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Geek law
Authors: Lawrence Rosen
Venue: Linux Journal (2001)

Naming Open-Source Software
Java 2
Venue: Addison-Wesley Nitty Gritty Programming Series (2002)

Are you looking for a concise book on Java programming? Well---here it is, the Nitty Girtty of Java programming! The first section introducing the Java programming language is aimed at Java beginners. It starts with the Java syntax and explains how to implement object-oriented concepts such as classes and inheritance in Java. The second section provides a reference source for the language constructs and extremely powerful standard library classes. The final section is a collection of practical tips for using Java, enabling you to get to the heart of Java.
Essential Design for Web Professionals
Authors: Charles J. Lyons
Venue:  (2000)

From the Book:PREFACE: IntroductionWhen I decided to write this book, it was my intention to provide to Web professionals a cogent and defendable methodology for developing Web sites. For years, I have seen both systems and Web sites developed in an undisciplined manner. What results is a system or Web site for which a great deal of retrofitting and reengineering is necessary. Retrofitting is expensive and its necessity is the result of not taking a thorough and disciplined approach to developing the Web site.The methodology suggested herein is based upon sound systems engineering principles. The approach is to perform a thorough and complete requirements analysis up front. A solid analysis provides the foundation for designing a Web site that will meet the usersÕ needs each and every time. A successful Web site will also be easy to maintain, since major blocks of thought are not left out. While revisions are needed, they will be more related to the business needs and exigencies than to faulty, premature design.Throughout this book, there are images that are worth viewing in color. At various points in the text, you will be prompted to visit a Web site, where color versions of the images are shown. 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 converters for wireless standards
Venue: The Kluwer International Series In Engineering And Computer Science (2001)

Data Converters for Wireless Standards presents the design of such converters and introduces the underlying circuit design principles. As such the book will serve as a reference for IC and mixed signal designers, design managers and project leaders in industry, particularly those in the wireless semiconductor industry. The book could also serve as a reference or a text for a first year graduate course on the subject for electrical and/or computer engineering students.
Knowledge Capitalism: Business, Work, and Learning in the New Economy
Authors: Alan Burton-Jones
Venue:  (1999)

:Knowledge Capitalism probes the surface of contemporary economic and social change, revealing how the shift to a knowledge-based economy is redefining firms, empowering individuals, and reshaping the links between learning and work.. "Using economic, management, and knowledge-based theories, supported by empirical data and illustrations from leading companies, Knowledge Capitalism describes the emergence of a new breed of capitalist: one dependent on knowledge rather than physical resources. The author argues that industrial-era models of firm-market boundaries, work arrangements, and ownership and control are inhibiting firms' and individuals' success in the emerging knowledge economy. New models are proposed based on knowledge-centred organizations, knowledge-led growth, and knowledge supply as distinct from labour supply or flexible employment. With this book he provides a practical tool-set for anybody wanting to interpret and manage change in a rapidly deconstructing economic environment whether you are in business, working, or simply wondering what the future may hold.
Source code optimization and profiling of energy consumption in embedded systems
Authors: Tajana Šimunić, Luca Benini, Giovanni De Micheli, Mat Hans
Venue: Proceedings of the 13th international symposium on System synthesis (2000)

This paper presents a source code optimization methodology and a profiling tool that have been developed to help designers in optimizing software performance and energy in embedded systems. Code optimizations are applied at three levels of abstraction: algorithmic, data and instruction-level. The profiler exploits a cycle-accurate energy consumption simulator [3] to relate the embedded system energy consumption and performance to the source code. Thus, it can be used for analysis (i.e., to find energy-critical sections of the code), and for validation (i.e., to assess the impact of each code optimization).Code optimizations and profiling tool are used to optimize and tune the implementation of an MPEG Layer III (MP3) audio decoder for the SmartBadge [2] portable embedded system. We show that using our methodology and tool we can quickly and easily redesign the MP3 audio decoder software to run in real time with low energy consumption. Performance increase of 92% and energy consumption decrease of 77% (over the original executable specification) has been achieved for MP3 audio decoding on the SmartBadge.
The Sound and Music Workshop
Authors: Richard Grace
Venue:  (1996)

