All Consuming : setien

Consuming "Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences. Seventh Edition."

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Fri, 22 May 2009 06:45:01 GMT

Probability and Statistics for Engineering and the Sciences. Seventh Edition.

by Jay L. Devore

Consumed "The Bourne Identity"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 08:31:37 GMT

The Bourne Identity

by Robert Ludlum

WORTH IT!

Consumed "Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:13:46 GMT

Imaginary Weapons: A Journey Through the Pentagon's Scientific Underworld

by Sharon Weinberger

Consuming "How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 09:08:54 GMT

How Children Fail (Classics in Child Development)

by John Holt

Consumed "The Naked God (Night's Dawn Trilogy)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:39:53 GMT

The Naked God (Night's Dawn Trilogy)

by Peter F. Hamilton

WORTH IT!

Consumed "The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn Trilogy)"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:36:59 GMT

The Neutronium Alchemist (Night's Dawn Trilogy)

by Peter F. Hamilton

WORTH IT!

A story about "Words that Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:45:49 GMT

Words that Work: It's Not What You Say, It's What People Hear

by Frank Luntz

It’s interesting to see what kind of thinking drives the current political narrative.
I am unfortunately in no doubt of the effect of Frank Luntz’ methods, but I am sorry that they have found their way into politics.
It’s doing for politics what McDonald’s does for food.

It’s manipulative and is tinged with sleaze, however much he sounds like the deeply misunderstood craftsman who just wants to give everyone the tools to best make their case understood.

Nevertheless, I’d recommend reading this book. It’s interesting, if a little longwinded and “what? me? manipulative?”-ish.

Why I recommend "On Intelligence"

nobody@allconsuming.net (setien) — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 18:53:38 GMT

On Intelligence

by Jeff Hawkins

This is a very sound theory for the basis of intelligence and a description of how it should be possible to make computers achieve intelligence in some form.

It defines what human intelligence is, how the brain accomplishes it and how it should be possible to create it in hardware.