Why would you hate a book !
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Recently we had a great discussion on why would you read a book !, if you missed that here[^] is the link This also begs another important question: Why would you hate a book ! Here are some of my reasons 1. Lack of cohesive organization and planning is annoying. 2. If the book is repetitive. 3. If the author mentions topics before they have been properly introduced, 5. When the layout of the book is beginners and it claims to be "professional" in the title. 6. If the book covers more than an overview of all the features, but provides very little "best practice" advice beyond the basics. 7. Book which teaches to to write an applications but won't necessarily teaches to do it well. 8. If the book is not properly researched 9. Approach of having multiple authors cover the same topics without enough editing to make it one cohesive piece. 10. If the book writing is complex or the author is prejudice So what's your reason ?
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There are very things worth hating in life, and certainly the energy required to hate is not to be expended on a mere book (including religious books). Marc
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They can be extremely expensive and/or overpriced. Usually the ones that are on university reading lists, so they charge poor students through the nose for them because lecturers claims they are "required". I never used a single book during my time, and laughed at people who actually paid around £50 per book, sometimes more.
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
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That happen to be written by the lecturer?
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My wife was an English major. I remember for one of her graduate courses, the professor required one of his own books for the class. The book was available in a university-printed loose-leaf version for about $10, and a published hardback version for over $60. Needless to say, you can guess which one the S.O.B. required for the class :mad:.
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That happen to be written by the lecturer?
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Actually, there seems to be trend recently (particularly among technical books) to include an electronic copy with the book. Pro C# 2008 came with a link to download a PDF. Best of both worlds then.
Simon
Yes, yes. I was just pointing out the negatives of a printed book. :)
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There are very things worth hating in life, and certainly the energy required to hate is not to be expended on a mere book (including religious books). Marc
I dunno. I remember developing a profound dislike for Wuthering Heights and Of Human Bondage in high school English class. If I would have had time*, I probably could have learned to hate both of them quite well. * I was a greasy-grind taking an all college prep curriculum. I didn't have time to scratch, much less care about an English novel.
Software Zen:
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Recently we had a great discussion on why would you read a book !, if you missed that here[^] is the link This also begs another important question: Why would you hate a book ! Here are some of my reasons 1. Lack of cohesive organization and planning is annoying. 2. If the book is repetitive. 3. If the author mentions topics before they have been properly introduced, 5. When the layout of the book is beginners and it claims to be "professional" in the title. 6. If the book covers more than an overview of all the features, but provides very little "best practice" advice beyond the basics. 7. Book which teaches to to write an applications but won't necessarily teaches to do it well. 8. If the book is not properly researched 9. Approach of having multiple authors cover the same topics without enough editing to make it one cohesive piece. 10. If the book writing is complex or the author is prejudice So what's your reason ?
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
11. I work out who did it within the first chapter.
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Recently we had a great discussion on why would you read a book !, if you missed that here[^] is the link This also begs another important question: Why would you hate a book ! Here are some of my reasons 1. Lack of cohesive organization and planning is annoying. 2. If the book is repetitive. 3. If the author mentions topics before they have been properly introduced, 5. When the layout of the book is beginners and it claims to be "professional" in the title. 6. If the book covers more than an overview of all the features, but provides very little "best practice" advice beyond the basics. 7. Book which teaches to to write an applications but won't necessarily teaches to do it well. 8. If the book is not properly researched 9. Approach of having multiple authors cover the same topics without enough editing to make it one cohesive piece. 10. If the book writing is complex or the author is prejudice So what's your reason ?
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
That about sums up most technical books commonly on the shelves, as well as many blogs, articles, and my last favourite, "How to Videos". I can't remember the last video offering that disgusted me so, but it was something like, "How to select text in Word". X|
Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely
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My old uni had a "convenient" Waterstones on campus and they shut down the second hand book shop in favour of an "oriental" food store. Cheeky buggers
He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man
Which uni was this?
