A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling __Programming Erlang__, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses __sets of parallel processes__-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. **What You Need** The Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org. <div>

Get ready to program in a whole new way. Functional Programming in Java will help you quickly get on top of the new, essential Java 8 language features and the functional style that will change and improve your code. This short, targeted book will help you make the paradigm shift from the old imperative way to a less error-prone, more elegant, and concise coding style thats also a breeze to parallelize. Youll explore the syntax and semantics of lambda expressions, method and constructor references, and functional interfaces. Youll design and write applications better using the new standards in Java 8 and the JDK. Lambda expressions are lightweight, highly concise anonymous methods backed by functional interfaces in Java 8. You can use them to leap forward into a whole new world of programming in Java. With functional programming capabilities, which have been around for decades in other languages, you can now write elegant, concise, less error-prone code using standard Java. This book will guide you though the paradigm change, offer the essential details about the new features, and show you how to transition from your old way of coding to an improved style. In this book youll see popular design patterns, such as decorator, builder, and strategy, come to life to solve common design problems, but with little ceremony and effort. With these new capabilities in hand, Functional Programming in Java will help you pick up techniques to implement designs that were beyond easy reach in earlier versions of Java. Youll see how you can reap the benefits of tail call optimization, memoization, and effortless parallelization techniques.

New York Times Best-Selling Author. The Long-Awaited New Installment in the Popular and Award-Winning Vorkosigan Series. Starring the Explosively Charismatic Miles Vorkosigan. Miles Vorkosigan is back! Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning Don’t mess with the secretary. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble! “Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —Robert Jordan“It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —Diana Wynne Jones“Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —Jean Auel“Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —Publishers Weekly “One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —Booklist“Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —Denver Post“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —Locus

<p class="null1">Miles Vorkosigan is back!</p> <p>Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out.</p> <p>On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of <i>generation</i> past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning <i>Don’t mess with the secretary</i>. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble!</p> <p>“Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —<b>Robert Jordan</b></p> <p>“It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —<b>Diana Wynne Jones</b></p> <p>“Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —<b>Jean Auel</b></p> <p>“Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p>“One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —<i>Booklist</i></p> <p>“Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —<i>Denver</i> <i>Post</i></p> <p>“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —<i>Locus</i></p>

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

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A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

Annotation A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

Annotation A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org

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A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling __Programming Erlang__, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses __sets of parallel processes__-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. **What You Need** The Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org. <div>

A web application involves many specialists, but it takes people in web ops to ensure that everything works together throughout an application's lifetime. It's the expertise you need when your start-up gets an unexpected spike in web traffic, or when a new feature causes your mature application to fail. In this collection of essays and interviews, web veterans such as Theo Schlossnagle, Baron Schwartz, and Alistair Croll offer insights into this evolving field. You'll learn stories from the trenches--from builders of some of the biggest sites on the Web--on what's necessary to help a site thrive. Learn the skills needed in web operations, and why they're gained through experience rather than schooling Understand why it's important to gather metrics from both your application and infrastructure Consider common approaches to database architectures and the pitfalls that come with increasing scale Learn how to handle the human side of outages and degradations Find out how one company avoided disaster after a huge traffic deluge Discover what went wrong after a problem occurs, and how to prevent it from happening again Contributors include: John AllspawHeather ChampMichael ChristianRichard CookAlistair CrollPatrick DeboisEric FlorenzanoPaul HammondJustin HuffAdam JacobJacob LoomisMatt MassieBrian MoonAnoop NagwaniSean PowerEric RiesTheo SchlossnagleBaron SchwartzAndrew Shafer

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

<p><P>Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tells readers everything they need to know in order to harness the power of WMI to automate vast parts of Windows 2000 workstation and server management. The book starts with the absolute basics, teaching the fundamentals of WMI terminology and the VBScript programming language. By the time readers complete the book, the readers will not only have the ability to use the scripts supplied, but also have a good understanding of both WMI and VBScript.</p>

Annotation A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you’ll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems.----------Using Erlang, you’ll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That’s because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes—not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages.Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You’ll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks.You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users.The second edition has been extensively rewritten and covers Erlang R17 features. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You’ll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There’s also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask.Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program.What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system.

