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Home Networking Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Your Home Network (Annoyances)
Authors: Kathy Ivens
Venue:  (2005)

The beauty of a home network is that it can make life so easy--what could be better than sharing an Internet connection so that everyone can be online at the same time? With home networking you can move files from one computer to another, share resources, print to a single printer or multiple printers from any computer in the house, and IM the kids when they're holed up in their rooms. And the downside? Anyone who's ever had to troubleshoot a network glitch doesn't need to ask that question. The simple words, "Why can't I print? Why can't I get to the Internet? Why does my computer say 'Access Denied' today, when it worked fine yesterday?" are enough to send the home network administrator running for cover. And the concept of "network security" can keep the soundest sleeper tossing and turning all night. Currently, more than 8 million homes in the US have installed a network of some kind, and within five years, that number is expected to jump to 37 million. This speaks to the availability of easy-to-install home networking products. Unfortunately, there's also a glut of potential headaches that can occur after installation (and during, sometimes) with no warning label on the box saying, "This product sure to cause annoyances." But help is here. Home Networking Annoyances will ease the headaches and annoyances of anyone who runs a home network. This book tackles all the common annoyances associated with running your network--whether it's wired or wireless, or a combination thereof. Its friendly, off-the-cuff approach will put you in a position of power over those home networking glitches, including file sharing, printing, cabling, security, and much more. You'll find dozens of on-target tips, workarounds, and fixes that will help you improve your home networking experience in every way possible. Whether you're a mainstream business user or a home user with newly installed network hardware, you've probably had your patience tested by frustrating network maintenance issues. Take a stand against annoyances now: just as the bestselling PC Annoyances brought peace and happiness to PC users everywhere, Home Networking Annoyances is your ticket to serenity.
Apple Pro Training Series: Motion (Apple Pro Training)
Authors: Damian Allen
Venue:  (2004)

This Apple-authorized guide to Motion lifts the curtain on Apple's revolutionary new software for motion graphics design. A comprehensive book-DVD combo, it starts with motion graphics fundamentals and takes you step by step all the way through Motion's powerful advanced features, delivering comprehensive training-the equivalent of a three-day course-in one project-based book. Professional, hands-on projects help you learn as you go. All the files you need are on the DVD. Readers will harness the magic of Motion's Real-Time Design engine, behavior-based animation, and remarkable gesture-driven workflow using a graphics tablet. Topics covered include particle dynamics and behaviors, multi-layer composites using transfer modes, keying and compositing bluescreen elements, stylized title animation, and DVD motion menus, plus dozens of visual effects techniques using filters and transformations, and much more. Whether you're just entering the motion graphics field or are already an accomplished designer, this book will have you working in Motion in record time.
User-context for adaptive user interfaces
Authors: Anil Shankar, Sushil J. Louis, Sergiu Dascalu, Linda J. Hayes, Ramona Houmanfar
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

We present results from an empirical user-study with ten users which investigates if information from a user's environment helps a user interface to personalize itself to individual users to better meet usability goals and improve user-experience. In our research we use a microphone and a web-camera to collect this information (user-context) from the vicinity of a subject's desktop computer. Sycophant, our context-aware calendaring application and research test-bed uses machine learning techniques to successfully predict a user-preferred alarm type. Discounting user identity and motion information significantly degrades Sycophant's performance on the alarm prediction task. Our user study emphasizes the need for user-context for personalizable user interfaces which can better meet effectiveness and utility usability goals. Results from our study further demonstrate that contextual information helps adaptive interfaces to improve user-experience.
Stochastic gradient estimation using a single design point
Authors: Jamie R. Wieland, Bruce W. Schmeiser
Venue: Proceedings of the 38th conference on Winter simulation (2006)

