Byte Me! - Softcover

Libbon, Robert P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1572972041 ISBN 13: 9781572972049

Publisher: Berkley Trade, 1996

Synopsis

Digital babe-in-the-woods or a veteran chip head, it's hard to stay on the cutting edge. Byte Me! is the key to understanding the many ways in which this new, exciting phenomenon known as the Information Revolution is jerking your chain. In this fast-paced world of ergonomic egg-timers and interactive dust bunnies, reliable, no-nonsense information is your best resource.<BR>In this book you'll learn how to crash your computer almost as well as Windows does, remove computer screws embedded in your forehead from pounding your head in frustration, avoid vendors who advertise "Incredible Bait and Switch Deals!", and learn if your Software Licensing Agreement carries more obligations than a favor from Don Corleone.

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Review

Our customers love this book! As one can tell from the legalese in its preface, any resemblance of this parody to the IDG For Dummies manuals must be purely accidental--although buried in the humor and cynicism are occasional actual facts worthy of the For Dummies series :-)

About the Author

Robert P. Libbon's computing experience "is informed by two beliefs: 1) that personal computing is 'the greatest thing since sliced bread,' and 2) that sliced bread is vastly overrated." Currently his computer-advice column No appears on Comedy Central's website (www.comedycentral.com). He has served as Production Manager and Performance Director for New York's Big Apple Circus and "Director of Covert Activities" for the magicians Penn and Teller, in addition to writing several non-fiction books.

Edition details

• Publisher: Berkley Trade
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572972041
• ISBN 13: 9781572972049
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208