finance and maths aside, what is everyone reading just now? and is it any good?
i'm currently re-reading american psycho. has anyone else noticed that sean, patrick's brother, seems to be featured in the rules of attraction? and isn't alison poole also in glamorama?
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I'm reading "The Art of Chi Kung" by Wong Kiew Kit. It's pretty cool.
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I am re-reading "The Wild Palms" by Faulkner for the nth time
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Reading:
History of Philosophy by Frederick Copleston
Volume 1 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
Volume 2 - Medieval Philosophy
Volume 3 - Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Each book is 500 pages and I'm reading them simultaneously. Should keep me out of trouble for awhile.
History of Philosophy by Frederick Copleston
Volume 1 - Ancient Greek Philosophy
Volume 2 - Medieval Philosophy
Volume 3 - Late Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy
Each book is 500 pages and I'm reading them simultaneously. Should keep me out of trouble for awhile.
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Should keep me out of trouble for awhile.
perhaps the right honourable gentleman ought to have stressed the word "should"..?
perhaps the right honourable gentleman ought to have stressed the word "should"..?
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Should...
that's my cue.
As a sidenote, does anyone know that Copleston took twenty (20) years to finish his project? 3 of his volumes cover early philosophy, 6 volumes cover modern philosophy.
In my books, that makes him a scholar and a gentleman.
that's my cue.
As a sidenote, does anyone know that Copleston took twenty (20) years to finish his project? 3 of his volumes cover early philosophy, 6 volumes cover modern philosophy.
In my books, that makes him a scholar and a gentleman.
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The Kama-Sutra, a well-illustrated book!
It is like quantitative maths: after reading it, you can immediately apply the code...
It is like quantitative maths: after reading it, you can immediately apply the code...
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In my books, that makes him a scholar and a gentleman. >>
In my experience these two attributes do not always come together. During my days in academia, I met quite a few scholars that I would hesitate to describe as gentlemen.
Regards,
Niclas
In my experience these two attributes do not always come together. During my days in academia, I met quite a few scholars that I would hesitate to describe as gentlemen.
Regards,
Niclas
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"In my experience these two attributes do not always come together. During my days in academia, I met quite a few scholars that I would hesitate to describe as gentlemen."
The correlation between talent and character is identically zero.
The correlation between talent and character is identically zero.
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Your total income by the time you die will probably be greater if you read these three books:
Knowledge and Decisions, by Thomas Sowell
The Fatal Conceit, by Friedrich Hayek
The Theory of Poker, by David Sklansky
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"Cryptography" by S. Levy
Nice bedtime reading. Discusses Big Brother's, the NSA, attempts at suppressing the any info on the subject. Interesting book.
I thought the RSA team made a pretty smart move by selling the company. I'll bet the mathematician in them said "You know, its only a matter of time before some smart kid comes up with a way to factor prime numbers quickly. I think we should sell this company before that happens."
Nice bedtime reading. Discusses Big Brother's, the NSA, attempts at suppressing the any info on the subject. Interesting book.
I thought the RSA team made a pretty smart move by selling the company. I'll bet the mathematician in them said "You know, its only a matter of time before some smart kid comes up with a way to factor prime numbers quickly. I think we should sell this company before that happens."
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its only a matter of time before some smart kid comes up with a way to factor prime numbers >>
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numbers can be factorised in a product of primes (e.g. the factorisation of 20 is 2*2*5). coding/decoding involves finding the primes factorising a very lage number. But a prime number cannot be factorised... (only itself times one...)