Bits

'Blown to Bits' is about how the digital explosion is changing everything. The text explains the technology, why it creates so many surprises and why things often don't work the way we expect them to. It is also about things the information explosion is destroying: old assumptions about who is really in control of our lives.

Go beyond basic scrap quilts with this guide to turning fabric bits snips into striking modern art quilts—featuring 8 quick and easy projects. In Scrappy Bits Applique, fabric designer and quilt artist Shannon Brinkley shares her secrets to putting sewing room scraps to use. With her easy stitching and collage techniques, she shows how simplicity can produce dramatic results. Shannon’s “scrappy” approach to quilting uses a fast raw-edged technique. With step-by-step instructions, she teaches you how to intuitively choose, cut, and sew bits of fabric to create a collage of unique images and textures. Included are eight engaging quilt projects to try out your new skills.

In scientific computing (also known as computational science), advanced computing capabilities are used to solve complex problems. This self-contained book describes and analyzes reported software failures related to the major topics within scientific computing: mathematical modeling of phenomena; numerical analysis (number representation, rounding, conditioning); mathematical aspects and complexity of algorithms, systems, or software; concurrent computing (parallelization, scheduling, synchronization); and numerical data (such as input of data and design of control logic). Readers will find lists of related, interesting bugs, MATLAB examples, and ?excursions? that provide necessary background, as well as an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the selected bugs. Illustrative examples of numerical principles such as machine numbers, rounding errors, condition numbers, and complexity are also included. ?

This series acquaints professionals and students with issues and technologies in the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.Explores the long-term implications of relying on current digital technology to preserve our cultural memory.

Are you ready for 50 to 1000% return on every dollar you spend? If your answer is YES, then 'Bonanza Bits' is a 'must-have' survival guide for anyone who seriously desires to achieve REAL financial independence thru better money management tips and practices. Learn how to turn the economic tables on your financial institution, your travel agent—even your stock broker, so that you finally get to keep more of your own hard-earned money. Bottom line: 'Bonanza Bits' is more than just another consumer guide, but rather a MONSTER-size manual of everday savings, thats loaded with numerous 'nuggets' to truly enrich your own financial well-being!

The Book deals with digital technology. It explains how the digits ‘0’ and ‘1’ have permeated into all walks of our lives and the importance of information. Discussed are the different methods of communication through the ages. Manual and sound signals Analogue and digital signals. Numbering systems. Natural numbers, whole numbers, rational numbers, irrational numbers. Binary systems, ASCII, the Hexadecimal system. Boolean logic and logic gates. Combinational logic, and digital electronic elements. Development of Transistors. The first digital computer – ENIAC. Digital electronic functional circuits and different forms of memory systems. The evolution of ICs, microprocessors and microcontrollers digital timers. Memories: mechanical, magnetic, electronic – RAM, ROM, pen drives. The Analogue world versus the digital world. Hardware and software. The nature of software languages. Artificial Intelligence, natural intelligence, the human brain. The computer brain and various types of robots. The Internet, the cell phone, the GPS, the Internet of Things, diagnostic systems and drones. The different digital systems are mentioned and the question of what happens if digital technology closes down. Finally, the present situation is highlighted – how we are being strangled by only two digits – 0s and 1s.

Each of our lives is a stained glass window in the making. The most satisfying experience I have is seeing people embrace GodÕs plan for them, to begin to see something beautiful emerge from all the disjointed bits and pieces of their often severely troubled lives. IÕve collected a number of my own bits and pieces here, often broken fragments becoming part of the window of my life. Some dark. Some brilliant. Some warm. Some cold. I trust all will become something beautiful in the end.