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Virtualities: Television, Media Art, and Cyberculture
Authors: Margaret Morse
Venue:  (1998)

:The explosive development of the media in this century has resulted in abstract relations with machines and/or physically removed strangers. This phenomenon characterizes ever-larger areas of work and private life. The more abstract, and removed, information has become from everyday life, the less "real" the experience. Margaret Morse offers new ways of thinking about the possibilities and limits of "virtual practices". 52 photos.
The Avid Handbook: Techniques for the Avid Media Composer and Acid XPress, 3rd edition
Authors: Steve Bayes
Venue:  (2000)

:Written for the reader who already has a basic knowledge of the editing systems, this book moves beyond an introduction to the Media Composer and Avid Xpress and focuses on strategies, techniques, and troubleshooting. The Avid Handbook Revised Edition covers the basics of working with effects, rendering, and graphics and discusses the more abstract issues of workflow and organization of different types of editing projects. 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
Pricing price information in e-commerce
Authors: Panos M. Markopoulos, Lyle H. Ungar
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd ACM conference on Electronic Commerce (2001)

Shopbots and Internet sites that help users locate the best price for a product are changing the way people shop by providing valuable information on goods and services. This paper presents a first attempt to measure the value of one piece of information: the price charged for goods and services. We first establish a theoretical limit to the value of price information for the first seller in a market that decides to sell price information to a shopbot and quantify the revenues that the seller can expect to receive. We then proceed to discuss whether and how much of this theoretical value can actually be realized in equilibrium settings.
Learn Activex Development Using Visual Basic 5.0
Authors: Nathan Wallace
Venue:  (1997)

:By presenting material in a hands-on format, this title guides developers who are inexperienced with COM, OLE, and ActiveX into full mastery of the capabilities of the development environment. The book is ideally targeted for experienced C++ and ActiveX developers due to the presentation of programming examples using Visual Basic 5.0 with ActiveX.
Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet, 2nd edition
Authors: Peter Kent
Venue:  (1994)

:Information in an instant - that's what the Internet gives you. And with this book, you'll learn how to tap the full power of the Internet and put it to work for you. With this off the cuff, casual tutorial you'll learn how to connect to the Web, surf it with various Web browsers, and send and retrieve e-mail. This book also covers the fun, crazy side of the Net! You'll learn how to join newsgroups, participate in live chat rooms, bypass long distance phone bills by using the Internet to dial your friends, build your own Web page and much, much more!
The All Thumbs Guide to Home Computers, 1st edition
Authors: Gene B. Williams
Venue:  (1993)

:Did you know that computers are one of the easiest pieces of electronic equipment to service and repair? Because computers are made up mostly of preassembled parts, you solve many PC problems yourself, simply by replacing a single component. You don't need years of experience or expensive tools to get the job done-all you need is this valuable 'All Thumbs Guide'. 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
Upgrade and Repair Your PC
Authors: Aubrey Pilgrim
Venue:  (1997)

:More PC for less $$$! Whether you have the latest,state-of-the-art computer equipment or a 286/386/486 workhorse,here's a book that will help you improve your machine and save a bundle. No,you don't need to be a computer genius. Its fully illustrated "get under the hood" and maximize-the-machine approach is easy enough for a novice to follow. This book lays it all out for you,step by step! In this volume,the best-selling author of McGraw-Hill's Build Your Own series gives you an expanded,photo-packed guide to maximizing your PC,including coverage of the newest hardware and peripherals. You also get coverage of laptops/palmtops; state-of-the art chips from Intel (Pentium II and MMX coprocessor),Cyrix,and AMD; and the hottest new standard drives,as well as full guidance on doing your repairs. Inside you will find: step-by-step,illustrated instructions for all types of upgrades,repairs,and installations including: CPUs and Motherboards; hard drives; memory and backup; floppy drives,zip drives,and jazz drives; CD-ROM drives; modems and other communication devices. Expanded coverage of the latest operating systems including Windows 95 and Windows NT. Exciting multimedia enhancements such as sound and MIDI. Full explanations of Beep Codes,POST Codes,and text error messages for troubleshooting ease. Complete coverage of laptop and palmtop computing. Full details on building "The Dream Machine" you always wanted. 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
Automatic text reduction for changing size constraints
Authors: Lance Good, Mark Stefik, Patrick Baudisch, Benjamin B. Bederson
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

