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Hey! I saw this comment right before I went to bed (hello 5 hours of sleep) and saved it, because funnily enough, you look really similar to me. I mean, really similar, although you're arguable better looking. So fuck you. Here's some advice:

• I'm also 6'3", around 75kg. I'm one of those guys whose weight never changes. I can eat whatever I want (or as little as I want) and it's all static. As a tall skinny guy I'm guessing you're somewhat the same. With a body type like ours we need to draw attention up towards our shoulders to create a strong masculine figure. If you don't go to the gym already, start. Bench presses, seated rows, lat pulldowns and pec decks are all your friend.
  

• The first thing I see when I look at you is a weak shoulder. This is partly due to you being thin, but is heightened by the an ill-fitting shirt. See here: http://i.imgur.com/qPlW0.jpg the straight line is where the seam of your shoulder should be; the diagonal line is where it currently is. As a skinny guy, letting the seam of your shoulder flow past your natural shoulderline (especially when you have epaulettes that accentuate it) you begin to look as though you're so skinny that no normal clothes will fit you. The shoulder slopes and curves down your arm, which is not a flattering look for a man. You need clothes that fit perfectly on the shoulder to create a strong, masculine figure.
  
• Your sideburns are just a tad too long and risk going into 70s territory. I'd bring them up by half an inch.
  
• As a thin guy, layers will always look better on you than thin, close-fitting clothing. Here's a guy with a similar height and width to you, who doesn't look it at all: http://i.imgur.com/lghkd.jpg Scandinavian (particularly Swedish) fashion is your friend, as the men there are naturally taller and slimmer and the clothes are designed to compliment this. Brands I'd recommend include Filippa K (pictured), J. Lindeberg, Acne, Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair, Dr Denim, Nudie and Tiger.
  
  Colours to wear:
  
  Never wear outfits that are light and bright, as these won't compliment your complexion very well. You have medium skin and dark hair - so use this level of contrast in your clothes. For example, instead of wearing a dark jacket with a white shirt, I'd wear it with a grey shirt instead to bring the contrast down.
  
  I'd avoid wearing black, and always opt for navy or charcoal instead as these will flatter you far more and harmonise your warm skin tone. Olive (as is your shirt), maroon, burgundy and lilac are great colours to bring into your wardrobe, and I'd strictly avoid anything like bright red, bright green, bright white - anything bright.
  
  I'd also try to avoid wearing stark crisp white, and instead opt for off-whites like ivory. This isn't so much of an issue so don't stress about it, it's just that a slightly off-white variant will always look better against your particular complexion than a cold, white shirt.
  
  That's about all I can muster at this hour in the morning, but there are plenty more tips in my book, Style for Tall Guys which will be of use to you if you want to read futher.
  
  Hope that helps mate, never be scared to post to /r/malefashionadvice, everyone there is incredibly helpful and can get you looking great in no time.

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Question (JesusLasVegas):

> Hallo Charles. I'm in the UK. I just wrote a book and (it looks like) a good publishing house are going to pick it up. It is sort of sci-fi.
>
> My question: all agents I've spoken to think that while selling a book to publishers it's best to avoid using the term "sci-fi" if possible. Ideally they want to sneak sci-fi stuff in, "under the radar", so it can get the sort of backing that only a big publisher can provide.
>
> How do you feel about this? Cheers.

Answer (cstross):

> For starters, there's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".
>
> Secondly, all these labels boil down to is a bunch of marketing categories that tell bookshop staff where to file the product (which they don't know from a hole in the road) on the shelves where customers can find it. SF has traditionally been looked down on by the literary establishment because, to be honest, much early SF was execrably badly written -- but these days the significance of the pigeon hole is fading; we have serious mainstream authors writing stuff that is I-can't-believe-it's-not-SF, and SF authors breaking into the mainstream. If you view them as tags that point to shelves in bricks-and-mortar bookshops, how long are these genre categories going to survive in the age of the internet?
>
> Note: this skepticism breaks down in the face of, for example, the German publishing sector, where booksellers are a lot stuffier and more hidebound over what is or is not acceptable as literature.