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling __Programming Erlang__, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses __sets of parallel processes__-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. **What You Need** The Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org. <div>

A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling __Programming Erlang__, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses __sets of parallel processes__-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. **What You Need** The Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org. <div>

A web application involves many specialists, but it takes people in web ops to ensure that everything works together throughout an application's lifetime. It's the expertise you need when your start-up gets an unexpected spike in web traffic, or when a new feature causes your mature application to fail. In this collection of essays and interviews, web veterans such as Theo Schlossnagle, Baron Schwartz, and Alistair Croll offer insights into this evolving field. You'll learn stories from the trenches--from builders of some of the biggest sites on the Web--on what's necessary to help a site thrive.Learn the skills needed in web operations, and why they're gained through experience rather than schooling Understand why it's important to gather metrics from both your application and infrastructure Consider common approaches to database architectures and the pitfalls that come with increasing scale Learn how to handle the human side of outages and degradations Find out how one company avoided disaster after a huge traffic deluge Discover what went wrong after a problem occurs, and how to prevent it from happening again Contributors include: John Allspaw Heather Champ Michael Christian Richard Cook Alistair Croll Patrick Debois Eric Florenzano Paul Hammond Justin Huff Adam Jacob Jacob Loomis Matt Massie Brian Moon Anoop Nagwani Sean Power Eric Ries Theo Schlossnagle Baron Schwartz Andrew Shafer