:Join computer professional and musician, Richard Grace, as he demystifies digital sound. With candor and a healthy dose of reality, the author shows you how to use your PC to get the most out of digital audio technology. Explore your hardware options, from sound cards to microphones to MIDI devices. Develop a working knowledge of the best software to use for sound recording and editing. Start by using Windows utilities to create and manipulate basic sound files. Then, get first-hand experience adding special effects and sequencing sound tracks with Cool Edit and Cakewalk Pro. Whether you're a musician, a PC enthusiast, or a multimedia whiz, you'll learn quickly by following easy, hands-on tutorials. 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
Mobile ad hoc networking and the IETF
Authors: Joseph P. Macker, M. Scott Corson
Venue: ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review (2001)

This article is part of a continuing series to discuss ongoing activities within the mobile ad hoc networking (manet) working group (WG) of the IETE This article provides a brief overview of recent events.
Modeling software architectures in the Unified Modeling Language
Authors: Nenad Medvidovic, David S. Rosenblum, David F. Redmiles, Jason E. Robbins
Venue: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) (2002)

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a family of design notations that is rapidly becoming a de facto standard software design language. UML provides a variety of useful capabilities to the software designer, including multiple, interrelated design views, a semiformal semantics expressed as a UML meta model, and an associated language for expressing formal logic constraints on design elements. The primary goal of this work is an assessment of UML's expressive power for modeling software architectures in the manner in which a number of existing software architecture description languages (ADLs) model architectures. This paper presents two strategies for supporting architectural concerns within UML. One strategy involves using UML "as is," while the other incorporates useful features of existing ADLs as UML extensions. We discuss the applicability, strengths, and weaknesses of the two strategies. The strategies are applied on three ADLs that, as a whole, represent a broad cross-section of present-day ADL capabilities. One conclusion of our work is that UML currently lacks support for capturing and exploiting certain architectural concerns whose importance has been demonstrated through the research and practice of software architectures. In particular, UML lacks direct support for modeling and exploiting architectural styles, explicit software connectors, and local and global architectural constraints.
Plunkett's On-Line Trading, Finance and Investment Web Sites Almanac
Authors: Jack W. Plunkett
Venue:  (2000)

:About the Author: Jack W. Plunkett, Publisher/CEO of Plunkett Research, Ltd., is well known as an author, speaker and business consultant. His work has been acknowledged by his listing in dozens of biographies and reference works. He is a frequent contributor to major magazines, including the careers publications of The Wall Street Journal. In recent years, his work has been featured in stories in hundreds of major newspapers, radio programs and magazines, including Money magazine and USA Today. 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
Dcom: Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Frank E. Redmond
Venue:  (1997)

:Gone are the days of monolithic, multimegabyte application software - or, at least with Microsoft's Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM), their days are numbered. Thanks to DCOM: Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model, you can begin developing your own next-generation, distributed applications. In this practical, professional-level reference, software design engineer Frank E. Redmond, III, not only teaches you the fundamentals of COM and building COM objects but also shows you, in depth, how to develop your own component-based applications. DCOM: Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model provides essential advice on successfully creating and deploying distributed applications across enterprise networks. Plus, it gives you plenty of source code (in the book and on the accompanying CD-ROM) you can adapt for your own projects. You'll learn how to Create both in-process and out-of-process COM servers Build new COM objects from existing COM objects by using containment and aggregation, COM's implementation and inheritance mechanisms Design COM objects that support custom interfaces, as well as COM objects that support Automation through the use of dual interfaces Structure multiple COM objects into a single, cohesive object hierarchy Use an object hierarchy to develop client/server applications Develop Web-based applications using an object hierarchy Improve client/server and Web-based application architectures using DCOM Plus, the bonus CD-ROM accompanying DCOM: Microsoft Distributed Component Object Model not only contains source codefrom all the examples presented in the book but also the Com Specification and DCOM for Windows 95.
The politics, problems, and practicalities of serving as effective user advocate in an obstinate organization
Authors: Anna Gaal, David Gillette, Nancy Sadusky-Krantz, Sherry Steward
Venue: Proceedings of IEEE professional communication society international professional communication conference and Proceedings of the 18th annual ACM international conference on Computer documentation: technology & teamwork (2000)

