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And you thought you new Windows 95Review Date: 2000-04-26
Excellent Study ToolReview Date: 1999-06-15
Wonderful Interactive tool for passing the Exam !!!Review Date: 1999-05-14
Helped me pass the MCSE test!Review Date: 1999-05-03
It is all in here for 70-063.Review Date: 1998-06-23

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Brilliant but incredibly obtuseReview Date: 2008-01-29
You're Smarter Than You Think You AreReview Date: 2006-03-30
I read this book in a Bantam mass market edition after sampling a piece of it in some science magazine (maybe Discover). Gregory Bateson was a renaissance man (which is one of the delights in reading him), the former husband of anthropologist Margaret Mead, and best known for the double bind theory of schitzophrenia, included as an essay in The Ecology of Mind. That theory may not sound well-known at all, but it's the basis of family counseling and why we talk about dysfunctional families (instead of just individuals). And we've all been in situations that are double binds, or as these no-win situations are known in everyday jargon: "damned if you do, damned if you don't".
Bateson wrote this book as metafiction, which is to say he talks about the book in the book, and he includes a handful or metalogues with his daughter, Catherine Bateson, herself now a writer for such magazines as Smithsonian, although he made them up. These metalogues reflect on ideas in the book and widen the feedback loop, as it were, to include the reader. They are relaxed and leisurely and not meant to be persuasive.
My experience reading this book was that it changed the way I saw everything. That sounds like an over-reaching claim or a self-help book gone wild, but the reason is, as Bateson points out, that many of our educations are simply based on gathering information, like Number Five in the film Short Circuit, with no help at all on how to think about it.
I certainly didn't understand everything in this book. But then, if you already understand and agree with everything in a book, why read it? What I did glean was a few tidbits from an engaging and knowledgeable prof who gave me not just more to think about but ways to think about it, and the happy realization that we're all smarter than we think we are.
The most important book on epistemology there isReview Date: 2005-08-18
This book is one of his most important. It is a testament of his view of science and coming from a person who helped revolutionize more scientific fields than the average person has even heard of it should be taken seriously. In its pages Bateson tells us what science is and how it should be properly exercised. Given the confusion and nihilism that have followed on the pseudoscientific revolutions of postmodernism and decostructivism (read Focault, Derida or Judith Butler for instance) such readings are necessary if at times disturbing. Not all ways of doing science are equal and many of them are based on logical confusion. Bateson is clear on that point. On page 24 he tells us "Some tools of thought are so blunt that they are almost useless". Self-evident to most people this maxim needs to be restated and taken seriously, especially within the social sciences that have only succeeded in making minor steps since the time of Aristotle. In this book we learn the why of this unfortunate situation. The question is if anybody wants to listen...
Still Bateson is not in any way preaching like some untouchable headmaster, unlike many other philosophers of his rank (read Jerry Fodor for instance). He is aware of the difficulties and obstacles involved and most of the time keeps his voice low. He also is not a techno-freak like many of the newest cognitive scientists, modern rationalists or evolutionary psychologists though he is one of their intellectual fathers. Instead he often talks of the need of a holistic approach, of looking out for the pattern which connects mind to nature and nature to the universe, and warns against the dangers of degrading the ecosystem and turning our backs to the fellow living creatures of this, still wonderful, planet.
If you only read one book on the history of science or on epistemology make this one your choice. You wont regret it. It is a cybernetically quided misile which will hit you on the head, and change you forever. To the better that is.
That reminds me of a story...Review Date: 2007-07-16
"Mind and Nature" is both Gregory Bateson's most accessible and most difficult book. It is a deeply personal exploration of what has come to be called cognitive science from a brilliant man and great scientist who pioneered a deep synthesis of anthropology, language and communications, and biology over the course of a remarkable life. Be advised that it is more of a progress report on a lifelong quest than a coherent whole. If you have an enduring interest in cognitive science and you haven't read Bateson, you don't know what you are missing.
Bateson's starting point is, "How is it possible for the same evolutionary forces that shaped our survival as a species failed to shape our minds?" The answer, of course, is that it is not. It ought to be self-evident that the phenomenon that we call the "mind" is shaped by natural selection. Bateson does not claim to understand all the implications of this empiricist stance, his focus instead is on how to start asking the right questions about the mind and cognition. For instance: What is learning? What is play? (Is it true that only mammals play? Why is that?) If you think about it, these are phenomenon central to the human experience and there is no one that discussed them more insightfully than Bateson does here (and in "Steps...".
I find myself returning to this book again and again over the years. Its effect on me has been profound. I am sure I will never understand more than a small part of what Bateson is trying to tell me here, but the feeble fraction that I do understand is remarkable. The wisdom that animates this book has shaped many of the foundational notions of my life. It is full of life lessons.
And that reminds me of a story about the time I incorporated one of Bateson's teaching parables from this book into a speech I had to give not too long ago....
Inspiration Beyond Imagination!Review Date: 2006-08-17