A web application involves many specialists, but it takes people in web ops to ensure that everything works together throughout an application's lifetime. It's the expertise you need when your start-up gets an unexpected spike in web traffic, or when a new feature causes your mature application to fail. In this collection of essays and interviews, web veterans such as Theo Schlossnagle, Baron Schwartz, and Alistair Croll offer insights into this evolving field. You'll learn stories from the trenches--from builders of some of the biggest sites on the Web--on what's necessary to help a site thrive. Learn the skills needed in web operations, and why they're gained through experience rather than schooling Understand why it's important to gather metrics from both your application and infrastructure Consider common approaches to database architectures and the pitfalls that come with increasing scale Learn how to handle the human side of outages and degradations Find out how one company avoided disaster after a huge traffic deluge Discover what went wrong after a problem occurs, and how to prevent it from happening again Contributors include: John Allspaw Heather Champ Michael Christian Richard Cook Alistair Croll Patrick Debois Eric Florenzano Paul Hammond Justin Huff Adam Jacob Jacob Loomis Matt Massie Brian Moon Anoop Nagwani Sean Power Eric Ries Theo Schlossnagle Baron Schwartz Andrew Shafer About the Author John Allspaw is currently Operations Engineering Manager at Flickr, the popular photo site. He has had extensive experience working with growing web sites since 1999. These include online news magazines Salon.com, InfoWorld.com, Macworld.com and social networking sites that experienced extreme growth (Friendster and Flickr). During his time at Friendster, traffic increased 5X. He was responsible for their transition from a couple dozen servers in a failing data center to over 400 machines across two data centers, and the complete redesign of the backing infrastructure. When he joined Flickr, they had 10 servers in a tiny data center in Vancouver; they are now located in multiple data centers across the US. Prior to his web experience, Allspaw worked in modeling and simulation as a mechanical engineer doing car crash simulations for the NHTSA. Jesse Robbins (@jesserobbins) is CEO of Opscode (makers of Chef) and a recognized expert in Infrastructure, Web Operations, and Emergency Management. He serves as co-chair of the Velocity Web Performance & Operations Conference and contributes to the O'Reilly Radar . Prior to co-founding Opscode, he worked at Amazon.com with a title of "Master of Disaster" where he was responsible for Website Availability for every property bearing the Amazon brand. Robbins is a volunteer Firefighter/EMT and Emergency Manager, and led a task force deployed in Operation Hurricane Katrina. His experiences in the fire service profoundly influence his efforts in technology, and he strives to distill his knowledge from these two worlds and apply it in service of both. Foreword 13 Preface 15 1 Web Operations: The Career 21 Theo Schlossnagle 21 Why Does Web Operations Have It Tough? 22 From Apprentice to Master 24 Conclusion 29 2 How Picnik Uses Cloud Computing: Lessons Learned 31 Justin Huff 31 Where the Cloud Fits (and Why!) 32 Where the Cloud Doesn’t Fit (for Picnik) 40 Conclusion 40 3 Infrastructure and Application Metrics 41 John Allspaw, with Matt Massie 41 Time Resolution and Retention Concerns 42 Locality of Metrics Collection and Storage 43 Layers of Metrics 44 Providing Context for Anomaly Detection and Alerts 47 Log Lines Are Metrics, Too 48 Correlation with Change Management and Incident Timelines 50 Making Metrics Available to Your Alerting Mechanisms 51 Using Metrics to Guide Load-Feedback Mechanisms 52 A Metrics Collection System, Illustrated: Ganglia 56 Conclusion 67 4 Continuous Deployment 69 Eric Ries 69 Small Batches Mean Faster Feedback 69 Small Batches Mean Problems Are Instantly Localized 70 Small Batches Reduce Risk 70 Small Batches Reduce Overhead 71 The Quality Defenders’ Lament 72 Getting Started 76 Continuous Deployment Is for Mission-Critical Applications 80 Conclusion 83 5 Infrastructure As Code 85 Adam Jacob 85 Service-Oriented Architecture 87 Conclusion 99 6 Monitoring 101 Patrick Debois 101 Story: “The Start of a Journey” 101 Step 1: Understand What You Are Monitoring 105 Step 2: Understand Normal Behavior 115 Step 3: Be Prepared and Learn 122 Conclusion 126 7 How Complex Systems Fail 127 John Allspaw and Richard Cook 127 How Complex Systems Fail 128 Further Reading 136 8 Community Management and Web Operations 137 Heather Champ and John Allspaw 137 9 Dealing with Unexpected Traffic Spikes 147 Brian Moon 147 How It All Started 147 Alarms Abound 148 Putting Out the Fire 149 Surviving the Weekend 150 Preparing for the Future 151 CDN to the Rescue 151 Proxy Servers 152 Corralling the Stampede 152 Streamlining the Codebase 153 How Do We Know It Works? 154 The Real Test 155 Lessons Learned 156 Improvements Since Then 156 10 Dev and Ops Collaboration and Cooperation 159 Paul Hammond 159 Deployment 160 Shared, Open Infrastructure 164 Trust 166 On-call Developers 168 Avoiding Blame 173 Conclusion 175 11 How Your Visitors Feel: User-Facing Metrics 177 Alistair Croll and Sean Power 177 Why Collect User-Facing Metrics? 179 What Makes a Site Slow? 183 Measuring Delay 185 Building an SLA 191 Visitor Outcomes: Analytics 193 Other Metrics Marketing Cares About 198 How User Experience Affects Web Ops 199 The Future of Web Monitoring 200 Conclusion 205 12 Relational Database Strategy and Tactics for the Web 207 Baron Schwartz 207 Requirements for Web Databases 208 How Typical Web Databases Grow 213 The Yearning for a Cluster 220 Database Strategy 225 Database Tactics 232 Conclusion 238 13 How to Make Failure Beautiful: The Art and Science of Postmortems 239 Jake Loomis 239 The Worst Postmortem 240 What Is a Postmortem? 241 When to Conduct a Postmortem 242 Who to Invite to a Postmortem 243 Running a Postmortem 243 Postmortem Follow-Up 244 Conclusion 246 14 Storage 247 Anoop Nagwani 247 Data Asset Inventory 247 Data Protection 251 Capacity Planning 260 Storage Sizing 262 Operations 264 Conclusion 265 15 Nonrelational Databases 267 Eric Florenzano 267 NoSQL Database Overview 268 Some Systems in Detail 272 Conclusion 281 16 Agile Infrastructure 283 Andrew Clay Shafer 283 Agile Infrastructure 285 So, What’s the Problem? 289 Communities of Interest and Practice 299 Trading Zones and Apologies 299 Conclusion 302 17 Things That Go Bump in the Night (and How to Sleep Through Them) 305 Mike Christian 305 Definitions 307 How Many 9s? 308 Impact Duration Versus Incident Duration 309 Datacenter Footprint 310 Gradual Failures 311 Trust Nobody 312 Failover Testing 312 Monitoring and History of Patterns 313 Getting a Good Night’s Sleep 314 Contributors 317 Index 323 Programming

