Epinions Recent Reviews for bnita

The best defense is the attack

Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:16:32 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - A couple a months ago I came across the Demo version of a new game, Cossacks European Wars. It looked ok from a first try, in fact I got beaten quite a few times until I was able to learn my way around and play on equal terms with the computer.
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Driving 'as is'

Sat, 15 Jun 2002 19:37:42 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - I bought my '93 Subaru Loyale in the fall of 2000 (I don't believe that it is almost two years ago); my previous car (a small Ford Aspire) was totaled in an accident and I wanted a Japanese car that would fit in the amount of money I got from the...

Mathematics applied to science

Sun, 15 Apr 2001 10:55:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Clifford Algebras and Spinors is an introductory book in this fascinating area of Applied Algebra. The book is gradually introducing Vector spaces, spinors, Clifford Algebras with an eye on application to electromagnetism, relativity and...

For the serious pyromaniacs

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 21:04:57 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - It is good to have a cd-wr these days. We live in a world where a lot of information is easily accessible via computers and some of it needs stored for future reference. I am thinking about all those mp3, jpgs, movies, data etc. If you don't want to fill...

Red Hat Unleashed

Thu, 5 Apr 2001 19:41:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Did you ever wanted to know everything about Linux from installation, administration, usage to configuration of services and protocols and even a little bit of development and programming? Then look no further, this is the book for you. This book...

My first DVD Rom

Sun, 25 Mar 2001 22:01:25 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - I have decided to get a dvd-rom mostly for the need of watching movies on dvd. After all, the computer game market is moving slowly toward replacing cd-roms and I don't expect this to happen in the next 5 years.

After going from store to store...

If you only knew...

Fri, 8 Dec 2000 01:58:41 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - What a big difference it is between an usual CRT monitor and a flat panel monitor... After my 2 years old KDS 14 inches monitor started to break down, I decided to buy a MultiSync LCD 1525V Mitsubishi-NEC monitor. I have to confess that low price...

Red Hat Linux Unleashed: My Favourite Linux Book

Thu, 30 Nov 2000 02:06:37 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - This review covers Red Hat Linux 7 Unleashed published on October 2000. It doesn't seem to make any sense to review any other older edition.

Did you ever wanted to know everything about Linux from installation, administration,...

Introduction to differential geometry - Volume four

Wed, 22 Nov 2000 20:50:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry" is a 5 volume book on Differential Geometry published for the first time in the seventies. In this review I intend to give a description of the fourth volume alone; the other volumes either...

ATI Rage Fury Pro: Amazing gaming experience

Tue, 14 Nov 2000 19:43:06 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Being in the process of upgrading my computer, I decided to buy a new graphics card. My original system was a 300 MHZ PowerSpec (Celeron, 32MB of RAM, AGP port) that had a graphics card that didn't support most of the games (for example for Unreal...

A reference book in a nutshell

Tue, 7 Nov 2000 20:39:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Before I start telling you about this book let me warn you: this is not a book about Linux installation and maintenance. If you need a book that describes that I recommend one of the Unleashed series (Red Hat, Slackware etc). This is mainly a...

Basic Hat Tricks

Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:35:55 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - The book is a visual introduction to Red Hat Linux. It covers Red Hat 6.1 but it is so general that it can be used with the later distributions without any problems. It has a lot of nice pictures and the quality of the paper is really good but the...

Buzme: Do you want to know who calls while you read this?

Sat, 28 Oct 2000 02:12:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Be careful to check at the end some important changes in the service Buzme is offering. This opinion has been updated on December 5, 2000.

I wanted for a long time to use one of these Internet answering machines but I didn't know...

Introduction to Differential Geometry - Volume two

Tue, 24 Oct 2000 00:53:20 GMT

Introduction to Differential Geometry - Volume one

Sat, 21 Oct 2000 03:13:56 GMT

Elementary, my dear Watson

Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:55:05 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - "An eliptic curve over the rationals is an equation y^2=P(x) where P is a monic polynomial of degree three with rational coefficients and with distinct complex roots". You see? It wasn't too hard after all. You just started reading a great book...

Abstract Algebra - A comprehensive book

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 19:42:49 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - While I was teaching Abstract Algebra at the University of Texas, Dallas, my students asked me to recommend to them some more books beside the manual (Abstract Algebra: A first undergraduate course by A.P. Hillman and G.L. Anderson). So I went to the...

Oldie but goldie

Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:52:44 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - This is the same opinion I wrote several days ago about the same book. While here we are in Home > Arts & Entertainment > Books > Math > Mathematics-Calculus > Calculus, the other opinion is posted at Home > Arts &...

High Class Mathematics

Sun, 15 Oct 2000 01:58:15 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - If you think you saw me writing this opinion some time again don't worry you're right: I decided to rewrite it because it was getting too many R's and not enough HR. For me that means people are not really satisfied with the content; I also got some nice...

Spivak Michael: Oldie but goldie

Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:45:24 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - I have seen a lot of Calculus books, some of them I even used for teaching or tutoring. I came across Michael Spivak's book when I was browsing the library's catalog in search for something better. I read a few chapters and I decided to give an opinion...

The best scientific calculator out there

Fri, 6 Oct 2000 23:45:08 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Before I start telling you about this calculator, let me tell you what my expertise is. I am a PhD graduate student in applied math, already holding a MS and BS in Mathematical Sciences. I work as a Teaching Assistant at University of Texas at Dallas,...

The American bug ...

Sun, 24 Sep 2000 15:58:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - I read the reviews about this car and I think the owners of this little bug are not very fair... I decided to write an opinion as well to express my feelings about the car I drive every day.

Why I bought it: first of all I was looking...

Waterview Apartments - should I live in campus?

Sat, 16 Sep 2000 00:40:02 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - I've been a graduate student at University of Texas at Dallas for more than three years now, and for all this time I have lived in campus. So I got to know it pretty well, with all the good and bad things.

Form of housing: unlike other...

Can a computer have a mind?

Thu, 14 Sep 2000 23:12:11 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Have you ever wondered what makes the human so special, so different from a machine? Todays computers can do 1,000,000,000 operations per second, but can they actually think? can they feel anything? do they understand anything, or do they just execute...

My little jewel

Mon, 11 Sep 2000 00:57:09 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author bnita - Buying a camcorder is a big decision for the usual people (I am not thinking about the rich guys who are buying, don't like it, through it away...). After all it is around $1000, money that otherwise could be spent on many useful things... Why not buying...