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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2017 21:35:05 GMT -5
Enjoy those early days. The vista of discovery is vast... that being said, I wouldn't restrict yourself to only one guide. Read widely because the concepts of C, while not complex, sometimes benefit from multiple approaches. Well, I am actually going to school for networks, hoping to go into network architecture/admin. Programming and databases are just too much data entry for me. The book I mentioned is my textbook for my intro to C class. Honestly, I loathe programming. But, in another two and half weeks I will hit spring break and have a few weeks to read something I want to read. I just retired from a Network Administrator job. Actually Director of Technical Services for a large payroll company. The chief developer made 3x what I did and I was in the business 3x as long. I always wished I had gotten into programming instead. The network stuff changes so fast that haven't been able to keep up for years. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2017 21:43:07 GMT -5
Just finished Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and the sequal, Tis. I read Angela's Ashes. Not into self flagilation to read the sequel. |
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Post by Zach on Jul 21, 2017 21:54:26 GMT -5
Well, I am actually going to school for networks, hoping to go into network architecture/admin. Programming and databases are just too much data entry for me. The book I mentioned is my textbook for my intro to C class. Honestly, I loathe programming. But, in another two and half weeks I will hit spring break and have a few weeks to read something I want to read. I just retired from a Network Administrator job. Actually Director of Technical Services for a large payroll company. The chief developer made 3x what I did and I was in the business 3x as long. I always wished I had gotten into programming instead. The network stuff changes so fast that haven't been able to keep up for years. That's part of what I do, Ron. I'm a network engineer/programmer and work currently in telecommunications. Keeping with that theme, I've been reading the usual Perl manuals and documentation most recently. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2017 21:58:59 GMT -5
I just retired from a Network Administrator job. Actually Director of Technical Services for a large payroll company. The chief developer made 3x what I did and I was in the business 3x as long. I always wished I had gotten into programming instead. The network stuff changes so fast that haven't been able to keep up for years. That's part of what I do, Ron. I'm a network engineer/programmer and work currently in telecommunications. Keeping with that theme, I've been reading the usual Perl manuals and documentation most recently. I hope that you are young. Also, keep active. That desk with 4 monitors and long hours will kill you. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2017 22:02:43 GMT -5
Besieged, by Kevin Hearn. A collection of stories that happened between the major books of The Iron Druid series.
Very enjoyable read.
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Post by Zach on Jul 21, 2017 22:04:06 GMT -5
I turn 28 in a few weeks, and you're right about that. Have to stay active. I'm not overweight, I'm 6' 4" and about 200 lbs. some of the work I've done over the past few years like fusion splicing fiber optic and provisioning Cisco routers in 4G cell towers is quite the opposite of desk work. Often requiring working up to 24 hour shifts and beyond, but I've gotten away from that the past couple years.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 21, 2017 23:09:18 GMT -5
I turn 28 in a few weeks, and you're right about that. Have to stay active. I'm not overweight, I'm 6' 4" and about 200 lbs. some of the work I've done over the past few years like fusion splicing fiber optic and provisioning Cisco routers in 4G cell towers is quite the opposite of desk work. Often requiring working up to 24 hour shifts and beyond, but I've gotten away from that the past couple years. My last 18 years was 95% desk bound. The boss thought that I should be going to the gym in the middle of the day, but he really didn't understand what was going on with the job. 1 IT guy with 60 servers and 12 routers plus VOIP and 40 users 7 different internet connections. I was afraid to take a vacation most years. The last couple of years I had every thing in hand for the most part, but the upgrades were continuous. Wore me out but it was the best job I ever had. |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 24, 2017 12:08:19 GMT -5
Industrial Society and Its Future,by Theodore John Kaczynski
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 2, 2017 22:03:40 GMT -5
At the moment, I am on WebMD trying to guess whether I have finally come into my inheritance. Diabetes that is. haha Before that, I was reading online about Charlie Parker. I've never been a huge Jazz guy, but I have been listening to him for a couple hours now and feel as though I have found something my life was missing.