Question (cavedave):

> You write very well about we interact with technology nowdays. The use of smartphones, email and social networking in Halting State and Rule 34 is very believable.
> With the possible exception of Sherlock very few pieces of fiction actually use these techniques.
> In horror films "out of coverage" has become a cliche. If All Movies Had Smartphones is a funny video on how writers can't create plots that take technology into account.
>
> How are you doing this right and nearly everyone else isnt?
>
> Are you planning a kickstarter game like Neal Stephenson? If you did what would it be about?

Answer (cstross):

> Reverse order: no, I'm not planning a kickstarter game. And I'm not really a game designer. (Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time.)
>
> How am I doing this "right" ... well, I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back during the 1990s. I guess I simply paid attention to the social effects of the IT revolution as I lived through it.
>
> An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties! In consequence, most established novelists are writing books informed by experiences gained in their youth. Middle age is not the best time to be changing smartphones every six months or adopting new technology platforms -- because we tend to get slower and less accommodating to change as we age. So we're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills, and so on.
>
> (I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s.)
>



Question (JesusLasVegas):

> Great answer, thanks.
>
> Could you give an example or two of large British publishers that you think are doing a good job in this respect? Ignoring genre barriers, taking risks etc?

Answer (cstross):

> AhahahaHA!!
>
> Sorry, no I can't. But not for the reason you think. Thing is, my agent is based in New York. And due to a historic accident, my publishing track is primarily American -- I'm sold into the UK almost as a foreign import! So I'm quite out of touch with what's going on in UK publishing. (Even my Kindle is geared to the US store.)



Question (cheradenine_Zakalwie):

> Do you ever read something someone else has written and think "damn, now I cant do that". Who do you read?
> (if you have time)

Answer (cstross):

> Yes, I sometimes get the "Damn, too late, [X] got there first" idea. But seriously? I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses. So it's usually quite easy to shrug and write something else instead.
>
> What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation -- especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job. When I do get to chow down on a book, I try to read ones that are nothing like what I'm writing. So, as I'm currently working on a space opera (of sorts) I'm mostly indulging in urban fantasy.



Question (revjeremyduncan):

> For someone who is unfamiliar with your work, what book would you suggest as a good starting point (if it's available for Kindle, I will get it as soon as I see your answer)?
>
> Any plans to follow in L. Ron's footsteps and start a religion?

Answer (cstross):

> I'm an atheist (subtype: generally agree with Richard Dawkins but think he could be slightly more polite; special twist: I was raised in British reform Judaism, which is not like American reform Judaism, much less any other strain of organised religion). So: no cults here.
>
> Starting points: for a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles.
>
> Otherwise ... if you like spy thrillers/Lovecraftiana, try "The Atrocity Archives", if you like space opera try "Singularity Sky"[], if you like singularity-fic try "Accelerando", if you like near-future thrillers try "Halting State".
>
> [] Which was originally titled "Festival of Fools"; the "Singularity Sky" title was imposed on it by editorial fiat ("hey, isn't the singularity kind of hot this month? Let's change the title!").



Question (AndrewDowning):

> Can you please expand on that?
> In what way did your views change?
> Accelerando is one of my all time favourites.

Answer (cstross):

> Sure. See: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/reality-check-1.html
>
> Note that my views fluctuate wildly. I have another singularity novel coming out this September 4th, co-written with Cory Doctorow: "The Rapture of the Nerds":
>
> http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapture-Nerds-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765329107/



Question (JesusLasVegas):

> Did you end up with an American agent because all the British agents passed on you? Or did you actually want to do things that way?

Answer (cstross):

> A bit of both. I wanted an agent who would actually sell stuff. After two British agents failed comprehensively, I was reading Locus (the SF field's trade journal) and noticed a press release about an experienced editor leaving her job to join an agent in setting up a new agency. And I went "aha!" -- because what you need is an agent who knows the industry but who doesn't have a huge list of famous clients whose needs will inevitably be put ahead of you. So I emailed her, and ... well, 11 years later I am the client listed at the top of her masthead!



