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A Different Perspective in Econometrics

very thorough, but at times sloppy with notation

Statistical Foundations of Econometric Modelling
Aris Spanos
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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ASIN: 0521269121

Book Description

This book provides an introduction to econometrics through a thorough grounding in probability theory and statistical inference. The emphasis is on the concepts and ideas underlying probability theory and statistical inference, and on motivating the learning of them both at a formal and an intuitive level. By basing its approach on the underlying theory, it is able to cover fully the econometric theory required up to the intermediate level; its emphasis on mastering the concepts makes it an ideal introduction to the advanced texts and the econometric literature.

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Depends on what you do with it.......2003-02-18

I bought this book upon recommendation of my professor, expecting to be able to review what was being dealt with in the lecture. This book is clearly very inappropriate for that. If you happen to already know the concepts involved in the book, you might at times feel good, having recognised something. But you'll rather not learn anything new, at least not by reading it on your own without some guidance. Thus, don't be misguided by the back of the book: it is not intuitive!
On the other hand, Spanos is fighting some philosophical (sic, he states it himself) war about the best way to tackle methodological issues in econometrics. I was admittedly unable to grasp what he was unsatisfied about, but for those interested in these kinds of questions this volume might have something to offer.

A Different Perspective in Econometrics.......1999-07-13

Spanos describes a different way of doing econometrics refocusing on the statistical properties of the data we are trying to investigate. Clearly stating and testing the statistical assumptions of any econometric model is central in his approach. A really good book.

very thorough, but at times sloppy with notation.......1999-03-28

Spanos does a good job integrating mathematical theory with the nuts-and-bolts stuff you'd expect from a standard econometrics text. Some have said that Spanos uses too much mathematical notation, but I found just the opposite: many of the passages suffer from ambiguities and outright errors; a more formal treatment would have improved the text considerably.

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The point of departure for this book is the fundamental assertion that managers of international enterprises must cope not only with the hazards that jeopardize the success of ordinary domestic transactions but also with additional perils that are uniquely international. Two of the most important of these are the risk of a breakdown in the rules and practices that govern international trade and investment flows, and country risk - the risk that a sovereign power will interfere with the repatriation of profits, interest payments, principal repayments, or the control of foreign assets. The issues addressed include the prospects for foreign exchange crises, trade wars, international banking crises, and oil shortages; the factors that generate economic, political, and social risk; organizational strategies for mitigating country risk; and the scope for insuring against international risks. The contributors include academic experts from the fields of economics and finance and distinguished practitioners from international corporations, financial institutions, and international agencies.

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"Complete and Utter Failure" my behind!.......2002-11-09

This was a funny, interesting, facinating book. Filled with an amusing mix of facts and story, I have to say it's easily one of my favorite books of all time. If you're going on an extended train, bus or plane ride then this is the book for you. Neil Steinberg is a genius!

Complete & Utter Failure - A Celebration Of Also-rans, Runners-up, Never-weres And Total Flops

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Complete & Utter Failure - A Celebration Of Also-rans, Runners-up, Never-weres And Total Flops
Neil Steinberg
Manufacturer: Main Street Books/Doubleday
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000J3H5VA

Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops

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Complete and Utter Failure: A Celebration of Also-Rans, Runners-Up, Never-Weres and Total Flops
Neil Steinberg
Manufacturer: Doubleday & Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000VLWYVG

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An invaluable sourcebook covering finding a song concept, choosing a form, writing lyrics, rhyming, constructing a melody, adding harmony, selecting rhythm, and much more. "Today's aspiring writers are fortunate indeed to have such a splendid guide." - Dory Previn

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Good background on songwriting.......2004-04-08

Like the book says, it's a complete guide to the craft of songwriting. The book covers several in-depth subjects like the history of songwriting, how various type of songs came to be popular, loads of information about the use of musical theory, and various approaches to writing songs. I'd recommend this book for any serious musician or novice songwriter.