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Excellent single-point referenceReview Date: 2002-07-25
The book mod_perl programmers have been waiting forReview Date: 2002-09-16
This book uses the popular "cookbook" approach, where the content is broken down into short "recipes" each of which addresses a specific problem. There are almost two hundred of these recipes in the book arranged into chapters which discuss particular areas of mod_perl development. In my opinion the cookbook approach works much better in some chapters than in others.
It's the start of the book where the cookbook approach seems most forced. In chapter 1 problems like "You want to compile and build mod_perl from source on a Unix platform" provide slightly awkward introductions to explainations about obtaining and installing mod_perl on various platforms (kudos to the authors for being up-to-date enough to include OS X in list list). All the information you want is there however, so by the end of the chapter you'll have mod_perl up and running.
Chapter 2 looks at configuration options. It tell you how to get your CGI programs running under mod_perl using the Apache::Registry module which simulates a standard CGI environment so that your CGI programs can run almost unchanged. This will give you an immediate performance increase as you no longer have the performance hit of starting up a Perl interpreter each time one of your CGI programs is run. This chapter also addresses issues like caching database connections and using mod_perl as a proxy server.
We then get to part II of the book. In this section we look at the mod_perl API which gives us to the full functionality of Apache. This allows us to write Perl code which is executed at any time during any of the stages of Apache's processing.
Chapter 3 introduces the Apache request object which is at the heart of the API and discusses various ways to get useful information both out of and back into the object. Chapter 4 serves a similar purpose for the Apache server object which contains information about the web server and its configuration.
In chapter 5 the authors look at Uniform Resource Indentifiers (URIs) and discuss many methods for processing them. Chapter 6 moves from the logical world of URIs to the physical world of files. This chapter starts by explaining the Apache::File module before looking at many ways to handle files in mod_perl.
The previous few chapters have built up a useful toolkit of techniques to use in a mod_perl environment, in chapters 7 and 8 we start to pull those techniques together and look in more detail at creating handlers - which are the building blocks of mod_perl applications. Chapter 7 deal with the creation of handlers and chapter 8 looks at how you can interact with them to build a complete application.
Chapter 9 is one of the most useful chapters in the book as it deals with benchmarking and tuning mod_perl applications. It serves as a useful guide to a number of techniques for squeezing the last drops of performance out of your web site. Chapter 10 is a useful introduction to using Object Oriented Perl to create your handlers. Whilst the information is all good, this is, unfortunately, another chapter where the cookbook format seems a little strained.
Part III of the book goes into great detail about the Apache lifecycle. Each chapter looks at a small number of Apache's processing stages and suggests ways that handlers can be used during that stage. This is the widest ranging part of the book and it's full of example code that really demonstrates the power of the Apache API. I'll just mention one particular chapter in this section. Chapter 15 talks about the content generation phrase. This is the phase that creates the actual content that goes back to the user's browser and, as such, is the most important phase of the whole transaction. I was particularly pleased to see that the authors took up most of this chapter looking at methods that separate the actual data from the presentation. They have at recipes that look at all of the commonly used Perl templating systems and a few more recipes cover the generation of output from XML.
Finally, two appendices give a brief reference to mod_perl hooks, build flags and constants and a third gives a good selection of pointers to further resources.
This is the book that mod_perl programmers have been waiting for. The three authors are all well-known experts in the field and it's great that they have shared their knowledge through this book. If you write mod_perl applications, then you really should read this book.
The best 'Best Practices' bookReview Date: 2002-05-08
Slam dunkReview Date: 2002-07-21
Great for profiling and tuningReview Date: 2002-07-17

