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Summary: The BEST book to unwind!
Review: I must say that the book has superceeded its title by not only being user friendly, but also giving great pleasure and stress relieve to me...i recommand this book to the hardcore Linux community...this book is not for the squirmish Windows user :)
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Summary: Dilbert for ISPs
Review: I was fortunate enoughto get hold of a copy of "USER FRIENDLY the comic strip". As a computer geek myself, I found many in-jokes and opportunities for a good old larf.Charles Schultz (Peanuts) was a master of characterization. Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) is a genius at representing theology, Scott Addams (Dilbert) at corporate culture. With User Friendly, Iliad has captured the geek ethic and programmer culture. He sees as a computer professional sees, plays Quake as they play Quake and eats sugar-rich foods as they do. In this anthology you'll expect to see Quake jokes, Microsoft jibes, corporate takeovers and accents that change more quickly than the bug list>for Windows 2000. The only criticism I can raise is that having been spoilt by Gary Larson's "Prehistory of the Far Side", I would have liked to see some of the nuts & bolts behind the scenes, like a "Techniques" section or a "Ideas rejected by the editor" section. Other than that, I sat and read it cover to cover. Every time I'd go to put it down, I'd hit another storyline and I wanted to see how it would end. The Star Wars storyline was my favourite. Yeah, Sith Lords *do* get the coolest lightsabers!
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Summary: Boring, unfunny rubbish
Review: I work in the IT industry and the reviews of this book made me go out and buy it. What a complete waste of time and money. The so-called 'in jokes' are more or less all about the fact that Windows has the tendency to crash every now and then. Wow! we didn't know that, thanks for the info. The characters are boring non-entities that you just can't form a connection with. The strips are completely humor free and poorly drawn. I actually found the book quite depressing. I know humor is a very hit-and-miss subject where something makes you role on the floor laughing hysterically but your friend can't see the joke at all. This book, however, I find impossible to believe that anyone could enjoy. ... Stay well clear of it and buy some Dilbert instead.
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Summary: Tha Bomb
Review: If you havent read it take a week vacation pay all your bills in advance and stock the fridge because you arn't gonna get out of the house for awile this book is a side spliting masterpiece
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Summary: A Jewel For The 90s
Review: Let me see... a funny, Microsoft bashing, Unix praising, Quake glorifying, Marketing hating, Star Wars fan, Lovecraft & Tolkien refering comic... What else is there to say ? Well, Dust Puppy is cute :-) Illiad is the best !
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Summary: Simple enough...
Review: Nope, not funny at all. Nowhere near the likes of Dilbert. Being a computer professional and unix user, I've heard so many Microsoft-is-evil kinda jokes that its not funny anymore. But I never thought someone would actually write a 122 pages book repeating the same idea over and over and over and over again. A pathetic excuse of a comic book.
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Summary: Didn't do it for me..
Review: Nope, not funny at all. Nowhere near the likes of Dilbert. Being a computer professional and unix user, I've heard so many Microsoft-is-evil kinda jokes that its not funny anymore. But I never thought someone would actually write a 122 pages book repeating the same idea over and over and over and over again. A pathetic excuse of a comic book.
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Summary: NT/UNIX whatever.. It ain't funny..!
Review: Ok.. I read the rave reviews, and as a Windows/UNIX long-time user, it sounded great and i got the book.BUT, geek or not, Windows/UNIX man or not, it simply is NOT funny. I'm sorry to break it to all the fans, but this book is NOT funny even to a techguy like me. Not to mention Computer newbies that will through this book away after a few pages. So, techie or not, I simply found the humor to be NOT FUNNY!
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Summary: NT/UNIX whatever.. It ain't funny..!
Review: Ok.. I read the rave reviews, and as a Windows/UNIX long-time user, it sounded great and i got the book. BUT, geek or not, Windows/UNIX man or not, it simply is NOT funny. I'm sorry to break it to all the fans, but this book is NOT funny even to a techguy like me. Not to mention Computer newbies that will through this book away after a few pages. So, techie or not, I simply found the humor to be NOT FUNNY!
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Summary: Worth the money - easily
Review: Out of all the cartoon books I've bought in my life, this is the only one to ever top Calvin and Hobbes on my list of favorites.
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