Basic and More Advanced Songwriting in One Book.......2003-07-31

I am not a songwriting professional, but thanks to thoroughly reading Citron's book, and skimming "You Can Write A Song" by Amy Appleby (and utilizing internet chord and scale building resources), I have written five songs. It is a fun experience to write a song for the first time.

Since I am at the very beginning of my songwriting hobby, I look for books that explain the basics clearly, but also allow room for growth with more advanced techniques and chord usage. I also want to know the music theory behind the lessons, so that in the future I can write without the formulas provided in the books. With the exception of Citron's book, I have rarely found a songwriting book that moves beyond basic music theory. In the roughly 150 pages Citron devotes to music, he teaches rhythm, scales, chords, harmony, and more, so that you will know what a C6 "chord" is, and what the Lydian mode is, even if you don't care. He also teaches melody-building by starting with a motive, developing into a phrase, and finally into a period, which is a quite organized way to focus ideas. Maybe all of this is not necessary for a beginning (or straight rock) songwriter, but in an age where every Joe and Jane write songs, knowing more than the basics might put you at an advantage if you wish to make a career out of it.

Citron also covers lyrics. The first 125 pages are devoted to crafting lyrics (construction and form, types of song, rhyme, and word usage). He discusses how various styles have developed, such as rock and jazz. He covers important topics like accents, rhyme schemes, and poetical forms. At the end, he has a helpful glossary.

Overall, this book is appropriate for the beginning songwriter (with some musical experience). While much of what Citron writes is indeed for the more intermediate songwriter, he also covers the basics, explaining time signatures, note values, accidentals, etc. This is why I bought and enjoy this book: he explains the basics and then takes you to a higher level if you wish. If you don't care about ninth chords, modal scales, or other more advanced topics, then read it and forget it, but even some of the best rock, folk, and country writers have used more advanced chords and scales. Ultimately it took me getting out a keyboard, setting its rhythm, and playing chords to get me from reading about songwriting to actually writing. However, once I took that step, Citron's book proved very helpful in getting my songs ready. One drawback is that the book is from the 1980s, and he doesn't cover the newer genres. Another is that he covers so many genres that those seeking rock or country writing might not find the specifics they need. However, the fundamentals are the fundamentals.

Dated, but contains some interesting materials.......2000-07-05

This is a very engaging book, and is very enjoyable to read, though it definitely shows its age--the examples only run up through the early to mid 80s. If you are looking for all the latest information about current styles, this isn't your book.

Having said that, this is an extremely interesting book that has its roots primarily in classic Broadway musicals, and the kind of timeless songwriting that created standards that have lasted for generations (though other genres, from blues to country to rock, are also covered).

There's a lot of discussion of lyrics, rhyme schemes, various themes for songs, and the different structural parts of a song, but not as much discussion of writing a song line-by-line as Sheila Davis's excellent book on lyric writing.

There's also what seems to me to be an extremely thorough section on melodies, chords, harmonies, and common chord progressions. He discusses ways to fix up a stock melody, and even discusses when to use different intervals, and what they accomplish. I can't compare this with Jai Josefs's book--which I have heard good things about--because that is out of print as of this writing, and I haven't been able to locate a copy yet.

If you are just looking for a template to use to create songs that sound like what's on the radio, this book isn't your best choice. But if you want a broader background which you can then adapt yourself to styles that interest you, this is an excellent book to have.

Song writing.......2000-05-04

This is a great book for anyone new to songwriting. This book covers the critcal areas of song writing including lyrics and music and tackles often debated question of which should be composed first. A useful resource for music students.

Songwriting: A Complete Guide to the Craft Revised and Updated Edition

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Songwriting: A Complete Guide to the Craft Revised and Updated Edition
Stephen Citron
Manufacturer: Limelight Editions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

Take an intimate peek into the dating scene in Silicon Valley. San Francisco Bay Area residents share their true stories about dating, relationships and sex in the tech capital of the world.

