and radar engineers, managers, and technical professionals with practical, "how-to" information on designing and implementing ECM and ECCM systems.

Written by a world-renowned expert in radar and electronic warfare, the book helps you develop state-of-the-art ESM systems designed specifically to exploit the vulnerabilities of modern radar. It also identifies and evaluates the latest ESM receiving equipment, and outlines advanced ECM methods, including monopulse deception, coherent radar jamming, and high-ERP generation. Other well-structured sections cover modern ECCM countermeasure techniques, the impact of new stealth technology on ESM and ECM requirements, jammer upgrading procedures, and much more.

Booknews

Schleher (Navy Postgraduate School) begins by familiarizing the reader with the numerous acronyms associated with EW<-->e.g. C2W (command and control warfare), EA (electronic attack), IW (information warfare), and DRFMs (digital radio frequency memories). Coverage includes threats, requirements, and principles; advanced radar threat; EA against modern radar systems; electronic warfare support; expendables and decoy systems; stealth technology; and radar jamming modeling. The disk includes 50 MATLAB programs for use with the text's many examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

	Preface
1	Electronic Warfare - Threats, Requirements, and Principles	1
2	Advanced Radar Threat	63
3	Modern EA Systems - Architecture, Types, and Technology	133
4	EA Against Modern Radar Systems	201
5	Digital Radio Frequency Memory	293
6	Electronic Warfare Support	333
7	Expendables and Decoy Systems	405
8	Directed Energy Weapons and Stealth Technology	471
App. A	Radar Jamming Modeling and Analysis Tool	539
	Acronym List	579
	Index	581

New interesting book: Direzione ed amministrazione di professione d'infermiera: Una guida pratica

Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies

Author: David D Busch

It’s easy to get started in digital photography and take great photos with Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies! This fourth edition helps you choose the right camera, compose and capture great photos, load them onto your computer, enhance them with Photoshop, and share them online or as prints. Here’s how to compare digital camera features, choose accessories, and explore digital SLRs; get great close-ups, sports and action shots, and portraits; and use image editors including Paint Shop Pro, Corel PhotoPaint, PhotoImpact, and Adobe’s popular Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. You’ll also discover how to:

Compose pictures that communicate
Make the most of macro photography
Get great candid photos
Create the right lighting and use cool lighting gadgets

Take advantage of six cool improvements in digital SLRs

Follow great ideas for getting your photos published
Take great shots in a wide range of situations
Learn to repair and restore treasured heirloom photos
Turn your images into greeting cards, T-shirts, online albums, or prints

You’ll quickly find what you need in one of the seven minibooks:

Your Digital Studio
Using Digital SLRs
Taking Great Pictures
Basics of Image Editing
Editing with Photoshop/Photoshop Elements
Restoring Old Photos
Printing and Sharing Digital Images

Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, 4th Edition gets you up to speed on digital cameras and all the tricks, so you can truly enjoy yourdigital photography experience.

IT Strategy in Action or Oracle Shell Scripting

2009-01-24T09:51:00.000-08:00

IT Strategy in Action

Author: James D McKeen

This book teaches students how to use and manage IT to deliver business value, with a focus on IT management issues, rather than technical issues. KEY TOPICS: IT Strategy in Actiontackles the real world challenges of IT management first, by exploring a set of the most important issues facing IT managers today and second, by providing a series of mini-cases which present these critical IT issues within the context of real organizations. Most suited for business professionals who are interested in discovering the latest research in business solutions through IT.

Oracle Shell Scripting: Linux and UNIX Programming for Oracle

Author: Jon Emmons

With the expert techniques discussed in this book, Oracle database administrators can automate routine tasks to save time and money and better monitor the flow of work. Using shell scripts—an indispensable tool on UIX and Linux—any number of commands can be combined and executed either simultaneously or sequentially. More than 50 working shell scripts for both beginners and experts give Oracle professionals a fantastic head-start on automating their administration duties and are easily modifiable for any environment. Topics include the history of shells and shell scripting, detailed step-by-step instructions on building shell scripts, how to tell when things are working right, and how to effectively monitor the system for failures.

Video Demystified or Final Cut Pro 4 for Dummies

2009-01-23T05:39:00.000-08:00

Video Demystified: A Handbook for the Digital Engineer

Author: Keith Jack

Covers the essentials of video technology with an emphasis on implementing video on computer systems for such applications as multimedia and video teleconferencing.

Booknews

A guide to the intricacies of video-computer system design, covering the essentials of video standards and applications, design architectures, video processing requirements, color space conversion, digital encoding/decoding techniques, and video data compression/decompression standards. Published by HighText Publications Inc., 125 N. Acacia Ave., Suite 110, Solano Beach, CA 92075. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents ..... vii
Foreword ..... iii
Chapter 1: Introduction ..... 1
Chapter 2: Video and the Computer Environment ..... 7
Chapter 3: Color Spaces ..... 27
Chapter 4: Video Overview ..... 55
Chapter 5: NTSC/PAL Digital Encoding ..... 106
Chapter 6: NTSC/PAL Digital Decoding ..... 197
Chapter 7: Digital Composite Video ..... 257
Chapter 8: 4:2:2 Digital Component Video ..... 282
Chapter 9: Video Processing ..... 330
Chapter 10: MPEG 1 ..... 426
Chapter 11: MPEG 2 ..... 503
Chapter 12: VIdeo Conferencing (ISDN) ..... 601
Chapter 13: Video Conferencing (GSTN) ..... 633
Chapter 14: High Definition Production Standards ..... 658
References ..... 691
Appendix ..... A-1
Glossary ..... A-49
Index ..... A-87

Interesting book: Weight Watchers Great Cooking Every Day or Sexual Male

Final Cut Pro 4 for Dummies

Author: Chad Fahs

* Covers rendering, compositing, transitions, adding titles, audio and video filters, and advanced effects, as well as basic digital video editing information.
* Includes instructions on outputting the final product to videotape, DVD, CD-ROM, or even onto the Web.
* Provides practical, real-world solutions to managing media and incorporating various special effects into unique video/film productions.
* Includes a DVD packed with first hand commentary and project examples from the personal files of author Helmut Kobler, an independent filmmaker.

Adobe Creative Suite 2 All in One Desk Reference for Dummies or Sams Teach Yourself Exchange Server 2003 in 10 Minutes

2009-01-22T01:28:00.000-08:00

Adobe Creative Suite 2 All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies

Author: Christopher Smith

Adobe software has always been highly respected for creative design and development. Its programs allow you to produce amazing designs and creations with ease, and with the release of the Adobe Creative Suite 2, you can design a wide range of productions ranging from illustrations and Web sites to professional documents and photographic manipulations.

Adobe Creative Suite 2 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies is your one-stop guide to creating great graphics with all the cool CS2 tools. Written in a thorough, fun way to show you the basics on how to use each of the programs, you’ll find out just how easy it is to start designing brilliant images and graphics. This guide gives you the tools you need to:

• Draw with InDesign

• Understand page layout and color

• Create colorful images with Illustrator C2

• Use the pen tool, type, and image placing

• Choose the correct Photoshop mode for your creation

• Create images on PhotoShop CS2 for print

• Paint and retouch images

• Create and secure PDF files with Acrobat 7.0

• Edit and extract text and graphics

• Build and publish a Web site with GoLive CS2

• Work with multimedia

Packed with easy-to-follow steps and guidance, you’ll be up to speed with all the features in no time. With these six great reference guides rolled into one, this is the ultimate book for becoming a CS2 pro!

Bk. I	Adobe Creative Suite 2 basics	7
Ch. 1	Introduction Adobe Creative Suite 2	9
Ch. 2	Using common menus and commands	19
Ch. 3	Using common palettes	31
Ch. 4	Using common plug-ins	39
Ch. 5	Importing and exporting	47
Ch. 6	Handling graphics, paths, text, and fonts	61
Ch. 7	Using color	73
Ch. 8	Printing documents	81
Bk. II	InDesign CS2	91
Ch. 1	Introducing InDesign CS2	93
Ch. 2	Drawing in InDesign	115
Ch. 3	Working with text and text frames	139
Ch. 4	Understanding page layout	171
Ch. 5	Clipping paths, transforming objects, and alignment	193
Ch. 6	Understanding color and printing	205
Ch. 7	Exporting your work	219
Ch. 8	Integrating InDesign	231
Bk. III	Illustrator CS2	243
Ch. 1	Discovering Illustrator CS2	245
Ch. 2	Using the selection tools	259
Ch. 3	Creating basic shapes	269
Ch. 4	Using the pen tool and placing images	275
Ch. 5	Using type in Illustrator	287
Ch. 6	Organizing your illustrations	311
Ch. 7	Using layers	321
Ch. 8	Livening up illustrations with color	329
Ch. 9	The transform and distortions tools	345
Ch. 10	Transparency and special effects tools	357
Ch. 11	Using filters and effects	369
Ch. 12	Using your Illustrator image	381
Bk. IV	Photoshop CS2	397
Ch. 1	Photoshop CS2 basics	399
Ch. 2	Mode matters	407
Ch. 3	Creating a selection	419
Ch. 4	Using the Photoshop pen tool	433
Ch. 5	Resolution basics	443
Ch. 6	Creating a good image	451
Ch. 7	Painting and retouching tools	467
Ch. 8	Using layers	485
Ch. 9	Saving Photoshop images for print and the Web	503
Bk. V	Acrobat 7.0	515
Ch. 1	Discovering essential Acrobat information	517
Ch. 2	Creating PDF files	527
Ch. 3	Adding interactivity to PDF files	539
Ch. 4	Editing and extracting text and graphics	549
Ch. 5	Using commenting and annotation tools	557
Ch. 6	Securing your PDF files	567
Bk. VI	GoLive CS2	573
Ch. 1	Introducing GoLive CS2	575
Ch. 2	Creating a Web site	587
Ch. 3	Working with images	597
Ch. 4	Text and CSS	609
Ch. 5	Layout grids, tables, and frames	623
Ch. 6	Links	637
Ch. 7	Layers	647
Ch. 8	Forms	661
Ch. 9	Multimedia	677
Ch. 10	Publishing your Web site	687

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Sams Teach Yourself Exchange Server 2003 in 10 Minutes

Author: James Walker

In your daily maintenance routine of your company's Microsoft Exchange Server, you probably run into bumps along the way. Sams Teach Yourself Exchange Server 2003 in 10 Minutes is a great, quick-reference guide to the most common tasks you perform as an Exchange Server administrator. Use this guide as a basis for practical knowledge and solutions to problems with managing mailboxes, performing database maintenance, Outlook Web access, performance optimization and group policy management. When all you need is a quick-hit of information so you can quickly get back to work, Sams Teach Yourself Exchange Server 2003 in 10 Minutes is your best option.

The Internet Galaxy or Object Oriented Software Engineering

2009-01-20T21:16:00.000-08:00

The Internet Galaxy: Reflections on the Internet, Business, and Society

Author: Manuel Castells

Manuel Castells is one of the world's leading thinkers on the new information age, hailed by The Economist as "the first significant philosopher of cyberspace," and by Christian Science Monitor as "a pioneer who has hacked out a logical, well-documented, and coherent picture of early 21st century civilization, even as it rockets forward largely in a blur." Now, in The Internet Galaxy, this brilliantly insightful writer speculates on how the Internet will change our lives.

Castells believes that we are "entering, full speed, the Internet Galaxy, in the midst of informed bewilderment." His aim in this exciting and profound work is to help us to understand how the Internet came into being, and how it is affecting every area of human life--from work, politics, planning and development, media, and privacy, to our social interaction and life in the home. We are at ground zero of the new network society. In this book, its major commentator reveals the Internet's huge capacity to liberate, but also its ability to marginalize and exclude those who do not have access to it. Castells provides no glib solutions, but asks us all to take responsibility for the future of this new information age.

The Internet is becoming the essential communication and information medium in our society, and stands alongside electricity and the printing press as one of the greatest innovations of all time. The Internet Galaxy offers an illuminating look at how this new technology will influence business, the economy, and our daily lives.

