Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
I hit the "subscription required" wall as well, found this: http://www.kltv.com/story/23747225/e-texas-judge-resigns-amid-texting-controversy LIVINGSTON, TX (KTRE) - As a result of an agreement with an ethics commission, Judge Elizabeth Coker has resigned from her position over the 258th district

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Jerry Milo Johnson
More proof that people are flawed, and those in positions of power need to be watched over, and corrected when they do bad things. Oversight and penalties are the answer. (and oversight and penalties for the oversight people who refuse to do their jobs, like Hon in this case). But, you know the

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread LRS Scout
I heard about this. More proof that the judiciary is as corrupt and complicit in tyranny add the other branches On Oct 28, 2013 3:33 PM, "Bruce Sorge" wrote: > > Here’s the actual story. I don’t know what a paywall is, but I am guessing > it’s not letting you see the story. > > > A Polk County

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
Or google Judge Elizabeth E. Coker. On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > nice if it didn't have a paywall in front of the article. > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > >> >> It seems that a judge was texting questions to prosecutors to ask during

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
Here’s the actual story. I don’t know what a paywall is, but I am guessing it’s not letting you see the story. A Polk County district judge is accused of sending text messages from the bench to an assistant district attorney to help bolster the prosecution's case during a trial, according to

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
What's that? Sent from my iPhone 4S. > On Oct 28, 2013, at 3:26 PM, "Larry C. Lyons" wrote: > > > nice if it didn't have a paywall in front of the article. > > >> On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: >> >> >> It seems that a judge was texting questions to prosecutors to a

Re: Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Larry C. Lyons
nice if it didn't have a paywall in front of the article. On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 3:24 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > > It seems that a judge was texting questions to prosecutors to ask during > trials. > > > > http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Judge-accused-of-texti

Here's one for the books

2013-10-28 Thread Bruce Sorge
It seems that a judge was texting questions to prosecutors to ask during trials. http://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Judge-accused-of-texting-prosecutor-to-aid-in-case-4204137.php ~| Order the A

Re: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution

2013-09-19 Thread Vivec
It really does seem that there is a growing number of people in the US who wouldn't mind living in a Saudi Arabia or Iranian style theocracy, just where the dominant religion is Christian instead of Islam. That's pretty damn scary when a majority of those people seem to make up the opposition, whi

Re: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution

2013-09-19 Thread Sam
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Vivec wrote: > > > I'm interested in the views of those that support the current GOP on that. > > No you aren't. Your mind is made up. . ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://ww

Re: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution

2013-09-19 Thread Larry C. Lyons
arrycly...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:38 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming > Biology Books Disprove Evolution > > > > http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/former-texas-school-board-chairma

RE: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution

2013-09-19 Thread Eric Roberts
Jesusdumbfuckistan... -Original Message- From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:larrycly...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 8:38 AM To: cf-community Subject: Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution http://www.rightwingwatch.org

Former Texas School Board Chairman Gives Bizarre Speech Claiming Biology Books Disprove Evolution

2013-09-19 Thread Larry C. Lyons
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/former-texas-school-board-chairman-gives-bizarre-speech-claiming-biology-books-disprove-evol And so the wingnuts continue their attempt to dumb Texas down even further. ~| Order the Adobe

Re: Any good oracle books you like?

2013-08-07 Thread Maureen
Learning SQL by Alan Beaulieu is a good starter book. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 5:13 AM, Paul Ihrig wrote: > > looking for a good book with tips/tricks basic through advanced sql. > thanks > -paul ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion An

Any good oracle books you like?

2013-08-07 Thread Paul Ihrig
looking for a good book with tips/tricks basic through advanced sql. thanks -paul ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www

RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Scott Raley
h out of date books I take mine down to a thrift store and give them away. When I moved back in 2004, I got rid of quite a bit of books such as Windows 95, NT, 3.1, etc... -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:49

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Erika L. Rich
t present or just something fun to hide around the house. > > Judah > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > wrote: > > > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of > books that I'd already culled outtitles includ

RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Jacob
I take mine down to a thrift store and give them away. When I moved back in 2004, I got rid of quite a bit of books such as Windows 95, NT, 3.1, etc... -Original Message- From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 4:49 PM To: cf

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Judah McAuley
hrough some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for > Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc.  Stuff that will probably never > be useful ever again.  Seems odd to throw a book aw

RE: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-18 Thread Scott Raley
date books Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that will probably never be useful ever again. Seems odd to throw a book

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Larry C. Lyons
MacKay Books. http://www.mckayusedbooks.com/ given how much we read, this is a life saver. larry On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outti

