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Author: Zachary Shore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2010-07-15
Total Pages: 270
ISBN-13: 1608192547
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFor anyone whose best-laid plans have been foiled by faulty thinking, Blunder reveals how understanding seven simple traps-Exposure Anxiety, Causefusion, Flat View, Cure-Allism, Infomania, Mirror Imaging, Static Cling-can make us all less apt to err in our daily lives.
Author: Joseph S. Casciato; Robert M. Vass
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2009-08-11
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 1453551328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is about information and the people who use and abuse.it. Everyday we are subjected to a great deal of information. We read it in the newspapers, we see it on television, we see it on television, and we hear it on the radio. Should we believe everything we read, see, and hear? Joseph S. Casciato and Robert M. Vass' book Should We Believe It helps you understand the importance of accepting only the correct information. The goal of this book is to make you decide whether or not the information you receive is correct. The stories, example and quotes in the book are designed to make the readers realize that there are people who deliberately create misinformation. Integrated in this book are interesting stories about individuals who garble communication and stretch, divert, thwart and almost eliminate facts. Should We Believe It is an eye-opening account of the hazards of accepting things without pause. This book is not saying don't believe every statement you come across. but it strongly suggests that you think before you believe it and realize there should be reasonable verifiability of the claims you encounter every day.
Author: Matthew Thurber
Publisher: Picturebox, Incorporated
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781939799081
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA hilarious detective story that manages to critique and explore digital culture, Infomaniacs is marked by the author's restless questioning and heightened sense of the absurd. With the iconic Amy Shit as his Philip Marlow, Thurber looks in on 'The Scriveners of Tweet Street', Albert Radar, a Joseph Beuys-lookalike psychiatrist, a perfectly preserved brain that has never seen the internet, an organic server farm, the Anthropamorphic Task Force, and so much more. But all of this is in service to a tightly plotted thriller.
Author: Elizabeth M. Ferrarini
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin
Published: 1985
Total Pages: 334
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mario Di Paolantonio
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2023-12-14
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 3031481771
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book grapples with what it means when education and democracy are at an end: when these two foundational aspects of our society seem to have reached a culminating point, no longer appearing to produce and make sense amid the crises of our time. Engaging topical political events and mobilizing a variety of cultural resources, Di Paolantonio shows that today the possibility of the future and the significance of an expansive transgenerational sensibility are radically in question as trends toward destruction, cruelty, and banality are steering world-defying calamities, and sparking “chronopathologies” of doom and despair among the planet’s occupants. Unfolding his argument through a series of accessible chapters that draw on contemporary philosophy, educational thinking, and cultural-artistic works, Di Paolantonio explores how the transgenerational sensibility retains a possibility we might tap for overcoming the impasses of our time.
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-07-17
Total Pages: 389
ISBN-13: 1684123925
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe popular bathroom reader series is back with this collection that’s flush with laughs. It’s new, it’s improved, it’s the funniest ever! Back by popular demand, this newly revised edition includes plenty of all-time favorites, along with more than twenty-five pages of new content. That’s page after page after page of laugh-out-loud dumb jokes, dumb jocks, toasts, pranks, kings, kittens, caboodles, and, of course, poorly translated kung fu movie subtitles such as “It took my seven digestive pills to dissolve your hairy crab!” So, whether you like your humor witty or witless, light or dark, silly or sublime, you’ll laugh until your head explodes. Chortle at: ·Dumb crooks: The robber who ran face-first into a wall because he forgot to poke eye holes in his pillowcase. ·Witty wordplay: If Snoop Dogg were to marry Winnie-the-Pooh, his name would become Snoop Dogg Pooh. ·Flubbed headlines: “British Left Waffles On House Floor” ·Quirky stars: Billy Idol’s concert rider demands he have one large tub of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter in his dressing room. ·Job lingo: If you hear an ER doc mention a “VIP,” be on the lookout for a “very intoxicated patient.” ·Sputtering sportscasters: “If only faces could talk.” —Pat Summerall And much, much more
Author: Robert Marcus
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 1553698843
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmerging Technology Strategies and the Great Global Grid The next generation of the Internet will produce dramatic economic and social changes exceeding even the World Wide Web. Several emerging technologies are converging to create a Great Global Grid infrastructure where universal connectivity to large computing resources will be available for consumers and enterprises. The goal of this book is to provide a systematic survey of the full spectrum of Great Global Grid technologies from an enterprise viewpoint. The Great Global Grid - The range of technologies comprising the Great Global Grid is very wide. One of the main contributions of the book is to categorize these technologies in detail and to explain the dependencies among them. The technologies include: Application Servers and Portals Enterprise Application Integration and B2B Middleware Web Services and XML Messaging Peer-to-Peer Collaboration Pervasive Computing: Middleware and Software Platforms Distributed Resource Managers, Clusters and Grids Global Grid Middleware Conclusions for the Future Emerging Technology Strategies - The book does not hype these technologies or their benefits. Section 1 of the book describes examples of past emerging technologies that failed to realize their initial vision. Based on the lessons learned from these experiences, a pragmatic technology evaluation template is created that includes: Overview of the technology Relationships to other technologies Important technical and business trends Specific applications Industry and official standards Vendor overview by application area Leading implementation approaches Advice on deployment Future technical and business directions Recommendations Audience - The information collected in this book is not available from any other single source. The broad range of technologies, standards and vendors covered is necessary to understand the future enterprise applications of the Internet. The following groups should find the contents of this book especially valuable. Decision makers for the evaluation strategy and discussions of current products, standards and open issues Developers and architects for the overview of many advanced software technologies and their relationships Consultants for the industry analysis of vendors and business applications Futurists for the trends and research that are the basis of the next generation Internet Students for the industrial applications and open source projects
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-09-01
Total Pages: 620
ISBN-13: 1645175022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUncle John is back with another spectacular show—and it’s right here in front of you! Uncle John’s Greatest Know on Earth Bathroom Reader is bursting with the latest oohs and aahs from the worlds of pop culture, history, sports, and politics. Dazzling facts, jaw-dropping blunders, and astounding lists of trivia will make your visits to the throne room more entertaining than ever. Articles range in length from a single page to extended page-turners, so there’s always something to suit your needs. With Uncle John as the ringmaster for the 33rd straight edition, this Bathroom Reader is sure to be a crowd-pleaser!
Author: Bathroom Readers' Institute
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2018-07-17
Total Pages: 342
ISBN-13: 1684124182
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGet your trivia on the go with this Uncle John’s anthology of fun fast facts, includes over twenty-five pages of new content! Uncle John’s New & Improved Briefs is chock-full of thousands of great facts and hundreds of quick hits covering history, origins, blunders, sports, pop science, and entertainment plus a sprinkling of riddles, puns, anagrams, and other classic wordplay. Read about . . . The secrets of top-secret spy lingo The monkey that got a head transplant . . . and lived Bizarre recipes: jellied moose nose, steamed muskrat legs, and haggis The worst movie bloopers from Best Picture Oscar winners The little-known story of the best deal in sports history The man behind Death Valley’s “Castle in the Desert” How to decipher the hidden codes on a dollar bill Sinister left-handed facts Earth’s greatest hits And much, much more!
