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Burn Rate: How I Survived the Gold Rush Years on the Internet
Authors: Michael Wolff
Venue:  (1998)

:Michael Wolff was one of the first to see the potential of the Internet and one of the pioneers of new media. As he labored to build his own company, Wolff, a former journalist, knew he had stumbled on the seminal business story of the 1990s. Burn Rate is about the heart-in-your-throat struggles of being an entrepreneur. It is about witnessing an industry being born: the founding of Wired magazine, the launch of Time Warner's much-touted "Pathfinder," the conflict between content centered on the East Coast and technology on the West Coast, the rise of the search engines, the dominance and dysfunctionality of America Online, and the thud of Microsoft stumbling and falling down on the Net. As Wolff builds his business, you'll get to know the geeks, billionaires, weasels, and, of course, visionaries he meets along the way. Louis Rossetto, the unemployed expat who creates Wired. Walter Isaacson, the prince of Time Warner, who throws the resources of America's largest media company behind the Web. The boy investor, the "dumb money" who backs Wolff's company. Halsey Minor, the executive recruiter who founds a publishing empire on the Net. The CMP boys, the computer magazine publishers who are desperate to get into the Internet game. Robert Maxwell's children, whose high-flying company is one of the first bubbles to burst on the Internet. Even Barry Diller, who advises Wolff that getting in on the ground floor is good only if you're still standing in the end.
Resource-bounded continuity and sequentiality for type-two functionals
Authors: Samuel R. Buss, Bruce M. Kapron
Venue: ACM Transactions on Computational Logic (TOCL) (2002)

We define notions of resource-bounded continuity and sequentiality for type-two functionals with total inputs, and prove that in the resource-bounded model there are continuous functionals which cannot be efficiently simulated by sequential functionals. We also show that for some naturally defined classes of continuous functionals an efficient simulation is possible.
Overdrive: Bill Gates and The Race to Control Cyberspace
Authors: James Wallace
Venue:  (1997)

:In this hard-hitting, controversial, and compelling account, acclaimed journalist James Wallace tells the inside story of Gates's no-holds-barred struggle to keep Microsoft on top. Wallace goes behind the scenes of Gates's ongoing battles with Novell, Borland, Lotus, and other competitors. He sheds new light on the Justice Department's antitrust investigation of Microsoft, from the reasons behind the transfer of the case from the FCC to Justice, to the astounding moment when, in the face of Gates's ferocious resistance, Justice blinked. Here, too, is the story behind the mega-marketing blitz that led to the most eagerly anticipated event in the history of the software industry: the spectacular launch of Windows 95. Moving from the boardrooms of IBM and Time Warner to the cramped research and development labs of Microsoft, this is a fascinating chronicle of high-stakes corporate maneuvering - part chess game, part cloak-and-dagger intrigue. Based on candid interviews with friends, colleagues, and competitors, as well as both current and former Microsoft employees, Overdrive also offers penetrating insight into Bill Gates the man vs. the media myth.
Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 14 Days, 2nd edition
Authors: Timothy Parker
Venue:  (1996)

:TCP/IP is the predominant network protocol in use today. The strong focus in the industry on client-server systems, Internetworking, an Internet connectivity makes this book a needed reference. Its tutorial format covers all basic aspects of TCP/IP and explores its advanced capabilities and uses in the workplace.Covers the local area network environmentIncludes new material which instructs readers on how to configure TCP/IP with Windows 95 and other operating systemsCD-ROM includes source code from the book and powerful utilities
Stop, thief!
Authors: Aaron Weiss
Venue: netWorker (2002)

Recently it came to my attention that I'm an inveterate thief: a depraved criminal without a conscience, unleashing a trail of cheating and larceny for over two decades. The scary part is, I'm not alone. You, gentle reader, are probably as corrupt as I, if not more. Our accuser, Mr. Jamie Kellner, chairman and CEO of Turner Broadcasting, made a clear and compelling case in a recent interview published in CableWorld.
Internet Server Construction Kit for Windows
Authors: Greg Bean
Venue:  (1995)

:Provides practical information and the essential software tools to quickly, efficiently and effectively set up your own Internet server in a Windows or Windows NT environment. Explains the underlying concepts, protocols and principles needed to understand how your server operates. Offers detailed coverage of the popular Windows World Wide Web, Gopher, FTP, WAIS, Finger and Mail servers, enabling users to compare and contrast the features of each. Contains step-by-step instructions for installing and troubleshooting the Internet software. The accompanying CD-ROM includes a complete set of Windows server products, supporting files for examples illustrated in subsequent chapters, sample program code, home pages and templates. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
From Paper to Online Publishing: A Guide for Planners and Decision Makers
Authors: Larry Bielawski
Venue:  (1995)

