Not nearly as good as the Baseball or Basketball Prospectus, though part of it might be that this kind of book is just harder for football.

Perhaps the authors meant the first half of the season, not the first half of the game.

Following in the footsteps of the Baseball Prospectus series of books comes the Pro Football Prospectus. I think it's a good first try but I can't tell if it will grow to be as strong as BP, which covers each major-league team and presents new and interesting research in each annual. If you're buying PFP for a fantasy football draft it will be useful to get the rankings at each position and see the trends of all the skill-position players' rate stats (although not that much better than one of the newsstand fantasy mags). It's also nice to see the authors go back several years in grading the drafts of each team.

The research does not, however, stack up to the corresponding analysis in Baseball Prospectus. Of course this is an unfair comparison for a couple of reasons: baseball research has been going on for far longer, and BP has been publishing for seven years now and has gotten a lot of framework in place for studying the game; and even more fundamentally, football is a much harder game to analyze. Each play in baseball involves primarily the batter and the pitcher and usually one fielder; it is relatively easy to assign credit or blame on each play. (Rating fielders is difficult, but play-by-play data and new techniques are helping to improve fielding metrics.) Each play in football is affected by the majority of the 22 players on the field -- even, say, wide receivers on a running play are throwing blocks or acting as decoys to stretch the defense. As a result, the authors' rankings of each team's offensive line, front seven, and defensive backfield seem pretty dicey when just calculated from raw stats. For instance, they rank offensive lines just by looking at the allowed-sacks-per-pass-attempt rate and the team's yards-per-rush, which is a good start but leaves out the QB's mobility, the RBs' quality, and about 50 other things that affect these stats. Analysis of these nearly stat-less units is long overdue and much appreciated, but there is so much noise in the numbers (from different styles of play, strength of schedule, interaction with other units, etc.) that you have to take these relatively simple rankings with a large grain of salt.

On the other hand, if I recall correctly the authors said that over the off-season they reviewed every play from every game from last year. Between compiling their own play-by-play data and initiating a statistical framework in which to build on, they've got the potential in future books to break new ground. Admittedly though, I don't remember reading anything exciting in PFP 2002. (I might also be biased against the book because they panned my team, the Browns. Certainly many fans were way too optimistic before the season started, but I think PFP's 6-10 prediction went too far the other way.)

Could use this book somewhat as a reference but this is NOT the book to get if you are just starting out. Not enough clear examples nor does it really have practical application examples. More of 'this is the line of code to do this'. Not really organized and seems like they 'threw' this together and didn't really care if the reader was learning anything. Kinda like that college prof everyone had that muttered to himself what was in his head but didn't notice to see if anyone was learning or listening.

I really have to say that this is the best book I've read on ADSI and CDO. The way the authors combine the two technologies to accomplish what needs to be done makes you stop and think. This is a really good book on programming ADSI and/or CDO.

Good as a second reference targeted at those familiar with CDO and ADSI concepts. This is not for starting out with CDO or ADSI programming. Presentation assumes you have a programming background, or that you are quick on the uptake....i.e. smart.. smart.. smart. It helped me to solve a nagging ADSI problem with programmatically creating/implementing certain fields for Exchange Mailboxes and Custom recipients... The authors relate thier actual experiences working with Microsoft object models..Thanks guys for sharing your knowledge..

This book is basically about the young teen heroes of the DCU trying to fight crime in an adult world. Robin and Inpulse are among the heroes who appear in this book which actually has pretty weak artwork and a story plot that is barely readable.

In a nutshell the basis for this book is as follows. Adults around the world are getting nervous about the Young Justice team and all other teen heroes. The world media, possibly being encouraged by some person or persons unknown, is making this worse by hyping the image of immature kids with a lot of power. Everybody's got an opinion and as things heat up a mix of magic and technology turns most of the adult heroes into kids and all the kids into adults. Everyone splits up into teams to try to find a way to reverse the mess, all the while the unknown factor behind the media is getting closer to their ultimate goal.

The concept is lighthearted and fun, but combining the stories from various titles meant that while some writing was good, a lot of the writing was rather weak. Overall the different writing and artistic styles made the book feel choppy, and not as though the stories belonged together. I don't regret buying it, but I was disappointed.

Try A League of Their Own (Young Justice) by Peter David and D. Curtis Johnson for a good Young Justice book.

