Thursday, December 8, 2011

Flash Programming Complete Ebook Collection

Flash Programming Complete Ebook Collection
Flash Programming Complete Ebook Collection
Language: English | Ebook Collection | 402 eBooks | PDF + HTML | 1.5 GB

CONTENT:

3D for the Web -Interactive 3D Animation Using 3DS Max, Flash and Director.pdf
50 Fast Flash MX Techniques 2002.pdf
ActionScript 3.0 (2006).chm
ActionScript Cookbook 2003.chm
ActionScript Cookbook Flash 2003.chm
Advanced ActionScript 3 With Design Patterns (2006).chm
Advanced Flash Interface Design (2006).pdf
Beginning ActionScript 2.0 2006.pdf

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Building Flash Web Sites For Dummies (2006).pdf
Complete Flash Remoting MX 2003.pdf
Creating Components in Flash MX 2002.pdf
Essential ActionScript 2.0 2004.chm
Flash - ActionScript Dictionary.pdf
Flash 3D Cheats Most Wanted 2003.chm
Flash 8 - Projects For Learning Animation And Interactivity (2006).chm
Flash 8 ActionScript Bible (2006).pdf
Flash 8 Cookbook (2006).chm
Flash ActionScript Visual Blueprint 2002.pdf
Flash Hacks - 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools (2004).chm
Flash Hacks 2004.chm
Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Bible.pdf
Flash MX 2004 ActionScript Language Reference.pdf
Flash MX 2004 and Video.pdf
Flash MX 2004 Flash Lite User Guide.pdf
Flash MX 2004 FlashLite 1.1 Authoring Guidelines.pdf
Flash MX 2004 FlashLite Authoring Guidelines for i-mode DoCoMo.pdf
Flash MX 2004 Games Art to ActionScript 2004.pdf
Flash MX 2004 Using Components.pdf
Flash MX ActionScript For Designers 2002.pdf
Flash MX Advanced For Windows and Macintosh - Visual QuickPro Guide 2002.pdf
Flash MX Design for TV and Video 2003.pdf
Flash MX Tutorials 2002.pdf
Flash Remoting - The Definitive Guide 2003.chm
Flash Web Design The Art of Motion Graphics 2000.chm
Foundation ActionScript For Flash 8 (2006).pdf
Foundation Flash Applications For Mobile Devices (2006).pdf
Learn Programming with Flash MX 2003.chm
Macromedia Flash 8 - A Tutorial Guide (2005).chm
Macromedia Flash 8 ActionScript - Training From The Source (2006).chm
Macromedia Flash 8 Bible (2006).chm
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Data Tutorials.pdf
Macromedia Flash MX 2004 Flash Javscript Dictionary.pdf
Macromedia Flash MX Advanced 2002 .pdf
Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 (2006).pdf
Object-Oriented ActionScript For Flash 8 2006.pdf
Object-Oriented Programming with ActionScript 2.0 Flash 2004.chm
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Using video in Macromedia Flash MX 2002.pdf
Web Design - How to Build A Complete Website With Flash.pdf


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Linux Complete Ebooks Collection

Linux Complete Ebooks Collection
Linux Complete Ebooks Collection
Language: English | PDF & CHM | Collection book | 624 MB

CONTENTS:

1. Essentials Books

How Linux Works - What Every Super-User Should Know.chm
Linux Bible 2008 Edition.pdf
Linux Newbie Administrator Guide.pdf
Linux The Complete Reference.pdf
Linux Annoyances For Geeks.chm
Backup And Recovery.pdf

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Dns in Action A Detailed and Practical Guide to Dns.pdf
Ebook Teach Yourself Linux In 24 Hours Sharereactor.pdf
Hacking Linux Exposed.pdf
Linux Timesaving Techniques for Dummies.pdf
Linux Troubleshooting For System Administrators And Power Users .chm
Linux+ Certification_Bible.pdf
O'Reilly - Essential System Administration 3rd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Learning Red Hat Enterprise Linux & Fedora 4th Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Learning the bash Shell 2nd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Learning the Vi Editor 6th Edition.pdf
O'Reilly - Linux Cookbook.chm
O'Reilly - Linux in a Nutshell 4th Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Linux Server Hacks.pdf
O'Reilly - Practical Unix & Internet Security 3rd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Running Linux 4th Edition.pdf
O'Reilly - UNIX in a Nutshell 3rd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - UNIX Power Tools 3rd Edition.chm
OReilly Linux System Administration.pdf
Red Hat Linux Security And Optimization.pdf
User Mode Linux.chm

2. Cluster

Linux Enterprise Cluster.chm
OReilly High Performance Linux Clusters With Oscar Rocks openmosix And Mpi.chm
The MIT Press Beowulf Cluster Computing With Linux Second Edition.chm

3. Core Linux Concepts (Kernel,Networking,FineTuning,Device Drivers,Thin Client)

Linux Thin Client Networks Design and Deployment.pdf
O'Reilly - Linux Device Drivers 2nd Edition.pdf
O'Reilly - Understanding the Linux Kernel 2nd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Understanding The Linux Kernel.pdf
OReilly Linux Unwired.chm
OReilly Zero Configuration Networking The Definitive Guide.chm
Understanding Linux Network Internals.chm

4. DNS

Bind9 Administration Reference Manual.pdf
DNS & BIND Cookbook.chm
DNS and BIND, 5th ed.chm
Dns in Action A Detailed and Practical Guide to Dns.pdf
Pro DNS and BIND.pdf