:A practical, hands-on roadmap to leveraging the business benefits of electronic publishing, this book is essential for managers considering electronic publishing as an alternative to the enormous manuals, binders and other printed documents they're accustomed to developing. Includes case studies of all types of electronic publishing--on-line CD-ROM, Internet-based, disk-based, client/server, and more.
BBEDit 4 for MacIntosh (Visual QuickStart Guide)
Authors: Mark R. Bell
Venue:  (1997)

:Among professional Web builders using Macs, BBEdit is the tool of choice. Its powerful search-and-replace tools make site-wide changes a snap. Even those who use Web tools like PageMill often depend on BBEdit for that final bit of HTML tweaking. Among its many features, BBEdit offers: automatic HTML tag coloring, multi-file search and replace, easy to use HTML form and table creation, and one-click previews in any Web browser. BBEdit 4 for Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide serves as both a tutorial to BBEdit and as a quick, inexpensive "lookup" guide to its functions and capabilities, emphasizing its Web creation capabilities.
Decision making support: representing the C2 process in simulations: modelling the human decision-maker
Authors: Colin R. Mason, James Moffat
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Military Command and Control (C2) is the process by which commanders organise and employ force elements in order to achieve military objectives. This process needs to be represented in models of conflict in order to simulate realistic force behaviour and effectiveness. Since C2 is heavily influenced by human decision-making, modelling the C2 process is recognized as one of the most challenging areas for defence analysis. This paper describes on-going research into ways in which the effects of C2 can be incorporated successfully into constructive simulation models of combat. The research has developed a representation of C2 based on an intelligent agent framework in which the C2 processes of a military operation are carried out by a number of interacting command agents, representing the various military headquarters. An agent software architecture has been designed and implemented, along with algorithms for key C2 processes, namely (1) data fusion and recognized picture compilation, (2) decision-making and planning at operational and tactical levels, (3) plan supervision and repair. These have been implemented within two software testbeds --- MOSES, a simulation of Operations Other Than War (OOTW) and CLARION+, an extension of CLARION, the UK land-air combat simulation.
Phidgets: easy development of physical interfaces through physical widgets
Authors: Saul Greenberg, Chester Fitchett
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM symposium on User interface software and technology (2001)

Physical widgets or phidgets are to physical user interfaces what widgets are to graphical user interfaces. Similar to widgets, phidgets abstract and package input and output devices: they hide implementation and construction details, they expose functionality through a well-defined API, and they have an (optional) on-screen interactive interface for displaying and controlling device state. Unlike widgets, phidgets also require: a connection manager to track how devices appear on-line; a way to link a software phidget with its physical counterpart; and a simulation mode to allow the programmer to develop, debug and test a physical interface even when no physical device is present. Our evaluation shows that everyday programmers using phidgets can rapidly develop physical interfaces.
Promoting awareness of work activities through peripheral displays
Authors: Elaine M. Huang, Joe Tullio, Tony J. Costa, Joseph F. McCarthy
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

The globalization of the workforce, growing prevalence of dynamic project-oriented teams, increasing flexibility in work times and places is beneficial to companies and workers. However, they contribute to the fragmentation of the workforce, reducing awareness of colleagues' activities. These awareness "gaps" result in missed opportunities for collaboration and sharing of relevant knowledge, as well as a diminished sense of community. We have conducted a user study to better understand these gaps in one particular workgroup, and designed a system to promote stronger awareness of workplace activities using peripheral displays.
Selfish traffic allocation for server farms
Authors: Artur Czumaj, Piotr Krysta, Berthold Vöcking
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

We investigate the price of selfish routing in non-cooperative networks in terms of the coordination and bicriteria ratios in the recently introduced game theoretic network model of Koutsoupias and Papadimitriou. We present the first thorough study of this model for general, monotone families of cost functions and for cost functionsm from Queueing Theory. Our main results can be summarized as follows.We give a precise characterization of cost functions having a bounded/unbounded coordination ratio. For example, cost functions that describe the expected delay in queueing systems have an unbounded coordination ratio.We show that an unbounded coordination ratio implies additionally an extremely high performance degradation under bicriteria measures. We demonstrate that the price of selfish routing can be as high as a bandwidth degradation by a factor that is linear in the network size.We separate the game theoretic (integral) allocation model from the (fractional) flow model by demonstrating that even a very small, in fact negligible, amount of integrality can lead to a dramatic performance degradation.We unify recent results on selfish routing under different objectives by showing that an unbounded coordination ratio under the min-max objective implies an unbounded coordination ratio under the average-cost (or total-latency) objective and vice versa..Our special focus lies on cost functions describing the behavior of Web servers that can open only a limited number of TCP connections. In particular, we compare the performance of queueing systems that serve all incoming requests with servers that reject requests in case of overload.From the result presented in this paper we conclude that queuing systems without rejection cannot give any reasonable guarantee on the expected delay of requests under selfish routing even when the injected load is far away from the capacity of the system. In contrast, Web server farms that are allowed to reject requests can guarantee a high quality of service for every individual request stream even under relatively high injection rates.
Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, 1st edition
Authors: Ray Kurzweil
Venue:  (1999)

