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2 screen Linux tablet/e-reader to replace textbooks
<b>Handle With Linux: </b>"This is the prototype of the Kno a Linux based dual screen textbook replacement shown by Californian startup Kakai at at the 8th Annual Conference of D: All Things Digital, otherwise known as D8."Read the article
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Computer science textbooks
- by Barrett Conrad
I would like to try the book question a little bit differently. My goal is to know what the community thinks are the quintessential computer science textbooks. <beginsadstory>I lost all of my computer science and math books from college in Hurricane Katrina in 2005. I greatly miss having my familiar tomes to refer to when topics and…Read the article
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Recommended Math textbooks for programmers
- by Tony
I learned math in a non-English environment, I recently read some books about algorithm analysis, I found some math concepts were confusing, and seemed not the same as what I've learned. What math textbooks would you recommend that covers math concepts from the scratch and suitable for self-learning ?Read the article
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What are some topics you'd like to see covered in an 'Introduction to Network Security' book?
- by seth.vargo
I'm trying to put together a list of topics in Network Security and prioritize them accordingly. A little background on the book - we are trying to gear the text towards college students, as an introduction to security, and toward IT professionals who have recently been tasked with securing a network. The idea is to create a book that…Read the article
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Recommended textbook for machine-level programming?
- by Norman Ramsey
I'm looking at textbooks for an undergraduate course in machine-level programming. If the perfect book existed, this is what it would look like: Uses examples written in C or assembly language, or both. Covers machine-level operations such as two's-complement integer arithmetic, bitwise operations, and floating-point arithmetic.…Read the article
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List of freely available programming books
- by Karan Bhangui
I'm trying to amass a list of programming books with opensource licenses, like Creative Commons, GPL, etc. The books can be about a particular programming language or about computers in general. Hoping you guys could help: Languages BASH Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide (An in-depth exploration of the art of shell scripting) C…Read the article
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What are some topics you'd like to see covered in an 'Introduction to Network Security' book?
- by seth.vargo
I'm trying to put together a list of topics in Network Security and prioritize them accordingly. A little background on the book - we are trying to gear the text towards college students, as an introduction to security, and toward IT professionals who have recently been tasked with securing a network. The idea is to create a book…Read the article
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Suggested C++ books?
- by Josh Bradley
Ok, I've had one semester of C++ and will be taking a second semester in it after I have taken a Data Structure class this fall. In the first class, we dealt mainly with C++ syntax and the textbook we used was ok, but now I'm wanting to go ahead and purchase a great C++ book that encompasses a lot of the programming concepts used…Read the article
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How to Design Programs: An Introduction to Programming and Computing -- teacher guide access
- by user295683
Hello -- I'm a biologist switching careers, and trying to learn programming as a result. I stumbled upon the aforementioned book on Amazon, which jived with my liberal arts background. Despite my great satisfaction with the didactic approach, I was frustrated to see that the answers to the exercises are restricted to teachers…Read the article
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Open source textbook writing experiment in italian school
<b>Stop:</b> "In order to solve this problem, Education Minister Mariastella Gelmini proposed to deduce cost (and weight!) of textbooks by encouraging schools to adopt digital textbooks starting from 2011."Read the article
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How do I explain this to potential employers?
- by ReferencelessBob
Backstory: TL;DR: I've gained a lot of experience working for 5 years at one startup company, but it eventually failed. The company is gone and the owner MIA. When I left sixth-form college I didn't want to start a degree straight away, so when I met this guy who knew a guy who was setting up a publishing company…Read the article
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Idea for a physics–computer science joint curriculum and textbook
- by Ami
(I apologize in advance if this question is off topic or too vague) I want to write (and have starting outlining) a physics textbook which assumes its reader is a competent computer programmer. Normal physics textbooks teach physical formulas and give problems that are solved with pen, paper and calculator. I want to provide a…Read the article
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Common mistakes which lead to corrupted invariants
- by Dave B.
My main source of income is web development and through this I have come to enjoy the wonders of programming as my knowledge of different languages has increased over the years through work and personal play. At some point I reached a decision that my college education was not enough and that I wanted to go back to school to…Read the article
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I need a step-by-step Sample Programming Tutorial (book or website)
- by Albert Y.
Can anyone recommend a step-by-step programming tutorial (either book or website) where they walk you through designing a complex program and explain what they are coding & why? Language doesn't matter, but preferably something like Java, Python, C++, or C and not web based. I am a new programmer and I am looking for…Read the article
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Is there an appropriate coding style for implementing an algorithm during an interview?
- by GlenPeterson
I failed an interview question in C years ago about converting hex to decimal by not exploiting the ASCII table if (inputDigitByte > 9) hex = inputDigitByte - 'a'. The rise of Unicode has made this question pretty silly, but the point was that the interviewer valued raw execution speed above readability and error…Read the article
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Documentation and e-Learning (Part 4): Make Your Courses Real for Students
School teachers know that reality is one of the greatest instructors. Chem-class explosions, telescope observations, and biology field trips can generate faster real learning than textbooks. And the ... [Author: Dave Powell - Computers and Internet - April 12, 2010]Read the article
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Help with MySQL query - Product orders report without duplicate shipping charges
- by Paul
Hello, I have an issue creating a custom report for an e-commerce store running on osCommerce. The client wants the report to have the following columns: Date, Order ID, Product Class, Product Price, Product Tax, Shipping, Order Total The criteria for generating the report are Date Range and Product Class…Read the article
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how do i learn how to become really tech savvy with computers? [closed]
- by alex
i'm looking to become really really good at understanding my machine. this includes hardware, software, firmware, the internet, creating my own network, troubleshooting problems, etc. I have an aerospace engineering degree so i'm technically inclined, but i want to really delve deeper in becoming a techno…Read the article
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sql server textbook
- by Nick P
I am a student that is about to take an independent study class on SQL Server management. I would like some suggestions for textbooks that could guide me. I will be expected to install and configure SQL server 2008 in a Windows Server 2008 environment and provide tools(scripts) to administer a database…Read the article
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DirectX11 Swap Chain RGBA vs BGRA Format
- by Nathan
I was wondering if anyone could elaborate any further on something that's been bugging me. In DirectX9 the main supported back buffer formats were D3DFMT_X8R8B8G8 and D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 (Both being BGRA in layout). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb174314(v=vs.85).aspx With the…Read the article
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DirectX11 Swap Chain Format
- by Nathan
I was wondering if anyone could elaborate any further on something thats been bugging be me. In DirectX9 the main supported back buffer formats were D3DFMT_X8R8B8G8 and D3DFMT_A8R8G8B8 (Both being BGRA in layout). http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb174314(v=vs.85).aspx With…Read the article
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What is the best way to learn how to develop secure applications
- by Kenneth
I would like to get into computer security in my career. What are the best ways to learn how to program securely? It seems to me that besides textbooks and taking classes in the subject that perhaps learning how to "hack" would be one of the best ways to learn. My reason for thinking this is the…Read the article
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Information on Rojiani's Numerical methods C textbook
- by yCalleecharan
Hi, having taken a look at a few textbooks that discuss numerical methods and C programming, I was gladly surprised when browsing through "programming in C with numerical methods for engineers" by Rojiani. I understand of course it's important that one need to have a solid background in numerical…Read the article
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Did you feel learning to program with turtle graphics was useful?
- by minty
I'm preparing to teach someone to program. When I learned the course material used turtle graphics for the first few exercises. In reading introductory textbooks I have not found one that uses the technique. Did others find this approach helpful. If not what is a better way to learn to program?Read the article