5. Essentials Networking (VPN,SNMP,Load Balancing)

Linux The Complete Reference.pdf
O'Reilly - Essential SNMP.chm
O'Reilly - Essential SNMP.pdf
O'Reilly - Ethernet Definitive Guide.pdf
O'Reilly - Linux Network Administrator's Guide 2nd Edition.pdf
O'Reilly - Server Load Balancing.pdf
O'Reilly - The Network Administration Guide.chm
O'Reilly - Virtual Private Networks 2nd Edition.pdf
OpenVPN - Building And Integrating Virtual Private Networks.pdf

6. IDS Firewall & Security

Configuring IPCop Firewalls - Closing Borders With Open Source.pdf
Hacking Linux Exposed.pdf
O'Reilly Building Internet Firewalls 2nd Edition.pdf
O'Reilly - Building Secure Servers with Linux.chm
O'Reilly - Building Secure Servers with Linux.pdf
O'Reilly - Kerberos The Definitive Guide.chm
O'Reilly - Linux Security Cookbook.chm
O'Reilly - Linux Server Hacks.pdf
O'Reilly - Network Security with OpenSSL.pdf
O'Reilly - Practical Unix & Internet Security 3rd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - RADIUS.chm
SANS Institute Securing Linux A Survival Guide for Linux Security.chm
Security Warrior.chm
Snort For Dummies.pdf
The Best Damn Firewall Book Period .pdf
The Tao Of Network Security Monitoring - Beyond Intrusion Detection.chm

7. LDAP

O'Reilly - LDAP System Administration.chm
8.Mail Servers
O'Reilly - Postfix The Definitive Guide.chm
O'Reilly - Postfix The Definitive Guide.pdf
O'Reilly - qmail.chm
O'Reilly sendmail 4th Edition.pdf

8.NFS & NIS

O'Reilly - Managing NFS and NIS 2nd Edt.pdf

9.Samba

O'Reilly Samba 2nd Edition.chm

10.SELinux

SELinux By Example - Using Security Enhanced Linux .chm
SELinux NSAs Open Source Security Enhanced Linux .chm

11. Squid

O'Reilly - Squid The Definitive Guide.chm
O'Reilly - Squid The Definitive Guide.pdf

12. SSH & VPN

IPsec Virtual Private Network Fundamentals.chm
O'Reilly - SSH The Secure Shell The Definitive Guide.pdf
O'Reilly - The Secure Shell The Definitive Guide.pdf
O'Reilly - Virtual Private Networks 2nd Edition.pdf

13. Web Server - Apache

Apache Server 2 Bible.pdf
O'Reilly Apache Cookbook.chm
O'Reilly Apache The Definitive Guide 3rd Edition.chm
O'Reilly - Apache The Definitive Guide 3rd Edition.pdf
O'reilly - The Apache Definitive Guide 2nd Edition.pdf
Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux and Apache.chm

14. BSD

Backup And Recovery.pdf
O'Reilly - BSD Hacks.pdf
O'Reilly - Learning the UNIX Operating System.pdf
O'Reilly - The Complete FreeBSD.pdf
UNIX Administration A Comprehensive Sourcebook for Effective Systems and Network Management.pdf
Evolution, Design, & Implementation.pdf
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Mohamed E. El-Hawary - Electrical Power Systems: Design and Analysis


Mohamed E. El-Hawary - Electrical Power Systems: Design and Analysis
Publisher: Wilеy-IЕEE Prеss | 1995-02-23 | ISBN: 078031140X | PDF | 808 pages | 22.97 MB


This comprehensive textbook introduces electrical engineers to the most relevant concepts and techniques in electric power systems engineering today. With an emphasis on practical motivations for choosing the best design and analysis approaches, the author carefully integrates theory and application.
Key features include more than 500 illustrations and diagrams, clearly developed procedures and application examples, important mathematical details, coverage of both alternating and direct current, an additional set of solved problems at the end of each chapter, and an historical overview of the development of electric power systems. This book will be useful to both power engineering students and professional power engineers.


Almost Ring Theory (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)


Almost Ring Theory (Lecture Notes in Mathematics)
Language: English | Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 3540405941 | 2003 | PDF | 313 pages | 2 mb

The authors develop thorough and complete foundations for the method of almost etale extensions, which is at the basis of Faltings' approach to p-adic Hodge theory. The central notion is that of an "almost ring". Almost rings are the commutative unitary monoids in a tensor category obtained as a quotient V-Mod/S of the category V-Mod of modules over a fixed ring V; the subcategory S consists of all modules annihilated by a fixed ideal m of V, satisfying certain natural conditions. The reader is assumed to be familiar with general categorical notions, some basic commutative algebra and some advanced homological algebra (derived categories, simplicial methods). Apart from these general prerequisites, the text is as self-contained as possible. One novel feature of the book - compared with Faltings' earlier treatment - is the systematic exploitation of the cotangent complex, especially for the study of deformations of almost algebras.

"The Handy Philosophy Answer Book" by Naomi Zack PhD

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Donkeys (Animals Animals) by Darice Bailer


Donkeys (Animals Animals) by Darice Bailer
Marshall Cavendish Children's Books | 2011 | ISBN: 0761448756 | English | 47 pages | PDF | 4.05 MB

"Provides comprehensive information on the anatomy, special skills, habitats, and diet of donkeys"--Provided by publisher.