From Book 1: Amid the bloody battlefields of Britain, Merlin is marked for greatness. M.K. Hume tells the story of Myrddion Merlinus from birth to boyhood, as he attempts to surpass evil and corruption to fulfil his destiny. The Prophecy Trilogy is the perfect read for fans of Justin Hill and Anthony Riches. 'Hume deftly navigates the Arthurian legends, populating them with likable and despicable characters, and casting them in a fully realized historical setting' - Publishers Weekly In the kingdom of Dyfed, Vortigern, Celtic High King of Cymru and the North, rules in relative peace. Yet his choice of wife - a Saxon queen - fuels tension between the Saxon and Celtic tribes. In the town of Segontium, a young boy is raised by his grandmother. The product of a brutal rape, he is spurned by his mother as a demon child. The boy is Myrddion - prince of the Deceangli and apprentice to a skilled healer. Far away, Vortigern oversees the resurrection of ancient Dinas Emrys. According to prophecy, the king will perish if the fort does not rise again. But the foundations refuse to hold and Vortigern needs the blood of a demon seed - a human sacrifice - to make the towers stand firm. Myrddion's life is in danger. Yet the child has a prophecy of his own and a greater destiny to fulfil... What readers are saying about Prophecy: Clash of Kings : 'An exciting and thrilling story about Celtic life, of evil and power , and tribal wars that rule this Kingdom of the Celts . A very engrossing and entertaining tale from an author worthy following ' 'A captivating start to the Merlin Legend' ' Excellent and well worth reading . The narrative carries you along at pace and the plot is action-packed , never giving you a moments pause from either action of emotional content'

