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Conversation and Community: Chat in a Virtual World
Authors: Lynn Cherny
Venue:  (1999)

:Conversation and Community: Discourse in a Social MUD is an examination of the Speech community in an Internet "virtual community". Based on ethnographic research on a community of users of a MUD. or "multi-user dimension", the book describes a closeknit community united in features of their language use, shared history, and relationships to other online communities. Routines, conventional vocabulary, and abbreviations, syntactic and semantic phenomena, and special turn-taking and repair strategies distinguish the MUD community's register. Discussion of methods and ethics for online research are included.
Adobe Pagemill 3 F/X and Design Guide with Cdrom
Authors: Daniel Gray
Venue:  (1998)

:Explains PageMill's new site management and plug-in features. Covers conversion of text to HTML, database integration, CGIs, Acrobat PDF, Shockwave, whether to ActiveX or not, Java and JavaScript rollover buttons, scrolling text and other effects. Covers new features such as integrated site management. Shows how to do it rightwith 32 pages of full-color examples. Covers Adobe PageMill for both PC and Mac unlike competitor's books. Written by the author of Web Publishing with Adobe PageMill 2.0 which has outsold Adobe Press, Dummies, and Peachpit PageMill 2 books. Beats Hayden's Adobe PageMill Classroom In A Book, the only other cross-platform book, in that it offers a non-biased third party opinion of PageMill's strengths and weaknesses. Provides an Adobe PageMill demo and demos of other popular Adobe products. Includes thousands of Web page backgrounds, along with buttons, bullets, and navigational elements. Contains useful shareware and commercial software that complements Adobe PageMill 3, including Java applications. Features bonus chapters with additional Adobe PageMill information.
MINITAB Guide
Authors: Kilman Shin
Venue:  (1994)

:The IRWIN Statistical Software Guide Series consists of four guides (Minitab,SAS,SPSS and Statgraphics). The bulk of each guide is an ""applications"" section that shows how to use the various statistical tests and functions of the software using examples and exercises drawn from Irwin texts. 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
Modern Control System Theory and Design, 2nd edition
Authors: Stanley M. Shinners
Venue:  (1998)

:Modern Control System Theory and Design, Second Edition offers the most comprehensive treatment of control systems available today. Its unique text/software combination integrates classical and modern control system theories, while promoting an interactive, computer-based approach to design solutions. The sheer volume of practical examples, as well as the hundreds of illustrations of control systems from all engineering fields, make this volume accessible to students and indispensable for professional engineers.
How to Use Microsoft FrontPage 2000
Authors: Paul Heltzel
Venue:  (1999)

:How to Use Microsoft FrontPage 2000 visually steps you through everything you need to know in order to design, create, and administer sophisticated Web pages and sites. Up to 100 two-page spreads illustrate and clearly explain each FrontPage task, from entry-level, beginning concepts to sophisticated techniques for more advanced users. Illustrations and figures lead you through each task with easy-to-follow directions and visual cues. With four-color on every page, Web page design and Web graphics topics are extensively and clearly illustrated throughout the book.
Windows and OS/2 Bitmapped Graphics, 2nd edition
Authors: Steve W. Rimmer
Venue:  (1995)

:Here's a single-source reference for all programmers who want to work with bitmapped graphics in the Windows or OS/2 environments. The book covers Windows 95 and the OS/2 operating system; and displaying, printing and dithering bitmaps in the Windows environment. Disk contains the source code that is Windows 95 and OS/2 compatible.
Superbase 2 and 4, Version 2.0, Step by Step
Authors: Arthur D. Tennick
Venue:  (1993)

:This book looks at all the basic and intermediate features of Superbase version 2.0 within the context of easy to follow practical examples - step by step; is structured so the examples you build gradually enable more sophisticated applications to be constructed - step by step; covers everything from file creation and data entry to Form Designer and macros - step by step; and explains and introduces all the information you'll need to help increase your productivity - step by step. If you are a new user then this book will get you up and running quickly and will show you how to get the best out of Superbase version 2.0 - step by step. 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
Internet Mailing Lists Manager for Windows Users with Disk
Authors: Vivian Neou
Venue:  (1995)

