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http://www.java2s.com/Tutorial/CSharp/0100...ing-Compare.htm first hit on google.

I made my wife watch it and she liked it. Opened her eyes a bit. But a agree with the above posts that it didn't really touch enough on the non-computer side of hackers. I think what would be sweet is if a guy like Charlie Rose had on the founder of defcon or someone equally associated with the culture that could speak on its behalf, if there is such a person. I got a feeling that they concentrated just on the con scene cause its the only place where they could get a slew of them in one place to do interviews. But anyway, i know dick about film making.

I understand I could get an e pc for the same price, but then i would still have to pull it out everytime i needed to read something, boot up and so forth. Maybe i'm just a lazy ass hehe. I know there isn't much out there available in kindle format, but what is selling me is the fact that you can convert pdf files to kindle format, abit for .10 cents a piece. So i can just download the material I need, if not in pdf format covert it to it, then convert to kindle format. Actually i wonder how long it will take for someone to crack the kindle format hehe. anyway, just my thoughts. Battery life if you don't have the 3G on is suppose to be like 2 weeks or something stupid like that.

The thought occurred to me that this could be hugely useful for peeps in IT, in that they can have all the books and reference material that they would normally have to lug around in a laptop bag onto the kindle which can hold 1500 books, depending on size. You can also convert pdfs to work on the kindle for about .10 cents a pop I believe. I was wondering if anyone out there is using the kindle for this purpose, to have all their reference material in this one device? I know there is a lot of buzz and bullshit about how great it is, but i just wanted to get some impressions from IT peeps on whether or not this could be really useful in the field. I know the usual answer will be just pop open the laptop, but i think it would be nice if i didn't have to break it out every time i was working on another computer.

I guess i should be a little more specific. For example, when it comes to Java, C#, c++, python, etc. what can people recommend as the best Command Reference books that anyone coding in any of these languages would have on their book shelves. CLI command reference would be good to. I'm looking more to start a conversation here rather than just get an "answer".

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good book list for Command Reference titles for programming, networking, sys admin, and so forth. Not a bunch of HowTo books, but reference guides that people believe are invaluable to their library no matter what field they are interested in. Basically I'll i'm asking, what's on peoples' book shelves?