Clearing The Cache - Going Online Edition

I am looking to learn tcp/ip in and out. Basicly for programming concepts to have a full understanding on how to socket program. I was looking at some books from W Richard Stevens; however they seem not to cover the newer stuff. I was leaning towars "The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols" Any comments or thoughts on this are welcome. ... more

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General), Vol. 147, No. 5. (1984), pp. 621-655. The Dirichlet is a stochastic model of purchase incidence and brand choice which parsimoniously integrates a wide range of already well-established empirical regularities.... more

Âíèìàíèå! Ó âàñ íåò ïðàâ, äëÿ ïðîñìîòðà ñêðûòîãî òåêñòà. Description: "As an entrepreneur, founder and CEO of several tech companies, I appreciate the insight into IP, strategy and deals that this book provides. I wish there were a book like this when I started by my first company. The book is easy-to-read, comprehensive and up-to-the moment. It covers everything from basic IP and deal negotiations to mobile media, software IP and the Internet. There is lots of detail, sample forms, and p... more

Those of us who work on the web are often keenly aware of the volunteer efforts that make our lives easier. Need a CSS tutorial? A quick search will find dozens, none of which cost you a dime. Have a thorny development question? Take your pick of groups and discussion boards, where someone will spend time and effort to get you an answer. Need to know what the capital of Andorra is? Wikipedia is your friend. It’s easy to consume this wealth of free support - but do you produce any of i... more

Over at Lifehacker, Gina Trapani has posted an excellent opinion piece taking a second look at the deluge of studies that tell us how much information overload is keeping us from getting work done. Like Lifehacker, we’ve certainly been a cog in the machine that keeps up this drumbeat of studies and solutions, all designed to protect us from the deluge. But we’re also in agreement that the message of overload gets used to promote products more than it does to really get to the ... more

Google’s GMail has always used the secure https: protocol to protect logins, but it would allow you to switch to an insecure http: session after you were connected. While this can speed things up, it’s potentially a problem for those of us who are on-the-go: unencrypted mail traffic can be snooped on by anyone in WiFi range of your laptop. That’s why its nice to see the new “Browser Connection” item in GMail’s settings; you can use this to force all ... more

Charlie Chaplin is one of the most iconic performers of our time. He is known across generations and cultures, and his films are still enjoyed today. Is it possible for a web worker to be that memorable? Possibly. But internet technology and culture is still too young for us to say for sure. Still, there are some things that the average web worker can do to be almost as memorable as Chaplin. The first impression counts. The first time people saw Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp char... more