Why is it that every comment for this review talks not to the review or the book?
Has anyone read the book? Do they differ with the reviewer?
Has anyone gone to Zarrella’s web site?
All the banter is about extraneous topics.
Focus people, focus!
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[ xxx] I already have a positive/negative entrenched opinion of Python or Ruby
[xxx ] I assume Ruby == Ruby on Rails
[xxx ] I program in PHP for it's robust design, consistent syntax and architectural soundness:)
sorry, replied too soon.
i thought your review was a bit critical
>>The images are pretty shoddy – over dark and with not enough contrast; they’re not very well constructed either, in that there’s an awful lot of distracting background ‘fluff’ in some of them.
this is a book on presos, not photography. no?
>>The print quality isn’t great – I know heavily bleached paper isn’t great for the environment but just a little more whiteness would have made things easier to read, particularly by the light of my bedside light!
Get a light dude!!:)
>>In short, well worth the read.
So after all, you really did love it!!
Is it me, or is it that most of the comments below are about secondary issues, and not directly related to the book and review.
Is digression part of the Slashdot mantra?
ok, i guess we have to agree to disagree.
one can look at it two ways - self promotion, or validating that the person is qualified to review a book, since he was the author of another book.
i looked at other bylines of book reviews in other magazines/web sites. 95% of them were like the one here.
OMG!!!! they self-promote!!!!!
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So are you saying books on Python, XML, Windows 7, Oracle 11 are all obsolete?
Why is it that every comment for this review talks not to the review or the book? Has anyone read the book? Do they differ with the reviewer? Has anyone gone to Zarrella’s web site? All the banter is about extraneous topics. Focus people, focus!
Who like ruby? Those that get frustrated by Python and think that it is way too high level.
true, but python is far from perfect..........
[ xxx] I already have a positive/negative entrenched opinion of Python or Ruby [xxx ] I assume Ruby == Ruby on Rails [xxx ] I program in PHP for it's robust design, consistent syntax and architectural soundness :)
sorry, replied too soon. i thought your review was a bit critical >>The images are pretty shoddy – over dark and with not enough contrast; they’re not very well constructed either, in that there’s an awful lot of distracting background ‘fluff’ in some of them. this is a book on presos, not photography. no? >>The print quality isn’t great – I know heavily bleached paper isn’t great for the environment but just a little more whiteness would have made things easier to read, particularly by the light of my bedside light! Get a light dude!! :)
>>In short, well worth the read.
So after all, you really did love it!!
slightly... good review...... :)
people, 95% of the comments on this topic so far are based on bias and hate. there are no facts, only conjecture. knock it off.
10 years to read about 50 pages of Finnegans Wake and you have the gall to be a grammar policeman :)
It is not that they digress, it is that so many people on /. have ADD/ADHD, that by the time they get to write the comment, they lose context. :)
u r obviously a finnegan's wake fan :)
way too obscure.
And if that is true, then what do apostrophe's have to do with it?
Is it me, or is it that most of the comments below are about secondary issues, and not directly related to the book and review. Is digression part of the Slashdot mantra?
ok.. well, dr. demento. you are aging yourself.
ok, help us out... whats so funny?
to whom r u directing this message ?
what is the correct use of the apostrophe in this case? and since this is Slashdot, does such religious devotion to grammar really matter?
right, now I know what u r talking about. Used to work for a place that sponsored people to graduate from their course.
i saw some of the presentations of his on his youtube channel, I thought he was good why do you say that?
what is that?
and you are?????????? silly comment, please stop it dude.
what does nook have that amazon kindle needs to innovate?
the silly thing is they could have copied kindle's best features and improved on it... but they did not. kindle is still much better.
ok, i guess we have to agree to disagree. one can look at it two ways - self promotion, or validating that the person is qualified to review a book, since he was the author of another book. i looked at other bylines of book reviews in other magazines/web sites. 95% of them were like the one here. OMG!!!! they self-promote!!!!!
sorry, did not know i was in the presence of a /. elder.
yes, that is an over the top title. but hey, everyone makes mistakes, even the good folks at oreilly