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Get Certified & Get Ahead: Millennium Edition
Authors: Anne Martinez
Venue:  (1998)

:Are you certifiable? Get the career-boosting credentials you needand bypass the ones you don't. Computer certification programs are everywhere,and it's gotten to the point where you almost can't tell them apart. With a large chunk of your time and moneynot to mention your career prospectshanging in the balance,you don't want to be stuck with the wrong certification. Enter Get Certified and Get Ahead: Millennium Edition,the one-of-a-kind,Web-enhanced guide that helps you acquire that valuable credential (often at a savings)-and use it to take your career to the next level. From worksheets that make it easy to compare the real costs of each certification to reports from in-the-field professionals to help you figure your potential gains and rewards,this book comes with all the tools you needall designed to help you advance in the fast-moving,lucrative arena of certification. Building on the runway popularity of the first edition,this super-informative and user-friendly resource features: A Certifications-at-a-Glance chart with acronyms,cost ranges,and other key facts; listings conveniently categorized by types (LAN/WAN,Internet,Hardware,etc); a plain-English discussion of financial considerations; informational interviews with three IT professionals who have gone through the certification process; test-taking advice,including "Certification Mistakes You Don't Have to Make"; ways to maximize the value of that hard-earned certification; the lowdown on study aids,training vendors,and online certification; more money-savings tips to make certification more affordable. Web-enhanced! Everything you need,plus: database of 200+ certifications;direct links to sample exams and course demos from Self-Test,Wave Technologies,and others; computer-based course demos; study aids and instruction; a spreadsheet to help you calculate the true cost of certification; links to up-to-date info on all programs. 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
Differences in the infrared bright pupil response of human eyes
Authors: Karlene Nguyen, Cindy Wagner, David Koons, Myron Flickner
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 symposium on Eye tracking research & applications (2002)

In this paper, we describe experiments conducted to explain observed differences in the bright pupil response of human eyes. Many people observe the bright pupil response as the red-eye effect when taking flash photography. However, there is significant variation in the magnitude of the bright pupil response across the population. Since many commercial gaze-tracking systems use the infrared bright pupil response for eye detection, a clear understanding of the magnitude and cause of the bright pupil variation gives critical insight into the robustness of gaze tracking systems. This paper documents studies we have conducted to measure the bright pupil differences using infrared light and hypothesis factors that lead to these differences.
UNIX: The Basics, 2nd edition
Authors: Kevin Reichard
Venue:  (1998)

:If the prospect of learning the UNIX operating system has been keeping you awake at night, then weve got the book for you -- UNIX&reg;: The Basics, Second Edition. Written for UNIX rookies, UNIX: The Basics, Second Edition offers up a hands-on, user-friendly UNIX manual. Youll begin your orientation with an overview of basic UNIX tasks and all UNIX versions and variants, including Linux&reg;. Best-selling author Kevin Reichard opts for clear, concise explanations and friendly reference tables rather than muddled technical jargon. UNIX: The Basics, Second Edition also covers text editors like vi and emacs, networking basics, and UNIX configuration tips. After reading UNIX: The Basics, Second Edition, youll be ready to step into the ring with true programming heavyweights.
Net Profit: How to Invest and Compete in the Real World of Internet Business, 1st edition
Authors: Peter S. Cohan
Venue:  (1999)

:In Net Profit, author Peter Cohan maintains that the internet, while unique in aspect, is not so different in form from other industries. Using tried-and-true economic analysis, he examines nine specific internet business segments and identifies the underlying dynamics of each. He compares the strategies and practices that distinguish each segment leader from its peers. He cuts through the hyperbole surrounding internet business to make economic sense of the Web and provides readers with a thorough understanding of today's industry. Along the wey Cohan also offers a wealth of savvy investment advice.
Scaling of Beowulf-class distributed systems
Authors: John Salmon, Christopher Stein, Thomas Sterling
Venue: Proceedings of the 1998 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1998)

