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How to Read a Book

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Books can be a best friend. They can take you to places that you may never see. They can introduce you to things you may never know... But do you know how to read them in order to get the fullest enjoyment possible? This should help. Edit Steps 1   Find a book. Find a book . Look in the  library  or in one of the larger bookstores. You could also ask  friends  if you could check out their book shelves. Search the shelves until you find a book that looks good. Read the first page to see how it reads, and the cover text at the back of the book if it has any. If you find yourself already engrossed, then buy it or check it out. Ads by Google Want to work in Australia  Australian Government Seminars @ The Working Abroad Seminars, Dubai workingabroad.net/expo/dubai.html 2 Buy/rent it and take it home . Do not start to read it, until you have the time. If you have to rush reading, because you have to  do homework , or prepar

Why You Should Learn C++

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Not all software development projects can sustain a reasonable living. Anyone who has worked as a professional developer will take this truth as self-evident. It’s a sad occurance, but often developers for notionally worthy projects find themselves having to abandon their dreams and find gainful employment elsewhere. The failed startup and the abandoned open-source project are all-too-common manifestations of this. I don’t have a solution for this problem, but I mention it in order to define a set P, which is the set of all software development projects that can sustain a reasonable living. Now let’s divide P into the subsets I and B. The 010 Types Of Projects In The World Let I be the subset of P that are Interesting projects. This is obviously a subjective criterion, but for the sake of argument I’m asking you to adopt my own definition. Interesting projects are characterised by being algorithmically complex, and performance sensitive. They possibly involve large amounts o