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Christian Graus wrote:
Who would bother reading fiction ?
Da Vinci Code was my last :)
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
I just watched the film, saved myself hours:)
AxisFirst For Business
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12. No pictures/diagrams/visual objects.
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 3 out nowThat doesn't rule out all books; until work got in the way, I was quite engrossed in Petzold's Punisher[^]. Once you get over not having visual objects, which can be easy, considering most people read fiction without them, and Petzold's prose is good, it keeps you reading; enlightening and entertaining at times, analytical at others, and more didactic elsewhere. It is an epic saga: he starts out assuming the reader knows nothing of how Windows applications work, with a brief but complete explanation about the message loop and windows, before gradually moving forward into how WPF basics operate. It is slow reading, because I can't help not just scan it; he has me reading every sentence.
Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely
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there is a binary algorithm (index) you can use there :)
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
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That about sums up most technical books commonly on the shelves, as well as many blogs, articles, and my last favourite, "How to Videos". I can't remember the last video offering that disgusted me so, but it was something like, "How to select text in Word". X|
Semicolons: The number one seller of ostomy bags world wide. - dan neely
Brady Kelly wrote:
That about sums up most technical books
unfortunately I have to agree with you there but once in a while you come across a very nice, thoroughly research and structured book which makes everything else worth.
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
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I just watched the film, saved myself hours:)
AxisFirst For Business
nah ! the book was astonishing but the movie is not up to par
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
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There are very things worth hating in life, and certainly the energy required to hate is not to be expended on a mere book (including religious books). Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
including religious books
you mean programers are religious ?
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
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My wife was an English major. I remember for one of her graduate courses, the professor required one of his own books for the class. The book was available in a university-printed loose-leaf version for about $10, and a published hardback version for over $60. Needless to say, you can guess which one the S.O.B. required for the class :mad:.
Software Zen:
delete this;back when i studied, prof of mine recommended one of his books which would cost about 80 eur normally, but offered it for 12 eur for his students in a hardback version.
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Which uni was this?
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Recently we had a great discussion on why would you read a book !, if you missed that here[^] is the link This also begs another important question: Why would you hate a book ! Here are some of my reasons 1. Lack of cohesive organization and planning is annoying. 2. If the book is repetitive. 3. If the author mentions topics before they have been properly introduced, 5. When the layout of the book is beginners and it claims to be "professional" in the title. 6. If the book covers more than an overview of all the features, but provides very little "best practice" advice beyond the basics. 7. Book which teaches to to write an applications but won't necessarily teaches to do it well. 8. If the book is not properly researched 9. Approach of having multiple authors cover the same topics without enough editing to make it one cohesive piece. 10. If the book writing is complex or the author is prejudice So what's your reason ?
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
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there is a binary algorithm (index) you can use there :)
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
Only if you are looking for a specific, (often) technical word. I search using some phrases I remember. No, I never claimed to be normal.
Cheers, Vikram.
The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.
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Phannon wrote:
extremely expensive and/or overpriced.
I agree , If you want to buy a book directly from barnes and noble or borders book store it comes with an "ouch"
Omit Needless Words - Strunk, William, Jr.
Vista Gadget Book: Creating Vista Gadgets using HTML, CSS, & JavaScript. Sample chapter here Selling Your Gadget
Quartz. wrote:
If you want to buy a book directly from barnes and noble or borders book store it comes with an "ouch"
I thought that's what University libraries were for? Ours recently introduced a scheme where we can return books back to the library through other libraries. And vice versa, i.e. we can borrow other uni's books and return them through ours. After exams I plan to check out a copy of Code Complete and begin reading it, if I think it'd be worth getting my own copy then I will. As far as I know Graduates can also use the library so if you stay near London then you've got access to a vast (spans something like 7 floors) collection of books absolutely free. Recently it was announced that IC (Imperial College) also are pretty kind on fines for late books, having only made £6,000 last year compared to another Uni (can't remember which one)'s whopping £168,000 profit from fines.
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