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Speech Processing in the Auditory System


Speech Processing in the Auditory System
Language: English | Publisher: Springer | ISBN: 1441918310 | 2010 | PDF | 510 pages | 4,5 mb

Although speech is the primary behavioral medium by which humans communicate, its auditory basis is poorly understood, having profound implications on efforts to ameliorate the behavioral consequences of hearing impairment and on the development of robust algorithms for computer speech recognition. In this volume, the authors provide an up-to-date synthesis of recent research in the area of speech processing in the auditory system, bringing together a diverse range of scientists to present the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective. Of particular concern is the ability to understand speech in uncertain, potentially adverse acoustic environments, currently the bane of both hearing aid and speech recognition technology. There is increasing evidence that the perceptual stability characteristic of speech understanding is due, at least in part, to elegant transformations of the acoustic signal performed by auditory mechanisms. As a comprehensive review of speech's auditory basis, this book will interest physiologists, anatomists, psychologists, phoneticians, computer scientists, biomedical and electrical engineers, and clinicians.

Jeffrey Bloechl - Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics

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Jeffrey Bloechl - Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics
Publisher: Indiаna Univеrsity Prеss | 2003-10-21 | ISBN: 0253215927, 0253342260 | PDF | 224 pages | 1.15 MB


Does religious thinking stand in opposition to postmodernity? Does the existence of God present the ultimate challenge to metaphysics? Strands of continental thought, especially those running from Kant, Husserl, and Heidegger, focus on individual consciousness as the horizon for all meaning and provide modern philosophy of religion with much of its present ferment. In Religious Experience and the End of Metaphysics, 11 influential continental philosophers share the conviction that religious thinking cannot afford to disengage from the challenges of modern European philosophy. Together they provide a rich and intriguing set of answers to questions surrounding the meaning of religious experience. Topics include subjectivity, selfhood, and rationality; language, community, and ethics; the influence of Jewish and eastern religions on religious experience; God as phenomenology; and religion in the postmodern age. These lucid and arresting essays bring together many of the leading voices in the contemporary continental debate on God and religion.

Zweigart's Christmas Ideas (Weihnachts-Ideen)


Zweigart's Christmas Ideas (Weihnachts-Ideen)
Zweigart | 2011 | ISBN: N/A | 35 pages | English/German/French/Dutch | PDF | 25.30 MB

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Professional WinFX Beta


Professional WinFX Beta
Language: English | Publisher: Wrox | ISBN: 076457874X | 2005 | PDF | 257 pages | 4 mb

Professional WinFX Beta: Covers "Avalon" Windows Presentation Foundation and "Indigo" Windows Communication Foundation

Windows development is about to dramatically change! WinFX is an object-oriented API that will allow you to create applications that take advantage of the exciting features in Windows® Vista (previously known as "Longhorn") while remaining compatible with Windows®XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003. Written by a team of Microsoft experts, this book introduces you to the pillars of this next-generation operating system, guiding you through the Windows Presentation Foundation (previously known as "Avalon") and the Windows Communication Foundation (previously known as "Indigo").

You'll first learn how to use the new Windows Presentation Foundation to create effective forms, use the XAML markup language, work with 2D and 3D graphics, and see how XAML interoperates with existing Windows Forms technology. Then you'll discover how to build Web Services and improve communication capabilities with the Windows Communication Foundation and architecture. You'll learn how to migrate existing DCOM and .NET remoting applications to Windows Communication Foundation or to make them interoperate with Windows Communication Foundation. Finally you'll work with integrating Microsoft ADO.NET and ASP.NET with Windows Presentation Foundation forms and data in the WinFX framework.

What you will learn from this book

Techniques for creating and deploying WinFX applications from scratch and upgrading your current Windows .NET applications to incorporate WinFX
How to use XAML to build a variety of forms, from simple to complex implementations
Best practices for working with the Windows Presentation Foundation's themes, controls, annotation, and 3D features
To implement secure, reliable messaging and transactions with Windows Communication Foundation and Microsoft Message Queueing
To work with WinFX on any supported platform: Windows XP SP2, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista
How to develop and implement Web Services using the Windows Communication Foundation

Lynda.com - HTML5: Drag and Drop in Depth


Lynda.com - HTML5: Drag and Drop in Depth | 144 MB
Duration: 1h 00m | Video: AVC (.mov) 960x540 15fps 250Kbps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 96Kbps 1ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English

In HTML5: Drag and Drop in Depth, Bill Weinman shows how to make just about any web page element draggable with a combination of JavaScript and HTML5, a technique that has increased browser support and that eliminates the need for external libraries such as jQuery. The course covers how to detect drag-and-drop support in the user's browser, code a simple event listener, use a drop zone, and even receive dropped objects without a drop zone. A simple working example game, a practical implementation of drag-and-drop that can be applied to almost any web site, is also demonstrated. Exercise files are included with the course.

Topics include:

* Exploring the HTML/Javascript/CSS/DOM relationship
* Detecting drag and drop support
* Using the HTML5 draggable and dropzone attributes and onDragStart event
* Exploring different events
* Receiving drops with or without a drop zone
* Creating a simple game

Bart Kummel, "Apache MyFaces 1.2 Web Application Development"

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C: How to Program (6th Edition)


C: How to Program (6th Edition)
Deitel | English | 2010 | ISBN: 0136123562 | 1000 pages | PDF | 8 MB

C How to Program, 6e, is ideal for introductory courses in C Programming. Also for courses in Programming for Engineers, Programming for Business, and Programming for Technology. This text provides a valuable reference for programmers and anyone interested in learning the C programming language.

