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Posted: July 20th, 2008, 2:02pm CEST
If you're a photographer using a Mac and why wouldn't you be? then you need this guide to optimizing OS X for your photography workflow.
Macs are still the hardware of choice for the cream of digital imaging experts over two million registered Mac users of Adobe Photoshop can't be wrong. Let the expert advice of Rod Wynne-Powell help you to:
* Configure your Mac for a trouble-free life from capture to output
* Speed up your photography workflow using Photoshop, Bridge and the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite
* Optimize your color management system and ensure the highest quality image results
* Save time through effective storage and retrieval of images
Years of experience dealing with digital image makers queries on a day-to-day basis means he also knows that problems can and do happen even on a Mac so this book is also packed full of vital troubleshooting advice and ways to avoid the pitfalls in the first place.
The only Mac OS X book written specifically for photographers, this unique guide to troubleshooting and working with digital images on a Mac is fully updated for the Leopard release of OS X.
Rod Wynne-Powell runs Solutions Photographic as a retoucher, trainer and consultant for digital photographers. He is an accomplished photographer and an alpha tester for Adobe Photoshop, and acts as technical checker for Martin Evenings Adobe Photoshop for Photographer, also published by Focal Press.
"A really useful book that explains how to escape from those inexplicable Mac conundrums and crashes and keep your Mac and Photoshop running sweetly."
Adam Woolfitt, photographer and author, UK"Please send me a copy as soon as the ink is dry!"
Katrin Eismann, author, educator and 'Photoshop Diva', USAThe Digital Workflow series offers clear, highly-illustrated, in-depth, practical guides to each part of the digital workflow process. Each guide helps photographers and digital image makers to work faster, work smarter and create great images. The focus is on what the working photographer and digital image maker need to know to get the job done.
WORK FASTER WORK SMARTER CREATE GREAT IMAGES
Focal Press Books: for photographers, by photographer
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Posted: July 20th, 2008, 10:51am CEST
Who could imagine today an electronic engineer designing an intergrated circuit using the classical "paper-and-pencil" method? The new technologies permit the fabrication of large systems containng complex building blocks satisfying tight specifications. Having thousands of interconnected transistors on a single chip is commonplace today. The design process reqires a sequence of analyses intermixed with component modifications in order to optimize the final product. Even the most skilled designer cannot avoid using the computer for such complex problems. Many computer programs for simulating electronic circuits are available on the market.
It is 10 years since publication of the first edition of soils of the past. In that time the subject of paleopedology has grown rapidly, and established itself within the mainstream of geological research.
Ancient soils contain vital mineralogical, geochemical, textural, and paleontological information about the continental environments in which they formed. Advances in isotope geochemistry and sequence-stratigraphic models allow ever more detailed reconstructions of environmental change from paleosols, and new insights into such diverse topics as atmospheric chemistry, global change, palaeoecology, geobiology and mass extinction.
This fully updated second edition of Soils of the Past describes the main types of ancient soil, procedures for their recognition and study, their classification and, most significantly, a wide array of examples of how paleosols have been used for paleoenvironmental reconstruction.
Soils of the past is written for advanced undergraduates studying paleopedology as part of a degree in geology, environmental science, or physical geography, and for interested professional earth scientists.
Why does Windows work the way it does? Why is Shut Down on the Start menu? (And why is there a Start button, anyway?) How can I tap into the dialog loop? Why does the GetWindowText function behave so strangely? Why are registry files called "hives"?
Many of Windows' quirks have perfectly logical explanations, rooted in history. Understand them, and you'll be more productive and a lot less frustrated. Raymond Chen--who's spent more than a decade on Microsoft's Windows development team--reveals the "hidden Windows" you need to know.
Chen's engaging style, deep insight, and thoughtful humor have made him one of the world's premier technology bloggers. Here he brings together behind-the-scenes explanations, invaluable technical advice, and illuminating anecdotes that bring Windows to life--and help you make the most of it.
A few of the things you'll find inside:
- What vending machines can teach you about effective user interfaces
- A deeper understanding of window and dialog management
- Why performance optimization can be so counterintuitive
- A peek at the underbelly of COM objects and the Visual C++ compiler
- Key details about backwards compatibility--what Windows does and why
- Windows program security holes most developers don't know about
- How to make your program a better Windows citizen
About the Author
Raymond Chen writes The Old New Thing, one of today's most influential technology blogs. A programmer at Microsoft Corporation, Chen has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than a decade. He also writes TechNet Magazine's Windows Confidential column and has been known to make appearances at technology events.
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Posted: July 20th, 2008, 7:40am CEST
A range of electronic corpora has become increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. Less attention, however, has been paid to making other types of digital data available. This is especially true of that which one might describe as 'unconventional', namely, the fragmentary texts and voices left to us as accidents of history. This book is a first step toward developing similar standards for enriching and preserving these neglected resources.
Only two or three decades ago, those of us who had the patience and the wherewithal to construct a computerized corpus of recorded speech, however clunky, were the envy of our colleagues. In those days, linguists interested in quantitative analysis simply slogged through their audio-tapes, extracting unfathomable quantities of data by hand. Cedergren, to name but one notable example, analyzed 53,038(!) tokens of phonological variables, culled individually from her tapes, in her 1973 analysis of Panamanian Spanish.