About the Author Brief Contents Contents in Detail Foreword Introduction Why I Wrote This Book How This Book Is Different Why Use the Command Line? Target Audience and Prerequisites Who Should Read This Book? Prerequisite Knowledge Preinstalled Platform and Software How the Book Is Organized The Scope of This Book Conventions and Format Chapter 0: Digital Forensics Overview Digital Forensics History Pre-Y2K 2000-2010 2010-Present Forensic Acquisition Trends and Challenges Shift in Size, Location, and Complexity of Evidence Multijurisdictional Aspects Industry, Academia, and Law Enforcement Collaboration Principles of Postmortem Computer Forensics Digital Forensic Standards Peer-Reviewed Research Industry Regulations and Best Practice Principles Used in This Book Chapter 1: Storage Media Overview Magnetic Storage Media Hard Disks Magnetic Tapes Legacy Magnetic Storage Non-Volatile Memory Solid State Drives USB Flash Drives Removable Memory Cards Legacy Non-Volatile Memory Optical Storage Media Compact Discs Digital Versatile Discs Blue-ray Discs Legacy Optical Storage Interfaces and Physical Connectors Serial ATA Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel Non-Volatile Memory Express Universal Serial Bus Thunderbolt Legacy Interfaces Commands, Protocols, and Bridges ATA Commands SCSI Commands NVME Commands Bridging, Tunneling, and Pass-Through Special Topics DCO and HPA Drive Areas Drive Service and Maintenance Areas USB Attached SCSI Protocol Advanced Format 4Kn NVME Namespaces Solid State Hybrid Disks Closing Thoughts Chapter 2: Linux as a Forensic Acquisition Platform Linux and OSS in a Forensic Context Advantages of Linux and OSS in Forensics Labs Disadvantages of Linux and OSS in Forensics Labs Linux Kernel and Storage Devices Kernel Device Detection Storage Devices in /dev Other Special Devices Linux Kernel and Filesystems Kernel Filesystem Support Mounting Filesystems in Linux Accessing Filesystems with Forensic Tools Linux Distributors and Shells Linux Distributions The Shell Command Execution Piping and Redirection Closing Thoughts Chapter 3: Forensic Image Formats Raw Images Traditional dd Forensic dd Variants Data Recovery Tools Forensic Formats EnCase EWF FTK SMART AFF SquashFS as a Forensic Evidence Container SquashFS Background SquashFS Forensic Evidence Containers Closing Thoughts Chapter 4: Planning and Preparation Maintain an Audit Trail Task Management Taskwarrior Todo.txt Shell Alias Shell History Terminal Recorders Linux Auditing Organize Collected Evidence and Command Output Naming Conventions for Files and Directories Scalable Examination Directory Structure Save Command Output with Redirection Assess Acquisition Infrastructure Logisitcs Image Sizes and Disk Space Requirements File Compression Sparse Files Reported File and Image Sizes Moving and Copying Forensic Images Estimate Task Completion Times Performance and Bottlenecks Heat and Environmental Factors Establish Forensic Write-Blocking Protection Hardware Write Blockers Software Write Blockers Linux Forensic Boot CDs Media with Physical Read-Only Modes Closing Thoughts Chapter 5: Attaching Subject Media to an Acquisition Host Examine Subject PC Hardware Physical PC Examination and Disk Removal Subject PC Hardware Review Attach Subject Disk to an Acquisition Host View Acquisition Host Hardware Identify the Subject Drive Query the Subject Disk for Information Document Device Identification Details Query Disk Capabilities and Features with hdparm Extract SMART Data with smartctl Enable Access to Hidden Sectors Remove a DCO Remove a HPA Drive Service Area Access ATA Password Security and Self-Encrypting Drives Identify and Unlock ATA Password-Protected Disks Identify and Unlock Opal Self-Encrypting Drives Encrypted Flash Thumb Drives Attach Removable Media Optical Media Drives Magnetic Tape Drives Memory Cards Attach Other Storage Apple Target Disk Mode NVME SSDs Other Devices with Block or Character Access Closing Thoughts Chapter 6: Forensic Image Acquisition Acquire an Image with dd Tools Standard Unix dd and GNU dd The dcfldd and dc3dd Tools Acquire an Image with Forensic Formats The ewfacquire Tool AccessData ftkimager SquashFS Forensic Evidence Container Acquire an Image to Multiple Destinations Preserve Digital Evidence with Cryptography Basic Cryptographic Hashing Hash Windows Sign an Image with PGP or S/MIME RFC-3161 Timestampign Manage Drive Failure and Errors Forensic Tool Error Handling Data Recovery Tools SMART and Kernel Errors Other Options for Failed Drives Damaged Optical Discs Image Acquisition over a Network Remote Forensic Imaging with rdd Secure Remote Imaging with ssh Remote Acquisition to a SquashFS Evidence Container Acquire a Remote Disk to EnCase or FTK Format Live Imaging with Copy-On-Write Snapshots Acquire Removable Media Memory Cards Optical Discs Magnetic Tapes RAID and Multidisk Systems Proprietary RAID Acquisition JBOD and RAID-0 Striped Disks Microsoft Dynamic Disks RAID-1 Mirrored Disks Linux RAID-5 Closing Thoughts Chapter 7: Forensic Image Management Manage Image Compression Standard Linux Compression Tools EnCase EWF Compressed Format FTK SMART Compressed Format AFFlib Built-In Compression SquashFS Compressed Evidence Containers Manage Split Images The GNU split Command Split Images During Acquisition Access a Set of Split Image Files Reassemble a Split Image Verify the Integrity of a Forensic Image Verify the Hash Taken During Acquistion Recalculate the Hash of a Forensic Image Cryptographic Hashes of Split Raw Images Identify Mismatched Hash Windows Verify Signature and Timestamp Convert Between Image Formats Convert from Raw Images Convert from EnCase/E01 Format Manual Creation of SquashFS Container Convert Files from EnCase to FTK Convert from FTK Format Convert from AFF Format Secure an Image with Encryption GPG Encryption OpenSSL Encryption Forensic Format Built-In Encryption General Purpose Disk Encryption Disk Cloning and Duplication Prepare a Clone Disk Use HPA to Replicate Sector Size Write an Image File to a Clone Disk Image Transfer and Storage Write to Removable Media Inexpensive Disks for Storage and Transfer Perform Large Network Transfers Secure Wiping and Data Disposal Dispose of Individual Files Secure Wipe a Storage Device Issue ATA Security Erase Unit Commands Destroy Encrypted Disk Keys Closing Thoughts Chapter 8: Special Image Access Topics Forensically Acquired Image Files Raw Image Files with Loop Devices Forensic Format Image Files Prepare Boot Images with xmount VM Images QEMU QCOW2 VirtualBox VDI VMWare VMDK Microsoft VHD OS-Encrypted Filesystems Microsoft BitLocker Apple File Vault Linux LUKS TrueCrypt and VeraCrypt Closing Thoughts Chapter 9: Extracting Subsets of Forensic Images Assess Partition Layout and Filesystems Partition Scheme Partition Tables Filesystem Identification Partition Extraction Extract Individual Partitions Find and Extract Deleted Partitions Identify and Extract Inter-Partition Gaps Extract HPA and DCO Sector Ranges Other Piecewise Data Extraction Extract Filesystem Slack Space Extract Filesystem Unallocated Blocks Manual Extraction Using Offsets Closing Thoughts Closing Remarks Index