Publishers Weekly

Castells, best known for his three-volume study The Information Age (Blackwell), an analysis of societal changes wrought by communications advances, trims that work to appeal to readers who were daunted by its 1,200 pages, $80 paperback price and ponderous prose. In this excellent, readable, nontechnical summary of the history, social implications and likely future of Internet business, Castells, professor of planning and of sociology at Berkeley, covers institutions like the World Wide Web Consortium, which "presides over the protocols and development" of the Web, and phenomena like the Internet's immense ability to simultaneously liberate and exclude. There are still too many sentences like "It is fair to say that most hackers live normal lives, at least as normal as most people, which does not necessarily mean that hackers (or anybody else) fit into the ideal type of normalcy, conforming to the dominant ideology in our societies," leaving readers wondering if hackers' lives are normal or not, and whether he's trying to give a sociological side lesson. Those willing to overlook such prosodic lapses will appreciate the astute accounts of, e.g., the complications for early grassroots online citizen networks headed by community activists, but seen by many as an opportunity to move beyond their local community. (Dec.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Library Journal

Based on the author's Clarendon Lectures in Management at Oxford University, this work focuses on the Internet and the future of networked societies. More specifically, Castells (sociology, Univ. of California, Berkeley; The Information Age: Economy, Society, and Culture) examines cultures spawned by the Internet as well as the Internet's effects on culture. He provides balanced coverage of e-business and the new economy; the politics of the Internet, including privacy and freedom; and the geography of the Internet. Thereafter, he considers how those topics have influenced the globalization of the Internet and the growing digital divide. This thoroughly researched volume features numerous international examples and statistics that effectively illustrate key points and make the book truly global in scope. With his knack for analyzing contemporary society, Castells has produced a timely book indeed. Including constructive lists of "reading links" and "e-links" at the end of each chapter, the text would serve as a good companion for courses in the social and computer sciences. Highly recommended for academic libraries. Colleen Cuddy, New York Univ. Sch. of Medicine Lib. Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

Kirkus Reviews

Far-reaching analysis by the author of the Information Age trilogy (The Rise of the Network Society, not reviewed, etc.) of the Internet's birth and its impact on a range of human activities, including business, social relationships, and politics. Castells (Planning and Sociology/Univ. of California, Berkeley) begins his study by looking at the creation of the Internet, developed not by business but in government institutions, universities, think tanks, and research centers: environments that fostered freedom of thinking and innovation. Its origins, he points out, are what have given the Internet its most distinctive features, openness in technical architecture and social forms and uses, and business built upon these features when it became the driving force behind the Internet's rapid expansion in the 1990s. Castells examines the new economy in some detail, looking at the relationship between the Internet and capital markets, changes in employment practices, and networking as a management tool. With a new economy based on the culture of innovation, risk, and expectations, Castells sees the emergence of a new kind of business cycle characterized by volatile, information-driven financial markets. Turning to the impact of the Internet on social relationships, he notes a new pattern of sociability, "networked individualism," in which individuals build their networks on- and offline on the basis of values, interests, and projects. Castells observes that while the Internet has the potential to strengthen democracy through broadening the sources of information and enabling greater citizenship participation, it has at the same time contributed greatly to the politics of scandal. He also looksat unresolved issues of privacy and security, describing the Internet as "contested terrain, where the new, fundamental battle for freedom in the Information Age is being fought." In his sobering final chapter, the author studies the divide between peoples and regions that operate in the digital world and those that cannot. Absorbing history-but, with the jargon of academic sociology, an arduous read.

Object-Oriented Software Engineering: Using UML, Patterns and Java

Author: Bernd Bruegg

Object-Oriented Software Engineering Using UML, Patterns and Java^™ was designed as a software engineering project course text and professional reference. In their second edition, the authors effectively incorporate a step-by-step case study as a unifying thread throughout the text, giving students the opportunity to apply the tools in a real-world scenario. This bottom-up approach assists students or professionals in learning the material incrementally.

This thoroughly updated text teaches students or industry R & D practitioners to successfully negotiate the terrain for building and maintaining large, complex software systems. The authors introduce the basic skills needed for a developer to apply software engineering techniques. Next, they focus on methods and technologies that enable developers to specify, design, and implement complex systems. Finally, the authors show how to support the system changes throughout the software life cycle.

New features with the second edition:

More usable organization and fine-tuned presentation
Shows the state of the art in Object-oriented Software Engineering: UML, Java^™, Distributed Development, Rationale and Configuration Management
Detailed new chapter teaches students and professionals the steps for moving from UML models to Java^™ source code
Instructors can now use the book for class projects with newly differentiated basic or advanced software project management materials
Updated material on Unified Process and XP exposes students to typical changes in system development

	Foreword
	Preface
	Acknowledgments
Pt. I	Getting Started	1
Ch. 1	Introduction to Software Engineering	3
Ch. 2	Modeling with UML	29
Ch. 3	Project Organization and Communication	77
Pt. II	Dealing with Complexity	119
Ch. 4	Requirements Elicitation	121
Ch. 5	Analysis	173
Ch. 6	System Design: Decomposing the System	223
Ch. 7	System Design: Addressing Design Goals	259
Ch. 8	Object Design: Reusing Pattern Solutions	303
Ch. 9	Object Design: Specifying Interfaces	347
Ch. 10	Mapping Models to Code	391
Ch. 11	Testing	435
Pt. III	Managing Change	485
Ch. 12	Rationale Management	487
Ch. 13	Configuration Management	531
Ch. 14	Project Management	567
Ch. 15	Software Life Cycle	613
Ch. 16	Methodologies: Putting It All Together	643
Pt. IV	Appendices	693
App. A	Design Patterns	695
	App. B: Glossary	707
	App. C: Bibliography	739
	Index	751

Digital Communications or AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004

2009-01-19T21:17:00.000-08:00

Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach

Author: Michael Ric

This text uses the principles of discrete-time signal processing to introduce and analyze digital communications – connecting continuous-time and discrete-time ideas. The text brings under one cover the theoretical and practical issues from discrete-time signal processing, discrete-time filter design, multi-rate discrete-time processing, estimation theory, signal space analysis, numerical algorithms – all focused on digital communications. A useful reference for programmers.

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AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004: No Experience Required

Author: David Frey

AutoCAD 2004 and AutoCAD LT 2004: No Experience Required is your step-by-step introduction to the latest versions of AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT, the industry-leading design and drafting programs used by architects, engineers, drafters, and design teams worldwide. Inside this perfectly-paced guide are the clear-cut explanations and practical, step-by-step tutorials that you need to create, develop, and complete even the most elaborate AutoCAD projects.

• Gain the Imperative AutoCAD Skills

• Finding your way around AutoCAD and LT

• Understanding basic commands

• Applying AutoCAD's coordinate systems

• Setting up a drawing

• Mastering drawing strategies

• Employing Polar and Object Snap Tracking

• Setting up layers, colors, and linetypes

• Using blocks and Wblocks

• Dragging AutoCAD objects from one drawing to another

• Generating elevations and orthographic views

• Working with hatches and fills

• Controlling text in a drawing

• Managing external references

• Setting up layouts and printing an AutoCAD drawing

• Using AutoCAD's tool palettes

• Creating and rendering a 3D model

• Setting up attributes

Mastering AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008 or Microsoft Expression Design Step by Step

2009-01-19T11:06:00.000-08:00

Mastering AutoCAD 2008 and AutoCAD LT 2008

Author: George Omura

Mastering AutoCAD teaches AutoCAD essentials using concise explanations, focused examples, step-by-step instructions, and hands-on projects for both AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT. This detailed resource works as both a tutorial and stand-alone reference. Part I introduces the basics of the interface and drafting tools; Part II moves into such intermediate skills as effectively using hatches, fields, and tables; Part III details such advanced skills as attributes, dynamic blocks, drawing curves and solid fills; Part IV explores 3D modeling and imaging; and Part V discusses customization and integration. The book includes a passcode to access further information on a website.

Microsoft Expression Design Step by Step

Author: Sara Froelich

The smart way to learn Microsoft Expression Design-one step at a time! Work at your own pace through the easy numbered steps, practice files on CD, and hands-on exercises to master the fundamentals of creating professional-looking designs and illustrations with the powerful tools that Expression Design delivers. You'll learn how to produce high-quality effects by using the Live Effects feature, how to use a variety of brush types, and how to work with vector images. With STEP BY STEP, you can take just the lessons you need or work from cover to cover. Either way, you drive the instruction, building and practicing the skills you need, just when you need them! Includes an easy-search companion CD with files for practicing the book's lessons, a complete eBook, and more!

Key Book Benefits
• Includes coverage of the fundamentals for building high-quality design and illustrations with easy-to-use tools in a professional design environment
• Features an easy-search companion CD with practice files, a complete eBook, and other resources

Lattice or Effective Software Test Automation

2009-01-19T01:53:00.000-08:00

Lattice: Multivariate Data Visualization with R

Author: Deepayan Sarkar

R is rapidly growing in popularity as the environment of choice for data analysis and graphics both in academia and industry. Lattice brings the proven design of Trellis graphics (originally developed for S by William S. Cleveland and colleagues at Bell Labs) to R, considerably expanding its capabilities in the process. Lattice is a powerful and elegant high level data visualization system that is sufficient for most everyday graphics needs, yet flexible enough to be easily extended to handle demands of cutting edge research. Written by the author of the lattice system, this book describes it in considerable depth, beginning with the essentials and systematically delving into specific low levels details as necessary. No prior experience with lattice is required to read the book, although basic familiarity with R is assumed.

The book contains close to150 figures produced with lattice. Many of the examples emphasize principles of good graphical design; almost all use real data sets that are publicly available in various R packages. All code and figures in the book are also available online, along with supplementary material covering more advanced topics.

Preface     vii
Introduction     1
Multipanel conditioning     2
A histogram for every group     2
The Trellis call     3
Kernel density plots     4
Superposition     5
The "trellis" object     6
The missing Trellis display     7
Arranging multiple Trellis plots     7
Looking ahead     7
Basics
A Technical Overview of lattice     13
Basic usage     13
The Trellis formula     13
The data argument     14
Conditioning     14
Shingles     15
Dimension and physical layout     16
Aspect ratio     19
Layout     20
Fine-tuning the layout: between and skip     24
Grouped displays     24
Annotation: Captions, labels, and legends     26
More on legends     26
Graphing the data     28
Scales and axes     28
The panel function     30
The panel function demystified     31
Return value     33
Visualizing Univariate Distributions     35
Density Plot     35
Large datasets     37
Histograms     39
Normal Q-Q plots     40
Normality and the Box-Cox transformation     42
Other theoretical Q-Q plots     43
The empirical CDF     44
Two-sample Q-Q plots     44
Box-and-whisker plots     47
Violin plots     47
Strip plots     50
Coercion rules     52
Discrete distributions     53
A note on the formula interface     54
Displaying Multiway Tables     55
Cleveland dot plot     55
Bar chart     57
Manipulating order     61
Bar charts and discrete distributions     63
Visualizing categorical data     65
Scatter Plots and Extensions     67
The standard scatter plot     67
Advanced indexing using subscripts     71
Variants using the type argument     75
Superposition and type     79
Scatter-plot variants for large data     82
Scatter-plot matrix     84
Interacting with scatter-plot matrices     86
Parallel coordinates plot     87
Trivariate Displays      91
Three-dimensional scatter plots     91
Dynamic manipulation versus stereo viewing     95
Variants and panel functions     96
Surfaces and two-way tables     98
Data preparation     99
Visualizing surfaces     102
Visualizing discrete array data     105
Theoretical surfaces     110
Parameterized surfaces     111
Choosing a palette for false-color plots     113
Finer Control
Graphical Parameters and Other Settings     119
The parameter system     119
Themes     120
Devices     120
Initializing a graphics device     121
Reading and modifying a theme     122
Usage and alternative forms     125
The par.settings argument     125
Available graphical parameters     126
Nonstandard settings     129
Non-graphical options     131
Argument defaults     131
Making customizations persistent     131
Plot Coordinates and Axis Annotation     133
Packets and the prepanel function     133
The scales argument     134
Relation     134
Axis annotation: Ticks and labels     135
Defaults     138
Three-dimensional displays: cloud() and wireframe()     139
Limits and aspect ratio     140
The prepanel function revisited     140
Explicit specification of limits     141
Choosing aspect ratio by banking     143
Scale components and the axis function     144
Components     144
Axis     148
Labels and Legends     151
Labels     151
Legends     152
Legends as grid graphical objects     152
The colorkey argument     155
The key argument     156
The problem with settings, and the auto.key argument     158
Dropping unused levels from groups     159
A more complicated example     159
Further control: The legend argument     161
Page annotation     162
Data Manipulation and Related Topics     165
Nonstandard evaluation     165
The extended formula interface     166
Combining data sources with make.groups()     170
Subsetting     173
Dropping of factor levels     176
Shingles and related utilities      177
Coercion to factors and shingles     182
Using shingles for axis breaks     183
Cut-and-stack plots     184
Ordering levels of categorical variables     187
Controlling the appearance of strips     193
An Example Revisited     198
Manipulating the "trellis" Object     201
Methods for "trellis" objects     201
The plot(), print(), and summary() methods     202
The update() method and trellis.last.object()     206
Tukey mean-difference plot     208
Specialized manipulations     210
Manipulating the display     211
Interacting with Trellis Displays     215
The traditional graphics model     215
Interaction     216
Viewports, trellis.vpname(), and trellis.focus()     216
Interactive additions     217
Other uses     223
Extending Trellis Displays
Advanced Panel Functions     229
Preliminaries     229
Building blocks for panel functions     229
Accessor functions     231
Arguments     232
A toy example: Hypotrochoids and hypocycloids     232
Some more examples     235
An alternative density estimate     235
A modified box-and-whisker plot     237
Corrgrams as customized level plots     238
Three-dimensional projections     241
Maps     242
A simple projection scheme     244
Maps with conditioning     245
New Trellis Displays     247
S3 methods     248
S4 methods     249
New functions     251
A complete example: Multipanel pie charts     252
References     255
Index     259

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Effective Software Test Automation: Developing an Automated Software Testing Tool

Author: Kanglin Li

"If you'd like a glimpse at how the next generation is going to program, this book is a good place to start."
—Gregory V. Wilson, Dr. Dobbs Journal (October 2004)

Build Your Own Automated Software Testing Tool

Whatever its claims, commercially available testing software is not automatic. Configuring it to test your product is almost as time-consuming and error-prone as purely manual testing.

