Modeling

Although I appreciate the amount of effort required to write a book, I simply can not recommend this one. The book describes unimportant or familiar concepts (like the traditional relational model) in too much detail and new or important concepts (like the Oracle8 object extension syntax) in not enough detail. Many of the diagrams do not appear to relate to the topics being discussed and the examples are too few and far between. I felt that the author used terminology inconsistently or at the very least did not define terms adequately. One might argue that the book is about object-oriented design and not about Oracle 'syntax' but if you want to learn about OO check-out books by Booch, Jacobson, Fowler, Rumbaugh, Wirfs-Brock, etc. If you want to learn about Oracle objects try "Oracle8 Design Using UML Object Modeling" by Dorsey et. al.

The topics are explained understandable. Should be especially good for beginners. It is a book that summes up Oracle 8 features, that werent there with Oracle 7. But even when talking about object oriented design the authors talkes about the traditional waterfall phase model... anyway, The book is one of those you read thru to see what's the matter and then deepen the parts you want to know more about with other books. A very good enhancement to this are the Steven Feuerstein books on PL/SQL and Packages. If you should deal with Oracle 8i (with the JVM and Corba/IIOP in the Server and stored procedures possible to write in Java) the book is of no use at all. Fazit: Good for beginners to get an overall view

I have founded many errors in chapter 8 of this book and I want to contact with its author

I found the book not very rewarding to read, and I feel the writers try to explain too much. So I found a lot of material I could have come up with myself, and just a few new things. By explaining everything rightaway, they take away all the challenge and excitement from the programming and reading.
The books q/a approach doesn't really appeal to me either and the fact that not all examples are available in C as they are in perl, is (to me as a C programmer) simply unforgivable.
A good reference manual for only C would have been more usefull to me.
I stopped reading the book after the first two chapters and have used the questions with the first few lines of explanation as programming exercises. So it wasn't totally useless afterall ;)

This is a 1996 book still being sold in year 2000 and that says something about it. It is a very useful book in many respects. A whole lot of the stuff in it is as useful today as it was in 1996. However, just for perspective, Win 3.1 was still the dominant Windows platform back then, and there was no Microsoft browser (or server, for that matter) in general use -- Netscape was it. In fact, the index shows Win 3.1 and NT 4.0 (no Win 95) and there's not even an index entry for Microsoft! (There are for Netscape, Mac, etc.) The short list of potential programming errors is still useful, and the security risks listed are things you always have to have in the back of your mind. I think the book would be most useful if you were going use it in a site where not a whole lot had changed recently or where there was not much money for newer technology. They do provide scripts for such things as a shopping cart and it makes you wonder how many e-commerce sites on the web right now basically just loaded up the scripts from the CD-ROM as a starting point. I found the book useful, but as a consultant my needs are not those of someone who writes Perl for a living.

There is a good deal of valuable information here for the intermediate perl programmer, but no online errata sheet is provided, and the book is not flawless. Plan on spending a fair amount of time debugging on your own.

The first half of this text seems be be a bit simple. Many of the problems are confusing at best. The authors are not very clear on what they want. Many students in my class were frustrated by this time and time again. Still other times the questions were way to easy and never really chalanged the students. Basicly the first half does not provied a good solid base for Calculus. The second half is just flat out poorly written. It leaves the students constently scraching their heads wondering what the authors want. Questions are asked in such a way as to not make sence or not to follow the chapters very well. Chapt 7 is very much like this. Bad. The faculty agrees by having to put out an additional book of their own to help provide a better understanding of Trig.
Over all this book needs to be re-thought out. A poor choise for instructors wanting their students to get a solid base so as to takle more advaced math classes.

I like pictures of people on bikes. It makes me feel better because riding mountain bikes is fun. So when I work on functions, I feel happier.

Great book! It is especially good for understanding what different functions do, and how. This is very important for understanding calculus. Great examples, always linking functions with things in real life.

nothing new here, unless you are a beginner looking for an overview

3D Modelling and Texturing book in this Inspired 3D series was more of a book that describes the different modelling processes used in the industry, and pre-visulation method which is important. It gave the basic concepts behind modelling and texturing... but was lacking in tutorials/examples that you can do along with the book to establish a good understanding.

Do not buy this book if you are looking for tutorials or examples on how they achieve the look in production environment. You will find more useful information on the web in tutorials or playing around in Maya yourself.

