Not really that good, already outdated
581195
This book is not really that good.  It's printed in tiny fonts and filled with sidebar BS so it's hard to read and keep track of what you read.  The author rambles a lot and there's very little concrete information even though a lot of topics are covered in a cursory manner.  Worst, this book is already way outdated, as ECNs and ATS's as well as industry consolidations plus the Grasso fiasco have changed industry landscape (and enriched many a capital pig who does not produce real products but reaps billions for stealing other people's money).  Ok, I'm a financial analyst so i don't contribute anything to this society either, but I'm no capitalist pig, just a lowly employee.
2875974
A little outdated in a few topics and won't impress due to lack of substantiating points.  Seems to advertise specific products such as SmoothWall, which costs like $30,000...
693490
This book was great for its time. However as you can see from the publication date and the reviews, it was one of the first really popular one of its kind. Here we are in 2012 and there have been so many other works of this theme, much more up to date, with the latest science and the information, that this publication is nearly obsolete. If you must, it is a fun read. But do yourself a favor and look for much more recent books containg much better and up to date informaion.
740430
Very outdated information didn't seem very useful  at the time of purchasing it .  Disappointing that my college was still using this when most of the information was not relevant and some of the software mention doesn't even exist anymore.
4118368
You should probably look for something more current unless you are doing research.  Most of this stuff is valid, but its lacking a lot of the more current features, software and hardware.

I have other books that have all of this and more. Look elsewhere at this point.
1916258
This book came highly recommended but is just too outdated at this point to be functional. If you are looking for an etiquette book for outdated times this maybe it but if you are looking to talk to folks and possibly learn from them this is not the book.
1380446
Really, really outdated.  More of historical interest to Leica buffs.
2198460
Like whistle chains, dump pouches, and callbox keys, this book has become outdated in the world of modern policing.  Tips on how to spend your 2 hours of detention to verify a person's identity?  Take them to roll call, scan their fingerprint, done.  Give your informants your pager number and pager codes?  Cell phone's pretty much killed that.  Remove the coil wire from a suspect's vehicle?  What hood opens from the outside any longer?  How to identify a early 80's car that's been hotwired?  Not such useful knowledge now.

There are some gems of wisdom in the book, but they are extremely general.  I think maybe there are three pages in this book that I said "huh, I learned something" and that keeps it from being 1 star.  Its not a total waste, but I wouldn't drop $20 on it.  If you're a brand new rookie, you might impress your FTO with something you found, but I wouldn't count on it.
2385711
I know that HTML5 is a moving target, but still, this book felt more like a draft than a "definitive guide." This is exacerbated by the fact that it is now fairly outdated.

A little background--I have been making software since the late 90s. I used to be pretty strong in Web dev, but for the last several years, I've been focused on other things. What I was looking for was a one-stop, comprehensive overview to refresh my knowledge. This book probably gets you like 85% of the way there for that, mainly due to its being as I said a bit outdated. For instance, there is no coverage of Web workers.

The other minor beef I have is the examples. I've actually done a lot of technical writing myself, so I know it's always a challenge to balance between simplicity and focus on the current thing being taught and at the same time being somewhat realistic and relevant to real work in the field. For me, this book was a tad too much on the simple side. In fact, in some areas, it felt like not much more was being offered over just reading the specs themselves. Actually, a few times I had to look up the specs to really get a better idea of what a thing was meant for. It's almost as if the author really didn't understand or, at least, value the purpose of the element, so he just barely covered it.

A good thing to do for a book on an emerging technology is to offer online updates. Even if it were nothing more than minor corrections/additions, it would help keep the book relevant for longer.

For all that, it did serve its purpose for me as a good starting point for updating my knowledge. I can't strongly recommend the book. I'd suggest looking for something more recently published (as I should have done). If the publisher and author were to offer an update/supplement, as I said, it would make this book more viable and recommendable.
1013177
This might have been a good book in 1999, when the author wrote it. Despite its 2002 copyright date, the original printing was 2000, and most of it was written in the 1990s and not updated. So, if you want a detailed look at what guns were available almost 10 years ago, this is it. If you want up-to-date information on CC handguns, this is a waste of money. The other is highly opinionated, and won't even discuss smaller caliber guns, so it's 9mm Luger and up only, folks. Also, many of the models he discusses in detail are no longer made (or are made by other manufacturers now) and many of the very best, most advanced and up-to-date guns aren't covered here because they didn't exist. Overall, this is a historical piece only. It is badly in need of a new edition, and not a quick makeover, but a ground-up rewrite. $16.50 for what you get is too much. There are far better, more up-to-date books out there on the subject.
1417049
For being an updated book, the illustrated options are very dated!
1639450
This product is now outdated for the current edition of d and d.  Better off getting the core 3 books (monster manual, dm guide, and player's guid) with some dice and printing off character sheets.
1419803
I recommend renaming this book to How to Start an Old School Staffing Service.  Much of the information is so outdated that I checked the copyright several times to ensure it indeed said 2013 and not 2003 (or earlier).  The people interviewed began their firms many years ago, so they may have actually started in this old school way.  But the world has changed, and this book is not a good guide for how to compete in that world.