Using concepts arising in control variates, we propose estimating gradients using Monte Carlo data from a single design point. Our goal is to create a statistically efficient estimator that is easy to implement, with no analysis within the simulation oracle and no unknown algorithm parameters. We compare a simple version of the proposed method to finite differences and simultaneous perturbation, assuming first and second-order linear logic models and response surfaces. Results of the analysis indicate that the proposed gradient estimator is unbiased with variance that is inversely related to the variance of the assumed input model. Compared to the only existing single design-point method, the proposed gradient estimator is advantageous in that its variance is not dependent on the magnitude of the response surface at the design point of interest and also decreases as the simulation run length increases.
A lattice Boltzmann model for multiphase flows with large density ratio
Authors: H. W. Zheng, C. Shu, Y. T. Chew
Venue: Journal of Computational Physics (2006)

a lattice Boltzmann model for simulating multiphase flows with large density ratios is described in this paper. The method is easily implemented. It does not require solving the Poisson equation and does not involve the complex treatments of derivative terms. The interface capturing equation is recovered without any additional terms as compared to other methods [M.R. Swift, W.R. Osborn, J.M. Yeomans, Lattice Boltzmann simulation of liquid-gas and binary fluid systems, Phys. Rev. E 54 (1996) 5041-5052; T. Inamuro, T. Ogata, S. Tajima, N. Konishi, A lattice Boltzmann method for incompressible two-phase flows with large density differences, J. Comput. Phys. 198 (2004) 628-644; T. Lee, C.-L. Lin, A stable discretization of the lattice Boltzmann equation for simulation of incompressible two-phase flows at high density ratio, J. Comput. Phys. 206 (2005) 16-47]. Besides, it requires less discrete velocities. As a result, its efficiency could be greatly improved, especially in 3D applications. It is validated by several cases: a bubble in a stationary flow and the capillary wave. The numerical surface tension obtained from the Laplace law and the interface profile agrees very well with the respective analytical solution. The method is further verified by its application to capillary wave and the bubble rising under buoyancy with comparison to other methods. All the numerical experiments show that the present approach can be used to model multiphase flows with large density ratios.
Modification of Cubic Bézier Spirals for Curvature Linearity
Authors: Koichi Harada, Hidekazu Usui, Koichiro Nishi
Venue: IEICE - Transactions on Information and Systems (2007)

We propose the extended Bézier spiral in this paper. The spiral is useful for both design purposes and improved aesthetics. This is because the spiral is one of the Bézier curves, which play an important role in interactive curve design, and because the assessment of the curve is based on the human reception of the curve. For the latter purpose we utilize the logarithmic distribution graph that quantifies the designers' preferences. This paper contributes the unification of the two different curve design objectives (the interactive operation and so called "eye pleasing" result generation); which have been independently investigated so far.
Spam and the ongoing battle for the inbox
Authors: Joshua Goodman, Gordon V. Cormack, David Heckerman
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2007)

Even as spammers and phishers try evermore sophisticated techniques to get past filters and into users' mailboxes, anti-spam researchers have managed to stay several steps ahead, so far.
Operations research and informatics in Hungary
Authors: Alex Orden
Venue: Issue 20 (February 1976) (1976)

A National Science Foundation program in support of scientific cooperation with several countries in Eastern Europe gave me an opportunity to be in Hungary for two weeks in September (1975) in order to meet and exchange ideas with people in O. R. and Informatics. I should like to summarize my impressions (Section 1), and describe some of the specific activities and objectives of organizations and educational institutions which I visited (Sections 2-4).
Social radio: a music-based approach to emotional awareness mediation
Authors: Carsten Röcker, Richard Etter
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2007)

This paper presents a novel approach for mediating awareness in small intimate groups. Instead of traditional communication media, music is used to inform users about the presence and mood of multiple remote peers. Based on this conceptual idea, an awareness system called 'Social Radio' was developed. The system consists of several smart artifacts and an underlying multi-user communication infrastructure.
Tracking cyberstalkers: a cryptographic approach
Authors: Mike Burmester, Peter Henry, Leo S. Kermes
Venue: ACM SIGCAS Computers and Society (2005)

