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How to Profit from the Y2k Recession: By Converting the Year 2000 Crisis into an Opportunity for Your Investments and Business, 1st edition
Authors: John F. Mauldin
Venue:  (1999)

:Investment professional John Mauldin has written a straightforward book for anyone who wants to learn exactly how the Y2K bug is going to affect their day-to-day lives, and how they can shield themselves from the upcoming financial turmoil Y2K will cause. In this accessible and informative book, Mauldin explains how average people can not only protect their current assets from the Y2K recession but also, by following his simple guidelines, come out of the crisis with increased wealth.With Mauldin's book, you'll learn: -- What will separate those who make money from those who lose money-- Which specific funds, managers, and investments will do well-- Clear guidelines for protecting your investments in the next two years-- Simple steps that every investor and business owner should take immediatelyHow to Profit from the Y2K Recession is an essential book for smart investors. 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
Voronoi diagrams on piecewise flat surfaces and an application to biological growth
Authors: C. Indermitte, Th. Liebling, M. Troyanov, H. Clémençon
Venue: Theoretical Computer Science (2001)

This paper introduces the notion of Voronoi diagrams and Delaunay triangulations generated by the vertices of a piecewise flat, triangulated surface. Based on properties of such structures, a generalized flip algorithm to construct the Delaunay triangulation and Voronoi diagram is presented. An application to biological membrane growth modeling is then given. A Voronoi partition of the membrane into cells is maintained during the growth process, which is driven by the creation of new cells and by restitutive forces of the elastic membrane.
Inside the as/400
Authors: Frank G. Soltis
Venue:  (1996)

:Frank Soltis, a worldwide spokesman for the AS/400 and the chief architect of the machine, offers an historical and a technical perspective on the AS/400 that cannot be found anywhere else. New coverage is given of security, data warehousing, and e-commerce.
SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and C++ Development System, Usage and Reference, Release 6.00
Authors: CORPORATE SAS Institute Incorporated
Venue:  (1996)

:Develop your mainframe C and C++ applications on a UNIX workstation! This informative user's guide provides complete usage and reference information for the SAS/C Cross-Platform Compiler and the SAS/C Cross-Platform C++ Development System. The C++ translator and C compiler run on a workstation and produce pre-linked output files that can be transferred to an IBM System/370 mainframe. The files are then linked to produce a load module that is executable on the mainframe. Because the cross-platform translator and compiler provide the same portable implementation of the C and C++ languages that is provided by mainframe SAS/C software, your mainframe source code also can be compiled on a UNIX workstation without modification. This information is also available online with Release 6.00. Supports releases 5.50 and higher. 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 OS/2 Warp Survival Kit, 1st edition
Authors: Brian Proffit
Venue:  (1994)

:Bestselling author Brian Proffit presents a basic introduction and a variety of power user tips and tricks that will help "ordinary" OS/2 users use the Workplace Shell, OS/2's user interface, more productively. The accompanying disk is packed with helpful shareware and freeware programs and utilities related to using the Workplace Shell.
An object-oriented design for a dataflow simulator
Authors: David D. Langan
Venue: Proceedings of the 30th annual Southeast regional conference (1992)

Dataflow is a data-driven, parallel, functional execution model. Dataflow machines are being investigated as an alternative approach for high-performance machines. Unfortunately such machines are not widely available for testing purposes. This paper presents an object-oriented design for a dataflow simulator. Such a simulator provides a tool to investigate dataflow models and algorithms.
A commenting system to improve program readability
Authors: Michele Fletcher, Bobby Morrison, Robert Riser
Venue: Proceedings of the 20th annual Southeast regional conference (1982)

A Commenting System has been developed that will facilitate commenting in student programs. The need for a system such as this arose as a result of the departmental emphasis that is placed on well documented programs in all languages taught at East Tennessee State University. Due to the inadequate number of terminals and keypunches available to Computer Science students, they are more apt to minimize their comments or to insert them as an afterthought once the program is completed. The commenting system was developed as a team project in a Software Design course. The team was responsible for designing, coding, and implementing the system as part of their class assignment.The Commenting System is capable of easing the the task of documenting a program source listing when implemented by the programmer. The system will recognize certain predetermined keywords such as PURPOSE, VARIABLE DICTIONARY, or INPUT, and it will emphasize them appropriately within the margins and border them according to user specifications. System capabilities include producing a variable dictionary with user specified tab values, blocking comments in varying widths, or even completely ignoring a block of comments that the programmer has previously formatted. The Commenting System itself was written in FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/I, and IBM 360/370 ASSEMBLER languages.The Commenting System is presently being used on a trial basis in the Advanced Programming Techniques class being taught at East Tennessee State University.
Interstate '82: Official Strategy Guide
Authors: Steven M. Schafer
Venue:  (1998)

