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December 5th 2006, 04:06 PM #1
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Saw this on Slashdot yesterday. (How nerdy of me!)
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First title I tried found me such opposites as a "Systematic Theology" book. What? You guys don't read smut? (Guilty Pleasures by Laurell Hamilton, for the curious. I actually turned Bandecoot onto the series and he was making his way through.)Last edited by Seasanctuary; December 5th 2006 at 04:08 PM.
"'tis usual for men to use words for ideas, and to talk instead of thinking in their reasonings." A Treatise of Human Nature, I.II.V.
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December 5th 2006, 04:09 PM #2
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Male - ChristianRe: Unsuggester
Heh, I put in Harry Potter and these were the results:
- The dangerous duty of delight by John Piper (expected 31.7, found 2; unsuggestions)
- Seeing and savoring Jesus Christ by John Piper (expected 39, found 3; unsuggestions)
- Inside out by Lawrence J. Crabb (expected 25.1, found 2; unsuggestions)
- God is the Gospel : meditations on God's love as the gift of himself by John Piper (expected 30.5, found 3; unsuggestions)
- The text of the New Testament: its transmission, corruption, and restoration by Bruce Manning Metzger (expected 30.1, found 3; unsuggestions)
- Biblical preaching : the development and delivery of expository messages by Haddon W. Robinson (expected 36.5, found 4; unsuggestions)
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December 5th 2006, 05:01 PM #3
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Male - ChristianRe: Unsuggester
I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):
The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven,
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-NeilYou can build a prototype by the book, but a legend you build by the seat of your pants.
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December 5th 2006, 11:43 PM #4
Warm fuzzies.
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Female - ChristianRe: Unsuggester
I've got to share this... ha! I stuck in "A Farewell to Arms" by Ernest Hemingway (one of my favourite books ever.. the ending blows me away every time I read it) and #14 on my Unsuggester list was....
Originally posted by NeilUnreal
I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):
The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven, .
-Neil
# The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1-3 Boxed Set by Donald E. Knuth (expected 10.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
... Presumably historians or those interested in human emotion just can't appreciate those darned logical computer programs!
How's that for sheer crazy coincidence??"A yodeling shaver has my full cooperation." -- Vigilante
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December 6th 2006, 01:47 PM #5
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That’s really weird, because A Farewell to Arms truly isn’t one of my favorite Hemingway novels. It can’t be as simple as mere authorship, however, because I really liked The Sun Also Rises (I read it in one day). Originally posted by Storico
Hmmm. What makes computer science similar to one Hemingway novel, yet not to another?
-NeilYou can build a prototype by the book, but a legend you build by the seat of your pants.
-Carroll Shelby
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December 6th 2006, 02:09 PM #6
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Male - ChristianRe: Unsuggester
I put in Doubting John and I got: Doubting John!
(j/k)
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December 6th 2006, 02:23 PM #7
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Male - AtheistRe: Unsuggester
I got pretty similar results for A New Kind of Science. Originally posted by NeilUnreal
I put in The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth and got (among other things):
The Devil Wears Prada
The Purpose-Driven Life : What on Earth am I Here For?
Running With Scissors
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
So presumably, computer scientists do not wear Prada, have already figured out their purpose in life, do not run with scissors, and will be alone in heaven, .
-Neil
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# The five people you meet in heaven by Mitch Albom (expected 20.6, found 0; unsuggestions)
# The devil wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (expected 20.4, found 0; unsuggestions)
# White Oleander by Janet Fitch (expected 17.8, found 0; unsuggestions)
# Confessions of a shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella (expected 13.7, found 0; unsuggestions)
# The eyes of the dragon : a story by Stephen King (expected 13.5, found 0; unsuggestions)In the grave they chose to make their beds
Now all that they've created comes crashing down,
Down upon their heads
Death is waiting
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December 6th 2006, 02:27 PM #8
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I've got A New Kind of Science. I'm not sure Wolfram is onto anything, but the appendices are awesome fun reading. I'd like to have a softcover travel version of just the appendices. Originally posted by Em7add11
-NeilYou can build a prototype by the book, but a legend you build by the seat of your pants.
-Carroll Shelby
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December 6th 2006, 05:40 PM #9
Warm fuzzies.
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The Sun Also Rises is GREAT. Another favourite is A Moveable Feast. Originally posted by NeilUnreal
That’s really weird, because A Farewell to Arms truly isn’t one of my favorite Hemingway novels. It can’t be as simple as mere authorship, however, because I really liked The Sun Also Rises (I read it in one day).
Hmmm. What makes computer science similar to one Hemingway novel, yet not to another?
-Neil"A yodeling shaver has my full cooperation." -- Vigilante
"...if you were a house, you would want to be built on rock over-looking the sea." - Life As a House
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