There is an alternative that makes both engineering and economic sense: building your own, truly automatic tool. Inside, you'll learn a repeatable, step-by-step approach, suitable for virtually any development environment. Code-intensive examples support the book's instruction, which includes these key topics:

• Conducting active software testing without capture/replay

• Generating a script to test all members of one class without reverse-engineering

• Using XML to store previously designed testing cases

• Automatically generating testing data

• Combining Reflection and CodeDom to write test scripts focused on high-risk areas

• Generating test scripts from external data sources

• Using real and complete objects for integration testing

• Modifying your tool to test third-party software components

• Testing your testing tool

Effective Software Test Automation goes well beyond the building of your own testing tool: it also provides expert guidance on deploying it in ways that let you reap the greatest benefits: earlier detection of coding errors, a smoother, swifter development process,and final software that is as bug-free as possible. Written for programmers, testers, designers, and managers, it will improve the way your team works and the quality of its products.

Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard or Mastering Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

2009-01-18T13:42:00.000-08:00

Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying

Author: Justin W Patchin

"Cyberbullying is a significant concern for teens and tweens in the 21st century. This timely and informative book brings adults up to speed on how kids are using technology to harm their peers."
вЂ"Tina Meier, Cyberbullying Activist
Founder, The Megan Meier Foundation

"School leaders need information about cyberbullying and resources on how to protect children. This book provides timely research, best practices, and personal voices from students that will go a long way toward improving student safety."
вЂ"Gail Connelly, Executive Director
National Association of Elementary School Principals

"Hinduja and Patchin are two of the most respected researchers on cyberbullying. This book contains the best practices that principals can implement at their schools to prevent and respond to acts of cyberbullying."
вЂ"Gerald N. Tirozzi, Executive Director
National Association of Secondary School Principals

Identify the warning signs of cyberbullying and prevent inappropriate behaviors!

Cyberbullying is the intentional and repeated act of causing harm to others through the use of computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices. The authors help educators understand the potential consequences of this deliberate behavior and present strategies for effective identification, prevention, and response.

Focusing on the way technology can facilitate or magnify bullying behavior, this comprehensive resource offers information, guidelines, and resources to give students the protection they need. Written by leading experts, this groundbreaking book offers the voices of youth affected by or involved inreal cyberbullying incidents and includes:

Illustrations of what cyberbullying looks like
Tips for identifying cyberbullies or targets
"Breakout boxes" highlighting hundreds of anti-cyberbullying strategies
A review of current research and legal rulings
Strategies for responsible social networking
Follow-up reflection questions in each chapter
Guidelines for working with parents and law enforcement

Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard helps educators confront technology-based aggression and ensure the safe and responsible use of computers and the Internet.

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Mastering Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

Author: Brad Pric

If you're an IT professional, you're busy enough trying to manage multiple systems and stay proactive with the technology demands of today's fast-moving companies. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is designed to make your life easier, and this comprehensive book is your one-stop gateway to it all. With intermediate to advanced coverage, this book gives you the information you need to deploy, manage, and maintain SCOM 2007, and use it to monitor your network.

Introduction.

Part 1: Implementation and Administration.

Chapter 1: Overview of Operations Management.

Chapter 2: Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Chapter 3: Management Group Settings.

Chapter 4: Installing and Configuring Agents.

Chapter 5: Managing Management Packs.

Chapter 6: Authoring and the Management Pack Life Cycle.

Chapter 7: Monitoring with the Console.

Chapter 8: Audit Collection Services and Agentless Exception Monitoring.

Chapter 9: Reporting.

Chapter 10: Working with Complex Environments.

Part 2: Maintenance and Troubleshooting.

Chapter 11: Optimizing Your Environment.

Chapter 12: Backup, Restore, and Disaster Recovery.

Chapter 13: Troubleshooting.

Chapter 14: Scripting Operations Manager 2007.

Index.

Beginning PHP and MySQL E Commerce or Head First Software Development

2009-01-17T11:00:00.000-08:00

Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional

Author: Cristian Dari

Beginning PHP and MySQL E-Commerce: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition covers every step of the design and building process involved in creating powerful, extendable e-commerce web sites. Based around a real-world example involving a web site selling t-shirts, you'll learn how to create and manage a product catalog, build and integrate a shopping cart, and process customer accounts and PayPal/credit card transactions.

With the e-commerce framework in place, authors Emilian Balanescu and Cristian Darie show you how to integrate advanced features sure to set your web site apart from the competition. You'll learn how to expand your catalog using Amazon Web Services, optimize the web site for the search engines, and take advantage of Ajax to build an even more user-friendly shopping cart.

Other highlights:

The authors show you how to build a complex, extendable e-commerce web site using sound development practices.
This second edition has been updated to take advantage of a more flexible templating system, and new chapters cover Ajax integration and search engine optimization.
The text goes beyond basic product and customer management, showing you how to integrate product reviews, process payments using both credit cards and PayPal, and expand your web site catalog using third-party services such as Amazon's affiliate program.

What you'll learn

Build an extensible e-commerce web site using sound development techniques.
Increase sales through proven techniques such as cross-selling, upselling, and enhancing customer service offerings.
Expand your product and serviceofferings by integrating with reseller programs such as Amazon Affiliates via XML web services.
Take advantage of search engine optimization techniques to make your web site more easy to find.

Who is this book for?

This book was written for individuals seeking to build e-commerce web sites using the PHP language and MySQL database.

About the Apress Beginning Series

The Beginning series from Apress is the right choice to get the information you need to land that crucial entry-level job. These books will teach you a standard and important technology from the ground up because they are explicitly designed to take you from "novice to professional." You'll start your journey by seeing what you need to know--but without needless theory and filler. You'll build your skill set by learning how to put together real-world projects step by step. So whether your goal is your next career challenge or a new learning opportunity, the Beginning series from Apress will take you there--it is your trusted guide through unfamiliar territory!

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Beginning PHP and MySQL 5: From Novice to Professional, Second Edition

PHP 5 Objects, Patterns, and Practice

Head First Software Development

Author: Dan Pilon

Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed. Instead of surrendering to these common problems, let Head First Software Development guide you through the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed projects will be a thing of the past. With its unique visually rich format, this book pulls together the hard lessons learned by expert software developers over the years. You'll gain essential information about each step of the software development lifecycle -- requirements, design, coding, testing, implementing, and maintenance -- and understand why and how different development processes work. This book is for you if you are: Tired of your customers assuming you're psychic. You'll learn not only how to get good requirements, but how to make sure you're always building the software that customers want (even when they're not sure themselves) Wondering when the other 15 programmers you need to get your project done on time are going to show up. You'll learn how some very simple scheduling and prioritizing will revolutionize your success rate in developing software. Confused about being rational, agile, or a tester. You'll learn not only about the various development methodologies out there, but how to choose a solution that's right for your project. Confused because the way you ran your last project worked so well, but failed miserably this time around. You'll learn how to tackle each project individually, combine lessons you've learned on previous projects with cutting-edge development techniques, and end upwithgreat software on every project. Head First Software Development is here to help you learn in a way that your brain likes... and you'll have a blast along the way. Why pick up hundreds of boring books on the philosophy of this approach or the formal techniques required for that one? Stick with Head First Software Development, and your projects will succeed like never before. Go on, get started... you'll learn and have fun. We promise.

Absolute Java or 3d AutoCAD 2009

2009-01-16T23:47:00.000-08:00

Absolute Java

Author: Walter Savitch

Praised for providing an engaging balance of complete examples and explanatory discussion, Absolute Java, Third Edition, is the most comprehensive and accessible book available to both the novice and intermediate Java programming reader. Best-selling author Walt Savitch delivers concepts and techniques in a clear and concise style using understandable language and code enhanced by a suite of pedagogical tools.

Getting Started; Console Input and Output; Flow of Control; Defining Classes; Defining Classes II; Arrays; Inheritance; Polymorphism and Abstract Classes; Exception Handling; File I/O; Recursion; UML and Patterns; Interfaces and Inner Classes; Generics and ArrayList Class; Linked Data Structures; Collections and Iterators; Swing I; Applets; Swing II; Java Never Ends.

For all readers interested in the Java programming language.

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Introduction to Java
Expressions and Assignment Statements
The Class String
Program Style

Chapter 2: Console Input and Output
Screen Output
Console Input Using the Scanner Class

Chapter 3: Flow of Control
Branching Mechanism
Boolean Expressions
Loops
Debugging

Chapter 4: Defining Classes I
Class Definitions
Information Hiding and Encapsulation
Overloading
Constructors

Chapter 5: Defining Classes II
Static Methods and Static Variables
References and Class Parameters
Using and Misusing References
Packages and javadoc

Chapter 6: Arrays
Introduction to Arrays
Arrays and References
Programming with Arrays
Multidimensional Arrays

Chapter 7: Inheritance
Inheritance Basics
Encapsulation and Inheritance
Programming with Inheritance

Chapter 8: Polymorphism and Abstract Classes
Polymorphism
Abstract Classes

Chapter 9: Exception Handling
Exception Handling Basics
Throwing Exceptions in Methods
More Programming Techniques for Exception Handling

Chapter 10: File I/O
Introduction to File I/O
Text Files
The File Class
Binary Files
Random Access to Binary Files

Chapter 11: Recursion
Recursive void Methods
Recursive Methods that Return a Value
Thinking Recursively

Chapter 12: UML and Patterns
UML
Patterns

Chapter 13: Interfaces and Inner Classes
Interfaces
Simple Uses of Inner Classes
More About Inner Classes

Chapter 14: Generics and the ArrayList Class
The ArrayList Class
Generics

Chapter 15: Linked Data Structures
Java Linked Lists
Copy Constructors and the clone Method
Iterators
Variations on a Linked List
Hash Tables with Chaining
Sets
Trees

Chapter 16: Collections, Maps, and Iterators
Collections
Maps
Iterators

Chapter 17: Swing I
Event-Driven Programming
Buttons, Events, and Other Swing Basics
Containers and Layout Managers
Menus and Buttons
Text Fields and Text Areas

Chapter 18: Swing II
Window Listeners
Icons and Scroll Bars
The Graphics Class
Colors
Fonts and the drawString Method

Chapter 19: Java Never Ends
Multithreading
Networking with Stream Sockets
JavaBeans
Java and Database Connections

Appendix 1 Keywords
Appendix 2 Precedence and Associativity Rules
Appendix 3 Unicode Character Set
Appendix 4 Format Specifications for printf
Appendix 5 Summary of Classes and Interfaces

Index

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3d AutoCAD 2009: One Step at a Time

Author: Timothy Sean Sykes

AutoCAD 2009 innovations include the introduction of the task-based ribbon which will soon dominate the computer software industry, a new menu browser, Quick tools (Properties, Drawings, Views), and the phenomenal View Cube and Steering Wheels which will make 3-dimensional creation as easy as 2D!
The AutoCAD: One Step at a Time series is going into its 8th Edition with its 2009 books, and it continues to deliver the easiest, hands-on, step-by-step instructions available in CAD textbooks worldwide. And it's the only text that makes the author available to its readers via the internet!