:Ray Kurzweil, called a "restless genius" by The Wall Street Journal, is responsible for some of the most compelling technology of our era. The brains behind the Kurzweil Reading Machine (which helps Stevie Wonder read his mail), the Kurzweil synthesizer, and the voice-recognition program that appears on Windows 98, he is also a formidable thinker who a decade ago predicted the emergence of the World Wide Web and that a computer would beat the world chess champion. Finally, someone with the authority to speak about the future also has the courage and imagination to do so. The Age of Spiritual Machines is no list of predictions but a framework for envisioning the 21st century in which one advance or invention leads inexorably to another. After establishing that technology is growing exponentially, Kurzweil forecasts that computers will exceed the memory capacity and computing speed of the human brain by 2020, with the other attributes of human intelligence not far behind. By that time paraplegics will be able to walk by using a combination of nerve stimulation and robotic devices. You will be able to choose the personality of your automated computer assistant, who will conduct business on your behalf with other automated personalities. A mere nine years later, you will be able to enhance your intelligence with neural implants. The upshot is that human identity will be called into question as never before, as a billion years of evolution are superseded in a mere hundred by machine technology that we ourselves have created. We will become cyborgs, but what will computers become?
Design and Organization of Computing Structures, 1st edition
Authors: James H. Herzog
Venue:  (1995)

:Discusses the dual challenges of digital computing architecture and design implementation strategies. It stresses a simple, structured approach to designing computing structures and introduces real computer architectures, including CISC and RISC.
Modem Nation: The Handbook of Grassroots American Politics Online
Authors: Charles Bowen
Venue:  (1996)

:Now, more than ever before, you can have your say in the development of party platforms, keep tabs on the voting records and finances of your elected officials, and stage powerful grassroots lobbying efforts through fax and e-mail campaigns. Experienced journalist and web crawler Charles Bowen brings organization and clarity to the complex array of political sites in cyberspace and shows you how to make a difference and be heard in the growing clamor of American politics online. Whether Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, or Socialist, you'll find kindred spirits and ardent opponents surfing the net. Bowen's expert tour will guide you to conservative, liberal, and even the most rabid fringe perspectives on issues including abortion, domestic violence, civil liberties, gun control, gay rights, race relations, and every topic of debate. You'll also get the information you need to connect directly with legislators who speak for you in government. Finally, a thorough section dedicated to consumer resources shows you how to use the net, to seek protection from dangerous products, misleading advertisements, fraudulent business practices, and online scams while obtaining free cradle-to-grave legal advice and tapping into government services and entitlements.
Mastering 3d Animation with Cdrom
Authors: Peter Ratner
Venue:  (2000)

:In Mastering 3D Animation, Peter Ratner offers riveting illustrations and step-by-step instructions to show animators at all levels how to create professional, studio quality 3D models and animations. Instructions and exercises are provided in a non-software and non-platform specific format to encourage readers to experiment with their own technology. The book includes hundreds of illustrations along with models and sample animations on a CD-ROM. It stands as a crash course in the up-and-coming field of animation that takes readers chapter-by-chapter from the introductory level to the advanced level. 3D Animation is a book no aspiring animator or animation instructor will want to miss. "Today, 3D animation is one of the least understood disciplines," writes Ratner, explaining that the "purpose of this book is to provide readers with a set of learning tools to help them create a respectable animation." Ratner, a professional animator and professor of animation, gives in-depth coverage to: * NURBS and polygon modeling and animation * Animating with deformation tools * Special effects * Modeling human features and figures * Lighting and surfacing * Expressing emotion with facial animation * Animating action * Composition and cinematography The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
The ABC's of Collecting Online, 2nd edition
Authors: Ray Boileau
Venue:  (1999)