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Dana
Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox > wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of > books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation > Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Cameron Childress
, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for > Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc.  Stuff that will probably neve

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Jerry Johnson
I keep them. Anyone interested in a slightly used Turbo Pascal book? Or dBase II? On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 8:51 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > Half-price Books in the Seattle area. > > not sure what is available in your neck-o-the-woods. > > > > On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread William Bowen
Half-price Books in the Seattle area. not sure what is available in your neck-o-the-woods. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles includ

Re: What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Erika L. Rich
I freecycled all of mine. On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox < zaph0d.b33bl3b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books > that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for

What do *you* do with out of date books

2010-01-17 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
Was going through some boxes in the garage today and found a stack of books that I'd already culled outtitles including Foundation Actionscript (for Flash 5), Turbo C++, Fusebox 4 and Flip, etc. Stuff that will probably never be useful ever again. Seems odd to throw a book away,

Re: Where are all the Coldfusion books?

2009-09-04 Thread Dana
I would be interested in what you guys think of that. I heard it was hard to read. On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Casey Dougall < ca...@uberwebsitesolutions.com> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons >wrote: > > > > > There's always John Farrar's Coldfusion 8 Developer Tut

Re: Where are all the Coldfusion books?

2009-09-04 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: > > There's always John Farrar's Coldfusion 8 Developer Tutorial > > http://tinyurl.com/CF8DevelTutorial > > Yeah, just looking through the index, never looked at cfpresentation before... Guess I gotta freshen up on cf8 tags before cf9 is rel

Re: Where are all the Coldfusion books?

2009-09-04 Thread Larry C. Lyons
d to hang out at Barnes & Nobel. I >> looked for CF  books and found only one, CFWAK 8. I remember when there were >> several CF books. Sigh >> >> >> > Shiz... We don't even have that at ours... > > > ~~~

Re: Where are all the Coldfusion books?

2009-09-04 Thread Casey Dougall
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:54 PM, sor...@gmail.com wrote: > > So while waiting for REI to open i decided to hang out at Barnes & Nobel. I > looked for CF books and found only one, CFWAK 8. I remember when there were > several CF books. Sigh > > > Shiz... We don

Where are all the Coldfusion books?

2009-09-04 Thread sor...@gmail.com
So while waiting for REI to open i decided to hang out at Barnes & Nobel. I looked for CF books and found only one, CFWAK 8. I remember when there were several CF books. Sigh ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community

$100M for Comic Books??

2009-05-04 Thread Gruss Gott
Oops, sorry, "graphic novels". But is Richie Rich really a graphic novel? http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1895447,00.html ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date G

Re: Books or Websites on Computer Security

2008-11-05 Thread denstar
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Maureen wrote: > If you needed to learn how to make a computer system as secure and > hacker proof as possible with current technology, where would you > start? Hacker sites. Security is what they are about (illusion that it is). Well, and Cthulhu or the FSM and g

Re: Books or Websites on Computer Security

2008-11-05 Thread Maureen
All of the above. Corporate networks specifically. On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > what OS, what technology? Personal, small business or enterprise? > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> If you needed to learn how to make a com

Re: Books or Websites on Computer Security

2008-11-05 Thread Dana
what OS, what technology? Personal, small business or enterprise? On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you needed to learn how to make a computer system as secure and > hacker proof as possible with current technology, where would you > start? > > ~

Books or Websites on Computer Security

2008-11-05 Thread Maureen
If you needed to learn how to make a computer system as secure and hacker proof as possible with current technology, where would you start? ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-23 Thread Larry Lyons
>thank you. Did not have time to look it up. > The DVD's came yesterday. Just finished watching Henry V. Probably will watch Richard III when we get back. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic rel

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-23 Thread Dana
thank you. Did not have time to look it up. On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I really liked Branagh's Henry IV (I think) -- the one with the >>stirring speech before the battle. Just goes to show that you don't >>have "update" Shakespeare as his version is

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-22 Thread Larry Lyons
>I really liked Branagh's Henry IV (I think) -- the one with the >stirring speech before the battle. Just goes to show that you don't >have "update" Shakespeare as his version is almost if not entirely >word for word. > That's Henry V ~

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-22 Thread Dana
I really liked Branagh's Henry IV (I think) -- the one with the stirring speech before the battle. Just goes to show that you don't have "update" Shakespeare as his version is almost if not entirely word for word. On 8/21/08, G Money <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:49 PM, La

