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  1. Re:Google = "Rich Sugar Daddy"? by Profound · · Score: 1 · on Mozilla Raking in Millions?

    >> The Best Programming Books [canonicalbooks.com]

    Given the existance of Canonical Tomes why make that site?

  2. Essential System Administration by WSSA · · Score: 2, Informative · on Linux Admininstration Resources?
    Another book I highly recommend is Essential System Administration by Aeleen Frisch (O'Reilly).

    Btw, this and the other books listed in replies are on Canonical Tomes in the System Administration section which is confirmation that they are highly thought of.

  3. Essential System Administration by WSSA · · Score: 2, Informative · on Linux Admininstration Resources?
    Another book I highly recommend is Essential System Administration by Aeleen Frisch (O'Reilly).

    Btw, this and the other books listed in replies are on Canonical Tomes in the System Administration section which is confirmation that they are highly thought of.

  4. CanonicalPapers by bshanks · · Score: 2, Informative · on Great Computer Science Papers?
    Recently I listened to a talk by Alan Kay who mentioned that many 'new' software ideas had already been discovered decades earlier by computer scientists - but 'nobody reads these great papers anymore.' Over the years I have had the opportunity to read some really great and thought-provoking academic papers in Computer Science and would like to read more, but there are just too many to sort through.

    Sounds like the sort of problem that a system like CanonicalTomes would be good for. Canonical tomes is for books. Anyone up for making a similar site for "canonical papers"?

  5. Canonical Tomes by anguish+feast · · Score: 2, Informative · on Books on Programming Theory?

    this site was mentioned here about a year ago. theres's a good list of books there. others might like to contribute the titles they've mentioned.

  6. http://www.canonicaltomes.org/ by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Best Computer Books For The Smart

    Check out http://www.canonicaltomes.org/, people have entered and voted on the "best" books in a variety of categories.

  7. Re:Numerical Recipes by nels_tomlinson · · Score: 2 · on Computer Books For A Library?

    There has been a LOT of well-informed criticism of the Numerical Recepies books. It seems to center around the idea that the recipes don't scale well, and are more useful as teaching tools than for serious scientific work. There is a wonderful page at one of the big government labs which explains in detail, along with some alternate sources of examples. If I can find the link, I'll post it as a reply to this. I like Numerical Analysis for Statisticians, by Lange. It's aimed right at my field, and it comes highly recommended by an eminent numerical analyst and theoretician.

    You might want to check out this link, which I stumbled across while trying to find that page about (against, really) Numerical Recipes. Cannonical Tomes, they call themselves. Looks good.

  8. Canonical Tomes by 7s · · Score: 1 · on Computer Books For A Library?

    There's a web site for this. It covers not only tech books but just about every other field too; fiction and nonfiction:

    Canonical Tomes

    It's also user submitted, so if you have a favorite that's not listed, you might want to recommend it there.

  9. CanonicalTomes.org by LazloHollyfeld · · Score: 1 · on Computer Books For A Library?

    I think this type of question is the whole reason the website CanonicalTomes.org exists...