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Without Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), networkadministrators might have to actually get out of their chairs and gosee what's up with all of the network-connected equipment under theirauthority. Perish the thought. Read more

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Good SNMP coverage, but I needed a little more help
Essential SNMP, 2nd Ed (ES2E) fills a gap in being a modern book about an important management protocol.SNMP is used extensively by network management stations (NMS) like Nagios, which is now the subject of two independent books.E2SE does a good job covering SNMP issues important to administrators and NMS users.However, the book's organization and subject matter could be improved in the 3rd edition.
A MUST HAVE!!
Are you a system or network administrator who could benefit from using SNMP to manage your equipment, but have little or no experience with SNMP or SNMP applications? If you are, this book is for you. Authors Douglas Mauro and Kevin Schmidt, have written an outstanding 2nd edition of a book that demystifies SNMP and makes it more accessible to a wider range of users.
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I found this book to give a fairly good description of CVS.It gives a detailed description of CVS and touches on the various GUI frontends that are available.I am learning to use TortoiseCVS and WinCVS and found this book to nicely complement the material available on the internet.

Great start to CVS
I administer our CVS server at work.We use CVS in the traditional way, to manage source code from a group of people working together on multiple projects.Before this book, I didn't have a single reference that explained all the basic functionality of CVS.Now, when someone has a question, I can pass along this book for a quick answer. Not Clear on the Merging Branches
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Digital Photography Pocket Guide 3rd Edition
Well thought out and very easy to use. The appendix (page 139) is especially helpful for finding the right camera set up under almost every possible conition. From point and shoot to SLR, beginner to advanced there is a lot to be gained from owning this little book.

Digitial Photography --Great Little Guide!
This is a great little guide for first time digital camera owners and even some good tips for amateurs.I recently purchased a Nikon Coolpix camera and didn't really know how all the functions worked.I read the first half of the book with my camera by my side and found out my camera does much more that I thought!This guide takes you through all the basic modes and buttons on your camera, then it has a alphabetical reference of functions.Lastly it gives you tips on how to take great pictures.I now own a Nikon D200 and just used the book again.It's small size makes it easy to carry in your camera bag for reference.

For beginner
Its a good book but suggered only for beginner photographs which have no interests in professional photography. I don't recommend this book for intermediate or professional photographers. ... Read more

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Great reference book
"Programming Excel with VBA & .NET" is certainly a very 'weighty' tome. At around 1100 pages you certainly get a lot of paper for your money!However, do you get value for your money? I have yet to read a book on this topic which is more comprehensive in its coverage in terms of the description of the Object Model and the properties and methods, in many cases complete with useful examples. So in that regard it is an excellent reference. The benefit of the author being part of the Microsoft OLE Automation team when VB was added to Excel is very clear. The book also covers VBA itself in good depth. However, I feel that much of this could have been usefully relegated to a reference Appendix. If you are buying this book to learn VBA as such then there are many other excellent choices. The value in this book is in the application of VBA to Excel. You should not consider this book unless you are already very comfortable with VBA. If you are only just learning VBA but try to go on to read the rest of the book, you might find it hard going.
Comprehensive and Authoritative
When you attempt to get into a new area of coding, it is best to have an authoritative reference. Confidence in your source really helps in getting through the inevitable rough spots. "Excel with VBA & .NET" seems to fill the bill. It certainly does not hurt to know that the author was on the Microsoft OLE Automation team when VB was added to Excel.
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Great bang for your buck with useful, very well explained examples.
This book rocks.I started learning Java about 2 months ago with the Head First Java book, which is AMAZINGLY helpful (even if you know absolutely nothing beforehand).Once I got through that all that I began writing small apps on my own, but found in many cases that the API (Javadoc) was hard to understand because my limited Java knowledge leaves me with no context in many cases.I would think, "ok, it says this class can do this using these methods, and that's what I want, but how exactly do I put this into practice."Java Examples in a Nutshell fills this need perfectly with excellent examples(!), explanations, and clarifications.There's only so much that it can cover, but what it does cover, it covers really well.
Summary of Java
Great overall summary of Java with examples.Replaces short surveys, tutorials and cookbooks of Java.