We are all, to some extent, political animals who continually work with definitions and categorizations, trying to determine who is inside our group, who is outside our group, who is supportive of our group, who is detrimental, who is useful and productive and who is not. These politics of organization, classification, division and association are intensified as the pressures on our groups to successfully work toward any goal also increase. (Baecker, 1993) Therefore, we react to organizational and goal-driven pressures by making even finer distinctions about who is "inside" our group and who is "outside." These distinctions in turn define the world for us and lead us to make projections (either accurate, or inaccurate) about the obstacles we must overcome, and lead us to consider who might get in the way of our goals. These types of social/political distractions help us establish who is "with" us and who is "against" us.
Parallel implementation of self-organizing maps
Authors: Timo D. Hämäläinen
Venue: Self-Organizing neural networks: recent advances and applications (2001)

This chapter focuses on parallel implementations of the Self-Organizing Map (SOM) featuring different levels of parallelism. The basic arithmetic-logical operations of SOM are first reviewed for a consideration of implementation issues such as number precision, memory consumption and time complexity. Mapping involves network, training set, neuron and weight parallelism. Examples of the weight and neuron parallel mappings are given for abstract platforms to conduct general principles. Neuron parallel mapping is considered in great detail as it is the most commonly used approach. A review of implementations is given from supercomputers to VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) chips with criteria for performance comparison.
Spice, 2nd edition
Authors: Gordon W. Roberts
Venue:  (1996)

:SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) has become the industry standard for computer-aided circuit analysis for microelectronic circuits, and it is used by the majority of IC designers in North America today. Unlike most SPICE books, which simply present SPICE in a how-to-use fashion, this volume outlines how SPICE is used in the process of design itself. It features methodologies for analyzing transistor and op amp circuits, over 100 SPICE examples, and numerous chapter problems. In many cases, new designers of electronic circuits blindly search for ways to improve the design itself using a brute-force, hit-and-miss approach. The intention of this book is to avoid this pitfall by teaching readers what not to do with SPICE. This is accomplished by keying each example in this text to those presented in Sedra and Smith's Microelectronic Circuits 3/E, where a complete hand analysis is provided. Another benefit of this book is that it can also stand alone as a manual for computer-aided circuit analysis for microelectronic circuits.
Organized to Be the Best!: New Timesaving Ways to Simplify and Improve how You Work, 3rd edition
Authors: Susan Silver
Venue:  (1997)

:This "Bible of Organization" helps readers manage their time, papers, projects, information, and more. A selection of more than 10 book clubs.
Generating analogical natural language object descriptions
Authors: Vibhu O. Mittal
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

The ability to generate descriptive explanations of domain concepts defined in a knowledge base is an important requirement for any system with explanatory capabilities. The ability to use analogies to highlight selected features in the description of the concept greatly enhances the possibility of the system being able to convey its point to the user. In this paper, we shall describe a system designed within the EES framework that embodies this capability. Finding analogies is not simple, but we shall show how the utterance discourse structure can provide the system with additional knowledge that can aid finding an acceptable analogy to express. Analogies are a powerful and compact means of communicating ideas and descriptions. Using analogies in language generation is different from using analogies in problem solving. This paper will outline some of these differences and demonstrates one attempt at incorporating them within an expert system that generates explanations for its users in natural language.
Virtual kids of the 21st century: understanding the
Authors: Nicola Yelland, Margaret Lloyd
Venue: Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual (2001)

This article reports on a study which interviewed'934 children ranging from 10 to 13 years of age about their ownership, use, and views of computer and video games. Computer games are viewed as an important part of the lives of children and we need to understand their impact and relevance to the children who inhabit our classrooms. The results of the study both confirmed existing data which indicated major gender differences in ownership, use, and preferences and highlighted that students enjoy playing computer and video games and that they also enjoy a range of other activities as well as games. The results have important implications for those who design curriculum and learning opportunities in schools. In home contexts children now use information and communication technologies extensively. If education systems continue to ignore the potential of ICT for learning experiences they are in danger of being regarded as Neolithic by those who experience them and this should be a grave source of concern to those who are responsible for educating the next generation for the information age.
Microsoft Access 97 Field Guide
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (1997)

:Key Benefits: New addition to our best selling quick reference series. An easy-access, concise, visual quick reference to Microsoft Access, with step-by-step coverage of alphabetically listed tasks, terms, techniques, and troubleshooting. Great value at only $9.95. Easy-to-use format, portable enough to tote on a plane or to a business meeting. 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
Linux for Windows Addicts: A Twelve Step Program
Authors: Michael Joseph Miller
Venue:  (2000)