PHP and MongoDB Web Development Beginner's Guide By Rubayeet Islam

PHP and MongoDB Web Development Beginner's Guide

PHP and MongoDB Web Development Beginner's Guide By Rubayeet Islam
Publisher: Pa..ckt Pub..lish..ing 2011 | 292 Pages | ISBN: 1849513627 | PDF | 6 MB



  • Combine the power of PHP and MongoDB to build dynamic web 2.0 applications
  • Learn to build PHP-powered dynamic web applications using MongoDB as the data backend
  • Handle user sessions, store real-time site analytics, build location-aware web apps, and much more, all using MongoDB and PHP
  • Full of step-by-step instructions and practical examples, along with challenges to test and improve your knowledge

In Detail
With the rise of Web 2.0, the need for a highly scalable database, capable of storing diverse user-generated content is increasing. MongoDB, an open-source, non-relational database has stepped up to meet this demand and is being used in some of the most popular websites in the world. MongoDB is one of the NoSQL databases which is gaining popularity for developing PHP Web 2.0 applications.
PHP and MongoDB Web Development Beginner's Guide is a fast-paced, hands-on guide to get started with web application development using PHP and MongoDB. The book follows a "Code first, explain later" approach, using practical examples in PHP to demonstrate unique features of MongoDB. It does not overwhelm you with information (or starve you of it), but gives you enough to get a solid practical grasp on the concepts.
The book starts by introducing the underlying concepts of MongoDB. Each chapter contains practical examples in PHP that teache specific features of the database.
The book teaches you to build a blogging application, handle user sessions and authentication, and perform aggregation with MapReduce. You will learn unique MongoDB features and solve interesting problems like real-time analytics, location-aware web apps etc. You will be guided to use MongoDB alongside MySQL to build a diverse data back-end.
With its concise coverage of concepts and numerous practical examples, PHP and MongoDB Web Development Beginner's Guide is the right choice for the PHP developer to get started with learning MongoDB.

What you will learn from this book
  • Get MongoDB up and running on the machine (Windows/Mac/Linux)
  • Build a PHP-powered website with MongoDB as the data storage
  • Handle HTTP sessions with MongoDB
  • Store website analytics data in real time
  • Process large datasets with MapReduce
  • Use MongoDB to supplement your existing relational database - build data archives, cache tiers, store results of expensive SQL queries in MongoDB
  • Build location-aware web applications
  • Optimize MongoDB for better performance and security
Approach
The book follows a "Code first, explain later" approach, using practical examples in PHP to demonstrate unique features of MongoDB. This book is packed with step-by-step instructions and practical examples, along with challenges to test and improve your knowledge.

Who this book is written for
This book assumes that you are experienced in web application development using PHP, HTML, and CSS. Having working knowledge of using a relational database system such as MySQL will help you grasp some of the concepts quicker, but it is not strictly mandatory. No prior knowledge of MongoDB is required.


Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, "IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook"

Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, "IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook"
I B M Pre ss | English | 2009-01-03 | ISBN: 0137148194 | 960 pages | PDF | 29.7 mb

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® appliances can simplify SOA deployment, strengthen SOA security, enhance SOA performance, and dramatically improve SOA return on investment. In this book, a team of IBM’s leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower SOA appliances in any IT environment.

The authors present IBM DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems.

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook begins by introducing the rationale for SOA appliances and explaining how DataPower appliances work from network, security, and Enterprise Service Bus perspectives. Next, the authors walk through DataPower installation and configuration; then they present deep detail on DataPower’s role and use as a network device.

Using many real-world examples, the authors systematically introduce the services available on DataPower devices, especially the “big three”: XML Firewall, Web Service Proxy, and Multi-Protocol Gateway. They also present thorough and practical guidance on day-to-day DataPower management, including, monitoring, configuration build and deploy techniques.

Coverage includes:
• Configuring DataPower’s network interfaces for common scenarios
• Implementing DataPower deployment patterns for security gateway, ESB, and Web service management applications
• Proxying Web applications with DataPower
• Systematically addressing the security vulnerabilities associated with Web services and XML
• Integrating security with WebSphere Application Server
• Mastering DataPower XSLT custom programming
• Troubleshooting using both built-in and external tools


David Pogue, "Macs For Dummies, Eighth Edition"


David Pogue, "Macs For Dummies, Eighth Edition"
Publisher: Wiley Publishing | ISBN: 0764556568 | edition 2004 | PDF | 409 pages | 14 mb

The Mac is famous for its user-friendliness. Maybe that’s why you bought one in the first place. But to make the most of all its marvelous capabilities, you’ll be glad to have an equally friendly resource to help you use it.
Written by the renowned New York Times technology columnist David Pogue, Macs For Dummies has long been the bestselling Mac book because it provides just what you need to know to get the best performance from your Mac. And like the Mac itself, this book is easy to use, with plain-English explanations and step-by-step instructions. The revised eighth edition covers

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Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, "IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook"


Bill Hines, John Rasmussen, Jaime Ryan, "IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook"
I B M Pre ss | English | 2009-01-03 | ISBN: 0137148194 | 960 pages | PDF | 29.7 mb

IBM® WebSphere® DataPower® appliances can simplify SOA deployment, strengthen SOA security, enhance SOA performance, and dramatically improve SOA return on investment. In this book, a team of IBM’s leading experts show how to make the most of DataPower SOA appliances in any IT environment.