I bought this book, even though it seemed a little pricey, and LOVED IT.
I still use the software manuals for technical help, but this book gives me a lot more information about modeling and the business in general that can ever be found in the software manuals.
The readers that advise using the software manuals probably have not read this book. This book is clearly not intended to replace software manuals.

This book has one redeeming fact, it shows you the methods and programming blocks to set up a Java application ready to execute SQL commands, and then it repeats the same thing over and over every chapter for the rest of the book!
If you have knowlede of SQL (which is obvious if you purchased this book) then you only need to read the first few chapters.

I suggest barganing at the local book store for the first few chapters, offer them $5 and you cut the first few chapters out.

Yes, I'd like to get introduced to Java. And to Java with databases. So the reviews of this book look generally good. Yet isn't it strange that just after the book was published three highly possible "it changed my life" or "it saved my behind" reviews were published. All are vague about any details of the book or what it enabled them to do... Notice also how standardized (even carefully lacking typos) those first three reviews are.

Finally we get a fourth review where someone tells how unsatisfactory the book's composition is for someone actually trying to work with databases.

I've read thousands of Amz reviews over the years and seen a lot of axes to grind, but seldom do I see such transparent "plants" providing reviews.

Interestingly, my bee ess detectors were on high alert before reading these reviews because I had just looked at Burd's "Java 2 for Dummies" -- and seen a similar pattern (the positive reviews are not all clumped in the beginning, but they are cookie cutter-like similar in style and VAGUE in their positivity). Please forgive my suspiciousness, but you may want to consider seeing a real world hard copy of this book at a store before you pull out your plastic. I sure will.

This book has devoted two-third of the coverage to explain what is a database, types, conditional operator and so on. Readers would be benefit if they are not familiar with writing or understanding basic SQL statements. For those readers who are from SQL programming background, this book offers very little insight knowledge of how the java interact with the database such as passing binding variables. Most regretably, the majority of examples that author tries to demonstrate how the java interact with the database are unrealistic such as creating, dropping table using static SQL statment wrapped in java code.

The book covers a hot topic, but since the software does not load it's a waste of time. The book should supplement the software for risk anaysis, but with no software this book is a complete waste of money and should not be on the market.

I rated this book earlier as "a reader from Spokane Wa.". I wish to append the earlier statement, and add that you can get current a demo version of @Risk software from Palisade that is outstanding. I was so impressed that I purchased @Risk 4.0 from them, and subsequently ordered a number of other books by Wayne Winston, as well. I think that it would be only fair to retract most of my earlier statement. I understand that they are intending to soon publish a 2nd release of the book with updated software.

Readers should note that until 11/2000 Simulation Modeling Using @RISK was shipped with an older version of the @RISK software. Customer reviews that reference software problems are all reviews of this older edition of the book. The current edition ships with @RISK 4.0; software that supports all newer versions of Excel and Windows. The text has been entirely updated to reflect this newest version of @RISK.

This book says "advanced modelling and animation". The modelling and animation examples in this book are of a beginner's standard and poorly executed. The tutorials are utterly uninspirational and lacking any creativity. The demo files on the accompanying CD are, frankly, embarassing. Why would you want to follow a tutorial that produces such a substandard result?
I find it offensive that an author can exploit the ambition of a novice - providing nothing but empty promises.
Free tutorials on the internet are by far the most diverse and useful resource available to an emerging modeller and animator.
DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK.

I'm following the first proyect of the book, wich is the largest, and aplies many modeling techniques, and animation tools too, plus a little texturing. i won't denied it, it's a very prectical book, but I just get that sensation, that there has to be a better one, I don't expect to cover all the program tool, but if it says advanced modeling and animating, so I expect some great modeling techniques, and great animation tips too.
The book itself consist in two big proyects, where you finally get two animations, as the result of a extensive use of many tools. The rest of the book it's filled up with some quick tutorials, that are not very different from that ones found on the web.
In conclusion, I would expect a more modling and animating dedicated book, and not a book trying to teach you a little of everything without getting in depth in anything.

PD: If you are used to those step by step tutorial books, DO NOT BUY THIS BOOK, it sometimes skip steps in the proyect, like assuming you already know how to reach the next step.