This paper introduces a technique for viewing text objects under changing size constraints in 2D environments. Our approach automatically combines font size reduction and content reduction to preserve legibility of key words. Unlike traditional semantic zooming, our approach creates intermediate representations and transitions automatically. The main benefit is that it provides more meaningful views for different object sizes without additional authoring effort.
Genetic Algorithms Plus Data Structures Equals Evolution Programs, 2nd edition
Authors: Zbigniew Michalewicz
Venue:  (1994)

:Genetic algorithms are founded upon the principle of evolution, i.e., survival of the fittest. Hence evolution programming techniques, based on genetic algorithms, are applicable to many hard optimization problems, such as optimization of functions with linear and nonlinear constraints, the traveling salesman problem, and problems of scheduling, partitioning, and control. The importance of these techniques is still growing, since evolution programs are parallel in nature, and parallelism is one of the most promising directions in computer science. The aim of this book is to talk about the field of evolutionary computation in simple terms, and discuss the simplicity and elegance of its methods on many interesting test cases. The book may serve as a guide to writing an evolution program, and to making this an enjoyable experience. It is self-contained and the only prerequisite is basic undergraduate mathematics. Aimed at researchers, practitioners, and graduate students, it may serve as a text for advanced courses in computer science and artificial intelligence, operations research, and engineering. This third edition has been substantially revised and extended. Three new chapters discuss the recent paradigm of genetic programming, heuristic methods and constraint handling, and current directions of research. Additional appendices contain test functions for experiments with evolutionary techniques and discuss possible projects for use in a project-oriented course.
Network+ Practice Tests Exam Cram with CD-ROM
Authors: Robert Gradante
Venue:  (1999)

:Contains four comprehensive practice tests and an answer and explanation chapter at the end of each exam. Provides more than just the correct answersthe explanation chapters also detail why the correct answers are right and why the wrong answers are wrong. Gives the reader the competitive edge by quickly showing which areas may require further study. Quizzes readers on the exam objectives covered in the Network + exam. Certification Insider Press is the first to provide extra Network+ practice tests in a stand-alone guide. Presents practice exams written by a Network + certified author covering all the crucial components of the Network+ exam. A perfect complement to all certification guides and a unique supplement to all self-study materials. Answers include a cross-reference to the appropriate chapter in the corresponding Exam Cram book or to another valuable resource. Contains an exclusive interactive practice test CD-ROM, allowing readers to practice in an exam environment similar to that of the actual exam. Builds the skills and confidence readers need to take and pass this new exam on the first try.
On Table Bandwidth and Its Update Delay for Value Prediction on Wide-Issue ILP Processors
Authors: Sang-Jeong Lee, Pen-Chung Yew
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2001)

We study two issues which could affect the performance of value prediction on wide-issue ILP processors. One is the large number of accesses to the value prediction tables needed in each machine cycle and the other is the delay required to update stale values in the value prediction tables. We introduce a prediction value cache (PVC) which augments the instruction cache to hold the prediction values to handle these issues.
Dynamic Adaptation and Deployment of Distributed Components In Hadas
Authors: Israel Ben-Shaul, Ophir Holder, Boris Lavva
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (2001)

Global network connectivity has enabled accessibility to a wide range of geographically dispersed services. By encapsulating and representing such services as components, they can be effectively composed into sophisticated wide-area applications that otherwise would be much harder to build. This paper presents a component model for encapsulating such services and a composition model for assembling encapsulated and possibly active services into new applications, while preserving the administrative autonomy of sites and individual components. The component model is dynamically- and self-adaptable, allowing for the adjustment of structure and behavior of autonomous components to changing or previously unknown contexts in which they need to operate. The composition model includes a set of protocols that enable us to dynamically deploy live components into remote sites and to dynamically reconfigure the deployment scheme through reflective stubs termed Ambassadors. The component and composition models have been fully implemented in Hadas, which also includes a host of tools for the creation, deployment, and composition of autonomous components.
Presumptive Meanings: The Theory of Generalized Conversational Implicature
Authors: Stephen C. Levinson
Venue:  (1999)

:When we speak, we mean more than we say. In this book Stephen C. Levinson explains some general processes that underlie presumptions in communication. This is the first extended discussion of preferred interpretation in language understanding, integrating much of the best research in linguistic pragmatics from the last two decades. Levinson outlines a theory of presumptive meanings, or preferred interpretations, governing the use of language, building on the idea of implicature developed by the philosopher H. P. Grice. Some of the indirect information carried by speech is presumed by default because it is carried by general principles, rather than inferred from specific assumptions about intention and context. Levinson examines this class of general pragmatic inferences in detail, showing how they apply to a wide range of linguistic constructions. This approach has radical consequences for how we think about language and communication.
Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Resource Kit
Authors: Steve Elliot
Venue:  (1998)

