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Today's TBB: C++ Parallel Programming with Threading Building Blocks
by Michael J. Voss James R. ReindersThis open-access book serves as a comprehensive guide for C++ programmers looking to master Threading Building Blocks (TBB). Authored by two experts in TBB and parallel programming, the book distills decades of collective experience in developing and teaching parallel programming concepts, presenting insights in a clear and accessible manner. Today&’s TBB starts with foundational principles, explaining key concepts and terminology used in parallel programming. It then introduces the major components of TBB including parallel algorithms, flow graphs, and task groups that help you fully leverage the power of multicore systems. The book emphasizes TBB's higher-level parallelism capabilities, which facilitate the creation of portable, scalable applications for modern CPUs. Key topics, including memory management in parallel contexts and effective synchronization for data structures, are well explored, ensuring a comprehensive understanding of these critical concepts. Later chapters delve into advanced topics including cancellation, exception handling, composability, performance tuning, and transitioning legacy code from older versions of TBB to Today&’s TBB. For nearly two decades, TBB has been invaluable to programmers, and this book leverages the latest advancements in C++ alongside TBB to enhance your parallel programming capabilities. TBB excels in unlocking the performance of code that is not well-suited for accelerators, making it an essential tool in the realm of parallel computing. If you work with technologies like CUDA, SYCL, or OpenCL for accelerated computing, mastering TBB will also enable you to orchestrate parallelism effectively on the host CPU, optimizing performance in the face of Amdahl&’s Law. What You'll Learn Create Scalable Code: Use TBB for portable, simple, and efficient programming. Parallelization Strategies: Implement best practices for intensive tasks. High-Performance Applications: Develop scalable parallel programs. Modern C++ Compatibility: Apply TBB with C++17 and later. Code Migration: Update legacy TBB code to leverage C++17 and Today&’s TBB. Think Parallel: Orchestrate parallelism in the entire computer system to your advantage. Who This Book Is For C++ programmers eager to harness the power of parallelism on multicore systems. Today&’s TBB is accessible to those with limited experience, with C++ or parallelism, providing clear guidance on best practices and techniques. Experienced programmers will find valuable insights for refining their skills, addressing advanced topics such as cancellation, exception handling, composability, and performance tuning. No prior experience in parallel programming or multicore processors is necessary; however, those with some background will discover even more depth and value throughout the book.
TOF Range-Imaging Cameras
by David Stoppa Fabio RemondinoToday the cost of solid-state two-dimensional imagers has dramatically dropped, introducing low cost systems on the market suitable for a variety of applications, including both industrial and consumer products. However, these systems can capture only a two-dimensional projection (2D), or intensity map, of the scene under observation, losing a variable of paramount importance, i.e., the arrival time of the impinging photons. Time-Of-Flight (TOF) Range-Imaging (TOF) is an emerging sensor technology able to deliver, at the same time, depth and intensity maps of the scene under observation. Featuring different sensor resolutions, RIM cameras serve a wide community with a lot of applications like monitoring, architecture, life sciences, robotics, etc. This book will bring together experts from the sensor and metrology side in order to collect the state-of-art researchers in these fields working with RIM cameras. All the aspects in the acquisition and processing chain will be addressed, from recent updates concerning the photo-detectors, to the analysis of the calibration techniques, giving also a perspective onto new applications domains.
Tokenomics: The Crypto Shift of Blockchains, ICOs, and Tokens
by Sean Au Thomas Power<p>Tokenomics is the economy of this new world. This is a no-holds-barred, in-depth exploration of the way in which we can participate in the blockchain economy. The reader will learn the basics of bitcoin, blockchains, and tokenomics; what the very first ICO was; and how over a period of 5 years, various projects managed to raise the enormous sums of money they did. The book then provides insights from ICO experts and looks at what the future holds. By comparing the past, current, and future of this technology, the book will inform anyone, whatever motivates their interest. <p>The crypto shift of blockchains, ICOs, and tokens is much more than just buying bitcoins, creating tokens, or raising millions in a minute in an ICO. It is a new paradigm shift from centralized to decentralized, from closed to open, and from opaqueness to transparency. ICOs and the creation of tokens during the craze of 2017 needed a lot of preparation, an understanding of cryptocurrencies and of emerging legal frameworks, but this has spurred a new movement to tokenize the world. <p>The author gives an unbiased, authoritative picture of the current playing field, exploring the token opportunities and provides a unique insight into the developing world of this tokenized economy. This book will nourish hungry minds wanting to grow their knowledge in this fascinating area.</p>
Tom Clancy's The Division: Extremis Malis
by Christofer EmgardThe perfect introduction to the post-pandemic world of Ubisoft's record-breaking video game series, this graphic novel follows Division agent Caleb Dunne from New York City to Washington, D.C. in pursuit of the mysterious woman who murdered his partner.This prequel to Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is a must-have for fans of intrigue and tales of survival.Months after a bioweapon attack devastated New York City, the Division agents are the last hope of a United States struggling to hold itself together. During a mission gone horribly wrong, Division agent Caleb Dunne's partner is gruesomely killed and Dunne vows to track down the mysterious woman responsible. Known only as Mantis, Dunne pursues her to Philadelphia, Fort Meade, and eventually Washington, D.C., enlisting the help of fellow agents Heather Ward and Brian Johnson along the way. Together, this newly-formed group of agents uncover a much larger scheme that poses a grave threat to a nation already on the brink of total collapse.