Stalking is a pattern of behavior over time in which a stalker seeks to gain access to, or control over, an unwilling victim. Such actions range from the benign to the malicious and may cause emotional distress or harm to the victim. With the widespread adoption of new technologies, new forums of Internet-mediated discourse now exist which offer stalkers unprecedented scope to locate and exert influence over victims. Cyberstalking, the convergence of stalking and cyberspace, has created new challenges for the prevention, detection, and prosecution of this new phenomenon as the traditional methods of detection by witnesses and enforcement through physical restraining orders often are inadequate.In this paper we suggest a cryptographic approach for tracking cyberstalkers. We first define the threat model in terms of the profile of a cyberstalker, as well as legal and law enforcement constraints. We then describe a monitoring system that addresses the basic admissibility requirements of our threat model, by capturing and verifying circumstantial evidence for use in cyberstalking investigations.
The I-Series Microsoft Office 2003 Volume 2, 1 edition
Authors: Stephen Haag, James T. Perry, Merrill Wells, Paige Baltzan, Amy Phillips
Venue:  (2004)

The I-Series leads the student through clear, error-free, and unambiguous steps to accomplish tasks that produce a finished document, work sheet or database table. The approach is not simply results-oriented; teaching how to accomplish a task is not enough for complete understanding and mastery. Prior to introducing steps, the authors discuss why each step is important and what roll all the steps play in the overall plan for creating a document, workbook or database. The I-Series Applications textbooks strongly emphasize that students learn and master applications skills by being actively engaged by doing.Table of contents Word 2003 Chapter 5: Desktop Publishing Session 5.1: Desktop Publishing – Creating a Newsletter Session 5.2: Working with Columns Session 5.3: Creating the Newsletter Layout Chapter 6: Merging Documents and Object Linking and Embedding Session 6.1: Merging Documents Session 6.2: Merging Other Types of Data Session 6.3: Object Linking and Embedding Chapter 7: Creating Your Web Page Session 7.1: Creating Your Web Page Session 7.2: Formatting Your Web Page Session 7.3: Adding Hyperlinks and Saving Your Web Page Chapter 8: Advanced Report Formatting Techniques Session 8.1: Creating a Master Document and Subdocuments Session 8.2: Working with Master Documents and Subdocuments Session 8.3: Numbering Pages, Creating Indexes, and Creating a Table of Contents Excel 2003 Chapter 5 Exploring Excel's List Features Session 5.1 Creating and Using Lists Session 5.2 Creating Filters and Subtotals Session 5.3 Pivot Tables Chapter 6 Employing Functions Session 6.1 Using Data Validation, Names and IF and Index Functions Session 6.2 Using Financial and Date Functions Chapter 7 Developing Multiple Worksheet and Workbook Applications Session 7.1 Working with Multiple Worksheets Session 7.2 Working with Multiple Workbooks Chapter 8 Auditing, Sharing, Protecting, and Publishing Workbooks Session 8.1 Auditing a Workbook Session 8.2 Sharing a Workbook and Tracking Changes Session 8.3 Protecting and Publishing Workbooks Access 2003 Chapter 5: Customizing Forms and Reports Session 5.1 Maintaining Data with Forms Session 5.2 Creating Complex Reports Chapter 6: Defining Table Relationships Session 6.1 Relating Tables Session 6.2 Creating Output with Related Tables Chapter 7: Validating and Securing Database Data Session 7.1 Refining Table Design Session 7.2 Access Database Tools Chapter 8: Integrating with Other Applications Session 8.1 Office Integration Session 8.2 Web Publication PowerPoint 2003 Chapter 5: Creating a Multimedia Presentation Session 5.1 Using Animations Session 5.2 Using Other Multimedia Components Chapter 6: Color Schemes and Drawing Session 6.1 Choosing a Color Scheme Session 6.2 Creating Custom Art Chapter 7: Internet/Intranet Presentations Session 7.1 Interactive Presentations Session 7.2 Using PowerPoint to Publish Web Pages Chapter 8: PowerPoint Power Features Session 8.1 PowerPoint User Features Session 8.2 Sharing Presentations
A routing fabric for monolithically stacked 3D-FPGA
Authors: Mingjie Lin, Abbas El Gamal
Venue: Proceedings of the 2007 ACM/SIGDA 15th international symposium on Field programmable gate arrays (2007)