Question (slimme_shady):

> hahahha I'm 15 now. Every time when i have to do an assignment for school, i don't really know how to start, could you give me some advice, please?

Answer (cstross):

> Nope. Because I'm nearly a third of a century older than you, and any advice I could give you about school assignments would be slightly out of date ...!



Question (cheradenine_Zakalwie):

> Wow, I didn't realise the ideas flew in so fast. Is it morbid to ask if you worry about getting it all written before you die? (Im thinking of Terry Pratchett here...)

Answer (cstross):

> Yes, I worry about that. I'm 47. I reckon I can count on 30 more writing years, averaging a book a year (I can't keep up the 2-2.5 a year I used to do these days). And these days I've gotten round to wondering, for each new idea, "do I want to be remembered for this?" before I get to the point of spending a year on it.



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I second the reading idea! Ask your history or science teachers for suggestions of accessible books. I'm going to list some that I found interesting or want to read, and add more as I think of them.

A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson. Title explains it all. It is very beginner friendly, and has some very entertaining stories. Bryson is very heavy on the history and it's rather long but you should definitely make every effort to finish it.

Lies my teacher told me

The greatest stories never told (This is a whole series, there are books on Presidents, science, and war as well).

There's a series by Edward Rutherfurd that tells history stories that are loosely based on fact. There are books on London and ancient England, Ireland, Russia, and one on New York

I read this book a while ago and loved it- Autobiography of a Tibetan Monk It's about a monk who was imprisoned for 30 years by the Chinese.

The Grapes of Wrath.

Les Misérables. I linked to the unabridged one on purpose. It's SO WORTH IT. One of my favorite books of all time, and there's a lot of French history in it. It's also the first book that made me bawl at the end.

You'll also want the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Federalist Papers.

I'm not sure what you have covered in history, but you'll definitely want to find stuff on all the major wars, slavery, the Bubonic Plague, the French Revolution, & ancient Greek and Roman history.

As for science, find these two if you have any interest in how the brain works (and they're pretty approachable).
Phantoms in the brain
The man who mistook his wife for a hat

Alex and Me The story of a scientist and the incredibly intelligent parrot she studied.

For a background in evolution, you could go with The ancestor's tale

A biography of Marie Curie

The Wild Trees by Richard Preston is a quick and easy read, and very heavy on the adventure. You'll also want to read his other book The Hot Zone about Ebola. Absolutely fascinating, I couldn't put this one down.

The Devil's Teeth About sharks and the scientists who study them. What's not to like?

The original question didn't request a philosophical premise for God's existence. It questioned the definition of faith, and those are the two links I provided. The analogy of "knowing" someone through rationality vs. experience isn't Bishop Barron's proof for God's existence. For better discussion on that from him, you'll want to look here:

• Bishop Barron on Scientism and God's Existence
  
  
• Bishop Barron on God's Existence and the Argument From Desire
  
  
• Bishop Barron on Why We Believe In God
  
  
• Bishop Barron on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Argument From Motion
  
  
• Bishop Barron on the New Atheists
  
  
• Bishop Barron on the Flying Spaghetti Monster and God
  
  And it would be worthwhile to dedicate some time to other resources like the Pints With Aquinas Podcast, specifically these episodes:
  
  
• Aquinas' 4th Proof for God's Existence
  
  
• If God Exists, Why Isn't His Existence More Obvious?
  
  
• The Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas, with Robert Delfino
  
  
• Tell Me About The Argument For God's Existence From Motion
  
  
• The Argument From Possibility And Necessity: Aquinas' Third Way
  
  
• What Is Pascal's Wager?
  
  
• Why Does Every Atheist Misunderstand Your Arguments For God's Existence?
  
  
• Can Philosophy Prove The Beginning Of The Universe?
  
