Linux Hardware Handbook

Linux Hardware Handbook

Linux Hardware Handbook shows you how to make purchasing and installation decisions concerning hardware for Linux computers. Don’t wade through scattered documentation to determine what products work and what products don’t–this book provides general guidance and information on what will help you and what to avoid. This book helps you gain a greater understanding of the issues surrounding Linux and make more informed purchase decisions. Get the knowledge you need to decide whether to even attempt installing Linux on a given computer. Topics covered include core systems, storage disks, input/output devices, notebooks, and audio/video cards.

Linux Hardware Handbook

Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine

Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine

By their very nature, mining operations generate significantly more waste than ore. For a large-scale mine, this can translate into several hundred million tons of waste rock and tailings that must stored and eventually reclaimed. Waste storage on this scale requires vast land mass and significant expense for site reclamation once the mine is closed.

Underwater Tailing Placement at Island Copper Mine

Bad Data Handbook

Bad Data Handbook

What is bad data? Some people consider it a technical phenomenon, like missing values or malformed records, but bad data includes a lot more. In this handbook, data expert Q. Ethan McCallum has gathered 19 colleagues from every corner of the data arena to reveal how they’ve recovered from nasty data problems.,

From cranky storage to poor representation to misguided policy, there are many paths to bad data. Bottom line? Bad data is data that gets in the way. This book explains effective ways to get around it.

Bad Data Handbook