Although this book was enjoyable, the abscence of my favorite character Arrowette (the girl archer) kept it from being an excellent graphic novel. It would have been great to have seen her as an adult. Her and Robin bring a little reality to these comics because they could exist in real life although such a pretty girl would probably want to be a supermodel instead. She is in the A League Of Their Own graphic novel which was a little better but just like this one they have to use a goofy artist in one of their stories which really looks odd compared to the majority of their art. Gen 13 also had this problem from time to time. Please stick with the original and best artists please.

This book fails to deliver on the goods it promisses. On the back of the book box, it proclaims EXAUSTIVE coverage of everything including database integration, Add-ins, SQL server, ect... . This couldn't be further from the truth, in fact the text doenst go in depth with any of these topics. With over 2,000 pages to read you'd think they would cover some ground wouldn't you? I bought the set on discount and it wasn't even worth that much. A wide variety of topics were only BRIEFLY addressed, do yourself a favor, look for VB books published by WROX, at least they care about what your reading. In the meantime, i have wasted my time and space on my bookshelf because of this text.

Its little bit Advance lavel book, but it contain huge refernce. They try to re-presnt like VB dictionary. Its not bad.

A great book for referencing!! I've reviewed over 20 VB reference guides and I still come back this one every time... even when coding in VB6. I strongly recommend it to anyone who simply needs answers immediately!

Avoid this book and move on, priced to high and information in this book can be found in much cheaper books on daytrading.

This book, pamphlet really, should be titled, "A very basic and general introduction to day trading," and as such, it would be fairly priced at $8.95 or $10.95. At $34.95, however, it is nigh-robbery. Do not expect to find anything in the way of tactical or strategic advice that you can use to actually evaluate potential trades. What you will find instead are all the "handle with care" warnings that form the introductions to the other by now well-known books about day trading. The latter, needless to say, offer far better value. I repsect the fellows at Pristine Trader a great deal and it was on their advice, in an amazon review!, that prompted me to get the book. I am at a loss as to what they saw in the book.

I received this book today, but will return it tomorrow.

I have yet to read the other books on this kind of trading. I heard this was the first so I figured it was the best place to start. I am amazed that I don't hear more about microtrading and the direct access kind of trading championed in this book in the press. It is pricey but I think I would recommend it nevertheless. Particularly to people who are just learning about microtrading.

I do not believe this book can even be considered a guide book. No topos for certain areas. Poor descriptions. I went to Red Rocks with this book and it only got me to where I needed to park. I used the kindness of locals to get me to where I needed to go. Don't waste your time on this book. It's a pile.

The book is a decent additional resource to Urioste's "Red Book" (see also her 2003 26 trad routes addendum). Combined w/ the Red Rocks' SuperTopos the three will almost give you one good guidebook's worth of beta.

It IS your Red Rocks' "Bible" if you are a sport climber.

I've been living and climbing at Red Rocks for two years now. Swain's guide book publicizes a number of new routes that are not in the previous guide; however, not all descriptions are adequate, and a few are even dangerous (such as fixed anchors indicated in the book where there are none in reality). You may also tire of the author's rather feeble attempts at humour! Having said this, I do use the guide alot, and when coupled with the older Urioste guide it serves its purpose. I am saddened however, by Swain's decision to not include a relatively large number of very good routes that were in the old guide-- thereby effectively 'erasing' good routes from the public memory. This amounts to a kind of bizarre censorship, as many of the routes he has left out are quite good and worth preserving. I, and many others, hope for a more enlightened guide book in the future; meanwhile, however, Swain's guide will suffice for most occasional visitors.

I am not sure who this book the 'committee' wrote this for, but I can think of no one. More like a hodge-podge collection of Internet clippings somewhat related to Java & Macs, interspersed with useless code. It is sad because the Mac market needs a Java book covering getting started and the many options and tools Apple has provided the Java student & developer.

I am sorry I wasted my money & was responsible for the deaths of the trees that made it!

This is probably the worst technical book that I have read. Its more a collection of papers than anything else, and much of the content is trivial. Beginning progrmmers would find nothing in here. Advanced programmers will probably find a few nuggets of information that are useful, but they are few and far between.