  
• How To Remember Aquinas' Five Proofs For God's Existence
  
  
• Responding To Hank Green's Objections To Aquinas' Five Ways
  
  
• Trent Horn vs. Ricky Gervais
  
  
• What Does It Mean To Say That God's Essence Is Existence?
  
  
• Does God Exist? Michael Nugent vs. William Lane Craig
  
  
• Can You Explain Your Argument For God From Design?
  
  
• Isn't It Foolish To Believe What You Cannot See?
  
  
• Four Arguments From Atheists Refuted, With Dr. Randal Rauser
  
  
• What Is The Contingency Argument For God's Existence?
  
  
• Has Science Done Away With The Need For God?
  
  
• Give Me An Argument For The Existence of God
  
  
• Does Evil Disprove God's Existence?
  
  
• Do We Need Faith To Know God Exists?
  
  
  Beyond that, I'd point someone to some of the better books out on the topic:
  
  
• The Last Superstition by Ed Feser
  
  
• Answering Atheism By Trent Horn
  
  
• Does God Exist? A Socratic Dialogue on the Five Ways by Matt Fradd
  
  I realize I went all in there, but I want to ensure any atheist with an earnest desire for truth gets the best foot put forth by Christian thinkers for God's existence. Hopefully these resources are useful in some way. Cheers.

I started performing magic as a little kid around 6 years old. One of my first magic books was this: https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Encyclopedia-Magic-Illusions-Incredible/dp/1780193297. I learned nearly every trick in the book and started performing for my family.

After a few years of performing for mostly family. David Blaine's specials hit TV and I got hooked. I started to study more sleight of hand magic and learn as much as possible about the history of magic and how to become a better performer.

During high-school and college I performed ALL THE TIME.. but never for money. I would do it for friends at parties, in the cafeteria, in the gym, any time I got the chance I was performing.

In my forth year of school during the summer time my aunt recommended I perform at a nearby festival for Tips in Glens Falls, NY. I had nothing to lose and it was a new experience. I set up a sign that said "Magic Show" and a bucket and I started performing card tricks on the streets. I then had a friend tell me about Saratoga Springs, NY... as busy touristy city nearby. 5 years ago, when I was 21, I went to downtown Saratoga and started performing street magic. Here is a video of one of those performances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFmxwfQrwUw.

When performing on the streets I would hand out as many business cards as possible. I also created a website and started to advertise my services everywhere I could. Gigs started to slowly come in... first birthday parties.. then a few small corporate shows.. I wedding here and there. It wasn't success overnight. It was years and years of slowly making improvements trying to make it.

We tried swinging for a bit, but it wasn't much to our tastes. We're polyamorous. So, we sometimes date separately, sometimes we date the same person, sometimes we date a couple. It all depends.

Everybody is always above board and honest about the relationships we're in. No secrets. It works really well for us, but it's definitely not something that works for everybody. And you have to set your boundaries very well. A great book on the subject is The Ethical Slut, which I found to be very helpful.

Hi! You could think of it like a car:
if PressingOnGas = true {
increase speed
}

If TooMuchTraffic {

change to route
}
i would recommend reading a book on programming, they look thick and boring but you dont need to read the whole thing, watch videos online to help, read others code. Theres a website called code academy to help thats free. https://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Art-Exploitation-2nd-Erickson/dp/1593271441 the beginning of this book talks all about programming and is awesome

Thanks so much for using my products. For those of you who are interested in a simple, scientifically correct line, check it out at www.drperrys.com. I feel strongly that skin care is the foundation for looking good and it makes no sense to spend money on cosmetic surgery if the skin is rough, splotchy and wrinkled. I am not a fan of facials - complex reasons - but microdermabrasion is a great skin cleaning procedure. After that, the procedures that you have a very individualized and should only be recommended by a plastic surgeon after a consultation. My book, Straight Talk about cosmetic surgery https://www.amazon.com/Straight-Cosmetic-Surgery-University-Wellness/dp/0300121040 goes into great detail about this. Arthur W. Perry, MD

thank you i think it depends on your preferred pound if you are interested in buckaroos i would say POUNDED IN THE BUTT BY MY OWN BUTT and if you are interested in ladybucks i would say SENTIENT LESBIAN JET SKI GETS ME OFF and if you are interested in both i would say BISEXUAL POLYHEDRAL ROLE-PLAYING DICE ORGY and if you are interested in neither i would say NOT POUNDED BY THE PHYSICAL MANIFESTATION OF MY NEED TO PLEASE EVERYONE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S OKAY TO GIVE BACK TO YOURSELF hope that helps buckaroo

DDR is a fun way of exercise.

