- Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story (Revised and Updated Edition) Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse (recommend)
- Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story Lee Berger, John Hawks (recommend)
- The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe Anil Ananthaswamy (recommend)
- Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics Paul Halpern (recommend)
- The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality Paul Halpern (highly recommend, 2017 publication)
- The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics Leonard Susskind (recommend)
- Tales of the Quantum: Understanding Physics' Most Fundamental Theory Art Hobson (recommend)
- Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know® Michael G. Raymer (recommend)
- Just Visiting This Planet: Merlin Answers More Questions About Everything Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars Neil De Grasse Tyson, Stephen J. Tyson (recommend)
- The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson (recommend)
- Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Skywatcher's Guide to Everything from Mars and Quasars to Comets, Planets, Blue Moons, and Werewolves Neil De Grasse Tyson (recommend)
- Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith (recommend)
- Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott (recommend)
- Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries Neil deGrasse Tyson (recommend)
- The Muleskinner and the Stars: The Life and Times of Milton La Salle Humason, Astronomer (Springer Biographies) Ronald L. Voller (highly recommended. Humason was an "also mentioned," in a book about Hubble. What a guy!)
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry Neil de Grasse Tyson (recommend)
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics Carlo Rovelli (recommend)
FICTION
- 1984 George Orwell (recommend with reluctance. It's the most depressing goddam book I've ever read.)
- The Caves of Steel (The Robot Series Book 1) Isaac Asimov (recommend)
- Dune Frank Herbert (recommend)
- The Fountainhead Ayn Rand (recommend)
- Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland Dave Barry (don't recommend, boring description of Florida tourist locations)
You're not aware that I'm a retired IT guy. Should you decide to enter the field, you, too will know what the fuck you're talking about. I don't rely on a "they."
Windows XP, to this day, receives security updates.
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I steered clear of the miniseries. There's no way in hell of transfering that story to a screenplay.
Recognizing fiction as fiction and not something else is an ability that is beyond too many people.
Agree, as in Scientology.
I don't view it as picking a fight. It's a valid question, and it's actually under FICTION.
The list I presented is for 2018. In late 2017, I also read, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
Like some of the other fiction and a shitload of Robert A Heinlein, back in 2017 I re-read some of the stuff I absorbed when I was a young lad.
The Fountainhead made for a good movie, as well, though it fast-forwarded most of the story line.
I also read Ayn Rand's "The Virtue of Selfishness," which is a fucked up idea, but interesting (and a tiring read), and informs her fictional work.
While Ayn Rand pushed an agenda, the story lines of her fiction made them entertaining. I recommend both books.
... like:
NONFICTION
- Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story (Revised and Updated Edition)
Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse (recommend)
- Almost Human: The Astonishing Tale of Homo Naledi and the Discovery That Changed Our Human Story
Lee Berger, John Hawks (recommend)
- The Edge of Physics: A Journey to Earth's Extremes to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Anil Ananthaswamy (recommend)
- Einstein's Dice and Schrödinger's Cat: How Two Great Minds Battled Quantum Randomness to Create a Unified Theory of Physics
Paul Halpern (recommend)
- The Quantum Labyrinth: How Richard Feynman and John Wheeler Revolutionized Time and Reality
Paul Halpern (highly recommend, 2017 publication)
- The Black Hole War: My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics
Leonard Susskind (recommend)
- Tales of the Quantum: Understanding Physics' Most Fundamental Theory
Art Hobson (recommend)
- Quantum Physics: What Everyone Needs to Know®
Michael G. Raymer (recommend)
- Just Visiting This Planet: Merlin Answers More Questions About Everything Under the Sun, Moon, and Stars
Neil De Grasse Tyson, Stephen J. Tyson (recommend)
- The Sky Is Not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist
Neil Degrasse Tyson (recommend)
- Merlin's Tour of the Universe: A Skywatcher's Guide to Everything from Mars and Quasars to Comets, Planets, Blue Moons, and Werewolves
Neil De Grasse Tyson (recommend)
- Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Donald Goldsmith (recommend)
- Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael A. Strauss, J. Richard Gott (recommend)
- Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
Neil deGrasse Tyson (recommend)
- The Muleskinner and the Stars: The Life and Times of Milton La Salle Humason, Astronomer (Springer Biographies)
Ronald L. Voller ( highly recommended. Humason was an "also mentioned," in a book about Hubble. What a guy! )
- Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Neil de Grasse Tyson (recommend)
- Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli (recommend)
FICTION
- 1984
George Orwell (recommend with reluctance. It's the most depressing goddam book I've ever read.)
- The Caves of Steel (The Robot Series Book 1)
Isaac Asimov (recommend)
- Dune
Frank Herbert (recommend)
- The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand (recommend)
- Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry (don't recommend, boring description of Florida tourist locations)
Go back and read what I posted:
Pedophilia is a sexual preference .
I am very fond of women's asses and I'm not particularly interested in their tits. Try changing that.
I was hoping you would bite.
Registry hack enables Windows XP security updates until 2019
by Mark Tyson on 27 May 2014, 11:12
Bazinga!
Apology accepted and I thank you for being courteous.
You're not aware that I'm a retired IT guy. Should you decide to enter the field, you, too will know what the fuck you're talking about. I don't rely on a "they."
Windows XP, to this day, receives security updates.
Read up.
... and the only real cure is unattainable.
Try millions of users (April 4, 2018 ) both corporate and private. I use one for security camera duty.
Windows XP has more market share than the top version of macOS.
I'm running an XP box with a registry hack* that makes it think it's an ATM or other embedded OS. I still get security updates.
The only goddam browser that will work on it is IE.
Not that any web sites understands what the fuck it is ...
*Windows XP registry hack keeps security updates rolling for the dead operating system
It doesn't do that any more, you insensitive clod.
MS has implemented IE blockchain in a proprietary cryptocurrencyized algorithmic preanalyticalization of cloud-based JIT.
In other words: What I said.
I didn't offer a plan for the first goddam half.
My point, exactly.
Your histrionics don't work well as a persuasive tactic.
Your lack of research is showing, as well.
Chemical and physical castration will not stop sex offenders
Why in Sam Hill did you bother posting?
No, I may as well not.
If you can be converted from gay to heterosexual, you can be converted from heterosexual to gay.
... and the only real cure is unattainable.
People want child porn and the cure is to stop that desire. Pedophilia is a sexual preference.
The social structure is similar to America's need for drugs: Stop the desire for drugs and Bob's yer uncle,
Until then, it's wack-a-mole.
I was being sour caustic because of how this played into Trump's recent call to pull out of Syria, a move he criticized Obama for doing.
I'm surprised it wasn't down modded to -1 right away with no responses.
We sour, we caust, we move on.
Just one less now.
And I think that one's adorable.
Your characterization of me as a fuckwit is offensive.
I'm an insensitive clod.
A day is 23 hours, 56 minutes and 4.0916 seconds. The days do not get long or short.
... count the increase in ISIS members after Trump's premature withdrawal ... you know, like Trump said Obama did and stuff.
... APIs.
It's hard enough tracking telemetries and shit of the single device. When 3rd parties can do a 45 degree drill, it's goddam impossible.
My son. My only son.