Download or read book Surviving PC Disasters Mishaps and Blunders written by Jesse M. Torres and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on computer hardware failures, data recovery, and ways to prevent a PC from becoming infected by viruses.
Download or read book HOW TO DO EVERYTHING W T SURVIVING PC DISASTERS written by Jesse M. Toresse and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-31 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Do Everything with Surviving PC Disasters, Mishaps, and Blunders is the must-have survival guide for every PC user. This easy-to-read book covers a wide range of problems, including security issues and theft, blunders arising from general clumsiness, disasters such as fire and water damage, how to safeguard important data from scammers and hackers, how to recovering lost data, protecting yourself from identity theft, problems with unsecured networks, and much more. You will learn simple and practical ways to protect your PC and other support devices (like printers and scanners), and how to cope if a disaster does strike. The book is packed with real world horror stories that will help you learn how to better protect yourself from bad things and stupid blunders.
Download or read book Reliability in Scientific Research written by I. R. Walker and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-27 with total page 611 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering many techniques widely used in research, this book will help researchers in the physical sciences and engineering solve troublesome - and potentially very time consuming - problems in their work. The book deals with technical difficulties that often arise unexpectedly during the use of various common experimental methods, as well as with human error. It provides preventive measures and solutions for such problems, thereby saving valuable time for researchers. Some of the topics covered are: sudden leaks in vacuum systems, electromagnetic interference in electronic instruments, vibrations in sensitive equipment, and bugs in computer software. The book also discusses mistakes in mathematical calculations, and pitfalls in designing and carrying out experiments. Each chapter contains a summary of its key points, to give a quick overview of important potential problems and their solutions in a given area.
Download or read book Surviving Disasters in Water Utilities written by Neil S. Grigg and published by American Water Works Association. This book was released on 2002 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of critical importance to all utilities, this report includes a checklist of best management practices for self-assessment for disaster preparedness. This report addresses both natural and human-caused threats or hazards.
Download or read book Degunking Windows written by Joli Ballew and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Degunking Windows, Second Edition continues on with the mission introduced in the bestselling first edition--help all Windows XP users get the most out of their PC. Since the first edition was published, new software updates, hardware changes, and more aggressive viruses have all contributed to creating more gunk for users. The new edition is especially designed to help readers clean up Windows and get much more out of their PCs. The focus is on Service Pack 2 and all of the new features that have been added to Windows XP. Degunking Windows, Second Edition features proven techniques to help users quickly get their PCs back to top performance. It shows why PCs get gunked up, and presents the best techniques for degunking including improving security, dealing with spam, getting rid of unused programs, making Internet Explorer more secure, dealing with email programs, getting SP2 working well, cleaning files, optimizing hard drives to free up valuable space, working with Windows Media programs, and fixing the Desktop and Start menus. The new edition presents the easiest ways to back up precious files, clean and optimize the registry, and how to do a clean install.
Download or read book Cassette Books written by Library of Congress. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Accidents and Disasters written by Satish Chandra and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-05-18 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals with the contemporary subject of perception of risk and its influence on accidents and disasters. The contents examine the conventional viewpoints on human errors, incubation of errors, complexity and organisational deviance as a cause for accidents. Work of Mary Douglas with regard to risk, Charles Perrow's work on the normal accident theory and Diane Vaughan's theory on normalisation of deviance are examined from a fresh perspective in this book. It also discusses prominent accidents in aviation, space, nuclear energy, automotive and healthcare, using the pandemic and Boeing 737 Max as a backdrop to study accidents and disasters. It further explores the background and similarities to these events and addresses the core issues such as the state of regulation, the worldview of the sociologists, and proposes that mental models of complex systems, avarice and risk for gain as other possibilities for accidents. Using the concept of nudge in behavioural economics and the Elinor Ostrom’s viewpoint on regulating for common good, it suggests a way forward through the High Reliability Organisation Theory (HRO) leading to enhanced risk perception. The book will be of interest to those who would like to understand the need to incorporate risk perception into regulation, engineers and scientists, professionals and policy makers working in the areas of disaster and risk management, technology areas like aviation, nuclear plants, space and healthcare, students of the sociology of risk and of course the general reader.
Download or read book Colorado 14er Disasters written by Mark Scott-Nash and published by Colorado Mountain Club. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Colorado 14er Disasters, Second Edition explores the disturbingly easy ways that hikers become stranded, severely injured, or killed on the state's high alpine peaks. When those accidents happen, the victim is far from help and in an environment where rescue is difficult at best."--Back of book
Download or read book Talking Book Topics written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Game Design Complete written by Patrick O'Luanaigh and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most books on game design and development treat the topic as if designers worked in a vacuum. But in the real world, game design almost always needs to work within the constraints of time, money, hardware and software limitations, marketing issues, sales potential, and other challenges. Anyone who views this as an opportunity rather than a problem can learn to create exciting and truly original titles that become highly successful. The "complete" approach to game design is all about getting into the trenches and uncovering the real-world constraints and issues and providing design solutions that really work. This highly practical and informative guide shows that designing successful games involves critical factors such as how to design for licenses when a game is based on a film, book, or TV show; how to design for technology that has significant limitations such as limited memory, smaller displays, and limited CPU capacity; how to create designs that are compelling and really hook the player; and how to spot and take advantage of key design trends that are leading the industry. No other book like Game Design Complete brings together the amazing insight of today's top minds to cover topics like designing unique characters, dealing with strange and challenging environments like Mars or the artic, designing a game around famous people, designing a game to stand out as a brand, designing for different demographics, and much more. Throughout, the book is jam-packed with design related war stories, tips, and techniques that really work.