:The Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Resource Kit is a valuable collection of learning tools for all MAX 2 users. Professional and student animators will find everything they need to learn all the concepts, features, and tools of the software in addition to dozens of add-on products that will extend the capabilities of MAX. Software & Plug-ins, models, and textures are essential to every 3D Studio MAX user. Many consider MAX to be more of a 3D graphics platform due to its open architecture and the proliferation of add-on products created for it. MAX is a complex, robust product, but still has many short-comings, which is the reason for its open architecture. Kinetix encourages 3rd party developers to extend MAX's capabilities by creating plug-ins. The plug-ins, ranging from freeware to $1000, not only provide more features to the software, but also create shortcuts that save users hours- even days- of work. Users also pay hundreds of dollars to buy textures and models because the creation of them is so time consuming. The software provided in the Resource Kit is immensely valuable, saving users vast amounts of time and money. Plug-ins and plug-in demos from Digimation, Cebas Software, 4D Vision, Sisyphus, Blur Studio, 2nd Nature, Numerical Design Limited, Robert McNeel & Associates, and more. - Original textures and landscapes from Tom Marlin - Models from REM Infografica - Book (traditional, printed format) - Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Volume I with companion CD-ROM by Stephen Elliott and Phillip Miller Books (electronic format) - Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Volume II: Modeling & Materials by Ted Boardman and Jeremy Hubbell Entire book will be provided on CD-ROM. - Inside 3D Studio MAX 2 Volume III: Animation by George Maestri, Dennis Bradshaw, et al Entire book will be provided on CD-ROM - Digital Character Animation by George Maestri Selected chapters will be provided on CD-ROM - 3D Studio MAX 2 Effects Magic by Greg Carbonaro, et al Selected chapters will be provided on CD-ROM.
Extended data dependency approach: a robust way of rebuilding database
Authors: Brajendra Panda, Kazi Asharful Haque
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Attack on information systems through electronic media has become epidemic with the explosion of Internet technologies and their applications. It is vital to start the assessment and recovery efforts immediately after an attack is detected. In this research, we consider dependency among data items to assess the damage. But the existing data dependency method is extremely limited. Therefore, in this paper, we have provided the theory and concepts needed to make this approach more robust and general. These include: classifications of read and write operations, a new definition of transaction and a new representation of the scheduler. Based on this developed theory, we have proposed an algorithm for damage assessment and recovery in a database that has suffered from information attack.
ADSL and DSL Technologies
Authors: Walter J. Goralski
Venue:  (1998)

:What loads Web pages up to 50 times faster and cheaper than ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) channels, the fastest data transmission technology currently available to home users? ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) technology. It's here today, and it uses the existing copper lines that already connect 600 million subscribers to the PSTN. Recently released standards promise to spur rapid growth in the development of a new high-speed ADSL-based applications - vastly faster Internet access and new broadband services like entertainment video, telecommuting, video conferencing, enhanced telephony, and more. Now telecommunication engineers, vendors, and business managers in the cable and telephone industries can quickly get a handle on ADSL technology - without having to wade through mountains of extremely technical ADSL architecture reference materials. This comprehensive ADSL guidebook sorts it all out and translates it into terms that everyone involved with this new technology (carrier personnel, educators, consultants, and consumers) can understand. If you need to not only understand ADSL technology, but also how to apply and install it, this highly readable and practical book is for you. It includes numerous real-world applications and examples that will help you quickly and cost-effectively tap the awesome power of ADSL.
3D Studio MAX in Motion
Authors: Stephen J. Ethier
Venue:  (1998)

:The new 3D Studio MAX in Motion is an exciting look into the world of 3D animation using Kinetix's program 3D Studio MAX. The text combines equal parts of theory and practice, teaching the ideas involved and then presenting many exercises for hands-on experience. This method maximizes student learning and leads to greater self-reliance. The labs, the chapter-ending exercises, and the application chapters take students into the animated worlds that fascinate us in today's films, advertisements, and gaming environments.
Developing Business Objects
Authors: Andy Carmichael
Venue:  (1997)