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

In the town of Segontium, a wild storm washes a fugitive ashore. He brutally rapes the granddaughter of the kind of the Deceangli tribe, leaving her to bear his son, Myrddion Merlinus. Spurned as a demon seed, the boy is raised by his grandmother and, as soon as he turns nine, he is apprenticed to a skilled healer who hones his remarkable gift. Meanwhile, the High King of the Celts, Vortigern, is rebuilding the ancient fortress at Dinas Emrys. According to a prophecy, he must use the blood of a demon seed - a human sacrifice - to make the towers stand firm. Myrddion's life is in jeopardy. But the boy has a prophecy of his own and a richer destiny to fulfil. Soon Vortigern shall be known as the harbinger of chaos, and Murddion must use his gifts for good in a kingdom besieged by evil

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

In the town of Segontium, a wild storm washes a fugitive ashore. He brutally rapes the granddaughter of the kind of the Deceangli tribe, leaving her to bear his son, Myrddion Merlinus. Spurned as a demon seed, the boy is raised by his grandmother and, as soon as he turns nine, he is apprenticed to a skilled healer who hones his remarkable gift. Meanwhile, the High King of the Celts, Vortigern, is rebuilding the ancient fortress at Dinas Emrys. According to a prophecy, he must use the blood of a demon seed - a human sacrifice - to make the towers stand firm. Myrddion's life is in jeopardy. But the boy has a prophecy of his own and a richer destiny to fulfil. Soon Vortigern shall be known as the harbinger of chaos, and Murddion must use his gifts for good in a kingdom besieged by evil

Storage media overview for postmortem acquisition -- Linux as a forensic acquisition platform -- Forensic image formats and acquisition tools -- Forensic imaging preparation and setup -- Attaching physical media to an acquisition host -- Forensic image acquisition -- Forensic image management -- Accessing logical, virtual, and operating system encrypted images -- Extracting subsets of forensic images

Annotation A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org

Annotation A multi-user game, web site, cloud application, or networked database can have thousands of users all interacting at the same time. You need a powerful, industrial-strength tool to handle the really hard problems inherent in parallel, concurrent environments. You need Erlang. In this second edition of the bestselling Programming Erlang, you'll learn how to write parallel programs that scale effortlessly on multicore systems. Using Erlang, you'll be surprised at how easy it becomes to deal with parallel problems, and how much faster and more efficiently your programs run. That's because Erlang uses sets of parallel processes-not a single sequential process, as found in most programming languages. Joe Armstrong, creator of Erlang, introduces this powerful language in small steps, giving you a complete overview of Erlang and how to use it in common scenarios. You'll start with sequential programming, move to parallel programming and handling errors in parallel programs, and learn to work confidently with distributed programming and the standard Erlang/Open Telecom Platform (OTP) frameworks. You need no previous knowledge of functional or parallel programming. The chapters are packed with hands-on, real-world tutorial examples and insider tips and advice, and finish with exercises for both beginning and advanced users. The second edition has been extensively rewritten. New to this edition are seven chapters covering the latest Erlang features: maps, the type system and the Dialyzer, WebSockets, programming idioms, and a new stand-alone execution environment. You'll write programs that dynamically detect and correct errors, and that can be upgraded without stopping the system. There's also coverage of rebar (the de facto Erlang build system), and information on how to share and use Erlang projects on github, illustrated with examples from cowboy and bitcask. Erlang will change your view of the world, and of how you program. What You NeedThe Erlang/OTP system. Download it from erlang.org

