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Right now, I'm reading Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary , an autobiography by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. It details Torvalds' life, and also highlights his ...
  1. 10-02-2008 #1
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    Lightbulb Read any good books?

    Right now, I'm reading Just for Fun: The Story of an Accidental Revolutionary, an autobiography by Linus Torvalds and David Diamond. It details Torvalds' life, and also highlights his views on various subjects. Most interesting, though, after reading up to the fourth chapter, it shows he had the same values that the Linux community tries for at an early age (customization, simplicity, and being able to easily learn the ins and outs of your computer). I would reccomend it for anybody interested in Linux, because it gives a great insight into the inventor.

    On a different note, not too far from where I found the Linus Torvalds autobiography, i found tons upon tons of Linux books. I think there were about as many as for Windows and MacOSX combined.
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    I don't get to do that much pleasure reading anymore, but that sounds like it would be a good read. I may look for it online. The last biography/auto-biography that really grabbed my attention was 'The Minds of Billy_Milligan', released some 30 or so years ago. The wildest multiple personality case I've ever heard of. 24 distinct personalities, some with with talents and abilities far beyond the experience of the primary personality. The primary personality - a 26 year old slacker from Ohio, who shared a body with an accomplished escape artist, a 22-year-old teacher from England, a love-starved lesbian, A militant communist from Yugoslavia, a talented grifter, a 5-year old girl, a shadowy uber-personality called "The Teacher", and 16 others of greater and lesser prominence. I couldn't put it down. When I next have some down time, I'll probably crack the cover of my latest purchase; "The God Delusion". For now, though, it's tech manuals, tech manuals, tech manuals, security sites, tech manuals, and Linuxforums.org.

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    A couple of the best books I have read are

    Accidental Empires and Where wizards stay up late
    If we hit that bullseye, the rest of the dominoes will fall like a house of cards. Checkmate! (Zapp Brannigan)


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    Who can outvote Dan Brown and Paulo Coelho?
    "When you have nothing to say, say nothing."
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    Few months back,I read little books about Henry Ford and
    Che Guevara (Though i'm not communist supporter ) Just love to read books about different personalities .

    Few days back i went to book fair and got these books

    RK Narayan's - The Financial Expert
    RK Narayan's - Bachelor of Art's
    Paulo Coelho's Alchemist


    Right now,I'm reading The Financial Expert , It is really wonderful to read his books filled with humor - These books will keep me busy for atleast 2 months

    I heard a lot about Paulo Coelho - But this is my first book with him,i'll start after completing RK's books.
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    Das Kapital, book 3.2

    Before that, Lenin: Imperialism as the final stage of Capitalism, alongside with Cisco Netacad Discovery books.

    I also love Stephen King, especially the 'Dark Tower' series.
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