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The MS Workbook: Living Fully With Multiple SclerosisReview Date: 2008-06-20
This book is wonderful. It helps me to focus on what is important and to rethink the ways I have been doing things. It is a great handbook for those with those who have been recently diagnosed and with those who have been struggling with everyday life.
Great resource but for the later stages?Review Date: 2008-01-25
Very good guide for those with MSReview Date: 2007-06-03
I also like the worksheets that are spread throughout the book. Some deal with coping with the disease, questions to ask your neurologist, insurance issues as well as many more topics. These are a great addition and will help anyone who feels overwhelmed with their diagnosis.
I reccomend this book to anyone who has the disease and needs some help dealing with it. I actually wish they would give a copy of this when you are diagnosed. It is that good.
One of the better MS books out thereReview Date: 2006-11-09
Great BookReview Date: 2007-04-12

of Great Benefit to bands / musicians.Review Date: 2008-07-24
Nashville rosetta stoneReview Date: 2008-05-11
For any songwriter who wants commercial success this is an useful tool.
Absolutely a must have!Review Date: 2008-05-04
Great book!Review Date: 2008-03-15
It's easier than it looks!Review Date: 2007-09-23
Next time I'll try it myself and let them tweek it if necessary!
Don't be afraid but do get this book and CD to help you understand The Nashville Number System!

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There is a newer editionReview Date: 2006-01-25
Very ImpressedReview Date: 2003-07-07
Ready for my freshman year!Review Date: 2003-04-11
Great Gift for Your StudentsReview Date: 2004-05-12
A Must For All Pre-FroshReview Date: 2003-04-21

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Definite keeperReview Date: 2008-02-27
So much info, so little money!Review Date: 2008-01-17
Excellent network security referenceReview Date: 2005-10-24
AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!Review Date: 2005-03-13
It has just about everything you need to know when it comes to infosec.
Very complete book!Review Date: 2005-02-13


Excellent referencebook for neurosurgical nurses Review Date: 2007-10-18
A must have for the Neurosurgery and Neurology internReview Date: 2007-05-04
my favorite neuro bookReview Date: 2006-10-26
Fantastic approach to the neurologic patient that no student of medicine can be withoutReview Date: 2005-07-21
95% of Neurological diagnosis/differential diagnosis should be reached within 10 minutes of seeing a patient from historical details alone. History is the cornerstone of neurology.
The exam is designed to confirm your diagnosis/differential diagnosis and/or to rule out considerations in localization.
After discussing symptom presentation the text then goes on to discuss COMMON neurologic/neurosurgical disorders detailing patterns of recognition so that medical practioners of all levels and in all fields can recognize these patterns in their patients and thus be able to rougly localize the problem and cite the most common causes.
Simple and effectiveReview Date: 2005-01-03
William Holmes: Fourth year medical student: University of Glasgow. Scotland. UK
Neurology is a horrible subject to the medical student. A plethora of nerve pathways and a multitude of pathologies mean that students, when confronted with a neurological patient in the clinical setting, quickly reverse and run back up to the relative safety of cafeteria.
What this books attempts successfully to do, is to remove the teaching barriers of neurology, making neurology not a matter of guess work but reasoning from a solid background of neurological principles. This book achieves this by removing itself from complex diagrams and ancient terms, instead adopting an approach that at first glance seems rather basic. Its layout involves a multitude of illustrations ranging from the simple to the more complex that are not used to complicate, but to provide valuable aids in memorising ultimately making learning the complexities of neurology much easier. The diagrams are all aided by text that is written in note-form, keeping only to the pertinent points and saving the reader valuable time trudging through unnecessary prose.
A prime example of this is seen in the "limb weakness" section. Rather than attempting to narrate what occurs when a lesion is proximal or distal - a fault of mainly neurology books - this book adopts simplified diagrams to convey the points that are relevant and vital. Also, clinical features of a condition are kept to only those that are classical to that pathology and more importantly, they are all explained with relation to the pathology. Together it means the important clinical features are remembered and can be reasoned in-front of a belligerent consultant (much to their annoyance).
This book is so well written and illustrated, that your neurology notes from exam revision will be more or less this book written word for word.
The only minus point is that on first glance this book looks like a basic neurology text that is only suitable for a first year. Upon reading however, this is quickly shown to be false and it actually provides a valuable source for all those involved in medical care, irrespective of qualification.
Its layout is simple, easy to use and allows the book to be used as either a quick reference or as a comphrensive neurology book. Most importantly, the style of the book means that you remember the facts for the bedside, and retain them come exam time. Few medical textbooks can make that claim