:In the sequel to Interstate '76, get multi-vehicle action, indoor and outdoor environments a 3D hardware engine as you learn to drive, car-jack and fight through battlefields riddled with enemies and obstacles. You can learn the strategy to each mission with a complete walk-through and detailed listing of all car types and upgrades with tips on building the best vehicle.
Computational geometry column 43
Authors: Joseph O'Rourke
Venue: ACM SIGACT News (2002)

The concept of pointed pseudo-triangulations is defined and a few of its applications described.
Interactive and Animated Cartography, 1st edition
Authors: Michael P. Peterson
Venue:  (1995)

:This text provides an accessible, detailed introduction to recent advances in computer-aided map-making technology in which maps marrate, cartographic symbols move, and displays reveal relevant information when viewer clicks on them.
Reinventing the inbox: supporting the management of pending tasks in email
Authors: Jacek Gwizdka
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

Email was originally designed as a tool for asynchronous communication. However, its current usage goes far beyond that. One of the most commonly performed activities in email is the management of pending tasks. This research focuses on how to support this activity in email and explores alternative solutions that use different external representations of messages and associated tasks.
Designing Multimedia: A Visual Guide to Multimedia and Online Graphic Design, 1st edition
Authors: Lisa Lopuck
Venue:  (1996)

:If you're interested in being part of the booming field of multimedia, this beautifully illustrated volume shows you how. Its concept-to-product approach is highly visual: with stunning, full-color samples of actual multimedia projects. Title structure, user interface, software dynamics, and many other factors that affect design decisions are explained in detail.
Multivariate statistical process control with industrial applications
Authors: Robert L. Mason, John C. Young
Venue: Asa-Siam Series On Statistics And Applied Probability (2001)

This applied, self-contained text provides detailed coverage of the practical aspects of multivariate statistical process control (MVSPC) based on the application of Hotelling's T2 statistic. MVSPC is the application of multivariate statistical techniques to improve the quality and productivity of an industrial process. The authors, leading researchers in this area who have developed major software for this type of charting procedure, provide valuable insight into the T2 statistic. Intentionally including only a minimal amount of theory, they lead readers through the construction and monitoring phases of the T2 control statistic using numerous industrial examples taken primarily from the chemical and power industries. These examples are applied to the construction of historical data sets to serve as a point of reference for the control procedure and are also applied to the monitoring phase, where emphasis is placed on signal location and interpretation in terms of the process variables. Specifically devoted to the T2 methodology, Multivariate Statistical Process Control with Industrial Applications is the only book available that concisely and thoroughly presents such topics as how to construct a historical data set; how to check the necessary assumptions used with this procedure; how to chart the T2 statistic; how to interpret its signals; how to use the chart in the presence of autocorrelated data; and how to apply the procedure to batch processes. The book comes with a CD-ROM containing a 90-day demonstration version of the QualStat multivariate SPC software specifically designed for the application of T2 control procedures. The CD-ROM is compatible with Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me Millennium Edition, and Windows NT operating systems.
On randomized online scheduling
Authors: Susanne Albers
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

(MATH) We study one of the most basic problems in online scheduling. A sequence of jobs has to be scheduled on $m$ identical parallel machines so as to minimize the makespan. Whenever a new job arrives, its processing time is known in advance. The job has to be scheduled immediately on one of the machines without knowledge of any future jobs. In the sixties Graham presented the famous List scheduling algorithm which is $(2-{1\over m})$-competitive. In the last ten years deterministic online algorithms with an improved competitiveness have been developed. The first algorithm with a performance guarantee asymptotically smaller than 2 was 1.986- competitive. The competitive ratio was first improved to 1.945 and then to 1.923 and 1.9201. Randomized competitive algorithms that are better than (known) deterministic algorithms were proposed for specific values of $m$, i.e. for $m\in\{2,\ldots,7\}$.(MATH) In this paper we present the first randomized online algorithm that performs better than known deterministic algorithms for general $m$. The algorithm is a combination of two deterministic scheduling strategies $A_1$ and $A_2$. Initially, when starting the scheduling process, a scheduler chooses $A_i$, $i\in\{1,2\}$, with probability ${1\over 2}$ and then serves the entire job sequence using the chosen algorithm. The new randomized algorithm is 1.916-competitive. We prove that this performance cannot be achieved by a deterministic algorithm based on analysis techniques that have been used in the literature so far: Using know techniques (or generalizations) it is impossible to prove a competitiveness smaller than 1.919 for any deterministic online algorithm. Our results strictly limit the performance that can be achieved with existing techniques.
Parenting Online
Authors: Melissa Wolf
Venue:  (1998)

