¿Cuántas horas al cabo del día pasas viendo la televisión? ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que cualquiera de nosotros de verdad hizo algo para conseguir lo que quería? ¿Cuánto tiempo ha pasado desde que cualquiera de nosotros necesitó algo de lo que quería? El mundo que conocíamos ya no existe. El mundo del comercio y las necesidades superfluas ha sido reemplazado por un mundo de superviviencia y responsabilidad. Una epidemia de proporciones apocalípticas ha barrido la Tierra haciendo que los muertos se levanten y se alimenten de los vivos. En cuestión de meses la sociedad se ha desmoronado, sin gobierno, sin supermercados, sin correo, sin televisión por cable. En un mundo gobernado por los muertos, por fin nos vemos obligados a empezar a vivir.
En la cuarta entrega de este cuento de zombies, la vida en la prisión empieza a ser interesante para Rick Grimes y el resto de supervivientes. Las relaciones se calientan, se enfrían, cambian radicalmente de la noche a la mañana...Afinal de este volúmen, las relaciones entre los principales personajes se transforman de golpe, estableciendo un escenario diferente para futuros eventos den el teatro de Los Muertos Vivientes.
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Ha ganado los tres premios más importantes que se conceden en los Estados Unidos: Harvey, Eisner e Ignatz

Nancy y Simon son dos jóvenes amigos. Un día deciden contarse una historia personal que han sido incapaces de asumir. Estas confidencias los llevarán a hacer un viaje que les permitirá reconsiderar su forma de enfocar la relación con los demás y enfrentarse a sus pequeñas cobardías. Historia iniciática sobre el paso a la edad adulta, La misma diferencia es la primera obra de Derek Kirk Kim, un joven autor rebosante de talento y unánimemente alabado por sus pares y por la crítica con motivo de la publicación de esta obra.
"Sus personajes se encuentran tan aburridos como los del 'Ghost World' de Clowes, y analizan con idéntica crueldad a sus conciudadanos, pero Kirk Kim no puede evitar bañarlo todo de autoparodia y dar pie a la esperanza". Luis J. Menéndez. Mondosonoro

If Mac OS X Tiger has you bewildered, it's time to regain the upper hand with Take Control of Tiger. Rather than have a single overworked author attempt to give you a brief overview of every imaginable topic, explaining none fully, Take Control assembled an all-star team, with each author dedicated to telling you everything you need to know about a particular subject. For each topic, you'll find a concise introduction, detailed explanations, useful tips, and step-by-step instructions, all amply illustrated. Best of all, you can receive free updates to each of the titles in this collection!Aimed at readers just like yourself, who aren't afraid to tinker around a bit to get the most out of their OS, this full-color volume shows you how to customize Mac OS X Tiger to fit your very specific needs. In the guide's four major sections-"Upgrading to Tiger," "Customizing Tiger," "Users and Accounts in Tiger," and Sharing Files in Tiger"-you'll find all the technical help and troubleshooting tips you need to ensure a smooth and speedy upgrade without any corresponding loss in productivity. In short order you'll learn how to create user accounts, take advantage of the new Spotlight search system, set up multiway video and audio conferences, and more.

Get SCTS Certification: Your Mark of Expertise in Small Business Security!

Millions of small businesses today are vulnerable to countless security risks and threats. Symantec's Certified Technical Specialist (SCTS), Small Business Security certification allows security professionals to validate their knowledge of today's most crucial information security techniques and Symantec's market-leading security products.

Direct from Symantec, this official study guide covers the exam objective in depth: everything you need to know to pass your exam the first time. You'll gain the knowledge you need to protect small businesses from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, spam, spyware, adware, and much more. You'll learn all you need to know about the SCTS exam and certification program, as you walk through Symantec's proven eight-step preparation process.

SCTS certification represents a powerful competitive advantage for Symantec partners, security consultants, sales and system engineers, administrators, and any IT professional who works with Symantec products in a small business setting. This book will get you ready fast—and maximize your chances of success!

• Assess your security threats and the costs and business risks associated with them

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Software Engineering Quality Practices describes how software engineers and the managers that supervise them can develop quality software in an effective, efficient, and professional manner. This volume conveys practical advice quickly and clearly while avoiding the dogma that surrounds the software profession. It concentrates on what the real requirements of a system are, what constitutes an appropriate solution, and how you can ensure that the realized solution fulfills the desired qualities of relevant stakeholders. The book also discusses how successful organizations attract and keep people who are capable of building high-quality systems.
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Keeping mathematical derivations to a minimum, Diagnostic Ultrasound: Imaging and Blood Flow Measurements begins with an overview of the field, the strengths and weaknesses of the technology, and its role relative to other imaging modalities. Focus then moves to the fundamental physics involved, a detailed discussion of the transducer, conventional imaging approaches, and Doppler measurements. The following chapters explore new developments such as flow, displacement, contrast, harmonic, intracavity, and 4-D imaging. The author concludes by reviewing current status and standards on bioeffects along with a unique chapter on measuring ultrasonic properties of tissues that can be found nowhere else.
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As in earlier Addison-Wesley books on the UNIX-based BSD operating system, Kirk McKusick and George Neville-Neil deliver here the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and authoritative technical information on the internal structure of open source FreeBSD. Readers involved in technical and sales support can learn the capabilities and limitations of the system; applications developers can learn effectively and efficiently how to interface to the system; system administrators can learn how to maintain, tune, and configure the system; and systems programmers can learn how to extend, enhance, and interface to the system.

The authors provide a concise overview of FreeBSD's design and implementation. Then, while explaining key design decisions, they detail the concepts, data structures, and algorithms used in implementing the systems facilities. As a result, readers can use this book as both a practical reference and an in-depth study of a contemporary, portable, open source operating system.

This book:

• Details the many performance improvements in the virtual memory system
• Describes the new symmetric multiprocessor support
• Includes new sections on threads and their scheduling
• Introduces the new jail facility to ease the hosting of multiple domains
• Updates information on networking and interprocess communication

Already widely used for Internet services and firewalls, high-availability servers, and general timesharing systems, the lean quality of FreeBSD also suits the growing area of embedded systems. Unlike Linux, FreeBSD does not require users to publicize any changes they make to the source code.

This certification exam measures the ability to develop and implement Windows-based applications with Web forms, ASP.NET, and the Microsoft .NET Framework. This exam counts as a core credit toward the new MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application Developer) certification as well as a core credit toward the MCSD .NET certification. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead it assumes that you have a solid foundation of knowledge but can use a refresher on important concepts as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. This book focuses exactly on what you need to pass the exam - it features test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else. The series is supported online at several Web sites: examcram.com, informit.com, and cramsession.com.

The accompanying CD features PrepLogic™ Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. The engine offers two study modes, Practice Test and Flash Review, full exam customization, and a detailed score report.

This exam measures the ability to administer, support, and troubleshoot information systems that incorporate Microsoft Windows 2000, including Windows .NET Server. This exam is a core requirement of Microsoft's MCSA certification. Certcities.com ranked MCSA as the No. 1 certification for 2002. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead it assumes that you have a solid foundation of knowledge but can use a refresher on important concepts as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. This book focuses exactly on what you need to pass the exam - it features test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else. The series is supported online at several Web sites: examcram.com, informit.com, and cramsession.com.

The accompanying CD features PrepLogic™ Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. The engine offers two study modes, Practice Test and Flash Review, full exam customization, and a detailed score report.