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-21 Thread Larry Lyons
>> Adam, >> >> Thanks for reminding me of McKellan's Richard III - just ordered it along >> with Kenneth Branagh's Henry V. >> >> >Enjoyed Branagh's Hamlet...probably my favorite one. Everything McKellan >does is stellar. > I haven't seen his Hamlet, very much liked his Much Ado About Nothing, but

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-21 Thread G Money
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 2:49 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adam, > > Thanks for reminding me of McKellan's Richard III - just ordered it along > with Kenneth Branagh's Henry V. > > Enjoyed Branagh's Hamlet...probably my favorite one. Everything McKellan does is stellar. -- The flo

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>And the best part is that you can truly understand the real meaning behind >Richard III because of this more modern context. Adam, Thanks for reminding me of McKellan's Richard III - just ordered it along with Kenneth Branagh's Henry V. larry ~

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Lyons
>> >Although I did find this recently: It's the original list of > >I loved it. > >Different strokes I suppose. > >Jim Davis Don't get me wrong, I like all 3 series, but I don't think that Donaldson's writing in the Thomas Covenant series is good enough to be included in the same Must Read list

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: William Bowen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:59 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > > Definitely see the play tho', especially if you get a chance to se

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:56 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > >Although I did find this recently: It's the original list o

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Adam Churvis
esday, August 20, 2008 1:05 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > >I'm still iffy about any plays being on "must read" lists. > > > >Nobody ever suggests reading the script for "Citizen Kane" - they say

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I'm still iffy about any plays being on "must read" lists. > >Nobody ever suggests reading the script for "Citizen Kane" - they say "go >watch it" so why do we constantly get told to read plays? I LOVE "Hamlet" >but I can't argue with those that say it's hard to read... because I don't >think it

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread William Bowen
>> King Lear > > I'm still iffy about any plays being on "must read" lists. > > Nobody ever suggests reading the script for "Citizen Kane" - they say "go > watch it" so why do we constantly get told to read plays? I'll take this one--Citizen Kane was not written for the stage. It was written for t

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Larry Lyons
> >> Nine Princes in Amber - Roger Zelazny > >I love it and I think it's a definite classic of the genre but I'm not >sure about its overall "classitudity". While Nine Princes in Amber is good, there is other books of his that are better, such as Lo

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread denstar
Nice! Do Androids Dream Electric Sheep? On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Dana wrote: > I will be interested in looking through this list later. Need to go > catch the keynote at Flex. Let me throw out a couple of other thoughts > meanwhile -- Neuromancer and Vacuum Flowers :) ~~~

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Dana
ana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:46 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > > > I think this list suffers from not knowing whether it wants to be a > > bestseller list of things yo

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread denstar
edly based on FH's notes). Second, I wanted to see how bad they could > get. They were like a bad movie you can't stop watching because you want to > see if it actually can get any worse. The answer is: Yes, they can get > worse. Amazingly, they have done very well commercial

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:46 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > I think this list suffers from not knowing whether it wants to be a > bestseller

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Diary of Anne Frank > That's the best addition I've seen so far! Definitely a must-read. I personally would add the Iliad and the Odyssey. And it's not for everyone, but I enjoyed Dante's Divine Comedy as well. ~| Adobe®

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread Jerry Barnes
The answer is: Yes, they can get worse. Amazingly, they have done very well commercially. The depth of FH's work is nowhere found anywhere in these books. > Ender's Game - If you haven't read this, do yourself a favor and pick it up. It is sci-fi in theme, but there is s

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-20 Thread denstar
On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: >> Did you read his autobiographies? It tripped me out to hear about >> the >> airplanes in the olive fields, and just how knarly that guy's life >> was, after being exposed to his children's literature first. > > Nope, never have. Sounds in

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread Dana
d the racial inequities of the USA I agree that it is an important piece of literature but isn't it almost a cliche? > The Bible > > I enjoy reading the Bible, especially the historical books like Acts, 1st > and 2nd Chronicles, etc. They are even more interesting when you have ot

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
it up (more than *one* autobiography?) > God I love books. Reading. Stories... another great life balancer, > those. Probably shaped me quite a bit, being so voracious a reader, > from so young. I wish I had more time to read these days, growing up I was a voracious reader and couldn't

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:19 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > > Books I would add: > > The Great Gatsby - The great American Nov

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Mary Jo Sminkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 10:31 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > >Crime and Punishment should be on this list. An awesome study into

RE: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: G Money [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 8:48 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: "Books to Read Before you Die" > > I"m just glad not to see "The Catcher in the Rye" on this list. That

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-19 Thread denstar
What, no Louis L'Amour? :-) Ender's Game got FAR OUT, in the end, man! I *loved* that book, and the rest were real good too. Is Lovecraft in there? The Wheel of Time series was AWESOME, too. *sniff* Rama? Too many good books. I should read more, I've fallen off the wa

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-18 Thread Jerry Barnes
y the historical books like Acts, 1st and 2nd Chronicles, etc. They are even more interesting when you have other historical documents to compare it to. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by JRR Tolkien Excellent. 1984 by George Orwell Another one of my favorite books. A Christmas Carol by Ch

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-18 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>I never understood the appeal of Huck Finn, actually.goofy story with >even goofier writing. Maybe I just need to re-read it...was in high school >when I read it last. I would definitely think reading it as a adult you are likely to pick up far more on the nuances. Few books

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-18 Thread G Money
I never understood the appeal of Huck Finn, actually.goofy story with even goofier writing. Maybe I just need to re-read it...was in high school when I read it last. On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 9:31 AM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >Crime and Punishment should be on this list. An a

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-18 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>Crime and Punishment should be on this list. An awesome study into the mind >of a guilty criminal. Yeah, I'd agree with that one, great book. I do agree with Huck Finn being on there too, certainly one of the great American novels. War and Peace? Sigh, not one I was ever able to make it through

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-18 Thread G Money
I"m just glad not to see "The Catcher in the Rye" on this list. That book is on everyone's "must read" list...I don't get it. Terrible book. You want a good read in existentialism, try Camus' "The Stranger". Great book. Glad to see Watership Down on thereso entertaining, and not until it's ove

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread William Bowen
> Of course everyone knows the original title was "War, What is it Good For?" ROFL! -- will "If my life weren't funny, it would just be true; and that would just be unacceptable." - Carrie Fisher ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 softw

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> gg wrote: > 1. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy > 2. Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert > 3. War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy Because I'm reading the Hornblower series I got interested in Napoleon's invasion of Russia (from Commodore Hornblower), so I decided to start War & Peace a few days ago. I th

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread Gruss Gott
> Jim wrote: > I came across this list while Goololligagging (my word, I made it up) > instead of working: > Here a great book: http://www.amazon.com/Top-Ten-Writers-Their-Favorite/dp/0393328406/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1219031646&sr=1-8 Operating on the theor

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread William Bowen
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/mar/02/news.michellepauli > +) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Got it, great read, thought your comment in the other thread was spot on. > +) The Bible Feh. Self contradictory rubbish, doesn't even read well as a fairy tale. > +

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread denstar
On Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey wrote: [...] > I love all of Dahl's books, he was truly a great children's author that has > certainly ongoing appeal. Did you read his autobiographies? It tripped me out to hear about the airplanes in the olive fields, and just

Re: "Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
>The list (with my comments), created by English librarians is: Thanks for sharing this. I do often find it interesting to see what people consider the best books they've ever read. >+) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee > >Just read it for the first time. Deserves to be

"Books to Read Before you Die"

2008-08-17 Thread Jim Davis
I came across this list while Goololligagging (my word, I made it up) instead of working: http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2006/mar/02/news.michellepauli The list (with my comments), created by English librarians is: +) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Just read it for the first time

books for democracy

2008-07-15 Thread Robert Munn
Here is an excerpt from a recent Chris Hitchens column in which he suggests that people donate books to a fledgling university campus in Kurdish Iraq. I am going to send off some technical books. Perhaps you might think about sending a new copy of your favorite book, whatever it is. http

Re: Safari Books Online

2008-03-15 Thread Dana
I use the unlimited don't have the problem On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may sound stupid, but anyone else using the 10 bookshelf package get > pissed at the fact that many of the books take up two positions, so > realisti

Safari Books Online

2008-03-15 Thread Casey Dougall
This may sound stupid, but anyone else using the 10 bookshelf package get pissed at the fact that many of the books take up two positions, so realistically I'm paying for 5 books a month instead of 10... Wack. --

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Cameron Childress
asn't already on the shelf. Unless they've changed things, you can only change each slot once per month or so - leaving a slot open helps when you need something but can't put back any of the other books on your shelf yet. Eventually I stopped the subscription because I found myse

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Dana
yeah. For 19.99 you can have 10 books on your bookshelf. I think it goes up to unlimited, which may be what you have On 12/24/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So what is this 'bookshelf' you all speak of. I am glancing at the two > books ("Teach you

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Ian Skinner
So what is this 'bookshelf' you all speak of. I am glancing at the two books ("Teach yourself UNIX in 24 hours" and "Learning Perl 4th Edition") I've booked marked for reading when I get a chance. They seem to be the entire book as best as I can tell.