There's Stepmania which is a ddr clone for the computer and you can find a whole shitton of songs for it online. They have pretty good pads on amazon that plug into the computer.

I got this pad. It works really well. It plugs into a ps2 too if you can find a game for that (all the new ddr games have really bad songs, but DDR Extreme 2 and before that better songs)

You can also get one of the cheaper pads that come in a bundle with a DDR game in the store. Those don't last too long, but they're good for beginners. There are PS2 to Computer controller converters for those.

I hope that helps!

This is a throwaway account. I will use it for a little while in case anything else percolates up from this. If you can get even a secret clearance without a lot of trouble that will open a vast array of doors to you. A clearance is a very expensive thing to obtain for most people. You almost always have to be sponsored for it by a large corporation that can afford the cost.

I would just say you should learn the general tools. For those interested in getting into the network security field give the latest incarnation of hacking exposed a good read, try all of those tools and be familiar with the underlying purpose of each of those tools. That book will cover a lot of tools. You may also check out: http://www.amazon.com/Hacking-Art-Exploitation-Jon-Erickson/dp/1593271441/ref=pd_sim_b_1 (non affiliate link) as it covers some topics in pretty good depth.

Your degree in security will definitely help you get into the field. A clearance will only increase the chance you have a job out of college. The CISSP is good for broad coverage... but it is a very easy test to game. The security field does have a wide swath of disciplines from the very business and management oriented policy and risk assessment fields to the incredibly technical vulnerability and exploitation research fields and many points in between (or for a consultant multiple of those points at the same time).


Know the tools of the trade (check out Backtrack 3/4). Understand how to actually evaluate the risk of technical vulnerabilities. Learn what risk really is. Don't be afraid of getting your hands dirty. And decide if you want to go down a more technical or management track and learn appropriately. The management track will involve you learning to do more policy and audit oriented assessments (being a CPA can't hurt here for your long term business goals) or jump into the technical side and go as far down the rabbit hole of technical knowledge as you can. Either way you go I strongly recommend that you have a good understanding of the other side of the fence as they are both sides of the same coin.

Jealousy can be unlearned. It just takes time. Once you realize that love isn't a starvation economy thing (This person has it, so this person doesn't) it gets easier. Helps to be able to find joy in your partner's happiness.

I recommend reading "The Ethical Slut". It did wonders for my wife and I when we were just starting down the poly path.

http://www.amazon.com/Ethical-Slut-Practical-Relationships-Adventures/dp/1587613379/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1280508174&sr=8-1

We seem to be programmed in our culture - perhaps by western religious and philosophical traditions - to accept dualism, which is the notion that mind and body are separate. However, several centuries of scientific progress have demonstrated more or less incontrovertibly the material basis of consciousness, thought, emotion, memory, and personality.

You ARE your brain. That is all there is to it.

What is particularly fascinating is how individual parts of the brain can be altered (i.e. damaged) with the result that parts of you are altered.

Oliver Sacks has several fascinating books that discuss case studies of neurological deficit, written for a popular audience, and they are each wonderful. Here are two of them:

http://www.amazon.com/Man-Who-Mistook-His-Wife/dp/0684853949

http://www.amazon.com/Anthropologist-Mars-Seven-Paradoxical-Tales/dp/0679756973/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1319305698&sr=1-1

It's more living in harmony with nature, rather than destroy it like current cities usually do. If you have the chance, read "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" https://www.amazon.com/Last-Hours-Ancient-Sunlight-Revised/dp/1400051576/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1505327231&sr=8-1 to be informed.

