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The Dream Machine
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Author : M. Mitchell Waldrop
language : en
Publisher: Stripe Press
Release Date : 2018-09-25
The Dream Machine written by M. Mitchell Waldrop and has been published by Stripe Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The story of the man who instigated the work that led to the internet—and shifted our understanding of what computers could be. Behind every great revolution is a vision and behind perhaps the greatest revolution of our time, personal computing, is the vision of J.C.R. Licklider. He did not design the first personal computers or write the software that ran on them, nor was he involved in the legendary early companies that brought them to the forefront of our everyday experience. He was instead a relentless visionary that saw the potential of the way individuals could interact with computers and software. At a time when computers were a short step removed from mechanical data processors, Licklider was writing treatises on "human-computer symbiosis", "computers as communication devices", and a now not-so-unfamiliar "Intergalactic Network." His ideas became so influential, his passion so contagious, that Waldrop called him "computing's Johnny Appleseed. In a simultaneously compelling personal narrative and comprehensive historical exposition, Waldrop tells the story of the man who not only instigated the work that led to the internet, but also shifted our understanding of what computers were and could be. Included in this edition are also the original texts of Licklider's three most influential writings: 'Man-computer symbiosis' (1960), which outlines the vision that inspired the personal computer revolution of the 1970s; his 'Intergalactic Network' memo (1963), which outlines the vision that inspired the internet; and "The computer as a communication device" (1968, co-authored with Robert Taylor), which amplifies his vision for what the network could become.
American Dream Machine
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Author : Matthew Specktor
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-04-09
American Dream Machine written by Matthew Specktor and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-04-09 with Fiction categories.
Beau Rosenwald - overweight, far from handsome, and improbably charismatic - arrives in Los Angles in 1962 with nothing but an ill-fitting suit and a pair of expensive brogues. By the late 1970s he has helped found the most successful agency in Hollywood. Through the eyes of his son, we watch Beau and his partner go to war, waging a battle that will reshape an entire industry. We watch Beau rise and fall and rise again, forging and damaging remarkable relationships. We watch Beau's partner, the enigmatic Williams Farquarsen, struggle to control himself and this oh-so-fickle world of movies. We watch two generations of men fumble and thrive across the LA landscape, revelling in their successes and learning the costs of their mistakes.
Dream Machine
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Dream Machine written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with categories.
The Dream Machine
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Author : Jon Palfreman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Dream Machine written by Jon Palfreman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Computers categories.
Explores the rise of computer technology, and tells the stories of the scientists, engineers, visionaries, and others whose efforts developed the complex machines.
The Dream Machine
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Author : Richard Whittle
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2010-04-27
The Dream Machine written by Richard Whittle and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-04-27 with History categories.
WHEN THE MARINES decided to buy a helicopter-airplane hybrid “tiltrotor” called the V-22 Osprey, they saw it as their dream machine. The tiltrotor was the aviation equivalent of finding the Northwest Passage: an aircraft able to take off, land, and hover with the agility of a helicopter yet fly as fast and as far as an airplane. Many predicted it would reshape civilian aviation. The Marines saw it as key to their very survival. By 2000, the Osprey was nine years late and billions over budget, bedeviled by technological hurdles, business rivalries, and an epic political battle over whether to build it at all. Opponents called it one of the worst boondoggles in Pentagon history. The Marines were eager to put it into service anyway. Then two crashes killed twenty- three Marines. They still refused to abandon the Osprey, even after the Corps’ own proud reputation was tarnished by a national scandal over accusations that a commander had ordered subordinates to lie about the aircraft’s problems. Based on in-depth research and hundreds of interviews, The Dream Machine recounts the Marines’ quarter-century struggle to get the Osprey into combat. Whittle takes the reader from the halls of the Pentagon and Congress to the war zone of Iraq, from the engineer’s drafting table to the cockpits of the civilian and Marine pilots who risked their lives flying the Osprey—and sometimes lost them. He reveals the methods, motives, and obsessions of those who designed, sold, bought, flew, and fought for the tiltrotor. These stories, including never before published eyewitness accounts of the crashes that made the Osprey notorious, not only chronicle an extraordinary chapter in Marine Corps history, but also provide a fascinating look at a machine that could still revolutionize air travel.
Dream Machine
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Author : Mark E. Hoog
language : en
Publisher: Growing Fields
Release Date : 2007
Dream Machine written by Mark E. Hoog and has been published by Growing Fields this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Goal (Psychology) categories.
In the Growing Field carnival, three young children learn that they hold the key to their dreams and their own dream machine.
Mr Zamboni S Dream Machine
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Author : Gravel, Francois
language : en
Publisher: James Lorimer & Company
Release Date : 1992
Mr Zamboni S Dream Machine written by Gravel, Francois and has been published by James Lorimer & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Daniel like dreaming. If only life were more like his dreams... Daniel plays goal for a junior team, and lately they have been losing.
Dream Machine
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Author : Will Davis
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2009-08-03
Dream Machine written by Will Davis and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-03 with Fiction categories.
'"And the name of the girl through to next week is..." says Stina, and I want to kill her for pausing once again. I want to see her bludgeoned to death with her own stupid mic, her even stupider skin tight dress all stained with oozing gore...' Thousands of wannabes are auditioning to be part of mega-girlband Purrfect in a new reality TV series. Among them are ice-queen Louise, who thinks she's got god on her side, foulmouthed Joni, desperate to hide the fact that she's got a baby, mousy teen Ella, obsessed with her stepmother's boyfriend, and cocky Riana, a stripper with a naughty penchant for coke. Each one is determined to be the new Purrfect girl. But as the show progresses it seems someone has a very different sort of agenda in mind - someone who's not afraid for things to get deadly... Will Davis, author of the award-winning My Side of the Story, creates an explosive cocktail of comedy and pathos, in which four lives collide in the wretched pursuit of fame and fortune, spiralling towards a devastating conclusion that confronts the very nature of dreams, and ultimately questions the point of having them.
The Great Interactive Dream Machine
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Author : Richard Peck
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 1998-11-01
The Great Interactive Dream Machine written by Richard Peck and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-11-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Josh Lewis' best friend, Aaron Zimmer, has turned his computer into a wish-granting machine. It ought to be every techno-addict's dream, but there are a few bugs in the system. Nobody knows when the computer will interactivate next--and it doesn't just grant Josh and Aaron's wishes. In fact, Aaron's mom's poodle seems to eb doing some of the wishing, too. When a mysterious spy called The Watcher starts monitoring their every move in cyberspace, the real trouble begins in this compelling story from Newbery medal-winning author Richard Peck. "A guaranteed fun, faced-paced adventure."--School Library Journal
The Dream Machine
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Author : Keion Jackson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-08-10
The Dream Machine written by Keion Jackson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-08-10 with categories.