For example, the authors spend many pages describing the physical office:  how much space, how desks should be positioned, what types of phone calls youll receive, remember to buy office supplies.  They only offered one example of a firm that started in their own kitchen.  What about co-office spaces, renting rooms for training, and virtual offices?

The section on software actually made me laugh.  Every owner we talked to has access to the internet.  In 2013.  Wow!  And, Make sure your website is worded so that it can be matched by search engines like Yahoo!  They go into detail about how much RAM you should have on your computers, yet there is not even a mention of SAAS.

The majority of the book is less relevant to staffing industry and more for a basic how-to-start-a-business guide, and not a very good one at that.  Even the staffing service information was not helpful.  The advertising strategies are very passive (brochures, direct mail, trade journals) - nothing innovative or particularly specific to the staffing industry.  Nothing about social media.

I picked up this book looking for specific information in the staffing industry:  temporary employees vs. contractors, insurance requirements, how to determine billing rates.  The book did not discuss temporary employees vs. contractors - it assumes that all of your workers will be employees.  The book discussed insurance requirements, but nothing different than what I had already found on the Internet.  The section on billing rates wasn't helpful - just that the markup rates will vary from 25-75% depending on your market.

The gross and even dangerous omission is how to run an ROI analysis.  The book shouldnt present a comical list of office supplies but instead should walk you through how many temporary employees you need to meet those expenses.  A quick example:  if you have a temporary employee who makes X per hour and has Y markup, subtract Z estimated amount in taxes and any benefits, and the remaining is your profit per hour on that employee.  Now, figure out how many temporary employees you need and how many hours they should work to cover your basic expenses.  They could have spent a whole chapter covering these types of scenarios.  They felt the need to include Take the time to proofread your brochures, but not to include an ROI analysis of whether or not you can make ends meet in the first place.

I would not recommend this book to anyone who has basic knowledge about starting a business.  The staffing business information is not helpful enough to justify it, either, if you (also) have access to the Internet.
1158587
I've been waiting for months for this book in preparation for my second trip to Myanmar (scheduled for later this year), but only minutes after I received and opened it I saw it was a huge letdown. For my first trip in October 2013 I bought the Lonely Planet 2011 version, which was basically the only guidebook available and which was already hopelessly out of date by then; I realize a newer version has been published but since I always prefer RG to LP guides, I chose RG this time. Unfortunately, it turns out to be not perceptibly more updated than the 2011 LP, and offers precious little more information (with Tanintharyi Region, which has recently and slowly been opened up, being the one notable exception), insight, or new listings. In fact, entire areas that were at least tentatively covered by the 2011 LP and that have since become accessible for foreign travelers (Chin State, for example) are not even mentioned in this book. So it's money wasted as far as I'm concerned, and I will have to stick to the online forums and a couple of useful websites I've found after all.
2340660
The book is ok, if you have extra money to spend and you want to read all there is. But, I can not recommend it for Amazon or other sellers like Half or ABE, because it is totally outdated. It was probally a good starting book in it's time, as it was written in 2002. There are some other books much better written and much more content. I would not waste my money. Sorry!
2917022
First of all, this book is already way outdated.  A few years ago it could have helped you, but now things have changed quite a lot.  Try Jeffrey Rattiner's updated "Getting Started" book (2005 edition) if you are interested in becoming a financial planner and make a decent living managing other people's money.  As an ex-planner let me offer this advice: it's a lot of hard work, very competitive, and no guarantee you'll make a lot of money.  Plus, you really have to be the extroverted type to like this kind of job, i.e., a lot of kissing up to your clients (what else?).

The 5-star reviews from Sept. 8 and 9, 2003 are obviously planted reviews, as so many others have pointed out.  Really disgusting behavior.
2886172
I didn't think much of the 2007 version of Streets & Trips (see review).  It had a lot of mapping errors and a disappointingly low number of POIs.

Well, the 2008 version is basically more of the same.  OK, some errors are now fixed, and they now claim 1.6 million POIs.  Folks, this is still a LAME number.  To even have a chance of claiming "full" coverage of the US requires a minimum of 5-6 million, which is what you will find in any real navigation system.

So, while it will plot a course that will get you there, it won't even begin to show you all the places along the way.

The final insult is that now it has the onerous Microsoft activation scheme added.  I change computers more often than most people, so this is a real nuisance to me.

So, I'm still waiting for something with a user interface like this, but with 4 or 5 times the POIs.  I'm not holding my breath.