The authors present IBM DataPower information and insights that are available nowhere else. Writing for working architects, administrators, and security specialists, they draw extensively on their deep experience helping IBM customers use DataPower technologies to solve challenging system integration problems.

IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliance Handbook begins by introducing the rationale for SOA appliances and explaining how DataPower appliances work from network, security, and Enterprise Service Bus perspectives. Next, the authors walk through DataPower installation and configuration; then they present deep detail on DataPower’s role and use as a network device.

Using many real-world examples, the authors systematically introduce the services available on DataPower devices, especially the “big three”: XML Firewall, Web Service Proxy, and Multi-Protocol Gateway. They also present thorough and practical guidance on day-to-day DataPower management, including, monitoring, configuration build and deploy techniques.

Coverage includes:
• Configuring DataPower’s network interfaces for common scenarios
• Implementing DataPower deployment patterns for security gateway, ESB, and Web service management applications
• Proxying Web applications with DataPower
• Systematically addressing the security vulnerabilities associated with Web services and XML
• Integrating security with WebSphere Application Server
• Mastering DataPower XSLT custom programming
• Troubleshooting using both built-in and external tools


Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003


Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003
608 pages | Sybex; 3 edition (February 20, 2003) | ISBN-10: 0782140793 | PDF | 7.3 Mb

Master the Technology That Enables You to Master Network Management

Active Directory represents an enormous advance in network administration. It provides a vast set of powerful tools and technologies for managing a network within a native Windows environment. Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 is the resource you need to take full advantage of all it has to offer. You get a sound introduction to network directory services, then detailed, practical instruction in the work of implementing Active Directory and using all of its tools. This edition has been completely updated to address features new to Active Directory for Windows Server 2003. Coverage includes:
Understanding the concept of a network directory service
Understanding benefits specific to Microsoft's Active Directory
Analyzing business needs
Designing your Active Directory environment
Developing and executing a roll-out plan
Securing the Active Directory database
Installing and configuring DNS under AD
Creating users, groups, and objects
Implementing group policies
Modifying the Active Directory schema
Controlling Active Directory sites
Managing replication
Performing backups and recoveries
Migrating from both Windows NT and Novell environments
Integrating Active Directory and Novell Directory Services

Ann McHoes, Ida M. Flynn, "Understanding Operating Systems, 6 edition"


Ann McHoes, Ida M. Flynn, "Understanding Operating Systems, 6 edition"
C..rse Te..nology | 2010 | ISBN: 143907920X | 592 pages | PDF | 10,6 MB

Now in its Sixth Edition, UNDERSTANDING OPERATING SYSTEMS continues to provide a clear and straightforward explanation of operating theory and practice. As in previous editions, the book's highly-regarded structure begins with a discussion of fundamentals before moving on to specific operating systems. This edition has been updated and modernized; now included are enhanced discussions of the latest innovation evolutions (multi-core processing, wireless technologies, PDA and telephone operating systems, and Blu-ray optical storage) and how they affect operating systems. Revised Research Topics in the exercise section encourage independent research among students. Content in the final four chapters has been updated to include information about a few of the latest versions of UNIX (including specific mention of the latest Macintosh OS), Linux, and Windows

Nitin Indurkhya, Frederick Jacob Damerau, "Handbook of Natural Language Processing"

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Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003


Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003
608 pages | Sybex; 3 edition (February 20, 2003) | ISBN-10: 0782140793 | PDF | 7.3 Mb

Master the Technology That Enables You to Master Network Management

Active Directory represents an enormous advance in network administration. It provides a vast set of powerful tools and technologies for managing a network within a native Windows environment. Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 is the resource you need to take full advantage of all it has to offer. You get a sound introduction to network directory services, then detailed, practical instruction in the work of implementing Active Directory and using all of its tools. This edition has been completely updated to address features new to Active Directory for Windows Server 2003. Coverage includes:
Understanding the concept of a network directory service
Understanding benefits specific to Microsoft's Active Directory
Analyzing business needs
Designing your Active Directory environment
Developing and executing a roll-out plan
Securing the Active Directory database
Installing and configuring DNS under AD
Creating users, groups, and objects
Implementing group policies
Modifying the Active Directory schema
Controlling Active Directory sites
Managing replication
Performing backups and recoveries
Migrating from both Windows NT and Novell environments
Integrating Active Directory and Novell Directory Services

Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003


Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003
608 pages | Sybex; 3 edition (February 20, 2003) | ISBN-10: 0782140793 | PDF | 7.3 Mb

Master the Technology That Enables You to Master Network Management

Active Directory represents an enormous advance in network administration. It provides a vast set of powerful tools and technologies for managing a network within a native Windows environment. Mastering Active Directory for Windows Server 2003 is the resource you need to take full advantage of all it has to offer. You get a sound introduction to network directory services, then detailed, practical instruction in the work of implementing Active Directory and using all of its tools. This edition has been completely updated to address features new to Active Directory for Windows Server 2003. Coverage includes:
Understanding the concept of a network directory service
Understanding benefits specific to Microsoft's Active Directory
Analyzing business needs
Designing your Active Directory environment
Developing and executing a roll-out plan
Securing the Active Directory database
Installing and configuring DNS under AD
Creating users, groups, and objects
Implementing group policies
Modifying the Active Directory schema
Controlling Active Directory sites
Managing replication
Performing backups and recoveries
Migrating from both Windows NT and Novell environments
Integrating Active Directory and Novell Directory Services

