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Sir Skully · 07-15-2004, 01:48 PM

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pointreyes · 07-15-2004, 01:53 PM

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Ivor Horton's Beginning Java 2 SDK 1.4 Edition
Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope by Keith A. Mathison
Security Warrior by Anton Chuvakin
Tomcat: The Definitive Guide by Jason Brittain
PostgreSQL by Korry Douglas
PHP and MySQL Web Development, Second Edition by Luke Welling
PHP and PostgreSQL: Advanced Web Programming by Ewald Geschwinde

There are some others but those are the main ones.

The Mathison book has been read. Now reading Federal Husband by Douglas Wilson.
I'm also reading Deitel Java How to Program book - currently on page 455. Less than 1,000 pages to complete now!

Unax · 07-15-2004, 01:57 PM

A History of Warfare by John Keegan.

Finalheaven · 07-15-2004, 02:01 PM

Notes From Underground by Dostoevsky. New translation by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokohnsky

alien resident · 07-15-2004, 02:05 PM

Neuromancer

count minaba · 07-15-2004, 06:50 PM

I'm about to read *Stupid White Men* by Michael Moore.

Appologies to any devout Republicans at ABXZone!!

pointreyes · 07-15-2004, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by count minaba

I'm about to read *Stupid White Men* by Michael Moore.

Appologies to any devout Republicans at ABXZone!!

No problem. Just let me know when you are done reading the 'book' and I will then take you out of the penalty box.

KingTermite · 07-15-2004, 07:26 PM

Right now, reading

Programming Application for Microsoft Windows (Fourth Edition)

by Jeffrey Richter

Sir Skully · 07-15-2004, 11:25 PM

*** The Bible ***

Wingit · 07-15-2004, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by count minaba

I'm about to read *Stupid White Men* by Michael Moore.

Appologies to any devout Republicans at ABXZone!!

Not a Republican (or Democrat) count, but I do have a theory as to why MM writes and makes the books and movies he does. It's related to the amount of attention he would get if he were not so obnoxious and also to the size of his p*ter....but hey, I'll let him tell you himself!...

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count minaba · 07-16-2004, 12:24 AM

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Originally Posted by pointreyes

No problem. Just let me know when you are done reading the 'book' and I will then take you out of the penalty box.

No worries pointreyes... and here's me, a definite voter to the conservative right reading a book like that

Thought I'd take a look at the dark side hehe!

count minaba · 07-16-2004, 12:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Wingit

Not a Republican (or Democrat) count, but I do have a theory as to why MM writes and makes the books and movies he does. It's related to the amount of attention he would get if he were not so obnoxious and also to the size of his p*ter....but hey, I'll let him tell you himself!...

.......

Fair call there Wingit bud... when it comes down to it, I just want to be entertained :o

Finalheaven · 08-17-2004, 08:26 AM

Moby Dick by Herman Melville and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by james Joyce (a precursor for Ulysses).

As far as Ayn Rand goes, I like Fountainhead (loved it when I was younger) and Atlus Shrugged, but as far as objectivism goes, while at first I praised her for her concise, objective views, when I realized that it spread to all aspects of life and that she discredited metaphysics and spirituality, I realized she's just a quack who lost her faith in God (This does not have to be the Judeo-Christian God. God of any form; a rose by any other name still smells as sweet) Too bad for her.

KingTermite · 08-17-2004, 08:51 AM

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Moby Dick by Herman Melville and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by james Joyce (a precursor for Ulysses).

As far as Ayn Rand goes, I like Fountainhead (loved it when I was younger) and Atlus Shrugged, but as far as objectivism goes, while at first I praised her for her concise, objective views, when I realized that it spread to all aspects of life and that she discredited metaphysics and spirituality, I realized she's just a quack who lost her faith in God (This does not have to be the Judeo-Christian God. God of any form; a rose by any other name still smells as sweet) Too bad for her.

Moby Dick was good, but not near as good (and a lot longer) than Sea Wolf by Jack London. I liked Sea Wolf much better.

And I'm right with you on your Ayn Rand description....I think her opinions came from her rough early years in Russia.

Finalheaven · 08-17-2004, 09:38 AM

You know, I was going to say that I'm almost sure that it's because of some trauma faced early on in her life, but I didn't want to assume. Looks like I was right. Always go with your instinct.

Thanks for the jack London suggestion. Moby Dick is turning out to be a littel overated. I want him to shut up and just talk about the damn whale. Not that I mind existential discussions, but he's not very good at it. I just finished Brother's Karamazov, and it blows Moby Dick out of the water.

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Finalheaven Donnie Darko lives Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,893	Moby Dick by Herman Melville and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by james Joyce (a precursor for Ulysses). As far as Ayn Rand goes, I like Fountainhead (loved it when I was younger) and Atlus Shrugged, but as far as objectivism goes, while at first I praised her for her concise, objective views, when I realized that it spread to all aspects of life and that she discredited metaphysics and spirituality, I realized she's just a quack who lost her faith in God (This does not have to be the Judeo-Christian God. God of any form; a rose by any other name still smells as sweet) Too bad for her.
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Finalheaven Donnie Darko lives Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 1,893	You know, I was going to say that I'm almost sure that it's because of some trauma faced early on in her life, but I didn't want to assume. Looks like I was right. Always go with your instinct. Thanks for the jack London suggestion. Moby Dick is turning out to be a littel overated. I want him to shut up and just talk about the damn whale. Not that I mind existential discussions, but he's not very good at it. I just finished Brother's Karamazov, and it blows Moby Dick out of the water.
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