Your Computer Is On Fire
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Author | : Thomas S. Mullaney |
Publisher | : MIT Press |
Total Pages | : 417 |
Release | : 2021-03-09 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 026253973X |
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Technology scholars declare an emergency: attention must be paid to the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems. This book sounds an alarm: we can no longer afford to be lulled into complacency by narratives of techno-utopianism, or even techno-neutrality. We should not be reassured by such soothing generalities as "human error," "virtual reality," or "the cloud." We need to realize that nothing is virtual: everything that "happens online," "virtually," or "autonomously" happens offline first, and often involves human beings whose labor is deliberately kept invisible. Everything is IRL. In Your Computer Is on Fire, technology scholars train a spotlight on the inequality, marginalization, and biases woven into our technological systems.
Author | : Marianne Bellotti |
Publisher | : No Starch Press |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2021-03-17 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1718501188 |
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Kill It with Fire chronicles the challenges of dealing with aging computer systems, along with sound modernization strategies. How to survive a legacy apocalypse “Kill it with fire,” the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, is a knee-jerk approach that often burns through tons of money and time only to result in a less efficient solution. This book offers a far more forgiving modernization framework, laying out smart value-add strategies and proven techniques that work equally well for ancient systems and brand-new ones. Renowned for restoring some of the world’s oldest, messiest computer networks to operational excellence, software engineering expert Marianne Bellotti distills key lessons and insights from her experience into practical, research-backed guidance to help you determine when and how to modernize. With witty, engaging prose, Bellotti explains why new doesn’t always mean better, weaving in illuminating case studies and anecdotes from her work in the field. You’ll learn: Where to focus your maintenance efforts for maximum impact and value How to pick the right modernization solutions for your specific needs and keep your plans on track How to assess whether your migrations will add value before you invest in them What to consider before moving data to the cloud How to determine when a project is finished Packed with resources, exercises, and flexible frameworks for organizations of all ages and sizes, Kill It with Fire will give you a vested interest in your technology’s future.
Author | : Michael Swaine |
Publisher | : Pragmatic Bookshelf |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 2014-10-20 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 1680503529 |
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In the 1970s, while their contemporaries were protesting the computer as a tool of dehumanization and oppression, a motley collection of college dropouts, hippies, and electronics fanatics were engaged in something much more subversive. Obsessed with the idea of getting computer power into their own hands, they launched from their garages a hobbyist movement that grew into an industry, and ultimately a social and technological revolution. What they did was invent the personal computer: not just a new device, but a watershed in the relationship between man and machine. This is their story. Fire in the Valley is the definitive history of the personal computer, drawn from interviews with the people who made it happen, written by two veteran computer writers who were there from the start. Working at InfoWorld in the early 1980s, Swaine and Freiberger daily rubbed elbows with people like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates when they were creating the personal computer revolution. A rich story of colorful individuals, Fire in the Valley profiles these unlikely revolutionaries and entrepreneurs, such as Ed Roberts of MITS, Lee Felsenstein at Processor Technology, and Jack Tramiel of Commodore, as well as Jobs and Gates in all the innocence of their formative years. This completely revised and expanded third edition brings the story to its completion, chronicling the end of the personal computer revolution and the beginning of the post-PC era. It covers the departure from the stage of major players with the deaths of Steve Jobs and Douglas Engelbart and the retirements of Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer; the shift away from the PC to the cloud and portable devices; and what the end of the PC era means for issues such as personal freedom and power, and open source vs. proprietary software.
Author | : Paul Freiberger |
Publisher | : McGraw-Hill Companies |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : 9780071358958 |
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Definitive account of how the PC came to transform the world today- and will shape the century ahead.
Author | : Vernor Vinge |
Publisher | : Tor Science Fiction |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 2010-04-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429981989 |
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Now with a new introduction for the Tor Essentials line, A Fire Upon the Deep is sure to bring a new generation of SF fans to Vinge's award-winning works. A Hugo Award-winning Novel! “Vinge is one of the best visionary writers of SF today.”-David Brin Thousands of years in the future, humanity is no longer alone in a universe where a mind's potential is determined by its location in space, from superintelligent entities in the Transcend, to the limited minds of the Unthinking Depths, where only simple creatures, and technology, can function. Nobody knows what strange force partitioned space into these "regions of thought," but when the warring Straumli realm use an ancient Transcendent artifact as a weapon, they unwittingly unleash an awesome power that destroys thousands of worlds and enslaves all natural and artificial intelligence. Fleeing this galactic threat, Ravna crash lands on a strange world with a ship-hold full of cryogenically frozen children, the only survivors from a destroyed space-lab. They are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture, and used as pawns in a ruthless power struggle. Tor books by Vernor Vinge Zones of Thought Series A Fire Upon The Deep A Deepness In The Sky The Children of The Sky Realtime/Bobble Series The Peace War Marooned in Realtime Other Novels The Witling Tatja Grimm's World Rainbows End Collections Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge True Names At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author | : Gregor Neaga |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Studio Visual Steps |
Publisher | : Visual Steps Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-03 |
Genre | : Kindle (Electronic book reader) |
ISBN | : 9789059051003 |
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Describes the features of the Kindle Fire HDX tablet for senior citizens, covering such topics as adjusting settings and preferences, using email, browsing the Web, using social networking sites, reading ebooks, and downloading apps.
Author | : United States. Department of the Army |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 126 |
Release | : 1979 |
Genre | : Computers |
ISBN | : |
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Forests and forestry |
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Author | : Rodnay Zaks |
Publisher | : Sybex |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Computers |
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