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Thinking in Java (4th Edition)
Posted: August 15th, 2007, 6:48pm CEST by admin

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Thinking in Java is a printed version of Bruce Eckel’s online materials that provides a useful perspective on mastering Java for those with previous programming experience. The author’s take on the essence of Java as a new programming language and the thorough introduction to Java’s features make this a worthwhile tutorial. Thinking in Java begins a [...]

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Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan
Posted: October 3rd, 2007, 8:25am CEST

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Ways of Thinking of Eastern Peoples: India, China, Tibet, Japan
University of Hawaii Press| ISBN 0824800788 | 1964-01-01 | PDF | 736 pages | 1.85 Mb
A landmark comparative study, this volume analyzes the characteristic thought patterns of four Asian peoples--the Indians, the Chinese, the Japanese, and the Tibetans--as these are revealed in their language, their logic, and their cultural products. Hajime Nakamura focuses particularly on the impact of Buddhism, seeking to clarify the ways in which Buddhism and Indian logic were introduced from India into China, Japan, and Tibet, and how this universal religion and logic has become modifed according to the native characteristics of each people.

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Samurai Chess: Mastering Strategic Thinking
Posted: February 20th, 2008, 2:04pm CET by Michael

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Walker & Company | English | ISBN: 0802713378 | 1998 | 256 pages | PDF | 5.28 MB
An interesting book to a person how does Martial Arts and/or chess.

Comparing chess to martial arts is not new, but here it is done in a more comprehensive, appealing, and gripping manner. Gelb and Keene develop the idea of martial arts mindset and the seven Samurai principles to be applied to chess. The Seven Samurai principles are really an extended analogy to the game, but one can see immediately, even as a chess novice, how the seven principles might be applied:

1) Take the Initiative: Attack
2) Follow Through: Go for the Knockout
3) Impenetrable Defense: No Openings
4) Timing: Control the Tempo
5) Distance: Control the Position
6) Master Surprise and Deception
7) Yield to Win: The Art of Sacrifice

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Joe Celko's Thinking in Sets: Auxiliary, Temporal, and Virtual Tables in SQL (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems)
Posted: February 19th, 2008, 9:12pm CET by Ice Zero

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Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Language: English
ISBN: 0123741378
Paperback: 384 pages
Data: January 21, 2008
Format: PDF
Description: Joe Celko has looked deep into the code of novice SQL programmers and found a consistent and troubling pattern. These programmers have not changed their approach from writing code for a procedural language, like C, to a declarative language--which is what SQL is. As a result they are not fully using the power and capability inherent in SQL and that translates into writing more code than they need to write, more complex code than is needed, and ultimately lower productivity.

Thinking in sets reveals the conceptual shift these programmers need to make. Through detailed examples and clear explanations, Joe enables readers to concepualize database problems as rooted in sets and solvable through declarative programming techniques. The book focuses on three main table-based SQL techniques that not only demonstrate this set characteristic of SQL but also dramatically simplify application development. For each table type--auxillary, temporal and virrual--Joe teaches not only the new kind of thinking required to use them effectively but also how to choose the right table technique to apply and why.

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Publisher: Punchy Publishing
Language: English
ISBN: 0976458705
Paperback: 316 pages
Data: December 27, 2004
Format: PDF
Description: Now in it's Third Edition (2004), this enduring work is the only book to fully explore not just the semantics of the Forth programming language, but also the philosophy and style that is used by its most successful practitioners. Interestingly, this philosophy applies well to programming practice in any language.