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Computer modulated drawing in graphics design
Authors: Charles M. Williams
Venue: Proceedings of the 16th annual Southeast regional conference (1978)

A hardware-software process is described which automatically creates computer modulated drawings from an artists' own work. The artist prepares a line drawing at his leisure, in his customary environment using standard art supplies. The result is then rapidly and automatically digitized into a computer graphic database which mathematically describes the geometry of the various lines which compose it. These mathematical descriptions are then dynamically perturbed to yield a drawing which is rendered in a completely different style and yet retains the general holistic form of the original. The type and degree of modulation is specified by parameters.The value of the system to a graphic artist is that it allows him to use a computer to generate complex variations of drawings which would be exceedingly difficult to prepare by hand. In essence he is being provided with the facilities of a computer 'darkroom' with which he can create new images from old ones. The computer is involved in its appropriate domain of tedium, and the artist retains his dominance in creativity. Moreover, the output medium for his efforts is not limited to a paper alone, but may be extended to materials capable of being worked by numerically controlled tools - he thus may see his creations cut into plastic, woven into fabric, burned into wood or hammered into metal. The process thereby helps to extend the power of computer graphics into the field of graphics design and broadens its region of applicability in commercial art, printing, and textile design.
Inside Interleaf: The Complete Guide to Interleaf
Authors: Andy Salisbury
Venue:  (1994)

:Inside Interleaf is the insider's guide to the ins and outs of Interleaf 6, a powerful publishing tool with a new user interface. Written in an accessible and concise manner and focused on user productivity, this book demystifies Interleaf's document management principles and execution. A must-have for computer-aided publishers who are serious about sharpening their cutting edge. The enclosed bonus disk includes a document template, document and graphic files used in the exercises in the book, plus an Interleaf Lisp program to automatically install the disk files. 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
Windows NT 4 Server Secrets with Cdrom, 1st edition
Authors: Valda Hilley
Venue:  (1996)

:Windows NT 4.0 has taken the online and networking worlds by storm -- thanks to its stability, user friendly interface, and Microsoft's solid support. Now, with Windows NT Server 4.0 SECRETS, you can take this popular server software to a higher level of functionality and customization. In Windows NT Server 4.0 SECRETS you'll find a power-user's dream collection of undocumented tips, techniques, and workarounds. Packed with shortcuts and step-by-step instructions that guarantee optimal performance, Windows NT Server 4.0 SECRETS also presents installation, configuration, and migration strategies for setting up Windows NT for the Internet. Plus, the book's bonus CD-ROM includes sample code from the book as well as diagnostic tools, utility programs, and NT shareware. Also included is a complete set of tools for setting up Windows NT Server as an Internet server, World Wide Web Server, Gopher Server, WAIS Server, and POP Mail Server, along with related client software.
Using Eudora (User-Friendly), 2nd edition
Authors: Que Corporation
Venue:  (1997)

:User-Friendly Means You Can: Drag and drop file attachments into mail messages easily; copy and paste Web hyperlinks into your mail messages; learn how to add styles to your email using different fonts, colors, and styles; discover how Eudora filters your junk mail; establish multiple email accounts; customize your address book; and configure the toolbar and create multiple signatures.
Official NetScape Navigator 2.0 Book: MAC Edition, 1st edition
Authors: Phil James
Venue:  (1996)

:Documenting and explaining its power, this book is the "complete Web solution" for those new to and experienced on the Internet. No longer do users need the technical expertise to harness a palete of interdependent client programs. The text provides a single, easy-to-use, all-in-one Internet tool, and a listing of hundreds of fascinating Internet sites for research, business, and more.
Managing Company-Wide Communication, 1st edition
Authors: Werner David
Venue:  (1995)

:Managing Company-wide Communication is a clear and practical guide to managing the process of communication. It goes beyond simply focusing on technical aspects of communication to show how companies have successfully, or in many cases disastrously, managed their communication network. International case histories illustrate best and worst practice. Managing Company-wide Communication provides tried and tested practical techniques for improving the efficiency of communication in organizations. It explores key areas, from establishing communication networks and securing employee commitment, to overcoming barriers to communication and monitoring and controlling its cost. 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
Direct Digital Control: A Guide to Distributed Building Automation
Authors: John J. McGowan
Venue:  (1995)