DOM Scripting or Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA Business Solutions Series

2009-01-16T14:36:00.000-08:00

DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model

Author: Jeremy Keith

We know from the success of titles such as Web Standards Solutions, Cascading Style Sheets: Separating Content from Presentation, and the Web Designer's Reference that web designers are increasingly concerned with making sites that don't just look pretty, but are also built using current best practices.
There are three main technologies married together to create usable, standards-compliant web designs: XHTML for data structure, Cascading Style Sheets for styling your data, and JavaScript for adding dynamic effects and manipulating structure on the fly using the Document Object Model.
This book is about the latter of the three. DOM Scripting: Web Design with JavaScript and the Document Object Model gives you everything you need to start using JavaScript and the Document Object Model to enhance your web pages with client-side dynamic effects. Jeremy starts off by giving you a basic crash course in JavaScript and the DOM, then move on to provide you with several real world examples built up from scratch including dynamic image galleries and dynamic menus, and show you how to manipulate web page style using the CSS DOM, and create markup on the fly.

Interesting book: A Host of Opportunities or European Industrial Policy

Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA [Business Solutions Series]

Author: Scott B Diamond

Business Solutions

Microsoft® Office Access 2007 VBA

Develop your Access 2007 VBA expertise instantly with proven techniques

Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA builds on the skills you’ve already developed in creating database applications and helps you take them to the next level—using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to accomplish things you once performed manually. To facilitate this lofty goal, Access includes the VBA programming language. Even if you’ve never programmed, this book will help you learn how to leverage the power of VBA to make your work with Access more efficient than ever before. Microsoft Office Access 2007 VBA is for professionals who use Microsoft Access frequently in their daily work. You have serious work to get done and you can’t spend all day reading a computer book. This book teaches you the essential skills you need to automate your databases as quickly as possible.

Although written for Access 2007, the techniques and concepts covered will work in most versions of Microsoft Access.

Highlights of This Book Include
• Navigating within the Visual Basic Editor
• Using variables, constants, and data types
• Employing built-in functions
• Creating procedures
• Understanding object-and event-driven coding
• Working with arrays
• Understanding scope
• Working with forms
• Using selection controls
• Creating reports
• Exploring menus, navigation, and ribbons
• Using object models
• Working with data
• Defining database schema
• Using the Windows API
• Workingwith XML files
• Exploring Access SQL

On the Website

Category Office Applications

Covers Visual Basic for Applications

User Level Intermediate - Advanced

Scott B. Diamond is a seasoned database designer and Microsoft Access 2007 MVP. During the last 20+ years, he has designed databases on a wide range of platforms, including dBASE, FoxPro, SQL/DS, Lotus Approach, Lotus Notes, and, for the past 10 years, Microsoft Access. Scott has worked as a consultant, both in-house and freelance, and as a support professional at firms that are among the leaders in their industries.

Brent Spaulding started writing applications about 20 years ago and has utilized Microsoft Access since version 2.0. He looks forward to using Access well into the future. In July 2007, he received the Microsoft MVP award for Access, which recognizes his talent and contributions to the Access community.

Front cover bullets:

Edit and debug your code

Use looping and conditional statements

Understand the Access object- and event-driven architecture

Automate data entry

Learn how to use variables for dynamic automation

Create user-friendly applications for others

Create custom functions and objects

Customize the user interface

Manipulate data and objects with code

Introduction
Part I The Building Blocks
Chapter 1 Advantages of Access and VBA
Understanding Where Access Fits in Office
Understanding Access Programming Choices
Macros
Using SQL
Using VBA
Chapter 2 Using the Visual Basic Editor
First Look at the Visual Basic Editor
Explaining VBA Modules
Entering and Running Code
Debugging Code
Saving Code
Getting Help on Code
Coding Shortcuts
Good Coding Habits
Using a Naming Convention
Indenting
Documenting
Chapter 3 Using Variables, Constants, and Data Types
Declaring Variables and Constants
Declaring Variables
Using Option Explicit
Naming Variables
Constants
Declaring Constants
VBA Data Types
Referencing Syntax
Case Study:Using Form References
Chapter 4 Using Built-In Functions
What Are Functions?
Converting Data Types
Converting to a Boolean Data Type
Converting to a Date Data Type
Converting to an Integer Data Type
Converting to a String Data Type
Converting to a Variant Data Type
Converting Null Values
Working with Date Functions
Returning the Current Date
Performing Date Arithmetic
Determining the Difference Between Two Dates
Extracting Parts of Dates
Creating Dates from the Individual Parts
Creating Dates from String Values
Extracting a Specific Date or Time Portion
A Conversion and Date Example
Using Mathematical Functions
The AbsFunction
The Int Function
The Rnd Function
A Mathematical Functions Example
Using Financial Functions
The Ddb Function
The FV Function
The Pmt Function
The Rate Function
A Financial Functions Example
Manipulating Text Strings
The Asc Function
The Chr Function
The Case Functions
The Len Function
The Left, Right, and Mid Functions
The Replace Function
The Split Function
The Trim Functions
Formatting Values
Applying User-Defined Formats
Domain Aggregate Functions
The DLookup Function
The DCount Function
The DMax/DMin Functions
Using the Is Functions
Interaction
The MsgBox Function
The InputBox Function
Case Study:Add Work Days
Chapter 5 Building Procedures
Types of Procedures
Subroutines
Functions
Assigning a Data Type to a Function
Public Versus Private
Passing Arguments
Using Optional Arguments and Default Values
Passing Arguments By Reference
Passing Arguments By Value
Error Handling
Using On Error Resume Next
Using On Error Goto
Chapter 6 Conditional and Looping Statements
Introducing Flow of Control Statements
Using If...Then...Else
A Simple If Statement
More Complex Conditions
Including an Else Clause
Including an ElseIf Clause
Using Select Case
Using For...Next
Using the Step Clause
Other Ways to Set the Counter
Nesting For...Next Loops
Aborting a For...Next Loop
Using Do Loops
A Simple Do Loop
Do Loop Flavors
Aborting a Do Loop
Using GoTo
Case Study: Calculating Bonuses
Chapter 7 Working with Arrays
Introducing Arrays
Declaring a Fixed-Size Array
Understanding an Array’s Index
Using Option Base
Working with Array Elements
Assigning Array Elements
Using Array Element Values
Arrays with Multiple Dimensions
Expanding to Dynamic Arrays
About ReDim
Erase Statement
Chapter 8 Object and Event-Driven Coding
Understanding Objects
Creating Objects in Code
Reading and Setting Object Properties
Invoking Methods
Using Collections
Working with an Object Model
Using the Object Model
Using References
The Object Browser
Creating Objects
Working with Events
Chapter 9 Understanding Scope and Lifetime
Scope Explained
Procedure-Level Variables
Module-Level Variables and Constants
Public Variables and Constants
Measuring the Lifetime of a Variable or Constant
The Lifetime of a Procedure-Level Variable
The Lifetime of a Module-Level Variable
The Lifetime of a Public Variable
Using Static Variables
Case Study:Tracking the Current User
Part II Working Within the User Interface
Chapter 10 Working with Forms
Opening and Closing Forms
Opening a Form
Passing Arguments Using OpenArgs
Closing a Form
The Form Module
Form and Control Properties
Form Events
Case Study:Adding to a Combo Box
Chapter 11 More on Event-Driven Coding
Responding to Events
The Event Sequence for Controls
Focus Events
Data Events
Control Specific Events
The Event Sequence for Forms
Navigation Events
Data Events
Behind the Scenes: Data Buffers
The Event Sequence for Reports
Cancelling Events
Case Study:Validating Data
Chapter 12 Working with Selection Controls
Selection Controls
Populating a List Control
A Filtering List Control
Adding to the List-Or Not
Updating a Table/Query List
Working with Option Groups
Working with MultiSelect Controls
Determining What Is and Isn’t Selected
Case Study: Selecting Multiple Items
Chapter 13 Working with Other Controls
Working with Text Boxes
Key Properties of Text Boxes
Tracking the Focus
Working with Check Boxes, Radio Buttons, or Toggle Buttons
Working with Subforms
Working with the Tag Property
Case Study: An Audit Trail
Chapter 14 Working with Reports
An introduction to the Report Module and Events
Opening and Closing Reports
Opening a Report
Closing a Report
Passing Argument Using OpenArgs
Populating the Report
Applying a Filter and Sort Order
Handling Report-Level Errors
What to Do When There Is No Data
Working with Subreports
Case-Study: Product Catalog
Chapter 15 Menus, Navigation, and Ribbons
Introducing Menus
Creating Form-Based Menus
Managing the Navigation Pane
Using Custom Ribbons
Chapter 16 Application Collections
Understanding Application Collections
Retrieving Lists of Objects
Working with Object Properties
Programmatically Determining Dependencies
Case Study:Version Control
Part III Working with Data
Chapter 17 Object Models for Working with Data
What They Are and Why We Need Them
Data Access Objects
ActiveX Data Objects
ActiveX Data Objects Extensions for Data Definition
Object Model Selection
Chapter 18 Creating Schema
Overview
Creating Databases
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Creating Tables
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Creating Fields
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Creating Indexes
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Creating Relationships
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Creating Queries
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADOX Object Model
Case Study: Updating an Existing Database Installation
Chapter 19 Data Manipulation
Connecting to a Data Source
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADO Object Model
Opening a Recordset
Using the DAO Object Model
Using the ADO Object Model
Inserting Data
DAO’S Execute Method
ADO’s Execute Method
DAO’S AddNew Method
ADO’S AddNew Method
Finding Data
Limiting Records Retrieved
DAO’s FindFirst, FindNext, FindLast, and FindPrevious Methods
DAO’s Seek Method
Using DAO’s Filter Method
Using ADO’s Find Method
Using ADO’s Seek Method
Using ADO’s Filter Property
Updating Data
Deleting Data
DAO’S Delete Method for a Recordset Object
ADO’s Delete Method for a Recordset Object
Case Study: Backing Up Data
Chapter 20 Advanced Data Operations
Creating Linked Tables
Data Definition Language
Schema Recordsets
Subqueries
Part IV Advanced VBA
Chapter 21 Working with Other Data Files
Understanding File I/O
Opening Files
About mode
About access
About locking
Demonstrating Opening a File
Reading from Files
Using Input
Using Line Input #
Using Input #
Writing to Files
Printing to Files
Case Study:Using .ini Files
Chapter 22 Working with Other Applications
Understanding Automation
Setting Object References
Creating Objects
Using CreateObject
Using GetObject
Using Early Binding
Working with Automation Servers
Talking To Excel
Talking to Word
Case Study:Using Excel Charts
Chapter 23 Working with XML Files
Understanding XML
Using ExportXML
An Example of Exporting
Exporting a Web-Ready File
Exporting Related Data
Using ImportXML
An Import Example
Chapter 24 Using the Windows API
Declaring API Calls
Using API Calls
API Calls You Can Use from Access
Check Whether an Application Is Loaded
Capture the Network Login ID
Retrieving the Name of the Program Associated with a Data File
Knowing When to Use the Windows API
Case Study: Capturing a Filename to Use for Processing
Appendix A Review of Access SQL
Introduction to SQL
SQL Structure and Syntax
The SELECT Statement
The SQL Predicates
The SQL FROM Clause
The SQL WHERE Clause
The SQL ORDER BY Clause
The SQL GROUP BY Clause
The SQL HAVING Clause
The INSERT Statement
The UPDATE Statement
The SELECT INTO Statement
The DELETE Statement
Crosstabs
0789737318 TOC 10/31/2007

Fundamentals of Logic Design or Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms

2009-01-14T18:29:00.000-08:00

Fundamentals of Logic Design

Author: Jr Charles H Roth

Updated with modern coverage, a streamlined presentation, and an excellent CD-ROM, this fifth edition achieves a balance between theory and application. Author Charles H. Roth, Jr. carefully presents the theory that is necessary for understanding the fundamental concepts of logic design while not overwhelming students with the mathematics of switching theory. Divided into 20 easy-to-grasp study units, the book covers such fundamental concepts as Boolean algebra, logic gates design, flip-flops, and state machines. By combining flip-flops with networks of logic gates, students will learn to design counters, adders, sequence detectors, and simple digital systems. After covering the basics, this text presents modern design techniques using programmable logic devices and the VHDL hardware description language.