A previous study on the benefits of monolithically stacked 3D-FPGA has estimated a 3.2x improvement in logic density, a 1.7x improvement in delay, and a 1.7x improvement in dynamic power consumption over a baseline 2D-FPGA with no change in architecture. This paper describes a new routing fabric and shows that a 3D-FPGA using this fabric can achieve a 3.3x improvement in logic density, a 2.35x improvement in delay, and a 2.82x improvement in dynamic power consumption over the same baseline 2D-FPGA. The additional improvements in delay and power consumption are achieved by reducing net loading in several ways: (i) Only Single and Double interconnect segments are used. This reduces the total interconnect length used to implement each net. (ii) The routing fabric is hierarchical. Each logic block's inputs and outputs connect first to local segments. These segments can be then programmably connected to local segments in neighboring routing blocks via programmable buffers and/or to interconnect segments in routing channels via muxes with buffered outputs. (iii) Interconnect segments can be directly connected to form longer segments using programmable buffers without going through routing blocks. (iv) The routing block provides switching capability beyond that of a conventional switch box. A 3D-FPGA using this new routing fabric can be realized by stacking two configuration memory layers and a switch layer on top of a standard CMOS layer with a total of 12 metal layers interspersed between them. A CAD flow based on VPR with appropriate modifications to the routing graph generation and routing algorithm is developed and used in the performance analysis.
ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashed
Authors: Stephen Walther
Venue:  (2006)

ASP.NET 2.0 Unleashedï¾ is a revision of the best-selling ASP.NET Unleashed, by Microsoft Software Legend Stephen Walther. Itï¾ covers virtually all features of ASP.NET 2.0ï¾ including more than 50 new controls, personalization, master pages, and web parts. All code samples are presented in VB and C#. Throughout the more thanï¾ 2,000 pages, you will be shown how to develop state-of-the-art Web applications using Microsoft's latest development tools. This resource is guaranteed to be used as aï¾ reference guideï¾ over and over! ï¾
Fixing Access Annoyances: How to Fix the Most Annoying Things about Your Favorite Database (Annoyances)
Authors: Phil Mitchell, Evan Callahan
Venue:  (2006)

When an application is part of the Microsoft Office suite, it's sure to be a leader in its field. In the realm of desktop database management, Access is top dog with millions of users. But this is one dog that can bite. Although Access is a powerful, relational tool with the fetching talents of a Labrador, it's not an easy beast to train. Still, millions of users count on Access for everything from managing parts databases to running Web catalogs to working as a front end to mondo SQL databases. But Access is chockablock with annoyances---report hassles, query conundrums, VBA bugs, arcane error messages, and more.O'Reilly's Annoyances series offer real-world help, right now, and Fixing Access Annoyances continues tradition. You'll not only squash bugs and workaround Access' limits, but you'll learn how to use Access to the max, whether you're a newbie or a seasoned pro. Coverage includes install/configuration annoyances, building better tables and queries, creating forms that work right, generating reliable and sophisticated reports, pulling in data from a variety of sources, crafting macros and VBA code to customize Access, and much more.You could grab those other books for help, but do they solve problems from page one? Meet a book of a different stripe. The authors come armed with knowledge of the program's quirks, design hurdles and interface snags. They provide you with battle plans in Fixing Access Annoyances to save you time and bouts of hair pulling.Stop information from spiraling out of control when working with Access and trying to make this #$@@#$ thing work! Don't let its quirks, bugs, and troublemaking features beat you. Who you gonna call for help? Instead of waiting on the line for tech support or searching for the answer on the Internet with its too many resources to find exactly what you need, take control of databases with Fixing Access Annoyances, your partner on database adventures.
Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
Authors: Patrice-Anne Rutledge
Venue:  (2003)

The ONLY comprehensive resource readers need to learn Microsoftï¾¿s powerful presentation application! Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 is intended for experienced computer users who want to be able to utilize PowerPointï¾¿s more sophisticated features. The focus of this book is to get you up and running quickly, and then spend more time exploring the advanced features PowerPoint has to offer such as customization, animation, and multimedia.The accompanying CD includes a FREE copy of Woodyï¾¿s Office Power Pack (WOPR) ï¾¿ the #1 enhancement to Office. This software sells for $49.99 but you get it here for free with no obligations attached!
Indesign Production Cookbook (Cookbooks (O'Reilly))
Authors: Alistair Dabbs, Ken McMahon, Keith Martin, Anne-Marie Concepcion
Venue:  (2005)

