The 4th best selling programming book on Amazon
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I do all the time. If I go to a bookshop they either: a) Don't have what I want (sacrificing range for mountain-high piles of the latest "bestseller") b) Have a copy, but which has been mercilessly thumbed and dog-eared. c) Are more interested in selling me coffee, magazines or "tat". In summary, modern bookshops are a pile of old arse. I long for the days of the independent, specialist, bookshop - and failing that, I wish they'd reanimate Christina Foyle just for the sheer quirkiness.
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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 have the first edition. :)
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Who buys book from Amazon? I go to a store and put my hands on the actual items to get a feel for them -- and then not wait a week for it to arrive.
I have free 2-day shipping ($4 1-day shipping), and shipping is free for everyone for orders over $25 for most books. I highly recommend Amazon Prime. Like others have mentioned, I have found that books are cheaper on Amazon too. I once bought a book at a bookstore, then found it on Amazon for much cheaper. I bought it on Amazon while I read the copy I already bought (I really wanted to read it), then I returned the first copy I bought to the store when the Amazon copy arrived. And now that they have Kindle for PC, I buy eBooks from them too (quicker than going to the store).
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tat ?
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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Who buys book from Amazon? I go to a store and put my hands on the actual items to get a feel for them -- and then not wait a week for it to arrive.
PIEBALDconsult wrote:
I go to a store
I would go to a store too but they don't carry books that I need/want.
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Rocket surgery made easy What you call your book when the lawyers say that Rocket science made easy is already taken. :rolleyes:
Christopher Duncan
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Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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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.
Indeed, "tat".
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It does if if you do it right[^]!
Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]
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It does if if you do it right[^]!
Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[^]
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"How to improve your marriage without talking about it" Yeah, I can see how that'd be for programmers.
He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return.
a book about sexting? :-O
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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Indeed, "tat".
and I though he frequented a book store with a tatoo parlor in the back :laugh:
Steve _________________ I C(++) therefore I am
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"How to improve your marriage without talking about it" Yeah, I can see how that'd be for programmers.
He said, "Boy I'm just old and lonely, But thank you for your concern, Here's wishing you a Happy New Year." I wished him one back in return.
David Kentley wrote:
"How to improve your marriage without talking about it" Yeah, I can see how that'd be for programmers.
It tells you how to install a little door in the back of your wife's head, to insert a couple of EEPROM chips. Very useful during arguments.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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David Kentley wrote:
"How to improve your marriage without talking about it" Yeah, I can see how that'd be for programmers.
It tells you how to install a little door in the back of your wife's head, to insert a couple of EEPROM chips. Very useful during arguments.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
Mark Wallace wrote:
It tells you how to install a little door in the back of your wife's head, to insert a couple of EEPROM chips
Oh, I wish! I could fit a volume control! A pause button!
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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Mark Wallace wrote:
It tells you how to install a little door in the back of your wife's head, to insert a couple of EEPROM chips
Oh, I wish! I could fit a volume control! A pause button!
You should never use standby on an elephant. It always crashes when you lift the ears. - Mark Wallace C/C++ (I dont see a huge difference between them, and the 'benefits' of C++ are questionable, who needs inheritance when you have copy and paste) - fat_boy
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This book[^] ranks 4th on Amazon.com bestsellers in the category of programming. Best sellers in programming books[^] I am not sure what to say about it.
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Who buys book from Amazon? I go to a store and put my hands on the actual items to get a feel for them -- and then not wait a week for it to arrive.
not wait a week for it to arriveThere's that thing called Next day delivery. It works pretty well. You order your book during the lunch break, and next day in the morning et voilà! the book is on your desk! -
This book[^] ranks 4th on Amazon.com bestsellers in the category of programming. Best sellers in programming books[^] I am not sure what to say about it.
"Talking about it" is perhaps akin to commenting the code, real men don't comment their code, so there :-\ -- Rogelio
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"Talking about it" is perhaps akin to commenting the code, real men don't comment their code, so there :-\ -- Rogelio
RogelioP / BASIC-Pascal-C-Logo Spoken Here wrote:
real men don't comment their code
So, real men are poor coders?
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Tat == Lace (as in what girls like on their knickers!) Old Tat == old and worthless lace.
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Awesome! Second random Brit reference in one week. Heard "Bob's your uncle" while my kid was watching Phineas and Ferb the other day. :thumbsup: Some explanation - I say random becuase I ride with a guy who will occasionally drop what we call Simon-isms while we're out for a long ride. Most times we let them go but Bob's your uncle got us wondering. Why do we never hear these things anywhere else? Now I've heard two in one week coming in from far and wide. Sorry for taking the topic even further off course, but had to share. As you were. :suss:
Mike Devenney
