Which non-tech book are you reading?

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Mar 5th, 2006, 02:48 AM
fahad k

Which non-tech book are you reading?

I just finished this book Five Point Someone-Chetan Bhagat . Its one of the best book i have read. :thumb: :thumb:

Its worth a dekko.
Mar 5th, 2006, 03:12 AM
baja_yu

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra

and

Nicolo Machiavelli: The Prince
Mar 5th, 2006, 05:00 AM
Andrew G

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

I can't read :cry:
Mar 5th, 2006, 05:31 AM
I_Love_My_Vans

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í am reading Dummies guide to Windows XP

Whats tech?

ILMV
Mar 5th, 2006, 05:43 AM
wossname

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

"A For Andromeda" (The book is excellent, and i am sure the forthcoming TV version will be complete garbage as all student drama projects on the BBC tend to be.

I'm glad I havent got digital TV. (My cave doesn't have good reception).
Mar 5th, 2006, 07:31 AM
mendhak

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

The Emperor's New Mind - for the third time.
Mar 5th, 2006, 07:47 AM
Filik

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Sherlok Holms: Death Valey (its in russian so the name might be translated wrong)
Mar 5th, 2006, 08:07 AM
zaza

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

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Originally Posted by mendhak

The Emperor's New Mind - for the third time.

Not so new now, is it?

:afrog:
Mar 5th, 2006, 08:27 AM
mendhak

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

Incredibly predictable the second and third times round. :D
Mar 5th, 2006, 08:31 AM
john tindell

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Skinny Dip: Carl Hiaasen, starts of with someone getting thrown off a boat.
Mar 5th, 2006, 09:43 AM
wossname

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Originally Posted by mendhak

The Emperor's New Mind - for the third time.

Weirdly enough I was reading that last night and have just this second successfully created a Turing Machine!

It is indeed a small world.

This TM simply sets every 2nd bit until an already-set bit is found...

The trackbar sets the starting position of the TM, then hit "Init".
To see the TM in action, repeatedly hit "Step" until you get a messagebox. You can see the data in the textbox changing after each step click, see the Immediate window for stepping debug info.

I must remember to stop posting relevant info in CC. It's becoming a habit. :D
Mar 5th, 2006, 10:51 AM
fahad k

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

You should be banned for that.
Mar 5th, 2006, 11:28 AM
baja_yu

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I cant wait for the movie version of the two I am reading now.
I also read Immanuel Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" but the movie version was not as good.
Mar 5th, 2006, 12:27 PM
mendhak

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Originally Posted by wossname

Weirdly enough I was reading that last night and have just this second successfully created a Turing Machine!

It is indeed a small world.

This TM simply sets every 2nd bit until an already-set bit is found...

The trackbar sets the starting position of the TM, then hit "Init".
To see the TM in action, repeatedly hit "Step" until you get a messagebox. You can see the data in the textbox changing after each step click, see the Immediate window for stepping debug info.

I must remember to stop posting relevant info in CC. It's becoming a habit. :D

You must make one that continues forever.
Mar 5th, 2006, 01:57 PM
wossname

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

I made an Infinite State Machine last night by accident so I threw it away. Then there were a lot of black four-by-fours driving around outside my house for a few minutes and then nothing for the rest of the evening. Weird really, I can't remember what happened between 6pm and 9pm yesterday.

Its probably nothing.
Mar 5th, 2006, 02:05 PM
mendhak

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Do you set alarms off when you walk through electronic barriers in stores?
Mar 5th, 2006, 02:08 PM
wossname

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No I always disable them with my subcutaneous EMP device.
Mar 5th, 2006, 02:27 PM
MartinLiss

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Originally Posted by wossname

"A For Andromeda" (The book is excellent, and i am sure the forthcoming TV version will be complete garbage as all student drama projects on the BBC tend to be.

I'm glad I havent got digital TV. (My cave doesn't have good reception).

That sure is an oldie but a goody. I believe it was written around 1960.
Mar 5th, 2006, 09:35 PM
deranged

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... There's a such thing as a 'Non-Tech book' ? :P
Mar 5th, 2006, 09:40 PM
crptcblade

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Where's Waldo - In Space :afrog:
Mar 5th, 2006, 09:50 PM
oceanebelle

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TRYING to read..

The scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne.
Mar 6th, 2006, 03:13 AM
vbcode1980

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I'm trying to read all Harry Potter books in two days :afrog:
Mar 6th, 2006, 03:21 AM
oceanebelle

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Originally Posted by vbcode1980

I'm trying to read all Harry Potter books in two days :afrog:

I did the 3rd book in a day. :( w/o stopping for meals. :eek:
I guess I can't do it in two days for all the books.
Mar 6th, 2006, 03:22 AM
vbcode1980

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Originally Posted by oceanebelle

I did the 3rd book in a day. :( w/o stopping for meals. :eek:
I guess I can't do it in two days for all the books.

It's not possible. I did the first three in a day, but the others take at least half a day each.
Mar 6th, 2006, 03:31 AM
Wally Pipp

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Reading for Dummies.
Mar 6th, 2006, 03:49 AM
baja_yu

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Reading Harry Potter for Dummies.
Mar 6th, 2006, 06:29 AM
grilkip

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Originally Posted by baja_yu

Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spake Zarathustra

and

Nicolo Machiavelli: The Prince

I also read both of those, you should read "Discourses" as well if you haven't already.

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Originally Posted by Zarathustra

I now go alone, my disciples! Ye also now go away, and alone! So will I have it.

Verily, I advise you: depart from me, and guard yourselves against Zarathustra! And better still: be ashamed of him! Perhaps he hath deceived you.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies, but also to hate his friends.

One requiteth a teacher badly if one remain merely a scholar. And why will ye not pluck at my wreath?

Ye venerate me; but what if your veneration should some day collapse? Take heed lest a statue crush you!

Ye say, ye believe in Zarathustra? But of what account is Zarathustra! Ye are my believers: but of what account are all believers!

Ye had not yet sought yourselves: then did ye find me. So do all believers; therefore all belief is of so little account.

Now do I bid you lose me and find yourselves; and only when ye have all denied me, will I return unto you.

Verily, with other eyes, my brethren, shall I then seek my lost ones; with another love shall I then love you.

And once again shall ye have become friends unto me, and children of one hope: then will I be with you for the third time, to celebrate the great noontide with you.
Mar 6th, 2006, 07:03 AM
wossname

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Originally Posted by MartinLiss

That sure is an oldie but a goody. I believe it was written around 1960.

Yep, 1962.
Mar 6th, 2006, 07:05 AM
wossname

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

"Godel, Escher, Bach" (Douglas E. Hofstadter) is a really interesting book. Its a sort of philosophy book so it probably counts as "tech" but its really neat and has loads of funky drawings in it. Escher was a complete headcase.
Mar 6th, 2006, 07:42 AM
FunkyDexter

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

Rereading 'The Hobbit' at the moment. Haven't read it since I was about 10 and it's bringing back some happy memories :). After that I've got Michael Woods 'In search of the Trojan War' lined up.

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I'm trying to read all Harry Potter books in two days

Me and some mates watched all three extended edition Lord of the Rings films in one sitting. Great films but by the end of it I just wanted someone to kill Bilbo and Sam. Anyone... please... kill them... they deserve it.
Mar 6th, 2006, 07:45 AM
fahad k

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Is "The Hobit" anywhere close to "LOTR"? I mean is it as good?
Mar 6th, 2006, 08:12 AM
FunkyDexter

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

It's a lot more 'Kiddy' than LOTR but it's still a good story. Don't expect much depth but it'll make you smile if you're a LOTR fan.
Mar 6th, 2006, 08:16 AM
vbcode1980

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Originally Posted by FunkyDexter

Me and some mates watched all three extended edition Lord of the Rings films in one sitting. Great films but by the end of it I just wanted someone to kill Bilbo and Sam. Anyone... please... kill them... they deserve it.

I'm planning a Star Wars marathon with some friends.
We'll probably need an entire weekend for that :p
Mar 6th, 2006, 08:49 AM
Valleysboy1978

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Magician by Raymond. E. Feist for about the tenth time. An awesome book, shame it is too big to be made into a film
Mar 6th, 2006, 01:30 PM
baja_yu

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Originally Posted by grilkip

I also read both of those, you should read "Discourses" as well if you haven't already.

Thanks for the suggestion. Both of the books I mentioned are not in english, but rather in my native language. I'm affraid wouldn't understand half of it if it was in English. I had to google a little to find the titles in English.

I'll look up the one you mentioned. :)
Mar 6th, 2006, 02:04 PM
FishGuy

Re: Which non-tech book are you reading?

Jamie Lawrence Biography - From Prison to the Premiership