Acknowledgments

No book would ever come to fruition without the incredible work done by everyone behind the scenes, and as such, we must extend a huge "thank you" to all the people at Que for their amazing work. To Carol Ackerman, acquisitions editor extraordinaire, thank you so much for your persistence and your patience. We're very thankful to have had you on this project (honestly, it's true! :-)). You're a pleasure to work with and most certainly the main reason this book exists today. To Sean Dixon, Chuck Hutchinson and Seth Kerney: Thanks to you guys for correcting our shoddy grammar, pointing out the obvious mistakes, and tirelessly ensuring that we're actually saying what we think we're saying. Special thanks to all the production staff who silently (at least silently from our perspective) work to put everything together. As always, it looks fantastic! And finally, thanks to the great work of our technical editors, Ben Klockner and Chris Walter, who provided excellent insight, suggestions, and corrections to our work. Of course, any errors or omissions are strictly our doing. These guys can't be expected to find everything. :-)

And thanks to the friends and family who had to once again endure the pressures and pains of book writing. They'll get used to it someday. . . .

Happy reading and good luck!!

Todd W. Mathers & Elias N. Khnaser