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Universal Service: Comvetition. lnterconnection, and Monovol~ in the Makin¢ of the American T ~ l ~ o n ¢ ,.qy8tern. By Milton L. Mueller, Jr. MIT Press/AEI Press, London/Washington, DC. (1997). 213 pages. $40.00. Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgments. About the author. 1. Introduction. 2. Universal service: A concept in search of a history. 3. A theory of access competition. 4. Prologue: Telephone development before competition. 5. T h e legal and economic rationales for not interconnecting competitors. 6. The dynamics of access competition. 7. Dual service: The anatomy of subscriber fragmentation. 8. Universal service: Vail's answer to dual service. 9. T h e power of interconnection, 1908-1913. 10. Saving dual service: The Kingsbury commitment. 11. The subtle politics and economics of unification, 1914-1921. 12. The legacy of access competition. 13. The reincarnation of universal service. 14. Universal service in the 1990s. 15. Why the first-generation universal service debate is revelant today. References. Case and regulatory proceeding index. Name index. Subject index. A Loqical Journey: From GSdel to Philosophy. By Hao Wang. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (1996). 391 pages. $4O.00. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. GSdel's life. 2. GSdel's mental development. 3. Religion and philosophy as guides to action. 4. The conversations and their background. 5. Philosophies and philosophers. 6. Minds and machines: O n computabilism. 7. Platonism or objectivism in mathematics. 8. Set theory and logic as concept theory. 9. G~lel's approach to philosophy. 10. Epilogue: Alternative philosophies as complementary. References. Index. Proqramminq with GNU Software. By Mike Loukides and Andy Oram. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 244 pages. $39.95 (CD included). Contents: Preface. 1. Towards a free software development environment. 2. Introduction to the UNIX operating system. 3. Editing source code with Emacs. 4. Compiling and linking with gcc. 5. Libraries. 6. Debugging C and Cd--{- programs. 7. Automatic compilation with make. 8. Source management with RCS. 9. Program timing and profiling. Appendices. A. W h a t is Cygnus Support? B. Building GNU software from sources. C. Data representations. D. T h e GNU General Public License. Index. Philosophy and Coqnitive Science. By James H. Fetzer. Paragon House, New York. (1996). 191 pages. $13.95. Contents: Acknowledgments. Preface. Preface to 2 nd edition. 1. A science of cognition. 2. Are we brains in vats? 3. Minds and machines. 4. The nature of language. 5. W h a t is mentality? 6. Connectionism and cognition. 7. Mental development. 8. Are humans rational? 9. Mentality, causality, morality. For further reading. References. Name index. Subject index. Shockwave Studio: Desi~nino Multimedia for the Web. By Bob Schmitt. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 183 pages. $39.95 (cd included). Contents: Foreword. 1. Designing multimedia for the Web. 2. Animating with Shockwave. 3. Creating rollover effects. 4. T h e power of variables. 5. Using lists in Shockwave. 6. Doodlin' in Director. 7. Making smaller movies. 8. Avoiding palette problems. 9. Using Net-specific Lingo. 10. Maximizing the user's experience. 11. Audio compression with Shockwave. Appendices. A. Serving your Shockwave to the masses. B. Net-specific extensions to Lingo. C. Director and Shockwave resources on the Web. D. W h a t ' s on the CD? Index. The Educated Mind: How Coqnitive Tools Shave Our Understandina. By Kieran Egan. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. (1997). 299 pages. $24.95; £19.95. Contents: Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One. 1. Three old ideas and a new one. 2. Mythic understanding. 3. Romantic understanding. 4. Philosophic understanding. 5. Ironic understanding and somatic understanding. 6. Some questions and answers. Part Two. 7. Some implications for the curriculum. 8. Some implications for teaching. Afterword. Bibliography. Index. B}~ldinq Your Own Web Conferences. By Susan B. Peck and Beverly Murray Scherf. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 246 pages. $59.95 (CD included). Contents: Preface. I. Getting started. 1. Why conference on the Web? 2. Before you start. 3. Installing WebBoard. II. Managing WebBoard. 4. Managing conferences. 5. Managing users. 6. Advanced management. III. Tailoring WebBoard. 7. Customizing WebBoard pages. 8. WebBoard file reference. 9. WebBoard basics. 10. Participating in conferences. 11. W h a t ' s happening on your WebBoard? 12. Chatting in WebBoard. Appendices. A. Upgrading to WebBoard 2.0 XL. B. Troubleshooting tips. Index.