New interesting book: Preenchimento de vagas de Organizações

Building Robots with LEGO Mindstorms

Author: Syngress

Lego robots! Mindstorms are sweeping the world and fans need to learn how to programme them
Lego Mindstorms are a new generation of Lego Robots that can be manipulated using microcomputers, light and touch sensors, an infrared transmitter and CD-ROMs. Since Lego launched Lego Mindstorms in late 1998 sales have skyrocketed - with no sign of slowing down. Mindstorms have captured the imagination of adults and children alike, creating a subculture of Mindstorm enthusiasts around the world. The kits are now a staple part of engineering and computer science classes at many high profile Universities.
Building Robots with Lego Mindstorms provides readers with a fundamental understanding of the geometry, electronics, engineering, and programming required to build your own robots. Mario and Giulio Ferrari are world-renowned experts in the field of Lego Mindstorms robotics, and in this book they share their unrivaled knowledge and expertise of robotics as well as provide a series of chapters detailing how to design and build the most exotic robots. Mario and Giulio also give detailed explanations of how to integrate Lego Mindstorms kits with other Lego programmable bricks such asScout and Cybermaster, as well as with non-robotic Lego Technics models.

	Foreword	xxv
	Preface	xxvii
Part I	Tools	1
Chapter 1	Understanding LEGO Geometry	3
Chapter 2	Playing with Gears	17
Chapter 3	Controlling Motors	41
Chapter 4	Reading Sensors	57
Chapter 5	Building Strategies	83
Chapter 6	Programming the RCX	97
Chapter 7	Playing Sounds and Music	117
Chapter 8	Becoming Mobile	127
Chapter 9	Expanding Your Options with Kits and Creative Solutions	153
Chapter 10	Getting Pumped: Pneumatics	179
Chapter 11	Finding and Grabbing Objects	199
Chapter 12	Doing the Math	213
Chapter 13	Knowing Where You Are	233
Part II	Projects	247
Chapter 14	Classic Projects	249
Chapter 15	Building Robots That Walk	279
Chapter 16	Unconventional Vehicles	311
Chapter 17	Robotic Animals	333
Chapter 18	Replicating Renowned Droids	349
Chapter 19	Solving a Maze	371
Chapter 20	Board Games	391
Chapter 21	Playing Musical Instruments	411
Chapter 22	Electronic Games	425
Chapter 23	Drawing and Writing	441
Chapter 24	Simulating Flight	467
Chapter 25	Constructing Useful Stuff	493
Part III	Contests	511
Chapter 26	Racing Against Time	513
Chapter 27	Hand-to-Hand Combat	525
Chapter 28	Searching for Precision	537
Appendix A	Resources	547
	Introduction	548
Appendix B	Matching Distances	569
Appendix C	Note Frequencies	575
Appendix D	Math Cheat Sheet	577
	Sensors	578
	Averages	578
	Interpolation	578
	Gears, Wheels, and Navigation	579
	Index	581

iText in Action or Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

2009-01-14T09:16:00.000-08:00

iText in Action: Creating and Manipulating PDF

Author: Bruno Lowagi

Imagine a publisher who wants to "stamp" his ebooks on the fly with the name of the buyer (no discourage sharing). Such a publisher would (and we know one who does) use iText for the task. Developers looking to enhance web- and other applications with dynamic PDF document generation and/or manipulation will find this book unique in content "and" readability. Based on ongoing examples that encourage learning "in action," they will finally understand PDF and learn how to build applications that produce professional, high-quality PDF documents. While the basic functionality of iText is easy to acquire, this book lowers the learning curve for more advanced functionality. It explains how to use iText to create/manipulate PDF documents on-the-fly in one or more of the following situations:
Due to time or size, the PDF documents can't be produced manually The content of the document must be calculated or based on user input. The content needs to be customized or personalized. The PDF content needs to be served in a web environment. Documents are to be created in "batch process" mode.
All the examples are written in Java, but they can be easily adapted to .NET by developers using one of the .NET ports: iTextSharp (C#) or iText.NET (#J). While iText is a free Java library and the examples are written from the point of view of the Java developer, nine out of ten examples can be run by .NET developers without any changes.

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Troubleshooting Oracle Performance

Author: Christian Antognini

What do you do when your database application isn’t running fast enough? You troubleshoot, of course. Finding the slow part of an application is often the easy part of the battle. It’s finding a solution that’s difficult. Troubleshooting Oracle Performance helps by providing a systematic approach to addressing the underlying causes of poor database application performance.

Written for developers by an application developer who has learned by doing
Gives a systematic approach to solving database application performance problems
Helps you plan for performance as you would for any other application requirement

What you’ll learn

See how to treat and plan for performance as a basic application requirement.
Identify performance problems using a systematic and repeatable approach.
Configure your query optimizer to meet your application performance goals.
Optimize table accesses, joins, and physical table layout.
Read and recognize inefficient SQL execution plans.
Reduce inefficiencies from too much procedural code.

Who is this book for?

For application developers and database administrators involved in troubleshooting performance problems of Oracle-based applications
About the Apress Pro Series

The Apress Pro series books are practical, professional tutorials to keep you on and moving up the professional ladder.

You have gotten the job, now you need to hone your skills in these tough competitive times. The Apress Pro series expands your skills and expertise in exactly the areas you need. Master the content of a Pro book,and you will always be able to get the job done in a professional development project. Written by experts in their field, Pro series books from Apress give you the hard-won solutions to problems you will face in your professional programming career.
Related Titles from Apress

Cost-Based Oracle Fundamentals
The Art and Science of Oracle Performance Tuning
Forecasting Oracle Performance

Introduction to Numerical Methods and MATLAB or Apple Training Series

2009-01-13T22:04:00.000-08:00

Introduction to Numerical Methods and MATLAB: Implementations and Applications

Author: Gerald W Reckenwald

This book is an introduction to MATLAB and an introduction to numerical methods. It is written for students of engineering, applied mathematics, and science. The primary objective of numerical methods is to obtain approximate solutions to problems that are not obtainable by other means. This book teaches how the core techniques of numerical methods are used to solve otherwise unsolvable problems of modern technological significance.

The outstanding pedagogical features of this book are:

use of numerical experiments as a means of learning why numerical methods work and how they fail
a separate chapter reviewing the basics of applied linear algebra, and how computations involving matrices and vectors are naturally expressed in MATLAB
use of a range of examples from those that provide a succinct illustration of a basic algorithm, to those that develop solutions to substantial problems in engineering
consistent use of well-documented and structured code written in the MATLAB idiom
a library of general purpose routines—the NMM Toolbox—that are readily applied to new problems
a progressive approach to algorithm development leading the reader to an understanding of the more sophisticated routines in the built-in MATLAB toolbox.

The primary goals of the book are to provide a solid foundation in applied computing, and to demonstrate the implementation and application of standard numerical methods to practical problems. This is achieved by a systematic development of techniques beginning with the simple and ending with the sophisticated. Good programming practice is used throughout to showthe reader how to clearly express and document computational ideas. By providing an extensive library of working codes, as well as an exposition of the methods used by the built-in MATLAB toolbox, the reader is challenged by the application of numerical methods to practical problems. This bypasses the ritual of forcing the reader to reinvent simple programs that fail on more technologically significant, practical problems.

Apple Training Series: AppleScript 1-2-3

Author: Sal M Soghoian

You could be saving yourself time and money right now using tools you probably didn't even know you had. AppleScript, a powerful and free scripting tool included on every Macintosh, enables individuals, professionals, and businesses to save time and money by automating time-consuming, repetitive tasks. Hallmark, for example, used AppleScript to reduce the number of color proofs needed to create a greeting card from a range of 5 to 25 expensive proofs per card down to just two. The best part? You don't need a degree in engineering to create powerful, results-driven scripts.

In AppleScript 1-2-3 Apple's AppleScript product manager Sal Soghoiah and AppleScript guru Bill Cheeseman teach beginners how to address nearly any automation task on the Macintosh. Broken down into three parts, the book starts by explaining AppleScript fundamentals through a series of hands-on how-tos designed to teach you how to write functional scripts. The second section expands on the knowledge gained in the first section with an in-depth examination of useful AppleScript tools and techniques, and the third section uses sample scripts to demonstrate how to automate Apple and third-party applications. If you're looking to work more productively by automating your workflow, you'll want this primer written by the leading expert in the field-no one knows more about AppleScript than Sal.

Uncharted or Quests

2009-01-13T11:53:00.000-08:00

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune SSG

Author: Brady Games

One Ordinary Man...

One Extraordinary Guide

A 400-year old clue sets Nathan Drake on a dangerous journey to uncover the fabled treasure of El Dorado. It's up to you to lead him through this deadly quest while dealing with South Seas Pirates, gun-runners, competing treasure hunters, an ambitious reality TV host, and a mysterious uncharted island unwilling to reveal its secrets.

Beautifully Illustrated Maps combine with our Complete Walkthrough to lead you through the deadly environments and trickiest puzzles!

Exclusive 2-Sided Foldout!

Incredible Behind the Scenes Look at Naughty Dog and the Creation of Uncharted!

Find Every Treasure

Obtain Every Medal

Earn Every Reward

Platform: PlayStation 3

Genre: Action/Adventure

This product is available for sale in North America only.

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Quests: Design, Theory, and History in Games and Narratives

Author: Jeff Howard

This unique take on quests, incorporating literary and digital theory, provides an excellent resource for game developers. Focused on both the theory and practice of the four main aspects of quests (spaces, objects, actors, and challenges) each theoretical section is followed by a practical section that contains exercises using the Neverwinter Nights Aurora Toolset.

What People Are Saying

Daniel Erickson
"Howard impressively handles bridging the gap between interactive fiction and classical literature with a thoroughly researched and well-argued treatise that focuses itself squarely on the two mediums' connections and similarities."--(Daniel Erickson, Principal Lead Writer, BioWare Austin)

Nick Montfort
"Jeff Howard's Quests is an incisive and highly accessible book that leads the reader on an exploration of literature, computer games, and a connection between them. Howard includes valuable tutorials and exercises which draw on literary works, including Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, while also dealing with the specifics of how to use tools to create computer RPG modules. The book offers useful discussion of the history of adventure games and detailed analysis of quest elements using concepts from narrative theory, poetics, game studies, and other fields. Quests equips students and scholars as they journey onward to read, play, and fashion games and narratives."--(Nick Montfort, Assistant Professor of Digital Media, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Dr. Susana Tosca
"Howard is a true Renaissance man in these electronic times. He merges his knowledge and love of literature with his enthusiasm for computer games and the unexplored possibilities of the new medium. Human intellectual activity has a common base, be it expressed in the form of poems or computer games, and Howard shows us some of the most stunning connections between the old form of quest literature and the new challenges of games."--(Dr. Susana Tosca, Associate Professor, IT University of Copenhagen)

Game Interface Design or Windows Vista Plain Simple Kit

2009-01-13T02:41:00.000-08:00

Game Interface Design

Author: Brent Fox

The interface is the heart and soul of a video game: it is the integral piece that allows a player to interact with the game. In order to create a great interface, you must carefully plan every detail. "Game Interface Design" helps you outline each step and define the goals for your interface. It covers the interface from the first image that appears onscreen to the information displayed during game-play. You?ll cover basic design and art principles, explore the world of interface buttons as you learn how to create your own functioning button, and find out how to substitute images and icons for onscreen text. You?ll also learn how to incorporate animation and use Flash to create an amazing, interactive interface. Along the way, you?ll get a glimpse into the video game industry, including developer and publisher relationships, schedules, budget constraints, and politics of the industry.

Windows Vista Plain & Simple Kit: Help Family & Friends Get Started with Their First Computer

Author: Jerry Joyc

Whether you're helping friends and family get up and running, or buying a new computer for yourself or a family member, this easy, colorful, two-book kit is designed for you. It's loaded with tips and tricks to make it easy for you-or the new user you're helping-to set up and use a new Windows Vista-powered PC.

This kit features two great resources: The WINDOWS VISTA PLAIN & SIMPLE GUIDE TO HELPING FRIENDS & FAMILY answers the most common questions and how-to's related to selecting, setting up, and running a new PC. It uses real-world analogies to explain basic computing concepts and offers helpful techniques, support sidebars, Web site suggestions, and more. You also get the popular WINDOWS VISTA PLAIN & SIMPLE book-the easy, colorful, SEE-HOW guide to getting things done with Windows Vista. Topics include running programs and gadgets, browsing the Web, burning CDs, organizing photos and music, playing games, troubleshooting, and other everyday tasks and topics.

Each book offers practical examples and troubleshooting tips-written in plain English-for the tasks that novices want to accomplish most. Get up and running quickly-and get to the good stuff faster!

