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Making the webmaster's task a little easier; O'Reilly releases "Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition".

Publication: M2 Presswire
Publication Date: 31-JAN-03 		Format: Online - approximately 1168 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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M2 PRESSWIRE-31 January 2003-O'REILLY: Making the webmaster's task a little easier; O'Reilly releases "Webmaster in a Nutshell, Third Edition"(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

RDATE:01302003

Sebastopol, CA -- When selecting a name for their theorem, Professors Peter Salamon and James Nulton settled on the evocative but unlikely title, the "Horse-Carrot Theorem" (short for "The Geometry of Separation Processes: A Horse-Carrot Theorem for Steady Flow Systems").

The name refers to a process whereby a horse is coaxed along a chosen path by holding a carrot just ahead him. This is an excellent metaphor for a theorem about controlling a thermodynamic system (say a pot of water) so that it moves along a desired path (say becomes hotter) with minimal energy consumption. Professors Salamon and Nulton might also have been describing a webmaster's task.

Behind every successful web page is a webmaster, often overworked and unappreciated, whose job is to draw visitors along a desired path--the web site--with, one hopes, a minimal amount of resistance. The webmaster needs to make sure that the information on a site is...

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