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One of the worst books I have ever seen.......2002-11-12

One of the worst books I have ever seen. Definitely not what I expected. Basically, 300 guys in Silicon Valley fill up a web questioner and tell a story. You can almost see the questioner layout from the way the stories are told. It tries to be "al-la scientific", talking percentage and such, but as a research, it has no significant value. As education, it's a bench of stories with very little value or interest. And as reading, it is plain boring. Basically, it's light porn that dress up as a book. If you look for porn, go online. You can get on the web tons of hotter stuff. As a book about "sex in silicon valley", it doesn't tell you anything. I, for example, expected to see chapters, not stories, covering the subject. Not 300 people expressing some of their experience, in some cases, even before they came to silicon valley. Tell us where the guys at Silicon valley find dates, how the interactions goes. What happens in a small workplace where all workers are young, single, and don't have a life. Tell us how do people from different countries deal with it. Tell us about the married guys in this situation. Tell about the meeting point of ego, money, and sex. Tell us some gossip about large companies we all know about. Tell us what do those who don't do - do. Spice it with some anecdotal stories, but give us something interesting and valuable to read. That's what books are all about. Next time, if what you want is a collection of light-porn-semi-scientific-minimally-edited-teach-nothing-stories start a Bulletin board.

Just a collection of letters.......2002-06-06

The collected stories in this book have little coherent organisation, no stellar writing to distinguish them, or other remarkable feature. They are no more, nor less than, a selection of letters from Norther Californians who had sex tales. It's little different than you might find in a liberated magazine, were you to collect the writings from a year or more.

scandalous!.......2002-06-05

a scandalous book! I loved it! hot! and, fun!

I live in Silicon Valley and yes, there is more here than meets the eye...

Total Brain Candy.......2002-06-03

This was such a fun book. After reading it I was dying to talk about it - it's just one of those books you have to talk about with your girlfriends. So I bought copies for a few friends, and they loved it, too. I don't agree with the review below - I would love to read a sequel. Bring it on!

lots of fun.......2002-06-03

as my boyfriend said, this book was "very tasty!" sure, it wasn't war and peace, but it lived up to its promise. it was funny and provocative.

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I'll Huff And Puff And Blow Your House Down!

Wonder Woman: Restoration?

just this

Fantastic Story--Two Thumbs Up!

Absolutely Horrible

Wonder Woman : Gods and Goddesses - A Novel
John Byrne
Manufacturer: Prima Lifestyles
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0761517138
Release Date: 1998-09-09

Book Description

The world has turned against Diana Prince—and her heroic alter ego, Wonder Woman. Spurred to religious frenzy by a zealous televangelist, citizens of the world are attacking both Diana and the pagan gods to whom she ascribes her very existence.

Amid all this disorder, a gentle priest journeys with Wonder Woman to Olympus to discover the reality of religion. But cataclysmic turmoil is evident even in the realm of the gods and goddesses: Themyscira, Diana's birthplace and the home of the Amazons, lies in ruins after a tumultuous battle.

Back home, tempers flare and ideologies clash. Will Wonder Woman prove her innocence and appease the angry populace, or will she be forced to depart forever from the world of mortals? Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses casts grave doubts on accepted truths and pits Diana Prince against her greatest challenge yet.

About the Author

John Byrne is one of the most celebrated and influential creators in modern comic books. Among his many achievements, he brought Superman into the 1990s after helping to make The X-Men the most popular comic in history. He just completed a three-year run as the writer and artist of DC Comics' Wonder Woman. He has written two other novels.

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I'll Huff And Puff And Blow Your House Down!.......2004-07-12

I was hesitant to get this volume for a long time. Firstly, I've heard a lot of complains about John Byrne's work on "Wonder Woman". Secondly, I've just read the bulk of George Perez's and Phil Jimenez's work on the Amazing Amazon and therefore, I consider myself a new fan - I can't bear the disillusionment should I come to hate her portrayal by Byrne. However being the completist that I am, I finally did. Here's what I think...