So much more than a business negotiating book...Review Date: 2008-03-14
Since I haen't yet read his earlier work I don't know how this one compares to it, but I can say this is a fine alternative to the win-win style of negotiating that is so often taught and praised.
His experience of trying to negotiate with foreigners while an airline pilot made him wonder why they would turn down his offer of trying to get a good deal with the promise of future sales benefits to come.
After being rebuffed in his negotiations he later on looked up negotiate in the dictionary and it dawned on him that what he had been thinking did not apply to other people. The whole concept of thinking that if you gave some to get a deal or that others would be resonable and give something for future profits didn't apply after all in parts of the real world.
But there is a lot more talked about in the book.
** Neediness is one of the issues that he discusses and how you don't really need what you might think you do, and also how others can spot your neediness thinking and demand more from you to save a deal you think you reall need. ** Sometimes it is to your best interest just to say no.
But besides business deals common everyday things like talking to teachers about your kids or other everyday situations are also discussed in the book. That is why I say it is about so much more than just a style of negotiating, it is about life in general also.
After ordering but even before the book arrived I used the idea of just saying no twice and it worked. Just thinking about the bold title of this and his previous Start with No.. book changed my whole outlook on possible offers.
I have used the win-win model of bargaining many times in my life, but this whole way of thinking from reading the book has put another tool into my arsenal of negotiating tactics.
Sometimes contrarian attitudes can be useful. You don't have to use this mindset all the time but being able to look at things in a different light can make you much stronger in getting what you ultimately want out of life.
Some good negotiating tipsReview Date: 2007-11-25
THE ONLY REAL BOOK ON NEGOTIATION!!!Review Date: 2007-11-01
No, You should buy this bookReview Date: 2008-02-02
Also, the book points out how the other party's neediness can be played to your advantage. Watch for signs of this like not wanting to end the discussion, giving more information than is needed when answering questions, being overly enthusiastic, etc.
From here the book moves on to typical concepts covered in negotiation books and differs little from the rest of the pool. However, the first chapter and a few nuggets throughout the book make it well work the reading if you are involved in negotiations of any kind.
Thank you for setting me free JimReview Date: 2007-08-11
The web site offered a "10 Tips" download which I promptly downloaded because I like to study contrarian approaches. All ten were useful, but it's the first one that validated why I know I'm going to love reading "No: The Only Negotiating System You Need for Work and Home"
-- Never begin by asking them to say yes and agree. --
Wow. I've been struggling for years with advice from other gurus suggesting that I change my style this from this. It just is so natural to me. Next time I negotiate, I'm going to be a lot more at ease knowing I've got Jim Camp's advice on my side.
If you're tired of doing the reasonable thing (Another excellent book.. "Be Unreasonable" by Paul Lemberg), look for unconventional thinkers like Jim Camp, Tim Ferris(4 Hour Work Week), Ben Mack(Think Two Products Ahead).
There are still some new tricks us for us old dogs to learn.

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The best NetWare 5 Admin study book!Review Date: 2001-02-24
Good summaryReview Date: 2000-10-07
Very Helpful.Review Date: 2000-08-08
Just as the author claimsReview Date: 2001-03-21
Excellent Study Guide for the CNA Test.Review Date: 2000-06-04
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The two volume set of over 1100 pages, gives you 26 chapters of information covering the two exams. There are review questions, practice examples, hands-on exercises and so much more included in each chapter. The chapters are broken down into timed segments and you can skip around to customize the learning process.
The first of two cds included is a self paced learning cd from Microsoft the will enhance what the books and give you additional information. The setup and installation was simple easy to follow and I was learning in a matter of minutes.
The other cd is NETg, National Education Training Group, and this cd is multimedia based learning, which can be used independently is you desired. While the price tag may seem hefty, the value outweighs the cost in so may ways. Microsoft is the first name in applications and certification and Microsoft Press makes the learning easier.