:This 496-page reference brings you 21 chapters detailing direct digital control specification and operation - including user training and financing options - for any type of building. Loaded with practical tips for successful building automation decision-making, the handbook guides the reader in insuring that the building will fulfill both present and future operational demands. Topics covered include distributive direct digital control, networking and integrating automated buildings, strategies for DDC system project success, project financing, guidelines for conducting a building control survey, recent technology developments, sequence of operation considerations, equipment and zone level DDC control, hand-held and central operator interface, DDC specification and procurement guidelines, DDC system management, operator training, and case studies for both industrial and commercial DDC installations. 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
A comparison of three delivery systems for teaching an information technology course
Authors: Marie-Michèle Boulet, Faouzi Ben Jebara, Fathi Bemmira, Serge Boudreault
Venue: Communications of the ACM (2002)

An important aspect of the global, knowledge-based, technology-enabled economy is that organizations must invest in continuous training [4]. Managers, now exposed to concepts such as knowledge economy, organizational intelligence, learning organization, knowledge era, and organizational learning, [2, 3, 12], need to establish the optimum mix of continuous training activities to leverage organizational knowledge to its fullest potential. Several methods and models aimed at managing organizational knowledge at a macro level are now available [2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11]. But these methods don't address the micro level problem of planning and selecting continuous training activities while taking into account manager and employee preferences, and constraints such as budget or deliverables. The analysis of empirical data presented in this article incorporated factors, criteria, and weights into a model named Econof. Our findings provide managers with valuable tools to implement a continuous training management process aligned to organizational strategy---a step toward the development of knowledge management strategies.
Hosting activities: experience with and future directions for a robot agent host
Authors: Candace L. Sidner, Myroslava Dzikovska
Venue: Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (2002)

This paper discusses hosting activities. Hosting activities are a general class of collaborative activity in which an agent provides guidance in the form of information, entertainment, education or other services in the user's environment (which may be an artificial or the natural world) and may also request that the human user undertake actions to support the fulfillment of those services. This paper reports on experience in building a robot agent for hosting activities, both the architecture and applications being used. The paper then turns to a range of issues to be addressed in creating hosting agents, especially robotic ones. The issues include the tasks and capabilities needed for hosting agents, and social relations, especially human trust of agent hosts. Lastly the paper proposes a new evaluation metric for hosting agents.
Word 97 for Windows for Dummies: Quick Reference, 1st edition
Authors: Peter Weverka
Venue:  (1996)

:Grasp Word 97 basics the quick and easy way! Word 97 For Windows For Dummies Quick Reference offers real help or Word 97 users on all levels. Everything you need to know, from opening a document to editing, printing, desktop publishing, and formatting is explained in easy-to-follow instructions. Tasks and features are covered in short sections and icons help you focus on exactly what you need to know. That means no fumbling around for the answers -- they're right at your fingertips! With this handy reference, you can make Word 97 for Windows work for you -- instead of the other way around. Now you can find what you need even faster with our ...For Dummies Quick References! The design features tasks in alphabetical order, clear-cut, step-by-step instructions, and easy-to-follow advice. Get in and out quickly and get the information you really need without reading lots of material!
Improved cryptographic hash functions with worst-case/average-case connection
Authors: Daniele Micciancio
Venue: Proceedings of the thiry-fourth annual ACM symposium on Theory of computing (2002)

(MATH) We define a new family of collision resistant hash functions whose security is based on the worst case hardness of approximating the covering radius of a lattice within a factor O(&pgr;n2log n), where &pgr; is a value between 1 and &radic; \over n that depends on the solution of the closest vector problem in certain "almost perfect" lattices. Even for &pgr; = &radic; \over n, this improves the smallest (worst-case) inapproximability factor for lattice problems known to imply the existence of one-way functions. (Previously known best factor was O(n3+&egr;) for the shortest independent vector problem, due to Cai and Nerurkar, based on work of Ajtai.) Using standard transference theorems from the geometry of numbers, our result immediately gives a connection between the worst-case and average-case complexity of the shortest vector problem with connection factor O(&pgr;n3}log n), improving the best previously known connection factor O(n4+&egr;), also due to Ajtai, Cai and Nerurkar.
Beginning Visual Basic SQL Server 7.0
Authors: Thearon Willis
Venue:  (1999)