"Second Genesis" collects the first five issues of Byrne's tenure as plotter, scripter, penciller, inker and letterer of Wonder Woman. Yes, you read that right. This guy does it all himself. Only the coloring is done by someone else (in this case, the ultra-talented Patricia Mulvihill). And herein lies the problem. Byrne is no Eisner or Kirby but he sure tries hard! The end result is a little mixed. The work here is neither very bad but neither are they very good. I think many would agree with me that Byrne's best work were those in the past - X-Men, Superman and even She-Hulk.

The story: Diana moves to Gateway City and becomes a superhero there - much like all the other superheroic-guardians-of-fictional-cities that populate the DC Universe. This is clearly a move away from the more mythological-heavy tone of George Perez's recreation in 1987. While I love Perez's work, I wouldn't say that a change is necessarily bad. In fact, I'd say that the second half of Perez's run on the book was a little too slow-moving and often concentrated more on the book's supporting characters (Inspector Indelicato, Julia Kapatelis, Vanessa Kapatelis, Eileen, Lucy, and the countless Amazons like Menalippe, Phytia, Iphtime, etc. etc.) than on the title-character herself. And that's one thing that has been corrected by Byrne here. Diana takes centerstage in this story in a glorious fashion. And that's all I have to praise about Byrne's approach - it's good to see Diana on nearly every page and panel. The rest are all complains:

1) Darkseid's attack on Themyscira seems forced and his exit seems to abrupt. The whole thing felt a little pointless. I don't know whether this particular plotline is followed up upon much in the preceding issues (having never read them), but in this book alone, the reader is left feeling like there's no point to the whole thing. I mean, Darkseid murders 1,200+ Amazons and he just leaves? Where's the resolution to that?

2) I don't really like Diana's costume redesign. Byrne switched the star-spangled panties (?!?) with another pair that has only two stars in the front. Then he gave her a belt that is so big that it needed to be tucked into her golden WW bra! Yes, it really is like that - see for yourself!

3) Byrne's art almost always suffer when he inks them himself. DC should have hired another inker like Terry Austin or Brett Breeding and this work would've turned out better. In many panels, Diana looks too skinny and haggard. There is a difference between battle-worn and downright shoddy.

4) The new supporting characters introduced here are too similar to Perez's that you feel like Byrne is "redoing" Perez. Cassie and her professor mother is very much like Vanessa and Julia Kapatelis. Detective Mike Schorr is just another version of Officer Indelicato!

5) The foreword by Byrne himself is quite painful to read. And I'm saying that as a Byrne-fan myself for many years! You see, I buy this book primarily for a Wonder Woman story. And the foreword is really about "Let-Me-Tell-You-The-Epic-Story-Of-How-DC-Finally-Got-ME-To-Work-On-Wonder-Woman!" I find that quite laughable. Byrne is a comicbook writer/artist. What else would he be doing if not comicbooks? Wonder Woman is just another job - not an epic undertaking by any great stretch! But the way he described his taking the job was like it had to do with the fates being aligned and that it's got some cosmic significance. Seriously, I don't think even Leo Tolstoy would be saying this if he's been picked to do the book!

This book is recommended only for Wonder Woman completists and DC historians. I wouldn't necessarily recommend it to someone that I'd like to introduce to the character.