There's an efficiency with cities, but there's also a net negative in the way it's currently structured. With Artificial Intelligence that's currently in development, I believe eco villages can be highly sustainable in the future. Also, rather than commuting to work, perhaps we can reduce it with telepresence.

If we have the infrastructure that promotes eco villages, it can work. If everyone were to live in a spread out village that lives in harmony with nature, we would have more nature than we currently do now.


Also, there are NIH studies that shows contact with nature is very healthy to our mental health(which leads to improved physical health):

• "Healthy Workplaces: The Effects of Nature Contact at Work on Employee Stress and Health" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072911/
  
  
• Patients recover faster in rooms with nature views https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6143402

The best book I've read it Data Analysis with Open Source Tools. It's relatively comprehensive, and does a good job of pointing out what stuff actually gets used, since the author is very much in the trenches of actual data analysis work.

My book is here:
http://www.amazon.com/What-Math-humans-speak-means-ebook/dp/B00LZLQPBQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1412791705&sr=8-1&keywords=what+is+math+field+cady

Good luck at university! Do you know what you want to study?

If you are just starting to learn DDR, shin splints will not be an issue for you until later down the road. It depends how heavy you are I suppose. I got them because I had chicken legs and slamming them over and over again on a metal pad isn't the healthiest thing ever. For a pad at your price range, you'd be looking at a thin roll out pad. They work, but if you plan on making a habit out of this, I highly recommend you save up for this one:

http://www.amazon.com/PS2-Energy-Foam-Deluxe-Dance-Playstation/dp/B000GHG0BA/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1343764165&sr=8-3&keywords=DDR+pad

The foam will also take some stress off your shins.

I attribute my success to 30 minutes to an hour of playing each day, with no breaks during this time on the highest difficulty. Sip water in between songs!

Best of luck to you and I hope you lose over 9000 pounds.

Today is a free download on Kindle of Mika the Manx Cat. So please meet Mika. I have put the site link in the text.

http://www.amazon.com/Mika-the-Manx-Cat-ebook/dp/B008M1GF3U/ref=tmm_kin_title_0?ie=UTF8&qid=1342896487&sr=8-1.

I think Mika would read much better on a Kindle Fire but it appeared OK during proofing in the normal Kindle. Thank you all for your interest.

I do have a question, does the message of perseverance come across?

D. M. Hart

There are some really good books about it. I think Robert Monroe might be helpful: http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Out-Body-Robert-Monroe/dp/0385008619

There's also a really old book that is still extremely interesting and a great read: http://www.amazon.com/Projection-Astral-Body-Sylvan-Muldoon/dp/1447402251/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1318623003&sr=1-1

Hey so my setup is a bit cheaper than the one below, but same concept:

I have an inverter with alligator clips on it that has at least 300 watts (you can gather things you think you would use and add up the watts to see your needs):
https://www.amazon.com/POTEK-Inverter-Adapter-Charging-Smartphone/dp/B01FEUD9OO/ref=sr_1_9?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1504464365&sr=1-9&refinements=p_72%3A1248861011


Then I have a marine deep cycle battery (I actually have two because I use them for other stuff also):
I can't find the exact one, but it is just Deep Cycle marine battery 12 volts and about 100 amp hours rated, they are about $75-100 at Costco or Walmart.

If you search for 24DC or the larger 27DC Marine battery you will find them.


Then of course you need a charger, I love this one, but there are others:
https://www.amazon.com/BLACK-DECKER-BC15BD-Battery-Charger/dp/B00KNMKRU8/ref=pd_bxgy_263_3?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00KNMKRU8&pd_rd_r=KVPBC0ZVG9ZQGWAPD6HS&pd_rd_w=4Xk7X&pd_rd_wg=SRKI5&psc=1&refRID=KVPBC0ZVG9ZQGWAPD6HS


You just clamp on the inverter and you are all set, instant power supply :)


Edit: you could also get one of these and use your car charger with it, it might extend the life of the big deep cycle battery since you don't have to run the inverter

I've heard that Hacking: The Art of Exploitation has become dated (lack of real information on basic concepts like ASLR, etc.); is there a better source for someone just getting started in information security or is it still worth reading?