:Most Visual Basic applications involve database programming of some kind, and SQL Server 7.0 is the database of choice for many Visual Basic programmers. This book introduces SQL Server 7.0, covering all its essential features, and then moves on to discuss building VB applications using a SQL Server backend database.After stepping through installation of the Desktop edition of SQL Server, you'll learn about its tools, in particular the Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer, as we create, populate, and modify an example database. You'll see how to set up security on your database and you'll also learn how to write, debug, and execute increasingly complex stored procedures to manipulate the data. Data access from VB applications using ADO is also covered, and you'll see how to prepare your application for the production environment. Hands on examples are a key part of the book; in each chapter you will work towards building a complete and comprehensive application. The book concludes with three extensive case studies that bring together all the knowledge that you've acquired.Who is this book for?This book is aimed at Visual Basic developers who wish to start using SQL Server 7.0 in their applications. No knowledge of SQL Server is required, although basic familiarity with a relational database such as Access is useful. What does this Book Cover?Basics of relational database design Installation of SQL Server 7.0 Desktop edition Creating and modifying a database in SQL Server Defining primary and foreign key relationships, and indexes Setting up security on the database Using T-SQL to write storedprocedures Calling stored procedures from VB and business server components Writing English Query applications
Cluster-based online monitoring system of web traffic
Authors: Yun Mao, Kang Chen, Dongsheng Wang, Weimin Zheng
Venue: Proceedings of the 3rd international workshop on Web information and data management (2001)

Web traffic has been increasing and evolving rapidly in recent years. It is important to measure the volume and characteristic of such dominant traffic to understand large-scale user access pattern and analyze performance of Web applications. Among the common methods of Web measurements, the passive way using packet monitoring is more advantageous since it provides comprehensive information and is transparent to end-users. However, the throughput of current packet monitoring system is limited by the bandwidth of network adapters. Computational capacity and buffer size are also potential performance bottlenecks for monitoring high-speed links. This paper proposes a cluster-based online monitoring system, which generates rich logs by packet sniffing for Web analysis in a cluster environment. Powered by cluster computing technologies, the system achieves high performance and availability. Other techniques, such as online reconstruction in memory and kernel packet filter, are also adopted to improve the system performance. The experimental results indicate that it is feasible to trace in high-speed links with the cluster-based system.
WordPerfect 9 for Windows for Dummies Quick Reference, 1st edition
Authors: Greg Harvey
Venue:  (1998)

:This "fingertip companion" has instant answers on how to create great documents. Harvey offers all the tips and tricks readers need for setting up, building, editing, saving, and printing an eye-catching, highly graphical document.
Tree transformation techniques and experiences
Authors: S. E. Keller, J. A. Perkins, T. F. Payton, S. P. Mardinly
Venue: Proceedings of the 1984 SIGPLAN symposium on Compiler construction (1984)

A formal description technique for describing transformations from one well-defined language to another is introduced. A TT-grammar contains context-free grammars for describing the syntax of both languages. The transformation between the languages is described by a relationship of productions from the grammars. The TT-grammar is supported by an automated tool. SSAGS -- a translator writing system based on attribute grammars -- has been extended to support certain classes of TT-grammars. SSAGS analyzes TT-grammars and automatically generates Ada source programs implementing the transformation specified by the TT-grammar. Experience with two different restricted forms of TT-grammars is described with respect to their practical application. The experience demonstrates the readability, ease of development, and additional verification available through the use of TT-grammars.
Paradox 7 for Windows 95
Authors: Betsy Newberry
Venue:  (1997)

:Appropriate for either self-paced or group learning, this book provides an excellent way to learn Paradox 7.0 in a short period of time. The text/template package covers the most commonly used features of Paradox 7 for Windows 95. 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
Abstract modeling for engineering and engagement level simulations
Authors: Robert M. McGraw, Richard A. MacDonald
Venue: Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation (2000)

Today's industrial and defense communities are increasingly reliant on the use simulation to reduce cost. At times, due to their stove-piped nature, these simulations themselves have resulted in a waste of both time and money with regard to future simulation development. Current trends address this problem by promoting the development of simulation infrastructures that are scalable, portable, and interoperable over a variety of paradigms. These infrastructures, such as HLA and SPEEDES, address cost issues by providing simulation infrastructures that promote model re-use by managing model interactions across diverse paradigms, improving scenario development, and allowing for a scalable distributed simulation capability.While these modern simulation infrastructures address many cost-related issues, they do not fully address issues related to model re-use. Simulations that utilize model reuse may result in large complex system models comprised of a diverse set of subsystem component models covering varying amounts of detail and fidelity. Often, a complex simulation that re-uses high fidelity subcomponent models may result in a more detailed system model than the simulation objective requires. Simulating such a system model results in a waste of simulation time with respect to addressing the simulation goals. These simulation costs, however, can be reduced through the use of abstract modeling techniques. These techniques can reduce the subcomponent model complexity by eliminating, grouping, or estimating model parameters or variables at a less detailed level without grossly affecting the simulation results. Key issues in the abstraction process involve identifying the variables or parameters than can be abstracted away for a given simulation objective and applying the proper abstraction technique to replace those parameters. This paper presents approaches for both identifying and replacing these candidate variables.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Internet Explorer 3
Authors: Joe Kraynak
Venue:  (1996)

