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Now covers Red Hat Linux! Written by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein with Adam Boggs, Rob Braun, Ned McClain, Dan Crawl, Lynda McGinley, and Todd Miller "This is not a nice, neat book for a nice, clean world. It's a nasty book for a nasty world. This is a book for the rest of us." –Eric Allman and Marshall Kirk McKusick "I am pleased to welcome Linux to the UNIX System Administration Handbook!" –Linus Torvalds, Transmeta "This book is most welcome!" –Dennis Ritchie, AT&T Bell Laboratories This new edition of the world's most comprehensive guide to UNIX system administration is an ideal tutorial for those new to administration and an invaluable reference for e...
Scott Rosen's book, Wisdom at the Top, features exclusive interviews with 35 of the Greater Philadelphia area's elite CEOs. Through candid conversations, they share inspiring stories of how they achieved success while overcoming personal and professional challenges. Readers will gain invaluable knowledge and wisdom from seasoned professionals who have made it to the top. Yet these stories also offer lessons on life and leadership that transcend the business world. Wisdom at the Top will resonate with all who aspire to leadership positions and want to make important contributions to our economy, as well as the greater good.
This professional memoir describes RAND's contributions to the evolution of computer science, particularly during the first decades following World War II, when digital computers succeeded slide rules, mechanical desk calculators, electric accounting machines, and analog computers. The memoir includes photographs and vignettes that reveal the collegial, creative, and often playful spirit in which the groundbreaking research was conducted at RAND.
An investigation into the corruption of the electric industry and its role in polluting our planet. Electric utilities have faced a few scandals over the past century or so, but corruption is growing as the power industry's conventional business model is falling apart. Modern technologies challenge their monopoly mindsets and outmoded generators. Threatened utilities, in turn, gun for taxpayer- and ratepayer-funded subsidies, which they increasingly seek through fraud-filled, underhanded schemes. Corruption, however, can be challenged. In Power Corrupts: Cleaning Up America's Biggest Industry, Richard Munson reports on blocked bailouts and options for increased transparency and ethics by exp...
This is the first Linux administration guide specifically focused on the needs of administrators working in production/enterprise environments that may consist of hundreds or even thousands of servers. It includes in-depth coverage of Linux disaster recovery, including case studies drawn from companies recovering from the World Trade Center disaster.
A collection of short stories which features stories such as "The Changeling" and "Waiting for the Earthquake", this book also includes "A Thousand Paces Along the Via Dolorosa". The author's previous books include "Dying Inside" and "The Time Hoppers".
The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
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These science fiction stories here were published just last year and honored in April. The winners are: Connie Willis's "A Letter from the Cleary's" and "Firewatch," John Kessel's novella "Another Orphan" and an excerpt from Michael Bishop's novel No Enemy But Time. Equally impressive is the quality of the nominees that didn't win. Joanna Russ's "Souls" is a medieval setting. Barry Malzberg's "Corridors," actually from the inside. "Swarm," one of the best stories ever about living with aliens, by Bruce Sterling. Also includes stories by Silverberg and William Gibson.