Very good book of examples of specific Java concepts
This book should not be expected to substitute as a tutorial for people looking to learn the Java language. Instead, it is a book full of short programs that each illustrate specific concepts in the Java language. If you are needing a tutorial on the Java language in general, I suggest "Head First Java", which is also published by O'Reilly and Associates. You can either read the appropriate chapters of this book in parallel with that one, or look through this book after you finish the Head First Java book. If you already know Java, keeping an updated edition of this book around as a reference is a great idea.
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great for self-learners
For anyone who has suffered through trying to read a beginners book on C only to end up getting lost half way through, you will find this book a huge relief. This book stresses things like how code so from a perspective of communicating logically. And how to comment thoroughly so their is no doubt what the code does. This is not the end all book on C, so you will want to move on to more advanced books on C after this one.

File Creation!
This book starts off very strong and the author is very clear and concise. I learned alot... but then something happens... the author decides to wait for covering floats until after he covers File I/O and he rushes through that. I was completely left hanging with not one example of writing data to a file and the author expected me to be able to complete an exercise in which I need to write data to a file. After this...the next chapter back tracks to covering Floats... which should have been covered previously with the other data types.

Perfect for beginners, but recommend a second book!
First of all, this book was absolutely wonderful.It did a very good job teaching me how to write C with very little knowledge of the language.However, there were some things that the author did (and skipped over) that are cleared up in "The C Programming Language", by Dennis Ritchie.I would definitely recommend this book to someone who doesn't have very much knowledge of C, because the writing style is clear and easy to follow.The author, for the most part, does a great job of explaining difficult concepts in an easy to understand manner; such as linked lists and trees.Once again, I would recommend another book as a follow up, such as "Expert C Programming". ... Read more

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Awesome for those moving from ASP 1.1 to ASP 2.0
This is the perfect book for those who know ASP 1.x and need a find a way to solve a problem QUICKLY in ASP 2.0.It covers the vast majority of new features in ASP 2.0 as well as new ways acomplish tasks that were more difficult in ASP 1.0.A must have in for ASP 2.0 Programmers!

COOKING WITH ASP.NET 2.0!!
Are you journeyman programmer who knows the basics of ASP.NET? If you are, then this book is for you! Authors Geoffrey T Leblond and Michael A Kittel, have done an outstanding job of writing a second edition of a book that is a collection of ASP.NET 2.0 recipes that aims to help you quickly and efficiently solve many of the day-to-day problems you face when developing web applications with the .NET platform.
ASP.NET 1.1 with a bit of 2.0 patched on
Much of the content was clearly taken from earlier 1.x versions of the book without being re-written to take advantage of 2.0.Yes, the samples may compile and work, but they are often not 2.0 best practices.
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Easily the best WebLogic book ever
Don't be fooled by the bad reviews here...if you need to learn WebLogic in "21 days" or want a "kick start", then perhaps this book is not for you. But if you are an experienced developer that needs information one notch better than the BEA docs, then this book should be on your bookshelf. Mine stays at work, dog-eared and always ready to explain some detail to help solve a problem. Node Manager? Clustering? Domains configuration? SSL? It's all covered, in depth. Note that this book covers BEA WebLogic Server 8.1, not Portal, Integration, or WorkShop.

Unable to find examples source code
I just got this book about 2 weeks ago. I followed the link in the book where it said that I could download the examples code. I found the book, but not the examples code. Without the example code, I can not really follow the book. Can someone send me the link to the examples source code in the book or post the link on this review.

Good Book: Very Comprehensive :
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Everyone loves Google, and it's the first place many people turn to locate information on the Internet. There's a big gap, though, between knowing that you can use Google to get advance information on your blind date and having a handle on the considerable roster of fact-finding tools that the site makes available.

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A SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH!!
Do you want to make your Google searching experience more fruitful? If you do, then this book is for you! Authors Rael Dornfest, Paul Bausch and Tara Calishain, have done an outstanding job of writing a third edition of a book that goes beyond the instruction page to the idea of hacks.
A Must-Have
Nobody browses the web anymore - we all search for whatever we want. This book helps you understand the dark secrets of Google and makes your time on the web more valuable. I only wish I'd bought itsooner!
New 3rd edition shows Google's expanded capabilities
Google entered the world of search engines in 1998. It was a second incarnation of a search engine service known as BackRub. The name Google was a play on the word googol: a one followed by a hundred zeros. From the beginning, Google was different from the other major search engines online, winning converts with its friendly presentation and constantly expanding set of options.
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Network Security Hacks
The book is very well written in a professional form. I was able tolearn a lot out of it. It should be in every IT security persons library. But it is not a book for beginners. Although all issues are well explained, a certain computer background is needed, and not basic knowledge only. The book is worth its price.
A good book for both Linux and Windows
First, I write software professionally. I write software, I am not a Sys Admin (which is hard work I might add; System Administration is for hardcore people.) This book saved me money by giving me answers to problems that would have taken me days to find the answers to by searching the internet.
insight into security
Security has been high on my list of things to understand and master these past two years. Our company's firewall has been breached numerous times. This has scared the living daylights out of our stakeholders. I have therefore been forced to become an expert. This is one of the books that has helped me attain this level of understanding. It offers insights not available in regular how to guides on security. ... Read more