Mastering PHP 4.1


Mastering PHP 4.1
800 pages | Sybex | ISBN-10: 0782129242 | CHM | 3.5 Mb

Build Dynamic, Database-Driven Web Sites

PHP is a fully developed, server-side embedded scripting language, and its importance for web application development has grown with the rise of the Apache web server. Are you a novice programmer? This book starts with the basics and takes you wherever you want to go. A seasoned pro? You'll be amazed at how much you can capitalize on PHP's power and object-oriented support, and how it leverages your knowledge of other languages. Finally, if you're a PHP user in search of an authoritative reference, you need look no further. Mastering PHP 4.1 guides you through all levels of real-world web programming problems and provides expert advice on which solutions work best.

Coverage Includes:
Reading and writing files
Validating data with regular expressions
Accessing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
Accessing LDAP servers
Generating images and PDF documents on the fly
Building authentication and access-control systems
Sending e-mail and building web-to-e-mail interfaces
Creating your own classes
Closing common security holes in PHP scripts
Parsing and generating XML documents
Using sessions to store persistent data
Debugging misbehaving scripts
Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data

Mastering PHP 4.1


Mastering PHP 4.1
800 pages | Sybex | ISBN-10: 0782129242 | CHM | 3.5 Mb

Build Dynamic, Database-Driven Web Sites

PHP is a fully developed, server-side embedded scripting language, and its importance for web application development has grown with the rise of the Apache web server. Are you a novice programmer? This book starts with the basics and takes you wherever you want to go. A seasoned pro? You'll be amazed at how much you can capitalize on PHP's power and object-oriented support, and how it leverages your knowledge of other languages. Finally, if you're a PHP user in search of an authoritative reference, you need look no further. Mastering PHP 4.1 guides you through all levels of real-world web programming problems and provides expert advice on which solutions work best.

Coverage Includes:
Reading and writing files
Validating data with regular expressions
Accessing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
Accessing LDAP servers
Generating images and PDF documents on the fly
Building authentication and access-control systems
Sending e-mail and building web-to-e-mail interfaces
Creating your own classes
Closing common security holes in PHP scripts
Parsing and generating XML documents
Using sessions to store persistent data
Debugging misbehaving scripts
Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data

Mastering PHP 4.1


Mastering PHP 4.1
800 pages | Sybex | ISBN-10: 0782129242 | CHM | 3.5 Mb

Build Dynamic, Database-Driven Web Sites

PHP is a fully developed, server-side embedded scripting language, and its importance for web application development has grown with the rise of the Apache web server. Are you a novice programmer? This book starts with the basics and takes you wherever you want to go. A seasoned pro? You'll be amazed at how much you can capitalize on PHP's power and object-oriented support, and how it leverages your knowledge of other languages. Finally, if you're a PHP user in search of an authoritative reference, you need look no further. Mastering PHP 4.1 guides you through all levels of real-world web programming problems and provides expert advice on which solutions work best.

Coverage Includes:
Reading and writing files
Validating data with regular expressions
Accessing MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
Accessing LDAP servers
Generating images and PDF documents on the fly
Building authentication and access-control systems
Sending e-mail and building web-to-e-mail interfaces
Creating your own classes
Closing common security holes in PHP scripts
Parsing and generating XML documents
Using sessions to store persistent data
Debugging misbehaving scripts
Encrypting and decrypting sensitive data

Jacques Kimman, "Towards 0-Impact Buildings and Built Environments"


Jacques Kimman, "Towards 0-Impact Buildings and Built Environments"
Publisher: Techne Press | ISBN: 9085940281 | 2011 | PDF | 224 pages | 6.2 MB

This book is a compilation of key notes and best papers of the 2010 Sustainable Building Euregional Conference. The book addresses questions on how to design new buildings and districts with optimized energy and water systems with materials that neither deplete resources, nor add to climate change by CO2 emissions. 0-impact goes one step further than 0-energy. It addresses building and design issues from an environmentally neutral perspective. It not only includes energy-neutral building, but adds the challenge of water use, production and use of materials, and land use.

No Mirrors!!!


Dean Frederick Steiner, "The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning"


Dean Frederick Steiner, "The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning"
Publisher: Island Press; 2 edition | ISBN: 1597263966 | 2008 | PDF | 496 pages | 10.1 MB

The Living Landscape is a manifesto, resource, and textbook for architects, landscape architects, environmental planners, students, and others involved in creating human communities. Since its first edition, published in 1990, it has taught its readers how to develop new built environments while conserving natural resources. No other book presents such a comprehensive approach to planning that is rooted in ecology and design. And no other book offers a similar step-by-step method for planning with an emphasis on sustainable development. This second edition of The Living Landscape offers Frederick Steiner’s design-oriented ecological methods to a new generation of students and professionals.

The Living Landscape offers

• a systematic, highly practical approach to landscape planning that maximizes ecological objectives, community service, and citizen participation
• more than 20 challenging case studies that demonstrate how problems were met and overcome, from rural America to large cities
• scores of checklists and step-by-step guides
• hands-on help with practical zoning, land use, and regulatory issues
• coverage of major advances in GIS technology and global sustainability standards
• more than 150 illustrations.

