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Desktop Encyclopedia of Voice and Data in Networking

McGraw-Hill, 1999

The telecommunications industry is changing rapidly in its quest to converge voice and data on high-performance multiservice networks that are designed to meet virtually any business and consumer need. These nextgeneration networks are being driven as much by the revenue-generating potential of new integrated applications as they are by the...

Game Programming All in One

Premier Press, 2002

When combined with Visual C++, Game Programming All in One provides everything you need to get started as a game developer. Divided into increasingly advanced sections, it covers the most important elements of game development. Less experienced developers can start with the basics of C++ programming and can test their skills by developing two...

Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse: The Quest for the Quantum Computer

Simon & Schuster, 2000

Just how smart can computers get? Science journalist Julian Brown takes a hard look at the spooky world of quantum computation in Minds, Machines, and the Multiverse--and his report is optimistic. Based in large part on the groundbreaking work of David Deutsch, the book mostly sidesteps the shouting matches of the AI debate and...

Darwin's Lost World: The Hidden History of Animal Life

Oxford University Press, 2009

Some 150 years ago, in 1859, Charles Darwin was greatly puzzled by a seeming absence of animal fossils in rocks older than the Cambrian period. He drew attention to a veritable Lost World that was later found to have spanned more than eighty per cent of Earth history. This book tells the story of his lost world, and of the quest to rescue its...

Oracle 10g RAC Grid, Services & Clustering

Digital Press, 2006

Oracle RAC and grid technology is transforming the economics of high-end database computing and is a technology that all Oracle professionals should become familiar with. Murali is one of the worlds foremost independent experts on Oracle RAC technology and his book contains everything you need to become proficient in both the theory and practice...

Quantum Mechanics of Fundamental Systems: The Quest for Beauty and Simplicity: Claudio Bunster Festschrift

Springer, 2009

This is a collection of contributed papers by former collaborators and colleagues of Claudio Bunster (formerly Teitelboim). The topics include General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, String Theory; from historical reviews to current research; from mathematical structures underlying the fundamental interactions, to cosmological scenarios describing the...

Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop

Sybex, 2004

Welcome to Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop and the cutting edge of photo-realistic and surrealistic design. If you’re a Photoshop artist coming to this book, sit back and enjoy the ride. The intent of the book is not to overwhelm you with technical details, but to help ease you into the world of Maya...

Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization

Apress, 2006

Pro SQL Server 2005 Database Design and Optimization will teach you effective strategies for designing proper databases. It covers everything from how to gather business requirements to logical data modeling and normalization. It then shows you how to implement your design on SQL Server 2005.

The authors also describe how to...

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook in 10 Minutes

Sams Publishing, 2009

Sams Teach Yourself Facebook in 10 Minutes offers straightforward, practical answers

when you need fast results. By working through 10-minute lessons, you’ll learn everything you

need to know to quickly and easily get up to speed with Facebook.

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Parsing the Turing Test: Philosophical and Methodological Issues in the Quest for the Thinking Computer

Springer, 2008

Parsing the Turing Test is a landmark exploration of both the philosophical and methodological issues surrounding the search for true artificial intelligence. Will computers and robots ever think and communicate the way humans do? When a computer crosses the threshold into self-consciousness, will it immediately jump into the Internet and create a...

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest: Resource Use and Conservation

Academic Press, 2013

Diagnosing Wild Species Harvest bridges gaps of knowledge fragmented among scientific disciplines as it addresses this multifaceted phenomenon that is simultaneously global and local. The authors emphasize the interwoven nature of issues specific to the ecological, economic, and socio-cultural realms of wild species harvest.

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Prayers for Knowing God

Harvest House Publishers, 2021

“As you get to know God through relational communication with Him, may He reveal Himself more fully to you and give you greater grace and peace each day.”
—Dr. Tony Evans (stylize as signature)

In times of crisis and change, knowing God is the only path to heart-deep stability...

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