Beowulf-class systems employ inexpensive commodity processors, open source operating systems and communication libraries and commodity networking hardware to deliver supercomputer performance at the lowest possible price. Small to medium sized Beowulf systems are installed or planned at dozens of universities, laboratories and industrial sites around the world. The design space for larger systems, however, is largely unexplored.We investigate two interconnection techniques that would allow the scaling of a Beowulf class system to unprecedented sizes (hundreds or thousands of processors). The first is a commercially available high-speed backplane with fast-ethernet and gigabit ethernet switch modules. The second is a network that combines point-to-point connections and commodity switches, employing the Beowulf nodes as IP routers as well as computational engines. The first method has the drawback of a relatively high price tag - a significant but not overwhelming fraction of the cost of the system must be devoted to the switch. The second approach is inexpensive, but introduces extra latency and may restrict bandwidth depending on the topology employed. Our tests are designed to quantify these effects.We perform three sets of tests. Low-level tests measure the hardware performance of the individual components, i.e., bandwidths and latencies through various combinations of network interface cards, node-based routers and switches. System-level tests measure the bisection bandwidth and the ability of the system to communicate and compute simultaneously, under conditions designed to generate contention and heavy loads. Finally, application benchmarks measure the performance delivered to a subset of the NAS parallel benchmark suite.Low-level measurements indicate that latencies are only weakly affected by introduction of node-based routers, and that bandwidths are completely unaffected. Switches introduce between 19 and 30 microseconds of latency and linux-based routers introduce 75 microseconds.System level measurements indicate that even under load, the routed network delivers a bisection bandwidth near what one would expect by simply summing the capacities of the individual components. A very large scatter is introduced into latencies, however.Application level measurements reveal that the routed network is acceptable for some applications, but can have significant deleterious effect on others. Successful use of routed networks for very large beowulf systems will requires a deeper understanding of this issue.
Wired Women: Gender and New Realities in Cyberspace
Authors: Lynn Cherny
Venue:  (1996)

:Ellen Ullman shares an email courtship - Paulina Borsook exposes gender attitudes at the digerati's magazine of record - Karen Coyle on overcoming macho stereotypes - Judy Malloy and Cathy Marshall reflect on their art/research collaboration - Susan Clerc and the zeal of media fandom - Netta Gilboa explores hackers' attitudes toward women - Jean Camp on the Internet's safe havens - Judy Anderson's advice on dodging Usenet flames - Stephanie Brail seeks the line between free speech and harassment - Donna Riley reveals the story of the Clitoral Hoods - Laurel Sutton and the nuances of netiquette - Michele Evard takes news-groups to the fifth grade - Lori Kendall wonders if gender is meaningless online - Tari Lin Fanderclai on MUDs as a powerful teaching tool - Shannon McRae takes a look at "virtual sex".
Installing and administering Linux, 2nd ed. edition
Venue:  (2002)

More and more companies are now using Linux as their server operating system of choice. That's because the costs are lower, there's a greater amount of flexibility, and the code is much more reliable. As a result, there is a bigger demand for IT professionals who are able to install and administer Linux for everything from networking a department to connecting servers for a Web site. This comprehensive guide offers a detailed look at everything you need to know about working with this open source operating system. It bridges the gap between your prior experience on Windows NT/2000-, NetWare-, and Unix-based networks and Linux. In this new edition, Linda and Al McKinnon take you step by step through the process of installing and administering the latest version of the Linux 2.4 kernel, as well as all previous versions and distribution.
FOAM: expanding the horizons of climate modeling
Authors: Michael Tobis, Chad Schafer, Ian Foster, Robert Jacob, John Anderson
Venue: Proceedings of the 1997 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1997)