The gold standard for transcribed corpora at the time was the concordance, possessed by a fortunate few, and coveted by all who were doomed to manual extraction. Of course the vintage concordance was largely limited to lexically-based retrieval, but at least it was searchable. The papers that Joan Beal, Karen Corrigan and Hermann Moisl have assembled in these companion volumes are eloquent testimony to how far the field of corpus linguistics – now rife with electronic corpora – has come in so short a time.
A range of electronic corpora has become increasingly accessible via the WWW and CD-ROM. This development coincided with improvements in the standards governing the collecting, encoding and archiving of such data. Less attention, however, has been paid to making other types of digital data available. This is especially true of that which one might describe as 'unconventional', namely, dialects, child language and bilingual databases. This book is a first step toward developing similar standards for enriching and preserving these neglected resources.
Only two or three decades ago, those of us who had the patience and the wherewithal to construct a computerized corpus of recorded speech, however clunky, were the envy of our colleagues. In those days, linguists interested in quantitative analysis simply slogged through their audio-tapes, extracting unfathomable quantities of data by hand. Cedergren, to name but one notable example, analyzed 53,038(!) tokens of phonological variables, culled individually from her tapes, in her 1973 analysis of Panamanian Spanish.
The gold standard for transcribed corpora at the time was the concordance, possessed by a fortunate few, and coveted by all who were doomed to manual extraction. Of course the vintage concordance was largely limited to lexically-based retrieval, but at least it was searchable. The papers that Joan Beal, Karen Corrigan and Hermann Moisl have assembled in these companion volumes are eloquent testimony to how far the field of corpus linguistics – now rife with electronic corpora – has come in so short a time.
Digital forensics is probably the most intricate part of the cyber crime investigation process. It is often where the strongest evidence will come from. Digital forensics is the scientific acquisition, analysis, and preservation of data contained in electronic media whose information can be used as evidence in a court of law.The practice of Digital Forensics can be a career all in itself, and often is. Other times it is a subset of skills for a more general security practitioner. Although the corporate digital forensic practitioner is not a law enforcement officer, it is a wise practice to follow the same procedures as law enforcement does when performing digital forensics. Even in a corporate environment, the work one performs can quickly make it to a courtroom. Regardless if the case is civil or criminal the evidence will still be presented the same.
Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-647, a required exam for the new Microsoft® Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.
Focusing on Windows Server 2008 enterprise administration, topics include planning networks and application services; designing core identity and access management components; planning for migrating, upgrading, and restructuring domains and forests; implementing PKI; and designing virtualization strategy.
Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 300+ practice and review questions on the CD, which features multiple, customizable testing options. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and an exam discount voucher making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.
Key Book Benefits:
In-depth coverage of exam objectives and sub-objectives plus instructive case studies and troubleshooting scenarios to enhance your performance on the job  300+ practice and review questions  Test engine that enables customized testing, pre-assessment and post-assessment, and automated scoring and feedback  Handy exam-mapping grid  Evaluation version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition  15 percent exam-discount voucher from Microsoft (limited time offer)  Entire study guide in searchable eBook format
The first text and reference on this sea change in the computer industry
This book is the first comprehensive presentation of the principles and tools available for programming multiprocessor machines. It is of immediate use to programmers working with the new architectures. For example, the next generation of computer game consoles will all be multiprocessor-based, and the game industry is currently struggling to understand how to address the programming challenges presented by these machines.
This change in the industry is so fundamental that it is certain to require a significant response by universities, and courses on multicore programming will become a staple of computer science curriculums.
The authors are well known and respected in this community and both teach and conduct research in this area. Prof. Maurice Herlihy is on the faculty of Brown University. He is the recipient of the 2003 Dijkstra Prize in distributed computing. Prof. Nir Shavit is on the faculty of Tel-Aviv University and a member of the technical staff at Sun Microsystems Laboratories. In 2004 they shared the Gödel Prize, the highest award in theoretical computer science.
* THE book on multicore programming, the new paradigm of computer science
* Written by the world's most revered experts in multiprocessor programming and performance
* Includes examples, models, exercises, PowerPoint slides, and sample Java programs
About the Author
Maurice Herlihy received an A.B. in Mathematics from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from M.I.T. He has served on the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, on the staff of DEC Cambridge Research Lab, and is currently a Professor in the Computer Science Department at Brown University. Maurice Herlihy is an ACM Fellow, and is the recipient of the 2003 Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing. He shared the 2004 Gödel Prize with Nir Shavit, the highest award in theoretical computer science.
Nir Shavit received a B.A. and M.Sc. from the Technion and a Ph.D. from the Hebrew University, all in Computer Science. He spent several years as a Visiting Professor at M.I.T., and has intermittently been a member of technical staff at Sun Labs since 1999. Professor Shavit joined the faculty of the School of Computer Science at Tel-Aviv University in 1992. He shared the 2004 Gödel Prize with Maurice Herlihy, the highest award in theoretical computer science.
