Contact


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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and astronomer Carl Sagan imagines the greatest adventure of all—the discovery of an advanced civilization in the depths of space. In December of 1999, a multinational team journeys out to the stars, to the most awesome encounter in human history. Who—or what—is out there? In Cosmos, Carl Sagan explained the universe. In Contact, he predicts its future—and our own.




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It is the first-ever book on Google Programmable Search Engines covering little-known techniques, advanced features, and operators. A detailed intro on creating PSEs, including info absent in Google’s help. A “hack” on creating PSEs that look for profiles in seconds. Introduction to advanced PSE-only search operators allowing to perform filtered searches of parts of the web. A “hack” on expanding Google’s search limits to 500 terms. Use cases, examples, and approaches that would be educational for those doing online research.




In Search of First Contact


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A radically new interpretation of two medieval Icelandic tales, known as the Vinland sagas, considering what the they reveal about native peoples, and how they contribute to the debate about whether Leif Eiriksson or Christopher Columbus should be credited as the first "discoverer" of America.




Applied Cryptography and Network Security


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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security, ACNS 2011, held in Nerja, Spain, in June 2011. The 31 revised full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 172 submissions. They are organized in topical sessions on malware and intrusion detection; attacks, applied crypto; signatures and friends; eclectic assortment; theory; encryption; broadcast encryption; and security services.




Contact Lenses Guide


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As a large portion of us know, contact lenses are the best other option to glasses. Myopia, astigmatism, farsightedness, and different issues. Contact lenses are used by the individual who have had waterfall medical procedure. Contacts are exploited as part of the eye, where they are coast over ocean of the rest before the cornea. You ought to dependably go to a specialist to be fitted, as the best possible fitting and configuration is vital for wellbeing, comfort, and the exact vision.




Managing and Processing Big Data in Cloud Computing


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Big data has presented a number of opportunities across industries. With these opportunities come a number of challenges associated with handling, analyzing, and storing large data sets. One solution to this challenge is cloud computing, which supports a massive storage and computation facility in order to accommodate big data processing. Managing and Processing Big Data in Cloud Computing explores the challenges of supporting big data processing and cloud-based platforms as a proposed solution. Emphasizing a number of crucial topics such as data analytics, wireless networks, mobile clouds, and machine learning, this publication meets the research needs of data analysts, IT professionals, researchers, graduate students, and educators in the areas of data science, computer programming, and IT development.




Absolute Beginner's Guide to EBay


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Learn about the eBay phenomenon - the largest Internet shopping site and online community - with the latest update of this bestseller!







Discovery from Current and Former Employees


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A unique handbook for litigators that describes and anallyzes an often tricky area of discovery: dealing with the current and former employees of one's opponent. It provides overall guidance and discusses cases from all fifty states in order to point the practicing litigator in the right direction.




Advances in Delay-Tolerant Networks (DTNs)


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Advances in Delay-Tolerant Networks: Architecture and Enhanced Performance, Second Edition provides an important overview of delay-tolerant networks (DTNs) for researchers in electronics, computer engineering, telecommunications and networking for those in academia and R&D in industrial sectors. Part I reviews the technology involved and the prospects for improving performance, including different types of DTN and their applications, such as satellite and deep-space communications and vehicular communications. Part II focuses on how the technology can be further improved, addressing topics, such as data bundling, opportunistic routing, reliable data streaming, and the potential for rapid selection and dissemination of urgent messages. Opportunistic, delay-tolerant networks address the problem of intermittent connectivity in a network where there are long delays between sending and receiving messages, or there are periods of disconnection. - Reviews the different types of DTN and shows how they can be applied in satellite and deep-space communications, vehicular communications (including unmanned aerial), and during large-scale disasters - Considers security concerns for DTN and potential for rapid selection and dissemination of urgent messages - Reviews the breadth of areas in which DTN is already providing solutions - Covers the prospects for DTN's wider adoption and development of standards