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Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by jgrahamc »

maayank wrote: post #20
jgrahamc wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You might like to read my book, The Geek Atlas, which contains many places related to the history of computing. http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596523213.do

Already have it and already visited the place in Ireland and many of the places in England based on it :-) Visiting Bletchley Park was a true formative experience for me and Alexander Fleming's lab also really hit a chord with me, recalling me reading and learning about him in my childhood. Thank you for a great book and guide (and the science explanations inside are very nice as well) :-) In my last trip to Germany…

Thanks for the nice review.

I really must visit the Zuse museum. When I was working in Munich I saw some of his hardware in the Deutsches Museum. Very interesting.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by Jun8 »

On a related note I'd say that forget about these deals and go get yoursf a Safari Online subscription. I convinced my boss to do this for around $350 (that's the corporate rate), one of the best tool I've got. I have all their books (and from a lot of other publishers, too) at my fingertips!

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by diab0lic »

Jun8 wrote: post #23

On a related note I'd say that forget about these deals and go get yoursf a Safari Online subscription. I convinced my boss to do this for around $350 (that's the corporate rate), one of the best tool I've got. I have all their books (and from a lot of other publishers, too) at my fingertips!

Its nice to have rights to a few of them and actually own them. Can you put safari books on your kindle these days?

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by mark_l_watson »

philipithomas wrote: post #4

I love o'reilly publications, but I remain a fan of printed books. Specifically in technical texts, I like being able to scan and leaf through physical pages. If they had a special on printed books today, I would buy a couple; alas, with this special, my wallet remains closed.

I mostly agree with you but having eBooks on a separate Kindle and iPad makes it a little more convenient to hack while reading.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by Jun8 »

diab0lic wrote: post #24
Jun8 wrote: post #23

On a related note I'd say that forget about these deals and go get yoursf a Safari Online subscription. I convinced my boss to do this for around $350 (that's the corporate rate), one of the best tool I've got. I have all their books (and from a lot of other publishers, too) at my fingertips!

Its nice to have rights to a few of them and actually own them. Can you put safari books on your kindle these days?

Dont't know about Kindle but they have a nice app for iPad. Also, periodically you get tokens and you can get free books , I receive 5 tokens per month and there are a lot of books for 10-15 tokens.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by stefanoric »

damian2000 wrote: post #22

Anyone looking for a C# reference, can't go past this one... "C# 4.0 in a Nutshell" http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596800963.do Australia-based Joe Albahari who wrote it is the author of the free 'LinqPad' tool.

It's a great book, and it actually is more about .NET 4 than just C#.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by debacle »

stuartmemo wrote: post #5
oskarth wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you a Hollywood lobbyist rallying behind enemy lines? Anti-DRM != Theft.

Nope, was just a joke. Just a happy simple little joke.

We don't take kindly to jocularity in these parts.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by ZanderEarth32 »

Anyone have experience with either of these books

Programming Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158118.do

and

Learning Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do

Not sure where I fall with these books in terms of skill and knowledge. Looking through the table of contents for Learning Python I recognize everything and know what they are, but don't have a great masterful grasp of most of the stuff but I am afraid too much of it will be stuff I already know. On the flip side, Programming Python might be too advanced for me.

EDIT Seems Programming Python is mainly geared towards Python 3.x but I'm still using 2.6.

Re: Save 50% on all oreilly's ebooks and videos (today only)

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Post by lucian1900 »

ZanderEarth32 wrote: post #29

Anyone have experience with either of these books Programming Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158118.do and Learning Python http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596158071.do Not sure where I fall with these books in terms of skill and knowledge. Looking through the table of contents for Learning Python I recognize everything and know what they are, but don't have a great masterful grasp of most of the st…

Python 2.7 almost all features of Python 3, and Python 2.6 has almost as many.

Don't let that stop you from buying a book you like.

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