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NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
September 29 2011 03:20 GMT
#1
A package pop up in my mailbox tonight when i went out to pick up some chicken wings, GUESS WHAT?

FREE BOOK!!! Thats right bitches, its free!!!!!

"Version Control By Example" by Eric Sink

GOSH IT FEELS INCREDIBLE!! Receiving a free book feel good! gosh xD.
The book is 'smooth' with a Monalisa cover and the author's face in green at the back x). The pricetag is $34.95 USD and the delivery on the package was 15$... ALL FREE!!! Looks like it has some C#/C++ stuff in there that i can read but DAMN THIS FEEL GOOD.

Im low level CS student so the book still hard for me to understand but god ima read it x)...

you guys can get it here http://www.ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html but they should ran out of free book by now....

I think ima send this guy an email later to thank him

**
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
Count9
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
China10928 Posts
September 29 2011 03:32 GMT
#2
Awesome, thanks for bringing it up. A nice way to get veracity some publicity I guess, wonder how it compares to git.
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
September 29 2011 03:45 GMT
#3
Haha, thanks for this.

I'm taking first year CS right now, so it might not be incredibly useful to me as of yet, but it looks interesting, and maybe I'll learn something from it. :p
you gotta dance
D4Lorg
Profile Joined January 2010
10 Posts
September 29 2011 04:03 GMT
#4
thanks for this book, love the monalisa cover. I'm a pretty hardcore git fan tho, but I dont mind switching if this looks promising
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
September 29 2011 04:12 GMT
#5
God I would kill for a free book, this semester by book total was 900 dollars x.x Congrats, enjoy the read!
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
September 29 2011 04:13 GMT
#6
On September 29 2011 13:12 n.DieJokes wrote:
God I would kill for a free book, this semester by book total was 900 dollars x.x Congrats, enjoy the read!

You can get it too! :p
you gotta dance
n.DieJokes
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States3443 Posts
September 29 2011 04:15 GMT
#7
On September 29 2011 13:13 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2011 13:12 n.DieJokes wrote:
God I would kill for a free book, this semester by book total was 900 dollars x.x Congrats, enjoy the read!

You can get it too! :p

Cs? Ewwwwwwwww (I'm a math major, computers scare me but they keep trying to make me use them T.T)
MyLove + Your Love= Supa Love
Disregard
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
China10252 Posts
September 29 2011 04:35 GMT
#8
Maple and Wolfram Alpha!
"If I had to take a drug in order to be free, I'm screwed. Freedom exists in the mind, otherwise it doesn't exist."
memcpy
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States459 Posts
September 29 2011 04:40 GMT
#9
Signed up cause.. why not? I've used subversion and mercurial but I know nothing about other versioning tools so I figure this book will be worth taking a look at.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19193 Posts
September 29 2011 04:52 GMT
#10
On September 29 2011 12:20 NB wrote:
A package pop up in my mailbox tonight when i went out to pick up some chicken wings, GUESS WHAT?

FREE BOOK!!! Thats right bitches, its free!!!!!

"Version Control By Example" by Eric Sink

GOSH IT FEELS INCREDIBLE!! Receiving a free book feel good! gosh xD.
The book is 'smooth' with a Monalisa cover and the author's face in green at the back x). The pricetag is $34.95 USD and the delivery on the package was 15$... ALL FREE!!! Looks like it has some C#/C++ stuff in there that i can read but DAMN THIS FEEL GOOD.

Im low level CS student so the book still hard for me to understand but god ima read it x)...

you guys can get it here http://www.ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html but they should ran out of free book by now....

I think ima send this guy an email later to thank him

sir, are you a spam bot?
Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
aidnai
Profile Joined January 2010
United States1159 Posts
September 29 2011 05:02 GMT
#11
Nah NB been around for a while, i know he played some mafia...but this post does look like spam x)
Mr. Wiggles
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Canada5894 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-09-29 05:04:17
September 29 2011 05:03 GMT
#12
On September 29 2011 13:52 tofucake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2011 12:20 NB wrote:
A package pop up in my mailbox tonight when i went out to pick up some chicken wings, GUESS WHAT?

FREE BOOK!!! Thats right bitches, its free!!!!!