We report here on a project that expands the applicability of dynamic climate modeling to very long time scales. The Fast Ocean_Atmosphere Model (FOAM) is a coupled ocean-atmosphere model that incorporates physics of interest in understanding decade to century time scale variability. It addresses the high computational cost of this endeavor with a combination of improved ocean model formulation, low atmosphere resolution, and efficient coupling. It also uses message-passing parallel processing techniques, allowing for the use of cost-effective distributed memory platforms. The resulting model runs over 6000 times faster than real time with good fidelity and has yielded significant results.
PhotoShop Web Techniques
Authors: J. Scott Hamlin
Venue:  (1997)

:As the power and vastness of the Web increases, so too does the need to create unique and eye-catching sites that visitors will visit and revisit. Author Scott Hamlin uses Photoshop to show you how to create sites that do just that. With real-world examples and step-by-step instructions, you'll be creating Web sites that everyone will want to mimic. Using a techniques-based approach, this comprehensive, full-color guide not only shows you how to effectively use Photoshop as a Web tool, but also teaches you how to use your images with a variety of Web-based technologies, including HTML, JavaScript, Shockwave, animated GIFs, background tiles, and interface design. You'll learn how to use imagemaps, design festive borders and frames, and prepare images with Photoshop for Director. Plus, you'll discover tricks for keeping Shockwave files small and advanced techniques for creating lifelike animations.
NetScape Communicator 4 for Dummies, 3rd edition
Authors: Paul E. Hoffman
Venue:  (1997)

:The World Wide Web is the hottest place on the Internet. This book shows you how to use Netscape Communicator and its popular Navigator Web browser to find information, download files, send e-mail, read Usenet news, participate in online chats, build Web pages, and much more! Whether you're a Mac or Windows user, you will find what you need with Netscape Communicator 4 For Dummies. Inside, find helpful advice on how to Get your PC up and running on the Web Create your own Web site by using the Communicator program's built-in HTML editor: Composer Customize Communicator to look and act how you want Send and receive e-mail by using the Communicator program's Messenger mail client Visit the best places on the Web today Interact with newsgroups by using Netscape Collabra
QMF Quick Reference Guide
Authors: Gabriel F. Gargiulo
Venue:  (1992)

:This handy pocket-size reference puts an end to thumbing through endless pages of documentation in order to find the command, code, function or statement you need. Fully indexed for rapid use, it lists and explains all QMF commands and shows examples of correct usage and syntax.
A prototype notebook-based environment for computational tools
Authors: Jenifer L. Skidmore, Matthew J. Sottile, Janice E. Cuny, Allen D. Malony
Venue: Proceedings of the 1998 ACM/IEEE conference on Supercomputing (CDROM) (1998)

The Virtual Notebook Environment (ViNE) is a platform-independent, web-based interface designed to support a range of scientific activities across distributed, heterogeneous computing platforms. ViNE provides scientists with a web-based version of the common paper-based lab notebook, but in addition, it provides support for collaboration and management of computational experiments. Collaboration is supported with the web-based approach, which makes notebook material generally accessible and with a hierarchy of security mechanisms that screen that access. ViNE provides uniform, system-transparent access to data, tools, and programs throughout the scientist's computing infrastructure. Computational experiments can be launched from ViNE using a visual specification language. The scientist is freed from concerns about inter-tool connectivity, data distribution, or data management details. ViNE also provides support for dynamically linking analysis results back into the notebook content.In this paper we present the ViNE system architecture and a case study of its use in neuropsychology research at the University of Oregon. Our case study with the Brain Electrophysiology Laboratory (BEL) addresses their need for data security and management, collaborative support, and distributed analysis processes. The current version of ViNE is a prototype system being tested with this and other scientific applications.
Students Guide to the Internet, 2nd edition
Authors: David Clark
Venue:  (1996)