Tom Clancy's The Division: Remission
by JD MorvanAfter a deadly biological attack in New York city triggered a global pandemic, society is on the brink of collapse. The Division—an autonomous unit of civilian sleeper agents—was activated as the last line of defense. In this prequel to the Tom Clancy&’s The Division® 2, four survivors fight to protect Washington, DC, from violent factions. Months after a bioweapon attack devastated New York City and provoked a global pandemic, the Division agents are still fighting to bring order, stability, and justice to communities shattered by this catastrophic event. When various factions, vying for power in the wake of the crisis, seek to claim the future of Washington, DC, for themselves, the Division is called to take on these new threats and protect the capital of the United States. The paths of four survivors, once childhood friends, deviate as they find themselves entangled in the vicious civil unrest. One of them, Bruce, is an experienced combatant and a member of the Division. When the Hyenas—a lawless and particularly violent group—orchestrate a hostage attack, a massive manhunt is launched against them; but Bruce is far from imagining that amid the chaos, anarchy, and guerilla warfare, the truth behind a long unsolved disappearance and a uniting link will be revealed. Discover the thrilling events leading up to The Division 2 in this explosive story written by JD Morvan (Merlin, Wake) with art by the studio The Tribe. Localized from an original French publication.
The Tomato Genome
by Mathilde Causse Jim Giovannoni Mondher Bouzayen Mohamed ZouineThis book describes the strategy used for sequencing, assembling and annotating the tomato genome and presents the main characteristics of this sequence with a special focus on repeated sequences and the ancestral polyploidy events. It also includes the chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a major crop plant as well as a model for fruit development, and the availability of the genome sequence has completely changed the paradigm of the species' genetics and genomics. The book describes the numerous genetic and genomic resources available, the identified genes and quantitative trait locus (QTL) identified, as well as the strong synteny across Solanaceae species. Lastly, it discusses the consequences of the availability of a high-quality genome sequence of the cultivated species for the research community. It is a valuable resource for students and researchers interested in the genetics and genomics of tomato and Solanaceae.
Tomcat: The Definitive Guide, 2nd Edition
by Jason Brittain Ian F. DarwinIt takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat. Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications. This book offers complete information for: Installation and startup procedures Configuring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSources Deploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive files Tuning Tomcat to measure and improve performance Integrating Tomcat with Apache Web Server Securing Tomcat to keep online thugs at bay Tomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and more Debugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web application Compiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built release Running two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallel This book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.
Tomcat: The Definitive Guide
by Jason Brittain Ian F. DarwinJakarta Tomcat is not only the most commonly used open source servlet engine today, it's become the de facto standard by which other servlet engines are measured. Powerful and flexible, it can be used as a stand-alone web server or in conjunction with another server, like Apache or IIS, to run servlets or JSPs. But mastery of Tomcat is not easy: because it's as complex as it is complete. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide answers vexing questions that users, administrators, and developers alike have been asking. This concise guide provides much needed information to help harness Tomcat's power and wealth of features.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide offers something for everyone who uses Tomcat. System and network administrators will find detailed instructions on installation, configuration, and maintenance. For users, it supplies insightful information on how to deploy Tomcat. And seasoned enterprise Java developers will have a complete reference to setting up, running, and using this powerful softwareThe book begins with an introduction to the Tomcat server and includes an overview of the three types of server configurations: stand-alone, in-process, and out-of-process. The authors show how directories are laid out, cover the initial setup, and describe how to set the environment variables and modify the configuration files, concluding with common errors, problems, and solutions. In subsequent chapters, they cover:The server.xml configuration fileJava Security managerAuthentication schemes and Tomcat usersThe Secure Socket Layer (SSL)Tomcat JDBC RealmsInstalling servlets and Java Server PagesIntegrating Tomcat with ApacheAdvanced Tomcat configurationand much more.Tomcat: The Definitive Guide covers all major platforms, including Windows, Solaris, Linux, and Mac OS X, contains details on Tomcat configuration files, and has a quick-start guide to get developers up and running with Java servlets and JavaServer Pages. If you've struggled with this powerful yet demanding technology in the past, this book will provide the answers you need.