:Developing Business Objects brings together the experiences of the practitioners who pioneered the use of object-oriented methods and languages in commercial applications and presents their experiences of applying and succeeding (and in some cases failing) with object technology.
Spatial operators in natural language understanding: the prepositions
Authors: Lois Boggess
Venue: Proceedings of the 17th annual Southeast regional conference (1979)

The paper describes the operation of a LISP program which accepts English sentences involving spatial prepositions and creates a three dimensional model of the objects described, with emphasis on the appropriate spatial relations between the objects. A sequence of such sentences can result in a fairly elaborate model. The program can then answer questions about the relationship of the objects, even though the relationship in question between two objects in the model may not have been explicit in the original description.
A dynamic optimization framework for a Java just-in-time compiler
Authors: Toshio Suganuma, Toshiaki Yasue, Motohiro Kawahito, Hideaki Komatsu, Toshio Nakatani
Venue: Proceedings of the 16th ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications (2001)

The high performance implementation of Java Virtual Machines (JVM) and just-in-time (JIT) compilers is directed toward adaptive compilation optimizations on the basis of online runtime profile information. This paper describes the design and implementation of a dynamic optimization framework in a production-level Java JIT compiler. Our approach is to employ a mixed mode interpreter and a three level optimizing compiler, supporting quick, full, and special optimization, each of which has a different set of tradeoffs between compilation overhead and execution speed. a lightweight sampling profiler operates continuously during the entire program's exectuion. When necessary, detailed information on runtime behavior is collected by dynmiacally generating instrumentation code which can be installed to and uninstalled from the specified recompilation target code. Value profiling with this instrumentation mechanism allows fully automatic code specialization to be performed on the basis of specific parameter values or global data at the highest optimization level. The experimental results show that our approach offers high performance and a low code expansion ratio in both program startup and steady state measurements in comparison to the compile-only approach, and that the code specialization can also contribute modest performance improvement
Client/Server Technology for Managers, 1st edition
Authors: Karen Watterson
Venue:  (1994)

:terms the uses, abuses, technology, and process of client/server computing. This book gives you a framework for decision making and explains the "big picture" of client/server computing, so that you can assess your company or organization's needs and opportunities and successfully employ this new technology to solve real-world professional challenges. Client/Server Technology for Managers enables you to create an informed client/server strategic plan for your business or organization. This book integrates explanations, principles, and methods with dozens of short "snapshot" case studies illustrating client/server in action. Client/Server Technology for Managers will help you harness this very powerful but potentially confusing part of today's computing landscape. Client/Server Technology for Managers will help you answer questions like these: Are mainframes really obsolete? Can I move existing mainframe software onto smaller computers? How are client/server, downsizing, and enterprise computing related? Where does reengineering fit in? What does "object-oriented" mean? What's SQL? Do I need middlewear? Should I get a data warehouse? What's an "open system"? Do I need parallel processing? Can I trust UNIX and PC LANs? How long will it take my programmers to learn the new methods? Should I consider outsourcing? Where do I start? How much is all this going to cost me?
Design of Electronic Circuts and Computer-Aided Design
Authors: M. M. Shah
Venue:  (1993)

:Examines the principles of semiconductor devices and their applications in actual practice along with a detailed study of the designing aspect. Comprised of two parts, it deals with rectification and dc regulated supplies using diodes, transistors, SCRs and amplifiers in combination with computer use in designing the above circuits. Contains a copious amount of examples and generating graphs in order to facilitate understanding of design procedures. 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
An analysis of the job market for biomedical computer scientists
Authors: Fred R. Sias,  Jr.
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

Biomedical Information and Computer Science is an academic area that has received much interest recently. A number of training programs have been developed around the country. This paper is an examination of the potential market for biomedical information and computer scientists.It is possible to identify a number of organizations that may potentially employ biomedical computer scientists. Included in such a list are medical schools, hospitals above a certain size, software houses, health maintenance organizations (HMO's), health-testing centers, biomedical instrument manufacturers, professional standards review organizations (PSRO's), insurance carriers, service bureaus, and academic institutions training biomedical computer scientists. An estimate of the current market is based on a summation of the various potential sub-markets. Growth statistics are determined or estimated for each market area to project future needs.A description of the nature of each potential market area is used to indicate the type of training that will best prepare a student for the various job markets. It is suggested that a combination of biology, electrical engineering and computer science will be essential for some positions while extensive training in the development of large data bases along with a biological science background will be required to meet other job descriptions.