Printed in full color.To keep doing what you love, you need to maintain your own systems, not just the ones you write code for. Regular exercise and proper nutrition help you learn, remember, concentrate, and be creative--skills critical to doing your job well. Learn how to change your work habits, master exercises that make working at a computer more comfortable, and develop a plan to keep fit, healthy, and sharp for years to come.Small changes to your habits can improve your health--without getting in the way of your work. The Healthy Programmer gives you a daily plan of action that's incremental and iterative just like the software development processes you're used to. Every tip, trick, and best practice is backed up by the advice of doctors, scientists, therapists, nutritionists, and numerous fitness experts.We'll review the latest scientific research to understand how being healthy is good for your body and mind. You'll start by adding a small amount of simple activity to your day--no trips to the gym needed. You'll learn how to mitigate back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, headaches, and many other common sources of pain. You'll also learn how to refactor your diet to properly fuel your body without gaining weight or feeling hungry. Then, you'll turn the exercises and activities into a pragmatic workout methodology that doesn't interfere with the demands of your job and may actually improve your cognitive skills.You'll also learn the secrets of prominent figures in the software community who turned their health around by making diet and exercise changes. Throughout, you'll track your progress with a'companion iPhone app'.Finally, you'll learn how to make your healthy lifestyle pragmatic, attainable, and fun. If you're going to live well, you should enjoy it.DisclaimerThis book is intended only as an informative guide for those wishing to know more about health issues. In no way is this book intended to replace, countermand, or conflict with the advice given to you by your own healthcare provider including Physician, Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Registered Dietician, and other licensed professionals.Keep in mind that results vary from person to person. This book is not intended as a substitute for medical or nutritional advice from a healthcare provider or dietician. Some people have a medical history and/or condition and/or nutritional requirements that warrant individualized recommendations and, in some cases, medications and healthcare surveillance. Do not start, stop, or change medication and dietary recommendations without professional medical and/or Registered Dietician advice. A healthcare provider should be consulted if you are on medication or if there are any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. Do not change your diet if you are ill, or on medication except under the supervision of a healthcare provider. Neither this, nor any other book or discussion forum is intended to take the place of personalized medical care of treatment provided by your healthcare provider.This book was current as of January, 2013 and as new information becomes available through research, experience, or changes to product contents, some of the data in this book may become invalid. You should seek the most up to date information on your medical care and treatment from your health care professional. The ultimate decision concerning care should be made between you and your healthcare provider.Information in this book is general and is offered with no guarantees on the part of the author, editor or The Pragmatic Programmers, LLC. The author, editors and publisher disclaim all liability in connection with the use of this book.

Annotation The first edition of this book used the Bukkit modding server and library, which was taken down due to a legal dispute in September 2014. This new edition has been completely revised to replace Bukkit with the CanaryMod library. The bestselling, kid-tested book for Minecraft is now updated for CanaryMod! Write your own Minecraft plugins and watch your code come to life with flaming cows, flying creepers, teleportation, and interactivity. Add your own features to the Minecraft game by developing Java code that "plugs in" to the server. You'll manipulate and control elements in the 3D graphical game environment without having to write tons of code or learn huge frameworks. No previous programming experience necessary. Expand your Minecraft experience! You'll learn how to write Java code and build plugins for your own Minecraft servers using the popular Java programming language. This new edition has been completely revised to use the freely-available CanaryMod library. You'll create plugins that can change blocks from air to stone, or spawn cows and creepers. You'll write plugins that react to game events, and even schedule tasks that will run later in the game. Readers from age 9 to 99 will learn how to use variables and functions to build plugins that fling players into the sky, create flying creepers, and of course, shoot flaming cows. Along the way you'll learn real programming using Java, from classes, objects, and data structures (including arrays and hashes) to exception handling and threads. You'll even learn how to back up your code (and go back in time!) using Git, and run your own server at home or in the cloud. A progress bar shows you how far you've come in each chapter, and by the end of the book you'll be able to design and code your own plugins. Put your gaming to good use, and learn real programming skills today. What You Need:A modern PC running the Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux operating systems. The book explains how to download Java, the CanaryMod server and API, and all the tools you'll need