:The Complete Idiot's Guide to Internet Explorer 3 provides a quick overview of the features available in Microsoft's hot new browser. The book provides coverage of ActiveX, object embedding and HTML enhancements such as style sheets, tag, frames and tables Multimedia features such as RealAudio, WAV, AU and QuickTime, ActiveMovie and VRML will also be covered.
SMT Layout Overhead and Scalability
Authors: James Burns, Jean-Luc Gaudiot
Venue: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2002)

Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) is a hardware technique that increases processor throughput by issuing instructions simultaneously from multiple threads. However, while SMT can be added to an existing microarchitecture with relatively low overhead, this additional chip area could be used for other resources such as more functional units, larger caches, or better branch predictors. How large is the SMT overhead and at what point does SMT no longer pay off for maximum throughput compared to adding other architecture features? This paper evaluates the silicon overhead of SMT by performing a transistor/interconnect-level analysis of the layout. We discuss microarchitecture issues that impact SMT implementations and show how the Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and microarchitecture can have a large effect on the SMT overhead and performance. Results show that SMT yields large performance gains with small to moderate area overhead.
NetWare to Internet Connection
Authors: Morgan Stern
Venue:  (1996)

:Connect your NetWare network to the future. The NetWare to Internet Connection is for NetWare 3.1x and 4.x administrators who want to connect their network to the Internet - without having to learn Unix or use Windows NT. Practical, step-by-step discussions lead you to the fastest, easiest ways to provide Internet services to your network users. Know your options. Understand what the Internet can offer your network - and how it can threaten it. Become fluent in TCP/IP, the essential Internet protocol. Choose the right Internet connection for your network, as you assess Internet service providers and determine the Internet access that is best for your company, determine hardware requirements to support the connectivity and services you need, and balance installation and monthly fees with the necessary tech support and training. Prepare to be connected. Understand how workstations communicate on the Internet. Get your network and workstations Internet-ready. Select and install the right IP stack. Configure TCP/IP on your NetWare server, then test your connectivity to the outside world. Manage your NetWare-to-Internet connection. Configure a NetWare server to provide DNS, FTP, and Web services. Design your own Web site. Determine security objectives, policy, and guidelines. Support the full range of Internet applications, including e-mail, Web access, FTP, Telnet, and Usenet news access.
Exploring NetScape, 1st edition
Authors: Robert T. Grauer
Venue:  (1997)

:Written at a level that assumes no prior knowledge of the Internet or Netscape, this book serves as a beginner's guide to exploring the Internet. Featuring a step-by-step approach that is complimented by non-technical discussions of the concepts, users will find the book informative and easy to understand.
Beginning Java Objects
Authors: Jacquie Barker
Venue:  (2000)

:This book is for anyone who wants to learn not only the Java 2 language, but also how to structure a problem properly from an object-oriented perspective. Even if you are already familiar with Java, this book will still be a valuable asset to you as you see an example case study evolve from its initial conception as an object model to implementation as a fully functional Java 2 application.Author Biography: With over 20 years of experience as a software developer and project manager, Jacquie has spent the past nine years focusing on object technology, and has become proficient as a "hands on" object modeler and Sun Microsystems certified Java programmer. Jacquie is currently employed as a principal member of the technical staff at SRA International, Inc. in Fairfax, Virginia, where she consults for both public and private sector clients.
Ssx
Authors: Gary Strassberg
Venue:  (2000)

:EA brings the pipe to you with their new SSX! Shred with up to six other competitors in full contact races, or build a virtual career in this extreme sport. EA has created the hottest snowboard racing game yet, featuring three modes of play (including full contact, and career based racing), fun track environments and great dynamic visuals. SSX: PRIMA'S OFFICIAL STRATEGY GUIDE offers you the best way to race your way to the head of the pack, including all the best tips for massive air, how-to's on radical tricks, hot tips on head to head action, complete ski-throughs of all tracks, and detailed stats and bios on all characters. Don't get caught with your face in the snow! Let PRIMA make you a Master! 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