As Steiner emphasizes throughout this book, all of us have a responsibility to the Earth and to our fellow residents on this planet to plan with vision. We are merely visiting this planet, he notes; we should leave good impressions.

No Mirrors!!!


El Derecho a La Arquitectura By Arnoldo Gaite


El Derecho a La Arquitectura By Arnoldo Gaite
Publisher: Nob,.,uko 2004 | 118 Pages | ISBN: 9502900332 | PDF | 6 MB



Las ideas expuestas en esta breve publicación fueron escritas hace ya más de quince años, acompañadas por las mismas fotos y dibujos desde su primera edición. Estos pensamientos fueron recibidos con naturalidad durante los años iniciales de su aparición, porque hasta fines del 90 coincidían con las opiniones vigentes en la sociedad y en su mayor parte con las del poder gobernante. Solamente las dificultades económicas del momento, se interponían para operar adecuadamente en la corrección de los problemas señalados en la publicación.
Pudimos observar en su momento, que los escritos contribuían a poner orden en el conocimiento elemental de problemas de arquitectura, centrados en las necesidades sociales de derechos incumplidos, donde se destaca la carencia de viviendas adecuadas.




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Alison G. Kwok, Walter T. Grondzik, "The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design"


Alison G. Kwok, Walter T. Grondzik, "The Green Studio Handbook: Environmental Strategies for Schematic Design"
Architectural Press | English | 2006-12-26 | ISBN: 0750680229 | 389 pages | PDF | 17.7 mb

With more and more clients and architecture schools demanding 'green' design, both student and professional architects need to get up to speed quickly with the vast range of techniques in this fast moving area.

This extensive and user-friendly handbook presents practical guidelines for applying environmental strategies during the schematic design of green buildings. For each strategy, the book provides: brief descriptions of principles and concepts, step-by-step approaches for integrating technologies into the early stages of design, annotated tables and charts to assist with preliminary design sizing, key issues to be aware of when implementing a given strategy, and references to the most recent international standards and rating systems, guidelines, and internet resources.

The text is reinforced with conceptual sketches and photos in full color, illustrating each strategy. A discussion of the green design process and case studies of several green building projects puts the strategies presented in context.

- Provides information required to implement green design ideas with confidence and accuracy.
- Practical information provided in an easy-to-use format.
- Full colour images throughout.

Dean Frederick Steiner, "The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning"


Dean Frederick Steiner, "The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning"
Isl.nd Press | 2008 | ISBN: 1597263966 | 496 pages | PDF | 10,1 MB

The Living Landscape is a manifesto, resource, and textbook for architects, landscape architects, environmental planners, students, and others involved in creating human communities. Since its first edition, published in 1990, it has taught its readers how to develop new built environments while conserving natural resources. No other book presents such a comprehensive approach to planning that is rooted in ecology and design. And no other book offers a similar step-by-step method for planning with an emphasis on sustainable development. This second edition of The Living Landscape offers Frederick Steiner’s design-oriented ecological methods to a new generation of students and professionals.

The Living Landscape offers

• a systematic, highly practical approach to landscape planning that maximizes ecological objectives, community service, and citizen participation
• more than 20 challenging case studies that demonstrate how problems were met and overcome, from rural America to large cities
• scores of checklists and step-by-step guides
• hands-on help with practical zoning, land use, and regulatory issues
• coverage of major advances in GIS technology and global sustainability standards
• more than 150 illustrations.

As Steiner emphasizes throughout this book, all of us have a responsibility to the Earth and to our fellow residents on this planet to plan with vision. We are merely visiting this planet, he notes; we should leave good impressions.


Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"


Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"
Pri....on Ar..it.Pr..s | 2008-04-09 | ISBN: 1568986270 | 334 pages | PDF | 21,8 MB

China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside in its wake. The speed and scale of China's urban revolution challenges nearly all our expectations about architecture, urbanism and city planning. China's ambition to be a major player on the global stage is written on the skylines of every major city. This is a nation on the rise, and it is building for the record books.

China is now home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers and biggest shopping malls; the longest bridges and largest airport; the most expansive theme parks and gated communities and even the world's largest skateboard park. And by 2020 China's national network of expressways will exceed in length even the American interstate highway system. China's construction industry, employing a workforce equal to the population of California, has been erecting billions of square feet of housing and office space every year. But such extensive development has also meant demolition on a scale unprecedented in the peacetime history of the world. Nearly all of Beijing's centuries-old cityscape has been bulldozed in recent years, and redevelopment in Shanghai has displaced more families than 30 years of urban renewal in the United States. China's cities are also rapidly sprawling across the landscape, churning precious farmland into a landscape of superblock housing estates and single-family subdivisions laced with highways and big-box malls. In a mere generation, China's cities have undergone a metamorphosis that took 150 years to complete in the United States.