This book reads like a "Secrets of the master's revealed." Yes, it assumes you know whats what, but if you do know what is what, then there is really no other book available. It took me the better half of 60 days to work this journey, but you come out bigger and bolder than ever on the other side. If you are dedicated and put in the hard time, this book will take you to a pro status. My eyes were once closed, now after reading this book, they are wide open. I can only hope that the great Mr. Kuligan and his associates write another book that covers the few untouched features of 3DS MAX that he did not address in this book . A true must-own for any aspiring 3d artist lying in wait....

Based on the contents of this book, Microsoft should be giving it away rather than selling it. We don't mean that comment to be an extreme criticism but it just doesn't make sense to charge so much for something that is essentially a glorified sales manual.

It's definitely easy to read but also probably too easy. You'll finish reading this book and find yourself asking, "Is that all?" Don't even attempt to bring this book along as a resource when you go to deploy Windows 2000.

If does serve a purpose of preparing people in sales roles for product. If used for that, it does the job quite well. However for most other uses, you'll definitely find better books.

I read this book in a day. It's a good overview of what's new in Windows 2000 Server but not terribly deep. However, it is overpriced for what it is -- MS Press should just have combined this book with the one on 2000 Workstation and knocked ten bucks off. Also, it's kinda clear there isn't much revolutionary in 2000 Server anyway. Windows is finally catching up with things Netware has done for years and mainframes for decades.

As an MCSE who feels comfortable with NT 4.0, the advent of Windows 2000 brings some feelings of anxiety. Though this book doesn't delve into the "how to" administrative tasks with Active Directory and other daily tasks that will be common, the author painted a good picture of how NT 2000 will be different. This book is an excellent tool for those who are wanting to gain an introduction (hence the title). I would especially recommend this for Business Analysts or any Sales force who wants to learn the new lingo and imporvements that Microsoft has made. It gives a good overview for those who know networking on what's new and what's there. That is what the book is. For those seeking an insightful "how to do" systematic approach of the Beta software, you will not get it here. It is an easy read and worth it's price.

I was disappointed that the authors did nothing but gloss over the new data warehouse feature of Oracle 8i . Considering who the authors are (both high level Oracle employees) I was hoping for more in depth analysis. This book cover just the basic of what Oracle 8i can really do. Little to no examples make this book more of a theory book than on with practical advice. I would recommend getting a copy of Oracle 8i Data Warehousing Guide. It a pdf file that you need to get from an Oracle Employee. Its harder to get but well worth the effort ! ! ! !

Frankly this is a nice book for beginers as well as a ref. source for experienced data warehouse experts. The book very briefly, avoiding all the boaring and unnecessary details, explains the process for building a data warehouse.

But there is something very interesting about this book.... There is no way you can reach the authors of this book if you want some explanation on something written in this book. There is no email address or any other contact detail mentioned anywhere in the book. Also, any attempt to write to the publishers to get some help are totallly futile..they just don't seem to care.

This leaves the reader with a far-from-satisfied feeling after reading this book. Nevertheless, I believe the authors have no role to play in in this book providing a not-so-adequate experience.

---- One disappointed reader nmcv@hotmail.com

This is an excellent book, detailing what can be accomplished. It is definitely not for those who have no understanding of databases. An excellent tool.

Although this book covers a large area its coverage is somewhat incomplete. The first thing you notice is the bad formatting of this book making the examples and explanations hard to follow. Mathematical proofs and algorithms are placed, bit by bit, into a paragraph of text i.e.

"...When we substitute -x for x in (9.8), we get P(-x)=Pe(x^2)+(-x)Po(x^2). To evaluate (9.7), we need to compute P(x-i) and P(-xi), for 0This combined with the assumption that the reader already understands the subject and the maths behind it makes it an unsuitable introductory text. Its only redeeming feature is its wide range of topics, if this is the only Algorithmics book you are likely to by at this time look elsewhere, if you need a second or third book to clarify some points this may just be the one you are after.

Most books I have read on the subject seem to be simply a collection of algorithmic tricks and techniques. There's no single universal idea, except for this book by Udi Manber. The cover picture says it all. In my opinion, the most fundamental and universal concept in algorithmic design is the idea of induction, recursion, and building bigger desired solutions from smaller already-constructed ones. The experts establish this as their intuition and perhaps take it for granted. But as a beginning algorist, when you have to ask yourself how do I solve/optimize/approximate this problem, I think you'll find this idea so important. This book attempts to make this concept your algorithmic intuition, and that's I think is a good thing.

That said, it should be read along with other books in algorithms design and analysis.

It's a very perfect book to become familiar with main
methods of producing effective algorithms.