Topic: What are you reading? (Read 152407 times)

pbsaurus · « **Reply #200 on:** May 08, 2006, 03:45:03 PM »

The fake seminars sound good could be quite lucrative. Either that go into consulting.

TerrorDronze · « **Reply #201 on:** May 08, 2006, 03:48:26 PM »

do seminars for consultants. best of both worlds. or even consulting for seminars for consultants, but i'm not sure how far we want to get into this one again.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #202 on:** May 08, 2006, 04:17:39 PM »

Quote from: Lacerda

Hyperspace by Michio Kaku

I love that book.

Currently for me it's "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King.

hackess · « **Reply #203 on:** May 08, 2006, 09:48:16 PM »

"Lamb" by Christopher Moore

Crystalmonkey · « **Reply #204 on:** May 09, 2006, 12:36:45 AM »

"Self-Made Man", by Norah Vincent

sociald1077 · « **Reply #205 on:** May 09, 2006, 01:54:44 AM »

"I Shall Fear No Evil" by Robert A. Heinlein

All about what constitutes love, sex, and the 21st century lifestyles. Amazingly accurate for being written over 35 years ago.

MISTER MASSACRE · « **Reply #206 on:** May 09, 2006, 11:43:34 AM »

Heinlein is a fucking genius, but I'm glad he died before he could see what happened re: "World War III."

Mr.Jack · « **Reply #207 on:** May 09, 2006, 01:49:43 PM »

The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times

Its not really a book thou

pbsaurus · « **Reply #208 on:** May 09, 2006, 02:15:27 PM »

The audiobook track of that is fabulous. I think Bela Lugosi reads it.

jeee · « **Reply #209 on:** May 09, 2006, 04:36:15 PM »

Quote from: Demosthenes

Quote from: Lacerda
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku

I love that book.

Currently for me it's "Everything's Eventual" by Stephen King.

Ah, good choice, have you read the Dark Tower series ?

Demosthenes · « **Reply #210 on:** May 09, 2006, 04:40:59 PM »

Yep. Just finished it back in December.

So Ka is a wheel after all. I kind of saw the ending coming, but it seemed fitting, somehow. It was really sort of an up note, in a way, because he had his fabled horn with him when we left him at the end.

I have a coworker who was really pissed off by the end of the last book, but I guess it didn't really bother me.

hackess · « **Reply #211 on:** May 09, 2006, 07:09:56 PM »

Quote from: Mr.Jack

The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times Its not really a book thou

Who the bleeding hell are you?

TerrorDronze · « **Reply #212 on:** May 10, 2006, 09:17:34 AM »

some quantum physics theory/time travel theory book.

Mr.Jack · « **Reply #213 on:** May 10, 2006, 10:50:32 AM »

Quote from: catwritr

Quote from: Mr.Jack
The Telltale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe! my favourite of all times Its not really a book thou

Who the bleeding hell are you?

some new guy

Min · « **Reply #214 on:** May 10, 2006, 11:33:27 AM »

Hi new guy. Can you please introduce yourself in the newbie shack forum (or whatever we're calling it nowadays)? That way, no one will ask who the hell you are.

Mr_J_ · « **Reply #215 on:** May 12, 2006, 12:14:39 PM »

As strangelly as it sounds I don't usually read story driven books.
I usually read things like online tutorials for something I currently into...

Under normal conditions I'll have the tutorial in one monitor and the program to do it in the other.

So that's what I usually read.

When I want to get a new story to take my mind off of something I'll either watch a movie or close my eyes.
I have a huge imagination...

ivan · « **Reply #216 on:** May 12, 2006, 12:40:52 PM »

Quote from: Mr_J_

As strangelly as it sounds I don't usually read story driven books.
I usually read things like online tutorials for something I currently into...

Under normal conditions I'll have the tutorial in one monitor and the program to do it in the other.

So that's what I usually read.

When I want to get a new story to take my mind off of something I'll either watch a movie or close my eyes.
I have a huge imagination...

I love it when people take pride in their ignorance.

xolik · « **Reply #217 on:** May 12, 2006, 01:08:28 PM »

Currently I'm reading a huge book on how to implement an MIIS server. It's very complicated and it looks like I'll need to sign up for some VB.Net classes.

ivan · « **Reply #218 on:** May 12, 2006, 01:38:52 PM »

Quote from: xolik

Currently I'm reading a huge book on how to implement an MIIS server. It's very complicated and it looks like I'll need to sign up for some VB.Net classes.

Dotnet is a beautiful world. It's to enterprise platforms what the Unified Theory is to physics.

I have but a toe or two in dotnet right now, but by the end of the year I will be fully immersed.

Then I'll have the fun and delight of converting thousands of lines of VB6 code into VB.net. It won't be pretty, but it'll be worth it in the end.

Affray · « **Reply #219 on:** May 12, 2006, 08:02:06 PM »

I just finished reading 1984 by George Orwell again. I had nothing to do this week so I picked it up.

hackess · « **Reply #220 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:02:53 PM »

Galileo's Daughter by Dava Sobel

Demosthenes · « **Reply #221 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:09:09 PM »

Right now it's War In The Middle Ages by Philippe Contamine. It's one of the better-written books on the subject, as it goes into excruciating detail on medieval economics and military structure and tactics as pertaining to warfare. If you're looking for tedious detail, this is an excellent book.

If you don't like tedious detail, avoid this book.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #222 on:** June 08, 2006, 05:27:56 PM »

The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. Bob just got busy with Eliza in a haystack.

Vespertine · « **Reply #223 on:** June 08, 2006, 06:39:37 PM »

I'm catching up on my Scientific Americans and The Economists from the last couple months. Been too busy to do any reading lately and I'm woefully behind.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #224 on:** June 08, 2006, 07:09:06 PM »

I'm also trying to stay current on The Economist, CIO, Restaurants and Institutions, and Rolling Stone. In addition I'm reading The Happiest Baby On The Block and What To Expect When You're Expecting.

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