A New York Times hardcover bestseller, this is the long-awaited NEW installment in the hugely-popular, award-winning science fiction adventure series. Miles Vorkosigan, troubleshooter for the Barrayaran Galactic Empire, takes on the corrupt and dangerous ruling elite of a world where immortality is a commodity to be bought, sold and bartered for power. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemakerbut also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocidethe prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnappingsomething is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more. About Cryoburn : Fans have been clamoring for Hugo winner Bujold to pen a new Vorkosigan Saga novel. . . her deft and absorbing writing easily corrals the complex plot. Publishers Weekly About Lois McMaster Bujolds Vorkosigan Saga: Bujold mixes quirky humor with action [and] superb character development[E]normously satisfying. Publishers Weekly. One of sfs outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series. Booklist . . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . . Locus About Vorkosigan series entry Diplomatic Immunity : Bujold is adept at world-building and provides a witty, character-centered plot, full of exquisite grace notes. . . fans will be thoroughly gripped and likely to finish the book in a single sitting. Publishers Weekly ** Calc Series Group : Vorkosigan Saga Calc ESN Part 1 : 15 Uncomma Title 2 : CryoBurn Calc New Series : Vorkosigan Saga.... Number of Words in Auth: 3 Formats : EPUB ESN Combined : 15 ES Name : Vorkosigan Saga ES Cover Quality : ICBF Quick Search : Lois McMaster Bujold CryoBurn Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : amazon:1451637500, ff:b/lois-mcmaster-bujold/cryoburn, goodreads:7841670, isbn:9781451637502 Test Text Series Index: 15 Single Author : Lois McMaster Bujold Raw Title : CryoBurn Sorted Author by LN, FN: Bujold, Lois McMaster Enter Series Index : 15 of 26 ES Group : SIPZ_E Title Length : 8 Title Parm A : CryoBurn Calc ESN Part 3 : 26 Any Num n Name : Saga Calc ESI Combined : 15 of 26 Record ID : 125 Enter New Series (Calced): SIPZ_E.Vorkosigan Saga.Scifan.15 of 26..ICBF Test Compare Series to Entered: eq Uncomma Author : Lois McMaster Bujold Calc ESI Part 2 : of ES Genre : Scifan Calc ESI Part 3 : 26 Compare Author : eq Calc ESI Part 1 : 15 Calc ESN Part 2 : of Test Search : CryoBurn / Lois McMaster Bujold Num of Aut : 1

When a Kibou-daini cryocorp--an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future--attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan to check it out.

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<p class="null1">Miles Vorkosigan is back!</p> <p>Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out.</p> <p>On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of <i>generation</i> past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning <i>Don’t mess with the secretary</i>. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble!</p> <p>“Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —<b>Robert Jordan</b></p> <p>“It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —<b>Diana Wynne Jones</b></p> <p>“Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —<b>Jean Auel</b></p> <p>“Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —<i>Publishers Weekly</i></p> <p>“One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —<i>Booklist</i></p> <p>“Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —<i>Denver</i> <i>Post</i></p> <p>“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —<i>Locus</i></p>

Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.

EDITORIAL REVIEW: ** Miles Vorkosigan is back!** Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of *generation* past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning *Don’t mess with the secretary*. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble! “Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —**Robert Jordan** “It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —**Diana Wynne Jones** “Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —**Jean Auel** “Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —*Publishers Weekly* “One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —*Booklist* “Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” —*Denver** Post* “. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .” —*Locus*

New York Times Best-Selling Author. The Long-Awaited New Installment in the Popular and Award-Winning Vorkosigan Series. Starring the Explosively Charismatic Miles Vorkosigan. Miles Vorkosigan is back! Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove—he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp—an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future—attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning Don’t mess with the secretary. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble! “Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” —Robert Jordan “It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” —Diana Wynne Jones “Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” —Jean Auel “Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.” —Publishers Weekly “One of sf’s outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.” —Booklist “Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating...