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  • W Wouter Dhondt

    Insomnia - Stephen King. Not too bad, but I've read better. ----------------------- New and improved: kwakkelflap.com My second CP article: MAP files[^] while (!:bob:.IsDrunk()) { :bob:.Drink( :beer: ); }

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    My favorite Stephen King was the "Dark Tower" series. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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    • J JoeSox

      Artificial Intelligence: A modern Approach Just found this cool site too http://www.openmind.org/commonsense[^] I just taught this http://commonsense.media.mit.edu/cgi-bin/view_item.cgi?assert_id=11742799[^] Later,
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      That's super cool! "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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      • P Paulo

        Expert one-on-one: VB.NET Business Objects ! :rolleyes: Written by Rockford Lhotka and published by Wrox Press Wrox Press has become insolvent and has gone into liquidation and only 3500 copies of the book were printed and distributed. Luckly I managed to get a copy of this beauty!! :laugh::cool:

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        Well, summer is almost here (in the Northern Hemisphere anyway) so you need to find some mindless (or mindful) fiction to read outside on a sunny day sipping the beverage of your choice. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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          I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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          Debugging Applications for Windows and .NET by John Robbins (MS Press). I'd highly recommend it for a coding book, excellent advice on general programming, as well as tips for getting the best out of debuggers (and how they work). Non-programming wise, got Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose as a birthday present (loved the TV Series, even better on DVD with DTS!). -- Paul "Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk

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            I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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            Just finished "Master and Margarita" (supposedly, but arguable the "Russian Faust". Do you yanks know Faust? ;P - anyway, a joyful read) Just looking for a new book, currently stuck with some poems by Erich Fried.

            "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
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              I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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              CODE by Charles Petzold. Have no link but you can found it at www.microsoft.com/mspress[^]. I've talked about that book in The Soapbox before. A book about 0s and 1s. I highly recommend it!! Rickard Andersson8 Here is my card, contact me later! UIN: 50302279 E-Mail: nikado@pc.nu Interests: C++, ADO, SQL, Winsock, 0s and 1s

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                I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                Got a leather-bound compilation of the entire "Hitchhiker's Guide" series, so I'm re-reading it. :) Good stuff! --BM Give a man a fire, and he stays warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he stays warm for the rest of his life.

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                  Just finished "Master and Margarita" (supposedly, but arguable the "Russian Faust". Do you yanks know Faust? ;P - anyway, a joyful read) Just looking for a new book, currently stuck with some poems by Erich Fried.

                  "Der Geist des Kriegers ist erwacht / Ich hab die Macht" StS
                  sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

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                  peterchen wrote: Do you yanks know Faust? yup. it's often on people's list of Books I Must Read Before I Die: among people who make such lists, that is. my List has such things as Ulysses (Joyce), War and Peace, Gravity's Rainbow (again), Goldbug Variations (since my father knows the author and my copy has a signed letter from him in the pages). -c

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                    I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                    Jorgen Sigvardsson
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                    The bible. :) The next project is to read "The Communist Manifesto", and "Mein Kampf". Some people call me crazy, I just want to know what drives people mad. -- Nicotine free: day 3

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                      Wierd, I have all those books on my shelf (except the blank slate, I'll have to look into that one) and loved them all. Neverwhere is very good, although nearly anything by Neil Gaiman is excellent. I have all the Pratchett's weighing down two full shelves. Sounds like we have very similar tastes in books. You might want to consider Perdido Street station by China Mieville. It's the most original speculative fiction book to come along in years and he's a very good writer. http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0345443020/702-1850523-4748068[^] "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                      J Cardinal wrote: Perdido Street station by China Mieville I am reading that now. Total, excuse my language, mind fuck. About 3/4s through now and I hope the ending is as good as it is shaping up to be. Not my usual brand of SF, but awesome stuff nonetheless.

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                        My favorite Stephen King was the "Dark Tower" series. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                        Keep waiting for Book 5 (Wolves of the Calla). Should be out in Nov.2003 With 6 & 7 out next year. Prologue to part 5 [^] BW "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin

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                          peterchen wrote: Do you yanks know Faust? yup. it's often on people's list of Books I Must Read Before I Die: among people who make such lists, that is. my List has such things as Ulysses (Joyce), War and Peace, Gravity's Rainbow (again), Goldbug Variations (since my father knows the author and my copy has a signed letter from him in the pages). -c

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                          Ulysses: tried last vacations, but didn't get along with it. It just made me... angry. Don't know why. I saw no merit other than proofing that a book like Ulysses could be written. But well, I'm not a native speaker, and not a lit sci major, so I was aware before that most of the good stuff would evade me. War and peace. on my list.

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                          • J Jorgen Sigvardsson

                            The bible. :) The next project is to read "The Communist Manifesto", and "Mein Kampf". Some people call me crazy, I just want to know what drives people mad. -- Nicotine free: day 3

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                            Jeez (no slur intended), I was going to reply with the same stuff, but I figured people would call me weird. I'm dabbling in the bible, the anarchist FAQ (absolutely fascinating), the communist manifesto, Lex & Yacc and The Manual Of The Planes (D&D 3rd Edition). J

                            "You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant."

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                              Keep waiting for Book 5 (Wolves of the Calla). Should be out in Nov.2003 With 6 & 7 out next year. Prologue to part 5 [^] BW "I always wanted to be somebody, but now I realize I should have been more specific." - Lily Tomlin

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                              Cool! I didn't know that. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                                Debugging Applications for Windows and .NET by John Robbins (MS Press). I'd highly recommend it for a coding book, excellent advice on general programming, as well as tips for getting the best out of debuggers (and how they work). Non-programming wise, got Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose as a birthday present (loved the TV Series, even better on DVD with DTS!). -- Paul "Put the key of despair into the lock of apathy. Turn the knob of mediocrity slowly and open the gates of despondency - welcome to a day in the average office." - David Brent, from "The Office" MS Messenger: paul@oobaloo.co.uk

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                                Paul Ingles wrote: Debugging Applications for Windows and .NET by John Robbins So am I. I just got it yesterday. I just loved the first edition. IMHO no one should be allowed to make commercial applications without having read this book. - Anders Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"

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                                  I've just finished "Pattern recognition[^]" by William Gibson. It seems like each time I read one of his books (back to his first) he has changed his writing in exactly the way that I have changed and it's like a mind-meld of some sort. If I were filthy rich and paying an author to write a book just for me, I would get a Gibson every time. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                                  Neverwhere by Gaiman Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

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                                    J Cardinal wrote: Perdido Street station by China Mieville I am reading that now. Total, excuse my language, mind fuck. About 3/4s through now and I hope the ending is as good as it is shaping up to be. Not my usual brand of SF, but awesome stuff nonetheless.

                                    Paul Watson
                                    Bluegrass
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                                    Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er Shog9: Paul "The human happy pill" Watson

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                                    One of my favorite things about that book is the way that Isaac (a man) and Lin (basically an insect that can't speak) are such a perfect metaphor for the gulf of understanding between men and women. This book is so filled with metaphors it's astonishing. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                                    • J Jamie Nordmeyer

                                      Timeline, by Michael Chricton. It's the second time that I've read it, but it's a very good book (IMHO). Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Cho Dan Portland, Oregon, USA

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                                      Jamie Nordmeyer wrote: Timeline, by Michael Chricton Execlent book. I love the charcters in that story. My favorite Chriton book is "Eaters of the Dead". Have you read that one? It is a re-tailing of Beauwolf. Good stuff. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

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                                        Got a leather-bound compilation of the entire "Hitchhiker's Guide" series, so I'm re-reading it. :) Good stuff! --BM Give a man a fire, and he stays warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he stays warm for the rest of his life.

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                                        Ahhh.. I haven't read that in so many years, but it brings back many good memories. "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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                                          Neverwhere by Gaiman Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

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                                          Excellent choice! That seems to be a very common book in this thread (amongs't people that post anyway). "Things are more like they are now than they ever were before." -- Dwight Eisenhower

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