Key Book Benefits

• Kit features a brand-new guide designed to help you-or the friends and family you help-with the most common questions and tasks related to buying, setting up, and running a new Windows Vista-powered PC

• Also includes the popular WINDOWS VISTA PLAIN & SIMPLE-the easy, colorful, SEE-HOW guide to everyday tasks with Windows Vista

• Topics include browsing the Web, burning CDs, organizing photos, playing games, running programs, troubleshooting, and other everyday tasks andtopics

• The PLAIN & SIMPLE format features an easy-to-read design-including numbered steps, concise information, and helpful tips and exercises-in FULL color

• Includes support sidebars and tips offering real-world analogies to help explain fundamental computing concepts, tips that suggest helpful techniques and Web sites, and titles of additional Microsoft Press books related to the chapter topic

The Microsoft Crabby Office Lady Tells It Like It Is or Programming the Cell Processor

2009-01-12T14:29:00.000-08:00

The Microsoft Crabby Office Lady Tells It Like It Is: Secrets to Surviving Office Life

Author: Annik Stahl

The Crabby Office Lady's humorous online column reaches more than 250,000 people a month, and more than 10,000 people view her videos each month. The real Crabby Office Lady, Annik Stahl, has helped Microsoft put a human face on the sometimes frustrating world of work. In this humorous but practical take on how to survive today's office environment, Microsoft's very own Crabby Office Lady shows you how to make the most of Microsoft Office programs so that you can be more efficient, collaborate more effectively, and spend more time doing the things that really matter to you. Topics include:

Minding your e-mail manners
Customizing Office: toolbars, menus, colors, buttons, fonts, templates, and more
Working with difficult people, collaborating, and surviving office life and culture
Using the "get away from it all" checklist to prepare for vacation, so that you don't come back to an avalanche of work
Surviving performance reviews: how to track projects, make notes, and keep track of wins and losses on a daily (or weekly) basis, rather than trying to pull it together at the end of the year
Improving ergonomics and using the accessibility features in Office and Microsoft Windows
Demystifying computer terms, e-mail terms, and general software terms
Working from home: pros, cons, and best practices for telecommuting
Delegating and preparing for effective meetings
Taking advantage of Office Online templates, clip art, training, and the Office Marketplace

New interesting book: 30 Minutes to Mealtime or Uitimate Venison Cookery

Programming the Cell Processor: For Games, Graphics, and Computation

Author: Matthew Scarpino

Make the Most of IBM’s Breakthrough Cell Processor in Any Gaming, Graphics, or Scientific Application

IBM’s Cell processor delivers truly stunning computational power: enough to satisfy even the most demanding gamers and graphics developers. That’s why Sony chose the Cell to drive its breakthrough PlayStation 3 and why Cell processors are at the heart of today’s most powerful supercomputers. But many developers have struggled to create high-performance Cell applications: the practical, coherent information they need simply hasn’t existed.

Programming the Cell Processor solves that problem once and for all. Whether you’re a game developer, graphics programmer, or engineer, Matthew Scarpino shows you how to create applications that leverage all the Cell’s extraordinary power. Scarpino covers everything from the Cell’s advanced architecture to its powerful tools and libraries, presenting realistic code examples that help you gain an increasingly deep and intuitive understanding of Cell development.

Scarpino illuminates each of the Cell’s most important technical innovations, introduces the commands needed to access its power, and walks you through the entire development process, including compiling, linking, debugging, and simulating code. He also offers start-to-finish case studies for three especially important Cell applications: games, graphics, and scientific computing. The Cell platform offers unprecedented potential, and this book will help you make the most of it.

Mastering the Cell SDK, includingthe GCC-based buildchain, ppu-gdb/spu-gdb debuggers, IBM Full System Simulator, and Cell IDE
Understanding the Cell’s central processing core, the PowerPC Processor Unit (PPU): structure, programming libraries, and AltiVec instructions
Programming the Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU): vector processing, communication, caching, assembler coding, and more
Leveraging SDK vector and matrix libraries, including the Large Matrix Library, BLAS Library, FFT libraries, Multiprecision Library, and Monte Carlo API
Coding basic 2D graphics using the Linux frame buffer
Building 3D graphics with the new Gallium OpenGL library
Constructing 3D games with Ogre3D and packaging them using Collada digital content interchange
Optimizing the performance of your Cell applications
Developing on standard PCs and transferring code to Cell systems such as the PlayStation 3

Foreword xv

Preface xvii

Chapter 1: Introducing the Cell Processor 1

Part I: The Software Development Tools 13

Chapter 2: The Cell Software Development Kit (SDK) 15

Chapter 3: Building Applications for the Cell Processor 35

Chapter 4: Debugging and Simulating Applications 53

Chapter 5: The Cell SDK Integrated Development Environment 83

Part II: The PowerPC Processor Element (PPE) 97

Chapter 6: Introducing the PowerPC Processor Unit (PPU) 99

Chapter 7: The SPE Runtime Management Library (libspe) 125

Chapter 8: SIMD Programming on the PPU, Part 1: Vector Libraries and Functions 153

Chapter 9: SIMD Programming on the PPU, Part 2: Methods and Algorithms 195

Part III: The Synergistic Processor Element (SPE) 217

Chapter 10: Introducing the Synergistic Processor Unit (SPU) 219

Chapter 11: SIMD Programming on the SPU 239

Chapter 12: SPU Communication, Part 1: Direct Memory Access (DMA) 285

Chapter 13: SPU Communication, Part 2: Events, Signals, and Mailboxes 317

Chapter 14: Advanced SPU Topics: Overlays, Software Caching, and SPU Isolation 345

Chapter 15: SPU Assembly Language 367

Part IV: Mathematics and Computation 409

Chapter 16: Vectors and Matrices 411

Chapter 17: The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) 439

Chapter 18: Multiprecision Processing and Monte Carlo Methods 463

Part V: Graphics and Games 489

Chapter 19: Programming the Frame Buffer: Linux and the PlayStation 3 491

Chapter 20: OpenGL on the Cell: Gallium and Mesa 503

Chapter 21: Building Games with Ogre3D 529

Chapter 22: Packaging Graphics with COLLADA 559

Epilogue 581

Part VI: Appendices 583

Appendix A: Understanding ELF Files 585

Appendix B: Updating the PS3 Add-On Packages and Installing a New Linux Kernel 609

Appendix C: The Accelerated Library Framework (ALF) 617

Appendix D: SPU Instruction Set Reference 649

Appendix E: A Brief Introduction to Tcl 661

Index 669

Alan Simpsons Windows Vista Bible or Olympus Evolt E 510

2009-01-11T20:17:00.000-08:00

Alan Simpson's Windows Vista Bible

Author: Alan Simpson

Check out the best of Windows Vista in this handy desktop-size resource. This convenient reference is drawn from the very best of bestselling author Alan Simpson’s Alan Simpson’s Windows Vista Bible. You’ll discover how to master the basics of PCs and operating systems, get started on Vista, and move ahead to multimedia, adding security, building a network, and more. You’ll even find special tips, workarounds, and advice on how to deal with Vista’s quirkier aspects.

Book about: Hip Tastes or Fiesta on the Grill

Olympus Evolt E-510

Author: David Schloss

Olympus has always had a reputation for its innovative, compact single-lens-reflex (SLR) camera design, and this new model lives up to its predecessors. With a 2.5-inch Live View LCD monitor, 10-megapixel imaging sensor, and proven dust reduction system for clear, spot-free photographs, the EVOLT E-510 will be a major contender—and this Magic Lantern Guide is the place to go to learn how to use all its fabulous features of this major digital SLR contender. Photographers will find out how they can compose shots from a variety of angles other consumer digital SLR’s can’t match; how to make the most of the camera’s capability to capture crisp, high-resolution images; and how get the most blur-free pictures possible thanks to the EVOLT E-510’s mechanical image stabilization.

Game Physics Engine Development with CDROM or Pro Java 6 3D Game Development

2009-01-11T09:05:00.000-08:00

Game Physics Engine Development with CDROM

Author: Ian Millington

Simulating physics helps cutting-edge games distinguish themselves by making virtual objects behave as we expect them to in the real world. Physics engines are the software programs that run these simulations. Building an engine is difficult, however. There are a large number of new developers (and hobbyists) coming into this market who need help through this complex process. Current introductory books are inadequate; they don't bring enough real-world programming experience to the task. There is a need for an introductory book on game physics with solid coding guidance but which limits the math content. Ian Millington brings his extensive professional programming experience to this problem. He has developed games since 1987, has studied AI and mathematics at the PhD level, and founded Mindlathe Ltd., a company that designed and built commercial physics engines. Physics Engine Development carefully describes each step in the creation of a robust, usable physics engine. It introduces the mathematical concepts in a clear and simple manner, keeping to high school level topics and building a physics code library as it goes. Each new concept is explained in diagrams and code to make sure that even the most novice of game programmers understands. The companion CD-ROM includes the source code for a complete physics engine of commercial quality. This book will serve as a introduction to more mathematically advanced books on game physics, such as Dave Eberly's Game Physics.

* Uses only high school algebra
* Shows how to build a complete system based on professional principles
* CD-ROM with C++ source code for a full commercial-quality physics engine

Interesting textbook: Community Nutrition in Action or Mapping the Social Landscape

Pro Java 6 3D Game Development: Java 3D, JOGL, JInput and JOAL

Author: Andrew Davison

Create strange lands filled with mysterious objects (cows frozen in blocks of ice, chirping penguins, golden globes with wavering eyes) and throw away your keyboard and mouse, to go exploring armed only with a gamepad, power glove, or just your bare hands...

Java gaming expert Andrew Davison will show you how to develop and program 3D games in Java(tm) technology on a PC, with an emphasis on the construction of 3D landscapes. It's assumed you have a reasonable knowledge of Java - the sort of thing picked up in a first Java course at school.

Topics are split into three sections: Java 3D(tm) API, non-standard input devices for game playing, and JOGL. Java 3D is a high-level 3D graphics API, and JOGL is a lower-level Java wrapper around the popular OpenGL graphics API.

You'll look at three non-standard input devices: the webcam, the game pad, and the P5 data glove.

Along the way, you'll utilize several other games-related libraries including: JInput, JOAL, JMF, and Odejava.

Learn all the latest Java SE 6 features relevant to gaming, including: splash screens, JavaScript(tm) scripting as well as the desktop and system tray interfaces.

Unique coverage of Java game development using both the Java 3D API and Java for OpenGL, as well as invaluable experience from a recognized Java gaming guru, will provide you with a distinct advantage after reading this book.