Tomcat: The Definitive Guide
by Jason Brittain Ian F. DarwinIt takes a book as versatile as its subject to cover Apache Tomcat, the popular open source Servlet and JSP container and high performance web server. Tomcat: The Definitive Guide is a valuable reference for administrators and webmasters, a useful guide for programmers who want to use Tomcat as their web application server during development or in production, and an excellent introduction for anyone interested in Tomcat.Updated for the latest version of Tomcat, this new edition offers a complete guide to installing, configuring, maintaining and securing this servlet container. In fact, with such a wealth of new information, this is essentially a new book rather than a simple revision. You will find details for using Tomcat on all major platforms, including Windows, Linux, OS X, Solaris, and FreeBSD, along with specifics on Tomcat configuration files, and step-by-step advice for deploying and running web applications.This book offers complete information for:Installation and startup proceduresConfiguring Tomcat-including realms, roles, users, servlet sessions, and JNDI resources including JDBC DataSourcesDeploying web applications-individual servlets and JSP pages, and web application archive filesTuning Tomcat to measure and improve performanceIntegrating Tomcat with Apache Web ServerSecuring Tomcat to keep online thugs at bayTomcat configuration files-server.xml and web.xml, and moreDebugging and Troubleshooting-diagnosing problems with Tomcat or a web applicationCompiling your own Tomcat, rather than using the pre-built releaseRunning two or more Tomcat servlet containers in parallelThis book also offers an overview of the Tomcat open source project's community resources, including docs, mailing lists, and more. Community interest fueled a strong demand for a Tomcat guide from O'Reilly. The result clearly exceeds expectations.
Tomcat 6 Developer's Guide
by Damodar ChettyThis book taps into the author's wide experience as an architect and programmer to explore Tomcat from the ground up. Each major component of Tomcat is covered in careful detail, both from a conceptual and an implementation perspective. Written with detailed explanations and lots of screenshots, the book covers its topics in a concise, practical, and understandable manner. This book is intended for web developers who want to take their programming skills to the next level, and for server administrators who want to get a better understanding of the container software they manage. This book will give you an expert's understanding of every component that contributes to the overall request processing capabilities of Tomcat. In addition, the concepts you learn will be general enough to be carried over to other servlet containers. This book is also a good starting point for developers who want to understand how high availability and high performance software, such as Tomcat, are designed. If you wish to contribute to the Tomcat project, then this is an ideal book for you. Prior knowledge of the Java programming language, and web development on the Java platform is assumed.
Tomcat. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny. Wydanie II
by Jason Brittain Ian F. DarwinPoznaj mo?liwo?ci serwera Tomcat! Jak dostroi? Tomcat w celu pomiaru i poprawy wydajno?ci?Jak wdra?a? aplikacje WWW z serwletami i stronami JSP?Jak diagnozowa? problemy z serwerem?Tomcat jest kontenerem serwletów Java i serwerem WWW stworzonym przez organizacj? Apacze Software Foundation. Mo?e pe?ni? rol? serwera produkcyjnego o du?ej wydajno?ci, sprawdza si? równie? jako darmowy kontener serwletów i stron JSP z udost?pnionym kodem ?ród?owym. Tomcat mo?e by? zastosowany niezale?nie lub w po??czeniu z innymi serwerami WWW (np. httpd Apache). Doskonale radzi sobie w ka?dego rodzaju ?rodowisku, zapewniaj?c fundament wymagany do praktycznego wykorzystania w Internecie umiej?tno?ci z zakresu technologii Java.W ksi??ce "Tomcat. Przewodnik encyklopedyczny" znajdziesz szczegó?owe wyja?nienia, jak korzysta? z tego serwera. Czytaj?c j?, poznasz wszelkie procedury instalacyjne oraz mo?liwo?ci konfigurowania obszarów, ról, u?ytkowników i zasobów JNDI. Nauczysz si?, jak uaktywnia? i wy??cza? funkcj? automatycznego prze?adowywania serwletów, a tak?e wdra?a? aplikacje WWW. Niezb?dne informacje dotycz?ce serwera Tomcat znajd? tu nie tylko programi?ci, ale tak?e administratorzy, webmasterzy i wszyscy, którzy chc? si? dowiedzie? czego? o tym kontenerze serwletów.Instalowanie i konfigurowanie TomcataZarz?dzanie obszarami, rolami i u?ytkownikamiUruchamianie i zatrzymywanie serweraKontrolowanie i utrwalanie sesjiOptymalizowanie wydajno?ci serweraIntegracja z serwerem WWW ApacheWdra?anie rozpakowanego katalogu aplikacji WWWPraca z plikami WARZabezpieczenia serwera TomcatPrzewodnik dla wszystkich, którzy chc? u?atwi? sobie prac? z serwerem Tomcat.
TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book
by Tom Simons Will GoldA laugh-out-loud 'best of' selection of TommyInnit's most weird and wonderful quotes - plus much more - carefully selected to BLOW YOUR MIND by him and best friend Wilbur Soot.'Nah, I think I'd be a pretty bad shark''What if God was just legs?' 'We're really just chilling, fellas'Born sometime in the early 2000s, TommyInnit's first job was a YouTuber. No, really, we're not joking, the very first job he had was a YouTuber. For the last three years, he's been mouthing off on the internet to anyone who will listen. So far, that's over 40 million followers. Will there ever be an end to TommyInnit's rampant flurry of success? Probably.And Wilbur Soot has been right by his side. Wilbur first started his career as a young man staring at the wall until he also became a YouTuber. He also discovered a little activity some may call 'singing'.In The Quote Book, TommyInnit covers a wealth of topics from cars-that-grow-teeth to slime people, and from things that be crazy to octopi. Curated and edited by Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit is about to change your life one word at a time. Unless, dear reader, you read two words at a time, like he does.Featuring: A day in the life Inside TommyInnit's brain What TommyInnit would do if he was God Life advice from Wilbur Love poetry and history lessons, TommyInnit style Wilbur's attempts to reason with TommyInnit
TommyInnit Says...The Quote Book
by Tom Simons Will GoldA laugh-out-loud 'best of' selection of TommyInnit's most weird and wonderful quotes - plus much more - carefully selected to BLOW YOUR MIND by him and best friend Wilbur Soot.'Nah, I think I'd be a pretty bad shark''What if God was just legs?' 'We're really just chilling, fellas'Born sometime in the early 2000s, TommyInnit's first job was a YouTuber. No, really, we're not joking, the very first job he had was a YouTuber. For the last three years, he's been mouthing off on the internet to anyone who will listen. So far, that's over 40 million followers. Will there ever be an end to TommyInnit's rampant flurry of success? Probably.And Wilbur Soot has been right by his side. Wilbur first started his career as a young man staring at the wall until he also became a YouTuber. He also discovered a little activity some may call 'singing'.In The Quote Book, TommyInnit covers a wealth of topics from cars-that-grow-teeth to slime people, and from things that be crazy to octopi. Curated and edited by Wilbur Soot, TommyInnit is about to change your life one word at a time. Unless, dear reader, you read two words at a time, like he does.Featuring: A day in the life Inside TommyInnit's brain What TommyInnit would do if he was God Life advice from Wilbur Love poetry and history lessons, TommyInnit style Wilbur's attempts to reason with TommyInnit
TommyInnit's Guide to Survival
by Tom SimonsThis book will single-handedly eradicate the need for parenting and schools. It's that useful.It's a cruel, cruel world out there, a harrowing place filled with crime and illnesses, taxes and grief. And swans. But help is finally here. TommyInnit's Guide to Survival will teach you how to:- Navigate peer pressure using simple, fun solutions, such as violence- Survive being mugged, by humans or animals- Become famous in various ways, some of which are even morally defensible- Fall in love - with other actual humans- Overcome the mean voice in your head- Quickly and easily defeat Godzilla, sharks with arms . . . and swansWhen the apocalypse hits, you need to be ready! So read this book. Read it hard. And then read it again.