Whether you're an experienced designer using InDesign at a fairly advanced level or a desktop publishing beginner new to InDesign-or making the transition from QuarkXPress-you'll find InDesign Production Cookbook chock-full of practical information, with quick solutions to real-world layout challenges. The book covers the very latest features in Adobe InDesign CS2 for Windows and Macintosh, including tips on using the program with Bridge within Adobe Creative Suite 2. Unlike the traditional "bible" approach to learning new software, InDesign Production Cookbook's unique combination of concise explanations, expert tips, and practical recipes will bring new users up to speed quickly, while providing more seasoned professionals with the information they need to complete specific tasks on the run. The book covers: handling typography, including customization and special effects working with photographs and illustrations using InDesign's art tools to create illustrations formatting tables applying color and transparency effects building multi-page documents creating indexes and tables of contents making interactive multimedia eBooks InDesign style tagging There's even a chapter specifically for QuarkXPress users making the switch to Adobe InDesign, showing where you will find familiar tools and commands in the new program. Packed with step-by-step instructions, hundreds of full-color examples, and authoritative information and advice, InDesign Cookbook is the ultimate, no-nonsense production guide for every InDesign user.
Buffer Overflow Attacks
Authors: James C. Foster, Vitaly Osipov, Nish Bhalla
Venue:  (2005)

Will the Code You Write Today Headline Tomorrow's BugTraq Mail List? Includes Numbered-by-Line Exploit Code Examples That Illustrate the Differences Between Stack Overflows, Heap Corruption, and Format String Bugs Provides Case Studies for Most Major Platforms and Environments, Including Windows, FreeBSD, FrontPage, and Linux Avoid Worm or Custom Exploits by Analyzing Your Source Code to Detect Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities Forensic investigations of notorious Internet attacks, such as the SQL Slammer and Blaster Worms, reveal buffer overflows to be the sophisticated hacker's "vulnerability of choice". These worms crippled the Internet and cost billions of dollars to clean up. Now, even more powerful and insidious threats have appeared in the form of "custom exploits". These one-time only exploits are custom crafted to attack your enterprise, making them even more difficult to detect and defend. No catchy names, no media coverage; just your own personal disaster. James C. Foster's Buffer Overflow Attacks clearly demonstrates that the only way to defend against the endless variety of buffer overflow attacks is to implement a comprehensive design, coding and test plan for all of your applications. From Dave Aitel's Foreword through the last appendix, this is the only book dedicated exclusively to detecting, exploiting, and preventing buffer overflow attacks. CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK INCLUDE Buffer Overflows: The Essentials Understanding Shellcode Writing Shellcode Win32 Assembly Case Study: FreeBSD NN Exploit Code Case Study: xlockmore User Supplied Format String Vulnerability (CVE-2000-0763) Case Study: FrontPage Denial of Service Utilizing WinSock Stack Overflows Heap Corruption Format String Attacks Windows Buffer Overflows Case Study: cURL buffer overflow on Linux Case Study: OpenSSL SSLv2 Malformed Client Key Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CAN-2002-0656) Case Study: X11R6 4.2 XLOCALEDIR Overflow Case Study: Microsoft MDAC Denial of Service Case Study: Local UUX Buffer Overflow on HPUX Finding Buffer Overflows in Source Case Study: InlineEgg I Case Study: InlineEgg II Case Study: Seti@Home Exploit Code Case Study: Microsoft CodeBlue Exploit Code The Complete Data Conversion Table Useful Syscalls Additional Exploit References
Blogosphere: Best of Blogs
Authors: Peter Kuhns, Adrienne Crew
Venue:  (2006)

You probably have your favorite blogs to visit each day, but there are countless other blogs that you could never find on your own and thatï¾ could potentially be added to theï¾ top of yourï¾ favorites!ï¾ Blogosphere: Best of Blogs is a collection of the blogs you've heard about and the ones still waiting to be discovered.ï¾ Organized into sections based on interests and moods, you'll find a listing of the best blogs out there, along with the reasons why they've made the list.ï¾ Complete with searching tips and strategies, Blogosphere will help you find the greatest voices in the blogging universe.