Wonder Woman: Restoration?.......2003-05-15

In his first story-arc, John Byrne sets out to restore Wonder Woman's long-forgotten position as one of DC's top three superheroes, with physical strength second only to that of Superman. Diana forges a new beginning for herself after the reprehensible machinations of her mother, Queen Hippolyta, caused the death of Artemis, the renegade Amazon who temporarily took over Diana's role as Wonder Woman. Diana moves from Boston to Gateway City, adopts a new look, and gains a new mentor (middle-aged museum curator, Helena Sandsmark, who has a teen daughter) and a new potential love interest (Mike Schorr, a Gateway City cop). This is NOT a good beginning from John Byrne at all - his laziness rears its head in two obvious ways. Firstly, the new look Wonder Woman is nothing more than Byrne's desire to avoid having to draw too many stars - Diana's star-spangled bottom is reduced to only two HUGE stars at the front, and none at the back. Secondly, Byrne's "new" characters show disturbing similarities with old ones created by George Perez. Helena Sandsmark is a [copy] of George Perez's creation, middle-aged archaeologist, Julia Kapatelis, Diana's previous mentor who also has a teen daughter. Gateway City cop Mike Schorr also echoes another of George Perez's creations, Boston's Inspector Indelicato, who also has a crush on Diana. Such weaknesses aside, the story does get roaring - Darkseid invades Paradise Island, slaughtering over 1,000 Amazons, before Diana manages to repel the invasion with the help of Mike Schorr. Diana is portrayed as a no-nonsense super-heroine who is well aware of her strengths. This strong characterisation of Diana has been carried over to the Justice League of America, where Diana has been portrayed as a capable and confident leader since. All in all, "Second Genesis" is not a bad read, but John Byrne's Wonder Woman stories get progressively worse in subsequent issues - in quick succession, Byrne tries to alter Hippolyta, Wonder Woman and Wonder Girl / Troia's origins. In George Perez's 1986 revamp of Wonder Woman, Hippolyta was the spirit of a murdered pregnant cave woman given new life by the Greek Gods while Diana was the spirit of her unborn child. Byrne tries to subvert this new origin by introducing an unnecessary character, Magala, the Amazon mystic who looks like a cave woman, suggesting that the cave woman we saw in George Perez's first issue of Wonder Woman was actually Magala, not Hippolyta. Hippolyta somehow becomes War God Ares' daughter in a convoluted sub-plot that still eludes me. Worse still, Byrne sends Hippolyta back in time into the Second World War to become the Golden Age Wonder Woman, thus messing up all of DC Universe's continuity. In the process, Perez and Wolfman's 1988 revamped origin of Wonder Girl / Troia also gets flushed down the drain. I was truly glad when Byrne finally left Wonder Woman - Phil Jimenez has since tried to undo some of the damage Byrne caused, though not always successfully. But at least with Jimenez, we have a writer who has profound respect for Wonder Woman's history.

just this.......2003-05-06

I don't need to talk about the plot because previous reviewers have already done that job. At first, I was going to give this book 3 stars, but after reading the other WW novel, Mythos, I said, "OMIGOSH! The one by John Byrne was a better read!" There's a scene in this book where a priest of the Judeo-Christian religion gets to interview Athena, the goddess of wisdom of the ancient Greeks. She honestly and humbly admits that the gods were not responsible for the creation of man. And that the gods did not create the souls of the Amazons (including that of Diana) but that these souls had already been existing before; the gods merely had them reincarnated into the Amazon nation. This led the priest to believe that his Judeo-Christian God was the ultimate source of all life. What a beautiful confirmation of his faith! The only thing that unsettles me is Athena's indifference to the name of Jesus. If you were to come across this scene, you will notice that Athena knows little about Jesus, despite the fact that Christianity had helped sculpt Western civilization. I know that it would have been silly to have Athena convert to Christianity and leave Mt. Olympus for Mt. Zion, but I wish Byrne had made her speak a little more about the goodness that this divine personality had contributed to the world, regardless of Christianity's superceding the ancient Greek religion. I wish she had more reverence towards Jesus; she certainly can't compare herself to Him in terms of holiness. There are some myths that portray her as being silly, not at all befitting a goddess of wisdom (e.g., Arachne, the Trojan War).

Fantastic Story--Two Thumbs Up!.......2003-04-05

WONDER WOMAN: GODS & GODDESSES is sure to delight diehard comics fans and neophytes alike. Our heroine finds herself in quite the dilemma when a popular televangelist sets her sights on the Amazon Princess, convinced that the star spangled heroine is nothing less than the devil incarnate! Now the Amazon must bring to bear all her powers and legendary weapons in order to clear her name and find out who's behind this diabolical plot!