About the Author     xix
About the Technical Reviewers     xxi
Acknowledgments     xxiii
Introduction     xxv
Java 3D
Introducing Java 3D     3
Overview of Java 3D     3
Overview of the Scene Graph     4
Some Java 3D Scene Graph Nodes     5
The HelloUniverse Scene Graph     5
Java 3D Strengths     7
The Scene Graph     7
Performance     7
Unique Features     8
Java Integration     8
Documentation and Examples     8
Criticisms of Java 3D for Games Programming     9
Java 3D's Level of Abstraction     9
Java 3D Games     10
Java 3D Support     12
Alternatives to Java 3D     13
Summary     14
Get a Life (in 3D)     15
The Game of Life     15
Running Life3D     16
Configuring Life3D     16
A Life3D Screensaver     17
An Overview of the Life3D Classes     18
Deciding How to Start     19
Displaying the 3D Game     20
Integrating Java 3D and Swing     20
WindowSizing     21
Processing Key Presses     21
Scene Graph Creation     22
Lighting the Scene     24
The Scene's Background     24
Building the Cells Grid and Making It Behave     25
Viewer Positioning     25
Viewer Movement     27
Behaviors in Java 3D     27
A Time-Based Behavior     29
Managing the Grid     29
Accessing Properties     30
Creating the Grid Scene Graph     31
Updating the Cells States     33
Will the Cell Live or Die?     34
Rotating the Grid     36
The Cell     37
Building the Cell's Scene Graph     39
Coloring the Cells     41
Setting the Cell's Visibility     42
Changing a Cell's Life State     43
Visual Changes to a Cell     44
Time for Screensavers     45
Changing Life3D into a Screensaver     46
Problems with Screensavers     47
The SaverBeans SDK     47
More Life Required?     47
Summary     48
Get a Life (the Java 6 Way)     49
Life3D Basics     49
An Overview of the Life3D Classes     50
Making a Splash     52
Animating a Clock     53
Drawing onto a Splash     54
Drawing the Clocks     54
JAR Packaging     55
Adding ClockAnimation to Life3D     55
The Desktop API     56
Using the Desktop Browser     56
What Other Browser Capabilities Are There?     57
The System Tray     57
Creating Life3D's Popup Menu     58
The Menu Contents     58
Creating the Traylcon     59
Building the Popup Menu     60
Listening for Actions     62
Using a Text Editor     64
Launching an E-mail Client     65
Listening for the Check Boxes     66
Scripting in Java SE 6     67
Executing a Script     68
Communicating with a Script     69
Speeding Things Up     72
Calling Script Functions     73
Letting a Script Use Java     74
More Scripting Information     74
Scripting in Life3D     74
Initializing the Grid     75
Changing the Grid's State     76
Executing the Script Rules     78
The Rules Script     80
Summary     81
The Colliding Grabbers     83
Building Articulated Arms     83
Class Diagrams for Arms3D     84
Creating the Application Window     85
Drawing the 3D Scene     86
Processing the Keys     88
Monitoring Grabber Joints     89
Managing the Grabbers     90
Adding the Grabbers to the Scene Graph     90
Processing Keyboard Commands     93
Translating the Grabbers     94
Rotating a Grabber Joint     95
Collecting the Collision Joints     96
Collision Detection and Recovery     97
Why Bother with JointsBehavior?     97
Touching the Floor     98
The Grabber     98
Making the Grabber's Appearance     98
The Grabber Shape     100
Local and Global Coordinate Systems     105
Making the Fingers     106
Handling Rotation Commands     108
Collision Detection     110
Implementing Collision Detection     111
Initializing the Bounding Spheres     114
Positioning the Bounding Spheres     114
Touching the Ground     115
The Floor     116
The Colored Tiles     118
The Floor's Axes Labels     119
Summary     120
When Worlds Collide     121
Odejava and ODE     121
Installing Odejava     123
Documentation, Examples, and Online Help     123
Bouncing a Ball     124
Three-Stage Simulation     125
Initializing the Engines     126
Initializing Static Objects     126
Initializing Dynamic Objects     127
Executing the Simulation     127
Performing a Simulation Step     128
Examining the Contact Points     129
Cleaning Up     129
Visualizing Balls in a Box     129
Creating the Scene     131
The Box     133
Managing the Spheres     137
A Sphere     139
I'm Steppin' Out     142
A Note of Application Development     143
Summary     144
A Multitextured Landscape     145
Surveying the Landscape     145
Building the Scene     147
Creating the Floor     149
Start the Balls Moving     150
Moving Around the Scene     150
The Multitextured Floor     150
Heights Map Generation     153
The Floor's Geometry     155
The Floor's Appearance     158
The Splash Shape     162
The Splash Shape's Geometry     163
The Splash Shape's Appearance     166
Moving Balls     170
Positioning the Ball     173
Moving About     174
Driving the Balls     176
More Multitexturing     176
Bump Mapping     176
Shaders     177
Summary     177
Walking Around the Models     179
Populating a Scene     179
Class Diagrams for ObjView3D     180
A Spherical Background     181
A Skybox Background     182
A Skybox Built with Quads     183
Terragen and NConvert     184
From Images to Textures     185
Making the Skybox     186
Texturing a Plane     187
The Size of the Skybox     188
Loading Models     189
Loading OBJ Models     189
The OBJ Model Loader     190
Positioning a Model     193
Ground Cover     195
Manipulating the User's Viewpoint     197
Positioning the User's Viewpoint     198
Moving the Viewpoint at Runtime     198
Setting Up the Key Behavior     199
Processing a Key     199
Summary     201
More Backgrounds and Overlays     203
Retained, Immediate, and Mixed Modes     203
The Earth, Moon, and Mars     204
Building the Scene     206
The Background     209
Some Variations on a Theme     209
Spinning the Background     212
Building the Scene and Terminating     213
Rotating the Image     214
Manipulating the Image     215
Rotation and Clipping     215
Avoiding Gaps in the Rotated Image     216
Terminating the Thread     218
Drawing the Background Image     218
The Model Viewer with a Shifting Background and Overlays     219
Setting Up the Canvas     221
Modifying the Key Behavior     222
A Canvas with a Background and Overlays     223
Drawing the Background     225
The Deep Blue Sea     227
Adding Overlays     228
Summary     229
Nonstandard Input Devices
Webcam Snaps     233
Webcam Snaps with TWAIN     233
Displaying Pictures Using TWAIN     234
Snapping a Picture Again and Again and...     235
The TWAIN Capture Device     237
TWAIN Timing Tests     240
Webcam Snaps with JMF     241
Again Taking Pictures Again and Again     242
The Capture Device with JMF     243
Comparing TWAIN and JMF Capture     247
QTJ     247
Other Uses for Webcam Snaps     248
Summary     249
Navigating a 3D Scene by Waving Your Arm     251
Using the Wrist Strap     251
Image Processing     253
Image Processing Issues     254
Dealing with the Issues     254
Finding the Bands     255
FindBands Class Diagrams     256
Image Processing Overview     257
The Bands Analyzer     257
The Band Manager     263
Representing a Blob     265
Arm Navigation     266
Creating the 3D Scene     267
Moving the User's Viewpoint     268
From Analysis to Action     269
Other Approaches     270
JAI     270
ImageJ     271
Image Processing Books     271
Summary     271
Building a Gamepad Controller with JInput     273
JInput     273
The Gamepad and Windows     274
Installing and Testing JInput     276
Examining the Input Devices     277
The Other JInput Test Applications     279
Three JInput Applications     280
Listing the Controllers     281
Viewing Controller Details     281
Testing a Controller     286
A Gamepad Controller     287
Initializing the Controller     289
Checking the Components     290
Finding the Rumblers     292
Polling the Device     292
Reading the Stick Axes     293
Reading the POV Hat     294
Reading the Buttons     295
Using the Rumbler     296
Other Approaches     296
Swing and JInput     297
Constructing the Application     298
Polling the Gamepad     299
Alternatives to JInput     300
Summary     301
Gamepad Grabbers     303
Example Overview     303
Playing Sounds     305
Background Music with SoundsPlayer     307
Obstacle Noises with SoundsPlayer     307
Managing Obstacles     308
Making an Obstacle     309
Making the Boxes     310
Collision Detection     311
Sending Input to the Grabbers     312
Processing Keyboard Input     313
Building a Grabber Operation for a Key Press     314
Processing Gamepad Input     316
Building a Grabber Operation for the Gamepad     318
The Grabbers     319
Connecting the Grabbers to the Camera     319
Constructing the Grabbers     320
Processing an Operation     321
The Grabber Arms     326
Summary     326
3D Sound with JOAL     327
Why JOAL and Java 3D?     327
Background on OpenAL and JOAL     328
What About JOAL?     328
Installing JOAL     329
Managing JOAL Sounds     330
Initializing JOAL     330
Initializing the Listener     331
JOAL Clean Up     333
Loading a Sound     333
Positioning a Source     336
Playing, Stopping, and Pausing a Source     337
Moving the Listener     337
Turning the Listener     338
Using JOALSoundMan     340
Moving a Source     340
Moving the Listener     341
Moving the Listener Between Sources     342
Turning the Listener     343
JOAL and Swing     344
Other Source Types     346
Ambient Sounds     346
Cone Sounds     346
Summary     347
The P5 Glove     349
Introducing the P5 Glove     349
Using Kenner's Java API     351
Examining the Glove's Data     352
What ShowGlove Displays     353
ShowGlove Overview     355
Initializing and Terminating the Glove     356
Polling the Glove     356
The Glove     357
Updating and Accessing the Glove     358
Closing Down     359
A Specialized Glove Class     359
Initializing the Glove     360
Updating and Closing     360
Getting the Position     360
On a Roll     361
Clenching My Fist     362
Pressing the A Button     362
A Test Rig for FPSGlove     363
Visiting the Musical Cow     365
The Glove Behavior     366
Adding a Musical Cow     370
Initializing the Viewpoint     371
Cleaning Up     371
The P5 Glove and JInput     372
Summary     373
JOGL
Two JOGL Programming Frameworks     377
What Is JOGL?     377
Installing JOGL     378
The Callback Framework     379
Using GLCanvas     379
Using GLJPanel     380
Rotating a GLCanvas Cube with Callbacks     381
Building the Top-Level Window     382
Connecting the Canvas     383
Building the Listener     383
Measuring FPS Accuracy     388
Rotating a GLJPanel Cube with Callbacks     389
Building the Panels     391
The Background Panel     391
Making the 3D Background Transparent     392
Timing the GLJPanel     393
More Visual Effects with GLJPanel      393
Callback Summary     393
The Active Rendering Framework     393
Rotating a Cube with Active Rendering     395
Building the Application     396
Dealing with Window Events     397
Preparing the Canvas     397
Thread Rendering     398
The Game Life Cycle Methods     404
Statistics Reporting     405
Java 3D and JOGL     405
More Information on JOGL and OpenGL     406
Summary     407
Touring the World     409
Application Details     409
Constructing the Canvas     411
The Camera Position     412
Responding to Key Presses     413
Let the Rendering Commence     416
Rendering Initialization     417
Loading Textures     418
Lighting the Scene     419
Creating the Ground Shapes     420
The Rendering Loop     421
Updating the Game     421
Rendering the Scene     423
Drawing the Tree Billboard     423
Drawing the Ground Shapes     426
The Planet Earth     428
The Skybox     430
Adding a 2D Overlay     433
Drawing the Floor     435
Drawing the Tiles     435
Drawing the Axes     437
Summary     438
Loading Models     439
Overviews of the Examples     439
The OBJ File Format     442
Shape Statements     442
Grouping Statements     443
Material Use Statements     443
The MTL File Format     443
The OBJ File Loader     444
Reading in the OBJ File     446
Reading a Face     447
Reading in an MTL File     449
Recording Material Use     450
Centering and Resizing a Model     451
Creating a Display List for the Model     452
Finding a Material     452
Rendering with a Material     453
Rendering a Face     455
Drawing a Model     457
When to Create the Display List     457
Viewing a Model     457
Loading the Model     458
Drawing the Model     459
Other JOGL Model Loaders     459
The TourModelsGL Appiication     460
Adding Models     461
Let's Be Picky      463
Gleem: A Different Way of Picking     469
A Singing Penguin     470
The Fog Descends     471
Summary     473
Index     475

Robot Building for Dummies or The Sims 2 Freetime

2009-01-10T23:54:00.000-08:00

Robot Building for Dummies

Author: Roger Arrick

Discover what robots can do and how they work

Find out how to build your own robot and program it to perform tasks

Ready to enter the robot world? This book is your passport! It walks you through building your very own little metal assistant from a kit, dressing it up, giving it a brain, programming it to do things, even making it talk. Along the way, you’ll gather some tidbits about robot history, enthusiasts’ groups, and more.

