Whats everyone reading(for pleasure) nowadays?
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I've just finished reading The End of Food, a book about the global food system. I'm reading a book about the scientist who first proved that the earth is not 6000 years old, and after that I have a book about brain science, and why people are prone to believe in things that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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I've just finished reading The End of Food, a book about the global food system. I'm reading a book about the scientist who first proved that the earth is not 6000 years old, and after that I have a book about brain science, and why people are prone to believe in things that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
Christian Graus wrote:
why people are prone to believe in things that are plainly not true
The Power of Logical Thinking: Easy Lessons in the Art of Reasoning... and Hard Facts About Its Absence in Our Lives is along a similar vein. It somewhat tempered my jumping to conclusions so quickly. Though it is probably the longest title for a book I've ever read... guess Marilyn didn't want to be ambiguous ;P .
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Christian Graus wrote:
that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
don't christianity, islam and judaism converge to the same point somewhere back in time? just asking!
Kind of. Islam is mostly a fiction invented in the middle east, which pays some lip service to Christ, and Judaism obviously rejects Him. So, it's a bit like saying that soccer, australian rules and grid iron are all based on the same idea of men chasing a ball. It's true, but it misses most of the stuff that defines those things.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Lady Chatterley's Lover :-O I started reading it because of the reference made to it in Phenomenon. :)
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Kind of. Islam is mostly a fiction invented in the middle east, which pays some lip service to Christ, and Judaism obviously rejects Him. So, it's a bit like saying that soccer, australian rules and grid iron are all based on the same idea of men chasing a ball. It's true, but it misses most of the stuff that defines those things.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
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all three, IIRC, belong to the so called "Abrahamic religions". If the origins are the same, whats to say which interpretation is true and which is fiction? btw, i myself am going to hell for being an unbeliever in any religion :-D .
blackfin wrote:
i myself am going to hell for being an unbeliever in any religion
Quite sad to believe in hell but not in god. :~ But then again, there's a smiley...
"When did ignorance become a point of view" - Dilbert
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
I'm half way through reading The manual of the Warrior of Light[^]
“Follow your bliss.” – Joseph Campbell
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Just finished The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson and just started Anathem (also by N.S.). Just before that read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defore (which isn't half as interesting as the tv adaptation would have you believe).
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I can't read anything without mentally editing it. My life sucks.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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*hands you Feersum Endjinn and watches you explode* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feersum_Endjinn[^]
Great book. A lot of effort though but I thought it was worth it. It is, however, probably the only Banks book that i've only read once.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
I just finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy. I don't normally do children's books but they were a quick read and pretty cool stories. I've got Ulysses sitting on my bedside table but I keep procrastinating. I'll probably make a start on it this weekend - never before has starting a book filled me with such apprehension.
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*hands you Feersum Endjinn and watches you explode* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feersum_Endjinn[^]
*ack!* But at least there's a solid reason for it. Trainspotting was worse, with that awful phonetic representation of the Scots accent -- if a character is Scottish, tell me, and I'll add the accent myself, ta very much.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Warp Speed[^] by Travis Taylor. Yes it is; I've read it before. It features an Alcubierre Warp Drive, and I'm (among other things) looking to see if it has a description from the outside. Someone asked about it a few days ago; and I'm guessing someone with relevant PHDs can probably make a better guess about what it looks like than a bunch of random programmers. :laugh:
3x12=36 2x12=24 1x12=12 0x12=18
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
One Second After by William R. Forstchen[^] A post apocalypse look at what would happen to society if all our silicon turned back to sand following an EMP event.
Melting Away www.deals-house.com www.innovative--concepts.com
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Just finished The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson and just started Anathem (also by N.S.). Just before that read Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and Moll Flanders by Daniel Defore (which isn't half as interesting as the tv adaptation would have you believe).
Both are a good read (and every book by N.S. BTW). Anathem was a great but sadly N.S. almost evertime tend to mess up the end - it just feels wrong. But I guess you know what I'm saying - after all Neverwhere's end is somewhat unsadisfactory too (well the poor fellow is neither the hero nor get's the girl - w.t.f.? ;P )
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Persuader[^] by Lee Child; one of his 'Jack Reacher' novels. I'm enjoying it thus far. Normally I read science fiction for fun (John Scalzi, Joe Haldeman, and Alan Dean Foster are some of my favorites). I've got a friend I trade books with, and he's been trying to get me to branch out a bit.
Software Zen:
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
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I've just finished reading The End of Food, a book about the global food system. I'm reading a book about the scientist who first proved that the earth is not 6000 years old, and after that I have a book about brain science, and why people are prone to believe in things that are plainly not true, such as ghosts or Islam.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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And is it any good? Me: Everyman - Phillip Roth[^] The Math Book - C.A.Pickover[^] fascinating, both.
Finshed The Gargoyle - Andrew Davidson Half way through Skin Privilege - Karin Slaughter Next will be Lord of the Flies - William Golding
The only thing unpredictable about me is just how predictable I'm going to be.