:The twelve step program for Windows network administrators and power users ready to overcome the Microsoft habit. Break Free!Linux for Windows Addicts offers a step-by-step approach to breaking the habit of Windows dependence. Awaken your computing potential. Rediscover programming power and administrative freedom with the independent operating system that is easy to learn and free to own and use. Experience the healing power of Linux to create and manage your own stable,safe,scalable computing system. Reclaim your robustness and recognize the errors of your Windows ways. Begin your recovery today! Learn and leverage the advantages of open source softwareYou decide: Re-platform completely to Linux OS or introduce and run Linux concurrently with WindowsFrom e-mail to administration to web serving,master the computer system many predict will replace WindowsFine-tune the operating system developed collaboratively by programmers,administrators,and usersCompile and install your own system using kernels,shells,and modulesNetwork with standard devices,plus integrate with other operating systems 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
Research anxiety and students' perceptions of research: an experiment. Part I: Effect of teaching Kuhlthau's ISP model
Authors: Jacqueline Kracker
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2002)

This two-part study investigates the effect of a 30-minute presentation of Carol Kuhlthau's Information Search Process (ISP) model on students' perceptions of research and research paper anxiety. An experiment was designed to collect both quantitative and qualitative data during a semester. An upper division undergraduate course, Technical and Professional Writing, with four sections participated in the experiment in fall 1999. A survey instrument, the Research Process Survey (RPS), was developed to collect data about students' feelings and thoughts at the onset of their course research project (pretest) and at the completion of the project (posttest). A standard anxiety test (STAI Y-1) was adopted to measure anxiety levels during pretest and posttest sessions and at two additional points between. Two of the four sections heard a guest presentation of the ISP model as treatment after the pretest; the other two sections heard a different guest speak about career experiences as a technical writer (a placebo talk). The results of this experiment are reported in two articles according to the nature of the collected data. This article reports on results of the quantitative analysis. Four hypotheses were proposed to examine the effects on awareness of cognitive aspects, awareness of affective aspects, level of anxiety, and satisfaction with research. One hypothesis was supported. A significant change in anxiety levels was measured (p = 0.5). Although statistical tests did not reject three null hypotheses, positive trends in change as a result of the ISP model were identified. A second article reports on results of qualitative analysis of the texts that participants wrote about a memorable past research experience and about the current research experience.
Tomb Raider I and II: Prima's Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Kip Ward
Venue:  (1999)

:If the original Tomb Raider was a huge hit, the second in the series was a monster. Seldom has a game provoked such anticipation, or delivered so completely on the premise of its predecessor, as did Tomb Raider. Since the price point for both games has recently been lowered to just $19.99, now is the perfect opportunity for a strategy guide that covers both games in one!!"Prima's Tomb Raider I And II Flip Book" will include valuable hints, tips, and strategies for both "Tomb Raider I and Tomb Raider II." On one side of the strategy guide you'll find comprehensive strategies for Tomb Raider I, then flip it over to find extensive coverage of Tomb Raider II. In the center of the guide you'll find an exclusive Lara Croft Paper Doll along with tons of hot outfits.
MacIntosh Revelations with Cdrom, 2nd edition
Authors: Ken Maki
Venue:  (1997)

:Ken Maki shows you how to use all of the tremendous power of your Mac. He'll show you all sorts of new features and tricks that most people have never even heard of yet. Macintosh Revelations, Second Edition is like having a Mac wizard on call 24 hours a day. Regardless of your Mac experience, this book will show you how to use any Mac program, install System 8 and use all of its hot new tools and features, upgrade and enhance your hardware and software, customize your Mac to make it easier and more fun to use, diagnose and troubleshoot hardware and software problems, and network your Mac and explore the Internet.
Small Business Windows 98 for Dummies, 1st edition
Authors: Stephen L. Nelson
Venue:  (1998)

:Written specifically to address the needs of small businesses, this new edition of the best-selling guide brings you the complete scoop on Microsoft's latest operating system. Take advantage of Windows 98's exciting Internet capabilities to grow your business. Boost productivity with special tools for small businesses. 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