:Internet Mailing Lists Navigator contains a directory of Internet mailing lists... in print and on disk. Here's detailed information on 1,400+ Internet mailing lists, all organized by subject area and indexed for quick on-line reference. You'll know instantly which lists are worth your time. And you can subscribe just as quickly with the easy-to-use List Navigator software we've included. (List Navigator also makes it a cinch to unsubscribe if your interests change!). The book includes clear, easy-to-follow instructions for using Internet mailing lists - along with dos and don'ts that help you avoid the pitfalls. We've even included a trial version of Internet Chameleon software from NetManage, the slickest and most comprehensive Internet software you can find, complete with WebSurfer, the exciting new multimedia browser, and Internet Chameleon e-mail program.
Sensor Array Signal Processing
Authors: Prabhakar S. Naidu
Venue:  (2000)

:Sensors arrays are used in diverse applications across a broadrange of disciplines. Regardless of the application, however, the tools of sensor array signal processing remain the same. Furthermore, whether your interest is in acoustic, seismic, mechanical, or electromagnetic wavefields, they all have a common mathematical framework. Mastering this framework and those tools lays a strong foundation for more specialized study and research. Sensor Array Signal Processing helps build that foundation. It unravels the underlying principles of the subject without reference to any particular application. Instead, the author focuses on the common threads that exist in wavefield analysis. After introducing the basic equations governing different wavefields, the treatment includes topics from simple beamformation, spatial filtering, and high resolution DOA estimation to imaging and reflector mapping. It studies different types of sensor configurations, but focuses on the uniform linear and circular arrays-the most useful configurations for understanding array systems in practice. Unique in its approach, depth, and quantitative focus, Sensor Array Signal Processing offers the ideal starting point and an outstanding reference for those working or interested in medical imaging, astronomy, radar, communications, sonar, seismology-any field that studies propagating wavefields. Its clear exposition, numerical examples, exercises, and wide applicability impart a broad picture of array signal processing unmatched by any other text on the market.
Pretty good persuasion: a first step towards effective password security in the real world
Authors: Dirk Weirich, Martina Angela Sasse
Venue: Proceedings of the 2001 workshop on New security paradigms (2001)

In the past, research on password mechanisms has focussed almost entirely on technical issues. Only in recent years has the security research community acknowledged that user behavior plays a part in many security failures, and that policies alone may not be sufficient to ensure correct behavior. We argue that password mechanisms and their users form a socio-technical system, whose effectiveness relies strongly on users' willingness to make the extra effort that security-conscious behavior requires. In most organizations, users cannot be forced to comply; rather, they have to be persuaded to do so. Ultimately, the mechanisms themselves, policies, tutorials, training and the general discourse have to be designed with their persuasive power in mind. We present the results of a first study that can guide such persuasive efforts, and describe methods that can be used to persuade users to employ proper password practice.
Opportunities in Information Systems Careers
Authors: Douglas B. Hoyt
Venue:  (1999)

:Here is everything you need to explore a career in this unique field! Written by a leading authority, this comprehensive guide gives all the information you need for intelligent career decision making. Among its many features are: overview of the field; employment outlook; career advancement; educational requirements; salary opportunities; where to get more information.
Internet Roadmap
Authors: Bennett Falk
Venue:  (1993)

:Your journey begins with your first step. The first step to using the Internet is getting connected. The Internet Roadmap will show you how to choose an Internet provider and set up a proper telephone link to the Internet. You'll also find out how to turn your computer into a full-fledged Internet host with a protocol dialup connection, giving you the ability to send and receive text and graphics quickly and easily. Get guidance every step of the way. You'll get step-by-step directions for logging in, downloading files, using electronic mail, and more. You'll also find out how to use Gopher, the World Wide Web, and USENET News, Internet's huge global bulletin board. Even if you've never used an on-line service before, this concise, easy-to-read handbook will put the full power of the Internet in your hands. Find important Internet landmarks. Learn how to use the Internet to find out what's on the Internet. You can find out about anything, from the Paris Metro to the far reaches of the universe. With the help of The Internet Roadmap, you'll always know where you are and what's happening anywhere on the information superhighway. 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
Microsoft Computer Dictionary, Fourth Edition, 4th edition
Authors: Microsoft Press
Venue:  (1999)

:This book offers a professional, traditional-dictionary format and layout formaximum utility. The dictionary is fully searchable on CD-ROM.
Automated textile tensile testing
Authors: D. I. O'Quinn, P. L. Grady
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