:Author, mom, and web-maven Melissa Wolf has carefully selected and reviewed oer one hundred of the best parenting web sites. 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
Excel for Windows 95 Instant Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Douglas A. Hergert
Venue:  (1995)

:This handy, pocket-sized command reference is the most comprehensive one on the market. Alphabetically organized by task and feature (and fully cross-referenced, to boot) this gem makes it easy to find what you're looking for-first time, every time. Packed with useful tips, shortcuts, and examples.
Christian Cyberspace Companion: A Guide to the Internet and Christian Online Resources, 2nd edition
Authors: Jason D. Baker
Venue:  (1997)

:Reference works and guides to on-line services have been appearing throughout the computer world. This is the first specifically designed for Christians who would like to take advantage of online services. Beginners learn how to choose equipment and software, while experienced net surfers are provided with a glossary of cyberspace terms, the news of coming advances, and much more. 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
Design issues for general-purpose adaptive hypermedia systems
Authors: Hongjing Wu, Erik de Kort, Paul De Bra
Venue: Proceedings of the 12th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (2001)

A hypermedia application offers its users much freedom to navigate through a large hyperspace. For authors finding a good compromise between offering navigational freedom and offering guidance is difficult, especially in applications that target a broad audience. Adaptive hypermedia (AH) offers (automatically generated) personalized content and navigation support, so the choice between freedom and guidance can be made on an individual basis. Many adaptive hypermedia systems (AHS) are tightly integrated with one specific application. In this paper we study design issues for general-purpose adaptive hypermedia systems, built according to an application-independent architecture. We use the Dexter-based AHAM reference model for adaptive hypermedia [7] to describe the functionality of such systems at the conceptual level. We concentrate on the architecture and behavior of a general-purpose adaptive engine. Such an engine performs adaptation and updates the user model according to a set of adaptation rules specified in an adaptation model. In our study of the behavior of such a system we concentrate on the issues of termination and confluence, which are important to detect potential problems in an adaptive hypermedia application. We draw parallels with static rule analysis in active database systems [1,2]. By using common properties of AIIS we are able to obtain more precise (less conservative) results for AHS than for active databases in general, especially for the problem of termination.
Microsoft Outlook 8.2 Quick Source Reference Guide for MacIntosh
Authors: CORPORATE Quick Source Staff
Venue:  (2000)

:This 6 page, tri-fold, full-color guide is an invaluable resource for anyone who uses Outlook 8.2 for Macintosh. It provides step-by-step instructions on how to: use the Outlook Bar; open, close, send, reply, forward, delete, and save a message; set up and maintain the address book; format, find, replace, copy, cut, and paste text; attach files and objects; create an autosignature; assign importance; create, rearrange, rename, add, filter, sort and group folders; customize the toolbar; use the calendar; and much more! An excellent instructional tool for the user new to Outlook 8.2, it also serves as a handy reference guide for the more experienced user. 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
On the abstract processing of strings
Authors: Robert J. McKenzie
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

A facility capable of describing the basic processing of strings of symbols is introduced. Based upon the primative characteristics of string processing, the proposal is capable of being readily incorporated into a majority of general purpose procedural programming languages currently available. Also, the proposed techniques can be used to define the more sophisticated operations usually associated with specialized string processing languages.
Dependability of COTS Microkernel-Based Systems
Authors: Jean Arlat, Jean-Charles Fabre, Manuel Rodríguez, Frédéric Salles
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2002)

The commercial offer concerning microkernel technology constitutes an attractive alternative for developing operating systems to suit a wide range of application domains. However, the integration of COTS microkernels into critical embedded computer systems is a problem for system developers, in particular due to the lack of objective data concerning their behavior in the presence of faults. This paper addresses this issue by describing a prototype environment (MAFALDA: Microkernel Assessment by Fault injection AnaLysis and Design Aid) that is aimed at providing objective failure data on a candidate microkernel and also improving its error detection capabilities. The paper first presents the overall architecture of MAFALDA. Then, a case study carried out on an instance of the Chorus microkernel is used to illustrate the benefits that can be obtained with MAFALDA both from the dependability assessment and design-aid viewpoints. Implementation issues are also addressed that account for the specific API of the target microkernel. Some overall insights and lessons learned, gained during the various studies conducted on both Chorus and another target microkernel (LynxOS), are then depicted and discussed. Finally, we conclude the paper by summarizing the main features of the work presented and by identifying future research.
Linux for Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd edition
Authors: Phil Hughes
Venue:  (1998)