TommyInnit's Guide to Survival
by Tom SimonsThis book will single-handedly eradicate the need for parenting and schools. It's that useful.It's a cruel, cruel world out there, a harrowing place filled with crime and illnesses, taxes and grief. And swans. But help is finally here. TommyInnit's Guide to Survival will teach you how to:- Navigate peer pressure using simple, fun solutions, such as violence- Survive being mugged, by humans or animals- Become famous in various ways, some of which are even morally defensible- Fall in love - with other actual humans- Overcome the mean voice in your head- Quickly and easily defeat Godzilla, sharks with arms . . . and swansWhen the apocalypse hits, you need to be ready! So read this book. Read it hard. And then read it again.
TommyInnit's Guide to Survival
by Tom SimonsThis book will single-handedly eradicate the need for parenting and schools. It's that useful.It's a cruel, cruel world out there, a harrowing place filled with crime and illnesses, taxes and grief. And swans. But help is finally here. TommyInnit's Guide to Survival will teach you how to:- Navigate peer pressure using simple, fun solutions, such as violence- Survive being mugged, by humans or animals- Become famous in various ways, some of which are even morally defensible- Fall in love - with other actual humans- Overcome the mean voice in your head- Quickly and easily defeat Godzilla, sharks with arms . . . and swansWhen the apocalypse hits, you need to be ready! So read this book. Read it hard. And then read it again.
Tomorrow's Cures Today?: How to Reform the Health Research System
by Donald R ForsdykeDiscussing the laws in the current research funding decision process, the author suggests ways to improve future funding of health research systems. Chapters recount ways of raising funds, the tragic way authorities improperly introduced diptheria immunization, consideration of how the peer review system evolved in response to massive infusion of f
Tomorrow's Data Empowered Project Management: Agile Decision Making, Sustainability and AI (Future of Business and Finance)
by Öncü Hazır Maria Elena BruniProject management (PM) has been an essential area that deals with various decision-making problems. It offers various opportunities to conduct academic studies, formulate new models to solve business problems, and develop software and decision support systems (DSS). It has been attracting the attention of academicians and professionals involved in project teams who studied different disciplines. This book explores contemporary industry problems and trends and related promising research areas, shedding light on the future of project management. It contains chapters that focus on new technology applications and organizational trends. The book comprises two parts: new technologies and recent developments in organizing projects. An important characteristic of this book is to gather the managers and academics who conduct theoretical studies in this field to discuss the future of project management. The discussion topics include how data analytics and artificial intelligence developments might shape project life cycle management and how the Fourth/Fifth Industrial Revolution and the new technologies will transform project management practices. The importance of sustainability in project management practices is elaborated on. Recent developments in the organization of projects, such as adopting agile techniques, establishing project management offices, and developing maturity models, are discussed. As such, the book is aimed at a diverse audience of undergraduate and graduate students and practitioners seeking to develop their project management knowledge.
Tomorrow's Systems Engineering: Commentaries on the Profession
by Howard EisnerThis book looks at systems engineering now and comments on the future. It notes the signs of deepening our understanding of the field which includes, digital engineering, interactive model-based systems, decision support frameworks, and points to a grand unified theory. The book also suggests how the systems engineer can be a better designer and architect. Offering commentaries regarding how the field of systems engineering might evolve over the next couple of decades, Tomorrow’s Systems Engineering: Commentaries on the Profession looks at the potential opportunities that might lie ahead rather than making predictions for the future of the field. The book allows the reader to prepare for the future in terms of technical interest as well as competitiveness and suggests opportunities that could be significant and useful for planning actions in the careers of future systems engineers. Discussions of improvements in how we develop and use software that can help to facilitate and protect overall IT capability within the system design and system architecture are also included. This book is for systems engineers and software engineers who wish to think now about the directions the field might take in the next two decades.
Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays: Conversations in Defense of the Future
by Andrew KeenThe current crisis of democracy, the growing economic inequality between rich and poor, our narcissistic social media culture and the looming menace of AI all threaten us as never before. The challenges presented by technology have long been central in these issues, but how can we take advantage of the opportunities it provides to shape a better twenty-first century? The most important division of our age is between the 'tomorrows', those who believe that the future can be better than the past, and the 'yesterdays' who harbor a nostalgic desire to return to a rose-tinted past. This division is encapsulated by how we answer a simple question: can we trust the future?In Tomorrows Versus Yesterdays, Andrew Keen discusses the issue with some of the most influential thinkers of our time. The book is split into four sections. The first identifies the challenges of our digital age. The second focuses on the failure of the internet revolution to realize its ambitious goals. The third untangles the complex relationship between populism and digital media, before the final part presents possible solutions to the challenges of our age. The result is an insightful examination of the most important issues facing us today, and essential reading for anyone interested in the impact of the digital revolution.