Alternative computer systems used in the automation of tensile testing of textile materials are examined. Typical dedicated and time-shared systems are described. The relative merits of the two types of systems for various applications are discussed. A system that is being designed to fit a specific application is also described.
Best quadratic spline approximation for hierarchical visualization
Authors: D. F. Wiley, H. R. Childs, B. Hamann, K. I. Joy, N. L. Max
Venue: Proceedings of the symposium on Data Visualisation 2002 (2002)

We present a method for hierarchical data approximation using quadratic simplicial elements for domain decomposition and field approximation. Higher-order simplicial elements can approximate data better than linear elements. Thus, fewer quadratic elements are required to achieve similar approximation quality. We use quadratic basis functions and compute best quadratic simplicial spline approximations that are C0-continuous everywhere. We adaptively refine a simplicial approximation by identifying and bisecting simplicial elements with largest errors. It is possible to store multiple approximation levels of increasing quality. We have tested the suitability and efficiency of our hierarchical data approximation scheme by applying it to several data sets.
Easy Internet, 4th edition
Authors: Joe Kraynak
Venue:  (2000)

:The Internet is the largest network on the planet, connecting your computer to computers all over the world. The inter connected nature of the Internet gives you access to resources stored on remote computers, including multimedia pages, audio and video clips, games, and programs. And, because the Internet connects you with other Internet users, you can exchange e-mail, chat, join in discussion groups, and even make Internet phone calls to other people who are connected to the Internet. With an Internet connection, the right programs, and Easy Internet, Third Edition, as your roadmap, you have everything you need to get started. You'll be chatting up a storm and surfing like a pro in no time!
Unauthorized Insider's Guide to Nintendo 64
Authors: Michael Hrusecky
Venue:  (1996)

:Including detailed maps and special hints and tips for the five to seven hot titles releasing with the system, this book covers Super Mario 64, Shadows of the Empire, Killer Instinct 64, Pilotwings 64 and Wave Race 64. 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
Computer-Mediated Communications: Multimedia Applications, 1st edition
Authors: Rob Walters
Venue:  (1995)

:Many different forms of communication are coming together. This book is the first to attempt a complete coverage of the many different converging worlds. It is about communications and is written in a style that encourages communication. Ambitious in scope, the work brings together many media: voice, video, image, and text. It provides easy access to all areas - from e-mail and voice mail through multimedia networks to interactive multimedia communications and videoconferencing. Intelligent, entertaining, insightful, and practical, this book explains clearly how multimedia communications, groupware, and CTI can work together for everyone's benefit. Ranging from managers of big communications networks to PC users, readers who want to use computers and communications to the maximum advantage will want this book.
Global Marketing for the Digital Age
Authors: Bill Bishop
Venue:  (1999)

:Packed with innovative ideas, entertaining examples, and unique research, this landmark book shows how to develop a global marketing program that uses digital technology to its fullest potential. 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
Guide to Microsoft Excel for Scientists and Engineers, 1st edition
Authors: Bernard V. Liengme
Venue:  (1997)

:This book provides scientists and engineers with an introductory look at the tools available to them in Microsoft Excel. It provides valuable information on the more technical functions of Microsoft Excel in a user friendly style. 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
Computational Methods for Process Simulation, 2nd edition
Authors: W. Fred Ramirez
Venue:  (1997)

:In the chemical industry large, realistic non-linear problems are routinely solved with the aid of computer simulation. This has a number of benefits, including easy assessment of the economic desirability of a project, convenient investigation of the effects of changes to system variables, and finally the introduction of mathematical rigour into the design process and inherent assumptions that may not have been there before. 'Computational Methods for Process Simulation' develops the methods needed for the simulation of real processes to be found in the process industries. It also stresses the engineering fundamentals used in developing process models. Steady state and dynamic systems are considered, for both spatially lumped and spatially distributed problems. It develops analytical and numerical computational techniques for algebraic, ordinary and partial differential equations, and makes use of computer software routines that are widely available. Dedicated software examples are available via the Internet. IntroductionDevelopment of Mass, Energy and Momentum Balances Steady-State Lumped Systems Unsteady-State Lumped Systems Reaction-Kinetic Systems Vapour-Liquid Equilibrium Operations Microscopic Balances Solution of Split Boundary-Value Problems Solution of Partial Differential Equations Nomenclature Appendices Analytical Solutions to Ordinary Differential Equations IMSL Routines Index
Modular (somewhat structured) programming in standard BASIC
Authors: Peter Robinson
Venue: Proceedings of the 14th annual Southeast regional conference (1976)