The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World sheds light on this extraordinary chapter in world urban history. The book surveys the driving forces behind the great Chinese building boom, traces the historical precedents and global flows of ideas and information that are fusing to create a bold new Chinese cityscape, and considers the social and environmental impacts of China's urban future.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world-especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions. -- Places Journal, May 2008

If you want to better understand the role China will play in the future, you might want to start with The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World by Thomas J. Campanella. -- Worldchanging.net, July 30, 2008

Just in time for the Beijing Olympics, Thomas J. Campanella tackels what he calles 'the greatest building boom in human history': the creation of whole new cities throughout China, where superhighways, theme parks, and engineering projects light up the night sky. Campanella is an able guide to the dusty haze of China's ever-growing construction sites. -- Dwell, August 1, 2008

One of the most attention-grabbing and thought-provoking books on China I have read in a long time. -- David Frum's National Review, May 11, 2008

a powerful overview of China's huge building boom and its social and environmental consequences. -- The Washington Post, June 22, 2008

Dean Frederick Steiner, "The Living Landscape, Second Edition: An Ecological Approach to Landscape Planning"

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Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"


Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"
Pri....on Ar..it.Pr..s | 2008-04-09 | ISBN: 1568986270 | 334 pages | PDF | 21,8 MB

China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside in its wake. The speed and scale of China's urban revolution challenges nearly all our expectations about architecture, urbanism and city planning. China's ambition to be a major player on the global stage is written on the skylines of every major city. This is a nation on the rise, and it is building for the record books.

China is now home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers and biggest shopping malls; the longest bridges and largest airport; the most expansive theme parks and gated communities and even the world's largest skateboard park. And by 2020 China's national network of expressways will exceed in length even the American interstate highway system. China's construction industry, employing a workforce equal to the population of California, has been erecting billions of square feet of housing and office space every year. But such extensive development has also meant demolition on a scale unprecedented in the peacetime history of the world. Nearly all of Beijing's centuries-old cityscape has been bulldozed in recent years, and redevelopment in Shanghai has displaced more families than 30 years of urban renewal in the United States. China's cities are also rapidly sprawling across the landscape, churning precious farmland into a landscape of superblock housing estates and single-family subdivisions laced with highways and big-box malls. In a mere generation, China's cities have undergone a metamorphosis that took 150 years to complete in the United States.

The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World sheds light on this extraordinary chapter in world urban history. The book surveys the driving forces behind the great Chinese building boom, traces the historical precedents and global flows of ideas and information that are fusing to create a bold new Chinese cityscape, and considers the social and environmental impacts of China's urban future.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world-especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions. -- Places Journal, May 2008

If you want to better understand the role China will play in the future, you might want to start with The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World by Thomas J. Campanella. -- Worldchanging.net, July 30, 2008

Just in time for the Beijing Olympics, Thomas J. Campanella tackels what he calles 'the greatest building boom in human history': the creation of whole new cities throughout China, where superhighways, theme parks, and engineering projects light up the night sky. Campanella is an able guide to the dusty haze of China's ever-growing construction sites. -- Dwell, August 1, 2008

One of the most attention-grabbing and thought-provoking books on China I have read in a long time. -- David Frum's National Review, May 11, 2008

a powerful overview of China's huge building boom and its social and environmental consequences. -- The Washington Post, June 22, 2008

Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"


Thomas Campanella, "The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World"
Pri....on Ar..it.Pr..s | 2008-04-09 | ISBN: 1568986270 | 334 pages | PDF | 21,8 MB

China is the most rapidly urbanizing nation in the world, with an urban population that may well reach one billion within a generation. Over the past 25 years, surging economic growth has propelled a construction boom unlike anything the world has ever seen, radically transforming both city and countryside in its wake. The speed and scale of China's urban revolution challenges nearly all our expectations about architecture, urbanism and city planning. China's ambition to be a major player on the global stage is written on the skylines of every major city. This is a nation on the rise, and it is building for the record books.

China is now home to some of the world's tallest skyscrapers and biggest shopping malls; the longest bridges and largest airport; the most expansive theme parks and gated communities and even the world's largest skateboard park. And by 2020 China's national network of expressways will exceed in length even the American interstate highway system. China's construction industry, employing a workforce equal to the population of California, has been erecting billions of square feet of housing and office space every year. But such extensive development has also meant demolition on a scale unprecedented in the peacetime history of the world. Nearly all of Beijing's centuries-old cityscape has been bulldozed in recent years, and redevelopment in Shanghai has displaced more families than 30 years of urban renewal in the United States. China's cities are also rapidly sprawling across the landscape, churning precious farmland into a landscape of superblock housing estates and single-family subdivisions laced with highways and big-box malls. In a mere generation, China's cities have undergone a metamorphosis that took 150 years to complete in the United States.

The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What it Means for the World sheds light on this extraordinary chapter in world urban history. The book surveys the driving forces behind the great Chinese building boom, traces the historical precedents and global flows of ideas and information that are fusing to create a bold new Chinese cityscape, and considers the social and environmental impacts of China's urban future.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world-especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions.

The Concrete Dragon provides a critical overview of contemporary Chinese urbanization in light of both China's past as well as earlier episodes of rapid urban development elsewhere in the world especially that of the United States, a nation that itself once set global records for the speed and scale of its urban ambitions. -- Places Journal, May 2008

If you want to better understand the role China will play in the future, you might want to start with The Concrete Dragon: China's Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World by Thomas J. Campanella. -- Worldchanging.net, July 30, 2008

Just in time for the Beijing Olympics, Thomas J. Campanella tackels what he calles 'the greatest building boom in human history': the creation of whole new cities throughout China, where superhighways, theme parks, and engineering projects light up the night sky. Campanella is an able guide to the dusty haze of China's ever-growing construction sites. -- Dwell, August 1, 2008

One of the most attention-grabbing and thought-provoking books on China I have read in a long time. -- David Frum's National Review, May 11, 2008

a powerful overview of China's huge building boom and its social and environmental consequences. -- The Washington Post, June 22, 2008