Background

Computer experts know that when reading a computer book, the really interesting stuff is usually hidden in the back of the book, buried in the appendices, which are secret vaults full of fascinating treasures, hidden from the view of casual readers duped into assuming that the appendices contain "nothing important".

In this book, too, some of the most brilliant jewels are hidden in the appendices.

Here are the appendices. I hope you enjoy them. I was afraid to move them to the front of the book because some of them are tough, controversial. But so are computers!

Enjoy the final leg of your adventure.