Download or read book The Mac Tiger Server Black Book written by Jr Charles S. Edge and published by Little Black Books (Paraglyph. This book was released on 2006 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique black book will guide networking professionals and those wantingto set up a server through all the aspects of the new Mac Tiger Serverincluding understanding the Apple network, managing network access, andnetwork protocols such as TCP/IP AppleTalk, and the OSI model. The book is divided into two sections: the "In Depth" section covers all the conceptsbeing introduced, followed by the "Immediate Solutions" sections thatprovide hands-on real-world techniques to solve problems. It coversWeb-based administration, open directory and managed preferences, protocolsfor routing, switching and Web services. The book is jam-packed withhundreds of "how-to" tips to ensure that servers are set up correctly andthey operate as efficiently as possible. Numerous time-saving techniques arealso provided to help web server administrators save time and reduceaggravation.
Download or read book Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book written by Jesse M. Torres and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Windows Admin Scripting Little Black Book, 3rd Edition, shows Windows users and administrators how to perform Windows management and administrative tasks using powerful scripts for just about every important task imaginable. It covers techniques for working with files, input/output, text files, and performing various network administrative tasks through scripting. It presents the necessity of logon scripts, the backbone structure of a good logon script, and how to implement these scripts in an everyday environment to automate repetitive tasks such as inventory, file modifications, installations, and system updates. It also provides an in-depth look into the registry and registry editing tools including locating the important registry keys and values, and modifying them. The book features example scripts on every new topic covered to reinforce what the reader has just learned. Key scripting topics include manipulating the Windows XP file system, using powerful third-party scripting tools, creating scripts for installing service packs and new applications, automating applications from the command line, and setting up security features for Windows XP. Everything is included in this book, and users can easily modify or combine the scripts to perform myriad tasks. And the author has included all the scripts on his website for easy reference.
Download or read book Degunking Microsoft Office written by Wayne Palaia and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on how to get the most out of Microsoft Office by streamlining applications, organizing files, and using time-saving features.
Download or read book Tiny Blunders Big Disasters written by Jared Knott and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Don't miss this fantastic book" - Haywood SmithFrom Benjamin Franklin there comes the old adage : For want of the nail, the shoe was lost : For want the shoe, the rider was lost : For want of the rider, the battle was lost: For want of the battle an empire was lost : The empire was lost all for the want of a nail.How often does that really happen? That a single tiny mistake causes an entire civilization to collapse? The reader will be amazed how often it happens over and over again. Some examples as follows: - A single document poorly designed by one single clerk in one single county changed the outcome of a presidential election and led directly to a major war. - A soldier accidentally kicks a helmet off of the top of a wall and causes an empire to collapse. - A small mechanical device several inches long fails to function ; This changes the outcome of WWII and leads to the death of millions of people. - A man who was president of a nation was also commanding a large army in the field facing a dangerous enemy. But when the expected attack from the enemy came, he was in his tent, high on opium, cavorting with a beautiful young slave woman. The battle led to the founding of a new nation and a famous song was later written about the beautiful young woman. These and many more: Hypnotic and addictive, this book is a review of the seemingly tiny mistakes that led to the collapse of grand civilizations. Human weakness at it very worst at critical moments. The Butterfly Effect in human history: The many tiny mistakes that changed the world we live in today. See the book trailer ( One of the best ever produced for a adult non-fiction book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu4LlkqT72g
Download or read book Brilliant Mistakes written by Paul J. H. Schoemaker and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named #1 Best Business Book of 2011, by Patriot-News-PennLive.com If you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake. Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. In Brilliant Mistakes, Paul Schoemaker, founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, shares critical insights on the surprising benefits of making well-chosen mistakes. Brilliant Mistakes explores why minimizing mistakes may be the greatest mistake of all, situations when mistakes are most beneficial and when they should be avoided, the counter-intuitive idea that we should deliberately permit errors at times, and how to make the most of brilliant mistakes to improve business results. Brilliant Mistakes is based on solid academic research and insights from Schoemaker's work with more than 100 organizations, as well as his provocative Harvard Business Review article with Robert Gunther, "The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes." Schoemaker provides a practical roadmap for using mistakes to accelerate learning for your organization and yourself.
Download or read book Flight 232 A Story of Disaster and Survival written by Laurence Gonzales and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-07-07 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A richly detailed story that is equal parts heartbreaking, inspiring…and full of fascinating science…masterful." —San Francisco Chronicle As hundreds of rescue workers waited on the ground, United Airlines Flight 232 wallowed drunkenly over the bluffs northwest of Sioux City. The plane slammed onto the runway and burst into a vast fireball. The rescuers didn't move at first: nobody could possibly survive that crash. And then people began emerging from the summer corn that lined the runways. Miraculously, 184 of 296 passengers lived. No one has ever attempted the complete reconstruction of a crash of this magnitude. Drawing on interviews with hundreds of survivors, crew, and airport and rescue personnel, Laurence Gonzales, a commercial pilot himself, captures, minute by minute, the harrowing journey of pilots flying a plane with no controls and flight attendants keeping their calm in the face of certain death. He plumbs the hearts and minds of passengers as they pray, bargain with God, plot their strategies for survival, and sacrifice themselves to save others. Ultimately he takes us, step by step, through the gripping scientific detective work in super-secret labs to dive into the heart of a flaw smaller than a grain of rice that shows what brought the aircraft down. An unforgettable drama of the triumph of heroism over tragedy and human ingenuity over technological breakdown, Flight 232 is a masterpiece in the tradition of the greatest aviation stories ever told.
Download or read book Library Journal written by Melvil Dewey and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 1030 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.
