Seventeen-year-old Matthew Munson is ranked thirteenth in the state in Bash Bash Revolution, an outdated Nintendo game from 2002 that, in 2016, is still getting tournament play. He’s a high school dropout who still lives at home with his mom, doing little but gaming and moping. That is, until Matthew’s dad turns up again. Jeffrey Munson is a computer geek who’d left home eight years earlier to work on a top secret military project. Jeff has been a sporadic presence in Matthew’s life, and much to his son’s displeasure insists on bonding over video games. The two start entering local tournaments together, where Jeff shows astonishing aptitude for Bash Bash Revolution in particular. Then, as abruptly as he appeared, Matthew’s father disappears again, just as he was beginning to let Jeff back into his life. The betrayal is life-shattering, and Matthew decides to give chase, in the process discovering the true nature of the government-sponsored artificial intelligence program his father has been involved in. Told as a series of conversations between Matthew and his father’s artificial intelligence program, Bash Bash Revolution is a wildly original novel of apocalypse and revolution, as well as a poignant story of broken family.

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On 26 May, 2010 Apple Inc. passed Microsoft in valuation as the world's largest technology company. Its consumer electronic products - ranging from computers to mobile phones to portable media devices, not to mention its iTunes, iBook and App Store - have influenced nearly every facet of our lives, and it shows no sign of slowing down. But how did Apple - a company set up in the back room of a house by two friends, and one that always marketed itself as the underdog - become the marketplace leader (and the world's second largest company overall), and is it a good thing to have one company hold so much power? In The Apple Revolution Luke Dormehl shares the inside story of how Apple Inc. came to be; from the formation of the company's philosophies and user-friendly ethos, to the "iPod moment" and global domination, leaving you with a deep understanding of how it was created, why it has flourished, and where it might be going next.

Bash ScriptingEverything you need to know about Bash//What's a shell, and why should you care about it?Any recent computer operating system (byrecent, we mean since about 1970) hassome sort of user interface-some way of specifying commands for the operating sys-tem to execute. But in lots of operating systems, that command interface was reallybuilt in and there was only one way to talk to the computer. Furthermore, an operat-ing system's command interface would let you execute commands, but that wasabout all. After all, what else was there to do?The Unix operating system popularized the notion of separating the shell(the part ofthe system that lets you type commands) from everything else: the input/output sys-tem, the scheduler, memory management, and all of the other things the operating system takes care of for you (and that most users don't want to care about). The shell was just one more program; it was a program whose job was executing other pro-grams on behalf of users.But that was the beginning of a revolution. The shell was just another program thatran on Unix, if you didn't like the standard one, you could create your own. So bythe end of Unix's first decade, there were at least two competing shells: the Bourne Shell, sh(which was a descendant of the original Thomson shell), plus the C Shell, csh. By the end of Unix's second decade, there were a few more alternatives: theKorn shell, (ksh), and the first versions of the bash shell (bash).//IntroductionWhat is shell propmt?When does paralysis begin and end?CommandsSimple commandsComplex commandsCompound commandsWhat is shell script?The advantages are found only in bashWhat is interactive chance?Chapter OneCreate and run the Bash programWriting and namingIn which coincidence will the program work?Add commentsChapter IIBash environmentShell initialization filesVariables in BashTypes of variablesClassify variables based on their contentCreate variablesExport variablesThe difference between * $ and @ $Recycle shell programs using variablesQuote characters in BashUtility quote typefacesCharacter escapeSingle quotation marksDouble quotation marksLocalesExpansions in BashExpanded swastika {}Length Expansion ( )Substitution of commandsComputational expansionProcess substitutionExpands file namesAlternative commands in BashUtility alternative commandsCreate and delete alternate commandsFaster functionsChapter IIIStereotypes in BashRegular ExpressionsThe difference between basic and extended stereotypesGrep commandGrep command and typical expressionsAxes of lines and wordsCharacter TypesWildcardsMatch patterns using Bash featuresCharacter RangesChapter IVConditional structures in BashExpressions used with ifThe commands that follow are thenScan filesCheck the chance optionsSimple applications on the if statementText comparisonsIf / then / else is builtThe difference between [] and [[]]Examine the command line argumentsThe names of files that contain spacesNested if statementsLogical operationsUse the exit statement with ifChapter VRepetitive tasks in BashEpisode for in BashHow to make a loop for iterativeExamplesBasename commandWhile loop in BashHow to make a while loopWhile nested loopsCalculate the averageUntil loop in BashHow to make a loop untilThe Break and Continue commandsBreak commandContinue commandChapter VIFunctions in BashWhat are functions?Functions SyntaxPosition coefficients in functionsDisplaying FunctionsRecyclingAdjust the pathunset pathmungeChapter VIIWriting interactive Bash programsView user messages in BashInteractive or non-interactive programs?Use the echo commandGet user input in BashUse the read commandRequest user inputRedirection and file descriptorsRedirect erro

A teenage girl questions her principles after her brother is captured during the Revolutionary War Fourteen-year-old Samantha Byrd is an excellent shot—she’s even better than her brother at providing food for her family. Although the winds of war are blowing in Virginia, she knows that she could only ever use her skill for hunting—not for hurting another person. When the Revolutionary War finally begins, her brother is captured, and Samantha sets off to rescue him. But when she comes face to face with the enemy, will she still stand by her principles, or will she pull the trigger?

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A look at how our current crises are caused by too much government, and how Ayn Rand's bold defense of free markets can help us change course. The rise of the Tea Party and the 2010 election results revealed that tens of millions of Americans are alarmed by Big Government, but skeptical that anything can or will be done to stop the growth of the state. In Free Market Revolution, the keepers of Ayn Rand's legacy argue that the answer lies in her pioneering philosophy of capitalism and self-interest –a philosophy that more and more people are turning to for answers. In the past few years, Rand's works have surged to new peaks of popularity, as politicians like Paul Ryan, media figures like John Stossel, and businessmen like John Mackey routinely name her as one of their chief influences. Here, Brook and Watkins explain how her ideas can solve a host of political and economic ills, including the debt crisis, inflation, overregulation, and the swelling welfare state. And most important, they show how Rand's philosophy can enable defenders of the free market to sieze the moral high ground in the fight to limit government. This is a fresh and urgent look at the ideas of one of the most controversial figures in modern history – ideas that may prove the only hope for the future.

Introduction -- Capital explosion -- Tax cut revolution -- Flat tax club -- Mobile brains and mobile wealth -- Taxing businesses in the global economy -- The economics of tax competition -- The battle for freedom and competition -- The moral case for tax competition -- Options for U.S. policy.