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What books should I get. - Back_and_Black1 - 08-31-2015

So Im allowed to get a bunch of books on computers, networking, programming, etc. Please list your recommendations here. Thanks.

RE: What books should I get. - PabloDons - 08-31-2015

hacking: the art of exploitation 2nd edition
not just about how2be 1337h4x0r, but also about the art and how hacking is not just about stealing passwords and shit. Really fun read

RE: What books should I get. - Nickster258 - 09-01-2015

http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Paul-Scherz/dp/0071771336

RE: What books should I get. - Halflife390 - 09-02-2015

(09-01-2015, 03:43 PM)Nickster258 Wrote: http://www.amazon.com/Practical-Electronics-Inventors-Paul-Scherz/dp/0071771336

That looks great! Getting that!

RE: What books should I get. - Halflife390 - 09-02-2015

"But How Do It Know", very detailed book explaining how von neumann machines work at the logic gate level

RE: What books should I get. - AltruismAndCake - 09-21-2015

(08-31-2015, 09:37 PM)PabloDons Wrote: hacking: the art of exploitation 2nd edition
not just about how2be 1337h4x0r, but also about the art and how hacking is not just about stealing passwords and shit. Really fun read

I second this book, I own the book, exact same edition too Big Grin

RE: What books should I get. - Back_and_Black1 - 09-23-2015

Just in case anyone wants the pdf copy for hacking the art of exploitation, here it is: https://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/hacking-the-art-of-exploitation.pdf

RE: What books should I get. - Chibill - 09-24-2015

I got a paper copy. (Well technically himehiwareu does...)

RE: What books should I get. - newomaster - 09-24-2015

(09-23-2015, 10:03 PM)Back_and_Black1 Wrote: Just in case anyone wants the pdf copy for hacking the art of exploitation, here it is: https://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/hacking-the-art-of-exploitation.pdf

I find it ironic that a book about hacking and stealing information was stolen and leaked (not that most books are't). I haven't looked through it, but maybe the book tells you how to hack the site it was originally published on and obtain a free copy? That sounds like something I would do if I wrote a book like that Tongue 

This isn't a book, it's a free online class, but it's really interesting and I've been doing it lately (it should still be open):
https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning

RE: What books should I get. - Back_and_Black1 - 09-24-2015

(09-24-2015, 06:12 AM)newomaster Wrote:
(09-23-2015, 10:03 PM)Back_and_Black1 Wrote: Just in case anyone wants the pdf copy for hacking the art of exploitation, here it is: https://leaksource.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/hacking-the-art-of-exploitation.pdf

I find it ironic that a book about hacking and stealing information was stolen and leaked (not that most books are't). I haven't looked through it, but maybe the book tells you how to hack the site it was originally published on and obtain a free copy? That sounds like something I would do if I wrote a book like that Tongue 

This isn't a book, it's a free online class, but it's really interesting and I've been doing it lately (it should still be open):
https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning

I took that class an almost died... AI is weird XD. Other than that it was a great class.

RE: What books should I get. - jxu - 10-01-2015

For future reference, this site is a great source of free computing / technology books: http://www.freebookcentre.net/

RE: What books should I get. - jxu - 04-16-2016

Computer Organization and Design by Patterson and Hennessy is a definitive and very useful textbook on general low level computer design. Revised fourth edition is available online here http://www.cse.hcmut.edu.vn/~vtphuong/KTMT/Slides/TextBookFull.pdf and fifth edition is available on underground book websites.

RE: What books should I get. - newomaster - 04-17-2016

Thanks for the link to that ebook! Looks like a good read.

RE: What books should I get. - jxu - 04-17-2016

You're welcome. The book also has information on multicore systems, pipelining, cache, I/O, GPUs, and much more than I will ever be able to read. I also have a collection of many PDFs on math and computer design topics that would be useful if I ever take up an interest in low level computing again, which seems more and more unlikely. I haven't even gotten around to skimming the massive amounts of information in some of these manuals (http://www.agner.org/optimize/microarchitecture.pdf).

RE: What books should I get. - newomaster - 04-18-2016

Well, I'm just sitting here downloading anything you link. It might come in useful someday when I get some time to read things. Any way you could share that collection of pdfs?

RE: What books should I get. - Chibill - 04-18-2016

They are all linked here. http://www.agner.org/optimize/