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 2, 2017 22:09:01 GMT -5
I turn 28 in a few weeks, and you're right about that. Have to stay active. I'm not overweight, I'm 6' 4" and about 200 lbs. some of the work I've done over the past few years like fusion splicing fiber optic and provisioning Cisco routers in 4G cell towers is quite the opposite of desk work. Often requiring working up to 24 hour shifts and beyond, but I've gotten away from that the past couple years. My last 18 years was 95% desk bound. The boss thought that I should be going to the gym in the middle of the day, but he really didn't understand what was going on with the job. 1 IT guy with 60 servers and 12 routers plus VOIP and 40 users 7 different internet connections. I was afraid to take a vacation most years. The last couple of years I had every thing in hand for the most part, but the upgrades were continuous. Wore me out but it was the best job I ever had. I miss the paycheck, but not the job. haha If I were still in the IT field, I'd be reading Ted Kaczynki's memoirs by now as well. |
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Post by PhantomWolf on Aug 3, 2017 15:41:16 GMT -5
The Age Of Energy by Howard Mumford Jones
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2017 16:28:21 GMT -5
Death of a Ghost - a Hamish Macbeth Mystery by M C Beaton
Haunted Bookshop by Christopher Morley
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Aug 30, 2017 21:01:10 GMT -5
...Re-Reading "The Book of Pipes & Tobacco" by Carl Ehwa, JR...smoking Voodoo Queen...sipping Peach Brandy neat...
Carl Ehwa Jr. was formerly a Master Blender at Diebels Tobacco and founder of McClelland Tobacco... The book’s dedication reads, “For my grandfather, Dr. W. C. McClelland…” |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2017 5:33:21 GMT -5
Blue Highways-A Journey into America
William Least Heat- Moon
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Post by Darin on Aug 31, 2017 17:57:57 GMT -5
By the Banks of Beaver Creek ... History of Beaver Creek, Arizona from the pre-historic 600 A.D. Native Americans, the Spanish Explorers, the early Pioneers, Dude Ranch days to more modern history. This was a gift when we first moved to the area last January and I'm finally getting some time to check it out. 
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 31, 2017 18:09:45 GMT -5
Stephen King Mr Mercedes Series, book 3, not a Stephen King fan but his detective series is a good read.
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Post by Wolfman on Sept 8, 2017 9:04:40 GMT -5
I just finished ''A Legacy of Spies' by John Le Carre. It's actually a George Smiley book that takes place in present time and through flashbacks of the late 1950's to early 1960s . While I loved the Cold-War backstory, I was disappointed with the present day spymaster characters. I cannot take them seriously. However, I do recommend this novel for all George Smiley and Le Carre fans.
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Post by edward on Sept 9, 2017 11:29:51 GMT -5
Perfect Nightmare : John Saul.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2017 13:31:28 GMT -5
Mission of Gravity, a 1950s sci fi classic by Hal Clement. Alongside Tales of Unrest by Joseph Conrad.
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Post by greenrivergreg on Sept 20, 2017 9:21:37 GMT -5
Excellent non-fiction book about the Karras brothers and their adventures trapping in the wild north territory of Canada during the depression years. .  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2017 13:21:47 GMT -5
Some short stories by Edwardian English author Walter de la Mare.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 26, 2017 12:37:23 GMT -5
Winds of War by Herman Wouk, pre cursor to WWII about a fictional Navy Family, even was a TV mini series. Good Book. "Caine Mutiny" is one of my all time favorites. "Winds" is good also. |
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Post by toshtego on Sept 26, 2017 12:39:16 GMT -5
Very intellectual bunch, if you look at the History books and Jung's and Programming etc. How about just a plain old simple good story book? If this qualifies, reading all of Raymond Chandler's novels, again for the umpteenth time. No one captures people and places quite the way he does. |
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Post by oldcajun123 on Sept 26, 2017 16:04:13 GMT -5
Charl John Jakes has the best stories.
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Post by Ronv69 on Sept 26, 2017 20:58:30 GMT -5
The Quantum Universe by Brian Cox & Jeff Forshaw.
(and why anything that can happen, does)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 22:12:46 GMT -5
Will be checking out the latest issue of All About Space. Best space mag ever. And they did devote an issue into Quantum Universe
So, like Jethro Bodine I am well on my way to learnin how to be a fry cook or a brain surgeon... or maybe a double naught spy
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Post by Deleted on Sept 26, 2017 22:50:06 GMT -5
Anthology of sci-fi stories about cyborgs, mostly from the 40s and 50s.
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Post by terrapinflyer on Sept 27, 2017 5:56:29 GMT -5
Don Delillo. _Zero K_.
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Post by toshtego on Sept 30, 2017 19:00:59 GMT -5
Anthology of sci-fi stories about cyborgs, mostly from the 40s and 50s. And what do they have to say about cyborgs from that lead acid battery and zinc plated vacuum tube era? |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Oct 11, 2017 19:34:53 GMT -5
...browsing The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations...
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