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Wonderful AJAX Companion Book
AJAX Hacks by Bruce Perry is a wonderful companion book for any and all AJAX programmers.AJAX has revolutionized the web programming world, enabling developers to write web pages that act more like real applications that we all know and love.AJAX is a simple technology that allows people to do amazing things, and now there is a book that will show you the ins and outs of creating cool code which is fast, efficient, and easy to use!! With over 400 pages and 80 hacks/tips/tricks, this book is perfect for users that are just learning AJAX and quickly want to accomplish a particular goal.Instead of painfully going through a 600 page book, get to the task you want to accomplish quickly with this excellent book!!
CLEANING UP WITH AJAX!!
Do you want to add extra interactivity to your web site? If you do, then this book is for you! Author Bruce Perry, has done an outstanding job of writing a book that collects not only dozens of easy-to-grasp, cutting-edge explorations of Ajax technology, such as Google/Yahoo! mapping mash-ups, drag-and-drop bookstores, and single-page web services apps, but a large number of hacks that represent practical advice for Ajax developers.
Once you have the basics down...
Once you have the basics of Ajax down, you might be looking for some ideas of how to apply it to your own applications.Ajax Hacks by Bruce W. Perry fills that particular niche pretty well.
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Excellent book for the Mac Geek
I was a bit worried that the book would be more for beginners, but have been pleasantly surprised.I have been scripting on Linux and Unix machines for years and this is a great book for those who like working under the hood.

An advanced index to Tiger Unix
This book isn't for the average geek - if you're a geek but not a UNIX geek then don't buy this book.Even if you are a Unix geek the book is of potentially less value than you might expect... so let me adjust your expectations a bit.
Excellent
Excellent. Very helpful. And even if you are a real geek who prefers to look up the man pages, or consult mailing list archives, you shouldn't dismiss this book too quickly. It covers the basics and goes on to less obvious matters. No matter how expert you already are, the chance is high that you shall find a great deal of useful material here. ... Read more

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Great book ofr those using the SQL Plus command line or GUI tool
Oracle SQL Plus: The Defnitive Guide
the glories of the command line
The glories of the command line. SQLPlus [I am not going to write that irritating asterix] is an acknowledgment of the reality that for many large computer programs and operating systems, a command line utility is vital. The book explains this for the specific instance of hooking to Oracle's database. It is meant as a definitive reference. Showing every command, often accompanied by example code.
great guide
I have found this book to be a really great guide that is easy to follow.The author provides a gentle, but thorough introduction to topics like creating reports, writing scripts, customization etc.He offers methodologies and alternatives beyond the syntax that you can find in the manual.For example, he presents and evaluates six ways one can achieve some kind of if-then-else flow control in SQL*Plus.
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Aimed at the game developer or student/hobbyist interested in physics, Read more

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Well written, with a few problems
I would have rated this book as great, but:
Good introduction to physics in game applications
If you wish to add more realistic environment interaction or object behavior to your games, you will benefit from this book. This book is much better for beginners than more recent books on the subject that maybe talk in more detail about game physics, but do so from the standpoint of some specific physics engine that the author has put together. I have personally lifted several pieces of code from this book, adapted them to Java, and placed them in a multimedia application I have been writing with no trouble. The book goes over the basics of adapting Newtonian physics to games, and then uses these ideas to set up the motion of simple projectiles, cars, hovercraft, and ships. 3D issues are also discussed at length.
Poor code examples, unfortunately
If it wasn't for the poor code examples, I would have rated this book four stars.
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Very easy to implement SMO from scratch
Having never written C# or C++ or DMO, I was able to quickly read parts of this book and successfully create a C# program using SMO/RMO to create my transactional / merge replication republishing environment. I had little experience using Visual Studio. I've been focused on T-SQL for SQL development for the past 8 years as a development DBA. When I looked for a book to quickly bring me up to speed in SMO/RMO, I chose this book because it is explicit and gives great examples. I look forward to using it for Reporting and Notifications. It makes learning new SQL 2005 skills exciting!

A very precise book
This is a very good book.It is quite compact and does not waste time and pages on huge examples that would not make any sense at the end.The only issue, at least for me, is that it includes only the new features of th