:You don't have to be a computer genius to use the Internet. You just have to know where to find stuff and how to use it. Look no further - Que's Student's Guide To The Internet, Second Edition shows you how to surf the Net successfully and easily! Not only can the Net save you tons of time on school research projects and job searches, it can also help you find the latest information about travel, sports, entertainment, fashion, news, your hobbies, and just about anything else you're interested in. As the ultimate information tool, you can also use the Net another way...to create your own personalized home pages for sending and receiving information anywhere on the World Wide Web. Best of all, this guide was created for regular Joes like you...why, even computer "gear heads" appreciate its simplicity and step-by-step instructions. And, as an extra bonus, we've provided you with the mother of all lists of Internet resources, conveniently grouped by subject matter. Quickly find information on subjects ranging from A to Z including anthropology, economics, history, medicine, and more!
Certification Success, 2nd edition
Authors: Ed Tittel
Venue:  (1999)

:Provides necessary information on each vendor's certification programs, addressing multiple tracks, multiple tests, and re-certification. Discusses price of tests, length of tests, and testing locations. Compares study materials such as books, classes, and online information. Includes a full glossary of key terms and definitions. Contains comprehensive information on types of questions found on exams, including multiple choice, performance based, random selection, and adaptive testing. Loaded with tips, tricks, and hints to maximize study success. Specially developed by Certification Insider Press, the world's fastest growing certification press with over two million copies in print. Features insider details on the most popular certification programs offered today, such as Microsoft, Novell, Oracle, CompTIA, and Sun/JAVA. Reviews statistics on current certification programs. Outlines the unique characteristics of each program and details changes that will affect candidates. Written by Ed Tittel, an experienced MCSE author and technical expert.
Novell's Certified Web Designer Study Guide with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Jim Bowman
Venue:  (1998)

:Now you can get a leg up on the competition and increase your technical marketability by earning your Web Designer certification. With complete coverage of course 654 (Authoring and Web Publishing), 655 (Advanced Web Authoring), and 660 (Designing an Effective Web Site), Novells Certified Web Designer Study Guide is the authoritative preparation tool for Web Designer certification candidates. Novell expert and renowned author Jim Bowman uses graphics, puzzles, quizzes, and exercises to illustrate information and skills vital to burgeoning Web professionals. Inside Novells Certified Web Designer Study Guide youll learn manage Web sites using NetObjects Fusion, incorporate navigation aids into your Web pages, storyboard your ideas, and produce dynamic Web components such as SSI commands and Java applets. Novells Certified Web Designer Study Guide also comes with a bonus CD-ROM packed with graphics and software demos including GIF Movie Gear, MapEdit, Wusage, and Adobe&reg; Photoshop&reg; 4.01. The CD also features a Web site demonstration with interactive examples of the Web pages referenced in the book.
NetScape Navigator 4 Browsing and Beyond, 1st edition
Authors: Barbara Kasser
Venue:  (1997)

:Netscape Navigator 4 is the Web-browsing heart of the new Communicator suite everyone is talking about. It's also the latest, most feature-packed version of the world's most popular Web-browsing program. But whether you've used earlier versions of Navigator or you're new to the browser and the World Wide Web itself, you'll find everything you need to know in Netscape Navigator 4 Browsing and Beyond. In this practical, easy-to-understand guide, professional software trainer Barbara Kasser covers all the important topics, including Installing and customizing the Navigator program Connecting to the Internet Setting up bookmarks for all your favorite Web destinations Printing and saving Web pages Finding the proverbial needle in the World Wide Web haystack (there's lots of great stuff out there in cyberspace - don't miss out) Exchanging e-mail and files with other Net users Participating in topic-oriented newsgroups and live chats Creating and publishing your own Web pages Plus, Netscape Navigator 4 Browsing and Beyond comes complete with Navigator 4 and the rest of the Communicator suite ready to install, along with Internet access software from EarthLink Network.
CorelDRAW! 6, 1st edition
Authors: Gary David Bouton
Venue:  (1996)

:CorelDRAW! 6 Expert's Edition is your all-in-one resource to the new features of CorelDRAW! 6 and Windows 95 as well. This complete tutorial will take your designs to a new level as it teaches you to utilize the high-end, professional capabilities of the CorelDRAW! 6 package. You'll also learn to create images for a whole new generation of medium, such as interactive multimedia and the Internet.
A method for the dynamic generation of virtual versions of evolving documents
Authors: Mercedes Martínez, Jean-Claude Derniame, Pablo de la Fuente
Venue: Proceedings of the 2002 ACM symposium on Applied computing (2002)

Document evolution is usually performed by creating a new document which explicitly details changes to specific paragraphs inside other document content. Obtaining (virtual) document versions corresponding to its state at a specific date is left to document users, who manually extract from library collections, and compose, the pieces of text needed to obtain the desired version. But this can be a very tedious and difficult task when changes are numerous. We propose a solution to dynamically generate virtual document versions on user demand, respecting the library documents integrity. References to other documents and modification relationships can be automatically detected and are modelled as typed links -modelled with XLink- in a relationship graph. In this paper, we focus on the version generation process, consisting in a dynamic document composition based on a graph traversal. This solution has already shown its adequacy with a legislative digital library.
The Illustrated AutoCAD Quick Reference: Release 13 for Windows, 1st edition
Authors: Ralph Grabowski
Venue:  (1995)

:All the power of AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows is right at your fingertips! More complete than the AutoCAD Command Reference manual, this easy-to-use quick reference features an accessible one-command-per-page layout that gives you immediate access to complete descriptions of all AutoCAD Release 13 for Windows commands and functions. Clear, informative illustrations, plus invaluable tips, and tricks provide the expert help you need to tap into the full power of AutoCAD Release 13!
Insanely Great: The Life and Times of MacIntosh, the Computer That Changed Everything
Authors: Steven Levy
Venue:  (1993)

:The Story Behind the Macintosh Computer INSANELY GREAT: THE LIFE & TIMES OF MACINTOSH covers the research and development that led to the first 128K Mac and the struggles involved to make the continued evolution of the Macintosh possible. Predecessors of the Mac and ideas that made their way into the first computer with a smiling start-up screen are discussed in loving detail (the author is a big fan of the Macintosh) -- the mouse, icons and other discoveries that revolutionized the way people work with computers. Along the way, the reader gets a sense of the people who contributed to the various Macintosh teams: Steve Jobs, with his "reality-distortion field" that prodded the team to create the near-impossible; John Sculley, the former Pepsi CEO brought in to facilitate the growing up of the Apple company; and many other key members of the Macintosh teams including Bill Atkinson, the genius behind MacPaint and later, HyperCard. As it turns out, Bill Atkinson did not originally plan for a menu bar on top of the screen. It sort of migrated upward, like cream rising to the top. Atkinson wanted the commands to be geographically predictable, the same place in every application. For that reason, he rejected pop-up windows [as had been used in Xerox's PARC computers]. Then he got the idea of a menu bar -- a constant presence from which one could evoke a menu of commands by pointing and clicking. At first he put the bar at the bottom of the active window, then after some testing moved it to the top. But putting the menu bar on top of a window presented a problem: when the user shrank the size of the window, you couldn't get the headings to fit. (Microsoft's Windows uses this approach, and suffers by it.) So finally, at [user-testing fanatic Larry] Tesler's urging, he moved it to the top of the screen. Users quickly learned where the commands were under the individual headings. Atkinson was impressed that they could implicitly visualize where a command might "live" on the screen, moving the mouse over the heading, dropping down the menu and going right to the location in one fell swoop. It was a case of totally internalizing the illusion of geography in cyberspace -- you would "go" to a menu choice that didn't really exist until you created it. Steven Levy's INSANELY GREAT isn't only the chronicle of a single machine; it's a chapter in the story of the personal computer's ongoing evolution. Readers who may have never used a computer without icons or a trash can (or Recycle Bin) may want to learn how the Macintosh made the computers and operating systems that followed its introduction were made possible.