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Walls is the story of how a young German woman, acting alone with the cooperation of a handful of other individuals in wartime Germany, brought sustenance and hope to thousands of political prisoners of the Third Reich. “When so many of us seem crippled by the numbness we see in our own society, Walls reminds us of the power of individual conscience.” — The Nation “I want my friends to read this book. I want to fix them with a glittering eye, à la Ancient Mariner, and force them to sit down and start reading. How else can they learn that a book about wartime Germany and concentration camp horror can be enthralling, inspiring and even possess charm.” — Pamela Marsh, Christian Sci...
This handbook provides a comprehensive look at OpenStreetMap (OSM), the web-based editable map of the world that enables people to freely view, edit, and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on the Earth. Written for novices as well as IT specialists by two experts directly involved with OSM, this guide presents an introduction to the OSM community, the data model, and the software used in the project and offers practical, hands-on advice to contributors and users of OSM geodata. Directions for accessing OSM data and rendering custom maps with Osmarender, Mapnik, and Garmin GPS devices are included, along with a discussion of licensing issues for the maps and techniques for users seeking to run their own OSM servers.
In a 1950 conversation at Los Alamos, four world-class scientists generally agreed, given the size of the Universe, that advanced extraterrestrial civilizations must be present. But one of the four, Enrico Fermi, asked, "If these civilizations do exist, where is everybody?" Given the fact that there are perhaps 400 million stars in our Galaxy alone, and perhaps 400 million galaxies in the Universe, it stands to reason that somewhere out there, in the 14 billion-year-old cosmos, there is or once was a civilization at least as advanced as our own. Webb discusses in detail the 50 most cogent and intriguing solutions to Fermi's famous paradox.
Britain has long been a magnet for people from abroad attracted by its way of life and healthy economy: the recent influx of people from new member countries of the European Union has only increased the trend. Live & Work in Britain is a complete guide to daily life, from finding a home to the art of queuing, all illustrated with first-hand accounts from people living in Britain. This book is part of the popular Live & Work series and is full colour, with numerous maps and photographs throughout. Set out so the information is easily accessible, the book guides you through the practicalities of a move to Britain, from setting up home to finding a job and enjoying time off. In particular, it g...
The book comprises innovative research presented at the 14th Conference of the Association of Geographic Information Laboratories in Europe (AGILE), held in 2011 in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The scientific papers cover a large variety of fundamental research topics as well as applied research in Geoinformation Science including measuring spatiotemporal phenomena, quality and semantics, spatiotemporal analysis, modeling and decision support as well as spatial information infrastructures. The book is aimed at researchers, practitioners and students who work in various fields and disciplines related to Geoinformation Science and technology.
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Unter dem Radar - Ausgewählte Artikel & Interviews zu Datenschutz, Informationstechnologie, Netzpolitik und Hacking. Taschenbuchausgabe. Eine Einführung in die Welt der Informationstechnologie mit folgenden Sektionen: - Überwachung & Tarnkappen - Encryption: Verschlüsselung & Kryptographie - McEliece-Messaging: Smoke Crypto Chat Messenger - Open Source & Fähigkeiten für die Community - Werkzeuge für die Online-Sicherheit: VeraCrypt, Tor-Browser, Spot-On Encryption Suite, Proxies, VPNs etc. - Schutz der Verbraucher:innen: Daten vermeiden, löschen und schützen - Entertainment-Szene: Hacker:innen, Piraterie & das Recht der Urheber:innen - FileSharing, Echo-Server sowie Streaming & IPTV - Ikonen, Clubs & Fußvolk - Netzpolitik - oder was sonst noch so "rumspinnt" ... ... sowie zahlreiche Interviews mit vielen Größen & Insider:innen der IT & Szene.
Das Buch zeigt effiziente Wege, wie man Java wirtschaftlich sinnvoll und nutzbringend in der Praxis einsetzen kann. Ausgehend von den Grundlagen der Java-Programmierung ist der Schwerpunkt die Entwicklung von Java-Applets, um insbesondere Unternehmenskommunikation intern (Intranet) oder die Marketingmöglichkeiten extern (Internet) und damit den Kundenkontakt effizient und interaktiv zu unterstützen.