The Dummies Way

• Explanations in plain English

• "Get in, get out" information

• Icons and other navigational aids

• Tear-out cheat sheet

• Top ten lists

• A dash of humor and fun

	Introduction	1
	About This Book	1
	Conventions Used in This Book	1
	What You're Not to Read	2
	Foolish Assumptions	2
	How This Book Is Organized	3
	Icons Used in This Book	5
	Where to Go from Here	6
Part I	Getting Started with Robotics	7
Chapter 1	So, You Want to Build a Robot?	9
	The Robotics Revolution	10
	Robot Uses	12
Chapter 2	Plotting a Path	15
	Starting with a Kit	15
	Selecting a Robot Kit	16
	Moving Up to Robot Construction Sets	24
	Building a Robot from Scratch	25
	Economics and Time Considerations	28
Chapter 3	Building Your First Robot	31
	Robot Kit to the Rescue	31
	On Your Mark, Get Set	32
	Let the Building Begin	36
	Testing and Troubleshooting	38
	Soccer Jr. in Action	40
	Learning Your Robot Chops	42
	Baby Robot Steps	48
Part II	Programmable Robot Prep	49
Chapter 4	Setting Up Your Robot Workshop	51
	Creating an Ideal Work Area	51
	Getting Organized	53
	Tool Time	54
	How to Solder	62
	Anti-Static Considerations: Can't Touch This!	66
	A Robot Library	68
Chapter 5	The Nuts and Bolts of Robot Building	71
	Pieces and Parts	71
	What's It All Made Of?	72
	Nuts and Bolts	74
	Motors for Locomotion	75
	Making Sense of Sensors	82
	Electronics Primer	83
	Power to the Robots	94
Chapter 6	A Programming Primer	99
	Software and Computers	99
	Anatomy of a Program	102
	Useful Code Snippets	105
	Useful Subroutines	107
	Okay, I Programmed ... Now What?	110
Part III	Building a Programmable Robot	111
Chapter 7	Preparing to Build a Programmable Robot	113
	Robot Components Overview	114
	Assembly Process Overview	117
	Organizing and Prepping the Parts	118
	To Paint or Not to Paint?	120
Chapter 8	From Whiskers to Wheels	123
	Starting with Whiskers	123
	Attaching the Drive Motor	125
	Dealing with Wheels	126
Chapter 9	If I Only Had a Brain	133
	Adding the Controller	133
	Finishing Touches	138
	Turning A Robot On	139
Chapter 10	Introducing Your Robot to Your Computer	141
	Working with the Basic Stamp Editor	141
	Running the Built-In Programs	146
	Troubleshooting	150
Part IV	Augmenting Your Programmable Robot	155
Chapter 11	Expanding Your Robot's Universe	157
	Adding Rear Whiskers	157
	Adding an Expansion Board	165
	Building a Motorized Head	172
	Accessorizing	177
Chapter 12	Making Your Robot See the Light	185
	Making Sense of Light Sensors	185
	Pulling Together the Light-Sensing Hardware	187
	Writing the Software That Interprets the Hardware	195
	Putting Your Sensor to Work: Real-World Applications	198
	More Light Sensor Ideas	205
Chapter 13	Some Like It Hot	209
	Sensational Temperature Sensors	209
	Building the Temperature-Sensor System	212
	The Brains of the Beast: The Software	218
	Turning Up the Heat: Real-World Applications	222
Chapter 14	Halt! Who Goes There?	233
	Detecting Motion: An Overview	233
	Building the Motion-Detector System	235
	The Brains of the Beast: The Software	244
	Real-World Applications	247
Chapter 15	Yakety-Yak: Adding Speech to Your Robot	251
	Straight Talk about Speech Technology	252
	Building a Speech System	255
	Creating Sound Software	263
	Building Your Robot's Vocabulary	268
	Putting Speech to Work	268
	Talking about Robots	270
Chapter 16	I See You	271
	All about Video Systems	271
	Pretesting	281
	Mounting a Board Camera	282
	Creating a Tethered Video System	289
	Creating a Wireless Video System	294
	Wireless Data Links	297
	Camera Positioning	298
	Applications Using the Video System	302
	A Robot's Vision	304
Chapter 17	Controlling Your Robot from Afar	305
	All about Remote Control	305
	The Lowdown on RC Systems	307
	Purchasing an RC System	311
	Installing an RC System	312
	Half and Half: RC and Autonomous Behavior	322
Part V	The Part of Tens	327
Chapter 18	Ten Excellent Parts Suppliers	329
	Tower Hobbies	329
	Supercircuits	330
	Mouser Electronics	330
	Parallax	331
	McMaster-Carr	332
	Stock Drive Products	332
	Radio Shack	333
	80/20	334
	Edmund Scientific	334
	Parts Suppliers a la Carte	335
Chapter 19	Ten Safety Pointers	339
	Cut Away from Your Body	339
	Avoid the Pinch Points	339
	Slipping Is Bad	340
	Soldering Pitfalls	340
	Hot Glue Follies	340
	Super Glue on You	341
	Dancing around the Drill	341
	AC Stands for Are You Crazy!	341
	Discharging Capacitors	342
	Clipping Nippers	342
	Index	343

Go to: Flex 3 Bible or HTML XHTML and CSS Bible

The Sims 2 Freetime: Prima Official Game Guide

Author: Greg Kramer

• Five all-new careers exposed, including cool career objects!
• Immerse your Sims in ten engrossing hobbies
• All new Talent Badges revealed
• Dream big. Earn rewards. Learn how inside!

Hackers Challenge 3 or Schaums Outline of Programming with C

2009-01-10T11:42:00.000-08:00

Hacker's Challenge 3: 20 Brand-New Forensic Scenarios and Solutions

Author: David Pollino

The stories about phishing attacks against banks are so true-to-life, it’s chilling.” --Joel Dubin, CISSP, Microsoft MVP in Security

Every day, hackers are devising new ways to break into your network. Do you have what it takes to stop them? Find out in Hacker’s Challenge 3. Inside, top-tier security experts offer 20 brand-new, real-world network security incidents to test your computer forensics and response skills. All the latest hot-button topics are covered, including phishing and pharming scams, internal corporate hacking, Cisco IOS, wireless, iSCSI storage, VoIP, Windows, Mac OS X, and UNIX/Linux hacks, and much more. Each challenge includes a detailed explanation of the incident--how the break-in was detected, evidence and clues, technical background such as log files and network maps, and a series of questions for you to solve. In Part II, you’ll get a detailed analysis of how the experts solved each incident.

David Pollino has a strong background in security, wireless, and networking. David is currently a security practitioner working in financial services. During his career, he has worked for an industry-leading security consulting company, a large financial services company, and a tier 1 ISP. David often speaks at security events and has frequently been quoted in online and printed journals regarding security issues. During his career as a consultant and network engineer, David has worked for clients across multiple industries, including financial services, service providers, high technology, manufacturing, and government. He co-authored Wireless Security (RSA Press, 2002) and Hacker'sChallenge and Hacker's Challenge 2 (McGraw-Hill/Osborne, 2001 and 2002, respectively).

Bill Pennington, CISSP, has six years of professional experience in information security and eleven years in information technology. His duties at WhiteHat include managing research and development, guiding product and technology direction, managing web application assessment teams, and developing and delivering WhiteHat Security training. Bill has performed web application assessments for more than four years in a variety of industry verticals including financial services, e-commerce, and biotechnology. He is familiar with Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, Windows, and OpenBSD, and he is a Certified Information Security Systems Practitioner (CISSP) and Certified Cisco Network Administrator (CCNA). He has broad experience in web application security, penetration testing, computer forensics, and intrusion detection systems. Prior to joining WhiteHat, Bill was a principal consultant and technical lead for assessment services at Guardent, a nationwide security services provider.

Tony Bradley, CISSP-ISSAP, MCSE2k, has eight years of computer networking and administration experience, focusing the last four on network security and malware protection. Tony is a network security architect providing design, implementation, and management of network security solutions for a variety of Fortune 500 customers. He is also the editor and writer for the About.com Internet/Network Security website and frequently contributes to a variety of technical and security publications, both in print and on the Web. You can view his writing portfolio at http://www.s3kur3.com.

Himanshu Dwivedi is a founding partner of iSEC Partners, an independent provider of information security services and tools. He has 12 years of experience in security and IT. Before forming iSEC, he was Technical Director for @stake's Bay Area security practice. Himanshu's professional focus includes strategic security services, which leverages his experience with software development, infrastructure security, application security, tool development, and secure product design. He is considered an industry expert in storage security, specifically Fibre Channel/iSCSI SANs and CIFS/NFS NAS systems. Himanshu has presented at major security conferences throughout the world, including Black Hat, Storage Networking World, Syscan Singapore, and Bellua Indonesia. Himanshu also has a patent pending for a storage security design architecture that can be implemented on enterprise storage products for Fibre Channel networks. Himanshu has also authored two additional security books, including Securing Storage: A Practical Guide to SAN and NAS Security (Addison-Wesley, 2005) and Implementing SSH: Strategies for Optimizing the Secure Shell (Wiley, 2003).

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Schaum's Outline of Programming with C++

Author: John R Hubbard

Programming with C++, Second Edition, is an update of the highly successful first editiona bestseller in Schaum's computer science lineand reflects the new ISO standard for C++, rendering previous C++ guides obsolete. Essential for programmers, 280,000 computer science students taking first-level classes, and thousands of advanced placement students, this book is the perfect supplement to the leading textbooks in introductory and higher-level programming courses.

John R. Hubbard, Ph.D., is Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Richmond. He received his doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his M.S. in Computer Science from Penn State. He has received awards from the national Science Foundation and is the author of the popular Schaum's Outline of Programming with C++.

Chapter 1: Elementary C++ Programming.

Chapter 2: Fundamental Types.

Chapter 3: Selection.

Chapter 4: Iteration.

Chapter 5: Functions.

Chapter 6: Arrays.

Chapter 7: Pointers and References.

Chapter 8: C-Strings.

Chapter 9: Standard C++ Strings.

Chapter 10: Classes.

Chapter 11: Overloading Operators.

Chapter 12: Composition and Inheritance.

Chapter 13: Templates and Iterators.

Chapter 14: Standard C++ Vectors.

Chapter 15: Container Classes.

Appendices:

A: Character Codes.

B: Standard C++ Keywords.

C: Standard C++ Operators.

D: Standard C++ Container Classes.

E: Standard C++ Generic Algorithms.

F: The Standard C Library.

G: Hexadecimal Numbers.

H: References.

Beginning Python or InDesign CS4 For Dummies

2009-01-10T02:30:00.000-08:00

Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional

Author: Magnus Lie Hetland

Beginning Python: From Novice to Professional is the most comprehensive book on the Python ever written. Based on Practical Python, this newly revised book is both an introduction and practical reference for a swath of Python-related programming topics, including addressing language internals, database integration, network programming, and web services. Advanced topics, such as extending Python and packaging/distributing Python applications, are also covered.

Ten different projects illustrate the concepts introduced in the book. You will learn how to create a P2P file-sharing application and a web-based bulletin board, and how to remotely edit web-based documents and create games. Author Magnus Lie Hetland is an authority on Python and previously authored Practical Python. He also authored the popular online guide, Instant Python Hacking, on which both books are based.

Ch. 1	Instant hacking : the basics	1
Ch. 2	Lists and tuples	31
Ch. 3	Working with strings	53
Ch. 4	Dictionaries : when indices won't do	67
Ch. 5	Conditionals, loops, and some other statements	81
Ch. 6	Abstraction	109
Ch. 7	More abstraction	139
Ch. 8	Exceptions	159
Ch. 9	Magic methods, properties, and iterators	173
Ch. 10	Batteries included	203
Ch. 11	Files and stuff	255
Ch. 12	Graphical user interfaces	269
Ch. 13	Database support	285
Ch. 14	Network programming	297
Ch. 15	Python and the Web	313
Ch. 16	Testing, 1-2-3	341
Ch. 17	Extending Python	357
Ch. 18	Packaging your programs	373
Ch. 19	Playful programming	381
Ch. 20	Project 1 : instant markup	391
Ch. 21	Project 2 : painting a pretty picture	411
Ch. 22	Project 3 : XML for all occasions	421
Ch. 23	Project 4 : in the news	439
Ch. 24	Project 5 : a virtual tea party	455
Ch. 25	Project 6 : remote editing with CGI	473
Ch. 26	Project 7 : your own bulletin board	483
Ch. 27	Project 8 : file sharing with XML-RPC	499
Ch. 28	Project 9 : file sharing II - now with GUI!	517
Ch. 29	Project 10 : do-it-yourself arcade game	527

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InDesign CS4 For Dummies

Author: Galen Gruman

Have designs on better-looking publications? Here’s how to make them happen!
Whether you’re an experienced designer or just want to create a cool newsletter for the school soccer team, InDesign is the gold standard for desktop publishing programs. This easy-to-follow guide is packed with tips and techniques for making the most of InDesign’s features, along with some wise advice on designing pages that do their job perfectly.

Make it work for you — explore the new tools, take advantage of personal workspaces, and set preferences for the way you work
Master the details — take advantage of precise typography, layout, and graphics tools to get exactly the document you want
Add color — use color libraries, multi-ink colors, and gradients to make your document sparkle
Play well with others — learn how InDesign works seamlessly with other applications in the Adobe Creative Suite
Get in style — take text and object formatting up a notch by using styles and InDesign’s many special effects
Be Web savvy — use hyperlinks, multimedia elements, and more for Web, PDF, and Flash files
Pack it up — prepare for printing or other output with enhanced preflighting and service-bureau tools

Open the book and find:

Steps for designing and producing professional page layouts
How to open and save documents and export document content
The ins and outs of working with text
Steps for managing chapters and books
Secrets for setting up great master pages
The dangers of unnamed colors
How to manipulate,organize, and align design objects
Tips for cropping and positioning graphics

1	What is it?	1
2	What does it do?	33
3	How do I ...?	87

Ch. 1	What is verification?	1
Ch. 2	Verification technologies	23
Ch. 3	The verification plan	77
Ch. 4	High-level modeling	113
Ch. 5	Stimulus and response	197
Ch. 6	Architecting testbenches	279
Ch. 7	Simulation management	333

1	Introduction	1
2	Understanding cryptography	7
3	Historical algorithms: simple examples	18
4	Unbreakable ciphers?	52
5	Modern algorithms	60
6	Practical security	75
7	Uses of cryptography	85
8	Key management	107
9	Cryptography in everyday life	125
	References and further reading	135
	Index	139

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