If you are looking for an excellent book on Java on the new Macintosh operating system OS X, this is one to get. The writing style is well done and the book, in terms of content, is well thought out. I am enjoying the authors coverage of pure Java vs Mac OS X specific issues in particular. Keep up the good job.

The story is pretty interesting, but I'm guessing this is the author's first novel. Throughout the book, the voice sounded either weak, borrowed or forced. Readable, but barely.

The simple language in Choke Hold and the flatness of the descriptions and confrontations make it an odd but pleasing read. With each new chapter I was drawn in more. The narrator, Jeremy, is not exactly a lovable young man. His decisions and even his thinking process is frustrating, but as you get to know him you are glad to see the world through his eyes. It's a strange and sexy little book with a martial arts focus. Martial arts? Why would I read about martial arts? That's what I thought in the beginning, but I was fascinated. This is a terrific novel.

This book doesn't try to solve the mysteries of the human race. It's a sweet, clever story about a young man with a tough past trying to reconcile himself to the future. The characters and the places are believable and resonant. The women are strong. I loved it. i will read it again. I don't know what some of these reviewers are thinking.

This book is great for anyone with a thin knowledge of hip-hop culture. Boyd drops a lot of names and poses hard but doesn't leave the thoughtful reader with very much by way of hard analysis. He doesn't even really explain what his thesis is beyond solipsistically refering to a generation's hunger to "get paid." The fact that NYU Press published this book and sanctioned it as "scholarly" work is a sad commentary on how deeply the ethos of entertainment and racial posturing have permeated contemporary American life. Boyd will certainly live to regret the title of this book.

Obviously Mr. Boyd is looking to fashion himself for the media. And make big bucks in the process. His book is full of factual errors (for example, he IGNORES the role of the black church in providing strength and inspiration and power to Black Americans during the Civil Rights Movement, especially) ANd he makes a fatal error of mistaking current pop fashion with political goals. The goals and aspirations articulated by the civil rights movement are surely not "dead" as Boyd contends (based on WHAT evidence? -- the stardom and appeal of some hip-hop artists?)but alive and well in the hearts and minds of many Americans. I've worked and lived (by choice) in ghetto neighborhoods for years and the aspirations, hopes and dreams expressed by people who live there -- including those young people who love hip hop, who identify with hip hop artists and who dress the part, actually have very traditional -- one might say, mainstream -- hopes for themselves AND their communities. The absence of social responsibility -- which Boyd seems to view as an excellent development -- is probably not even true (he offers no evidence for it at all) To the extent that it is true -- it's probably an outgrowth of years of discrimination, disenfranchisement and, too, social and racial and economic isolation. Thus, an indictment of capitalism, it seems to me. If you listen to many hip hop artists (I'm not sure Boyd has done this) you hear in their words a sort of original allegiance for civil rights aspirations. Who on earth gave this man a PhD and tenure???? It will seem politically incorrect to criticize this work -- but it is a superficial, lightweight treatment that actually ends up disrespecting its weighty, important subject. -- Disgusted in NYC.

The thesis is provocative, but that's it. The work is--with regards to scholarship--deeply impoverished. Venerable writings on Hip Hop remain few--consult Robin Kelly's or Tricia Rose's forays on the subject for more engaged, scholarly readings.

As previous reviewers have stated, the book is out-of-date and error-ridden. Some have praised the book as being easy to read, but if the content is wrong it doesn't matter how well the book is written - It is still wrong.

Bad written and full of mistakes - an example :

Chapter 7 - Working with Novell Netware

"NetWare does not provide DNS or DHCP services. These network services, if required on the network, must be provided by a server running some other NOS."

This guy knows nothing about Netware - since 1998 Netware has built-in DNS and DHCP servers.

If you want a real good begginners guide go to : Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach Featuring the Internet by James Kurose and Keith Ross (ISBN 0-201-47711-4)

Its really an excellent source of information for beginners

I have virtually no networking experience, but this book provides a fairly detailed, easy-to-read, and complete coverage of the topic. There are obviously books that go into extreme detail, but this book is an introduction to the topic. This book deserves 5 stars just for being easy to comprehend and up-to-date. After reading this book and putting the knowledge to use, one will probably be ready for an advanced book on the subject. Well done.
I notice a few complaints about the age of the book, but I purchased the 3rd addition and it was first printed in June 2001, so I don't see what the gripes are for; it's current.