Featuring a varied and colorful cast of characters, the story is quite engaging and never fails to entertain.

And, as every good Wonder Woman story does, it has a message that we can all learn from.

Absolutely Horrible.......2003-02-23

The amazing thing is how someone who did such a good job remaking Superman in the mid 1980s could do such a horrible job here. This flies in the face of the credo of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Wonder Woman had already been recreated masterfully by the great George Perez (who collaborated with Marv Wolfman on the award winning Teen Titans and Crisis on Infinite Earths). Byrne basically shredded everything that Perez had done.

I won't even get into how he later screwed up the whole Donna Troy history. Maybe he can do Hawkman next. At least that character is so screwed up with so many revisions that Byrne can't possibly do it any more harm!

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focuses on algorithms, not hardware or animation

Not much to say

Good book, but beware the reflection algorithm

Good book; Bad print

Helpful: errata page

Fundamentals of Computer Graphics, Second Ed.
Peter Shirley , Michael Ashikhmin , Michael Gleicher , Stephen Marschner , Erik Reinhard , Kelvin Sung , William Thompson , and Peter Willemsen
Manufacturer: A K Peters, Ltd.
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The second edition of this widely adopted text includes a wealth of new material, with new chapters on Signal Processing (Marschner), Using graphics hardware (Willemsen), Writing graphics applications (Sung), Perception (Thompson), Curves (Gleicher), Animation (Ashikhmin), and Tone reproduction (Reinhard). Maintaining the strengths of the first edition, the authors present the mathematical foundations of computer graphics with a focus on geometric intuition, allowing the programmer to understand and apply those foundations to the development of efficient code.

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focuses on algorithms, not hardware or animation.......2007-01-20

Shirley's book could be compared to the classic graphics text by Foley and van Dam. Shirley focuses more on the key algorithms for graphics. Whereas Foley also goes into describing some of the hardware. Shirley also stays away from some low level methods, that were first devised when the first raster and vector displays were coming on the market. For example, there's nothing here about Bresenham's algorithm, for drawing a circle without recourse to trig functions. The latter exact a heavy time penalty when the CPU is slow.

Other reviewers have remarked that the book really doesn't have good coverage of animation. Correct. Though Shirley might argue that the book's title does say "Fundamentals". Animation methods can be considered as an overlayer on the book's scope. For example, consider physics-based animation. Where you model the behaviour of an object by physical laws. The book just has a brief mention. But this type of behaviour is primarily about the physical response of an object. Displaying that response is secondary, and already covered by the methods of the book.

Not much to say.......2006-11-05

This book was sufficient enough for the class I used it for. It has very few errata compared to most text books.

Good book, but beware the reflection algorithm.......2006-02-24

All and all I've been very pleased with this book, however, do not trust the reflection algorithm in the ray tracer chapter. It should be a minus, not a plus.

Good book; Bad print.......2006-01-15

The book itself is good. The contents basically focus on the computer algorithm. However, I can't believe a book of "computer graphics" was printed in black&white, only a few colored pages in the middle. The rest of pictures in the book are just b&w. That's the drawback I saw immediately.

Helpful: errata page.......2005-01-25

Though this text provides the reader with a thorough treatment of the basic and advanced topics of today's graphics algorithms and techniques, some errors pop up here and there which might be problematic when trying to program according to the book, or trying out the execution of an algorithm. An errata page has been provided by the writer which might be useful to readers of this text; it can be found at http://www.cs.utah.edu/~shirley/fcg/errata
I hope this helps some people out. I, for one, started sweating when it seemed like I did not understand BSP trees anymore; it took me a couple of minutes to see that a couple of lines were inverted in the accompanying code. However, this book is interesting, fun to read, and useful. I recommend it to anyone who already has a basic understanding of Computer-Graphics-Without-An-API.

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