"Version Control By Example" by Eric Sink

GOSH IT FEELS INCREDIBLE!! Receiving a free book feel good! gosh xD.
The book is 'smooth' with a Monalisa cover and the author's face in green at the back x). The pricetag is $34.95 USD and the delivery on the package was 15$... ALL FREE!!! Looks like it has some C#/C++ stuff in there that i can read but DAMN THIS FEEL GOOD.

Im low level CS student so the book still hard for me to understand but god ima read it x)...

you guys can get it here http://www.ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html but they should ran out of free book by now....

I think ima send this guy an email later to thank him

sir, are you a spam bot?

Not sure if you're serious or just making fun of how he wrote his blog, but unless he became one in the two hours between his last post and this, I would say... no? :p

EDIT: I think he's just excited.
you gotta dance
RogerX
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
New Zealand3180 Posts
September 29 2011 05:08 GMT
#13
I want a free book!!! Gonna apply right now!
Stick it up. take it up. step aside and see the world
NB
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
Netherlands12045 Posts
September 29 2011 05:10 GMT
#14
On September 29 2011 13:52 tofucake wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2011 12:20 NB wrote:
A package pop up in my mailbox tonight when i went out to pick up some chicken wings, GUESS WHAT?

FREE BOOK!!! Thats right bitches, its free!!!!!

"Version Control By Example" by Eric Sink

GOSH IT FEELS INCREDIBLE!! Receiving a free book feel good! gosh xD.
The book is 'smooth' with a Monalisa cover and the author's face in green at the back x). The pricetag is $34.95 USD and the delivery on the package was 15$... ALL FREE!!! Looks like it has some C#/C++ stuff in there that i can read but DAMN THIS FEEL GOOD.

Im low level CS student so the book still hard for me to understand but god ima read it x)...

you guys can get it here http://www.ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html but they should ran out of free book by now....

I think ima send this guy an email later to thank him

sir, are you a spam bot?

dude... 3k post spam post what? my last blog is freaking damn long.... @_@

and no this is not advertising... i was literally jumping on my feet when i got the book O_O, my roomate was there too. The fact that i signed this up months ago and forgot about it make me so suprised :O.... guess oversea delivery just take time :-/
Im daed. Follow me @TL_NB
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19193 Posts
September 29 2011 05:45 GMT
#15
On September 29 2011 14:10 NB wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 29 2011 13:52 tofucake wrote:
On September 29 2011 12:20 NB wrote:
A package pop up in my mailbox tonight when i went out to pick up some chicken wings, GUESS WHAT?

FREE BOOK!!! Thats right bitches, its free!!!!!

"Version Control By Example" by Eric Sink

GOSH IT FEELS INCREDIBLE!! Receiving a free book feel good! gosh xD.
The book is 'smooth' with a Monalisa cover and the author's face in green at the back x). The pricetag is $34.95 USD and the delivery on the package was 15$... ALL FREE!!! Looks like it has some C#/C++ stuff in there that i can read but DAMN THIS FEEL GOOD.

Im low level CS student so the book still hard for me to understand but god ima read it x)...

you guys can get it here http://www.ericsink.com/entries/vcbe_print_edition_free.html but they should ran out of free book by now....

I think ima send this guy an email later to thank him

sir, are you a spam bot?

dude... 3k post spam post what? my last blog is freaking damn long.... @_@

and no this is not advertising... i was literally jumping on my feet when i got the book O_O, my roomate was there too. The fact that i signed this up months ago and forgot about it make me so suprised :O.... guess oversea delivery just take time :-/


On September 29 2011 14:03 Mr. Wiggles wrote:
just making fun of how he wrote his blog

Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
gosuMalicE
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada676 Posts
September 29 2011 06:33 GMT
#16
Sick, this looks really interesting, I just applied for one. I've only ever used subversion (SVN) for version control lets see if this book actually makes me want to use anything else...
I play Protoss, because lets face it, who doesn't love hyper-advanced Egyptian ninja-aliens that kill people with lightsabres attached to both arms?
gosuMalicE
Profile Joined March 2011
Canada676 Posts
November 30 2011 23:36 GMT
#17
Holy shit! Completely forgot about this, just got mine in the mail it is actually a really well presented book that basically a user manual for SVN, Git, Mercurial, and Veracity. I would advise any CS student to check this out.
I play Protoss, because lets face it, who doesn't love hyper-advanced Egyptian ninja-aliens that kill people with lightsabres attached to both arms?
perter mark
Profile Joined January 2015
Pakistan1 Post
January 01 2015 16:51 GMT
#18
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