Tony White's Animator's Notebook: Personal Observations on the Principles of Movement
by Tony WhiteApprentice yourself to a master of classical animation techniques with this beautiful handbook of insider tips and techniques. Apply age-old techniques to create flawless animations, whether you're working with pencil and animation paper or a 3D application.
Too Big to Know
by David WeinbergerWe used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. WeOCOd nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. ThereOCOs more knowledge than ever, of course, but itOCOs different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything. Yet this is the greatest time in history to be a knowledge seeker . . . if you know how. In "Too Big to Know," Internet philosopher David Weinberger shows how business, science, education, and the government are learning to use networked knowledge to understand more than ever and to make smarter decisions than they could when they had to rely on mere books and experts. This groundbreaking book shakes the foundations of our concept of knowledge?from the role of facts to the value of books and the authority of experts?providing a compelling vision of the future of knowledge in a connected world. "
Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren't the Facts, Experts Are Everywhere, and the Smartest Person in the Room Is the Room
by David WeinbergerWe used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We’d nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There’s more knowledge than ever, of course, but it’s different. Topics have no boundaries, and nobody agrees on anything. Yet this is the greatest time in history to be a knowledge seeker . . . if you know how. In Too Big to Know, Internet philosopher David Weinberger shows how business, science, education, and the government are learning to use networked knowledge to understand more than ever and to make smarter decisions than they could when they had to rely on mere books and experts. This groundbreaking book shakes the foundations of our concept of knowledge#151;from the role of facts to the value of books and the authority of experts#151;providing a compelling vision of the future of knowledge in a connected world.
Too Much Fun: The Five Lives of the Commodore 64 Computer (Platform Studies)
by Jesper JuulThe surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun.The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least twice as many units as other home computers of its time, like the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, or Commodore Amiga, it is strangely forgotten in many computer histories. In Too Much Fun, Jesper Juul argues that the C64 was so popular because it was so versatile, a machine developers and users would reinvent again and again over the course of 40 years.First it was a serious computer, next a game computer, then a computer for technical brilliance (graphical demos using the machine in seemingly impossible ways), then a struggling competitor, and finally a retro device whose limitations are now charming. The C64, Juul shows, has been ignored by history because it was too much fun. Richly illustrated in full color, this book is the first in-depth examination of the C64’s design and history, and the first to integrate US and European histories. With interviews of Commodore engineers and with its insightful look at C64 games, music, and software, from Summer Games to International Karate to Simons’ BASIC, Too Much Fun will appeal to those who used a Commodore 64, those interested in the history of computing and video games and computational literacy, or just those who wish their technological devices would last longer.
Too Smart: How Digital Capitalism is Extracting Data, Controlling Our Lives, and Taking Over the World (The\mit Press Ser.)
by Jathan SadowskiWho benefits from smart technology? Whose interests are served when we trade our personal data for convenience and connectivity?Smart technology is everywhere: smart umbrellas that light up when rain is in the forecast; smart cars that relieve drivers of the drudgery of driving; smart toothbrushes that send your dental hygiene details to the cloud. Nothing is safe from smartification. In Too Smart, Jathan Sadowski looks at the proliferation of smart stuff in our lives and asks whether the tradeoff—exchanging our personal data for convenience and connectivity—is worth it. Who benefits from smart technology?Sadowski explains how data, once the purview of researchers and policy wonks, has become a form of capital. Smart technology, he argues, is driven by the dual imperatives of digital capitalism: extracting data from, and expanding control over, everything and everybody. He looks at three domains colonized by smart technologies' collection and control systems: the smart self, the smart home, and the smart city. The smart self involves more than self-tracking of steps walked and calories burned; it raises questions about what others do with our data and how they direct our behavior—whether or not we want them to. The smart home collects data about our habits that offer business a window into our domestic spaces. And the smart city, where these systems have space to grow, offers military-grade surveillance capabilities to local authorities. Technology gets smart from our data. We may enjoy the conveniences we get in return (the refrigerator says we're out of milk!), but, Sadowski argues, smart technology advances the interests of corporate technocratic power—and will continue to do so unless we demand oversight and ownership of our data.