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Universal Service: Comvetition. lnterconnection, and Monovol~ in the Makin¢ of the American T ~ l ~ o n ¢ ,.qy8tern. By Milton L. Mueller, Jr. MIT Press/AEI Press, London/Washington, DC. (1997). 213 pages. $40.00. Contents: Foreword. Acknowledgments. About the author. 1. Introduction. 2. Universal service: A concept in search of a history. 3. A theory of access competition. 4. Prologue: Telephone development before competition. 5. T h e legal and economic rationales for not interconnecting competitors. 6. The dynamics of access competition. 7. Dual service: The anatomy of subscriber fragmentation. 8. Universal service: Vail's answer to dual service. 9. T h e power of interconnection, 1908-1913. 10. Saving dual service: The Kingsbury commitment. 11. The subtle politics and economics of unification, 1914-1921. 12. The legacy of access competition. 13. The reincarnation of universal service. 14. Universal service in the 1990s. 15. Why the first-generation universal service debate is revelant today. References. Case and regulatory proceeding index. Name index. Subject index. A Loqical Journey: From GSdel to Philosophy. By Hao Wang. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. (1996). 391 pages. $4O.00. Contents: Preface. Introduction. 1. GSdel's life. 2. GSdel's mental development. 3. Religion and philosophy as guides to action. 4. The conversations and their background. 5. Philosophies and philosophers. 6. Minds and machines: O n computabilism. 7. Platonism or objectivism in mathematics. 8. Set theory and logic as concept theory. 9. G~lel's approach to philosophy. 10. Epilogue: Alternative philosophies as complementary. References. Index. Proqramminq with GNU Software. By Mike Loukides and Andy Oram. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 244 pages. $39.95 (CD included). Contents: Preface. 1. Towards a free software development environment. 2. Introduction to the UNIX operating system. 3. Editing source code with Emacs. 4. Compiling and linking with gcc. 5. Libraries. 6. Debugging C and Cd--{- programs. 7. Automatic compilation with make. 8. Source management with RCS. 9. Program timing and profiling. Appendices. A. W h a t is Cygnus Support? B. Building GNU software from sources. C. Data representations. D. T h e GNU General Public License. Index. Philosophy and Coqnitive Science. By James H. Fetzer. Paragon House, New York. (1996). 191 pages. $13.95. Contents: Acknowledgments. Preface. Preface to 2 nd edition. 1. A science of cognition. 2. Are we brains in vats? 3. Minds and machines. 4. The nature of language. 5. W h a t is mentality? 6. Connectionism and cognition. 7. Mental development. 8. Are humans rational? 9. Mentality, causality, morality. For further reading. References. Name index. Subject index. Shockwave Studio: Desi~nino Multimedia for the Web. By Bob Schmitt. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 183 pages. $39.95 (cd included). Contents: Foreword. 1. Designing multimedia for the Web. 2. Animating with Shockwave. 3. Creating rollover effects. 4. T h e power of variables. 5. Using lists in Shockwave. 6. Doodlin' in Director. 7. Making smaller movies. 8. Avoiding palette problems. 9. Using Net-specific Lingo. 10. Maximizing the user's experience. 11. Audio compression with Shockwave. Appendices. A. Serving your Shockwave to the masses. B. Net-specific extensions to Lingo. C. Director and Shockwave resources on the Web. D. W h a t ' s on the CD? Index. The Educated Mind: How Coqnitive Tools Shave Our Understandina. By Kieran Egan. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. (1997). 299 pages. $24.95; £19.95. Contents: Acknowledgments. Introduction. Part One. 1. Three old ideas and a new one. 2. Mythic understanding. 3. Romantic understanding. 4. Philosophic understanding. 5. Ironic understanding and somatic understanding. 6. Some questions and answers. Part Two. 7. Some implications for the curriculum. 8. Some implications for teaching. Afterword. Bibliography. Index. B}~ldinq Your Own Web Conferences. By Susan B. Peck and Beverly Murray Scherf. O'Reilly, Sebastopol, CA. (1997). 246 pages. $59.95 (CD included). Contents: Preface. I. Getting started. 1. Why conference on the Web? 2. Before you start. 3. Installing WebBoard. II. Managing WebBoard. 4. Managing conferences. 5. Managing users. 6. Advanced management. III. Tailoring WebBoard. 7. Customizing WebBoard pages. 8. WebBoard file reference. 9. WebBoard basics. 10. Participating in conferences. 11. W h a t ' s happening on your WebBoard? 12. Chatting in WebBoard. Appendices. A. Upgrading to WebBoard 2.0 XL. B. Troubleshooting tips. Index.