A brief report on some programming conventions and practices which help to tame the normally unruly transfers of control within BASIC programs. In the author's programs all GOTO's and GOSUB's transfer to REM lines beginning with one asterisk for a GOTO and two or three asterisks for a GOSUB.In addition, common subroutines which are used by more than one program are stored on disk separately and APPended as needed. A variable naming convention associates certain variables with particular subroutines, giving a degree of block structure. 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 and Computer Communications, 6th edition
Authors: William Stallings
Venue:  (1999)

:Data and Computer Communications provides a clear and comprehensive survey of the whole field of data communications and provides an up-to-date tutorial on leading-edge network technologies. This is the only book that covers the full range of data and computer communications, from the physical layer details of transmission media and signaling up to and including the most popular Internet applications protocols, including electronic mail (SMTP/MIME) and the world wide web (HTTP). Since its inception, Data and Computer Communications has sold over 150,000 copies and is considered the standard in the field. This new edition is a thorough revision and reorganization and reflects requests from numerous professionals and academics. 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 Introduction to Computer-Based Library Systems, 3rd edition
Authors: Lucy A. Tedd
Venue:  (1993)

:Developments in the use of computer-based library systems have progressed by leaps and bounds in recent years. This third edition of Lucy Tedd's well-known text reflects the changes and their current and potential effect on methods of communication, information retrieval and library management. In a general overview of new methods and systems, the author describes developments in the storage and retrieval of information, including search facilities, inverted files, and the MARC format. The major impact of networks is assessed and there are numerous pointers to new sources of information, such as publicly available databases. Details are given of a wide range of products and systems for library management, and case studies illustrate the practical operation of an international selection of libraries, from Australia to Aberystwyth. Providing a neat summary of the vast literature available - with extensive references - this concise but thorough introduction will be a rare treasury of information for both student and practitioner.
Web image retrieval using self-organinzing feature map
Authors: Qishi Wu, S. Sitharama Yengar, Mengxia Zhu
Venue: Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (2001)

The explosive growth of digital image collections on the Web sites is calling for an efficient and intelligent method of browsing, searching, and retrieving images. In this article, an artificial neural network (ANN)-based approach is proposed to explore a promising solution to the Web image retrieval (IR). Compared with other image retrieval methods, this new approach has the following characteristics. First of all, the Content-Based features have been combined with Text-Based features to improve retrieval performance. Instead of solely relying on low-level visual features and high-level concepts, we also take the textual features into consideration, which are automatically extracted from image names, alternative names, page titles, surrounding texts, URLs, etc. Secondly, the Kohonen neural network model is introduced and led into the image retrieval process. Due to its self-organizing property, the cognitive knowledge is learned, accumulated, and solidified during the unsupervised training process. The architecture is presented to illustrate the main conceptual components and mechanism of the proposed image retrieval system. To demonstrate the superiority of the new IR system over other IR systems, the retrieval result of a test example is also given in the article.
In the lab and out in the wild: remote web usability testing for mobile devices
Authors: Sarah Waterson, James A. Landay, Tara Matthews
Venue: CHI '02 extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems (2002)

In this paper we discuss a pilot usability study using wireless Internet-enabled personal digital assistants (PDAs). We compared usability data gathered in traditional lab studies with a proxy-based clickstream logging and analysis tool. We found that this remote testing technique can more easily gather many of the content-related usability issues, but device-related issues are more difficult to capture.
Improving focus targeting in interactive fisheye views
Authors: Carl Gutwin
Venue: Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems: Changing our world, changing ourselves (2002)

Fisheye views allow people to see both a focus region and the surrounding context in the same window. However, the magnification effects of the fisheye lens can cause several problems for users. One of these is focus-targeting, where a user moves the focus to a new location. Magnification makes focus-targeting difficult because objects appear to move as the focus point approaches them. This paper examines how the distortion of a fisheye view affects focus-targeting performance, and present a technique called speed-coupled flattening (SCF) as a way to improve focus targeting in distortion-oriented views. SCF dynamically reduces the distortion level of a fisheye based on pointer velocity and acceleration. In an experiment, the technique resulted in significant reductions in both targeting time and targeting errors. By adjusting distortion based on the user's activity, we can improve usability without requiring the user to manipulate any additional view controls