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Jay G. Heiser
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Pillars of Fire: The Battle of Messines Ridge June 1917 by Ian Passingham
The Cambridge companion to the saxophone by Richard Ingham
Francis Frith's Around Winchester (Photographic Memories) by John Bainbridge
Practical Unix and Internet Security, 2nd Edition by Simson Garfinkel
The Passport: The History of Man's Most Travelled Document by Martin Lloyd
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CollectionsYour library (1,198), Currently reading (15), To read (6), All collections (1,198)
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About meI've been an analyst with Gartner since 2004, and have been in the IT industry since 1986.
About my libraryMy library contains two specialists collections, one on information security and one on the more abstract and related topic of 'information.' Interested in the history and nature of information, I've been collecting historical books on computer security, with several from the 1970s.
My belief is that my collection of books on information is significant, containing many texts that I have not found at sources such as the libraries at Royal Holloway and the London Science Museum. Books from the 1930s-60s on the use of punched card equipment constitute a subset of this collection. I certainly don't limit myself to technical histories: at least half of the collection is composed of more philosophical and historical treatises on the social effects of information.
Although I consider them to be interesting and I recommend them, I am not including recent business-oriented texts such as Wikinomics, The Big Switch, and Everything is Miscellaneous. This is an arbitrary and probably wrong decision on my part, especially given the relevancy of Weinberger's book to the area of finding information.
Just as a matter of pride, I've kept a list of all books I've read, along with comments, since 1999. The many books that I started, but did not finish, do not appear on this lifelist. I exported that list, which includes some books I do not own, and used it as the starting point for my list on Librarything. I've since added most of the books in my home office, but not books belonging to my wife or son.
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Member sinceJun 29, 2008
Currently readingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
What Hath God Wrought: The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 (Oxford History of the United States) by Daniel Walker Howe
The politics of Jesus : vicit Agnus noster by John Howard Yoder
Moods Of Sussex: A Portrait of a Much Loved Country by Iain McGowan
Welcome to Britain : a celebration of real life by Jan Williams
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I visited Switzerland last about ten years ago, just after the most recent referendum on joining the EU was lost. A local explained to me that all the French, Italian and Romanch speakers voted for it, but the German speakers generally voted against - on the grounds that whilst they are currently Top Dog within Switzerland, once within a wider EU they would merely be a subset of the wider German-speaking European community.
Strangely enough, the Swiss habit of flying flags betrayed a certain degree of acceptance of the idea of the EU as that flag could be seen on many houses, even within the German-speaking cantons. Again, many locals commented that the Swiss generally think the EU is A Good Idea, even if they can't quite be persuaded that it's right for them to join! (Many Swiss take umbrage at the trade tariff barriers to exporting Swiss wine into the EU, for example, though personally I think [based on observation]that's just an excuse so they can justify drinking it all themselves...)
I note recently that the idea is gaining ground again, so it may come back onto the political radar soon.
posted by RobertDay at 6:40 pm (EST) on Nov 20, 2008
posted by wekooijr at 10:12 pm (EST) on Aug 21, 2008
Essentially, yes.
posted by AntAllan at 11:10 am (EST) on Aug 4, 2008
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posted by AntAllan at 6:34 pm (EST) on Jul 26, 2008