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Kenneth Haugland22-Apr-16 6:15

Kenneth Haugland

22-Apr-16 6:15

Gin is delicious. But, alas, not all delicious things are good for you.

Lies, lies, and more lies.

908236522-Apr-16 8:01

9082365

22-Apr-16 8:01

Yeah. Cos we all know if you swallow collagen it goes straight to the skin around your eyes. I dunno who's worst. The morons that dream this stuff up or the morons that buy it!

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Kyle Moyer22-Apr-16 9:33

Kyle Moyer

22-Apr-16 9:33

If the morons didn't buy it, the other morons wouldn't try selling it. So I say the buyers are worse.

Plus this stuff really does work, but it only lasts as long as you're drunk.

What do you mean that's just the blurry vision making the wrinkles harder to see? Bollocks!

Mark_Wallace22-Apr-16 11:14

Mark_Wallace

22-Apr-16 11:14

Shirley, if you eat or drink collagen, you'll just digest it.

I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

Thought of the day

OriginalGriff22-Apr-16 5:04

OriginalGriff

22-Apr-16 5:04

If your dog loves his baths, is he a shampoodle?

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Pete Zahir22-Apr-16 5:12

Pete Zahir

22-Apr-16 5:12

Sham poo in the shower
Real poo in the toilet

Bassam Abdul-Baki22-Apr-16 5:20

Bassam Abdul-Baki

22-Apr-16 5:20

Hard stool in the bar.
Soft stool in the toilet.

Web - BM - RSS - Math - LinkedIn

Jörgen Andersson22-Apr-16 11:41

Jörgen Andersson

22-Apr-16 11:41

If you're lucky.

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

GuyThiebaut22-Apr-16 5:20

GuyThiebaut

22-Apr-16 5:20

Reminds me of when I took my niece to a menagerie to see what was supposedly a wolf.
All we got to see was a small Chinese dog behind a dilapidated fence - it was a Shih Tzu.

“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

― Christopher Hitchens

Mike Hankey22-Apr-16 6:29

Mike Hankey

22-Apr-16 6:29

Or Has he been conditioned

New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta
I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!

908236522-Apr-16 8:05

9082365

22-Apr-16 8:05

Dunno. What do the guys in the Lab coats say?

I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

Good books about (famous/known) programmers ?

OriginalGriff22-Apr-16 8:24

OriginalGriff

22-Apr-16 8:24

They're waiting for the results of the cat scan.

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

Maximilien22-Apr-16 4:48

Maximilien

22-Apr-16 4:48

Is there a reading list of famous/known programmers or (CS) engineers or ? biographies or related ?

A friend ask about some suggestions, and other than Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, I really don't have a clue.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks,

Max.

I'd rather be phishing!

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan22-Apr-16 5:01

Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan

22-Apr-16 5:01

Alan Turing[^]? Dennis Ritchie[^]? Bjarne Stroustrup[^]?

I'm sorry there isn't a page yet for a programmer named, "Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan". Someday when there will be, I'd send you the link for that too. Smile | :)

The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~

Maximilien22-Apr-16 5:48

Maximilien

22-Apr-16 5:48

Wikipedia is not really what I was looking for.

I'd rather be phishing!

Richard MacCutchan22-Apr-16 6:54

Richard MacCutchan

22-Apr-16 6:54

Try this one: The Wonderful Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan[^]. Poke tongue | ;-P

Keith Barrow22-Apr-16 5:03

Keith Barrow

22-Apr-16 5:03

Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution - 25th Anniversary Edition: Steven Levy: 9781449388393: Amazon.com: Books[^]

About "Hackers" as opposed to "Crackers" (an old distinction, which the book continues to make, correctly in my view even though the battle over terminology is lost). Crackers are about breaking into systems (what most people would descibe as hacking), hackers more about hacking (in a good way) systems together. The "updated material" mentioned in the blurb is less in-depth than the old-school stuff IIRC.

KeithBarrow.net[^] - It might not be very good, but at least it is free!

raddevus22-Apr-16 5:25

raddevus

22-Apr-16 5:25

That's a good, readable and interesting book.
Levy also wrote one of the more encompassing and interesting books on the history of (modern) cryptography.
Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government Saving Privacy in the Digital Age: Steven Levy: 9780140244328: Amazon.com: Books[^]

My book, Launch Your Android App, is available at Amazon.com.

James McCullough22-Apr-16 5:07

James McCullough

22-Apr-16 5:07

Ada Lovelace? [^]

(Sorry, couldn't help it.)

Maximilien22-Apr-16 5:20

Maximilien

22-Apr-16 5:20

Why sorry ?

It is the kind of reference my friends will love to look into.

I'd rather be phishing!

James McCullough22-Apr-16 5:44

James McCullough

22-Apr-16 5:44

Sorry because 1) it wasn't a book, and 2) I think most people that you ask about famous programmers will likely whip her out...

Although, when it came to data sciences, she was about 150 - 200 years ahead of her time.

Forogar 24-Apr-16 4:16

Forogar

24-Apr-16 4:16

Unfortunately, most non-IT people would think you meant to reference Linda Lovelace [^]"!

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

Amarnath S22-Apr-16 5:17

Amarnath S

22-Apr-16 5:17

If the question is revised to:

Maximilien wrote:
Great books by famous programmers

then, here are great ones by Donald Knuth[^].