:Get in fast and get out with the information you need on performing common and complex LINUX tasks without the hassles of index lookups and sorting through pages and pages of extraneous stuff and nonsense. LINUX For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition, is the fun, fast, and friendly way to get the facts -- and nothing but the facts -- on the increasingly popular multiuser, multitasking operating system for PCs that's taking the computing world by storm. Developed by a college student in 1990, LINUX has quickly evolved as a leading contender in the head-to-head battle over operating systems. LINUX is adaptable and works well with other systems (including Windows, Mac OS, UNIX, and Novell NetWare). And best of all, it's free. LINUX For Dummies Quick Reference, 2nd Edition, takes you straight to the heart of this revolutionary new operating system from selecting and installing the right version to handling standard networking and system administration tasks. The book features an alphabetical listing of common shell commands, keyboard shortcuts for working with e-mail and XWindows, and tons of tips on how to handle DOS, Windows, Mac, and UNIX files. And the book's special lay-flat binding means that the information you need is always right at your fingertips.
Dino Crisis 2
Authors: Dan Birlew
Venue:  (2000)

:BradyGames Dino Crisis 2 Official Strategy Guide features combat tactics for each dino type. Mission specific detail maps and full area maps for reference. Comprehensive walkthroughs of all missions and territories. Hidden dino files revealed!
An agreement centric access control mechanism for business to business e-commerce
Authors: Victoria Ungureanu
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

We argue that matrix-based models are inadequate for regulating business to business (or B2B, for short) e-commerce due to the diversity, complexity and potential large number of commercial agreements that have to be supported. To deal with these issues, we propose in this paper an agreement-centric access control model. The paper introduces the concept of communication agreement (CAR) as a means for specifying contractual terms, and presents the CAR enforcement mechanism. We explore the expressive power of the model and show that it can implement regulations which cannot expressed using conventional mechanisms alone. The paper also describes a prototype implementation; the preliminary performance results indicate that the enforcement mechanism is quite affordable, even in its present, experimental stage.
CyberReader, 1st edition
Authors: Victor J. Vitanza
Venue:  (1996)

: In the dawn of the 21st Century, living on the cutting edge of technology is the key to awareness and survival for the next millennium. The impact of technology -- on individuals, society, economy, and on such legal issues as freedom of expression and copyright, on politics and the reporting of political issues, on sexual politics, and of course, on education -- is immense and ever-changing. Vitanza explores some of todayUs hottest topics and the increasingly important role that new technologies play in society. The bookUs introduction places the development of cyberspace in a historical context rooted in the 1960s. Readings in the ten thematically organized chapters range from scholarly to popular sources, debating everything from network security and on-line pornography, to virtual libraries and cyberpunks. Titles include: "Introduction to the Virtual Community," "Crimes of the Net," "Identity Tourism and Racial Passing on the Internet," and "Rape in Cyberspace." All people interested in issues of technology and its effect on culture. 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
Fine-Grained Multithreading with Process Calculi
Authors: Luís Lopes, Vasco T. Vasconcelos, Fernando Silva
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Computers (2001)

This paper presents a multithreaded abstract machine for the TyCO process calculus. We argue that process calculi provide a powerful framework to reason about fine-grained parallel computations. They allow for the construction of formally verifiable systems on which to base high-level programming idioms, combined with efficient compilation schemes into multithreaded architectures.
QuickTime for the Web: for Windows and Macintosh, 2nd edition edition
Authors: CORPORATE AUTHOR
Venue:  (2001)

QuickTime is the industry standard for creating and distributing multimedia content on the Web. This book includes QuickTime Pro 5 and a full set of development tools for both Windows and Macintosh.This new edition of the best-selling and award-winning QuickTime for the Web is a hands-on guide showing how to integrate video, recorded sound, Flash animation, virtual reality, MIDI, text, still images, live streams, games, and user interactivity into a website. Written for webmasters, site designers, HTML and multimedia authors and instructors, and anyone else---beginner or expert---who wants to incorporate sound or video into their website, this book offers clear and detailed instruction in an engaging style.