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1. huphtur said:

From a book called Super System by Doyle Brunson:

You take into account the way they are sitting, their previous playing habits, how they bet, and often even the tone of their voices.

The poker bible. It worked for Kirill Gerasimov, so why not for me? Very interesting book. Not only because of the professional tips, but also because of Doyle Brunson’s amazing life. Someone should make a movie about this living legend.

Posted on April 14, 2004 10:23 PM | #

3. Terry said:

From a book called Cosmic Trigger I : Final Secret of the Illuminati

by Robert Anton Wilson:

By mid-1963, I had logged 40 trips to inner space and it was obvious that peyote was, indeed, a magical chemical, as the Indians claim, but that one had to be a shaman to know how to use it profitably.

I’ve had 3 copies of this book over the years, the other 2 having been stolen. I couldn’t resist the urge to post from the book that started the whole number 23 synchronicity archivers. A classic text from the man that tripped out ALL the hippies, professors and conciousness explorers of the 60’s.

OK, it wasn’t the nearest book to me … I just couldn’t resist, since the number 23 is mentioned hundreds of times in the book, and I had a feeling that your friends suggestion had originally stemmed from Robert Wilson’s writings.

Posted on April 15, 2004 01:04 AM | #

5. Manlio said:

I’m at work and the nearest book is Zeldman’s dwws (Italian edition):

Questi prodotti sono stati costruiti con codice nuovo per svolgere nuovi compiti: essere il più possibile conformi con gli standard web discussi in questo libro.

Posted on April 15, 2004 03:32 AM | #

7. Michael Heilemann said:

From Time out of Joint by Philip K. Dick:

“‘What about this?’ Bill said He had an interest in psychoanalysis; Freudian jargon cropped up in his conversation, a sign of his being familiar with cultural questions. ‘A reversion to infancy due to stress. Your feeling ill. The tension of the subconcious impulses to your brain warning you that something was amiss internally. Many adults revert to infancy during illness.”

Posted on April 15, 2004 04:34 AM | #

9. Optimista said:

From Summer of Night by Dan Simmons (Spanish edition):

Se agachó y miró por el agujero. Era lo bastante grande

Posted on April 15, 2004 06:14 AM | #

11. Joe said:

From Photoshop for Windows & Macintosh by Elaine Weinmann and Peter Lourekas

Unlike a standard layer, modifications made to an adjustment layer don’t alter actual pixels until the layer is merged with the layers below it.

Posted on April 15, 2004 06:26 AM | #

13. Kevin Francis said:

From Frank Herbert’s Dune (which I am re-reading, again):

“How noble,” the Reverend Mother sneered.

Posted on April 15, 2004 07:29 AM | #

15. Rafal said:

It is just sitting on my computer at work for the past few weeks, reading about a page a week… Speaker For The Dead by Orson Scott Card

“In a way, Rooter himself was proof of the wisdom of the policy that forbade the xenologers to ask question that would reveal human expectations, and therefore human practices.”

Posted on April 15, 2004 08:35 AM | #

17. Andrew said:

From Star Trek: A Time to Sow:

“I hope your confidence is not misplaced, Admiral.”

Not as interesting as any of the ones above, though.

Posted on April 15, 2004 10:25 AM | #

19. Visceraman1 said:

“Yet there is another nature, which is eternal and is transcendental to this manisfested and unmanisfested matter; when all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is…”(Bhagavad-gita 8.20)….

From “The Science of Self-Realization”

Posted on April 15, 2004 01:15 PM | #

21. Steve C said:

But then he had a change of heart, thinking, hey, wait a minute, I NEED THE MONEY!

Micheal Moore’s - Downsize This

Posted on April 15, 2004 02:34 PM | #

23. Jamie said:

From Learning Canadian Criminal Law (exam time…)

In the present case, the picketing was carried out by Mrs. Carswell and 11 other persons, carrying placards and distributing leaflets, in front of the premises of their employer, Dominion Stores.

Posted on April 15, 2004 03:18 PM | #

25. Lea said:

Wait. Hold the phone…

Did you just say you’re in Edmonton? Jesus, man. I live here. Let’s have coffee or something. :-)

Posted on April 15, 2004 07:14 PM | #

27. Phil Baines said:

From Web ReDesign : Workflow that works.

Although the budget usually depends on what the client has to spend, actual costs get based on hours.

I like that. :)

Posted on April 16, 2004 02:37 AM | #

29. mattymcg said:

From John Bailey’s The White Divers Of Broome:

Six weeks of steady diving went on, and after ‘their ears were broken,’ the Sooloo men did fairly well.

Posted on April 16, 2004 08:24 AM | #

31. JJ Doughboy said:

Did people not read the instructions :-)? It said to post them on their sites, not on asterisk :-). Ok kidding, but I followed the rules of the game and it resulted in computer related math… How sad.

Posted on April 16, 2004 11:06 AM | #

33. timbck2 said:

From “Holidays on Ice” by David Sedaris:

“I asked if she has ever done ‘One Life to Live’, and she said, yes, she had a bit part as a flamenco dancer a few years ago when Cord and Tina remarried and traveled to Madrid for their honeymoon.”

Posted on April 17, 2004 04:58 PM | #

35. Jams said:

The House Of Whacks by Matthew Branton:

“Falling in love – really, in love – must be like that.”

Posted on April 19, 2004 02:11 AM | #

37. Alex Brunk said:

From Charlotte’s Web, the chapter “Escape.”

“You’ll be sorry-sorry-sorry,” called the goose.

Posted on April 19, 2004 11:30 AM | #