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MacBook For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-11-29 Summary: MacBook Dummie No More! ... Look, Apple made a GREAT personal Labtop. PERIOD! If you want to get up to speed (before the Genius Bar), there is simply no better book than Mark L. Chambers' MacBook For Dummies. Plainly written, well laid out; you'll get ALL the basic information you'll ever need to logically understand your GREAT tool! ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-04-15 Summary: Great book for beginners ... This book has definitely not disappointed. I switched to the mac world from a pc world and found myself struggling just to do basic things on my new mac book pro. This book is a great resource and really gets you up to speed very quickly. If you have always had a mac and know the basics this book maybe a little too basic for you. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2007-11-25 Summary: Its not for dummies and is actually pretty good ... MacBook for Dummies reviewed by Dr. Eric Flescher, Olathe, KS: (dreric1kansas@aol.com) Author: Mark L. Chamber Publisher: Wiley Released: 2006 Pages: 366 $ USA 22 Canada 26 UK 15 ISBN: 0-470-04859-X Strengths: The book includes a very introduction. Good screenshots and illustrations including the pointers to specific areas within the illustrations. Five icons help pinpoint helpful information along the way. Chapter 23 " Top Ten Things to Avoid like the Plague " is quite good as well as Chapter 22 " Top Ten Laptop Rules ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Got a new MacBook, MacBook Air, or MacBook Pro? Want the scoop on Mac laptop basics, using Mac OS X Leopard, networking a laptop, or connecting your laptop to wireless devices? There’s no better place to find what you need than MacBook For Dummies, 2 nd Edition! With your Mac laptop, you can take your movies, music, documents, e-mail, and Internet wherever the action is. MacBook For Dummies, 2 nd Edition provides the lowdown on maintaining and upgrading your MacBook, customizing the...more

The R Book
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-11-18 Summary: It's about time... ... It's about time that software like R became available and popular, it is clearly the way to go. I've been learning it on my own for a few months now with the help of about a dozen online .pdf file manuals, and sometimes using the Nabble forum for R. I finally broke down and bought this book, and wish I would've bought it in the beginning. If I were to write a book on this subject, this is pretty much exactly what I would do...except I'd like to see a companion volume that explores the numerous packages, maybe with ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2008-09-17 Summary: Throurough and insightful. ... This book is an excellent introduction to the R language and the statistical theory underlying it. It requires some patience as there is a considerable deal of repetition (the exercises are all very similar but gradually increase in complexity as one progresses from two way anova to generalized additive models and more). Also there are a few small errors (I did not mind these as they helped me realized that I was still concentrating) - the book could have used a keen editorial eye. Am very happy with my purchase. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2008-08-16 Summary: The R Book ... The graduate student as well as PhD researchers and Industry consultants are often faced with learning programs in double quick time and need references which are clear, concise, and have numerous worked out examples of how the program works. Furthermore it is often a daunting task not only to search the web for references, help, and worked out examples but searching through the numerous available books on the subject "using R." I took a wild stab on this title from an advertisement I received from Wiley. In my opinion ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | The high-level language of R is recognized as one of the most powerful and flexible statistical software environments, and is rapidly becoming the standard setting for quantitative analysis, statistics and graphics. R provides free access to unrivalled coverage and cutting-edge applications, enabling the user to apply numerous statistical methods ranging from simple regression to time series or multivariate analysis. Building on the success of the author’s bestselling Statistics: An...more

Computers and Intractability: A Guide to the Theory of NP-Completeness (Series of Books in the Mathematical Sciences)
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-09-21 Summary: comprehensive book for NP-completeness ... The book is excellent in explaining NP-completeness problem. Take it as a reference if you would like to do research in this field. ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2007-06-16 Summary: Published in 1979 and still the best ... This is a rare example of a textbook where the authors actually go to the trouble of considering the fact that the intended reader is a non-expert. Published in 1979 and still the best. ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2007-10-24 Summary: Definitely a classic but not good for beginners ... I have to say that this is a true classic. It gives a very nice treatment of what is NP-completeness in a fashion that really defends the topic well. It gives nice illustrations to show different situations and how to deal with it. But after the first couple of chapters it does get a little out there with the proofs it does. It is still approachable, but it assumes that the reader is already familiar with the basics of combinatorial complexity, especially in reductions. I would only recommend this book to readers who ...more
[4] Rating: 5 Date: 2005-12-10 Summary: A Beautiful Book on a Beautiful Subject ... This is among the most eloquently written books that I have ever read in my life. Highly recommended. ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Review | This book's introduction features a humorous story of a man with a line of people behind him, who explains to his boss, "I can't find an efficient algorithm, but neither can all these famous people." This man illustrates an important quality of a class of problems, namely, the NP-complete problems: if you can prove that a problem is in this class, then it has no known polynomial-time solution that is guaranteed to work in general. This quality implies that the problem is difficult to deal with in practice....more

The Everything Computer Book: Everything You Need to Know About Your Computer, from E-Mail to the Internet, from Hardware to Software, Processors to Printers, Memory to Modems, and (Everything Series)
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | With over 4 million sold, our Everything "RM" books are just too good to pass up. Each book in the Everything "RM" series is packed with clear, concise information that is written in a fun, engaging style. The large trim-size, bright colors, and great price attract readers, and over 300 pages of unparalled content and two-color illustrations keep them reading!...more

Steal This File Sharing Book
Customer Reviews — [1] Rating: 5 Date: 2005-02-28 Summary: Everything you need, and the RIAA doesn't want you, to know ... I love Wallace Wang's Steal This Computer Book 3. In this book, Wang takes his best-selling knowledge and writing style and focuses it on a new subject- sharing files. I learned a lot in the opening section. I have been familiar with peer-to-peer (P2P) networking since the advent of Napster, but I was not aware that such a wide variety of sources existed for finding and sharing files. Wang points out web sites, FTP sites, instant messaging and chat rooms and more where you can share files. Even better than that, he ...more
[2] Rating: 5 Date: 2005-02-06 Summary: Information packed, great resource ... Whether it's music, programs, games, books or other files it seems that everyone is downloading something over the Internet these days. If you want to know how to find the files you want and download them safely then you will be interested in this book. The author covers a wide array of places to find files including newsgroups, websites, Instant Messenger, Internet Relay Chat, FTP, and networks that are designed specifically for file sharing such as Gnutella, FastTrack, and eDonkey. One of the most interesting parts ...more
[3] Rating: 4 Date: 2005-04-09 Summary: Everything You Want to Know ... Wang's other book (Steal This Computer Book) explored the "dark underbelly" of the 'Net and this book in effect picks up where the other book leaves off. You can debate whether or not file sharing is legal and ethical, but no one can deny it is here to stay. Not only does Wang explain where to find files (at places like file sharing networks, newsgroups, chat rooms, etc.), he also describes ways to stay anonymous while doing so. There are also chapters on file formats, sharing music, movies, TV shows, even software, ...more
Editorial Reviews — ... Product Description | Steal This File Sharing Book tackles the thorny issue of file sharing networks such as Kazaa, Morpheus, and Usenet. It explains how these networks work and how to use them. It exposes the dangers of using file sharing networks--including viruses, spyware, and lawsuits--and tells how to avoid them. In addition to covering how people use file sharing networks to share everything from music and video files to books and pornography, it also reveals how people use them to share secrets and...more