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Ian Skinner
ccount of Safari online. I have read parts of several books on it. Not sure what level my "Califa Group" is, but I have not lacked books to read. In fact I have not really made great use of it yet, because I already have too much material to read and don't want to over whelm

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Dana
h. Thanks. On 12/24/07, Casey Dougall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/24/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > there's a pretty large selection of books. One thing I was not sure > > about was the purpose of the bookshelf. The different levels of

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Casey Dougall
On 12/24/07, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > there's a pretty large selection of books. One thing I was not sure > about was the purpose of the bookshelf. The different levels of > membership mean different numbers of books you can have on your > bookshelf, but what c

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Dana
there's a pretty large selection of books. One thing I was not sure about was the purpose of the bookshelf. The different levels of membership mean different numbers of books you can have on your bookshelf, but what can you do with a bookshelf book you can't do with the others? I was sea

Re: safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Casey Dougall
I saw. > > Dana I think it's outstanding. Examples from books are available for download, the content can be copied and pasted right from the page which is cool for quick testing as you don't really want to type that stuff out sometimes. I only had a 14 day trial once last ye

safari books online

2007-12-24 Thread Dana
thinking of getting myself a subscription for Christmas, or perhaps spending some of the Christmas bonus on it. Anyone have this and if so what do they think? I looked through a co-worker's account and liked what I saw. Dana -- Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery; None but ourselves can fr

Re: Speaking of writing books (Re: totally thought this was cool)

2007-10-28 Thread Salweg Rettirc
Has here written and published book? Not like a technical book, because I > know many here have been involved with that type of thing, but a > recreational book? I am curious about the process. > > PT > - > Writing books, for a better tomorrow. > - Original Messag

Speaking of writing books (Re: totally thought this was cool)

2007-10-27 Thread Todd
Hey that's pretty cool. It was nice that he took the time to acknowledge you. Has here written and published book? Not like a technical book, because I know many here have been involved with that type of thing, but a recreational book? I am curious about the process. PT - Writing

Re: Books look at all the books.

2007-08-28 Thread Dana
hurray hurray! On 8/28/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh My Friggen Goodness (OMFG)!!11!!! > > I just learned as a benefit of my State of California position I have > immediate access to 1000's of technical books in digital form by > publishers like O&#

Books look at all the books.

2007-08-28 Thread Ian Skinner
Oh My Friggen Goodness (OMFG)!!11!!! I just learned as a benefit of my State of California position I have immediate access to 1000's of technical books in digital form by publishers like O'Reilly, Sams, Prentice Hall, Que, Microsoft Press, Peachpit Press, Macromedia, Adobe Press,

RE: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-04 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 2:41 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: I Love Asimov books > > Back about 10 or more years ago I read the entire galactic empire series > and > the robots

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Ben Doom
I read it years ago. I thought it was pretty damn funny. --Ben Ian Skinner wrote: > you could also start with a collection of his essays ans short stories, just > to get the flavor. > > > Who's here that has read Asimov's practice Doctorial Thesis. One of the > funniest things I ever read.

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Dana
I haven't read it, but I read something he wrote about it. It apparently took them a long time to get the joke? On 2/2/07, Ian Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you could also start with a collection of his essays ans short stories, just > to get the flavor. > > > Who's here that has read Asi

RE: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Ian Skinner
you could also start with a collection of his essays ans short stories, just to get the flavor. Who's here that has read Asimov's practice Doctorial Thesis. One of the funniest things I ever read. -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA -

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Dana
on of a movie, AFAIK. > > > > --Ben > > > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > > Love the Foundation series. > > > I Robot > > > Shameful, but I still enjoy the Lucky Starr juveniles. > > > Pebble in the sky. > > > and, of course, Fantastic

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Dana
highly recommended On 2/1/07, Mary Jo Sminkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Asimov books are cool. > > Hhm, not sure when I will have free time to do some reading again, but always > looking for something good and haven't read any of his stuff yet. What would &g

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
yep, I like this "Asimov Track". On 2/2/07, William Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > LOL, good to know, thanks! I'm guessing the "Lucky Starr juveniles" are > not my best > > choice either. ;-) > > Start simple. > > I, Robot. > > It's a collection of short stories written in the 40s and 50s.

Re: I Love Asimov books

2007-02-02 Thread Ben Doom
saying don't read it. I'm just saying, if you want >> to get someone hooked on ol' Isaac, don't start them there, for God's >> sake! There are so many better books. > > LOL, good to know, thanks! I'm guessing the "

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