:With this book the reader will be able to access the universe of antiques and collectibles on their personal computer screen. The definitive guide for all collectors and dealers who want to buy and sell antiques and collectibles on ebay and the score of other Internet auction companies. Tips for the experienced collector and advice for beginners. 95 b/w illustrations The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Data Management Handbook, 3rd Edition, 3rd edition
Authors: Sanjiv Purba
Venue:  (1999)

:Written by leading industry experts, the Data Management Handbookis a comprehensive, single-volume guide to the most innovative ideas on how to plan, develop, and run a powerful data management function - as well as handle day-to-day operations. The book provides practical, hands-on guidance on the strategic, tactical, and technical aspects of data management, offering an inside look at how leading companies in various industries meet the challenges of moving to a data-sharing environment
Computationally Efficient and Numerically Stable Reliability Bounds for Repairable Fault-Tolerant Systems
Authors: Juan A. Carrasco
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2002)

The transient analysis of large continuous time Markov reliability models of repairable fault-tolerant systems is computationally expensive due to model stiffness. In this paper, we develop and analyze a method to compute bounds for a measure defined on a particular, but quite wide, class of continuous time Markov models, encompassing both exact and bounding continuous time Markov reliability models of fault-tolerant systems. The method is numerically stable and computes the bounds with well-controlled and specifiable-in-advance error. Computational effort can be traded off with bounds accuracy. For a class of continuous time Markov models, class $\rm C^{\prime\prime}$, including typical failure/repair reliability models with exponential failure and repair time distributions and repair in every state with failed components, the method can yield reasonably tight bounds at a very small computational cost. The method builds upon a recently proposed numerical method for the transient analysis of continuous time Markov models called regenerative randomization.
Beyond Taylorism: Computerization and the New Industrial Relations
Authors: Lorraine Giordano
Venue:  (1992)

:This book examines two major contemporary changes in corporate reorganization strategies: the impact of computerization on skills and the organization of production; and the role of quality circles in the reorganization of bureaucratic decision-making. It is concerned with labour processes which experience deskilling, reskilling and shifts in the lines of demarcation between occupations. Based on a case study of workers in a US defence plant, the author conducted in-depth interviews with machinists, process engineers, drafters and design drafters - occupations which represent related phases in design and production work. The findings indicate that the impact of computerized automation is complex, contradictory and multi-dimensional. Workers' experiences in quality circles are examined as part of the labour relations within the firm and changes in the structure of managerial decision-making. Quality circles, rather than transforming labour relations toward democratic participation, are managerial strategies to create a decentralized structure to facilitate workers' cooperation with management's goals for efficiency and productivity. The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2010 ACM, Inc. Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us Useful downloads: Adobe Acrobat QuickTime Windows Media Player Real Player
Quorum systems constructed from combinatorial designs
Authors: Charles J. Colbourn, Jeffrey H. Dinitz, Douglas R. Stinson
Venue: Information and Computation (2001)

A quorum system is a set system in which any two subsets have nonempty intersection. Quorum systems have been extensively studied as a method of maintaining consistency in distributed systems. Important attributes of a quorum system include the load, balancing ratio, rank (i.e., quorum size), and availability. Many constructions have been presented in the literature for quorum systems in which these attributes take on optimal or otherwise favorable values. In this paper, we point out an elementary connection between quorum systems and the classical covering systems studied in combinatorial design theory. We look more closely at the quorum systems that are obtained from balanced incomplete block designs (BIBDs). We study the properties of these quorum systems and observe that they have load, balancing ratio, and rank that are all within a constant factor of being optimal. We also provide several observations about computing the failure polynomials of a quorum system (failure polynomials are used to measure availability). Asymptotic properties of failure polynomials have previously been analyzed for certain infinite families of quorum systems. We give an explicit formula for the failure polynomials for an easily constructed infinite class of quorum systems. We also develop two algorithms that are useful for computing failure polynomials for quorum systems and prove that computing failure polynomials is #P-hard. Computational results are presented for several "small"quorum systems obtained from BIBDs. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
Topics in Nonlinear Dynamics with Computer Algebra
Authors: Richard H. Rand
Venue:  (1994)

:This text was developed by Dr. Rand over several years of graduate-level instruction in advanced dynamics, nonlinear vibrations, and perturbation methods. It presents a variety of topics in nonlinear dynamics, simply explained and modernized through the use of the MACCSYMA computer algebra system. The emphasis is on using computer algebra as a tool for the derivation and the solution of nonlinear differential equations and encourages in-depth understanding of the physical and mathematical principles involved. Algebraic principles are presented in conjunction with examples, references, exercises and MACSYMA computer programs.