Additionally, do you have any suggestions for practical experience? For example, Microcorruption seems to be a great resource for getting used to debugging/ASM.

Sounds a lot like The Zombie Survival Guide. Awesome book, it pretty much started the recent zombie revival, and it's essential for anyone with a passing interest in the genre.

I'd say a nice bottle of bourbon or cognac would do the trick. Or, if he wouldn't like that (you know better than me), you could build him a zombie survival kit. You can personalize it with his favorite snacks, etc, and then have something like http://www.amazon.com/Zombie-Survival-Guide-Complete-Protection/dp/1400049628 to bring it all together. That seems pretty practical.

I recommend you read Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

They go over this in the first chapter. Fascinating and surprisingly entertaining book.

The book The Last Superstition covers it pretty well; arguments against the theology and philosophy therein can be made, but they're much better made by people like Friedrich Nietzsche than by Dawkins.

It's not magical, although I can understand why you'd use that word. I'm sure you've heard all the stories about people leaving their bodies during operations, after a car crash, things like that. Well, it's the same thing, except he is able to induce this state at will. It's not that rare, but it is very difficult for most. I can't do it. But then, I don't want to, because one of the drawbacks is you might start doing it spontaneously and have no control over it.
This book explains it all:
http://www.amazon.com/journeys-out-body-robert-monroe/dp/0385008619

There are later, far more advanced studies, but Journeys Out of the Body, along with Dr. Raymond Moody's casual study called, Life After Life, pretty much got the ball rolling on the topic in the 1970s. (I've also read books about obe's written in the late 19th century.) I found the first one the more interesting of the two.

In the mean time you can read the book The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks He talks about a lot of very interesting case studies and several of them have to do with people who have a severed corpus callosum.

Also on his wikipedia page there is a picture of him wearing a shirt that says "WELCOME SQUID OVERLORDS" so you know he's good.

One book that might be an interesting resource for you:

The Ethical Slut was quite informative on how people in polygamous households handle life, jealousy, schedules, children and more. My boyfriend and I aren't polygamous, but we have an open relationship with respect to each others boundaries and feelings and may decide to enter into that kind of relationship in the future.

http://www.monroeinstitute.org/

If you want experiments conducted in a scientific manner under controlled circumstances read about Robert Monroe. He pioneered and audio technique to get the two hemi-spheres of the brain to sync: http://www.amazon.com/Journeys-Out-Body-Robert-Monroe/dp/0385008619

Pretty interesting stuff.

Are you more popular, or less popular, than the "Pounded In the Butt By My Own Butt" author?

https://www.amazon.com/Pounded-Butt-My-Own-ebook/dp/B00UYC1ASU#nav-subnav

Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

Really good book.

Have you read the book Stiff'- Curious Lives of Human Cadavers?
One of favorite reads and authors in the past few years.

I think it's already been made..at least a few times...

edit: Here is the best one....
And another

Sure. See: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/06/reality-check-1.html

Note that my views fluctuate wildly. I have another singularity novel coming out this September 4th, co-written with Cory Doctorow: "The Rapture of the Nerds":

http://www.amazon.com/The-Rapture-Nerds-Cory-Doctorow/dp/0765329107/

> never smelled a dead body

In fact, I'm reading this right now. Yes, there's a description of the body breakdown and the, uh, aromas generated.

You might enjoy this:

http://www.amazon.ca/Stiff-Mary-Roach/dp/0393324826

have you ever read stiff by Mary Roach? its quite good.

Then sir, might I recommend this amazing book.

http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172

You may be interested in Phantoms in the Brain. It covers some of that weird, mind-body disconnect stuff.

I'd assume I was seeing things and head to a doctor.

I read in Stiff that plastic surgeons practice on cadavers. Is that more or less gross than working on a live person?